A wish upon a star
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-yasha or any of its characters.
Recently asked question: Who was that girl in the dungeons?
Answer: You'll find out eventually.
Note: For all the people asking if Kikyou can come in next chapter – or the chapter after the next, I'm going to say this once – Kikyou is arriving In 6 days – In chapter form – probably around Chapter Eight.
Just warning you here – this chapter has a little clue to the family secret...
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Chapter Six
Summer Fever
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Sango eyed everyone sitting around the table. Inu-Yasha was missing as usual but why wasn't Kagome here? Hoping Inu-Yasha hadn't murdered her during the night she read her thoughts out loud "Anyone knows why Kagome's not here?"
She looked at Sesshomuru for an answer who momentarily stared blankly at her, tapping her fingers gently on the table she raised an eyebrow "So, does anyone know why Kagome's not here?"
Sesshomuru sniffed the air for a minute then returned his gaze back to Sango "She's not well"
Sango nodded, amused by his strong sense of smell. Feeling uneasy with Sesshomuru staring holes into her head she raised her head and stared back.
"First one to blink has to complete a dare the other wishes them to do"
"Deal"
As Sesshomuru and Sango played their game Miroku arrived at the table. Noticing their game he waved a hand between their faces.
Both of them blinked at the same time and turned an angry face at Miroku.
"What?" She scooted over an inch so his prying hand couldn't come close to her rear. "I was winning!"
"No you weren't!"
"Oh yes I was!"
Miroku rolled his eyes, "Guys, stop it, but guess what?" He gave a broad smile "We have a new maid!"
Sango rolled her eyes "Translation: Miroku gets a new ass to grope on"
"Sango! Don't use such language! I have never done such a thing in my life!"
Sango snorted, and returned eating her breakfast while Miroku took a seat beside her. "Hey, where's Kagome?"
"She's sick"
"Oh okay, I'll pay her a visit" He looked around "Inu-Yasha's not here?"
"As usual"
"Hey, I love those buns"
Sango looked uneasily as Miroku, hoping he was talking about the *other* bread buns. Shrugging, she decided not to reply to that comment.
"I love those apple's, they look so ripe"
Sango fidgeted nervously with her fork, she gave a quick glance at Sesshomuru who had started to snicker.
"Excuse me, how much orange juice would you like?"
All of their heads snapped towards the source of the voice. It was the new maid. She was holding a jug of orange juice and was waiting for their answer; she had started to tap her foot which meant she wasn't very patient.
"Um, just fill it to the top, thank you"
The maid started to fill Sango's glass while Sango returned to eating her breakfast and Miroku continued talking about 'how big he likes his buns and apples'
But Sesshomuru kept his eye on the girl.
She was the same girl he had helped escape the dungeon.
She had now started filling up Miroku's glass when she glanced up from Miroku's glass to find Sesshomuru staring at her.
Her eyes went wide and she quickly moved her gaze away from him.
Sesshomuru could sense the panic building up in her body, so now she knew he was a royal. He kept his eye on her, wondering what she would do next.
She was slowly walking towards his place in the table and he noticed her gaze was fixed on the floor.
When she reached him, she slowly started to tip the jug, releasing orange juice in the glass.
As she was doing so, she nervously moved her eyes to Sesshomuru who hadn't moved his eye off her the moment she had spoken.
She raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to speak or yell out she had snuck into the dungeons last night, but he did nothing of the sort.
"Um...is this enough?" She glanced towards the glass which was half way filled with orange juice.
He simply nodded. She turned around to leave but was pulled back as Sesshomuru reached out and grabbed her arm.
Her eyes opened wide and she frantically looked around hoping no one saw his antics.
"Let go of me!" She gave a hopeless tug to her arm.
"What's you're name?"
She took in a deep breath, a few of the other servants were staring at her now "If I tell you, you'll let me go?"
"Fine"
She looked at him straight in the eye "Rin"
"Will you meet me in the gardens Rin?"
Her mouth opened wide as she frantically searched for words to reply his question "I don't know, stop it, people are staring" She gave another tug to her arm, giving an uneasy look to the King who was now watching them both with deep interest.
"Say yes and I'll let go"
"Fine! Yes, sure, whatever just let me go?"
He let go of her arm not noticing the sudden relief wash over her. She turned around and ran out of the dining room, not turning around once to see the stares of a dozen servants, the king's and Sesshomuru's.
Sesshomuru sat in his chair and fiddled with his fork, he didn't know exactly why he wanted to meet her in the gardens but a part of him wanted to know more about her.
Ignoring the coughs of attention from his father he continued eating his breakfast.
Mid-way through his breakfast a thought struck him 'Damnit, I didn't tell her when' Mentally slapping himself another thought struck him 'Oh well, I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow morning'
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Kagome pulled up the covers of her bed. She had given up on finding Sesshomuru, who cares about some secret?
She cursed herself.
She does – 'Oh well' she sighed. 'I'm not going anywhere with this cold' She sneezed.
"Oi! Stop sneezing! It's really annoying!"
Kagome looked around for any window or door that was open which was enabling Inu-Yasha's voice to be heard in her room.
She sighed, the balcony doors were open, allowing fresh air to pass through. Feeling too heavy to get up she just pulled more blankets around her.
She did not want him to make the situation any worse.
She was lying in bed – sneezing, coughing, and her temperature was probably rising every second, to top it all off – she did not want to hear the –royal pain in the ass – 's voice so early in the morning.
Thinking up of a comeback she opened her mouth to speak but her voice came in a moan. Damnit, her throat was aching as if someone had stuffed a dozen sharp knives it.
How had she gotten so sick? She mentally smacked herself for walking around outside in the previous night, sneaking in the kitchens to grab herself a glass of icy cold water. She hated getting sick. All she did was sleep – eat food which tasted like cardboard due to her stuffy nose – and sleep.
She pulled a pillow over her head, stuffing her face into the softness of the bed. She was slowly drifting to sleep when she felt something tickle her nose.
No – not again.
"Damnit" She pressed the pillow tightly over her head and started to sneeze – hoping the pillow will block the noise from getting into the already pissed – half awake – half demon one room away from hers.
"I told you not to sneeze!"
She opened one eye. The voice seemed awfully close. She rolled her eyes and pulled the pillow off her head and stared at the fuming Inu-Yasha who was standing in the middle of her room.
"Whaddaya want?" Kagome scrunched up her nose and sneezed again causing Inu- Yasha's ears to twitch; she smiled "Tataya sooo 'ute"! (That was so cute!)
He rolled his eyes.
"You sound like a mouse whose nose had been all squished" He looked at Kagome, who was buried underneath half a dozen blankets. "What happened to you?"
