Disclaimer: If I owned Rumiko Takahashi, then technically I would own Inu Yasha, right? Too bad people can't own other people. *sob*
A/N: You know what? I think that I had just found out another one of my favorite foods. CHEESE PUFFS!! They're really good! I promise! Ugh...I think I am dying of thirst. I really feel like one of those old people who have IV needles stuck in their hands so they don't dehydrate. I hate needles, and I don't think that I am one of those people who are made to go across the desert. I think I will die of dehydration the moment I step onto the desert. Well, I'm off to get a drink, and here is what you've readers have all been waiting for! ._. Btw, the score is 2 for Miroku and Sango, 3 for Inu Yasha and Kagome, and 1 for both. Maybe both should win...hmm...
The Line between Imagination and Reality
Chap. 2: Beginners Luck (A/N: If you kids actually didn't listen to me in the first chapter, and made a bet with someone, beginners luck comes in like about 1 in 100. Just to let you know ^^)
So far, the game was 0:0. Kagome and Sango both have zero points. And neither of them are close to gaining any points at all. Well, neither of them had even tried to make the other pair break-up. It has been almost a week from when the bet was started, and right now, we find our 'couples' sitting around the fire, staring at heart's content. Ok, none of them are happy at staring at the fire, but it is sure better that answering all of Shippou's neverending questions.
"Miroku, would you please stop moving your hand toward my bottom. I can see you, you know." Sango distastefully glanced at him.
Miroku looked all innocent and sweet, and, um...very monk-like. "Why Sango, how could you think that?" he asked very sweet and shockly.
"Kagome, why does Miroku have his hand going to Sango's bottom?" Shippou asked, oblivious to the answer that Miroku was just a plain pervert.
"You'll have to ask Miroku that. Now, I would like to continue my stare at the fire, mind you." Kagome said as curtly as possible to Shippou, trying to indicate that she was tired, cold, and very bored, without any luck though.
"Miroku, why do you have to 'grope' Sango?" Shippou was dying to know.
"Well, you see, if you would just try it, you-"
"Miroku, let's not fill sweet little Shippou's mind with your perverted one, now don't we, Shippou?" Sango asked him with her hand on Miroku's mouth, but he had no clue that Miroku's mind was that perverted. (A/N: Don't worry, I won't make Miroku that perverted and Shippou that...well...naive.) Sango turned to Miroku.
"Miroku, I would like to speak with you privately please." She indicated to Miroku inside the woods. Miroku obediently followed.
"What did you want, Sango?" Miroku whispered once they were out of 'hanyou's hearing distance.'
"Miroku, it has been almost a week, and no one is losing or winning," Sango urgently said,"and if this continues, who knows when we'll get my 2000 yen."
"Your 1000 yen," Miroku corrected her,"the other 1000 is mine."
"That doesn't matter right now!" Sango hissed. "We have to break up Kagome and Inu Yasha quickly so we can get the money."
Miroku stared at her suspiciously. "Does this have something to do with personal stuff?"
Sango stared at her feet and started to fumble with her fingers. "Well, yes and no. I want to get the money fast, and well...I saw a really pretty hair tie in the market just yesterday, and I asked the merchant to put it on hold just for me." She said sheepishly.
"Ahh...I see..."
While the two were debating on how to break up Kagome and Inu Yasha, both of them failed to notice a dark shadow surrounded by flying dragon-like demons nearby, within hearing distance. She narrowed her eyes as she heard the two talking. "So...Inu Yasha...you have chosen her as yours, have you not?"
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Back at the fire, Inu Yasha yawned. Shippou stretched out lazily, and Kagome tried with all her might just to keep her eyes open.
"You know what? I am going to bed right now. Come on Shippou." Kagome headed toward the hut with Shippou wobbiling behind, trying to keep his balance. Inu Yasha followed and they all fell into deep slumber
"We'll talk about this tomorrow." Sango whispered and yawned really loudly.
"Good night Sango." Miroku said as he trudged his feet to the hut and slowly closed his eyes.
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Inu Yasha slowly woke up, and realized that it was just midnight. But then, he saw a glowing thing outside, and went out to check what it was. 'Soul swimmers? Then Kikyou's nearby!'
Kagome woke up from a nightmare. 'I dreamt that I had finals, and I didn't even study! Oh, Inu Yasha's up. I wonder where he's heading.' And with that, she went and followed him, getting not very far, and her heart quickly picked up speed. 'Kikyou's here! Why would she want Inu Yasha now?!' To prevent from being uncovered, she hid behind a tree.
"Kikyou, why are you here?" Inu Yasha asked.
