I'm too lazy to translate today. It's really annoying. Aren't I nice? ^^ Anyhow, this chapter was written for the exclusive purpose of silencing Kristen for another week, so although stuff happens, it ain't much. I'll do a good chapter next time, I swear!
Inuyasha, Miroku, Kagome, Kaede, and setting are Rumiko's. I won't steal them. . .
Everything else is MINE! You hear that?! Mine-mine-mine! So, no stealing. . .or I'll sic my kender friends on you.
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"The moon really sucks." Inuyasha growled to himself, and looked around the room. "Of all nights to be stuck as a human. . ." Of course, nothing was exactly wrong with the night, but it'd be interesting to see Kagome. She had only seen him as a human a few times. She seemed to find his new hair color interesting.
He walked around the hair once, looking for an entrance. Finally, he found the front door, which was hidden cleverly by the lack of a light. He knocked on the door, waiting for an answer. It would have been very practical to have knocked the door over, but he currently didn't have the excess strength to knock over the door. It would have hurt more, too, since his human form wasn't as strong.
Finally, he felt heard with his weak hearing someone coming to the door. He stepped back, and let the door open, before coming face to face with-
Air.
He blinked. "Nani?"
He heard a slight gasp, and someone pulling on the leg of his pants. "Inuyasha! Did you come to play video games with me today?"
"Kid, you realize it's late? Why aren't you sleeping?"
"We don't go to sleep at six here. Why did you come here, then?"
"I need to talk to Kagome."
"Kagome? She's working on schoolwork right now. She finally can catch up on all the stuff she was behind on, because of all the jewel shards you made her look for. At least, that's what she said after she was done being upset."
Inuyasha looked surprised. "Really? She was upset?"
Souta nodded. "Mmm-hmm. She was really angry that you pushed her down the well like that. She was walking around for almost a week just muttering 'sit,' but she stopped. After that, she was-"
"Souta! Who are you talking to?"
Inuyasha looked up, surprised by how easily Kagome had gotten past his senses. Has she really become that friendly to me? "Kagome. . ."
"Inuyasha. . ." She seemed very surprised to see him there, almost happy. Then her resolve stiffened. "Come on, Souta. You shouldn't talk to strangers."
"But you know him!"
"That doesn't mean he's not a stranger to me."
"Kagome. . .matte! I need to ask you a question. . ."
"I don't want to hear it."
She pulled Souta back, and slammed the door. Inuyasha thrust his hand directly into the door. He winced as his painfully closed, since even his weak human hand couldn't be beaten by something as weak as a door. She caught Kagome's wince, but her face tightened again.
"I don't want to hear any excuses you've come up with as to why you got rid of me like that. But if you wanted to then, I'm certain that's how you feel now. So stay away!"
"I want you to come back! I came to ask!"
She looked seriously surprised, and nudged the door open, pushing her brother down the hall, muttering something about ice. He ran off, with a surprised look. No doubt wondering why he hadn't bashed the door in like he had last time. She looked at him, having to look slightly up. "You really did?"
He nodded. "I. . .I just wanted you to come back."
"What about that other girl? Angela?"
"She's driving me crazy. She has more issues than Kikyo. . .and Kikyo doesn't have a death wish, either."
"Here, sis."
"Arigato, dai." Kagome took the ice, and handed it to Inuyasha, who blinked in surprise.
"Why are you giving me a cold bag?"
"It's ice. You know, the stuff you put on stuff when you hurt it?"
"Oh."
He rested it on his hand, making only a slight twinge as the glacial bag touched his hand, which looked like it had taken more than it should have. That's right. . .I don't think they had ice back then. "So. . .you came back to ask me to come with you?"
He nodded. "Yeah."
She stared off into the space past his left shoulder. ". . .You hurt me when you pushed me down the well."
"Did you break something?"
She shook her head. "Not that way. I was troubled you could just push he away that easily, like you didn't even care. As if I were that annoying to you."
"I. . .I guess I didn't mean it that way. . ."
She glared at him. "What do you mean, you guess?"
"I, uh. . .uh, heh-heh. . .it was dangerous for you to stay there the way you were. Of course, the fact you were dragging me around making me look for hot springs didn't help. . ."