Kagome sighed and pulled the pillow over her head again. All this talking was giving her a migraine. Taking in a deep breath she mumbled out his answer.
"I'm sick"
Inu-Yasha stared at her for a while, as if trying to figure out what he was supposed to say now.
"That explains all the sneezing," He was about to leave when he heard a cough from behind him. "Do you want me to stay or do you think you'll be okay alone?"
Kagome blinked at him, as she was about to say yes she shook her head "I's okay, you'll ge'sick" (Its okay, you'll get sick)
He turned towards her, and shook his head "I'm a half – demon, I have demon blood – I don't get sick"
Kagome just mouthed an 'oh'
"So? Should I leave?" He tapped his finger against the wall impatiently.
Kagome shook her head, she sighed "Could you bring me something to eat?"
"Fine, what do you want to eat?"
Kagome closed her eyes – she felt as if someone had laid two bricks on each eye lid. Not wanting to talk she just raised a hand and lightly punched her throat, hoping he got the message.
Much to Kagome's pleasure he did. "You want soup?"
She nodded and mouthed a 'Thank you'
He turned around and jumped out of the balcony. Kagome sighed, 'I better freshen up then'
She lazily kicked off all the blankets and headed towards the bathroom, as she was going she looked outside the window.
The sun was out and it was around 10.30 a.m. Feeling guilty about annoying Inu-Yasha Due to her sneezing and now having him go around getting her breakfast she decided she would apologize when he returned.
She turned on the taps and started to splash water on her face getting rid of all the sleeping sand, still yawning, she reached for the towels and started to dry her face.
By the time she got out of the washroom, all dressed and awake, Inu-Yasha was sitting on the bed, a bowl of soup in his hands, waiting for Kagome to return.
She noticed her six blankets were replaced by one thick one and her pillows had been fluffed.
"Hurry up! The soup is going to get cold by the time you finally reach the bed!"
She rolled her eyes, well – at least he wasn't calling her wench.
As she reached the bed Inu-Yasha decided it was time to speak again. "You can eat by yourself right, wench?"
She sighed, well, there goes that thought. Nodding slightly she slipped into the bed and took the bowl from Inu-Yasha hand and whispered a thank you.
"Feh, if it makes you shut up I should have done this a long time ago"
She put down the spoon and punched him lightly on the shoulder also giving him a fierce glare.
He chuckled slightly and reached to pull the blanket over her. Kagome didn't even notice as he settled the blanket over her waist. He turned his face back to her "Need anything else?"
She looked up from her soup and eyed her room. She didn't seem to be missing anything. She shook her head and continued drinking her soup.
"Fine, I'm leaving, I'll see you in a few hours"
Hearing this Kagome put down her spoon and looked up at the disappearing Inu-Yasha. Shrugging, she picked up her spoon and was going to take another sip when she remembered something.
Shoot – she was supposed to apologize to him, oh well – she'll apologize later.
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"Kagome! Wake up or you're going to miss dinner!"
"She's not waking up"
"Oh, that is so cute – she's drooling!"
"No, that's just plain freaky"
"Inu-Yasha – If you're not going to adore how cute she looks while she's sleeping, just leave!"
"Miroku, I'm just here to tell her you were groping her ass while she was sleeping"
"I was not groping her 'ass' – I was just fixing the bed sheet covers"
"Can you guys shut up and help me wake her up; she's been asleep all day!"
Kagome pulled the thick bed sheet cover over her head hoping all the voices would go away. Unfortunately the cover was pulled back down. She grudgingly opened one eye and took a peek around her room.
It was no longer day – but night, a few candles were lit in her room, giving a little bit of light but not enough to light her room entirely. Inu- Yasha was standing in front of her bed crossing his arms over his chest, staring at her as if waiting impatiently for her to do something. Sango was on the left side of her bed holding down her bed sheet cover and Miroku was sitting on her right side petting her head.
She yawned and swatted Miroku's hand away which had started to move lower down to her neck.
"Finally, you're awake!" Miroku smiled down at Kagome.
Realizing everyone was staring at her a horrid thought struck her mind "Am I dying?"
Inu-Yasha snorted and before he could hit her with a rude comment, Sango spoke "No you're not silly! You're just sick, you've been sleeping the whole day, and do you want something to eat?"
"You must be starving!"
"She ate her breakfast you know"
Both Miroku and Sango turned their heads towards Inu-Yasha, just realizing what he had just said he quickly continued "Not that I was in here babysitting or anything"
Miroku smirked "Sure, then how did she get her breakfast?"
"You were the only one who could've given it to her because when the other servants arrived she was already asleep" Sango's eyes twinkled with mischief.
Kagome sat up straight in her bed and opened her other eye, not having heard anything that was being said here she gave a confused expression to the crimson – faced Inu-Yasha as she wiped the drool off her face.
"What's going on?"
All three heads snapped towards her.
"Nice to see you finally up" Sango gave her a warm smile.
"She's only been asleep for half a day"
"I love you're night gown"
Both heads snapped at Miroku at the last comment "Hey – I was out of words!"
Rolling his eyes, Inu-Yasha headed towards the door, still crimson faced.
"Hey – where are you going?" Kagome stifled a yawn as she stretched her arms receiving a few 'I love you're arms' and 'oo la la's' from Miroku.
"I'm going to the kitchens, you want something to eat?"
Kagome smiled and nodded "Thanks"
After Inu-Yasha had left and closed the door Sango got up and headed towards the table near Kagome's bed and picked up a mug. Looking back at Kagome she turned around and sat on the same spot she had been sitting on earlier. She reached out, gesturing Kagome to take the mug.
"You have to drink this, it'll help you revive faster, if you drink the whole thing you should be up and going in a few hours"
Kagome eyed the liquid inside the mug. "How does it taste?"
"Oh, it tastes awful, I had to take it once, I threw up on Inu-Yasha who was sitting on a chair beside me, man – he almost killed me" Miroku shook his head and sighed.
Sango rolled her eyes "Don't listen to him, its not that bad, really"
Miroku smirked at Sango "You're crossing you're fingers honey"
Sango sent an angry glare at Miroku "You're not helping you know" She set the mug on Kagome's beside table "Drink it when you're ready"
Kagome nodded and kicked off her bed sheet covers "I'm getting hot." Sango pressed her hand over her forehead.
"You're fever is going away, that's why"
Kagome turned her head back to Miroku "How long have you guys been in my room for?" Miroku tapped his chin with his finger for a moment and returned his gaze back to Kagome.
"Since lunch"
Kagome mouthed an 'oh' and smiled at both of them, looking at the mug on the bedside table she reached out for it and grabbed it. Holding it close to her nose she sniffed it and flinched.
