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Ch. 3Kagome blinked her eyes open and groaned. What happened? She thought to herself. She sat up quickly. How did I get on the couch?
"Feh. It's about time you woke up, bitch."
Her head turned abruptly to the source of the voice and she groaned. Oh, yeah, now I remember. Now why couldn't that have been a dream? "You can talk…" She said, a bit in a daze.
The silver-haired youkai stuck his nose in the air arrogantly. "Keh. Of course I can talk. I'm not some mute idiot like everyone else in the world thinks. You just can understand. But don't take that as a compliment!" He snapped at her, a little guardedly.
Kagome was still stunned. This had never, ever been heard of before! Never had anyone been able to communicate with youkai before. But, suddenly, she, Higurashi, Kagome, age 19, had been able to understand every, single, foul word that had escaped out of her youkai's mouth. This had to be a dream! She pinched herself. Yep, it hurt…
It wasn't a dream.
Suddenly, she was aware of the face barely a few inches from her own.
"Hey, are you even listening to me?" He growled in annoyance.
Kagome gave a slight yelp and slapped him. She jumped back and stared at the hanyou, now holding a hand to his reddened cheek.
His face contorted in anger and his free hand clenched in a fist. "What the fuck's your problem, you psychotic bitch!" He snarled.
Kagome flushed, "Yeah, well I'm not used to having people sticking their ugly noses into my face!" She shot back. Whenever someone injured her pride, all logic and reason flew out of her head, and being called a psychotic bitch was not exactly on her list of things to be proud about.
"Bitch!" He fumed.
"Ass!" She replied just as heatedly.
"Bitch!"
"Ass!"
"Bitch!
"Ass!"
"Argh!" He let out in frustration and stomped out of the room.
Kagome stared after him and only after a couple of minutes did she realize what happened… "That jerk took my room!" She ran to her room and banged her fists against the door. "Hey, get out of there! That's MY room!"
"Piss off, fucking wench!" The hanyou shouted back.
"YOU have no right to talk to me like that! I OWN you!" She said without thinking.
The words had barely finished from leaving her mouth, when the door wrenched open with such force, she would have sworn the handle snapped off. "What did you say?!" The hanyou barked into her face. His face was nearly purple with rage.
Kagome stepped back, "I-I said I own you!" She stuttered, "It says so on that tag around your neck!"
Inuyasha looked down and grabbed the tag angrily before she could stop him. But the instant his hand closed around the chain, he let go with a howl of pain. Kagome instantly forgot all the grudges she held for him at the moment and knelt down at his side. His uninjured hand was clutching his wrist as the other hand twitched spasmodically. She could see nasty boils forming on the surface, while the skin turned redder by the second.
Quickly, she ran to the bathroom across the hall and moistened a hand towel from the rack. She came back to him and knelt back down before gently dabbed at his swelling hand. "Now look what you did!" She scolded him. "That necklace chain has a chemical in it that reacts to demon DNA, which is why they make you wear turtleneck shirts." She told him as she smoothed the towel lightly across the skin. He hissed as she hit the middle of his palm. With his unoccupied hand, he pushed the girl away.
Kagome fell to the ground roughly. "Hey, what was that for? I was just trying to help!" She frowned.
"I don't need any help," her youkai said in a low, neutral voice before stomping back into the room and slamming the door close. He leaned against the door and waited until he heard the girl leave before allowing himself to think. What was up with her anyway? One minute she was yelling his ears off, and the next she was tending to his wounds. Yet, she had treated him like an equal, and not like a possession or experiment subject. He didn't understand. Why did she have to be any different? Why was she just so different?
Inuyasha shook his head and lay down in the bed a few feet away. It wasn't even midday yet, but somehow he was still tired. The girl hadn't set any rules so he decided to take advantage of it. He nuzzled his face in the pillow and closed his eyes. The last thought that entered his mind before he fell asleep was, Smells like lavender…
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Kagome sighed. Her youkai seemed adamant in keeping to her room, so there was no point in hanging around in the hall. She picked up the towel from the floor and threw it back into the bathroom carelessly. If it didn't land on the counter, she'd pick it up later.
She gave the clock hanging on the wall a quick glance. Hmm… 10:15, just enough time for a late breakfast. She must had been out for quite a while because she had woken at 8 o'clock that morning. She walked quickly to the refrigerator at the command of her growling stomach. When she pulled it open, she gave a heartfelt groan.
"Nothing at all? You gotta be kidding me… Boy these people are cheap."
She sighed and pushed the door close. The only thing she could do now was go out and buy groceries. Either that, or starve to death. But what about Inuyasha? She didn't want to come home and find her apartment trashed. She walked back over to HER room and knocked lightly on HER door.
No response.
She tested the doorknob and was surprised to find it unlocked. She peeked her head into the room. Upon further inspection, she found the hanyou curled up in her bed, sleeping. His head was buried deep into the pillow. She was about to march over to the bed and give her youkai a piece of her mind when her eyes landed on his face. Well… what she could see of it anyway. Shamelessly, she stared at him. If he wasn't awake, then he wouldn't care… She reasoned.
Her eyes softened as she gazed at him. At that moment, she saw nothing more than an innocent sleeping boy curled around her pillow. His face was smoothed of all creases and his normally furrowed brows were relaxed. His ears quivered slightly on top of his head. All of her earlier anger dissipated at once and she found that she couldn't bring herself to disturb his sleep. Her hand reached out to touch his face, but she thought better of it and withdrew. Instead, she took the folded blanket at the edge of the bed and carefully covered the sleeping demon, smoothing out nonexistent wrinkles. She gave him one last glance before she left, grabbing her purse and keys on the way out.
