Souta led Inuyasha into the kitchen just as Kagome left to go apologize to
Hirai.
"She's in the dinning room," Souta said as he caught the last glimpse of her leaving. He turned to Inuyasha, who was looking around the kitchen in a little awe. "Now teach me."
Inuyasha ruffled the kid's hair and looked into the fridge, searching for a beer. "Nice place," he complemented. "Any alcohol?" he asked as he pushed the milk, juice, and other things aside.
"Nope," Souta answered impatiently, "Now teach ME!"
"Later," Inuyasha promised as he threw an open bottle of carrot juice over his head and onto the floor, making it spill and splatter on the floor, cupboards, walls, and countertop.
"Hey, you silver haired freak!" Souta stomped his foot impatiently. "Look what you did! Kagome will kill me!" He clenched his fists and kicked Inuyasha in the back of his leg.
"Hey!" Inuyasha pulled himself out of the fridge with breakneck speed and turned, pulling out his switchblade. He put Souta in a simple chokehold and put the knife by the side of his ear.
"That hurt, twerp." Inuyasha lied as he switched to the dull side of the blade. Five minutes he'd been here and he already had to teach someone how to respect him. Kicking him, even if he barely felt it, was not a good move. He wouldn't cut the kid, though, just scare the hell out of him. "You ever watch the news?" he asked, "Ever hear about the guy who got his ear cut off by a silver haired freak?"
Souta began to slowly panic. "You won't cut me. My sister will call the police and-"
"I collect ears, kid," Inuyasha said, and made a quick swipe with the dull end, making it feel like Souta had just been cut.
"KAGOME! KAGOME! MY EAR! I'M BLEEDING! KAGOME HELP!" Souta shouted at the top of his voice. Tears sprung into the frightened boy's eyes, even though there was a lack of pain. It took all of Inuyasha's strength to keep himself from laughing. "KAGOME! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" the kid continued.
Kagome heard him shouting in the kitchen and came in. "Souta shut up and get everyone ready for- OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
She was startled to see Inuyasha with a big crazy smile on his face and an almost crying Souta in a choke hold. Without thinking, she ran, ready to smack the daylights out of Inuyasha when she did the most embarrassing and clumsiest thing of the moment.
She slipped in the spilled carrot juice.
Kagome landed on her backside with a thump, staining her clothes. For a moment, all she did was sit there before reaching behind and rubbing her back. "Ouch," she muttered.
By now, Inuyasha couldn't hold it in any longer. He flipped away his pocketknife and held his stomach as he let out a loud and long laugh.
"Smooth, Higurashi. Real smooth," he said as he began cracking up again. Souta reached for his ear, found it still attached to his head, and sighed in deep relief.
"Never mind, Kagome," he said, trying to play it off. "I knew he was joking all along"
Kagome scowled as she picked herself up from the mess and looked around. She then looked at Souta, who was still rubbing his ear and Inuyasha who was now crouched down on the floor with laughter. She put her hands to her hips as her face turned red from embarrassment and anger.
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!"
^________^
Ame returned to Souta's room, video camera in hand. All she found was Rin and Kohaku. Kohaku was trying to win some fighting game and Rin was twirling around until she got dizzy and fell, laughing her head off.
Rin, as you could obviously see, was a very simple girl.
"I'm back," Ame said, a little upset she had to announce herself. Kohaku grunted, his way of acknowledging she was there and Rin squealed with delight. "Where's Souta?" Ame asked as she closed the door and sat down on a beanbag chair.
"Aw, you miss your boyfriend already?" Kohaku responded as he pressed buttons rapidly on the control. He was suddenly distracted by the impact of a football hitting the back of his head. His fingers slipped and he lost the game. He turned to see a casual looking Ame who was staring at an interesting imaginary object on the ceiling.
"That was the final boss! I CAN'T BELIVE YOU JUST DID THAT!" he shouted. Rin screamed in false fear and began running around in small circles as Ame looked at Kohaku as if just realizing he was there.
"Who me?" she pointed to herself, innocently. "What did I do?" Kohaku threw the ball back, frowning as it landed at her feet.
"I HAVE TO START ALL OVER BECAUSE OF YOU! DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET TO THE END OF THAT GAME?!" Ame looked at her fingers and tossed him the camera. "Calm down," she said as she bit a nail. "You can just use cheat codes to get back to where you were. So pop that in and let's see what I got on tape."
