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"Bye Kagome! Have fun with Sir Eats a Lot. We'll be back around ten or so if we don't get caught up doing something" Sango said using her new nickname for InuYasha. He merely feh'd at the statement and returned to eating his popcorn. Kagome waved as the new couple walked out the front door and into the limo. InuYasha stood up and began to leave.
"Where you going?" Kagome asked. He was leaving his popcorn behind, not a good sign. He usually took his food everywhere unless he was going to leave the house.
"To take a shower. You can have the popcorn since I can't exactly take it with me. If I was taking a bath, that'd be a different story, but my baths take a long time and I thought you'd probably want to do something, ne?" He handed her the bowl and walked off. It was empty except for a small hand full, much to Kagome's dismay. She ate the leftovers anyways, figuring if InuYasha shared food it was worth eating.
After about fifteen minutes InuYasha returned in his usual boxers and t-shirt, a towel on his head. Kagome snorted so hard she nearly sprayed coke out of her nose.
"What?" InuYasha asked, completely bewildered at what could be so funny.
"Nothing. You just look like the Sultan of Arabia with that turban going on there. Gonna have to start calling you Saladin if you keep it up." Kagome grinned at him while he pouted.
"I was going to dry it off."
"Riiight. Next thing I know you'll be wearing a facial mask and have cucumbers on your eyes." He scowled and bent over, allowing his hair to flop over his head. He toweled it dry quickly and threw the soaked towel at Kagome. His hair was furled and tangled terribly and her fingers immediately began to itch to fix it.
"You want something?"
She couldn't hold it in. Kagome just couldn't stand seeing his beautiful hair wrecked like that. She allowed her girly intuition to take over and finally asked. "Can I please, please, please do something with your hair? Just brush it or something? It's driving me crazy!" InuYasha sighed. Was he actually going to let this girl up and play with his hair like they were in preschool?
"Whatever you want." Guess so. Kagome shot off down the hall and up the stairs to her room and gathered some supplies. After grabbing a brush, comb and a hair dryer she returned.
"Sit in front of me on the floor." He complied quietly and took off his shirt. Kagome gave him a strange look as he threw the top on the floor.
"My hair is wet so if you take it down and brush on it, my shirt will get wet. If I take off the shirt then all I have to do is dry off my back." InuYasha said sensibly. Kagome plugged in the hair dryer and sat down behind him on the couch. She ran the comb through his hair to get out the tangles and he slowly relaxed. No one had done his hair since his mother died and before then she had been the only one allowed to touch it. Kagome began to comb out another section and he leaned back, perfectly content. She smiled and turned on the dryer.
'This isn't so bad. it actually feels good.' InuYasha thought to himself as Kagome gave his hair a total overhaul. She finally finished and ran her fingers through his bangs to stop at his ears. 'Pet them, pet them!' he mentally commanded.
'Should I? They're just so cute and fuzzy. Maybe he won't be angry if I just do one...' Kagome massaged one dog ear near the base, smiling happily as he sighed. InuYasha rested his head on her knees and pushed against her hand, trying to encourage her to pet more. She started to pet both ears at once when she noticed a strange sound emitting from somewhere below her. It sounded almost like a purr. Kagome rubbed a little harder and listened. The sound got louder the more she rubbed.
"That is so cute!" She gasped, then clapped a hand over her mouth. had she just said that out loud? InuYasha's eyes snapped open. He had been halfway to the point of sleep when she made her sudden exclamation.
'She thinks I'm cute?' he wondered. InuYasha just pushed his head against her knees. Kagome took the message and began to rub his ears again.
'Guess he doesn't mind.' Kagome pet him until she thought her fingers were numb and was going to get up when she heard a different sound. He was snoring. It wasn't loud, just a small, quiet sound, enough to let her know he had fallen asleep. Kagome listened to him for a while and then gently moved his head so that it rested on the couch instead of her legs. She slipped out to the kitchen, or what she hoped was the kitchen. She had never been there before since they either ate out or had there meals waiting for them. Miroku had warned her that the cook was a little...senile and to be careful not to annoy him. Kagome gulped and pushed the door open and stepped in the kitchen.
