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them dance in public...... did I just say that out loud?
Author's note: Sorry for the late update!! You know me....... Ok, you don't really but I got distracted by life and I was volunteering at this festival so I was busy. Plus, it is my summer so I've been very lazy.... But I'm back!! Again..... Anyway, here is the chapter and I am still trying to make them as long as possible!
)( Chapter 22 )(
"Uh....... Go..... uh...... jump in a lake!" Inuyasha grinned sheepishly as he stared intensely at ten or so cards in his hands. Slowly, he looked over the cards to see Kagome and her little brother, Souta, starring at him blankly. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No! It's "go fish", Inuyasha!" Souta exclaimed, glaring at the hanyou over his own hand of cards.
"Keh," Inuyasha shrugged lazily. "I was just..... testing you. Now, go fish!" He barked, pointing at Souta with a toothy grin.
Kagome smiled weakly, watching as Souta reached over and pick up a card from the steadily shrinking deck. Since there wasn't much to do around the house, expectedly since Inuyasha didn't allow her own, they settled with a simple game of 'Go Fish'.
"Kagome, your turn!" Souta chirped happily.
Kagome blinked, then slowly nodded. She scanned her hand before turning to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, do you have a..... jack?"
Inuyasha looked down at his hand, scanning them over before looking back at her with a very confused look on his face. "Uh.... which one is that one again?"
Souta sighed heavily, letting the cards that sat in his hands flutter to the small table in front of him. "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to play Go Fish." He sighed again and started to pick up all the cards, pulling them into a pile once again.
Kagome started to help him, quickly snatching the cards from Inuyasha's hand before he broke something starring at them so hard. She rolled her eyes as he gave her an cold glare. She blinked as Souta decided to do that to her, but shrugged lazily. She didn't really care, it just ment more work for him.
Kagome eyes switched over to the slightly open window that showed a pretty nice view of the city. 'It's such a nice day, I can't believe I'm stuck here!' She thought bitterly, letting her eyes close for a moments rest. 'Just because I fainted once.... or twice.... That doesn't mean they have to trap me!'
"Kagome?"
"Hm?" Kagome tilted her head over to her brother who was now fiddling with the full deck of cards. "What is it?"
"Can I go outside? Pluh-ease! Just to play some soccer by the shrine!" The younger boy pleaded with big puppy dog eyes.
Kagome rolled her eyes toward the heavens, pretending to give a little prayer. 'Well, I could let him suffer with me.... but that would be cruel....' She sighed and nodded. "Sure, go crazy." She mumbled, resting her head on the table in-between folded arms. "I guess it's just me and you, Inu-" She blinked, looking around the room. "Inuyasha?"
"He left me alone too?!" Kagome gasped like it was the end of the world. "Oh no he don't...." She growled dangerously, slowly getting to her feet. She smiled triumphantly as she stood upright with out having to hold onto something (something she couldn't do for a while). But he hopes soon faded as her legs gave out under her and she went falling to the ground with a great THUD!
The school blinked when no one, not even her younger brother, came running to her side to see if she was all right. She grunted, rubbing her sore bottom as she glared at the door way. "Thanks for the help, guys."
"Meow?"
Kagome blinked, looking just to the left of the door way and saw her fat cat, Buyo. "Ah, Buyo!" She smiled sweetly at the cat.
Buyo trotted over to her and started nudge at her feet, telling her to her up. "Meow!" The cat meowed urgently as she nudged her foot again.
Kagome frowned, glaring at the over weight cat. "Your just here 'cause you want something to eat? Am I right, or am I right?"
Buyo blinked up at her with green, confused eyes. She meowed grumpily and started to trot away, nose stuck up in the air in a snotty kind of way.
"H-hey! Don't go! I was just joking!" Kagome called desperately after the cat, but it was no use. "At least you can go and get someone!" She sighed heavily, knowing that was false hope trying to get that cat to do anything you said it to do. "Now what?"
'Your going to stand! You don't need anyone!' She found herself thinking. With a small nod of approval and a deep breath, she placed her hands on the wooden table and shifted all her weight on it. With a great push, she slowly managed to get herself to her feet once again. 'Yeah! I did it!' She grinned. 'Now, to go find a certain -dead- hanyou....'
Cautiously , Kagome started to walk out of the living room at the rate of an old woman (no offense). Her first stop was at the kitchen but when she looked into the slightly smaller room there was no one. A deep frown crossed her lips as she took one more look around the room. "Not here." She huffed, stepping back into the hallway. She glanced at the stairway and sighed deeply. She was just about to go for the stairs when she felt a sudden cold draft coming from the front door. 'Aha!' She smirked, turning to the door. "There you are....."