"It doesn't smell so good" She stuck out her tongue into the swirling, steaming brown liquid and pulled back immediately. "It doesn't taste good either"
"Medicine never did"
She looked up at Miroku "You have a point there" Taking a deep breath she held her nose and gulped down the liquid. After she had finished drinking down the horrible medicine she placed the mug on the table again. "That wasn't so bad"
"I guess you have a stronger stomach than Miroku" Sango took a comb from the dresser and started combing her hair. "Man, how long is Inu-Yasha taking?"
"Sango, he's been gone only a few minutes" Kagome got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom leaving Sango and Miroku with some privacy in her room.
After she had closed the bathroom door securely, and had the tap running Sango ran to the bedroom door and locked it, so if Inu-Yasha came he wouldn't barge straight in.
As soon as she had done so Miroku got up from his post on the bed and sat on a chair beside where Sango was sitting, "You think there's something going on between those two?"
Sango tapped her forehead in deep thought; she answered after a few seconds "I doubt it"
Miroku shrugged "He has been a little nicer to her than he has to anyone else who came in the palace to stay" Sango nodded.
"You have a point there, but he's always annoying her at dinner and they always break up in fists of fights"
"You're right, just a thought...by the way, has Kagome figured out about...you know...the *secret*?" His voice has turned to a hushed whisper.
Sango shook her head "She tried asking Sesshomuru but she couldn't find him and I'll eat my head if Inu-Yasha told her, unless he did I don't think she has"
Miroku sighed, and turned his gaze towards the bathroom, the tap was still on but it was accompanied with Kagome's singing. "We can't keep it from her for long you know, she'll find out sooner or later"
"There's only one person who can tell her...we can't, we promised the whole Kingdom we wont tell" Sango placed her head on her arms which were folded on top of the chair.
"Yeah, but lets hope she doesn't get mixed with the certain person who can tell – he can make it sound as if it were all Inu-Yasha's fault"
"The poor guy..." He was cut off as Kagome opened the bathroom door and stopped dead in her tracks looking at them both with mild interest.
"Oh, sorry, were you two in the middle of something?"
Sango shook her head "Oh no, just talking, we were just a little bored, why?"
Kagome giggled "Well, the sight of Miroku's hand around you're waste doesn't give me such bright idea's"
"Huh!?!" Sango snapped her head back towards Miroku who was grinning from ear to ear. Just noticing the feel of Miroku's slithering hand she raised her hand and slapped on his right cheek. "You pervert"
Miroku looked up at her with hurtful –fake – eyes "But Sango dear, you were leaning close to me so I took this as a warning?"
Sango rolled her eyes and stood up from chair and headed towards the bedroom door. "Okay, I'm leaving, Kagome, if you want to come down for dinner, be free to and if you still feel a little uneasy, Inu-Yasha's bringing you some food"
Sango stepped out of the room followed closely by Miroku.
As soon as they left Kagome sighed, she felt a whole deal better. Not wanting to sleep any longer in the germ filled bed she headed out towards the balcony.
"No fair, its so humid outside" She said to no one in particular, not wanting to be in her room altogether she decided to check some place she hadn't seen before.
Remembering she had pretty much seen every corner in the castle she tapped her foot on the floor annoyingly. 'Think...think...think...' A thought struck her head and a grin appeared on her face accompanied with a thousand butterflies squirming in her stomach.
'No, Kagome, any place but that!'
She tapped her fingers together, wondering if she could actually do that...but no...she'll get caught...wouldn't she?
Kagome mentally slapped herself, she always thought of going to places she shouldn't go...but...no body had told her –his- room was out of bounds, right? Anyways, he always came to her room without permission, so why should she ask?
Kagome slowly walked across her room and opened her bedroom door, finally making up her mind; she would sneak into Inu-Yasha's room.
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As she approached his door which was marked with three long claw marks (obviously warning the trespasser to turn around) she looked both sides to make sure Inu-Yasha wasn't coming back. Making sure the way was clear she slowly turned his doorknob.
As she entered his room, his scent hit her full blow.
She wondered at her strong sense of smell, surely she hadn't grown a demon nose?
She shook her head, it was as if he had stayed in this room for years and now his scent had caught up with it, anyone could possibly smell this. She stepped further inside and inhaled deeply.
This was so refreshing, it had felt as if she had entered a rainforest, fresh with leaves, flowers, tree's and water (if water had a smell, it was definitely present here).
Forgetting she was in Inu-Yasha's room she rushed around the room examining its contents. It wasn't as nearly messy as Sesshomuru's room, a tint neater, but still messy.
As she reached the bed one thing caught her attention, the pillows. They had spots on them. Not many, but just at few, around one and two.
Kagome's eyes widened, surely this couldn't be...tears?
As she reached down to make sure she was correct an angry voice rushed to her ears.
"You don't go sneaking around everyone's room do you?"
Kagome snapped around, almost causing a whip lash on her neck, she winced as she saw Inu-Yasha standing in front of the door way, looking – very angry. Kagome said the first thing that snapped to her mind.
"Get out!"
Inu-Yasha raised his eyebrow, looking down at her, as if she were a pathetic creature from another world.
"This is my room!"
Kagome blushed at her stupidity "Oh yeah" She looked around "Sorry"
Not saying at her – not even glancing at her once he rushed passed her to his bed and quickly handed her a bag and muttered "If you're hungry"
Not even turning around to see her expression he flumped down on his bed and pointed towards the door "Get out"
Kagome didn't budge, she had to apologize. "I'm really-."
"Get out"
Kagome sighed, feeling defeated she turned around and headed towards his door. Before she touched the doorknob a thought popped into her mind, this might work...
She turned around once again and stared at the half demon that was lying down on his bed on his stomach. He had his arms crossed on his pillows and his head were buried deep into them. His body had stiffened, which meant he was still aware of her presence; he was breathing slow and steady breaths which also gave the idea that he was trying to calm down – as if Kagome had seen something she wasn't meant to.
Kagome took a deep breath and began what she had decided to say.
"Well...you see, first I only wanted to see your room – how it looked from the inside because it always looked so welcoming from my balcony..."
Kagome smiled as she saw him shift his arms nervously; at least he wasn't telling her to get out now.
"...and when I came in here it smelt so nice, I couldn't help but walk inside..."
She giggled as she saw Inu-Yasha's ear swivel towards her, obviously wanting to hear more compliments, she decided she would make him more nervous.
"...it smells like a rainforest in here...everything pleasant mixed together, flowers, trees, leaves, water – if water has a smell it's definitely in here..."
Inu-Yasha still had his head in his arms, not wanting to give into her bribery, but Kagome wasn't going to give in either. She started to walk towards him; she stopped when she was right beside his bed, she crouched down so she could be in face level with him.