"Yes? What do you want?" An old man with bulging eyes and a ratty ponytail on the top of his head was bustling about, all alone since it was late and the four were usually out and about.
"Umm...are you the cook?" Kagome asked tentatively as she watched him go through the fridge like he was insane.
"Yes, I'm Totosai. What can I do for you?" He threw a pack of lunch meat into the garbage, along with a half eaten sandwich. "The things InuYasha puts in here. If he's going to haunt the kitchen, he needs to learn some organization skills! You don't put sandwiches into the fridge either! Where is that garbage disposal anyhow?" Kagome couldn't help but giggle. That was InuYasha.
"Sir Eats a Lot is out in the living room, but he's more like Sir Sleeps a Lot right now. He passed out against the couch."
"Figures. If he's not eating, he's making noise and if he's not making noise, he's sleeping. Him and those damn guitars keeping an old man up all night! He should be horse whipped." Totosai grumbled and tossed a half empty glass into the sink. Kagome remained rooted to her spot in the door way. "You wanted something, or just come to bother a crazy old man?"
"Oh, I was just wondering what kind of snacks were around here."
"The pantry is that way. If you want something, help yourself. InuYasha does all the time. That boy!" Totosai threw another sandwich into the trash with a grunt. Kagome shuffled off to the pantry. She walked inside to find it was huge, and filled with more food than a grocery store. A variety of choices presented themselves, from chips and dip to instant ramen to pocky. She couldn't decide. Maybe Totosai would make her something.
"Would you care to do something gastronomic for me, or is it serve yourself tonight?' Kagome asked. Totosai sighed.
"I'll make you something that InuYasha is always begging for and I think you'll like. Just be patient." Totosai said and whipped out some brownies, ice cream and toppings. After a few minutes he had created two brownie a la mode sundaes, complete with whipped cream and cherries on top. "Take this one to the king and tell him to never put anything in the fridge again." Totosai handed Kagome the desserts and she left for the living room. Totosai waited until she was out of earshot and muttered "She really is as sweet as he says. Hopefully the boy will get her to like him because she'd make him a good match."
Kagome balanced the plates as she grabbed a deck of cards and a movie. She arrived in the room where InuYasha was still napping and sat down her haul. He looked terribly peaceful, but by the time he woke up the ice cream would have melted.
"InuYasha, wake up." Kagome shook his shoulder lightly in a futile attempt to wake him. He barely moved or responded. "It was so easy last time. Beginners luck, I guess. InuYasha. Up!" He just continued snoring softly as if nothing had happened. Kagome leaned down next to his ear and called his name again. InuYasha's eyes finally snapped open.
"Hey! Treats!" He grabbed a bowl of ice cream and began to eat.
"You and your demon stomach." Kagome shook her head as she watched him inhale the dessert. He had finished before she had even taken three bites. It had only been about two hours since Sango and Miroku left and they had plenty of time to go. Kagome decided to ask a question she'd been wondering about since she first saw him. "What type of hair dye do you use?"
InuYasha looked shocked at the idea of even touching a bottle of the stuff. "I don't use dye."
"But your hair is white."
"It's natural. Sesshomaru's is white too. My father's was and so was my mother's. We were a snowy haired family. Kinda scary to most normal people, but it makes for an interesting look. What movie you got there?" He picked up the dvd box and turned it over to read the back.
"I brought it with me from home. It's called Tomb Raider. Has a lot of guns and a girl running around shooting stuff. I think you'll like it." She got up, took the dvd from him and slid it into the player. She settled back onto the couch with InuYasha to watch the movie.
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"Two fours."
"Bull shit."
"Damn." Kagome picked up a huge pile of cards. They'd been playing bs for over an hour now and had played Egyptian rat screw for over an hour before that. The movie was done and Sango and Miroku still weren't home.
"Three fives."
"Bull."
"Nope! You get those too!" InuYasha said cheerfully. He was winning their little tournament by a mile.
