~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** I don't own Inu Yasha and Co. (boy I'm rushing)
~*~*~*~* Chapter 16 ~ Explaining Halloween *~*~*~*~
"Oh my gosh!" Sango shouted beside me. Both of us had just entered the mall. I turned around to look at what-on-earth she could be shouting about. But I found nothing strange or unusual.
"What's up?" I asked her. She moved her head from side to side.
"I can't believe how near we are to Halloween.." she sighed beside me. I grinned. Now I see what had made her remember Halloween. She had spotted a few pumpkins carved into scary faces (for me, they're quite cute, actually ^.^).
"Why? What's wrong with Halloween? Don't you like it?"
"No, no way I'll like that day." Sango said flatly. I raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Why?"
As we were walking, we had finally reached Starbucks. We had an appointment with Inu Yasha and Miroku over there. And there they are.
"Hi!" Miroku said, coming to greet us. Inu Yasha followed behind him.
"How come you guys are late?" He snapped. I quickly look at my watch. Late? What is he talking about?
"It's only 4:34 and we promised to meet at 4:30! 4 minutes isn't LATE!"
"It is if you're the one who's waiting." He replied again.
"Ugh," I started, "You are so unbelievable." Then I turn my heads towards the others. "So? What are we waiting for. Let's get in and get our hands on some nice cappuccino."
So all of us started to walk. Miroku was about to 'touch' Sango on a place that is not quite acceptable, but Sango hit him as quickly as he had intended. And, automatically, he let go (that must have happened a lot, sheesh that pervert). As we find a place to sit, Miroku quickly took the orders and left, leaving Inu Yasha, Sango, and me. I quickly go back to the topic we discussed just before we met the guys.
"So.... why don't you like Halloween, Sango?" Sango sighed again.
"Halloween?" Inu Yasha joined in, "Why are you guys talking about that stupid day?"
"Well, incase you've forgotten Inu Yasha, Kagome here is a new student. She still doesn't know how Halloween is done in Four Souls." Sango said, sighing deeply.
"So, you mean Inu Yasha hates Halloween too? Funny, I thought guys like him actually enjoyed Halloween more than anybody else in the world, even MORE than children." I said.
"And what was THAT supposed to mean?" Inu Yasha snapped, looking at me.
"Oh, nothing. So, going back to the main topic," I continued, feeling this is not the time to make a quarrel, "how come you guys hate Halloween so much? I used to enjoy it. I mean, trick or treat is always a way to get treats back then." I smiled, remembering those innocent, happy times. With my mom, of course.
"Oh yeah, trick or treat." Sango said, sounding depressed.
"Feh, that game is nothing more than a mere story that candy-shop-owners made to make their candies sold. It is nothing more than a stupid, childish game."
"Hey! That stupid, childish game is something I'm sure you used to like and awaits every year!" I said.
"Feh, idiot. I never even dream about Halloween. For one thing I don't even know that kind of stupid day exist when I was a kid."
I blinked. Is he serious?
"Seriously?" I asked him, surprised.
"Hey, wench. What's with the surprised tone?" Inu Yasha replied, but he's not really looking at me. In fact, it seemed that he is looking at nowhere. His eyes seemed distant and sad. But then he shook his head and said,
"Feh. What are you looking at?" He demanded, glaring at me. Man, that distant and sad eyes MUST have been my imagination.
"Never mind. Anyways, you guys still haven't tell me why you guys hate Halloween so much. Sango, didn't you said something about 'how Halloween is done in Four Souls?'"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Miroku's hand appeared, bringing everyone's orders. The perverted guy's face was smiling.
"Did I hear right or did somebody mentioned Halloween?" He said, making his grin widened. I look up at him.
"At least you seem to like Halloween...."
"I don't." He said, smiling wildly still as he was taking the seat beside Inu Yasha.
"You don't?" Sango and Inu Yasha quickly said, sounding totally surprised.
"I don't like Halloween, I LOVE Halloween!" He finished, laughing to himself. Inu Yasha and Sango quickly hit him which make him unconscious. I raised my eyebrows.
"Okay, let me get this straight. So Inu Yasha and Sango dislike Halloween while Miroku here loves it. Is that right?"