She slowly moved closer to him, her hand was on his bed so she could support her own weight. As she moved closer she could tell he had stopped breathing and was waiting to hear what she had in store for him.
She moved closer to his ears and she noticed he had stiffened immensely. He shivered as she felt her hot breath on his ears, not moving an inch he heard her whisper the words.
"...it's not fair...do you really smell like that?"
Inu-Yasha snapped up at the last comment...she had come to close. He wasn't usually used to close contact, let alone nice comments.
He quickly got up and grabbed her hand; he turn towards her, his face had turned into an incredible beet root color which Kagome didn't know the skin could produce. "Stop it!"
Kagome giggled at his reaction, she pried her hands out of his and smiled devilishly "not if you won't forgive me!"
He sighed, and turned around to his other side, so his back faced Kagome "Fine, I forgive you, now leave me alone"
Kagome pouted "No" She sat on the bed beside him, "I'm bored"
"Well, lemme get some sleep!" He moved back and purposely pushed Kagome of the bed. "Ooops, sorry, didn't see you there"
Kagome rolled her eyes "Yeah right, move over, I don't wanna sit on the floor" she waited for him to shift even though she knew he wouldn't do such a thing, grudgingly, she went over to the table and grabbed the stool which was standing beside it. She placed beside the bed and stared down at the half-demon.
She sighed, her thoughts slowly traveled to the spots of water she had seen on his pillow.
She couldn't imagine him crying, so...what were tears doing on his pillow? Maybe it was someone else? The idea flew out of her head as soon as it had come, no way – Inu-Yasha wouldn't allow anyone to come into his room...let alone sleep on his bed.
Fidgeting nervously with her hands she thought of a conversation to start with the half-demon.
"Do you want to play a game?"
He lifted his head off the pillow and blinked at Kagome "What kind of game?"
She sighed, "Um...I don't know, what about..." She looked around his room and surprisingly found a basket full of toys stashed underneath a two dozen clothes.
She got up form the stool and walked over the basket, with much effort she pushed all the clothes off and was now staring down at the contents.
"I haven't looked in that for years"
She looked back at him; he was now sitting on his bed, watching intently to what she was doing. She shrugged at him and turned back to the basket, it was filled with balls, dolls (most of them with their head, arm, or leg cut off), a chess board, pencils, stuffed toys, yarn balls and many other contents she couldn't figure out.
"Well, why don't we make up a game? She looked back at him; he was now sitting on his bed, watching intently to what she was doing. She shrugged at him and turned back to the basket, it was filled with balls, dolls (most of them with their head, arm, or leg cut off), a chess board, pencils, stuffed toys, yarn balls and many other contents she couldn't figure out.
She spotted a rubber ball and picked it up, spotting six stones in the basket, a game popped in her head.
"Hey, listen to this," She picked up the six stones and headed towards his bed and sat down on the stool "We bounce the ball, and then, when the ball is in the air we try to get as much stones as we can, the person who can get the most stones in three turns can ask the other player any question and the loser has to answer truthfully"
Inu-Yasha stared at her, dissolving the information, after explaining the rules twice he got it.
"You go first" Inu-Yasha handed the ball to Kagome. She nodded and picked up the ball and threw it in the air – she grabbed one stone before the ball came back. She threw it again, - one stone again, she threw it a third time – one stone again.
She sighed, not the kind of score she settled for "Oh well, three stones, you're turn" She handed the ball to Inu-Yasha.
He smirked devilishly at her before throwing the ball into the air. Kagome gasped as he swept all six stones in his hand before gracefully catching the ball before it hit the head.
"Hey, that was so not fair!"
He raised an eyebrow, his smirk still evident on his face. "It was fair, hmm...let's see, something I would like to ask you"
Kagome tapped her foot on the floor nervously and shut here eyes, 'please not something bad, please not something bad, please not something bad...'
"How is you're sister Kikyou?"
Kagome opened her eyes...that question wasn't so bad. She thought for a while before answering his question. "Let's just say I won't be surprised if you commit suicide after meeting her"
He blinked, he hadn't thought she would say that, everyone had told him she was the perfect little angel, never raised her voice, always listened to her parents...well...that wasn't exactly perfect in his point of view.
He turned his thoughts back to Kagome...she was absolutely the opposite to what people had said about Kikyou...she raised her voice if she had to, she seemed like a little devil, didn't seem to listen to her parents, but in a way...she –could- seem like an angel, she was nice...and...
He snapped out of his thought, this wasn't the time to be making any new friends, if he did, he would always do something to scare them off in the end...the only person that actually stuck to him was his cousin Miroku.
He looked at Kagome, who was practicing catching the small rubber ball.
"You want to play again?"
She looked at him and blinked. "Sure, but go easy on me"
He just chuckled; he could win this game over and over and over again. Thinking of another question to ask her before he won this game he jumped when he heard Kagome's shriek.
"I got four stones!"
He stared at her and shook his head. "That's not a lot"
"Yeah it is!"
He snatched the rubber ball and threw it in the air, and once again, gracefully picked up the six stones in one turn. He pulled a face at her, earning a punch on the shoulder.
"Just ask me the question"
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully "Hmm...how hot do you think I am?"
Kagome widened her eyes, getting off the chair she punched him on the same shoulder "Men can be such perverts"
He chuckled as he watched her storm out of his room, "Hey you forgot to answer my question!"
Her head popped back in the doorway, he could see she was blushing, he flattened his ears, knowing her answer was going to be in yells, un- surprisingly it was. "If I could choose between a dead possum and you, I would choose the possum!"
Before she left he yelled back "Possums are cute!"
Hearing her scoff in the middle of the corridor, he just blew out his candle and made himself comfortable in his bed, closing his eyes he heard his door open again, he sniffed the air, figuring out it was Kagome.
"Yeah?" He asked, wondering what she had to say to his comment.
"Oh, I just forgot to say good-night" Even though he couldn't see her through the darkness of his room he could sense she was smiling. "So...Good night!" She closed the door but it was opened again shortly after it was closed "And one more thing, come to breakfast tomorrow morning!"
"I'm not coming"
Hearing her sigh, she closed the door leaving Inu-Yasha to his thoughts.
Not soon after he fell asleep dreaming about dead possums.
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Yay!!!! I'm done this chapter!!! Nothing important actually happened in this chapter...though it DID have a clue to the family secret...I wonder if you spotted it... DON'T WORRY...the main plot will start eventually but I have to wait until Kikyou comes back.
Remember to REVIEW .... And a DOZEN thankx to all the ppl who reviewed already!!! I can't believe I actually received 20 reviews after I posted up chapter five...I know I know....u guyz might think it's not a lot, but to me it is!!!
