Serinitay- Sorry! I was trying to replace the chapter 7 and it accidentally replaced chapter 1! Please go back and reread it! I fixed it as soon as I saw your review! Thanks for alerting me!
Sango and Kagome had both taken their baths when Sango came up with an evil idea. When people get bored they tend to do the oddest things and this was one of those times.
"You know, Miroku's in the shower and he never locks the door, plus he takes forever to wash." Sango looked over at Kagome, who was currently involved in reading the novel she'd stolen from Sango.
"And, your point?"
"Listen to this.." Kagome leaned over while Sango whispered her plan. Her eyes lit up and she raced for the door.
"Let's go!"
The two girls raced down stairs to the bathroom Miroku was using and Sango turned the handle of the door. The entire room was fogged up with steam, but Sango quickly found where Miroku had left his clothing and towels. She stole the pile and replaced it with a small pink nightie she had bought just for kicks. Kagome giggled as they began to sneak back out but both of them stopped when they heard a strange sound coming from the shower.
"I'm just girl little ol me, so don't let me out of your sights! I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite so don't let me have any rights!" Miroku was singing in the shower. Both girls' eyes widened as they tried desperately not to laugh. The snuck out of the room, ran down the hall and burst out laughing.
"Sango, where have all the men in this world gone?" Kagome asked as she shook with laughter.
"I dunno, but they obviously aren't in Miroku's shower!" Sango gasped in reply. The two went to sit in the boys' hall and wait for the action. Kagome had brought a little camera with her to capture the excitement on film. The shower was turned off and a scream was heard. "Like it Miroku? We're waiting for a fashion show!" Sango called as InuYasha walked out into the hallway to see what the commotion was about. Miroku cursed loud enough for them to hear and opened the door.
"Holy shit!" InuYasha doubled over when he saw the dark haired teen come out in a pink negligee. Miroku blushed furiously as he stood in the hall. Kagome snapped several pictures before throwing him his clothes.
"That was great! Your face! Miroku, you make a lovely woman, I have to say. Pink is definitely your color. We all know you're 'just a girl'." Kagome hinted to him on what they had heard and he blushed even harder before racing back into the bathroom to get dressed.
"Why did you two do that?" InuYasha asked the two mischief makers.
"We were bored. I think we've had plenty of excitement now though. I'm heading off to read some more." Kagome grinned and left for her room, Sango trailing behind. InuYasha silently hoped that he wouldn't be their next victim and went back to his room to do some video game playing.
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The day had flown by as Kagome read more and more of her book. She found it was nearing eight and went down to the living room to see what the guys were up to. One black and one white head poked up over the top of the couch, just as she had suspected. Kagome called to them, but neither moved. She walked around to stand in front of the couch.
"What are you guys..." She stopped midsentence when she saw what they had been up to. InuYasha and Miroku both had green facials on, cucumbers over their eyes just as she had joked that one time. "WHERE HAVE ALL THE MEN GONE?" Kagome screamed as InuYasha pulled off his cucumbers.
"We're right here! What do you want? And why are you screaming?" He asked densely.
"I'm not sure if you're men or not. I was just joking about that facial thing, you know and I'm screaming from shock, captain obvious. Do you do this regularly?" Kagome was actually interested in what they were doing. She'd never had a facial before.
"Not all the time, but it helps keep your face clean after doing all of those concerts and sweating your ass off on stage. Here." InuYasha tossed her the bottle of cream and two cucumbers. "Just put that over your face and stick on the cucumbers." He leaned back into the couch as he waited for his mask to dry. Kagome put on the green substance then placed the cucumbers on her eyes and lay back.
"Hey, this isn't that bad."
"See? It's unisex." InuYasha muttered as the stuff dried and tightened.
"That I do." Miroku murmured, totally missing what InuYasha had said.
"You need what?" Kagome asked Miroku.
"Hmm? What did InuYasha say?"
"He said it's unisex. What did you think he said?" Kagome finally computed what he had misheard and resisted the urge to slap him. "You lech."
"Both of you shut up and let these things dry! They don't work if they're all cracked from running your mouth." The three of them sat in silence and listened to the tv.
Sango bounded down the steps trying to find Kagome. 'Where the guys are she is if she isn't with me.' she jumped the last step and saw them sitting on the couch. "Hey, what's up? No one responded to her question and she decided to walk in front of the tv. Maybe that would get their attention. "Where'd the other two girls come from Kagome?' Sango didn't recognize either boy in their masks.
"Don't bother us or the masks will crack!" InuYasha hissed, making Sango jump as she finally figured out who was sitting on the couch.
"What in the world? Why? Why?!" Sango gasped. "I've never seen you two do this before! Kagome, what did you do to get them to have facials?"