"Oh screw it. You only have three cards left and I don't want lose again. I give. You are the Grand High Bull Shitter. Congratulations! You're so full of it, I'm surprised your eyes aren't brown. Let's watch some tv. There has to be something on." Kagome jumped up onto the couch and flicked on the telly. InuYasha climbed up next to her as she began the ruthless task of channel surfing. "Gimme the channel guide." InuYasha grabbed the paper but held it up out of Kagome's reach.
"Say please!"
"Okay. Please." Kagome said sarcastically.
"You didn't mean it. Let's try it one more time with feeling."
"Sor-ry!"
"Testy aren't we?"
"Just give me it, you butt munch!"
"Butt munch?" Kagome lunged for the guide and ended up knocking InuYasha backwards and straddling his waist. She began to reach for the paper again when she noticed that InuYasha was still shirtless and they were a very compromising position. InuYasha blushed and didn't move. His hands had ended up on her hips.
"Give me!" Kagome cried. He moved his hands up her sides and began tickling her furiously. She began laughing as he swiftly moved his hands up and down her ribs.
"See? Pay back's a pain. Shouldn't have tickled me! Karma comes back to bite you!" InuYasha said over her giggling. He stopped and gave her the tv guide. "Here." Kagome rolled off of him and began looking through the guide.
"What do you-" she began to ask him a question before he tilted his face and began to lean in. She moved her face towards his, heart racing. The clock struck one am as Sango and Miroku burst through the door right before their lips met.
"Dammit." InuYasha cursed as they both jumped back. Sango and Miroku were giggling madly; obviously they'd had a good time. "Have fun?"
"Like you wouldn't believe! We got the weirdest waiter!" Sango gasped and began to describe their evening. Kagome snuck off to her room, wondering what had just happened.
'Did InuYasha almost kiss me? I wish we hadn't been interrupted. At least then I would have known what he thought of me. If he was going to kiss me I guess he must like me in that way. It's all just so confusing.' she crawled into her bed and fell asleep.
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Kagome's eyes fluttered open as she woke up. 'Another day. And so it begins.' she thought as she stood up and stretched. She turned around to head off into the bathroom when she saw a new object had been moved into her room. The guitar she had wanted so badly was sitting in a little back stand with a personalized case next to it. A card had been placed underneath the strings and Kagome pulled it out to read it.
You said you wanted this guitar and I want you to have it. After all, a musician has to have more than one instrument if they're in a band don't they? Hope you like it and will be able to make some good sounds with it.
A not-so-secret admirer
ps- the case will fit either of your guitars, in case you were wondering. I have one just like it. And I hope I spelled your name right.
Kagome laughed and looked over at the case. Kagome Higurashi had been embroidered on it in silver gothic letters. It was a perfect gift. She ran the down the stairs in her pajamas and into InuYasha's room without knocking. Kagome ran over to his bed and jumped on it, hugging him fiercely.
"Thank you so much! I love it!" She gushed as he woke with a start. He sighed happily as he realized who was on top of him.
"Glad you do. I spelled it right, didn't I? Higurashi is a tough one when you're shopping at an ungodly hour. Anything before noon is not my thing." InuYasha said and hugged her back.
"You got it perfect! I'm going to go get dressed now before I try playing it! Thank you! Thank you!" Kagome squeezed him one more time. InuYasha leaned back into his pillows.
'She's so happy. Might have to give her stuff more often if it means hugs like that.' he thought and rolled out of bed. That had definitely been the best wake up of his life.
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"Sango! Look what I got!" Kagome had gotten dressed and was beating on Sango's door. The sleepy girl answered it and peered at Kagome. "Look what InuYasha bought me!" She held out the guitar. Sango whistled as she looked it over.
"Wow...this thing had to cost about five hundred dollars...he's never, ever spent that much money on anyone besides himself. Even when he and Kikyo were together the most expensive thing he bought her was less than fifty bucks. And this is the first thing he's given you too. Kami, I can't even imagine what he'll get you next. He's so head over heels it's not funny." Sango handed the instrument back.
"He almost kissed me last night." Kagome muttered shyly. Sango's jaw dropped.
"No way! What happened?"