Kohaku stared at her angrily before simply shrugging it off. She was right. Cheat codes were a godsend. He opened the camera and pulled out the tape, popping it into the VCR. He pressed the rewind button and waited impatiently.
"Souta went to go answer the door," Kohaku explained as he noticed what Rin was doing. "He shoulda been back by now,"
Ame eyed Rin suspiciously. "Maybe he's eating all the pizza?" she guessed. She covered her ears and clenched her eyes. "That's getting annoying!" she shouted loudly.
Kohaku got up and grabbed the football by Ame's feet. Aiming carefully, he threw it and it hit Rin in the back, making her fall forward and bump into the wall.
"Shut up!" he said as the girl rubbed her abused nose. Rin stopped screaming and pouted. Her lip trembled.
"Oh crap," Kohaku whispered. Ame's eyes popped out in horror. She grabbed a pillow and put it over her head, glaring at Kohaku.
"You really did it now!"
"Ooh, crap!" he repeated as he looked around, frantically looking for a hiding space. He dived under the bed and stuck his fingers in his ears.
Rin rubbed one of her eyes, opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and let out the loudest and highest pitch cry known in history on earth.
@___________@
Sango and Miroku were just on their way to the kitchen when they heard a blood curdling scream echo in the hallway.
"Now what?" Sango asked as she turned around. "First it's Souta, then its Kagome and now who's yelling?"
"Kohaku?" Miroku guessed. They began walking towards Souta's room when another yell came from behind them.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL CUT YOU UP INTO SUCH FINE LITTLE PECIES AND DUMP YOU IN THE OCEAN THAT THE POLICE WILL NEVER FIND YOUR BODY!"
They turned around and began running for the kitchen. That was Kagome's voice. She sounded much more serious than the other scream.
"OH MY GOD, WHAT'S SHE DOING WITH THAT? KOHAKU MAKE HER STOP!!" they heard Ame yell so loud the window panes shook. The bloodcurdling scream continued and again Miroku and Sango didn't know which way to go.
"I'll take Souta's, you take the kitchen!" Miroku decided as more screams erupted from both sides of the corridor. They nodded to each other and separated, each one following their own trail of deeply "disturbed" shouting.
-_______-;
Sesshomaru handed Naraku a series of folders. He was talking to someone on the phone while also signing off a few papers from one of Naraku's secretaries/ entertainers.
"Hold on for a moment," he said into the phone. He took it away from his ear and placed his hand over the receiver.
"Kagura's flight should be landing in one hour. She reports a successful shipment of the drugs from America and Taiwan. We should have a truck waiting at the downtown dock in an hour and a half," he reported.
Naraku gave a single nod as he read the contents of the folder.
Sesshomaru went back onto the phone and began issuing orders to Kagura. After a few moments, he hung up, only to have it ring a few minutes later. He picked it up and began chatting away again to another associate.
"Hang up the phone, Sesshomaru," Naraku said as he took a page out from the file. Sesshomaru apologized to whoever he was speaking to and hung up. He glanced over Naraku's shoulder. "What?" he asked.
"What exactly am I looking at?"
"The newest information on the politician, Higurashi. Family status as well as business."
"And who is she?"
Sesshomaru looked at the picture included in the file. A young girl with black hair and brown eyes. The picture only showed her top half.
"The eldest child. Higurashi Kagome, age sixteen. Height 5'5'' and weighs 115lbs. Gets perfect scores in school, Inuyasha's school actually, and is working her grade average towards a full academic scholarship to a college of her choice in the United State," Sesshomaru said as he read the file below her picture.
Naraku studied it before handing it back to Sesshomaru. "Keep that at a close distance. I may need to bring that up again." He said as he lit a cigar. He grabbed another file and began to read it.
Sesshomaru nodded and tucked the file under his arm. His phone rang again and, with Naraku's signal, he answered it, ready to do business as usual.
^_________________^
"Hey! Watch where you swing that!" Inuyasha said as he dodged the rolling pin Kagome had tried to hit him with. It hit the counter and made a long hairline crack. He dodged the next oncoming blow and another, slickly maneuvering out of the way each time.
"Look, I wasn't gonna hurt Powder! I swear!"
