Hello Everyone! I'm back! Missed me? I wonder…Oh well. Thanks for the wonderful reviews! They sure can cheer a person up.
YokaiYuk-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are you finished?
Wicca-Do you always have to be like this? I didn't even get started.
YokaiYuk-Well, you know that we're behind schedule, and we should write about three another stories.
Wicca-I kno…But we'll get it done anyway
Manjo-*appears out of nowhere* I think she's right
YokaiYuk-Where did you come from?
Manjo-As a matter of fact, Wicca invited me
YokaiYuk-*glares at Wicca*
Wicca-What? I thought I told you
YokaiYuk-No you didn't
Wicca-Well, sorry
YokaiYuk-*grumbles* Well, Manjo, since you're here already, you can stay while me and Wicca continue with the story
Manjo-Yes, Yuki
YokaiYuk-YUK!!!!
Manjo-I thought it was Yuki
YokaiYuk-aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wicca-well, I was informed that Yuki was a girls name. I wanted not to tell him, well, he picked that name for himself, and he's mean. But, from the goodness of my heart, I told him the truth about the name.
Manjo-what did he do?
Wicca-he started to kind of scream. You should have seen him-I wish I had my video camera with me. But, that yelling and screaming didn't really count. You should've seen the look on his face. It was, as I may say, *priceless*
YokaiYuk-Feh
Wicca-well, let's get to the story.
Previous Chapter
This is unfair."
"I know, but
nothing in this life is fair."
"Shouldn't he call soon?"
"I don't know, Kikiyo, I don't
know. I think that he will call
today. All we have to do is wait for
the call. Want to play in pool?"
"Sure, only if you are prepared to lose."
"You are going down. Too bad that Grandpa, Mom, and Souta left to see Aunt Tai in Hong Kong. This would have been more interesting with Grandpa trying to figure out all our techniques, and whining that we were cheating because of his loss."
"Let's go play. You are going to buy me a new phone if you lose."
"Sure, only if you are going to buy me a new computer. Let's play, and let's wait."
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"What do you want?"
"I'm still thinking. Hey, shouldn't you call Kagome today? For the business party?"
"I'll call her in an hour. Shouldn't you call Kikiyo? I'm sure that she'll be more than glad to go with you."
"I'm going to call her in 30 minutes. I wonder what she wears."
"Did you tell her about the party before?"
"No…But, she'll have two and a half hours for an outfit. And I'm sure that Kagome will help her."
"You better call soon. You know how much time it takes for a female to shop?"
"I haven't thought of that. I guess I'll call her right now."
"Yep, I knew that you didn't think of that. You never think. Well, see you at the party." 'what a stupid half-breed, he never thinks.' Sesshomaru looked at his watch. 'just a couple of hours before picking her up, and an hour just before calling her. I wonder how all of this will go. I can only wait and see.'
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*I don't own Inuyasha and ©. That really sucks, but I guess I can try to deal with it
Assumption, Hurt, and Love
'This represents thoughts'
*this represents some actions* & -so does this-
-this can represent the stupid inner voice that you get when you talk to
yourself (thank god I don't have that one)-
"this represents things said out loud"
Chapter 9: The call and the preparations
"Ha! Kikiyo, no offense, but you really suck in this game." Kagome said from the pool table after winning nine games in a row.
"But you cheated!!!!!" Kikiyo started to whine.
"Kikiyo."
"Huh?"
"You're starting to sound like Grandpa."
"No"
"Yeah, you do-you even started to whine like him."
"Gosh, Kagome. But, you cheat!"
"Kikiyo, I don't cheat. I got skill."
"And you're saying that I don't!"
"…no comment."
Kikiyo started to get a little upset. "Well, a person has to be bad at something and really good at something else. Example: me-bad: pool; good: archery Example: you- bad: dating; good-pool, archery"
"I am not that bad at dating, Kikiyo!"
"uhuh…How many dates did you go on?"
"More than you can think of. How many boyfriends did you have?"