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"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Souta questioned as he leaned over the hanyou's shoulder with his soccer ball safely tucked under his arm. "And why do you got those?"
"Sh! Be quiet!" Inuyasha hissed at the younger boy as he crouched over something obscured from view.
"He, are those from Mrs. Tsutomu's garden?" Souta pressed, a frown finding it's way on the usually happy boy.
Inuyasha fell silent for a moment as he started to gather the things up into his arm. He stood, still keeping his back to the boy. "Depends....." He replied slowly.
"She ain't gonna be happy about that, y'know?"
The silver hair hanyou shrugged lazily. "Oh well, she'll just hafta deal with it. Now, can ya keep this all a secret?" Inuyasha asked as he turned to the boy, revealing a large bouquet of assorted flowers in one arm. They ranged from daffodils to even a few red roses.
"Nope." Souta replied with a half hearted shrug.
Inuyasha raised a brow, clearly confused. Usually the boy would be trilled with idea of keeping secret from his older sister, but why was this time different. "Why not?" He scolded.
"'Cause," Souta turned from him, pointing to the door where Kagome stood with wide eyes. "She's right there, so what's the point of keeping a secret?" He deflated slightly, disappointed that she was standing right there.
Inuyasha's whole body tensed up as the boy informed him of Kagome. Why hadn't he caught her scent? He groaned, rubbing his eyes. Must have been the flowers.... He pulled the flowers behind his back as if that would erase their existence from the face of the earth. "What are you doing up?" He grumbled.
Kagome absentmindedly tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear as she stared at the ground in an ashamed sort of way. "Well, I was getting worried when you weren't in the room with me." She chewed her lip for a moment before continuing. "So, that's when I went looking for you." She looked up at him and saw a small frown form on his lips. Also, the brat, I mean..... Souta had already ran off to play soccer or something.
"You should me resting! Not walking around like this!" Inuyasha yelled, using his free hand to point at her, trying to make his point even bigger. He snorted and started to walk toward her.
"Well....." Kagome returned her gaze to the ground, shifting her weight from foot to foot. "I've been stuck in the house for so long...... and you wont let me do anything! I had to do something or I would have died of boredom!" She whined, now looking at him firmly.
Inuyasha stopped in front of her, towering over her as if she was nothing but a small ant. "Keh, I really don't care. You still hafta rest."
"Oh yeah?" She challenged. Maybe that wasn't the best thing to do, but it slipped out of her mouth before she could think it over.
A small, devious smirk crossed over Inuyasha's lips as he raised a brow. "Is that a challenge?" He asked, placing his hands on his hips and squaring out his shoulders.
Kagome snorted, trying to show him that she didn't care but in reality she wasn't totally sure what was going on in his little brain. "Maybe."
Inuyasha's smirked turned into a full grin as he swooped down, wrapped his arms around her waist with his free arm and then straighten himself up. Kagome now was on his shoulder and behind carried into the house.
"H-hey!" Kagome stammered as a faint blush was painted onto her cheeks. "Put me down! Inuyasha!" She yelled, now pounding his back with all the strength she had (which wasn't much). "This is UNFAIR!"
Inuyasha only laughed at her weakness and continued his way up the stairs.
Kagome frowned, glaring at his back, but that soon faded away as she spotted the flowers. "Inuyasha, why do you got flowers?"
A long stretch of silence fell over the two as Inuyasha turned down the hall. "It's..... uh...... for..... um......well...." He stumbled, lost for words.
Kagome smirked, patting him on the back. "They're for me, aren't they-" She was rudely cut off as the school girl was dropped onto her bed. "Owie! That was mean!" She whined, giving him a cold glare.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, turning to her desk. "Just lie down and get some rest." He grunted, placing the flowers down carefully on the desk. He turned back to her, keeping the flowers out of view.
Kagome frowned, but she felt too weak and tired to protest anymore. "Fine...." She yawned, crawling under the covers. She watched him for a moment before letting fatigue take her over and let her rest.
Inuyasha sighed. Now that was over with, what was he going to do now? Maybe he'll try to learn that game Souta keeps playing. What was it...... soccer?
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waterdoragon: Yes, I know this isn't how long I want to have it but I'm having a bit of a writers block so this was the best I could do! I hoped you guys liked it anyway, and don't worry! Inuyasha will find out what's wrong with Kagome soon..... 0o;; Well, please R&R!