"My name is Souta! S-O-U-T--"
"Souta shut up!" Kagome cut him off as she threw the rolling pin at Inuyasha and missed by a fraction. She grabbed the next thing closest to her, which was a paper cup, and threw it with such a force that it nearly landed by Inuyasha's feet. A new record..
"You could've seriously hurt me with that," Inuyasha mocked as he stepped on the cup. Kagome growled and opened a nearby drawer pulling out the biggest knife she could get her hands on. Inuyasha's eyes popped out while Souta moved far out of the way incase she missed. Inuyasha quickly opened a draw close to him and randomly pulled out an item that would protect him if he couldn't dodge.
He narrowed his eyes as he pulled out a spoon. Tossing it over his shoulder, he grabbed the cutting board that had somehow landed on the floor.
Hirai and Sango entered at that moment. They were barely able to observe the situation before Sango jumped forward and grabbed Kagome's hand with the knife.
"Kagome, watch what you're doing!" she shouted as she quickly pulled the knife out of Kagome's hand. Kagome glared at her friend.
"I bet I could've hit him!" she shouted.
Sango tucked the knife behind her back. "Violence is not the answer. Talking it out will solve all of life's problems," she lectured.
"Yeah! That bitch has the right idea!" Inuyasha shouted as he tossed the cutting board back on the floor. He quickly ducked as the knife hit the wall just where his head had been a few moments before.
"WHO YOU CALLIN A BITCH?"
Inuyasha kept his head low as he now dodged items being thrown by both girls. Souta had already bolted and Hirai tried stopping them by whispering "Stop," and smiling. She locked eyes with Inuyasha for a brief second and gave him a little wave.
Inuyasha scowled as he quickly flipped the finger. Because of this little distraction, he was hit in the head with an eggbeater.
"Shit!" he yelled as he ran out of the kitchen and into the dining room or living room or whatever the hell it was. He could really use a cigarette right about now. These girls were really making his nerves go on edge.
He turned and went into an empty room, locking the door behind him.
"That two-timing, dog-smoking, rude-speaking scum of the earth!" Kagome said as she ran past the room he was in, Sango and Hirai following from behind. He heard their footsteps fade away after a moment and slumped against the wall, trying to catch his breath.
He was beginning to regret coming back. Kikyo's house would have been much more calm.
"She's in the dinning room," Souta said as he caught the last glimpse of her leaving. He turned to Inuyasha, who was looking around the kitchen in a little awe. "Now teach me."
Inuyasha ruffled the kid's hair and looked into the fridge, searching for a beer. "Nice place," he complemented. "Any alcohol?" he asked as he pushed the milk, juice, and other things aside.
"Nope," Souta answered impatiently, "Now teach ME!"
"Later," Inuyasha promised as he threw an open bottle of carrot juice over his head and onto the floor, making it spill and splatter on the floor, cupboards, walls, and countertop.
"Hey, you silver haired freak!" Souta stomped his foot impatiently. "Look what you did! Kagome will kill me!" He clenched his fists and kicked Inuyasha in the back of his leg.
"Hey!" Inuyasha pulled himself out of the fridge with breakneck speed and turned, pulling out his switchblade. He put Souta in a simple chokehold and put the knife by the side of his ear.
"That hurt, twerp." Inuyasha lied as he switched to the dull side of the blade. Five minutes he'd been here and he already had to teach someone how to respect him. Kicking him, even if he barely felt it, was not a good move. He wouldn't cut the kid, though, just scare the hell out of him. "You ever watch the news?" he asked, "Ever hear about the guy who got his ear cut off by a silver haired freak?"
Souta began to slowly panic. "You won't cut me. My sister will call the police and-"
"I collect ears, kid," Inuyasha said, and made a quick swipe with the dull end, making it feel like Souta had just been cut.
"KAGOME! KAGOME! MY EAR! I'M BLEEDING! KAGOME HELP!" Souta shouted at the top of his voice. Tears sprung into the frightened boy's eyes, even though there was a lack of pain. It took all of Inuyasha's strength to keep himself from laughing. "KAGOME! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" the kid continued.
Kagome heard him shouting in the kitchen and came in. "Souta shut up and get everyone ready for- OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
She was startled to see Inuyasha with a big crazy smile on his face and an almost crying Souta in a choke hold. Without thinking, she ran, ready to smack the daylights out of Inuyasha when she did the most embarrassing and clumsiest thing of the moment.