Beside me, Sango nodded as she took a sip on her ice chocolate (A/N That's my favorite when it comes to Starbucks....... well, whatever. Just telling ^.^) . But then, she said nothing more.
"So? Are you going to tell me how come you hate Halloween so much?" I questioned for the third time.
"Well, first thing," Sango started. "Our school always have what they call the 'Halloween Festival' every year. And believe it or not, this festival lasted for 4 whole days."
"4 days?!" I shouted in shock. Sango nodded.
"Yep. It just so happened that Mr. Totousai and Mrs. Kaede LOVED Halloween. So, what we will be doing on the first day is we will all meet in the gym for the 'Starting Ceremony'. After that, we will all be divided into pairs. Each pair will be given a number of candies. With our partner, we are expected to go around the school for a couple of days trying to steal other people's treats. If we managed to get more than the first number we were given, both of them will be given a prize. But if they failed, they will be given tricks by the whole school." Sango finished.
I gulped, "The.. The whole school?"
"Scary, isn't it?" Sango smiled.
"But then, looking at the positive side, it'll be fun, I bet!" I said, ignoring the scary part. "I mean, at least you and your partner will have a good time...."
"Oh yeah, sure." Miroku said (I didn't notice he was back amongst the living) with dreamy eyes.
Uh-oh. I know that look. It means that Miroku is thinking or DOING something hentai- ish (if there is such a word).
"I'm not so sure though, Kag." Sango said beside me as she reached out to slap Miroku on the face. "You see, we cannot choose our partner."
"You CAN'T?"
"Well duh. If you can choose, it wouldn't be so bad." Inu Yasha muttered. "And the worst part is you're going to be tied with a rope with your partner." I can feel my jaw dropped.
"What if your partner is a GUY that you don't KNOW?" I said, exaggerating the 'guy' and the 'know'.
"For one thing, Kag," Miroku said, "you don't have to worry about guys. Coz your partner will be of the different sex."
"Wha - - -"
"And I know how it'll feel like being roped together with a giiiiir~ul!" Miroku said with his dreamy, sweet voice. (Which make him received another punch by all of us).
"That's not good!" I shouted to my friends. Inu Yasha smirked.
"Finally the new missy starts to get the idea of why we hate Halloween."
"And you won't be able to let go of the rope unless you're asleep and needs to go to the bathroom. So when you eat, run, fall, walk, you're all tied up!"
"Nonsense!" I shouted.
"And that's not even the best part." Miroku continued (amazing how he can still live with all the many punches/hits/smacks he had taken today). "There's still the trick or treat....."
"Oh no..." Sango moaned.
"You mean there's something worse than that?" I said, trying to get all this information to my head.
"Yep. This 'trick or treat' will happen on the third day. Your partner will ask you to do something and if you don't want to do it, the partner is allowed to put you into any tricks for the whole day." I opened my mouth in horror.
"Of course you take turns." Sango added. "So you can get revenge."
"So what happened on the 4th day? Anything worse?" I squeaked, expecting the worse.
"Oh, nothing much. Except the Halloween Party. You know, all the normal stuffs about dressing up in costumes and staying up late to watch horror movies."
"Oh.." I whispered. Finally, something NORMAL. I had a feeling I can learn to start hating Halloween like Sango and Inu Yasha. And no wonder Miroku is the only one who loves Halloween.
"And guess what?" The pervert started to say again, "Kag, you won't believe who's my partner for the last 3 years." I raised my eyebrow.
"Who is that unfortunate girl that is forced to be your partner for 3 sorrowful years?"
Miroku beamed, "It's none other than the beautiful girl sitting beside you, Kagome!" My mouth opened automatically. Sango? I turned my head to a scowling, red faced Sango. Then my mouth slowly turned into a grin.
"I sure hope you will get the same partner again for this year, Miroku." I muttered.
"What did you say, Kagome?!" Sango growled beside me.
"Huh? Nothing!" I replied innocently. Now the only thing that worried me about this Halloween Festival is.. who will be my partner?