"I came for personal matters. Let me get to the point, Inu Yasha, is Kagome yours?"
Inu Yasha's eyes widened, "How did you know that...?" he asked suspiciously.
As calm as ever, Kikyou replied: "I have my sources. But, is it true that she is yours?"
"Yes, but it is not like you think!" Inu Yasha sputtered.
"Then ..." The rest of the words were barely audible to Kagome as she heard some leaves rustle and then peered to see what was happining. There, she saw Kikyou kiss Inu Yasha right on the lips. Then she ran, crying and blindly running, while tripping on tree roots. She wanted to forget what happened and disappear off of the earth.
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Morning came, and Inu Yasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou couldn't find Kagome anywhere. They looked in the forest, and near the river, and even out on the hills, but no such luck. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou retired to the hut as Inu Yasha was continuing to search for her. He didn't have to search far, because she was sitting next to the river, apparently on the opposite side that where they were searching for her.
"Inu Yasha, what happened last night?" Kagome whispered, staring into the river.
Inu Yasha was obviously startled, and tried to lie to her. "N-Nothing."
"Inu Yasha, don't lie to me. I saw and heard what went on with you and Kikyou. She kissed you, didn't she?!" Kagome was now starting to get mad at Inu Yasha.
"I...umm...it wasn't like I invited her to my lips!" Inu Yasha shot back.
"Well, it does seem like they're has to be two people to kiss, and you looked like you enjoyed it, after hugging her!" Kagome snapped back.
"What! You were eavesdropping on our conversation, weren't you!"
"Oh Inu Yasha, why do you have to change the subject and always pin it on me? YOU were the one kissing her. YOU were the one who hugged her. YOU were the one who was suppose to be my boyfriend. YOU were suppose to love me and I am suppose to love yo-" Kagome realized that she had gone way too far and shut her mouth. With that, she stomped angrily away.
"Hey-we're not done talking yet! Get back here!" Inu Yasha demanded.
"You're right, we're not. Maybe you should go with Kikyou instead, and not have me around. Maybe your life would be much more happier!" Kagome yelled.
"Maybe I should! Maybe I could just find the shards all by my self and you could go flirt at some Hono or Hojo or whatever that guy's name i-"
"Sit!" The next minute, many things happened. Ground and Dirt, please meet Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha, please meet Ground and Dirt. Kagome walked away fuming.
'Shit...shit...shit...'
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"What the hell was that for?!" Inu Yasha argued back at Kagome.
"Well, since you just seems to take an interest in Kikyou, I might as well forfeit the bet. All the 2000 yen belong to Sango." Kagome stated calmly.
"Why did you do that?" Inu Yasha whined. "Do you know how many ramen bowls you can buy with 2000 yen?"
Kagome didn't take her eyes off of the ground. "Well...I was afraid the bet would make you...well...not like me as much," she mumbled.
"What?! I never said that I didn't like you. I never said that I liked Kikyou either." Inu Yasha exclaimed.
"You didn't have to. I saw it in your eyes." Kagome explained very softly. "I'll be leaving...don't expect me to come back for several hours."
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"So...Inu Yasha, did you have a fight with Miss Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Fuck off."
"Why, Inu Yasha, I was mearly asking!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Why go gope Sango or something?" mumbled Inu Yasha.
Miroku thought about that for a moment. "Nah. I would probably be slapped again, and it is very painful, mind you."
"Then why don't you just go bother Sango instead of grope her?"
"Why not? I can always sit here and bother you."
"Hm..."
"...Inu Yasha?"
"Hm?"
"Does this fight by any chance have something to do with Kikyou?" Miroku timidly asked.
"What the fuck...? Where'd you get that idea?" Inu Yasha asked shocked and grumpily.
"Well, the last time I checked, you and Miss Kagome mostly fight about Kikyou or something else, but mainly Kikyou."Miroku stated.
"Dammit Miroku, just leave me alone!" shouted Inu Yasha.
"...leaving..."
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'That Inu Yasha, he just can't learn to keep his lips to himself, can he?' Kagome thought in fustration. 'He just doesn't get it, does he, that I like him...WHOA! Waitaminute, I don't like him. He is a jerk and a bastard. He is a jerk and a bastard. He is a jerk and a bastard. BUT I LOVE HIM!!!' "Stupid feelings" mumbled Kagome, who decided to walk around for a while, to cool her anger. Unfortunately, she bumped into Sango, and she wasn't in the mood to talk to someone else.
"Hey Kagome." Sango said.
"Hey."
"...ok...what went wrong this time. Kagome, I hate to say it, but when it comes to hiding your feelings, you really suck." Sango told her.