"You know, one and only-Inuyasha. I got a good guy, so I don't have to even switch him with someone. Unlike you, I think that you went on fourteen dates with six guys?"
"Fifteen dates with seven guys, not counting Sesshomaru."
"See, that's my point. Me and Inuyasha had, well, you can say that there are 365 days in a year, and there are twelve months in that year, and we go out twice every week, and there are 52 weeks in a year, then we go out 104 times a year, and we've been together for the longest time. You do the calculations."
"You're confusing me, Kikiyo."
"Fine, I'll explain it to you in the simple way-we go out for about 104 times a year sometimes even more. You said fifteen dates and seven guys. So this should be like three dates with one guy and two with the rest?"
"Yeah."
"Who had dated you three times?"
"Excuse you! Those guys didn't dump me. I dumped them. Oh, Kouga and I dated three times, but I got tired of him calling me "my woman" and picking up fights for me."
"I think that was kind of sweet of him. You know that he used to like you a lot, I think that you broke his heart."
"I'm sorry, but- Kouga and I: never meant to be"
"How do you know?"
"I just do…I'm a miko, remember?"
"So, you're telling me that you've trained your senses too?"
"Yes, but not entirely. You remember that I still have trouble controlling my powers."
"Oh."
"By the way, don't think so bad for Kouga. He was the only one I offered my friendship to after the break up."
"Oh…Well, still-he liked you very much, and you still hurt his feelings."
"Yes, I know, and-" Kagome never got to finish, because she was interrupted by Mrs. Hirugrashi's voice in the door way."
"Kids! I'm home!"
Kikiyo looked at Kagome. "Race you."
"You're on." The girls raced down the stairs. Kagome jumped, landed, and that made her the victor.
"No fair!" Kikiyo whined.
Kagome smirked. "Sorry Grandpa."
"Kagome, that is no way to speak with your cousin, and you must now jump from the stairs. You could've broken your let."
"Sorry, mom. So, where is Souta and Grandpa."
Kikiyo added. "Shouldn't you still be there for one more week?"
Mrs. Higurashi turned to Kagome.
"Souta and Grandpa are still at Aunt Tai's in Hong Kong." Then she turned to
Kikiyo. "Yes, and no-I should be there, but InuTaisho called and invited me to
some business party that is going to take place today."
Kagome and Kikiyo looked at each other. "Today?"
"I thought you knew, Kikiyo-didn't Inuyasha call you, so that you can prepare?"
"No. He didn't."
*ring* *ring* (A/N: goes the phone…Back to the story)
"I'll get it!" Kagome said.
"How could he not call me? Maybe he's cheating, so he would go with someone else. How could he?" Kikiyo started to whine yet again.
Kagome returned with the phone. "Speak of the devil. Kikiyo, this is for you." Kagome handed the phone to Kikiyo, and Kikiyo took it without a second thought.
"Inuyasha"
"uh…Hi, Kikiyo." Inuyasha started to get a little bit nervous. 'That's good that I'm on the other line. If I talked to Kikiyo in person, she would've strangled me. Should've called earlier, should've called earlier, should've called-'
"Inuyasha? Are you there?"
"Yes, Kikiyo. I'm here."
"Were you even listening to what I said?"
"…"
"Oh, so that's it. You're not even interested to listen to me, while your new girlfriend kept you busy. How could you? I thought I could-"
That took Inuyasha unexpected. "Wow, wow, wow!!! Slow down, Kikiyo. What in the world made you think that I got another girlfriend?"
"Well, you didn't call me earlier."
"I called you now, didn't I? And I was going to call you earlier, but I…I helped Sesshomaru to get dressed."
"Oh."
"Well, the party is going to start in three hours, so I think that you need to go shopping."
"Why didn't you inform me earlier?"
"I…I helped Sesshomaru to shop."
"I still don't believe you. But I forgive you this time. Bye."
"See ya. I'll pick you up."
Kikiyo hung up. "hey! Kagome!"
"Wha???"
"We must go to the mall to search for a business party dress for me."
"Sure. Let's go. Sesshomaru just called me while you were talking to Inuyasha."