~*~*~*~* 30 MINUTES LATER *~*~*~*~
The four of us were walking down the mall, looking for some interesting shops to visit. The only problem is, the shops that both Sango and I think are quite interesting is not the type of shops both Inu Yasha and Miroku seemed to have in mind. So we've been walking around the mall stupidly without knowing where we are heading to.
"Hey, that store looks awesome. Wanna go there?" I exclaimed, pointing towards a cool clothes store. Inu Yasha suddenly coughed.
"Give me a break. The last thing I want to do is spend my weekend waiting for some girls to choose their outfits."
"Oh yeah? But guys like you flip when they saw girls with new outfits!" Sango retorted back.
"Not quite. Sometimes the new outfits they've bought might just be better off down the drain." Miroku said, defending Inu Yasha. As much as the hentai likes to watch girls (and there's a lot in the store I just pointed) of course he would still prefer to go and spend his time looking at some games.
I rolled my eyes at the guys. Can't they understand that we are NOT going to spend as much time on the clothes stores as most girls do? We are understanding enough to take turns to go to the stores they choose AFTER we've finished with our shopping.
"I'm tired of this conversation! Let's just decide where we are going! We're going around the mall without any destination. Now, that's what I call wasting time!" I cried.
"Okay, okay. Why don't we go to some game stores?" Inu Yasha pointed out. "I'm running out of fun stuffs."
"No way! I just bought some a week ago!" Sango protested.
"Look, why can't we just go to some Anime Store or something? A store that all of us like?" Miroku groaned.
"Fine, it's decided then." I said, starting to walk. But my eyes are still looking at Miroku so I didn't notice someone was in front of me. I bumped him, hard. I tripped and half expected to land on the floor when suddenly a pair of strong hands coming to my rescue. I looked up to see who had saved me and saw a pair of golden, amber eyes that belong to Inu Yasha. I can feel my face blushed pink. He's not letting me go, and in my position, I cannot stand up. Except if I want my face touching his.. WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING? ... Actually that will be a good idea, calling it an accident and all, but..... KAGOME! COME BACK TO YOUR SENSES!
"Hey, where's your eyes, wench?" The guy who I had bumped to growled. Finally, Inu Yasha let me go and help me stand up correctly.
"You alright, Kagome?" His voice full of concern. Concern?
I quickly nodded my head and quickly bowed to the person I had bumped into.
"I'm so sorry. I should have looked at where I was going..."
"Hey... that voice..." The guy who had bumped her said. "Are you Kagome?"
I quickly look up and was I surprised to see none other than Kouga!
"Oh! Kouga-kun!" Kouga quickly smile his confident smile. He quickly hold my hand and kissed it.
"Ah, bumping into each other. It must be what they call fate!" He said. I quickly tried to pull my hand back. But I failed. Kouga was holding my hand powerfully.
"Uh.. Kouga-kun, I'll appreciate it if you let go of my hand.." I whispered.
"What did you say, my woman?" Kouga said, walking closer towards me. He's really making this hard for me to play the 'mannerful girl'.
"I said..." I started, only to be interrupted by someone behind me.
"She said she want you to let go of her hand, wimpy wolf!" I turned my head around to see none other than Inu Yasha, walking towards Kouga.
"Oh, I see that the smelly dog is here too, isn't he?" Kouga said, glaring at Inu Yasha. "And what does he want?"
"Let go of her."
"Why? She's my woman. I have every right to hold her hand..."
"I'm NOT your woman!" I shouted. But Kouga doesn't seem to hear what I've been saying, because he continued his sentence.
"... and I'm sure she's happier with me than with you." Kouga finished. Inu Yasha had started to crack his knuckles,
"Didn't you hear what she just said, idiot?"
"Who are you calling an idiot, idiot?" Kouga countered back.
"You, you idiot!" Inu Yasha said, as he landed his punch in Kouga's face. Quickly, Miroku and Sango hold him back. Kouga was already starting to reply Inu Yasha with another blow.
I quickly run towards him and hold his hands.
"Please stop, Kouga-kun!" I shouted. Good thing, it seemed that Kouga can hear me this time because he stopped and look at me and then at my position which you can call half hugging him. I quickly turned red and let go of him. He smiled and turned to look at Inu Yasha.
