DISCLAIMER: Nope, I don't own Inuyasha or anything to do with it.
A/N: Not a chapter for Britney Spears fans. I apologize if you like her, but this idea hit me and I couldn't let it pass. I will say though that she does have her strong points, even if I don't care for her, but with stuff lately, this just would not leave me. Even if I don't care for the person, I do enjoy a few of her songs. Old ones. Oh well, enough of that. Enjoy!
You're not Alone
By: Of Memories Past
Part X
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"Crazy!"
The deep feeling of dread pitted itself in the bottom of Inuyasha's stomach as the saucy, sickening sound of pop music reached his delicate ears. He watched with horror as his fiancé and friends watched the old music video that had proven to be such humiliation for him and his brother and such great fun for his sister-in-law. Rin smiled widely on the couch between Kagome and Kirara, the grin on her face almost splitting her head as her body swayed slightly to the old dance moves, and Inuyasha noticed with chagrin that Sesshoumaru's own body was starting to unconsciously move to the music. He grabbed his leg, eyes wide with surprise, when his own body started to take on a mind of its own. No, this was not happening to him.
Kagome, on the other hand, could not believe what she was seeing. A music video that she had seen thousands of times before, she would have never noticed what she did now if Rin did not point it out for her. And now Kagome could not believe that she had not noticed it before. There, swinging their bodies with the music to Britney Spears' video You Drive Me Crazy were Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Inuyasha as backup dancers.
"Inuyasha, that's Britney Spears," Kagome said, dumbfounded.
"Yeah," Inuyasha groaned pitifully.
"And that's you." She pointed at the screen.
Inuyasha hid his eyes with his hand and nodded.
Rin, on the other hand, obviously had had a wonderful time doing it as she told Kagome that she loved to dance, but Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had been conned into it after losing a bet. A bet that had cost them their dignity.
Kirara laughed and cheered wildly from the couch, this little adventure being on of her favorites. "Go, Rin!"
Rin stood up on the couch and began to repeat the old moves, growing bolder as her friends and children cheered louder. Sesshoumaru growled when Sakura and Hana joined their mother in the provocative dance moves but allowed the women to have a good time goofing off with each other.
Laughing, Kagome and Kirara took one look at each other before jumping up on the couch with the other three females and joining in, Kirara pulling Shippo up with them. The kit had as good a time as any of them.
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru scowled the entire time.
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"I never knew that you could dance like that, Inuyasha."
"Keh."
Kagome merely smiled and kneaded his shoulders from behind, knowing that he was embarrassed enough. But indeed, he really could move. She made a mental note to get him to take her clubbing one night.
"Now how did you two get yourself into that?" she asked, taking off his concealing necklace so that she could rub his ears. The action proved to calm and relax him like she thought it would.
"Lost a bet over Jeopardy," Sesshoumaru said quietly. "Inuyasha and I thought the answer was one thing while Rin thought it was another. She bet us that she was right, and we agreed saying we'd do whatever she wanted if she won." Sesshoumaru pinched the bridge of his nose. "Well, she was right, and she picked that."
"We're never betting her again," Inuyasha added.
"Oh, it was fun, you two," Rin insisted, grabbing Katsue as she reached for her uncle's ears. The little pup was more trouble than she could handle sometimes.
Sesshoumaru sighed and handed his daughter a cookie to keep her quiet and watched as the little girl happily munched in her mother's lap. That should keep her out of trouble for a while.
"I don't ever want to see that demon again," Inuyasha shuddered.
Kagome's ears perked at the mentioning of the word demon. "Demon? Britney Spears?"
It was Sesshoumaru's turn to shudder as he sat down at the dining room table only to have his two oldest daughters sit themselves on his knees. He wrapped his arms around them protectively. Hana took his concealing necklace and giggled when Sesshoumaru playfully swatted her in the face with his tail.
A smile touched Kagome's lips as she watched the previously malice and vicious demon lord hug on his daughters. He really had changed.
"Britney Spears is a slug youkai," Sesshoumaru conceded. "That necklace that she wears is quite a concealing spell. A rather disgusting creature if I do say so myself."