"You guys walked in and scared him off. I hope he'll try again..." Kagome sighed as she held her new prize. Sango pat her reassuringly on the shoulder and left to get dressed. She carried her guitar outside to the balcony and sat down. She decided to play it some even though it wouldn't sound right without the amplifier. She settled onto the edge of the chair and stared out to the sea for a few moments. It looked so perfectly calm today. She inhaled the scent of the salty water deeply, enjoying the pleasant odor. She strummed the strings with the pick she always carried in her pocket and began to play.
InuYasha wandered aimlessly out onto his balcony. The sounds of someone playing a guitar without an amp came from somewhere above him, as did the sound of a melodic voice. Kagome was singing her heart out right above him. He walked out to the edge of the balcony and looked up. His balcony jutted out farther than hers, giving him a full view of Kagome.
"And if I fall asleep,
And have a bad dream,
Will you hold me all through the night,
and tell me everything will be all right?
Maybe some day I'll be your life,
And I'll have you as mine for the rest of my life.
Wouldn't that be perfect?
Wouldn't that be nice?
Wouldn't that just seem so right?"
He listened quietly as she finished singing. She had the voice of an angel, right on pitch and pleasing to the ear.
"Hello up there!" InuYasha called. Kagome peered down to see him leaning against the railing. "Mind if I come up?"
"Sure! I'll wait for you! Let me open my door." Kagome yelled back.
"No need!" InuYasha stood up on the railing and made a giant leap to land right in front of Kagome. "Ta daa!" he held his arms out like a circus performer. "Is that all of that song? It was really good."
Kagome blushed furiously. She had made it up on the spot as she thought of InuYasha. It had just seemed right and worked. "I could write some more if you wanted me to. I just made it up, even the guitar part. Would've been better with the amp, ne?"
"No, I like it acoustic. We could do an entire acoustic song for the album with that if you want. You could even sing it." He suggested, excitement growing in his eyes.
"I'll try to make up more to it if you'll write the instrumental parts. I don't know how to work with anything but guitars. How did you jump that high?"
"Just comes natural. It's nice out today. Maybe we could try out the pool?" InuYasha put his hands in his pockets and shrugged his shoulder.
"That sounds great! I'll get changed and hustle Sango up. Let me go put my baby away." She said, indicating her guitar. InuYasha laughed and jumped back down to his balcony, then made the hop to Miroku's.
"Oi! Hentai!"
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InuYasha lay on the lawn chair next to the pool on his back. His sunglasses covered his amber eyes and he had tied his hair back. After smearing some sun tan oil on his chest he had settled back for a quick nap until the girls came. Miroku had jumped into the pool already and was swimming around slowly.
Sango and Kagome thundered down the stairs to the pool, both of them dressed in tiny bikinis. Sango's was pink, Kagome's black. Both of them had pulled their hair into ponytails and wore sunglasses. Miroku gaped when they stepped out onto the ivory tiled area that surrounded the pool. Sango sat down their towels and dove into the pool, doing a perfect flip. Kagome picked up InuYasha's sun tan oil and stood over him.
"Yes, oh great sun blocker?" he muttered lazily and took a sip of his slushy.
"Could you do me a favor and put some of this on my back? I can't reach."
InuYasha moved over so Kagome could sit at the foot of his chair as he uncapped the oil. Kagome waited while he gently rubbed the oil onto her back. His claws barely even scraped her skin, amazing her. He wiped his hands dry on his swim trunks as she stood up.
"Thanks." Kagome said before jumping into the cool water. She and Sango raced a few times, splashed Miroku until he was water logged, and had a diving contest. Sango swan over to the stairs and sat down.
"You know what I haven't down in forever?" she asked.
"What?" Kagome remarked from the other end of the pool.
"Had a chicken fight! I think we should have one."
"I agree! You and Miroku against InuYasha and me?"
"As long as he doesn't grope me, that's fine! All you have to do is wake up InuYasha." Sango grinned, knowing Kagome would come up with something original. Kagome smiled in response and climbed out of the pool the stopped next to InuYasha's chair. She though quietly for a few seconds and smirked evilly as she came up with an idea. Kagome picked up Miroku's empty slushy cup and filled it to the top with pool water, walked back over to InuYasha and dumped the entire cup of chlorine water over his head. He sputtered furiously and jumped up, clearly in shock.