"See there, smelly dog? Kagome is my woman! She even hugged me just now!"
"WHAT? NO WAY! I WAS JUST TRYING TO BLOCK YOUR HIT TOWARDS INU YASHA..." I was half expecting an interruption from Inu Yasha but there came none. I turned my head to see what had happened. But what I see is only a shocked Inu Yasha as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt. I quickly walk towards him.
"Inu Yasha?" .... There was no reply. What happened to him? But this is not the time to wonder what had happened to him. I need to make Kouga disappear!
"Kouga-kun?"
"Yes, my woman?"
"I'm not your woman! And could you please ... urm..." Kouga suddenly look at his watch.
"Oh sorry, Kagome! I have an appointment with a friend of mine! I cannot take you around the mall, it seems. Maybe some other time! Okay? Ja ne!" And with that, he walk away. I sighed deeply. Okay, so maybe I don't have to shoo-ed him off. Now I can worry about Inu Yasha (that is still tangled up with Miroku and Sango, by the way).
"Inu Yasha?" I said quietly. There is still no reply. I look at Miroku and Sango. "What happened to him?" Sango giggled.
"He's like this maybe because you hugged Kouga so..... Smoothly!" I opened my mouth in surprise. Then I quickly shouted.
"I didn't HUG Kouga-kun!"
"Oh yeah? So what did you did just then?" It was Inu Yasha's voice. He's back amongst the living!
"I was trying to block his hit towards you!"
"Feh. I don't need girls like you to protect me." Inu Yasha countered back.
"Yeah? Well, probably next time I should just let you be!" I argued back.
"Maybe you should!"
"And I will! I mean, trying to do something good to someone like you is just a waste of time!"
"Something good? Yeah? Like what?"
"Like trying to make the fight end without any blood spill! You're just stupid enough to not notice that!"
"Feh! And you are stupid enough to not notice that I fought Kouga because I was concerned about you!"
"C... Concerned about m....me...?" I repeated, thinking that I had heard wrong. Suddenly Inu Yasha's face turned red. Automatically, my face followed him. I can hear Sango and Miroku chuckling somewhere on the back.
Then there was silence.
Silence.
And silence.
............................................................................ .............................
"Fine! So where are we going now?" Inu Yasha shouted, face still red, as if he couldn't believe what he had just said.
"A.... anywhere, I guess."
"Yooohoooo! Incase you guys forgot, we're going to an Anime Store now!" Miroku shouted from the back.
"Yeah! And we'll go first, in case you guys don't want to be disturbed!" Sango continued after him. And both of them run towards the Anime Store.
"Hey! Come back you two!" Inu Yasha shouted. But too late. It was now only him and me.
Then there was silence again.
Silence.
And silence.
"Fine then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Inu Yasha said. I quickly followed him.
And later that day, I was wondering whether we were holding hands or not as we were both walking towards the Anime Store.
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
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~*~*~*~* Chapter 16 ~ Explaining Halloween *~*~*~*~
"Oh my gosh!" Sango shouted beside me. Both of us had just entered the mall. I turned around to look at what-on-earth she could be shouting about. But I found nothing strange or unusual.
"What's up?" I asked her. She moved her head from side to side.
"I can't believe how near we are to Halloween.." she sighed beside me. I grinned. Now I see what had made her remember Halloween. She had spotted a few pumpkins carved into scary faces (for me, they're quite cute, actually ^.^).
"Why? What's wrong with Halloween? Don't you like it?"
"No, no way I'll like that day." Sango said flatly. I raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Why?"
As we were walking, we had finally reached Starbucks. We had an appointment with Inu Yasha and Miroku over there. And there they are.
"Hi!" Miroku said, coming to greet us. Inu Yasha followed behind him.
"How come you guys are late?" He snapped. I quickly look at my watch. Late? What is he talking about?
"It's only 4:34 and we promised to meet at 4:30! 4 minutes isn't LATE!"
"It is if you're the one who's waiting." He replied again.
"Ugh," I started, "You are so unbelievable." Then I turn my heads towards the others. "So? What are we waiting for. Let's get in and get our hands on some nice cappuccino."
