Disclaimer: This isn't my disclaimer. Roses are red, Violets are blue, I don't own Inu, so please do not sue. - This is a cute disclaimer, ne?
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Okay, so here are the results of the poll:
Nonononono: Unable to count.
Spread the Love: 1 (so far)
Well, I STILL can't resist pleasing my reviewers. SO, since school got out yesterday, I'm gonna write 2 stories, this one, and another one called: Romeo and Juliet! Version II: Spread the Love. Watch for it, k?
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Anyways, I'm having HUGE writers block right now, but I managed to pull through for another chapter. I would still like ideas from readers, though. Gomen for the late chapter.
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Romeo and Juliet!
[Chapter 6: The First Rehearsal and Fluffy-ness Resumes]
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Sunlight filtered through the curtains of the hospital, shining in my eyes and forcing me to get up. I stared blankly at the white wall, momentarily forgetting where I was. Then it all came back to me. The 'osuwari'. The sight of Inuyasha's face smashed in. Oh my Kami!! Inuyasha! I rushed to the bed, slowly brushing his silver locks away from his poor face. Aww, he looked so cute when he sleeps......I mentally slapped myself. Again. Sigh..... Then, my eyes wandered up. Up to his twitching doggy ears. Slowly, ever so slowly, I reached up and gently touched his ears. They were soft beyond soft! I gawked and started rubbing them.
"Wench, what are you doing?"
I snapped my hand back and retreated to my 'bed'.
"Eh, er, n-nothing...hehe,"I squeaked, noticing how interesting my shoes were.
"Feh. Well, I'm off."Inuyasha said as he sat up in bed.
"Wait! You're not healed yet!" I jumped up and ran over to him, firmly pushing him back down. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and unraveled the bandage that covered half his face. Nothing. No scars. No broken noses. NO SMASHED IN FACE!!! YAY!!!!
"Oooh, Inuyasha, you're all better!"I squealed, jumping on him. I hugged him fiercely, but it dawned on my that, well, I was on top of him. Me, Kagome Higurashi, on top of Inuyasha Takahashi. In a hospital. On a BED!!!
"Oh, I'm sorry, am I interupting something?"
I blushed and scrambled off Inuyasha, only to find Miroku's perverted grin stretched out on his face.
"Miroku, you hentai! Stop thinking dirty thoughts!" Sango charged in, tackling him the ground and started to beat the shit out of him.
"Wow. That girl is STRONG!!"Inuyasha said, his jaw dropping to the floor. We both gazed as Sango bonked him on the head one final time before turning to Inuyasha.
"Gomen nasai, Inuyasha, for the lecher's rude behavior." Sango glanced up at Inuyasha's face.
"WHOOHOO!!! YAY!!! INU ISN'T INJURED!! WOOOOO!!!"Sango jumped 5 feet into the air, punching it with her fists. Everyone sweatdropped, including the poor nurse who just came in. She was unfortunatly groped by Miroku, who had just woken up, acting as if it were nothing. Out of the blue, Sango grabbed Inuyasha and planted a wet, sticky kiss on his cheek.
"Ewww, Sango, are you okay!?!?!?!?!?!"I yelled, wiping of Inu's face. A large........wait, did I say large? I meant small (A/N.........RIIIIIIGHT) wave of jealousy passed through my body. She was my best friend and all, but still...........(A/N you know you like him, admit it!!! okay, okay, i'll stop)
Inuyasha stood there, speechless. Just then, Miroku decided to talk.
"INUYASHA! HOW COULD YOU KISS SANGO!" Yup, that monk could be VERY dense.
"I didn't kiss the wench, she kissed me!"Inuyasha replied, earning him a bonk on the head from Sango and me. Miroku sulked into a corner, watching us warily.
"Yeah, Sango, tell us why you kissed Inuyasha."I asked, sitting down on the bed.
"Well, you see, uh, themallcalledandsaidthatsincetheincidentbroketheirfloor,theyweregonnamakeusp ayforanewfloorthatcstsalotofmoneyandonlyinuyashahasenoughmoneytopayforit...h ehe."
(translation: the mall called and said that since the incident broke their floor, they were gonna make us pay for a new floor that costs a lot of money and only inuyasha has enough money to pay for it.)
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?"I asked.
"Because you were asleep."
".............."
"How much does it cost?"Inuyasha asked.
"Oro?"
"I said, how much do I have to pay?!"He yelled.