"Nothing. I found them like this and InuYasha talked me into one. Care to join us?"
"Um, I think I'll just be going now. I'd rather go look for big foot. At least finding him would be less shocking than this." Sango shook her head and stumbled off to the kitchen, hoping to drown her fears in ice cream. "Never in my life..."
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"Where are you two going this time?" Kagome asked as Sango waited for Miroku to take her out.
"Dinner and a movie." Sango said simply as her date snuck up behind her, giving her a hug. "We'll be home at a reasonable hour mommy." Kagome laughed as they left for their date. InuYasha walked out into the hall, dressed to go out for an errand.
"And where are you going?" Kagome asked as he pulled his car keys out of his pocket.
"To your house to deliver this game to your brother. Wanna come?" InuYasha held the door open for Kagome to come along.
"Sure! Let me grab my coat off the rack." She pulled down her black jacket and trotted out behind him, then got into the silver car. He raced down the streets, music blaring, reaching the Higurashi shrine in record time. They walked up the seemingly endless stairs to the back door. Kagome merely walked inside and motioned for InuYasha to follow her.
"InuYasha!" Souta yelled and ran into the kitchen. The older boy smiled as he raced up to greet him.
"Here's the game I promised. I wrote down the codes and stuck them inside so that you can cheat whenever you want." Souta gasped out a thanks and ran back out to the tv to put in his new game.
"Kagome, you're home! InuYasha's here too! I guess that means two extra places unless you had plans?" Mrs. Higurashi walked into the kitchen to greet her daughter. Kagome hugged her mom, while InuYasha shook her hand. Mrs. Higurashi smiled and pulled two plates down from the cabinet and set their places. Kagome and InuYasha took a seats at the table while granpa wandered in for dinner.
"No spells, Jii-chan!" Kagome yelled as he prepared to slap another one onto InuYasha's head. Her granpa looked crestfallen but sat down quietly. InuYasha seemed to relax when he realized that he wasn't going to look like a human sticker board when he left the Higurashi house.
"Souta! Dinner!" Mrs. Higurashi called as she carried a steaming tray of rice and sushi to the table. The boy raced into the room and took the seat on InuYasha's right so he could ask him questions about video games and stardom. Mrs. Higurashi served everyone and came to InuYasha and stopped. She gasped audibly, making him turn several shades whiter. She reached and grabbed both ears, giving them a thorough rub, just as Kagome had warned him before.
"Those are so cute! Kagome you found the right boyfriend this time!" The woman squealed. It was Kagome's turn to pale.
"Mom, he's not my boyfriend! Plus, I've never had a boyfriend, so how could there be a this time? Who was I supposed to date at that school? Hojo?" Kagome turned her nose up at the idea. InuYasha had begun to purr loudly, earning him some odd looks from the rest of the family. His face turned a deep red as everyone turned to look at him. Mrs. Higurashi only rubbed harder, giggling as he purred.
"Mom, dinner's getting cold and I don't think InuYasha needs to hire a pro ear rubber, but if he does I think you'll be it." Kagome laughed while he blushed harder and started to eat her meal. InuYasha finished faster than humanly possible and was starting a third helping when he noticed the whole family staring.
"Umm, I have a very high metabolism?" He suggested and put the rice loaded spoon back into the bowl.
"Oh, eat as much as you want, dear! I hope they feed you enough at that mansion." Mrs. Higurashi smiled sweetly as InuYasha began to put more rice on his plate.
"Totosai's a great cook, don't worry. I just seem to never be full. Got any soy sauce?" Souta passed him the requested item and InuYasha poured nearly half of the bottle onto his food before starting to eat again. Soon the bowl of rice was empty, seeing as InuYasha decided to eat everything at the table. Kagome's plate was still half full though. "You gonna eat that?" InuYasha said, mouth full, pointing at Kagome's plate. She shoved it toward him and he accepted the food with a muffled 'thanks'.
"If you want anything else to eat, just ask and I'll make you something. Make your self at home. I could use someone civilized as you are in this house." Mrs. Higurashi ruffled his hair and carried the empty plates to the sink.
"I'm civilized." InuYasha said smugly.
"You got some sauce on your chin, oh master of etiquette." Kagome pointed lazily at his face, which he proceeded to rub furiously with a napkin. She sighed and left the table to help her mom clean up, but not before giving InuYasha's ears a swift rub. He purred gratefully as he stuffed the half-eaten sushi in his mouth.
InuYasha finished off the food and handed the nearly sparkling plate to Mrs. Higurashi. She looked at how clean it was in shock as he wandered off to find Kagome. Souta had already begun to play his new game, Jii-chan was nowhere to be seen (thankfully) and Kagome had apparently went off on her own devices. InuYasha sat down on the floor next to Souta and watched him play.