So all of us started to walk. Miroku was about to 'touch' Sango on a place that is not quite acceptable, but Sango hit him as quickly as he had intended. And, automatically, he let go (that must have happened a lot, sheesh that pervert). As we find a place to sit, Miroku quickly took the orders and left, leaving Inu Yasha, Sango, and me. I quickly go back to the topic we discussed just before we met the guys.
"So.... why don't you like Halloween, Sango?" Sango sighed again.
"Halloween?" Inu Yasha joined in, "Why are you guys talking about that stupid day?"
"Well, incase you've forgotten Inu Yasha, Kagome here is a new student. She still doesn't know how Halloween is done in Four Souls." Sango said, sighing deeply.
"So, you mean Inu Yasha hates Halloween too? Funny, I thought guys like him actually enjoyed Halloween more than anybody else in the world, even MORE than children." I said.
"And what was THAT supposed to mean?" Inu Yasha snapped, looking at me.
"Oh, nothing. So, going back to the main topic," I continued, feeling this is not the time to make a quarrel, "how come you guys hate Halloween so much? I used to enjoy it. I mean, trick or treat is always a way to get treats back then." I smiled, remembering those innocent, happy times. With my mom, of course.
"Oh yeah, trick or treat." Sango said, sounding depressed.
"Feh, that game is nothing more than a mere story that candy-shop-owners made to make their candies sold. It is nothing more than a stupid, childish game."
"Hey! That stupid, childish game is something I'm sure you used to like and awaits every year!" I said.
"Feh, idiot. I never even dream about Halloween. For one thing I don't even know that kind of stupid day exist when I was a kid."
I blinked. Is he serious?
"Seriously?" I asked him, surprised.
"Hey, wench. What's with the surprised tone?" Inu Yasha replied, but he's not really looking at me. In fact, it seemed that he is looking at nowhere. His eyes seemed distant and sad. But then he shook his head and said,
"Feh. What are you looking at?" He demanded, glaring at me. Man, that distant and sad eyes MUST have been my imagination.
"Never mind. Anyways, you guys still haven't tell me why you guys hate Halloween so much. Sango, didn't you said something about 'how Halloween is done in Four Souls?'"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Miroku's hand appeared, bringing everyone's orders. The perverted guy's face was smiling.
"Did I hear right or did somebody mentioned Halloween?" He said, making his grin widened. I look up at him.
"At least you seem to like Halloween...."
"I don't." He said, smiling wildly still as he was taking the seat beside Inu Yasha.
"You don't?" Sango and Inu Yasha quickly said, sounding totally surprised.
"I don't like Halloween, I LOVE Halloween!" He finished, laughing to himself. Inu Yasha and Sango quickly hit him which make him unconscious. I raised my eyebrows.
"Okay, let me get this straight. So Inu Yasha and Sango dislike Halloween while Miroku here loves it. Is that right?"
Beside me, Sango nodded as she took a sip on her ice chocolate (A/N That's my favorite when it comes to Starbucks....... well, whatever. Just telling ^.^) . But then, she said nothing more.
"So? Are you going to tell me how come you hate Halloween so much?" I questioned for the third time.
"Well, first thing," Sango started. "Our school always have what they call the 'Halloween Festival' every year. And believe it or not, this festival lasted for 4 whole days."
"4 days?!" I shouted in shock. Sango nodded.
"Yep. It just so happened that Mr. Totousai and Mrs. Kaede LOVED Halloween. So, what we will be doing on the first day is we will all meet in the gym for the 'Starting Ceremony'. After that, we will all be divided into pairs. Each pair will be given a number of candies. With our partner, we are expected to go around the school for a couple of days trying to steal other people's treats. If we managed to get more than the first number we were given, both of them will be given a prize. But if they failed, they will be given tricks by the whole school." Sango finished.
I gulped, "The.. The whole school?"
"Scary, isn't it?" Sango smiled.
"But then, looking at the positive side, it'll be fun, I bet!" I said, ignoring the scary part. "I mean, at least you and your partner will have a good time...."
"Oh yeah, sure." Miroku said (I didn't notice he was back amongst the living) with dreamy eyes.