Anyways....that's all I have to say right now...until the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-yasha or any of its characters.
Recently asked question: Who was that girl in the dungeons?
Answer: You'll find out eventually.
Note: For all the people asking if Kikyou can come in next chapter – or the chapter after the next, I'm going to say this once – Kikyou is arriving In 6 days – In chapter form – probably around Chapter Eight.
Just warning you here – this chapter has a little clue to the family secret...
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Chapter Six
Summer Fever
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Sango eyed everyone sitting around the table. Inu-Yasha was missing as usual but why wasn't Kagome here? Hoping Inu-Yasha hadn't murdered her during the night she read her thoughts out loud "Anyone knows why Kagome's not here?"
She looked at Sesshomuru for an answer who momentarily stared blankly at her, tapping her fingers gently on the table she raised an eyebrow "So, does anyone know why Kagome's not here?"
Sesshomuru sniffed the air for a minute then returned his gaze back to Sango "She's not well"
Sango nodded, amused by his strong sense of smell. Feeling uneasy with Sesshomuru staring holes into her head she raised her head and stared back.
"First one to blink has to complete a dare the other wishes them to do"
"Deal"
As Sesshomuru and Sango played their game Miroku arrived at the table. Noticing their game he waved a hand between their faces.
Both of them blinked at the same time and turned an angry face at Miroku.
"What?" She scooted over an inch so his prying hand couldn't come close to her rear. "I was winning!"
"No you weren't!"
"Oh yes I was!"
Miroku rolled his eyes, "Guys, stop it, but guess what?" He gave a broad smile "We have a new maid!"
Sango rolled her eyes "Translation: Miroku gets a new ass to grope on"
"Sango! Don't use such language! I have never done such a thing in my life!"
Sango snorted, and returned eating her breakfast while Miroku took a seat beside her. "Hey, where's Kagome?"
"She's sick"
"Oh okay, I'll pay her a visit" He looked around "Inu-Yasha's not here?"
"As usual"
"Hey, I love those buns"
Sango looked uneasily as Miroku, hoping he was talking about the *other* bread buns. Shrugging, she decided not to reply to that comment.
"I love those apple's, they look so ripe"
Sango fidgeted nervously with her fork, she gave a quick glance at Sesshomuru who had started to snicker.
"Excuse me, how much orange juice would you like?"
All of their heads snapped towards the source of the voice. It was the new maid. She was holding a jug of orange juice and was waiting for their answer; she had started to tap her foot which meant she wasn't very patient.
"Um, just fill it to the top, thank you"
The maid started to fill Sango's glass while Sango returned to eating her breakfast and Miroku continued talking about 'how big he likes his buns and apples'
But Sesshomuru kept his eye on the girl.
She was the same girl he had helped escape the dungeon.
She had now started filling up Miroku's glass when she glanced up from Miroku's glass to find Sesshomuru staring at her.
Her eyes went wide and she quickly moved her gaze away from him.
Sesshomuru could sense the panic building up in her body, so now she knew he was a royal. He kept his eye on her, wondering what she would do next.
She was slowly walking towards his place in the table and he noticed her gaze was fixed on the floor.
When she reached him, she slowly started to tip the jug, releasing orange juice in the glass.
As she was doing so, she nervously moved her eyes to Sesshomuru who hadn't moved his eye off her the moment she had spoken.
She raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to speak or yell out she had snuck into the dungeons last night, but he did nothing of the sort.
"Um...is this enough?" She glanced towards the glass which was half way filled with orange juice.
He simply nodded. She turned around to leave but was pulled back as Sesshomuru reached out and grabbed her arm.
Her eyes opened wide and she frantically looked around hoping no one saw his antics.
"Let go of me!" She gave a hopeless tug to her arm.
"What's you're name?"
She took in a deep breath, a few of the other servants were staring at her now "If I tell you, you'll let me go?"
"Fine"
She looked at him straight in the eye "Rin"
"Will you meet me in the gardens Rin?"
Her mouth opened wide as she frantically searched for words to reply his question "I don't know, stop it, people are staring" She gave another tug to her arm, giving an uneasy look to the King who was now watching them both with deep interest.
"Say yes and I'll let go"
"Fine! Yes, sure, whatever just let me go?"
He let go of her arm not noticing the sudden relief wash over her. She turned around and ran out of the dining room, not turning around once to see the stares of a dozen servants, the king's and Sesshomuru's.
Sesshomuru sat in his chair and fiddled with his fork, he didn't know exactly why he wanted to meet her in the gardens but a part of him wanted to know more about her.
Ignoring the coughs of attention from his father he continued eating his breakfast.
Mid-way through his breakfast a thought struck him 'Damnit, I didn't tell her when' Mentally slapping himself another thought struck him 'Oh well, I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow morning'
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Kagome pulled up the covers of her bed. She had given up on finding Sesshomuru, who cares about some secret?
She cursed herself.
She does – 'Oh well' she sighed. 'I'm not going anywhere with this cold' She sneezed.
"Oi! Stop sneezing! It's really annoying!"
Kagome looked around for any window or door that was open which was enabling Inu-Yasha's voice to be heard in her room.
She sighed, the balcony doors were open, allowing fresh air to pass through. Feeling too heavy to get up she just pulled more blankets around her.
She did not want him to make the situation any worse.
She was lying in bed – sneezing, coughing, and her temperature was probably rising every second, to top it all off – she did not want to hear the –royal pain in the ass – 's voice so early in the morning.
Thinking up of a comeback she opened her mouth to speak but her voice came in a moan. Damnit, her throat was aching as if someone had stuffed a dozen sharp knives it.
How had she gotten so sick? She mentally smacked herself for walking around outside in the previous night, sneaking in the kitchens to grab herself a glass of icy cold water. She hated getting sick. All she did was sleep – eat food which tasted like cardboard due to her stuffy nose – and sleep.
She pulled a pillow over her head, stuffing her face into the softness of the bed. She was slowly drifting to sleep when she felt something tickle her nose.
No – not again.
"Damnit" She pressed the pillow tightly over her head and started to sneeze – hoping the pillow will block the noise from getting into the already pissed – half awake – half demon one room away from hers.
"I told you not to sneeze!"
She opened one eye. The voice seemed awfully close. She rolled her eyes and pulled the pillow off her head and stared at the fuming Inu-Yasha who was standing in the middle of her room.
"Whaddaya want?" Kagome scrunched up her nose and sneezed again causing Inu- Yasha's ears to twitch; she smiled "Tataya sooo 'ute"! (That was so cute!)
He rolled his eyes.