She slipped in the spilled carrot juice.
Kagome landed on her backside with a thump, staining her clothes. For a moment, all she did was sit there before reaching behind and rubbing her back. "Ouch," she muttered.
By now, Inuyasha couldn't hold it in any longer. He flipped away his pocketknife and held his stomach as he let out a loud and long laugh.
"Smooth, Higurashi. Real smooth," he said as he began cracking up again. Souta reached for his ear, found it still attached to his head, and sighed in deep relief.
"Never mind, Kagome," he said, trying to play it off. "I knew he was joking all along"
Kagome scowled as she picked herself up from the mess and looked around. She then looked at Souta, who was still rubbing his ear and Inuyasha who was now crouched down on the floor with laughter. She put her hands to her hips as her face turned red from embarrassment and anger.
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!"
^________^
Ame returned to Souta's room, video camera in hand. All she found was Rin and Kohaku. Kohaku was trying to win some fighting game and Rin was twirling around until she got dizzy and fell, laughing her head off.
Rin, as you could obviously see, was a very simple girl.
"I'm back," Ame said, a little upset she had to announce herself. Kohaku grunted, his way of acknowledging she was there and Rin squealed with delight. "Where's Souta?" Ame asked as she closed the door and sat down on a beanbag chair.
"Aw, you miss your boyfriend already?" Kohaku responded as he pressed buttons rapidly on the control. He was suddenly distracted by the impact of a football hitting the back of his head. His fingers slipped and he lost the game. He turned to see a casual looking Ame who was staring at an interesting imaginary object on the ceiling.
"That was the final boss! I CAN'T BELIVE YOU JUST DID THAT!" he shouted. Rin screamed in false fear and began running around in small circles as Ame looked at Kohaku as if just realizing he was there.
"Who me?" she pointed to herself, innocently. "What did I do?" Kohaku threw the ball back, frowning as it landed at her feet.
"I HAVE TO START ALL OVER BECAUSE OF YOU! DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET TO THE END OF THAT GAME?!" Ame looked at her fingers and tossed him the camera. "Calm down," she said as she bit a nail. "You can just use cheat codes to get back to where you were. So pop that in and let's see what I got on tape."
Kohaku stared at her angrily before simply shrugging it off. She was right. Cheat codes were a godsend. He opened the camera and pulled out the tape, popping it into the VCR. He pressed the rewind button and waited impatiently.
"Souta went to go answer the door," Kohaku explained as he noticed what Rin was doing. "He shoulda been back by now,"
Ame eyed Rin suspiciously. "Maybe he's eating all the pizza?" she guessed. She covered her ears and clenched her eyes. "That's getting annoying!" she shouted loudly.
Kohaku got up and grabbed the football by Ame's feet. Aiming carefully, he threw it and it hit Rin in the back, making her fall forward and bump into the wall.
"Shut up!" he said as the girl rubbed her abused nose. Rin stopped screaming and pouted. Her lip trembled.
"Oh crap," Kohaku whispered. Ame's eyes popped out in horror. She grabbed a pillow and put it over her head, glaring at Kohaku.
"You really did it now!"
"Ooh, crap!" he repeated as he looked around, frantically looking for a hiding space. He dived under the bed and stuck his fingers in his ears.
Rin rubbed one of her eyes, opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and let out the loudest and highest pitch cry known in history on earth.
@___________@
Sango and Miroku were just on their way to the kitchen when they heard a blood curdling scream echo in the hallway.
"Now what?" Sango asked as she turned around. "First it's Souta, then its Kagome and now who's yelling?"
"Kohaku?" Miroku guessed. They began walking towards Souta's room when another yell came from behind them.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL CUT YOU UP INTO SUCH FINE LITTLE PECIES AND DUMP YOU IN THE OCEAN THAT THE POLICE WILL NEVER FIND YOUR BODY!"
They turned around and began running for the kitchen. That was Kagome's voice. She sounded much more serious than the other scream.
"OH MY GOD, WHAT'S SHE DOING WITH THAT? KOHAKU MAKE HER STOP!!" they heard Ame yell so loud the window panes shook. The bloodcurdling scream continued and again Miroku and Sango didn't know which way to go.
"I'll take Souta's, you take the kitchen!" Miroku decided as more screams erupted from both sides of the corridor. They nodded to each other and separated, each one following their own trail of deeply "disturbed" shouting.