"Eh...hehe.........eh, er, a c-couple, th-thousand...." Sango muttered the last part under her breath. Nonetheless, Inuyasha still heard her.
"Oh. Okay."
"WHAT?! I couldn't earn a couple thousand in a year!"Sango exploded.
"Ahhhh, but you're forgetting the fact that I get $100 a day."Inuyasha said in an I-am-so-rich-bow-down-to-me voice.
"Snobby rich prep." I whacked the back of his stupid head and marched haughtily out of the door.
"Kagome, wait!"
"I shall have nothing to do with you."
"Ah, but you're forgetting one thing,"Inuyasha said, smirking.
"What?"
"The first rehearsal is today."
"Oh Kami.........KUSO!"I yelled.
"Shhhhh!!!! You're gonna wake up the patients!" A nurse walked in on us menacingly.
"Eh....hehe.....let's go."Inuyasha picked me up, bridal style, and sped out of the hospital.
"Um, Inuyasha?"
"Yes?"
"You can let me go now." Inuyasha flushed red and immediatly dropped me, ending up cowering in fear with a large bruise on his forehead. My butt ached and I was gonna get Inu back for it. I mean, who wants an aching ass?
"Er, um, I gotta go, see ya at school!"Inuyasha squealed. (Inusquealing= Oh my Kami, that sounded like a headless chicken! XP)
I stared dumbfounded at his retreating figure. Then, I slowly made my way home, trying to think of many excuses (and failing) that would explain my disappearance for the last two days.
-------Home--------
"Kagome! Where have you been young lady, answer me now!" My mom pinched my ear betweed her thumb and index finger and dragged me to my room.
"Okay, now explain."
"Well, I was over at Sango's house when we heard a scream. We looked out the window and saw Miroku, who was nearly run over by a car and had a heart attack. We had to stay at the hospital because we were so scared, but Miroku is alive and well." I chose the first story that popped into my head. Thank goodness my mom was so gullible that if I told her 'gullible' wasn't in the dictionary, she'd believe me.
"Oh well, then....."
I looked up hopefully, giving her the puppy-dog eyes.
"YOU'RE GROUNDED!!!"
"BUT WHY?!"
"I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY, YOU COULD'VE CALLED!!!"
"Fine." I stood up and marched to my desk, grabbing my cell phone. Click! I turned it on and dialed my home number. Using my other hand, I grabbed the house phone.
Cell: "Hello, is this mother?"I said into my phone.
Home: "Oh yes, dear, Kagome where are you?"I mimicked my mothers voice perfectly, throwing in the 'concerned parent' look. My mother stared at me, with a look that says smart-alec-who-thinks-she-knows-everything.
Cell: "Yeah, I'm at Sango's house."
Home: "Okay dear"
Cell: "Miroku just had a heart attack. I'll be staying overnight at the hospital."
Home: "Oh my goodnes, honey, is he okay?"
Cell: "Yeah, he'll be fine, don't worry."
Home: "Okay, call me if anything comes up."
I clicked off both phones, and looked up only to see my brother and grandfather applauding me madly, and my mom fighting off the urge burst out laughing. I smiled evily, pushed everyone out of my room, and locked the door. I stared at my reflection in the mirror. Barely noticeable tears had dried on my checks, and I had shadows under my eyes. So I decided to take a bath. I filled up the tub with hot, steaming water, stripped my wrinkled clothes off, and stepped into the bathtub, practicing my lines for tommorow's rehearsal.
---------At School The Next Day--------------
"Hello students, and welcome to another 2 hours of Drama. Today, we have a new student, Koga Shina-Ookami. He will play the part of Paris, Juliet's to-be husband chosen by her family. Will Inuyasha and Kagome come up please? Bring your scripts,"Mr. Yasuyo said.
I glanced over at Inuyasha, then stood up and walked to the front. Mr. Yasuyo pulled a curtain in the back of the room, and it reavealed a long passageway to the auditorium. Inuyasha grabbed my hand when he caught Koga eyeing me, growling protectively.
"Eh, Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Why are you growling at Koga?"
"Because he is looking at you!"
"Why do you care? It's not as if you like me."
"Well, er, uh-"
Inuyasha was interrupted by Mr. Yasuyo.
"Everyone, take seats in the audience. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga, come up to the stage. We will rehearse the scene where Paris is fighting Romeo at Juliet's 'tomb'."
I sighed, but hauled myself up anyways, laying down on a makeshift casket that consisted of a few upturned crates.