'Guess I was trying to hid them after all.' "Well, Inu Yasha and I had a fight..." Kagome slowly drew a breath, "and I am angry at him and vice versa."
"I don't know what you're fighting about, but go on and try apologizing, even though it is not your fault." Sango said gently. "I may not know a lot about you two, but when Miroku does something stupid, I always would forgive him."
Kagome just stared at her. "Are you counting the times when he asked everyother girl except you to bear his child or are you counting the times when he gropes you way too much," she asked suspiciously.
"Well...er...um...not counting any of what you said, then I'll forgive him." Sango told her truthfully.
"Maybe you're right. I'll go talk to him." Kagome stood up to leave, but Sango warned her, "You might want to let him cool off first, before he explodes at you."
Kagome just smiled. "I think I will. Thank you Sango-chan." And with that, she scurried away.
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"Hey." Kagome gently approched the burning hanyou and sat down.
"Hey yourself." He grunted.
"I just came here to apologize," Kagome continued, ignoring his rude remarks,"for what happened last night. You're right. It probably wasn't your fault, yet I feel the need to blame you, no offense."
"Gee, thanks. Next time why don't you just blame me when you get killed or something? Boy, I sure would feel happy." Inu Yasha retorted.
"No need for sarcasm."
"Yeah, whatever."
"WHATEVER?! Is that all you say after I came all the way here from a half hour walk that nearly killed my feet (A/N: Just to let you know, Sango had Kirara with her so she could travel faster. ^^ meow!) and all you say is 'whatever'?!" Kagome shouted.
Just then, Kagome swore that she wasn't talking to the 'normal' Inu Yasha, because he had just hugged her. HE HAD JUST HUGGED HER. Not what a normal Inu Yasha would do. And that freaked her out. "Inu Yasha?" She had managed to croak out of shock.
"I'm sorry, the kiss wasn't suppose to happen. So sorry..." he whispered in her ear while Kagome started to relax and return the hug.
"It's ok...it's ok..."
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(A/N: There's the fluff for you fluff lovers! ...did that even make any sense? I might not make that much fluff in the next chapter, but there will be some fluff in there, so don't worry. Anyways, I'll try to update soon, but since we'll have the STAR test and the CAT-6 test, and all my other homework, don't expect me to update really soon. Ja-ne! Oh, and be sure to vote on who will win the bet: Sango and Miroku or Kagome and Inu Yasha.)
A/N: You know what? I think that I had just found out another one of my favorite foods. CHEESE PUFFS!! They're really good! I promise! Ugh...I think I am dying of thirst. I really feel like one of those old people who have IV needles stuck in their hands so they don't dehydrate. I hate needles, and I don't think that I am one of those people who are made to go across the desert. I think I will die of dehydration the moment I step onto the desert. Well, I'm off to get a drink, and here is what you've readers have all been waiting for! ._. Btw, the score is 2 for Miroku and Sango, 3 for Inu Yasha and Kagome, and 1 for both. Maybe both should win...hmm...
The Line between Imagination and Reality
Chap. 2: Beginners Luck (A/N: If you kids actually didn't listen to me in the first chapter, and made a bet with someone, beginners luck comes in like about 1 in 100. Just to let you know ^^)
So far, the game was 0:0. Kagome and Sango both have zero points. And neither of them are close to gaining any points at all. Well, neither of them had even tried to make the other pair break-up. It has been almost a week from when the bet was started, and right now, we find our 'couples' sitting around the fire, staring at heart's content. Ok, none of them are happy at staring at the fire, but it is sure better that answering all of Shippou's neverending questions.
"Miroku, would you please stop moving your hand toward my bottom. I can see you, you know." Sango distastefully glanced at him.
Miroku looked all innocent and sweet, and, um...very monk-like. "Why Sango, how could you think that?" he asked very sweet and shockly.
"Kagome, why does Miroku have his hand going to Sango's bottom?" Shippou asked, oblivious to the answer that Miroku was just a plain pervert.
"You'll have to ask Miroku that. Now, I would like to continue my stare at the fire, mind you." Kagome said as curtly as possible to Shippou, trying to indicate that she was tired, cold, and very bored, without any luck though.
"Miroku, why do you have to 'grope' Sango?" Shippou was dying to know.
"Well, you see, if you would just try it, you-"
"Miroku, let's not fill sweet little Shippou's mind with your perverted one, now don't we, Shippou?" Sango asked him with her hand on Miroku's mouth, but he had no clue that Miroku's mind was that perverted. (A/N: Don't worry, I won't make Miroku that perverted and Shippou that...well...naive.) Sango turned to Miroku.