"That's no way to kill that monster. Lemme see that!" InuYasha scorned and took the controller. He killed the beast in one easy swing and handed the control back to Souta. "That's how you play! It's easier to use that kind of attack instead of doing all of the complicated stuff." He explained simply as Souta tested the theory on another monster.
"Thanks! I was having a really hard time with that one. You sure know a ton of cool stuff. I could use a brother like you." Souta sighed wistfully and returned to attacking monsters.
"I thought that Kagome played games and stuff with you. she said you were really good." InuYasha turned to face the boy.
"Yeah, well you're a lot cooler. I wish you were my brother." He said off handedly.
"Maybe I could be one day if I could get the courage to make a move." InuYasha paled as the words slipped out of his mouth. Souta merely shrugged.
"What's wrong?" Suddenly InuYasha found himself pouring out his troubles to the kid.
"WelI, can't tell what she likes and I don't have the courage to try anything. You have any advice?"
"She likes you a lot and I know she really a cuddly type person."
"How do you know that? She said she's never had a boyfriend."
"Brother's intuition."
"Wish I had some of that...it'd make life easier..." InuYasha frowned and crossed his arms.
"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." InuYasha laughed out loud at Souta's blunt way of explaining things. It was much like his own way of speaking. "I know she likes clothes, guitars, books, pretty much anything a teen girl likes. Oh, and manga and anime."
"I bought her a guitar already."
"And?"
"She glomped me."
"Then it seems you've covered hugging. Now you need to try to kiss her."
"Tried and failed miserably."
"Lemme guess: you were interrupted mid lean."
"Exactly."
"Just try again. She won't refuse. She had a huge poster of you on her wall before she packed up, your name painted by it and everything. The name is still there, but she packed up the poster with her. Just get up some courage and lay one on her." Souta calmly slew a monster as he spoke, using InuYasha's technique.
"Where the hell did you learn this stuff?" InuYasha was amazed at the boy's knowledge on the subject.
"Kagome has a ton of magazines laying around here. Sometimes it gets boring and I read one just to see why she's so weird. I don't think I'll ever understand females." InuYasha shook his head as Souta slew another beast.
"Me either. You know, I play music and sing in front of thousands of people, do press conferences, even tv specials live and yet I can't get up the guts to kiss one chick." InuYasha leaned back against the coffee table and sighed. "I can't believe I just took love advice from a fourteen year old."
"I'm thirteen." Souta corrected automatically. "Everyone thinks I'm older."
"Great. Better and better." InuYasha resisted the urge to beat his head against a sturdy wall when he heard Kagome's foot steps.
"You guys must getting along really well. What were you talking about?" Kagome came into the living room and sat on the coffee table behind InuYasha. He sat up to allow her leg room then leaned back so he was resting against her. Kagome absently ran her fingers through his hair as she watched Souta kill simulated monsters.
"InuYasha was telling me about" Souta began, making InuYasha nearly pass out. "how he beat this game already. It seems tough, but I think I can do it."
"We need to go now InuYasha. I think my granpa has come up with another spell to lay on you and I doubt you want to covered in stickers." InuYasha began to rise to his feet and stopped so he was crouched next to Souta. He pulled a twenty out of his pocket and slipped it to the boy.
"Thanks for the advice and keeping a closed mouth. You're a good kid." He winked and walked off while Souta shoved the bill into his own pocket.
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Kagome and InuYasha found the mansion empty of their band mates and lay on the floor of the basement in their usual pajamas.
"You've met my family twice and had two meals with them. When can I talk to your family?" Kagome rolled over onto her stomach and faced InuYasha.
"If you can talk to the dead then I suppose you could meet them." InuYasha merely stared at the white ceiling as he lay on his back.
"I'm sorry. I forgot." Kagome mentally kicked herself for forgetting that his parents had died a few years back.
"That's okay, really. I'm fine." He smiled sadly at her. Flashes of family memories came back to him. They were blurred from time, but still precious. "I have some pictures of them if you want to see. I think there's even one of Sesshomaru and me in a bath tub together from when we were really little. Want to go check them out?" InuYasha stood up and waited for Kagome to come along.
"Sure." She stretched and sat up. "I don't think I can get up." InuYasha reached out and took her by the hand then pulled her up. She held onto his hand for a few seconds longer than needed and blushed. He lead her upstairs to his room.