-_______-;
Sesshomaru handed Naraku a series of folders. He was talking to someone on the phone while also signing off a few papers from one of Naraku's secretaries/ entertainers.
"Hold on for a moment," he said into the phone. He took it away from his ear and placed his hand over the receiver.
"Kagura's flight should be landing in one hour. She reports a successful shipment of the drugs from America and Taiwan. We should have a truck waiting at the downtown dock in an hour and a half," he reported.
Naraku gave a single nod as he read the contents of the folder.
Sesshomaru went back onto the phone and began issuing orders to Kagura. After a few moments, he hung up, only to have it ring a few minutes later. He picked it up and began chatting away again to another associate.
"Hang up the phone, Sesshomaru," Naraku said as he took a page out from the file. Sesshomaru apologized to whoever he was speaking to and hung up. He glanced over Naraku's shoulder. "What?" he asked.
"What exactly am I looking at?"
"The newest information on the politician, Higurashi. Family status as well as business."
"And who is she?"
Sesshomaru looked at the picture included in the file. A young girl with black hair and brown eyes. The picture only showed her top half.
"The eldest child. Higurashi Kagome, age sixteen. Height 5'5'' and weighs 115lbs. Gets perfect scores in school, Inuyasha's school actually, and is working her grade average towards a full academic scholarship to a college of her choice in the United State," Sesshomaru said as he read the file below her picture.
Naraku studied it before handing it back to Sesshomaru. "Keep that at a close distance. I may need to bring that up again." He said as he lit a cigar. He grabbed another file and began to read it.
Sesshomaru nodded and tucked the file under his arm. His phone rang again and, with Naraku's signal, he answered it, ready to do business as usual.
^_________________^
"Hey! Watch where you swing that!" Inuyasha said as he dodged the rolling pin Kagome had tried to hit him with. It hit the counter and made a long hairline crack. He dodged the next oncoming blow and another, slickly maneuvering out of the way each time.
"Look, I wasn't gonna hurt Powder! I swear!"
"My name is Souta! S-O-U-T--"
"Souta shut up!" Kagome cut him off as she threw the rolling pin at Inuyasha and missed by a fraction. She grabbed the next thing closest to her, which was a paper cup, and threw it with such a force that it nearly landed by Inuyasha's feet. A new record..
"You could've seriously hurt me with that," Inuyasha mocked as he stepped on the cup. Kagome growled and opened a nearby drawer pulling out the biggest knife she could get her hands on. Inuyasha's eyes popped out while Souta moved far out of the way incase she missed. Inuyasha quickly opened a draw close to him and randomly pulled out an item that would protect him if he couldn't dodge.
He narrowed his eyes as he pulled out a spoon. Tossing it over his shoulder, he grabbed the cutting board that had somehow landed on the floor.
Hirai and Sango entered at that moment. They were barely able to observe the situation before Sango jumped forward and grabbed Kagome's hand with the knife.
"Kagome, watch what you're doing!" she shouted as she quickly pulled the knife out of Kagome's hand. Kagome glared at her friend.
"I bet I could've hit him!" she shouted.
Sango tucked the knife behind her back. "Violence is not the answer. Talking it out will solve all of life's problems," she lectured.
"Yeah! That bitch has the right idea!" Inuyasha shouted as he tossed the cutting board back on the floor. He quickly ducked as the knife hit the wall just where his head had been a few moments before.
"WHO YOU CALLIN A BITCH?"
Inuyasha kept his head low as he now dodged items being thrown by both girls. Souta had already bolted and Hirai tried stopping them by whispering "Stop," and smiling. She locked eyes with Inuyasha for a brief second and gave him a little wave.
Inuyasha scowled as he quickly flipped the finger. Because of this little distraction, he was hit in the head with an eggbeater.
"Shit!" he yelled as he ran out of the kitchen and into the dining room or living room or whatever the hell it was. He could really use a cigarette right about now. These girls were really making his nerves go on edge.
He turned and went into an empty room, locking the door behind him.
"That two-timing, dog-smoking, rude-speaking scum of the earth!" Kagome said as she ran past the room he was in, Sango and Hirai following from behind. He heard their footsteps fade away after a moment and slumped against the wall, trying to catch his breath.
He was beginning to regret coming back. Kikyo's house would have been much more calm.