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Kagome hummed to herself softly as she pushed her grocery cart down the aisle, stopping every once in a while to toss in a few desired items. She was browsing through the vegetable section, when a cheery voice hailed her from a distance. She turned in the direction of the voice to see the handsome face of a brown-haired, young man.
"Higurashi-san!" The boy called again.
"Hojou-kun!" Kagome smiled back politely and gave a friendly wave. The young man was from her old school before she graduated and had had a crush on her for several years. Now that they were grown, she had no doubts that his high school crush had also grown. He was a sweet boy, but she just had no romantic interest in him. She turned back to browsing, hoping he would take a hint and just walk away.
No such luck, she groaned silently, as he took the wave as an invitation and made his way toward her. He never was the brightest crayon in the box. She turned back to him and smiled again.
"How have you been, Higurashi-san?" He gave her his happy smile. She almost had to squint from the flash of his perfectly straight and blindingly white teeth. The guy probably brushed his teeth ten times a day.
"I've been just fine! I was finally able to get a youkai!" She replied.
Hojou frowned a bit, "But aren't those things dangerous? A young, single woman like yourself shouldn't be home alone with that thing." He protested.
The corners of her mouth twitched a bit in irritation. "And just what are you suggesting?" She asked as politely as possible, but her eyes had darkened a bit in anger. So you think I can't take care of myself, huh?
The boy was completely oblivious of her resentment. "Well…" He blushed a bit, "I was thinking that I could keep you company in your apartment. You know, come by a few hours every day to see how you're doing… and stuff…" His cheeks flamed a bit more.
In reply, Kagome just turned around and threw over her shoulder, "That's alright, Hojou-kun, but I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself, thank you very much." She was unable to keep some of the contempt out of her voice as she walked off. The poor boy just looked after her in confusion, before shrugging it off.
Next, she visited the clothing section. As well as buying herself several blouses, she looked through the men's section. She just wouldn't allow Inuyasha to wear the same turtleneck shirt and scruffy jeans everyday. She leafed through a few outfits, before deciding red looked best on him, making sure to purchase only turtlenecks. By law, she wasn't allowed to take off the necklace and she certainly didn't want to him to have permanent boils on his neck. She winced at her own thought.
As she stood in the checkout line she glanced at her watch and did a double take. It was already 12:30? Inuyasha surely had woken up by now. She had a feeling she wouldn't relish walking back into that room. She stomped her foot impatiently as the cashier appeared to be having a problem with the cash register, too. She counted eight people in front of her waiting in the same line, each pushing very full, grocery-loaded carts. She groaned. The gods were surely out to punish her.
By the time she was fitting her key into the key slot of her apartment door, it was already 1:15. The explosion came the moment the door swung open.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" She heard someone shout. As she covered her ears, she inadvertently dropped the groceries. She winced as she heard the eggs crack.
After her ears stopped ringing, she answered him, "I was out shopping, you twit! I don't know about you but I need food to survive!"
Unwilling to admit defeat, Inuyasha reached into one of the bags, pulling out two red turtleneck shirt, "Does this look like food to you?!"
Kagome's azure eyes flashed angrily, "Those are for you, you moron!"
Some of the anger left the hanyou and he fisted his hand around the shirts. Without another word, he stomped back to HER room. Kagome sighed heavily and massaged her temple with a hand. Her own youkai was yelling at her, but somehow, she didn't find that anything out of the ordinary. She reasoned that she was going crazy. Either that, or she still thought she was in a dream. A second pinch assured her that it was definitely reality. With another sigh, she bent to pick up the fallen groceries.
The first thing she did was check the eggs. She found they were only lightly cracked. They could still be used.
She tapped a finger on her chin thoughtfully. What could she make for lunch? At a quarter past one, it was certainly too late for even a late breakfast. Lunch would have to suffice. She pulled out two cups of instant ramen. Cooking anything else would take too long. In less than five minutes, she had two cups of steaming noodles. She set both cups on the table, leaving out one for her youkai. She was pretty sure even they had to eat.
In no time at all, the smell of the noodles had lured the half-demon out of the room. He plopped down on the chair opposite of hers and sat with his back hunched. Not once did he look at her as he picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.
"You're going to become a hunchback if you keep sitting like that," she reprimanded.
He straightened a bit, self-consciously, before giving a rebellious frown and slouching over again.
Kagome gave an exasperated sigh. "Look at me, will you?"
He kept his eyes down cast and scowled a bit before mumbling out something.
"What?" She craned her neck to catch his words.
"I said… thanks for the shirts… and lunch…" He mumbled a bit more audibly the second time.
Her mouth fell open and she stared at him. Did he just apologize…? Maybe he isn't so bad after all. She continued to stare at him as he slurped up his ramen.
Inuyasha growled and finally looked up at her, "Stop staring at me! What, can't I eat without some ugly wench staring at me?!"
So, she was wrong.
"What'd you just call me?" She said quietly as she fisted her hands in her disguised fury.
"What?" Inuyasha smirked, "Can't take the truth?"
Kagome's eyebrow twitched, "Why… you~u…" She growled menacingly and stood up, knocking her chair back.
Inuyasha wondered if it would be best to run.
POW! Thud.
Too late…
Kagome dusted her hands, satisfactorily and stepped back into HER room, finally in possession of it once again. A smug grin tugged at her lips as she leaned against her door.
Back outside, Inuyasha laid spread-eagle on the ground, nursing a hefty lump on his head. Did I say something wrong? He sulked.
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A/N: I'm sorry, minna, again, for such a short chapter! I'm working on getting them longer, but it's getting hard to extend them. I haven't much a plot in my head. I have a vague one, but it's not completely determined. I'm not even sure how it's going to end! And as for those Inu/Kag fluff lovers out there (like me… heh heh) you might not see some action for a while. I have to make them trust each other first ^_^
See ya next time!
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