"What the hell was that for, wench?" InuYasha gasped as he pulled off his sunglasses.
"We want to have a chicken fight, but I need some one to hold me up. Would you care to do the honors?" Kagome smiled innocently. "Or would you rather shake off first?" InuYasha growled and jumped into the pool, making a huge splash. Kagome shrieked as she got hit with a wave of water. She jumped in after him and waited to be picked up, but InuYasha had disappeared.
"Where'd he-aiee!" she was raised into the air by a strong pair of shoulders. InuYasha had snuck up under her and then stood up as fast as he could. Kagome grabbed the first thing she could reach, which turned out to be his ears.
"Pet them or let go; that kind of hurts. You have kung-fu grip when you want." InuYasha purred contently as she chose the former. Kagome laughed and let go as he grabbed her legs. His hands were rough and callused from years of playing the guitar. Sango climbed up onto Miroku's shoulders and waited while he waded over to their opponents.
"Okay! The rules are no biting or clawing, but pretty much anything else goes. First one to fall off loses." Miroku stated and then whistled, beginning the match. Sango lunged dangerously but Kagome easily dodged the attack. InuYasha had a firm grip on her legs; there was no way they would lose. Kagome reached and grabbed Sango by the arm, trying to wrench her off Miroku's shoulders to no avail. Sango pulled out of her grip and the boys began to circle.
After a long, drawn out fight Kagome finally succeeded in pushing Sango off Miroku. She landed in the water with a splash while Kagome and InuYasha were pronounced the winners. InuYasha waded down to the deep end of the pool, much to Kagome's wonder. He took a deep breath, then plunged under the water. He rose back up almost as quickly as he went down, but he still had thoroughly soaked her.
"You're terrible." Kagome scowled and tugged a lock of his hair.
"Pay back is rough here and you shouldn't have soaked me. Now I'm going to have to dump you since my shoulders are aching, madame buns of steel." InuYasha put his hands under her feet and flipped her off his back. Kagome puttered after she surfaced and watched him swim back to the other end of the pool to talk to Miroku. Sango had gotten out and was laying out on a lawn chair. Kagome followed suit after quickly drying off.
"How's it going with Kagome?" Miroku asked quietly as he and InuYasha sat on the steps. InuYasha sighed and hunched over.
"Fine I guess, if you want to call it that."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"I was going to make a move when you and Sango traipsed into the house and shocked us both. Now I don't know what to do to get there again. How about you and Sango?"
"Very well actually. We're planning on going out again sometime this week." Miroku began to tell InuYasha the details about a game he had bought. InuYasha smacked his head as he remembered he had never dropped that game off for Souta. He made a mental note to do so tomorrow and looked over at Kagome. She was laying quietly in the sun looking like some kind of sun bathing goddess. He needed to do something soon before some other jerk swooped in on her.
After an hour or two InuYasha climbed out of the pool and moved over next to Kagome's chair. "You ready go in?" Kagome flinched as a drop of water slid off his hair and onto her face.
"Yeah. Get let me get my things together. Are Sango and Miroku coming in too?"
"Yup. Oh and Kagome,"
"Yeah?"
"I think I'll dry off first." InuYasha shook off like a dog, spraying water all over Kagome. She screamed happily as the water flew everywhere.
"You mangy mutt. Now I'm all wet again!" She poked him in the shoulder and dripped into the house.
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Oooh, so close on the kiss!
Okay! I've had several people ask and here's the answer: It will take a lot of physical pain to get Kagome and InuYasha together. Oh, and a couple of chapters. But there will be some fluff of them together soon. No kissing or intentional cuddling, just some slightly fluff like stuff.
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Qoute of the Day!
"This yard is nothing but a cluster fk." My gran talking about our yard. It's how she refers to messes.
Snippet: (just cause I feel like it)
"If you were related to her then you couldn't make out or anything like that. Well, you could but it'd be really wrong."- not telling! But the most unlikely character plays Dr. Love for InuYasha!
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