(A/N Okay, I have to skip a lot of the real script because it is too long, don't hurt me! XD)
Koga:
This is that banish'd haughty Montague,
That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,
It is supposed, the fair creature died;
And here is come to do some villanous shame
To the dead bodies: I will apprehend him.
Comes forward
Stop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague!
Can vengeance be pursued further than death?
Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee:
Obey, and go with me; for thou must die. Inuyasha:
I must indeed; and therefore came I hither.
Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man;
Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these gone;
Let them affright thee. I beseech thee, youth,
Put not another sin upon my head,
By urging me to fury: O, be gone!
By heaven, I love thee better than myself;
For I come hither arm'd against myself:
Stay not, be gone; live, and hereafter say,
A madman's mercy bade thee run away. Koga:
I do defy thy conjurations,
And apprehend thee for a felon here.
Inuyasha:
Wilt thou provoke me? then have at thee, boy!
Inuyasha whipped out his sword. I quickly glanced up. Oh yeah, the sight of Inuyasha standing in a fighting position with a rubber chicken for a sword really would unnerve someone. But then again, Koga with a tiny rubber ducky is worse. I kept fighting the urge to burst out laughing. The whole Drama class already was. Inuyasha quickly stabbed Koga in the eye with the chicken and Koga fell down, twitching, grasping his face.
"Settle down, now, settle down. Since 'Paris' is dead, just cart Koga off to the infirmary. As for you, Inuyasha, you get detention after class. You may continue." Mr. Yasuyo snapped his fingers and his student assistants quickly dragged Koga off stage and to the nurse's office. Since Koga wasn't there, Miroku got up to say Koga's last line.
"O, I am slain!
[Falls]
If thou be merciful,
Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet."
[Dies]
Inuyasha:
In faith, I will. Let me peruse this face.
Mercutio's kinsman, noble County Paris!
What said my man, when my betossed soul
Did not attend him as we rode? I think
He told me Paris should have married Juliet:
Said he not so? or did I dream it so?
Or am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
To think it was so? O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune's book!
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave;
A grave? O no! a lantern, slaughter'd youth,
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.
Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr'd.
From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death!
Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!
Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark!
Here's to my love!
Inuyasha grabbed his water bottle and drank half of it.
O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
"Anytime now!"Sango yelled from the audience.
Inuyasha hastily broke the kiss, closed his eyes, and slumped over me.
Enter Miroku.
Miroku:
Romeo! O, pale! Who else? what, Paris too?
And steep'd in blood? Ah, what an unkind hour
Is guilty of this lamentable chance!
The lady stirs.
On cue, I woke up, gently moving Inuyasha's head from my lap.
Me:
O comfortable friar! where is my lord?
I do remember well where I should be,
And there I am. Where is my Romeo?
Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative. I gently bent over and kissed Inuyasha, who's eyes were [cough] half open.Thy lips are warm.O happy dagger!
I grabbed Inuyasha's rubber chicken, avoiding the beak, which still had mucus from Koga's eye. Ewww!
This is thy sheath;I 'stabbed' myself with the talons, letting my eyes roll into my head.
There rust, and let me die.Then, I fell on top of Inuyasha and 'died'. I could hear many Awwwws from the crowd.
Sango entered the stage as Lady Capulet, my 'mother'.
Sango:
O me! this sight of death is as a bell,
That warns my old age to a sepulchre.
Hojo stepped onto the stage as the 'Prince', standing 'sadly' (A/N sorry guys, I hate Hobo over there and had to make him a bad actor [snickers] )
Hojo:
A glooming peace this morning with it brings;
The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Inuyasha and I got up, standing proudly on the stage while the whole Drama class clapped their hands sore. And this was just the first rehearsal! I was so happy that I didn't even realize Inuyasha had his arm around my waist!!! Everyone bowed, grinning madly.
"Bravo! Bravo! Oui oui, this will do well!"
Everyone ceased clapping, glancing at the auditorium door. There stood a chubby old fart, smiling all perky-like. He had blond hair, uncommon in Tokyo.
"Why, class, look who we have here! Everyone, let's give a warm welcome to Chiba Flonsty (pronounced Chee-bah Flohn-stie), an old friend of mine from directing school!"Mr. Yasuyo got up and hugged his friend.
"Oui, you have fine actors and actresses here, Yasu! How would you like your production of Romeo and Juliet on air, live?"Mr. Flonsty asked.
"Well, what do you say, class? Do you want to be seen all over Tokyo? Maybe you will even become famous!"Mr. Yasuyo said, stars shining in his eyes.