"Well?"
"He told me about the time of the
party and that he will pick me up. He's
not as cold as everyone may think he is."
"So, you're saying that you are falling for the guy."
"NO!"
"Kagome"
"Maybe."
"Kagome"
"I said maybe. I don't know. I could never ever fall for him. We're never meant to be-just like me and Kouga. I could try to be his friend, but nothing more than that."
"How do you know that nothing more will be with you?"
"Well, first of all, he has a bigger life span than I do. Second of all, back when we were kids, we were nothing more than friends."
"Ye-ah…Uhuh, and the rest of the gang thought that you were boyfriend and girlfriend-you looked after each other, spend the most time with each other. By the way, how did the two of you break up?"
Kagome sighed. "It's not that important. We just did-grew up, and went on with our lives."
"But…" Kikiyo started.
"Kikiyo, I don't really want to talk about it. There are still some things that I have yet to figure out."
"Okay." 'I guess she's still hurting after all of these years. That so called *friendship* must have meant a whole lot to her.' Kikiyo thought sadly. 'Poor Kagome.'
………………………Flashback……………………………………….
(A/N: to be more exact, this is Kikiyo's flashback)
Kikiyo stood at the balcony in the Higurashi house. It was raining. 'I hope that Kagome gets home safely. Poor Sesshomaru, poor Inuyasha, poor InuTaisho, poor Mrs. Hyoga. I can't believe that a day ago I played with her, ate her cookies and all, and now she's gone' Kikiyo's eyes started to water. 'Poor Hyogas. I hope Kagome helps Sesshomaru somehow, while she's there. Inuyasha and InuTaisho left to identify the body, and Sesshomaru was left alone. Poor Sesshomaru, it must be hard on him, because he lost his mom twice, and so with Inuyasha and InuTaisho. It must be hard on all of them.' Kikiyo looked at her watch. 'Well, it's been fifteen minutes since Kagome went and I miss her already. I hope-' Kikiyo's thoughts were interrupted when she heard a door slam. Kikiyo rushed to the noise and saw:
"Kagome! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at Sesshomaru's? Why are you soaked? Shouldn't someone have given you a ride back home in this kind of weather? Ka-" Kikiyo stopped when she noticed that Kagome was crying.
"Kagome, what happened?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me"
"I said that nothing happened." Kagome rushed to her room Kikiyo heard a door slam, Kagome throwing herself at her bed and crying.
"I need to know what happened. I wonder if it had to do something with Sesshomaru."
*knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*
Kikiyo yelled "I'll get it!" and went to answer the door. She quickly opened the door and saw a very soaked Sesshomaru.
"S-s-sesshomaru-sama. What are you doing here?" Kikiyo started to get nervous.
"Is Kagome here yet?"
"Yes she is." Sesshomaru stepped in and walked to Kagome's room, leaving a very confused Kikiyo. Without a second thought, Kikiyo closed the door and decided to listen.
"Kagome. I know that you're in there, open the door." Sesshomaru commanded, but softly.
"No." was the only reply.
"Kagome, open the door."
"No" was yet the only reply followed by sobs.
"Look. Kagome, I know that you-"
Kagome opened the door.
"I'm sorry." Sesshomaru said full of emotion. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru then sighed.
"Well, so am I." She said then quickly closed the door in Sesshomaru's face.
Sesshomaru went downstairs (A/N: Kagome's room is upstairs). He looked at Kikiyo.
"Don't ask any questions." Kikiyo simply nodded. "Well, when you can, tell her that I am sorry for all what I said. I never meant to say those things to her, and I never meant to hurt her in any way. Tell her that if she forgives me, she should call me." Kikiyo simply nodded, then gathered all her courage.
"Sesshomaru-sama?"
"What?"
"What are you doing?"
Sesshomaru opened the door. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm leaving."
"But it's raining. You should stay here until its finished raining."
"I'll be fine. I even need a walk." Sesshomaru said while going outside.
"But-" Kikiyo started but didn't get to finish, because the door gently closed in her face.