Author's note: Sorry for the late update!! You know me....... Ok, you don't really but I got distracted by life and I was volunteering at this festival so I was busy. Plus, it is my summer so I've been very lazy.... But I'm back!! Again..... Anyway, here is the chapter and I am still trying to make them as long as possible!
)( Chapter 22 )(
"Uh....... Go..... uh...... jump in a lake!" Inuyasha grinned sheepishly as he stared intensely at ten or so cards in his hands. Slowly, he looked over the cards to see Kagome and her little brother, Souta, starring at him blankly. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No! It's "go fish", Inuyasha!" Souta exclaimed, glaring at the hanyou over his own hand of cards.
"Keh," Inuyasha shrugged lazily. "I was just..... testing you. Now, go fish!" He barked, pointing at Souta with a toothy grin.
Kagome smiled weakly, watching as Souta reached over and pick up a card from the steadily shrinking deck. Since there wasn't much to do around the house, expectedly since Inuyasha didn't allow her own, they settled with a simple game of 'Go Fish'.
"Kagome, your turn!" Souta chirped happily.
Kagome blinked, then slowly nodded. She scanned her hand before turning to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, do you have a..... jack?"
Inuyasha looked down at his hand, scanning them over before looking back at her with a very confused look on his face. "Uh.... which one is that one again?"
Souta sighed heavily, letting the cards that sat in his hands flutter to the small table in front of him. "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to play Go Fish." He sighed again and started to pick up all the cards, pulling them into a pile once again.
Kagome started to help him, quickly snatching the cards from Inuyasha's hand before he broke something starring at them so hard. She rolled her eyes as he gave her an cold glare. She blinked as Souta decided to do that to her, but shrugged lazily. She didn't really care, it just ment more work for him.
Kagome eyes switched over to the slightly open window that showed a pretty nice view of the city. 'It's such a nice day, I can't believe I'm stuck here!' She thought bitterly, letting her eyes close for a moments rest. 'Just because I fainted once.... or twice.... That doesn't mean they have to trap me!'
"Kagome?"
"Hm?" Kagome tilted her head over to her brother who was now fiddling with the full deck of cards. "What is it?"
"Can I go outside? Pluh-ease! Just to play some soccer by the shrine!" The younger boy pleaded with big puppy dog eyes.
Kagome rolled her eyes toward the heavens, pretending to give a little prayer. 'Well, I could let him suffer with me.... but that would be cruel....' She sighed and nodded. "Sure, go crazy." She mumbled, resting her head on the table in-between folded arms. "I guess it's just me and you, Inu-" She blinked, looking around the room. "Inuyasha?"
"He left me alone too?!" Kagome gasped like it was the end of the world. "Oh no he don't...." She growled dangerously, slowly getting to her feet. She smiled triumphantly as she stood upright with out having to hold onto something (something she couldn't do for a while). But he hopes soon faded as her legs gave out under her and she went falling to the ground with a great THUD!
The school blinked when no one, not even her younger brother, came running to her side to see if she was all right. She grunted, rubbing her sore bottom as she glared at the door way. "Thanks for the help, guys."
"Meow?"
Kagome blinked, looking just to the left of the door way and saw her fat cat, Buyo. "Ah, Buyo!" She smiled sweetly at the cat.
Buyo trotted over to her and started nudge at her feet, telling her to her up. "Meow!" The cat meowed urgently as she nudged her foot again.
Kagome frowned, glaring at the over weight cat. "Your just here 'cause you want something to eat? Am I right, or am I right?"
Buyo blinked up at her with green, confused eyes. She meowed grumpily and started to trot away, nose stuck up in the air in a snotty kind of way.
"H-hey! Don't go! I was just joking!" Kagome called desperately after the cat, but it was no use. "At least you can go and get someone!" She sighed heavily, knowing that was false hope trying to get that cat to do anything you said it to do. "Now what?"
'Your going to stand! You don't need anyone!' She found herself thinking. With a small nod of approval and a deep breath, she placed her hands on the wooden table and shifted all her weight on it. With a great push, she slowly managed to get herself to her feet once again. 'Yeah! I did it!' She grinned. 'Now, to go find a certain -dead- hanyou....'
Cautiously , Kagome started to walk out of the living room at the rate of an old woman (no offense). Her first stop was at the kitchen but when she looked into the slightly smaller room there was no one. A deep frown crossed her lips as she took one more look around the room. "Not here." She huffed, stepping back into the hallway. She glanced at the stairway and sighed deeply. She was just about to go for the stairs when she felt a sudden cold draft coming from the front door. 'Aha!' She smirked, turning to the door. "There you are....."