"You sound like a mouse whose nose had been all squished" He looked at Kagome, who was buried underneath half a dozen blankets. "What happened to you?"
Kagome sighed and pulled the pillow over her head again. All this talking was giving her a migraine. Taking in a deep breath she mumbled out his answer.
"I'm sick"
Inu-Yasha stared at her for a while, as if trying to figure out what he was supposed to say now.
"That explains all the sneezing," He was about to leave when he heard a cough from behind him. "Do you want me to stay or do you think you'll be okay alone?"
Kagome blinked at him, as she was about to say yes she shook her head "I's okay, you'll ge'sick" (Its okay, you'll get sick)
He turned towards her, and shook his head "I'm a half – demon, I have demon blood – I don't get sick"
Kagome just mouthed an 'oh'
"So? Should I leave?" He tapped his finger against the wall impatiently.
Kagome shook her head, she sighed "Could you bring me something to eat?"
"Fine, what do you want to eat?"
Kagome closed her eyes – she felt as if someone had laid two bricks on each eye lid. Not wanting to talk she just raised a hand and lightly punched her throat, hoping he got the message.
Much to Kagome's pleasure he did. "You want soup?"
She nodded and mouthed a 'Thank you'
He turned around and jumped out of the balcony. Kagome sighed, 'I better freshen up then'
She lazily kicked off all the blankets and headed towards the bathroom, as she was going she looked outside the window.
The sun was out and it was around 10.30 a.m. Feeling guilty about annoying Inu-Yasha Due to her sneezing and now having him go around getting her breakfast she decided she would apologize when he returned.
She turned on the taps and started to splash water on her face getting rid of all the sleeping sand, still yawning, she reached for the towels and started to dry her face.
By the time she got out of the washroom, all dressed and awake, Inu-Yasha was sitting on the bed, a bowl of soup in his hands, waiting for Kagome to return.
She noticed her six blankets were replaced by one thick one and her pillows had been fluffed.
"Hurry up! The soup is going to get cold by the time you finally reach the bed!"
She rolled her eyes, well – at least he wasn't calling her wench.
As she reached the bed Inu-Yasha decided it was time to speak again. "You can eat by yourself right, wench?"
She sighed, well, there goes that thought. Nodding slightly she slipped into the bed and took the bowl from Inu-Yasha hand and whispered a thank you.
"Feh, if it makes you shut up I should have done this a long time ago"
She put down the spoon and punched him lightly on the shoulder also giving him a fierce glare.
He chuckled slightly and reached to pull the blanket over her. Kagome didn't even notice as he settled the blanket over her waist. He turned his face back to her "Need anything else?"
She looked up from her soup and eyed her room. She didn't seem to be missing anything. She shook her head and continued drinking her soup.
"Fine, I'm leaving, I'll see you in a few hours"
Hearing this Kagome put down her spoon and looked up at the disappearing Inu-Yasha. Shrugging, she picked up her spoon and was going to take another sip when she remembered something.
Shoot – she was supposed to apologize to him, oh well – she'll apologize later.
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"Kagome! Wake up or you're going to miss dinner!"
"She's not waking up"
"Oh, that is so cute – she's drooling!"
"No, that's just plain freaky"
"Inu-Yasha – If you're not going to adore how cute she looks while she's sleeping, just leave!"
"Miroku, I'm just here to tell her you were groping her ass while she was sleeping"
"I was not groping her 'ass' – I was just fixing the bed sheet covers"
"Can you guys shut up and help me wake her up; she's been asleep all day!"
Kagome pulled the thick bed sheet cover over her head hoping all the voices would go away. Unfortunately the cover was pulled back down. She grudgingly opened one eye and took a peek around her room.
It was no longer day – but night, a few candles were lit in her room, giving a little bit of light but not enough to light her room entirely. Inu- Yasha was standing in front of her bed crossing his arms over his chest, staring at her as if waiting impatiently for her to do something. Sango was on the left side of her bed holding down her bed sheet cover and Miroku was sitting on her right side petting her head.
She yawned and swatted Miroku's hand away which had started to move lower down to her neck.
"Finally, you're awake!" Miroku smiled down at Kagome.
Realizing everyone was staring at her a horrid thought struck her mind "Am I dying?"
Inu-Yasha snorted and before he could hit her with a rude comment, Sango spoke "No you're not silly! You're just sick, you've been sleeping the whole day, and do you want something to eat?"
"You must be starving!"
"She ate her breakfast you know"
Both Miroku and Sango turned their heads towards Inu-Yasha, just realizing what he had just said he quickly continued "Not that I was in here babysitting or anything"
Miroku smirked "Sure, then how did she get her breakfast?"
"You were the only one who could've given it to her because when the other servants arrived she was already asleep" Sango's eyes twinkled with mischief.
Kagome sat up straight in her bed and opened her other eye, not having heard anything that was being said here she gave a confused expression to the crimson – faced Inu-Yasha as she wiped the drool off her face.
"What's going on?"
All three heads snapped towards her.
"Nice to see you finally up" Sango gave her a warm smile.
"She's only been asleep for half a day"
"I love you're night gown"
Both heads snapped at Miroku at the last comment "Hey – I was out of words!"
Rolling his eyes, Inu-Yasha headed towards the door, still crimson faced.
"Hey – where are you going?" Kagome stifled a yawn as she stretched her arms receiving a few 'I love you're arms' and 'oo la la's' from Miroku.
"I'm going to the kitchens, you want something to eat?"
Kagome smiled and nodded "Thanks"
After Inu-Yasha had left and closed the door Sango got up and headed towards the table near Kagome's bed and picked up a mug. Looking back at Kagome she turned around and sat on the same spot she had been sitting on earlier. She reached out, gesturing Kagome to take the mug.
"You have to drink this, it'll help you revive faster, if you drink the whole thing you should be up and going in a few hours"
Kagome eyed the liquid inside the mug. "How does it taste?"
"Oh, it tastes awful, I had to take it once, I threw up on Inu-Yasha who was sitting on a chair beside me, man – he almost killed me" Miroku shook his head and sighed.
Sango rolled her eyes "Don't listen to him, its not that bad, really"
Miroku smirked at Sango "You're crossing you're fingers honey"
Sango sent an angry glare at Miroku "You're not helping you know" She set the mug on Kagome's beside table "Drink it when you're ready"
Kagome nodded and kicked off her bed sheet covers "I'm getting hot." Sango pressed her hand over her forehead.
"You're fever is going away, that's why"
Kagome turned her head back to Miroku "How long have you guys been in my room for?" Miroku tapped his chin with his finger for a moment and returned his gaze back to Kagome.