Uh-oh. I know that look. It means that Miroku is thinking or DOING something hentai- ish (if there is such a word).
"I'm not so sure though, Kag." Sango said beside me as she reached out to slap Miroku on the face. "You see, we cannot choose our partner."
"You CAN'T?"
"Well duh. If you can choose, it wouldn't be so bad." Inu Yasha muttered. "And the worst part is you're going to be tied with a rope with your partner." I can feel my jaw dropped.
"What if your partner is a GUY that you don't KNOW?" I said, exaggerating the 'guy' and the 'know'.
"For one thing, Kag," Miroku said, "you don't have to worry about guys. Coz your partner will be of the different sex."
"Wha - - -"
"And I know how it'll feel like being roped together with a giiiiir~ul!" Miroku said with his dreamy, sweet voice. (Which make him received another punch by all of us).
"That's not good!" I shouted to my friends. Inu Yasha smirked.
"Finally the new missy starts to get the idea of why we hate Halloween."
"And you won't be able to let go of the rope unless you're asleep and needs to go to the bathroom. So when you eat, run, fall, walk, you're all tied up!"
"Nonsense!" I shouted.
"And that's not even the best part." Miroku continued (amazing how he can still live with all the many punches/hits/smacks he had taken today). "There's still the trick or treat....."
"Oh no..." Sango moaned.
"You mean there's something worse than that?" I said, trying to get all this information to my head.
"Yep. This 'trick or treat' will happen on the third day. Your partner will ask you to do something and if you don't want to do it, the partner is allowed to put you into any tricks for the whole day." I opened my mouth in horror.
"Of course you take turns." Sango added. "So you can get revenge."
"So what happened on the 4th day? Anything worse?" I squeaked, expecting the worse.
"Oh, nothing much. Except the Halloween Party. You know, all the normal stuffs about dressing up in costumes and staying up late to watch horror movies."
"Oh.." I whispered. Finally, something NORMAL. I had a feeling I can learn to start hating Halloween like Sango and Inu Yasha. And no wonder Miroku is the only one who loves Halloween.
"And guess what?" The pervert started to say again, "Kag, you won't believe who's my partner for the last 3 years." I raised my eyebrow.
"Who is that unfortunate girl that is forced to be your partner for 3 sorrowful years?"
Miroku beamed, "It's none other than the beautiful girl sitting beside you, Kagome!" My mouth opened automatically. Sango? I turned my head to a scowling, red faced Sango. Then my mouth slowly turned into a grin.
"I sure hope you will get the same partner again for this year, Miroku." I muttered.
"What did you say, Kagome?!" Sango growled beside me.
"Huh? Nothing!" I replied innocently. Now the only thing that worried me about this Halloween Festival is.. who will be my partner?
~*~*~*~* 30 MINUTES LATER *~*~*~*~
The four of us were walking down the mall, looking for some interesting shops to visit. The only problem is, the shops that both Sango and I think are quite interesting is not the type of shops both Inu Yasha and Miroku seemed to have in mind. So we've been walking around the mall stupidly without knowing where we are heading to.
"Hey, that store looks awesome. Wanna go there?" I exclaimed, pointing towards a cool clothes store. Inu Yasha suddenly coughed.
"Give me a break. The last thing I want to do is spend my weekend waiting for some girls to choose their outfits."
"Oh yeah? But guys like you flip when they saw girls with new outfits!" Sango retorted back.
"Not quite. Sometimes the new outfits they've bought might just be better off down the drain." Miroku said, defending Inu Yasha. As much as the hentai likes to watch girls (and there's a lot in the store I just pointed) of course he would still prefer to go and spend his time looking at some games.
I rolled my eyes at the guys. Can't they understand that we are NOT going to spend as much time on the clothes stores as most girls do? We are understanding enough to take turns to go to the stores they choose AFTER we've finished with our shopping.
"I'm tired of this conversation! Let's just decide where we are going! We're going around the mall without any destination. Now, that's what I call wasting time!" I cried.
"Okay, okay. Why don't we go to some game stores?" Inu Yasha pointed out. "I'm running out of fun stuffs."
"No way! I just bought some a week ago!" Sango protested.