Kagome peered around, trying to see as much as she could since he had the lights on. Old swords hung on the walls in between the posters and the usual junk cluttered the floor. It looked very comfortable and lived in though. InuYasha showed her over to his bed and sat down on the edge then leaned over to pull and old leather bound book out of his nightstand. She sat down next to him as he cracked open the cover. The pages were smudged and some were even stained from years of being looked at. She watched as he turned the pages, explaining most of the events. Kagome laughed at some of the funny pictures, like the one that he had mentioned earlier. His brother looked terribly unhappy at the prospect of being in the bath tub while InuYasha was happily playing with the bubbles. It was just too cute for words. His mother had been beautiful, white haired like her sons, but with violet eyes, and her face held the happiness and warmth of InuYasha's. Kagome could tell that InuYasha had more of his mother's traits than his fathers from the way his mother was always laughing and smiling but his father had the same distant appearance of Sesshomaru. InuYasha turned to the last page, exposing a large family picture that covered the entire page. His mother was dressed in a gorgeous red dress while the boys and her husband were in tuxedos. All of them were smiling happily as if they were having a lot of fun.
"That was when we went to this play. It was really boring but we made really rude jokes and giggled the whole time since we were sitting in the very back row. No one noticed and we had the time of our lives." InuYasha shook slightly as he spoke, making the book quiver. "After the play we went home and the next morning a maid was telling me my parents were gone." His voice had dropped to a whisper and a single tear fell onto the page. Kagome noticed there were other tear stains covering the paper behind the picture. She understood why; it was the last night that they had all had fun together and been a whole family. InuYasha was gripping the book with white knuckles as he stared at the photograph. Suddenly he closed the book and shoved it back onto his nightstand. He sat hunched over with his arms crossed, as if he had some kind of a terrible stomach ache. She recognized that ache; it was one she'd had many times before.
"It's okay." Kagome wrapped her arms around him quietly and leaned him back onto the bed. He hadn't spoken for a while and was worrying her. Kagome rubbed his shoulder with one hand. "Will you talk to me?"
"Kagome, could you lend me your lap?" He murmured. She shifted so that she had her legs folded up indian style and he put his head into her lap. A single tear had left a watery track on his face. She began to scratch his head silently, waiting for him to say something. He finally uttered a single sentence. "You must really think I'm pathetic." Kagome sighed deeply a his remark.
"No, I don't. Crying because you lost a family member is nothing to be embarrassed. My father died in a car accident a little while after Souta was born. I cried for longer than I can remember and still get sad now. You lost both your parents, which I couldn't even imagine. You're a lot tougher than I would be. I think I'd still be crying." Kagome smiled down at him. InuYasha gave a feeble smirk in return, looking nothing like the tough guy he made himself out to be.
"I think I knew my mother better than anyone. She always was happy and made jokes. She could have made a funeral a fun occasion. I played with her all the time and she took me everywhere. I always had fun with her." InuYasha had closed his eyes as he spoke, relaxing under Kagome's touch. "You know that I'm a half demon, right?"
"I kind of figured since my granpa taught me a lot about demons and their traits. I could tell you weren't a full demon, but I knew you had some youkai in you."
"My mother was a human. Nobody I know can remember Sesshomaru's mother; not even Sess himself. So since my mother was human and my father a demon, I'm a hanyou. Demons always think that hanyous are filthy and weak and humans think they're too strong and strange to associate with. My mother shared the same problem as me because she was hated for being with a demon. She taught me to overcome it. She was strong no matter how much she was ridiculed and never broke down under any pressure. So many youkai disliked her for being with my father and threatened her, but she was always so tough. She'd just hold her head up and keep going. You aren't freaked out by me now, are you?" InuYasha sounded truly concerned; he must have lost many friends to the mere fact that he was a half demon.
"I don't care what you are. You're you and nothing else and you can't change what you are, so don't worry about me not accepting you. Besides, if you were something else, then I wouldn't have your wonderfully cute ears to pet and I'd never get to hear you purr." Kagome stated firmly.
"I never did worry. You know what?" His voice was thick with fatigue and he sounded as if he'd go to sleep any second.
"Hmm?"
"You remind me of my mother." InuYasha mumbled before falling asleep. Kagome smiled despite herself, knowing that was the ultimate compliment coming from InuYasha. He acted so tough, like nothing could ever break him, but underneath his steel exterior he was just a big puppy and a total softie. He had a broader range of emotions than Kagome could ever imagine, and he showed everyone of them to her at one time or another. She leaned back against the giant footboard of the bed and drew the curtains around them. He usually kept the heavy velvet drapes open, but the lights were on and Kagome just really wanted a nap and didn't wish to disturb him. Luckily the drapes blocked out most of the light, allowing both of them to drift into dreamless sleep.
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See? Kinda fluffy there. Notice anything about how InuYasha never mentioned how his parents died? Will we ever find out? Tcha, we will! But not in this story. Oh no! IN THE SEQUEL! YES, YOU HEARD CORRECT! THE SEQUEL! WUHAHAHA! I'd like one minute of reverent silence for those who convinced me to write a sequel…………………………………………………………………….. Anyways,
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