"Miroku, I would like to speak with you privately please." She indicated to Miroku inside the woods. Miroku obediently followed.
"What did you want, Sango?" Miroku whispered once they were out of 'hanyou's hearing distance.'
"Miroku, it has been almost a week, and no one is losing or winning," Sango urgently said,"and if this continues, who knows when we'll get my 2000 yen."
"Your 1000 yen," Miroku corrected her,"the other 1000 is mine."
"That doesn't matter right now!" Sango hissed. "We have to break up Kagome and Inu Yasha quickly so we can get the money."
Miroku stared at her suspiciously. "Does this have something to do with personal stuff?"
Sango stared at her feet and started to fumble with her fingers. "Well, yes and no. I want to get the money fast, and well...I saw a really pretty hair tie in the market just yesterday, and I asked the merchant to put it on hold just for me." She said sheepishly.
"Ahh...I see..."
While the two were debating on how to break up Kagome and Inu Yasha, both of them failed to notice a dark shadow surrounded by flying dragon-like demons nearby, within hearing distance. She narrowed her eyes as she heard the two talking. "So...Inu Yasha...you have chosen her as yours, have you not?"
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Back at the fire, Inu Yasha yawned. Shippou stretched out lazily, and Kagome tried with all her might just to keep her eyes open.
"You know what? I am going to bed right now. Come on Shippou." Kagome headed toward the hut with Shippou wobbiling behind, trying to keep his balance. Inu Yasha followed and they all fell into deep slumber
"We'll talk about this tomorrow." Sango whispered and yawned really loudly.
"Good night Sango." Miroku said as he trudged his feet to the hut and slowly closed his eyes.
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Inu Yasha slowly woke up, and realized that it was just midnight. But then, he saw a glowing thing outside, and went out to check what it was. 'Soul swimmers? Then Kikyou's nearby!'
Kagome woke up from a nightmare. 'I dreamt that I had finals, and I didn't even study! Oh, Inu Yasha's up. I wonder where he's heading.' And with that, she went and followed him, getting not very far, and her heart quickly picked up speed. 'Kikyou's here! Why would she want Inu Yasha now?!' To prevent from being uncovered, she hid behind a tree.
"Kikyou, why are you here?" Inu Yasha asked.
"I came for personal matters. Let me get to the point, Inu Yasha, is Kagome yours?"
Inu Yasha's eyes widened, "How did you know that...?" he asked suspiciously.
As calm as ever, Kikyou replied: "I have my sources. But, is it true that she is yours?"
"Yes, but it is not like you think!" Inu Yasha sputtered.
"Then ..." The rest of the words were barely audible to Kagome as she heard some leaves rustle and then peered to see what was happining. There, she saw Kikyou kiss Inu Yasha right on the lips. Then she ran, crying and blindly running, while tripping on tree roots. She wanted to forget what happened and disappear off of the earth.
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Morning came, and Inu Yasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou couldn't find Kagome anywhere. They looked in the forest, and near the river, and even out on the hills, but no such luck. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou retired to the hut as Inu Yasha was continuing to search for her. He didn't have to search far, because she was sitting next to the river, apparently on the opposite side that where they were searching for her.
"Inu Yasha, what happened last night?" Kagome whispered, staring into the river.
Inu Yasha was obviously startled, and tried to lie to her. "N-Nothing."
"Inu Yasha, don't lie to me. I saw and heard what went on with you and Kikyou. She kissed you, didn't she?!" Kagome was now starting to get mad at Inu Yasha.
"I...umm...it wasn't like I invited her to my lips!" Inu Yasha shot back.
"Well, it does seem like they're has to be two people to kiss, and you looked like you enjoyed it, after hugging her!" Kagome snapped back.
"What! You were eavesdropping on our conversation, weren't you!"
"Oh Inu Yasha, why do you have to change the subject and always pin it on me? YOU were the one kissing her. YOU were the one who hugged her. YOU were the one who was suppose to be my boyfriend. YOU were suppose to love me and I am suppose to love yo-" Kagome realized that she had gone way too far and shut her mouth. With that, she stomped angrily away.
"Hey-we're not done talking yet! Get back here!" Inu Yasha demanded.
"You're right, we're not. Maybe you should go with Kikyou instead, and not have me around. Maybe your life would be much more happier!" Kagome yelled.
"Maybe I should! Maybe I could just find the shards all by my self and you could go flirt at some Hono or Hojo or whatever that guy's name i-"
"Sit!" The next minute, many things happened. Ground and Dirt, please meet Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha, please meet Ground and Dirt. Kagome walked away fuming.
'Shit...shit...shit...'