"Look, why can't we just go to some Anime Store or something? A store that all of us like?" Miroku groaned.
"Fine, it's decided then." I said, starting to walk. But my eyes are still looking at Miroku so I didn't notice someone was in front of me. I bumped him, hard. I tripped and half expected to land on the floor when suddenly a pair of strong hands coming to my rescue. I looked up to see who had saved me and saw a pair of golden, amber eyes that belong to Inu Yasha. I can feel my face blushed pink. He's not letting me go, and in my position, I cannot stand up. Except if I want my face touching his.. WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING? ... Actually that will be a good idea, calling it an accident and all, but..... KAGOME! COME BACK TO YOUR SENSES!
"Hey, where's your eyes, wench?" The guy who I had bumped to growled. Finally, Inu Yasha let me go and help me stand up correctly.
"You alright, Kagome?" His voice full of concern. Concern?
I quickly nodded my head and quickly bowed to the person I had bumped into.
"I'm so sorry. I should have looked at where I was going..."
"Hey... that voice..." The guy who had bumped her said. "Are you Kagome?"
I quickly look up and was I surprised to see none other than Kouga!
"Oh! Kouga-kun!" Kouga quickly smile his confident smile. He quickly hold my hand and kissed it.
"Ah, bumping into each other. It must be what they call fate!" He said. I quickly tried to pull my hand back. But I failed. Kouga was holding my hand powerfully.
"Uh.. Kouga-kun, I'll appreciate it if you let go of my hand.." I whispered.
"What did you say, my woman?" Kouga said, walking closer towards me. He's really making this hard for me to play the 'mannerful girl'.
"I said..." I started, only to be interrupted by someone behind me.
"She said she want you to let go of her hand, wimpy wolf!" I turned my head around to see none other than Inu Yasha, walking towards Kouga.
"Oh, I see that the smelly dog is here too, isn't he?" Kouga said, glaring at Inu Yasha. "And what does he want?"
"Let go of her."
"Why? She's my woman. I have every right to hold her hand..."
"I'm NOT your woman!" I shouted. But Kouga doesn't seem to hear what I've been saying, because he continued his sentence.
"... and I'm sure she's happier with me than with you." Kouga finished. Inu Yasha had started to crack his knuckles,
"Didn't you hear what she just said, idiot?"
"Who are you calling an idiot, idiot?" Kouga countered back.
"You, you idiot!" Inu Yasha said, as he landed his punch in Kouga's face. Quickly, Miroku and Sango hold him back. Kouga was already starting to reply Inu Yasha with another blow.
I quickly run towards him and hold his hands.
"Please stop, Kouga-kun!" I shouted. Good thing, it seemed that Kouga can hear me this time because he stopped and look at me and then at my position which you can call half hugging him. I quickly turned red and let go of him. He smiled and turned to look at Inu Yasha.
"See there, smelly dog? Kagome is my woman! She even hugged me just now!"
"WHAT? NO WAY! I WAS JUST TRYING TO BLOCK YOUR HIT TOWARDS INU YASHA..." I was half expecting an interruption from Inu Yasha but there came none. I turned my head to see what had happened. But what I see is only a shocked Inu Yasha as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt. I quickly walk towards him.
"Inu Yasha?" .... There was no reply. What happened to him? But this is not the time to wonder what had happened to him. I need to make Kouga disappear!
"Kouga-kun?"
"Yes, my woman?"
"I'm not your woman! And could you please ... urm..." Kouga suddenly look at his watch.
"Oh sorry, Kagome! I have an appointment with a friend of mine! I cannot take you around the mall, it seems. Maybe some other time! Okay? Ja ne!" And with that, he walk away. I sighed deeply. Okay, so maybe I don't have to shoo-ed him off. Now I can worry about Inu Yasha (that is still tangled up with Miroku and Sango, by the way).
"Inu Yasha?" I said quietly. There is still no reply. I look at Miroku and Sango. "What happened to him?" Sango giggled.
"He's like this maybe because you hugged Kouga so..... Smoothly!" I opened my mouth in surprise. Then I quickly shouted.
"I didn't HUG Kouga-kun!"