"So you were angry about hot springs and you pushed me down a well?"
He winced. That does sound pretty lame. "No. . ."
She shook her head. "Whatever, Inuyasha. You're horrible at expressing how you're feeling. . .so I'll forgive you. Just this once." Inuyasha smiled. "And if you screw up again, I'm gone." The smile faded pretty quickly.
"Yosh."
"Well, I'm not ready to go back tonight. I have to pack some stuff. You can wait for me tomorrow, if you want. I'll be there later in the afternoon. I have school."
"Keh. You think I'm an idiot? I'll get killed if a demon comes looking for me tonight. It's safer in your time." He mentally smacked himself. "You don't care if I stay here for the night, anyway."
She sighed. "The better way to do that would be to ask if you could stay until tomorrow."
"Whatever."
She rolled her eyes. "Fine. You get the couch."
He didn't react to that comment, but followed her when she walked into the house, remembering to shut the door. Last time he had forgotten that, she had been seriously pissed at him. She led him to a soft lumpy object, and pointed at it. "Here."
". . .Ok. . ."
"We haven't eaten dinner yet, so I guess you'll be eating with us tonight. You didn't eat yet, right?" He shook his head. "Good. I have homework." She turned and began walking upstairs. He watched her.
Great. Now what do I do?
She turned around, and realized he would have nothing to do. Knowing Inuyasha, he'd probably find someway to accidentally destroy the house while trying to destroy something, like her alarm clock. "You can come, if you want. We can talk or something."
He nodded, and followed her up the stairs.
~*~
"Oy, Ang. . ."
"Hai?"
"Where is that dog boy?"
"Off getting Kagome, like I said."
"Ah." She stirred her soup, staring at it with a bit of annoyance. It wasn't Ramen. Akira wanted Ramen. Where was the promised Ramen? She glared at her friend with a slightly angry look. Ang sighed.
"Kagome will probably bring some Ramen with her, Akira. It seems that Inuyasha ate the last packet of it."
She glowered at the bowl of soup, picking up some noodles with her chopsticks. Darn hanyou! I will get revenge on him if it takes all my energy!
Ang rolled her eyes, and stirred her soup with her chopsticks. "Akira. . .I seriously doubt he knew he dropped a tree branch on your head, and I also seriously doubt he knew anyone else even knew he had a store of Ramen."
"I'll still burn him."
"Don't." She didn't say anything else, but continued to stir the food, before finally putting it down.
Megan, Kaede, and Biiru sighed, before simultaneously taking a sip of their soup. Miroku and Akira, perfectly in time, slammed down their soup-spilling a little-and pointed an accusing finger at Ang. "Eat something!"
They looked at in other in surprise, everyone else wondering if they were crazy. "Excuse me, Priestess Akira. I did not mean to interrupt you."
"What are you so formal about?"
"I don't want to frighten you. . ."
Megan groaned. "That means he was planning on asking you to bear his child and wanted to see if you'd bean him first."
Akira's eyes lit on fire. "Oh, really?!"
Miroku gulped. "Um, please excuse my friend, she is a bit crazy on occasion. . ."
"Hentai!" She pulled back her arm, prepared to blast another fireball at Miroku.
"No! My home can't take much more of this. . ."
"Akira."
"Huh?" Akira looked behind her, and saw Ang holding back her arm so she couldn't lose the fireball. It burnt out, denied its chance to wreck chaos. "What was that for?"
She didn't reply for a moment. Then she sighed. "What did you blow in my face?"
Akira blinked, getting slightly red. "Ano. . .nothing. . ."
"Kaji told you to, right?" Akira nodded. "Because Shi wanted you to do it?" She nodded again. Ang sighed, and closed her eyes. "Shi. . .I understand. . ."
She released her arm, and stood up. "Where are you going?"
She glanced at Megan. "Don't worry. . .I'll be fine."
Biiru closed his eyes, and shook his head. "How long have you been delaying?"
"About two weeks. . ."
"She's gonna kill you."
"I know."
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Today's Usage: 33 ". . ."s
The Record: 73