"That's because she had her slimy body all over you," Inuyasha smirked. He laughed out loud. "Sesshoumaru went to get her from her dressing room because she was late for a practice run and found her oozing and dripping in her room. She had lost the necklace and latched onto him immediately when he walked in."
It was Rin's turn to laugh as she looked at the wry look on her mate's face. "He was immediately sent back to makeup. Looked like he had swum through a garbage heap." She burst out laughing, and Katsue followed her mother's suit, although completely oblivious to what was going on.
Trying to hide her own smile, Kagome grinned behind her hand. It was hard picturing the normally calm and collective Sesshoumaru covered in slime from head to toe.
Inuyasha did not have any trouble remembering as he laughed out loud and received warning glares from his brother.
"Okay, time to stop," Rin laughed, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes. She handed Katsue over to Sakura and told the two teenage girls to get off of their father. "We have some important business to discuss."
Hana jumped off her father's lap and tweaked her uncle's ears before wandering into the living room to watch some television with her brothers. The twins were still exhausted from chasing around the two younger boys. Sakura propped her baby sister on her hip and leaned over to kiss her uncle's cheek as she left the room.
Family or not, Inuyasha still blushed.
"Okay," Rin began, immediately settling down to business. She folded her hands and set them on the table. "Kikyo."
Kagome tensed at the sound of her name but relaxed when she felt Inuyasha grip her hand underneath the table.
Sesshoumaru drummed his long nails on the table, seeming to be bored with the matter.
"A friend of ours, another youkai, working for the police department here in Tokyo has informed us that Kikyo has recently joined the department," Rin informed. "To make a very long story short, she hasn't given up and getting you yet, Inuyasha, and is digging through anything and everything to try and find some way to get you into trouble with the law so that she can legally get her hands on you and do something without drawing too much attention to herself."
Inuyasha smirked. "My record's clean. Let's see her try to find anything."
"That's just the problem, Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru spoke up. "You record is clean, so now she is trying to find something on Kagome." His eyes darkened as Kagome's surprise showed. "Kikyo's a smart person. It won't be hard for to her plant some false information if drastic measures are called." Sesshoumaru sent a warning glance to his brother. "And, she legally carries a gun."
Kagome could both hear and feel the growling coming from within Inuyasha's body at the mentioning of that matter. She reached up to stroke his ears in attempt to calm him. It only worked a little
"See the problem?" Rin leaned forward and looked Inuyasha straight in the eye. "She knows where you are now, and she has always known where Kagome was."
Inuyasha sat back in his chair and pinched the bridge of his nose. Life had just started to look great, and now this pushed its ugly self into it. "What about the soul catchers? Where are they?"
"Concealed by spells such as ours," Sesshoumaru answered grimly. "A nasty bunch of men. Hard not to notice them though. They still surround the priestess."
Inuyasha cursed and then grabbed Kagome by the hand as he stood up. Snatching his keys off the counter, he began dragging Kagome over to the door.
"Inuyasha," Kagome started. She tried to pry her hand out of his until she had some answers. "What are you…?"
"Taking you home to pack. You're moving in until this is dealt with." He opened the door and lightly pushed Kagome out. "Don't even argue with me," he warned as she opened her mouth to say something."
Kagome's mouth snapped shut, and she sullenly walked to his car. She'd deal with him on the way to her house.
Throwing his concealing necklace around his neck, Inuyasha's features slowly changed from silver and gold to black and violet as he turned to Sesshoumaru and Rin.
"We'll be back in a couple hours. Are you staying for dinner?"
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Our friend is going to call with more info if he gets it."
Kirara came out of her room and stepped forward, once more in her child form. "It will be done by the time you get back."
Inuyasha nodded gratefully and turned to leave. He stopped suddenly and turned back to his brother and sister-in-law. "Who is your friend at the department anyway?"
Sesshoumaru's smirk could not be missed as he looked at his younger brother's face and anticipated a reaction. "Kouga."
"WHAT?!"
A/N: Lol…sorry about that ending. But yes, the wolf will be a part of this. I love him too much not to include him. Sorry it's taken so long to update, but I've been very, very busy. And, with several stories out to be completed, things do get difficult. Hope you all had a great holiday and good new year! God Bless! ~Of Memories Past