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"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Souta questioned as he leaned over the hanyou's shoulder with his soccer ball safely tucked under his arm. "And why do you got those?"
"Sh! Be quiet!" Inuyasha hissed at the younger boy as he crouched over something obscured from view.
"He, are those from Mrs. Tsutomu's garden?" Souta pressed, a frown finding it's way on the usually happy boy.
Inuyasha fell silent for a moment as he started to gather the things up into his arm. He stood, still keeping his back to the boy. "Depends....." He replied slowly.
"She ain't gonna be happy about that, y'know?"
The silver hair hanyou shrugged lazily. "Oh well, she'll just hafta deal with it. Now, can ya keep this all a secret?" Inuyasha asked as he turned to the boy, revealing a large bouquet of assorted flowers in one arm. They ranged from daffodils to even a few red roses.
"Nope." Souta replied with a half hearted shrug.
Inuyasha raised a brow, clearly confused. Usually the boy would be trilled with idea of keeping secret from his older sister, but why was this time different. "Why not?" He scolded.
"'Cause," Souta turned from him, pointing to the door where Kagome stood with wide eyes. "She's right there, so what's the point of keeping a secret?" He deflated slightly, disappointed that she was standing right there.
Inuyasha's whole body tensed up as the boy informed him of Kagome. Why hadn't he caught her scent? He groaned, rubbing his eyes. Must have been the flowers.... He pulled the flowers behind his back as if that would erase their existence from the face of the earth. "What are you doing up?" He grumbled.
Kagome absentmindedly tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear as she stared at the ground in an ashamed sort of way. "Well, I was getting worried when you weren't in the room with me." She chewed her lip for a moment before continuing. "So, that's when I went looking for you." She looked up at him and saw a small frown form on his lips. Also, the brat, I mean..... Souta had already ran off to play soccer or something.
"You should me resting! Not walking around like this!" Inuyasha yelled, using his free hand to point at her, trying to make his point even bigger. He snorted and started to walk toward her.
"Well....." Kagome returned her gaze to the ground, shifting her weight from foot to foot. "I've been stuck in the house for so long...... and you wont let me do anything! I had to do something or I would have died of boredom!" She whined, now looking at him firmly.
Inuyasha stopped in front of her, towering over her as if she was nothing but a small ant. "Keh, I really don't care. You still hafta rest."
"Oh yeah?" She challenged. Maybe that wasn't the best thing to do, but it slipped out of her mouth before she could think it over.
A small, devious smirk crossed over Inuyasha's lips as he raised a brow. "Is that a challenge?" He asked, placing his hands on his hips and squaring out his shoulders.
Kagome snorted, trying to show him that she didn't care but in reality she wasn't totally sure what was going on in his little brain. "Maybe."
Inuyasha's smirked turned into a full grin as he swooped down, wrapped his arms around her waist with his free arm and then straighten himself up. Kagome now was on his shoulder and behind carried into the house.
"H-hey!" Kagome stammered as a faint blush was painted onto her cheeks. "Put me down! Inuyasha!" She yelled, now pounding his back with all the strength she had (which wasn't much). "This is UNFAIR!"
Inuyasha only laughed at her weakness and continued his way up the stairs.
Kagome frowned, glaring at his back, but that soon faded away as she spotted the flowers. "Inuyasha, why do you got flowers?"
A long stretch of silence fell over the two as Inuyasha turned down the hall. "It's..... uh...... for..... um......well...." He stumbled, lost for words.
Kagome smirked, patting him on the back. "They're for me, aren't they-" She was rudely cut off as the school girl was dropped onto her bed. "Owie! That was mean!" She whined, giving him a cold glare.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, turning to her desk. "Just lie down and get some rest." He grunted, placing the flowers down carefully on the desk. He turned back to her, keeping the flowers out of view.
Kagome frowned, but she felt too weak and tired to protest anymore. "Fine...." She yawned, crawling under the covers. She watched him for a moment before letting fatigue take her over and let her rest.
Inuyasha sighed. Now that was over with, what was he going to do now? Maybe he'll try to learn that game Souta keeps playing. What was it...... soccer?
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waterdoragon: Yes, I know this isn't how long I want to have it but I'm having a bit of a writers block so this was the best I could do! I hoped you guys liked it anyway, and don't worry! Inuyasha will find out what's wrong with Kagome soon..... 0o;; Well, please R&R!