By: InsanelyHappy

A/N: Well, I started writing this the day after I posted the previous chapter, and this will be the final chapter in the story. Hope you like it! I decided to keep this a non-romance, though I appreciated all the suggestions. Thanks for the reviews everyone, you have all been very supportive of me, and I will never forget it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in any way or form.

Living in a Horror Movie

Chapter Six: Laughing Lunatics

Kagome glanced fretfully at Inuyasha from across the kitchen table. The two of them had climbed the dark stairs out of the basement after her crying fit, which hadn't really lasted all that long. By some stroke of luck the power had returned shortly after, and the shadows that had so frightened Kagome had disappeared. That was about the time she noticed the red welt that had sprung up just below Inuyasha's right eye. It seemed that, in her panic, Kagome had thrown the flashlight directly into poor unsuspecting Inuyasha's face. Normally Kagome would have felt bad about that, but that feeling was made even worse by the fact that he was being totally sweet and not saying anything about it.

"So, what was all that about, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome snapped out of her thoughts. "Hm? Oh.... That. I guess that horror movie scared me after all."

"So it had nothing to do with me then?" Inuyasha asked bluntly.

"What?" Kagome yelped in surprise. "Why would it have something to do with you?"

"Well," Inuyasha replied, "you did sort of throw that magic stick—"

"It's called at flashlight."

"—At my face—"

"I said I was sorry!"

"And then you reeked—"

"Hey! I do not reek!" Maybe he wasn't going to be such a gentleman after all.

"Let me finish! What I was saying, if you'd stop interrupting me," Inuyasha glowered at her, "was that you practically reeked of fear. Why was that, if it wasn't because of me?"

"Oh, well, you see...." Kagome floundered for the words that would hurt him the least. She knew perfectly well why she had been afraid. Back there, in the dark, it had been so easy for her to mistake Inuyasha's eyes for the very same eyes as the killer in the movie. Now that she thought about it, she should have known that she hadn't been thinking rationally, seeing as monsters do not come out of the television.

"Spit it out, Kagome," Inuyasha growled. Impatiently, he pressed forward on the subject. "It was me, wasn't it? Is it because I'm not all human, like you are? Is it because of my demon blood?" Angrily, Inuyasha slammed his fist on the table, and Kagome flinched as they heard the wood splinter beneath his hand. Guiltily, he moved his hand, and saw the crack he had made in the table. "I'm sorry, Kagome," Inuyasha apologized quickly, "I didn't mean to do that. I'm so sorry."

Kagome touched his hand lightly. "That's alright, Inuyasha," she murmured quietly. "It's nothing that can't be fixed. I just need you to calm down. You shouldn't be getting angry like this."

Inuyasha pulled his hand away from hers, staring at his long sharp nails. "Tell me, Kagome," he whispered, "why were you afraid? I need to know."

Kagome averted her face, hiding her eyes from him. "Is it that important to you, Inuyasha?" she asked.

"Yes," came the firm reply.

Kagome sighed in defeat. "Alright then. I wasn't lying when I said that the movie really got to me, because it did. It was just that when the lights were all out, everything seemed much bigger and scarier than they really were. And so when I saw your eyes, Inuyasha...." Kagome trailed off, leaving her answer hanging in the air. Even though she didn't actually say it, her point was crystal clear.

"You thought that I was the monster from the movie," Inuyasha filled in for her. Suddenly he roared with laughter. "Was that all? Gods, and here I was thinking that you were afraid of me, but really it had nothing at all to do with me!" Throwing his head back, Inuyasha continued laughing, his chair tipping dangerously. With a great thud, the chair toppled over backwards, taking Inuyasha with it.

Kagome stared at Inuyasha, who was still cackling like a madman from his position on the floor. Breaking into a broad smile, she admitted, "I guess I was acting a little foolishly."

It seemed that Inuyasha's laughter was contagious, because before long Kagome was laughing too.

Buyo trotted into the room, and stared first at the dog boy lying on the floor, and then at Kagome. Both had their mouths wide open making some terrible racket, and it didn't seem that they were about to stop any time soon. Twitching his tail, Buyo stalked out of the room. Humans were such odd creatures.

A/N: And that's the end, folks. I rather liked the end to that, but I would love to hear from you. I wrote this all in one sitting, but it is longer than the last chapter. To close off, I'd like to thank everyone for his or her support and comments. I love you all, you make writing so much more fun than if my readers were all cranky windbags.

Always a pleasure,

InsanelyHappy.