"Oh yeah? So what did you did just then?" It was Inu Yasha's voice. He's back amongst the living!
"I was trying to block his hit towards you!"
"Feh. I don't need girls like you to protect me." Inu Yasha countered back.
"Yeah? Well, probably next time I should just let you be!" I argued back.
"Maybe you should!"
"And I will! I mean, trying to do something good to someone like you is just a waste of time!"
"Something good? Yeah? Like what?"
"Like trying to make the fight end without any blood spill! You're just stupid enough to not notice that!"
"Feh! And you are stupid enough to not notice that I fought Kouga because I was concerned about you!"
"C... Concerned about m....me...?" I repeated, thinking that I had heard wrong. Suddenly Inu Yasha's face turned red. Automatically, my face followed him. I can hear Sango and Miroku chuckling somewhere on the back.
Then there was silence.
Silence.
And silence.
............................................................................ .............................
"Fine! So where are we going now?" Inu Yasha shouted, face still red, as if he couldn't believe what he had just said.
"A.... anywhere, I guess."
"Yooohoooo! Incase you guys forgot, we're going to an Anime Store now!" Miroku shouted from the back.
"Yeah! And we'll go first, in case you guys don't want to be disturbed!" Sango continued after him. And both of them run towards the Anime Store.
"Hey! Come back you two!" Inu Yasha shouted. But too late. It was now only him and me.
Then there was silence again.
Silence.
And silence.
"Fine then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Inu Yasha said. I quickly followed him.
And later that day, I was wondering whether we were holding hands or not as we were both walking towards the Anime Store.
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
One word: SORRY! I'm really, really, really, really, really, REALLY, REALLY, really, sorry that I haven't updated for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time! It's been passed a month, I guess! But if you guys know my tragedy and misery, I HOPE you guys will forgive me! You see, I've just moved. And it's not just any ordinary moving. It's from my country (which is somewhere in Asia) to the US! So it's a totally, messy, busy move! I don't even have any computer for AGES! The moment I did, I figured out that the computer does not have any Microsoft Word! So what the hell can I do? I wrote it in the note pad! I'm really sorry (hiks hiks hiks) and for all of those who complains about me updating really slow, I really feel bad about it! Really! Honest! I will really appreciate it if you can forgive me. You can, can't you? Please?
To make it up to you, I made this chapter a little longer than the others. Right? Can you see it? Well, if that's not enough, tell me what I can do for you guys! Okay? I'm really, really sorry!
And for all of those who reviewed! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I was DEAD happy when I see how many reviews I got! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you1000x! I love you guys!
From now on, I'll update faster than this! I'm really sorry! Please don't hate me! Now that I got my computer (I don't have my computer! This is my stupid brother's computer! I need to borrow it from him!) I guess I can update faster! Okay? Please forgive me!
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~*~*~*~* Thank You Corner *~*~*~*~
VioletRose4 = Hey, I'm really sorry! I didn't updated for so long! And here's another chappy! Hope you can forgive me .
Bean4 = Thank you! Sorry, I know you said I should continue it, and I DID! It's just that I took a long time. Sorry!
Silver = Okay, sorry for the long update. Anyways, Sesshoumaru and Rin fluff will come soon. And if I make a lot of it, will you forgive me? ^.^
Georgesonlygirl = Gosh, I don't know about why Inu Yasha and Kag must be totally stubborn. But hey, Takahashi Rumiko also made both of them stubborn, right? ^.^
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AngelicFairy = I KNOW! I shouldn't have put that stupid nurse to ruin the special moment for Miroku and Sango, right?
Lilacks = More fluff? Okey dokey! Just as long you will forgive me for not updating for sooooo long! Okay? ^.^
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Julia = We're going back to Kagome and Inu Yasha. Sango and Miroku.. Get together? Maybe yes maybe no. (I hate it when somebody gives me an answer like that!) Well, anyways, sorry for the long update!
Sequel X Kira Yamato = At least YOU WILL certainly FORGIVE ME for the long update, right? I'm really sorry, but you know the reason!
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Boy I have a lot of people to say thank you to in this corner.. But HEY! I'm not complaining! The more, the merrier! ^.^