"Since lunch"
Kagome mouthed an 'oh' and smiled at both of them, looking at the mug on the bedside table she reached out for it and grabbed it. Holding it close to her nose she sniffed it and flinched.
"It doesn't smell so good" She stuck out her tongue into the swirling, steaming brown liquid and pulled back immediately. "It doesn't taste good either"
"Medicine never did"
She looked up at Miroku "You have a point there" Taking a deep breath she held her nose and gulped down the liquid. After she had finished drinking down the horrible medicine she placed the mug on the table again. "That wasn't so bad"
"I guess you have a stronger stomach than Miroku" Sango took a comb from the dresser and started combing her hair. "Man, how long is Inu-Yasha taking?"
"Sango, he's been gone only a few minutes" Kagome got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom leaving Sango and Miroku with some privacy in her room.
After she had closed the bathroom door securely, and had the tap running Sango ran to the bedroom door and locked it, so if Inu-Yasha came he wouldn't barge straight in.
As soon as she had done so Miroku got up from his post on the bed and sat on a chair beside where Sango was sitting, "You think there's something going on between those two?"
Sango tapped her forehead in deep thought; she answered after a few seconds "I doubt it"
Miroku shrugged "He has been a little nicer to her than he has to anyone else who came in the palace to stay" Sango nodded.
"You have a point there, but he's always annoying her at dinner and they always break up in fists of fights"
"You're right, just a thought...by the way, has Kagome figured out about...you know...the *secret*?" His voice has turned to a hushed whisper.
Sango shook her head "She tried asking Sesshomuru but she couldn't find him and I'll eat my head if Inu-Yasha told her, unless he did I don't think she has"
Miroku sighed, and turned his gaze towards the bathroom, the tap was still on but it was accompanied with Kagome's singing. "We can't keep it from her for long you know, she'll find out sooner or later"
"There's only one person who can tell her...we can't, we promised the whole Kingdom we wont tell" Sango placed her head on her arms which were folded on top of the chair.
"Yeah, but lets hope she doesn't get mixed with the certain person who can tell – he can make it sound as if it were all Inu-Yasha's fault"
"The poor guy..." He was cut off as Kagome opened the bathroom door and stopped dead in her tracks looking at them both with mild interest.
"Oh, sorry, were you two in the middle of something?"
Sango shook her head "Oh no, just talking, we were just a little bored, why?"
Kagome giggled "Well, the sight of Miroku's hand around you're waste doesn't give me such bright idea's"
"Huh!?!" Sango snapped her head back towards Miroku who was grinning from ear to ear. Just noticing the feel of Miroku's slithering hand she raised her hand and slapped on his right cheek. "You pervert"
Miroku looked up at her with hurtful –fake – eyes "But Sango dear, you were leaning close to me so I took this as a warning?"
Sango rolled her eyes and stood up from chair and headed towards the bedroom door. "Okay, I'm leaving, Kagome, if you want to come down for dinner, be free to and if you still feel a little uneasy, Inu-Yasha's bringing you some food"
Sango stepped out of the room followed closely by Miroku.
As soon as they left Kagome sighed, she felt a whole deal better. Not wanting to sleep any longer in the germ filled bed she headed out towards the balcony.
"No fair, its so humid outside" She said to no one in particular, not wanting to be in her room altogether she decided to check some place she hadn't seen before.
Remembering she had pretty much seen every corner in the castle she tapped her foot on the floor annoyingly. 'Think...think...think...' A thought struck her head and a grin appeared on her face accompanied with a thousand butterflies squirming in her stomach.
'No, Kagome, any place but that!'
She tapped her fingers together, wondering if she could actually do that...but no...she'll get caught...wouldn't she?
Kagome mentally slapped herself, she always thought of going to places she shouldn't go...but...no body had told her –his- room was out of bounds, right? Anyways, he always came to her room without permission, so why should she ask?
Kagome slowly walked across her room and opened her bedroom door, finally making up her mind; she would sneak into Inu-Yasha's room.
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As she approached his door which was marked with three long claw marks (obviously warning the trespasser to turn around) she looked both sides to make sure Inu-Yasha wasn't coming back. Making sure the way was clear she slowly turned his doorknob.
As she entered his room, his scent hit her full blow.
She wondered at her strong sense of smell, surely she hadn't grown a demon nose?
She shook her head, it was as if he had stayed in this room for years and now his scent had caught up with it, anyone could possibly smell this. She stepped further inside and inhaled deeply.
This was so refreshing, it had felt as if she had entered a rainforest, fresh with leaves, flowers, tree's and water (if water had a smell, it was definitely present here).
Forgetting she was in Inu-Yasha's room she rushed around the room examining its contents. It wasn't as nearly messy as Sesshomuru's room, a tint neater, but still messy.
As she reached the bed one thing caught her attention, the pillows. They had spots on them. Not many, but just at few, around one and two.
Kagome's eyes widened, surely this couldn't be...tears?
As she reached down to make sure she was correct an angry voice rushed to her ears.
"You don't go sneaking around everyone's room do you?"
Kagome snapped around, almost causing a whip lash on her neck, she winced as she saw Inu-Yasha standing in front of the door way, looking – very angry. Kagome said the first thing that snapped to her mind.
"Get out!"
Inu-Yasha raised his eyebrow, looking down at her, as if she were a pathetic creature from another world.
"This is my room!"
Kagome blushed at her stupidity "Oh yeah" She looked around "Sorry"
Not saying at her – not even glancing at her once he rushed passed her to his bed and quickly handed her a bag and muttered "If you're hungry"
Not even turning around to see her expression he flumped down on his bed and pointed towards the door "Get out"
Kagome didn't budge, she had to apologize. "I'm really-."
"Get out"
Kagome sighed, feeling defeated she turned around and headed towards his door. Before she touched the doorknob a thought popped into her mind, this might work...
She turned around once again and stared at the half demon that was lying down on his bed on his stomach. He had his arms crossed on his pillows and his head were buried deep into them. His body had stiffened, which meant he was still aware of her presence; he was breathing slow and steady breaths which also gave the idea that he was trying to calm down – as if Kagome had seen something she wasn't meant to.
Kagome took a deep breath and began what she had decided to say.
"Well...you see, first I only wanted to see your room – how it looked from the inside because it always looked so welcoming from my balcony..."
Kagome smiled as she saw him shift his arms nervously; at least he wasn't telling her to get out now.
"...and when I came in here it smelt so nice, I couldn't help but walk inside..."
She giggled as she saw Inu-Yasha's ear swivel towards her, obviously wanting to hear more compliments, she decided she would make him more nervous.
"...it smells like a rainforest in here...everything pleasant mixed together, flowers, trees, leaves, water – if water has a smell it's definitely in here..."