************************30 minutes later**********************
Kagome walked down the stairs. It already stopped raining 15 minutes ago. "Kikiyo, is mom back yet? Her plane is due today, and she has yet to hear the news. Where is Grandpa and Souta?"
"No, she isn't back yet." Kikiyo looked at her watch. "She is due in ten minutes, and Grandpa and Souta went to pick her up. I stayed here to watch over you while you were sleeping."
"Why didn't you wake me up?"
"You needed the rest after whatever happened between you and Sesshomaru. By the way, what happened?"
"I don't want to talk about it. I'll tell you someday, but not now."
"I understand"
"Kikiyo?"
"Yes?"
"When did he leave?"
"Sesshomaru left right after the talk with you."
"But it was raining." Kagome lowered her head and looked at the floor, because of the guilt.
"He said he needed a walk. Oh, he said the he didn't mean to say those things that he said to you, for he never meant to and never meant them."
Kagome raised her head up. "Did he say anything else?"
"He said that he was sorry."
"Oh…Anything else?"
Kikiyo tried hard to remember. 'I should've written it down.' she thought.
"No. Nothing that I remember."
"Oh. Kagome, are you feeling well? You don't look so well."
"I'm feeling just fine." Kagome smiled, but the smile quite didn't reach her.
"Well, I'm going to sleep for some more, okay?"
"Okay." Kagome retreated to her room.
'Poor Kagome. Whatever happened to her, must've been very hard on her' Kikiyo thought. 'And mom yet has to find out. Mrs. Hyoga was like a sister to her. Poor Kagome, poor Sesshomaru, poor Inuyasha-it should be hard for him to lose his mother, poor InuTaisho.' Kikiyo retreated to her room.
……………………………End Flashback……………………………….
'Poor Kagome' Kikiyo pondered, but was brought out of her thoughts when she saw a hand in front of her face.
"Kikiyo??? Are you there?" Kagome started.
"Huh??? What, when how who? HUH????"
"Quit daydreaming. We are going to the mall to pick you and mom a outfit for the party. Sesshomaru, InuTaisho, and Inuyasha will pick us up in" Kagome looked at her watch. "Exactly two and one half hours. So we have to hurry. Let's go."
***********************2 hours later***********************
"Wow! Mom! Kikiyo! InuTaisho and Inuyasha are going to be drooling over you. You guys look stunning!!! You are going to put any guy over heels." Kagome said.
"Well, we can say the same about you, Kagome. I think that even Sesshomaru going to lose his cold expression after looking at you." Kikiyo stated.
"You look beautiful, Kagome and so do you, Kikiyo." Mrs. Higurashi said while making her hair.
"Thanks" came from both Kagome and Kikiyo.
"Well, we have about one half an hour left. Let's relax for a while. Do you girls have any ideas?"
"Well, we can eat…" Kagome suggested.
"Why? There should be plen-ti of food at the business party." Mrs. Hirugrashi asked she never was at a business party before.
"Well, from what we experienced, mom, well-the only good food the might have there is caviar, but the rest is snails."
"Oh. Well, let's go eat."
"Okay. The Hyogas are going to pick us up soon, so we must be prepared." Mrs. Higurashi stated.
"And we are. All we have to do is to get our shoes on and we're ready, so you don't have to worry." Kikiyo said.
"I guess you're right. Everything is prepared. Now how about some cake?"
"Yey!" the girls cheered and went with Mrs. Higurashi to the kitchen.
Another chapter done! Yes! I'm proud of myself! I know that the flashback was kind of sad, but something like that just had to happen. Please don't kill me!!! I am very sorry ~_~
YokaiYuk-you should be. But I still don't see the point of you doing the story. You didn't even listen to my ideas, all you listened to was Manjo
Wicca-are you jealous?
YokaiYuk-NO WAY!
Wicca-It's just that Manjo being here is quite rare, so, I listen to him when I can. Or you want his visits to be more often?
YokaiYuk-NO
Manjo-Why, Yuki, I'm hurt
YokaiYuk-YUK!!!!