A chorus of 'Yes, Mr. Yasuyo' could be heard from the auditorium.
"Then it's settled!" Mr. Flonsty swept out of the auditorium, grinning like a madman.
"Class dismissed!" The bell rang, signalling the end of the day. Inuyasha grabbed our backpacks and led me out of the room.
"So, uh, Kagome, are you busy right now?"he asked, handing me my bag.
"No, why?"
"D-do you w-want to go to the coffee shop down the street with me? Miroku and Sango will be there."
"Oh! Um, sure!"I grinned as he grabbed my hand. We walked out of school with Miroku and Sango, and started down the street. Eventually, we reached the little coffee shop, Caffe no Coffee, and Inuyasha was STILL holding my hand. Though I am not complaining.
We got some seats and a waitress came over.
"Hello, welcome to Caffe no Coffee, my name is Ayame, and I will be your waitress for this afternoon. Today's special is a frosted Latte Mocha over ice chopped into sheets with a small slice of Mocha-Chocolate Creme cake, a good deal for five dollars."
I looked up at Ayame. She had flaming red hair tied into two ponytails and deep green eyes.
"Oh, and if you order the daily special for two, it includes a larger drink with ONE straw, and two small slices of cake."Ayame added, winking at me and Inuyasha. Before I could place my order, Inuyasha said,
"We'll take the daily special for two, please." Ayame nodded, pleased with her matchmaking. I flushed a little, stealing glances at Inuyasha.
"Us too,"Miroku said, eyeing Sango.
"Okay, your order will be up soon." Ayame flashed us a large smile, then turned to head back to the kitchens.
"Why the HELL did you order that?!"Sango screamed, smacking Miroku's head. He just gave her a lopsided grin.
"Because you are the PURTIEST purty in da entire world!"Miroku replied, still smiling like an insane idiot.
"And because Inuyasha had the nerve to do it." Inuyasha blushed, then looked at me. Our eyes met, and we immediatly looked away, red still staining our cheeks. We were interupted by Ayame, who came with our drinks. Smiling evily, she took two straws out of her pockets and stuck one in each drink.
"Enjoy!" Ayame smirked as she walked away, ready to spy on us from behind the counter.
"Mmm, this is good!"Inuyasha slurped the drink up.
"Hey! Save some for me!"I grabbed it and started drinking slowly, forgetting that we were sharing a straw. Inuyasha stared at me hungrily. Or more like he stared at the drink thirstily.
"So, Sango, would you take the honor of the first sip?"Miroku asked. Sango sighed, marched over to the counter, grabbed a straw from Ayame's pocket, and stuck it in the drink. She took a sip, grinning evily at Miroku and Ayame, who glared at her.
"Okay everyone, it is Karoke day! Who would like to start?"Ayame yelled from the stage.
"Come on, Kag, you're a great singer! Go on!"Sango said.
"Well, um..."
"Come on Kagome, for me?"Inuyasha flashed me a charming smile and a puppy dog face. Oh well. Here I go. Again. I stood up and walked up the stage.
"Cannot touch,
cannot hold
cannot be together
cannot love,
cannot kiss
cannot love each other
Must be strong,
and we must let go
cannot say,
what our hearts must know
how can i not love you
what do I tell my heart?
when do i not want you,
here in my arms
how does one waltz away,
from all of those memories
how do i not miss you,
when you are gone
cannot dream,
cannot share sweet
and tender moments
cannot feel,
how we feel
must pretend its over
must be brave,
and we must hold on
must not say,
what we know all along
how can i not love you,
what do i tell my heart?
when do i not want you,
here in my arms
how does one waltz away
from all of those memories
how do i not miss you
when you are gone
how can i not love you
must be brave
and we must keep strong
cannot say
what we've known all along
how can i not love you
what do i tell my heart?
when do i not want you
here in my arms
how does one waltz away
from all of those memories
how do i not miss you
when you are gone
how can i not love you
when you are gone............."
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Okay, I don't own the song 'How Can I Not Love You?' by Joy Enriquez.
It goes soo well with Inuyasha, ne? I first discovered this song when I downloaded the AMV (anime music video) for Inuyasha that goes with it. The scenes were completely from Inuyasha The Movie 1:The Love That Trancedes Time.
This chapter took me a loooong time to write, so I hope you enjoyed it! L8erz! Ja Ne!
Kagome
P.S. To inuyashasdragonballs: As long as you like your pen name and is comfortable with it, you don't have to change it.