Inu-Yasha still had his head in his arms, not wanting to give into her bribery, but Kagome wasn't going to give in either. She started to walk towards him; she stopped when she was right beside his bed, she crouched down so she could be in face level with him.
She slowly moved closer to him, her hand was on his bed so she could support her own weight. As she moved closer she could tell he had stopped breathing and was waiting to hear what she had in store for him.
She moved closer to his ears and she noticed he had stiffened immensely. He shivered as she felt her hot breath on his ears, not moving an inch he heard her whisper the words.
"...it's not fair...do you really smell like that?"
Inu-Yasha snapped up at the last comment...she had come to close. He wasn't usually used to close contact, let alone nice comments.
He quickly got up and grabbed her hand; he turn towards her, his face had turned into an incredible beet root color which Kagome didn't know the skin could produce. "Stop it!"
Kagome giggled at his reaction, she pried her hands out of his and smiled devilishly "not if you won't forgive me!"
He sighed, and turned around to his other side, so his back faced Kagome "Fine, I forgive you, now leave me alone"
Kagome pouted "No" She sat on the bed beside him, "I'm bored"
"Well, lemme get some sleep!" He moved back and purposely pushed Kagome of the bed. "Ooops, sorry, didn't see you there"
Kagome rolled her eyes "Yeah right, move over, I don't wanna sit on the floor" she waited for him to shift even though she knew he wouldn't do such a thing, grudgingly, she went over to the table and grabbed the stool which was standing beside it. She placed beside the bed and stared down at the half-demon.
She sighed, her thoughts slowly traveled to the spots of water she had seen on his pillow.
She couldn't imagine him crying, so...what were tears doing on his pillow? Maybe it was someone else? The idea flew out of her head as soon as it had come, no way – Inu-Yasha wouldn't allow anyone to come into his room...let alone sleep on his bed.
Fidgeting nervously with her hands she thought of a conversation to start with the half-demon.
"Do you want to play a game?"
He lifted his head off the pillow and blinked at Kagome "What kind of game?"
She sighed, "Um...I don't know, what about..." She looked around his room and surprisingly found a basket full of toys stashed underneath a two dozen clothes.
She got up form the stool and walked over the basket, with much effort she pushed all the clothes off and was now staring down at the contents.
"I haven't looked in that for years"
She looked back at him; he was now sitting on his bed, watching intently to what she was doing. She shrugged at him and turned back to the basket, it was filled with balls, dolls (most of them with their head, arm, or leg cut off), a chess board, pencils, stuffed toys, yarn balls and many other contents she couldn't figure out.
"Well, why don't we make up a game? She looked back at him; he was now sitting on his bed, watching intently to what she was doing. She shrugged at him and turned back to the basket, it was filled with balls, dolls (most of them with their head, arm, or leg cut off), a chess board, pencils, stuffed toys, yarn balls and many other contents she couldn't figure out.
She spotted a rubber ball and picked it up, spotting six stones in the basket, a game popped in her head.
"Hey, listen to this," She picked up the six stones and headed towards his bed and sat down on the stool "We bounce the ball, and then, when the ball is in the air we try to get as much stones as we can, the person who can get the most stones in three turns can ask the other player any question and the loser has to answer truthfully"
Inu-Yasha stared at her, dissolving the information, after explaining the rules twice he got it.
"You go first" Inu-Yasha handed the ball to Kagome. She nodded and picked up the ball and threw it in the air – she grabbed one stone before the ball came back. She threw it again, - one stone again, she threw it a third time – one stone again.
She sighed, not the kind of score she settled for "Oh well, three stones, you're turn" She handed the ball to Inu-Yasha.
He smirked devilishly at her before throwing the ball into the air. Kagome gasped as he swept all six stones in his hand before gracefully catching the ball before it hit the head.
"Hey, that was so not fair!"
He raised an eyebrow, his smirk still evident on his face. "It was fair, hmm...let's see, something I would like to ask you"
Kagome tapped her foot on the floor nervously and shut here eyes, 'please not something bad, please not something bad, please not something bad...'
"How is you're sister Kikyou?"
Kagome opened her eyes...that question wasn't so bad. She thought for a while before answering his question. "Let's just say I won't be surprised if you commit suicide after meeting her"
He blinked, he hadn't thought she would say that, everyone had told him she was the perfect little angel, never raised her voice, always listened to her parents...well...that wasn't exactly perfect in his point of view.
He turned his thoughts back to Kagome...she was absolutely the opposite to what people had said about Kikyou...she raised her voice if she had to, she seemed like a little devil, didn't seem to listen to her parents, but in a way...she –could- seem like an angel, she was nice...and...
He snapped out of his thought, this wasn't the time to be making any new friends, if he did, he would always do something to scare them off in the end...the only person that actually stuck to him was his cousin Miroku.
He looked at Kagome, who was practicing catching the small rubber ball.
"You want to play again?"
She looked at him and blinked. "Sure, but go easy on me"
He just chuckled; he could win this game over and over and over again. Thinking of another question to ask her before he won this game he jumped when he heard Kagome's shriek.
"I got four stones!"
He stared at her and shook his head. "That's not a lot"
"Yeah it is!"
He snatched the rubber ball and threw it in the air, and once again, gracefully picked up the six stones in one turn. He pulled a face at her, earning a punch on the shoulder.
"Just ask me the question"
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully "Hmm...how hot do you think I am?"
Kagome widened her eyes, getting off the chair she punched him on the same shoulder "Men can be such perverts"
He chuckled as he watched her storm out of his room, "Hey you forgot to answer my question!"
Her head popped back in the doorway, he could see she was blushing, he flattened his ears, knowing her answer was going to be in yells, un- surprisingly it was. "If I could choose between a dead possum and you, I would choose the possum!"
Before she left he yelled back "Possums are cute!"
Hearing her scoff in the middle of the corridor, he just blew out his candle and made himself comfortable in his bed, closing his eyes he heard his door open again, he sniffed the air, figuring out it was Kagome.
"Yeah?" He asked, wondering what she had to say to his comment.
"Oh, I just forgot to say good-night" Even though he couldn't see her through the darkness of his room he could sense she was smiling. "So...Good night!" She closed the door but it was opened again shortly after it was closed "And one more thing, come to breakfast tomorrow morning!"
"I'm not coming"
Hearing her sigh, she closed the door leaving Inu-Yasha to his thoughts.
Not soon after he fell asleep dreaming about dead possums.
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Yay!!!! I'm done this chapter!!! Nothing important actually happened in this chapter...though it DID have a clue to the family secret...I wonder if you spotted it... DON'T WORRY...the main plot will start eventually but I have to wait until Kikyou comes back.
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