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"What the hell was that for?!" Inu Yasha argued back at Kagome.
"Well, since you just seems to take an interest in Kikyou, I might as well forfeit the bet. All the 2000 yen belong to Sango." Kagome stated calmly.
"Why did you do that?" Inu Yasha whined. "Do you know how many ramen bowls you can buy with 2000 yen?"
Kagome didn't take her eyes off of the ground. "Well...I was afraid the bet would make you...well...not like me as much," she mumbled.
"What?! I never said that I didn't like you. I never said that I liked Kikyou either." Inu Yasha exclaimed.
"You didn't have to. I saw it in your eyes." Kagome explained very softly. "I'll be leaving...don't expect me to come back for several hours."
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"So...Inu Yasha, did you have a fight with Miss Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Fuck off."
"Why, Inu Yasha, I was mearly asking!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Why go gope Sango or something?" mumbled Inu Yasha.
Miroku thought about that for a moment. "Nah. I would probably be slapped again, and it is very painful, mind you."
"Then why don't you just go bother Sango instead of grope her?"
"Why not? I can always sit here and bother you."
"Hm..."
"...Inu Yasha?"
"Hm?"
"Does this fight by any chance have something to do with Kikyou?" Miroku timidly asked.
"What the fuck...? Where'd you get that idea?" Inu Yasha asked shocked and grumpily.
"Well, the last time I checked, you and Miss Kagome mostly fight about Kikyou or something else, but mainly Kikyou."Miroku stated.
"Dammit Miroku, just leave me alone!" shouted Inu Yasha.
"...leaving..."
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'That Inu Yasha, he just can't learn to keep his lips to himself, can he?' Kagome thought in fustration. 'He just doesn't get it, does he, that I like him...WHOA! Waitaminute, I don't like him. He is a jerk and a bastard. He is a jerk and a bastard. He is a jerk and a bastard. BUT I LOVE HIM!!!' "Stupid feelings" mumbled Kagome, who decided to walk around for a while, to cool her anger. Unfortunately, she bumped into Sango, and she wasn't in the mood to talk to someone else.
"Hey Kagome." Sango said.
"Hey."
"...ok...what went wrong this time. Kagome, I hate to say it, but when it comes to hiding your feelings, you really suck." Sango told her.
'Guess I was trying to hid them after all.' "Well, Inu Yasha and I had a fight..." Kagome slowly drew a breath, "and I am angry at him and vice versa."
"I don't know what you're fighting about, but go on and try apologizing, even though it is not your fault." Sango said gently. "I may not know a lot about you two, but when Miroku does something stupid, I always would forgive him."
Kagome just stared at her. "Are you counting the times when he asked everyother girl except you to bear his child or are you counting the times when he gropes you way too much," she asked suspiciously.
"Well...er...um...not counting any of what you said, then I'll forgive him." Sango told her truthfully.
"Maybe you're right. I'll go talk to him." Kagome stood up to leave, but Sango warned her, "You might want to let him cool off first, before he explodes at you."
Kagome just smiled. "I think I will. Thank you Sango-chan." And with that, she scurried away.
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"Hey." Kagome gently approched the burning hanyou and sat down.
"Hey yourself." He grunted.
"I just came here to apologize," Kagome continued, ignoring his rude remarks,"for what happened last night. You're right. It probably wasn't your fault, yet I feel the need to blame you, no offense."
"Gee, thanks. Next time why don't you just blame me when you get killed or something? Boy, I sure would feel happy." Inu Yasha retorted.
"No need for sarcasm."
"Yeah, whatever."
"WHATEVER?! Is that all you say after I came all the way here from a half hour walk that nearly killed my feet (A/N: Just to let you know, Sango had Kirara with her so she could travel faster. ^^ meow!) and all you say is 'whatever'?!" Kagome shouted.
Just then, Kagome swore that she wasn't talking to the 'normal' Inu Yasha, because he had just hugged her. HE HAD JUST HUGGED HER. Not what a normal Inu Yasha would do. And that freaked her out. "Inu Yasha?" She had managed to croak out of shock.
"I'm sorry, the kiss wasn't suppose to happen. So sorry..." he whispered in her ear while Kagome started to relax and return the hug.
"It's ok...it's ok..."
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(A/N: There's the fluff for you fluff lovers! ...did that even make any sense? I might not make that much fluff in the next chapter, but there will be some fluff in there, so don't worry. Anyways, I'll try to update soon, but since we'll have the STAR test and the CAT-6 test, and all my other homework, don't expect me to update really soon. Ja-ne! Oh, and be sure to vote on who will win the bet: Sango and Miroku or Kagome and Inu Yasha.)