Manjo-Okay, okay, Yuk
YokaiYuk-Feh.
Wicca-guys, guys, quit fighting the dog fight.
YokaiYuk&Manjo-the what fight?
Wicca-the dog fight…you know, JF said that since girls have cat fights, guys have dog fights.
YokaiYuk-whatever
Wicca-well, you want to go watch a movie?
YokaiYuk-Rush Hour 2
Manjo-Over my dead body!
YokaiYuk-*evil smirk* that can be arranged.
Manjo-how long do I have?
YokaiYuk-ten seconds
Manjo-*stands up and starts running*
YokaiYuk-six, five, four
Wicca-ten
YokaiYuk-nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three
Wicca-six
YokaiYuk-five, four three, two one. Ready or not! Here I come!!! *stands up and looks around* Now where did he go? I see him! *chases after Manjo*
Wicca-*shakes
her head* Some guys-you can't live with
them, and you can't let the help you with your stories. Well, thanks for the wonderful reviews! They sure can cheer a person into writing!
^_^
Review Responses:
Waizu Yoru Otome: thanks for the review! I'll try to update ASAP, when I can, glad that you like reading this story so far. ^_^
Blue Demon Dragon: thanks for the review!!! I'll try to update ASAP. ^_^ You just have to wait a little bit more for Rin and Shippo to appear. You just have to wait a little longer. I'll put Rin and Shippo in the story later, so don't worry ^_^
Ancient Angel of the west: thank you for the review!!! Well, I'm glad that you like it so far, and glad that you think that this is funny. ~_~ Well, this chapter was kind of sad, but I'll try to make it funny on the next chapter (if me and Yuk don't forget) I'll try to update when I can ^_^
Frozensakurablossems: thanks for the review! Glad that you like the story. I'll keep writing, don't worry, but when I have the chance. I'll do my best to update ASAP! ^_^
Guardiun Angel15: thank you for the review…okay, I'm not going to not update for a year…hmph….maybe I'll not update for, let's see….FIVE YEARS…just kidding…I'll try to update ASAP and that's a promise, and I don't break my promises. Well, I think you will have to wait just a little bit more for The Business Party…Yuk and I still have to think about the events that are going to be there…maybe we'll put it in parts…maybe not-you may never know…I'm truly glad that you like reading this story!!!! YEY!!!! ^_^
Sakuratenvaiga-thanks for the review! Well, I guess, I'll make Kagura and Naraku together…maybe, maybe not…you may never know…Yuki/Yuk and I have some plans for Kanna in the story, so don't worry…well, as I said: I'll try to update ASAP and I'll keep writing no matter what, so don't worry. Peace ^_^
Waterdragonmaster-thanks you very much for the review! Well, I guess that Yuki-chan and Umi-chan have a right to idolize Sesshomaru. Many people like Fluffy!!! ^_^ Well, I'll try to update ASAP ^_^
Demonswty-thanks for the review! Well, I'm glad that you like the story so far. So far, it was/is funny (that's for you to decide) but I guess the flashback was kind of…sad…I'll try to make it funny in the next chapter, though. Well, I hope that you like reading the rest of what I have for the story! ^_^
Well, thanks for all
the wonderful reviews (all those who reviewed)!!! They sure can cheer a person up into writing, or urge the person
to write ASAP. (I wasn't able to get to
the computer until now). Sorry if I
depressed you with the flashback, I'll try to make the other flashbacks
better. Well, right now it's 3:09 A.M.
(April 11, 2004), so I need to get my sleep.
Well, as I said thanks for the reviews and please review!!! JA NE!!!
Wicca.
PS: some questions for the readers that need to be answered by them
Okay, I can say that I got focused more on Kagome&Sesshomaru and on Inuyasha&Kikiyo pairings. I think that I should focus more on Sango&Miroku, don't you? Or it doesn't matter2. Well, I think it's going to take me longer to the Business Party as planned-most of the previous chapters took place in one day. Should I try to hurry up or I should keep the steady pace?
Well, the story's progress depends on your reviews! So, please review!!! ^_^
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