Kagome blinked once and read the name.
Kagome blinked twice and read the name.
Kagome blinked three times, slapped herself once, and read the name.
Kagome blinked four times, slapped herself twice, and read the name.
She was going for the five blinks when Inuyasha came out again and rolled his eyes. "Are you coming?" he hissed. "The service already started."
Kagome's mouth dropped open. "You go to church?" she asked. Well what an intelligent question seeing as he was tapping his foot impatiently, waiting for her to move along inside. Finally, he walked over, took her by the arm and dragged her inside.
"Keep your mouth shut until I tell you to." He instructed her as he walked her down a red-carpeted hallway where two double doors were wide open and a man was waving to them. From inside gospel music was playing loudly and clapping could be heard. But before Inuyasha reached the doors he pushed Kagome off to the side where the sections of the bathroom were. Sighing he began to lift up her shirt.
"What are you doing?"
"Shut up." Inuyasha said, produced a large pillow from the side of his jacket and shoved it under Kagome's shirt, pulling the cloth over it and making it appear that Kagome was now pregnant.
"Now just stay quiet. I'll handle this." He pulled her again to the door where the man waited.
"Welcome my brother and sister to The Church on The Hill," The man greeted them and handed them two bibles. "We're sorry for the mix-up on the name outside. Our two L's have recently been stolen. May God have mercy on the sinner's soul!"
Inuyasha smiled and nodded. "I'm sure he will brother Johnson." He said and dragged Kagome inside, who was nearly about to have a seizure from the lack of oxygen getting to her brain. See how harmful surprises were?
Now as Kagome looked around, she had to fall against Inuyasha as her legs lost all feeling. Her eyes widened and mouth opened and face lost all color. All the people from the pews looked to them and smiled happily as if expecting them all along.
"Welcome back brother Inuyasha," the preacher came down and shook his hand. Inuyasha shoved Kagome gently hoping she'd stop placing her heavy weight on his back as he took the preacher's hands in his own.
Kagome stared in amazement. No smoke sizzled…Inuyasha didn't melt into dust before her very eyes… What the hell was going on? How could someone as evil as Inuyasha walk into the church, shake the preacher's hand, and not be struck down by lightning?
"Thank you," Inuyasha said politely. "I've also brought my fiancé …Yura…" he made up lamely. "She's a bit nervous…her first time in a black church, you see." He said and smiled to Kagome. He patted the pillow gently. "Our baby is due any day now."
The priest laughed and turned to her. "No need to be scared my sister. We are all the same color in God's eyes!" at this he raised his arms to the ceiling. "We are all children in God's eyes!"
"AMEN!" people shouted from the pews.
"PRIASE BE TO THE LORD!"
"PREACH PREACHER!"
Kagome looked around. "Oh god…" she murmured, "Oh my god"
Inuyasha withheld a sudden urge to curse and dragged her too an almost empty pew way in the back. "Well no need for us to stall you any longer!" he shouted. "Tell us the word of God!"
As they sat down however, Inuyasha's big smile wore off. He turned to Kagome.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" he whispered. "Haven't you ever been to a church before?"
Kagome looked at him, her mouth still hanging open. "Y-Y-You go to a black c-c-church Inuyasha?" she stumbled out. Although hardly notable, it was true. 90% of the participants in the church were black. Though Kagome was not a racist, she couldn't care less if they were all turkeys…although that would look a little strange.
What took her sense of intelligence away was that Inuyasha went to church at all. And that they knew his name!
Inuyasha sighed. "Just play along," he whispered. "And please," he begged. "Please don't look like an idiot…anymore."
It took her a few minutes but she eventually closed her mouth and swallowed, sitting up straight and shakily taking a bible from him. He looked at the leather bound cover, stating:
THE CHURCH OF THE HILL
Connecting all people with The God
"As we know," The preacher said from his podium, his voice echoing all over the medium-sized room. "We have recently been deprived of the two L's on the front of the church."
"May the lord forgive the thieves!" Inuyasha cried out, which was followed by other similar comments from other people.
Kagome looked at him, eyebrows raised. He turned and winked, shrugging innocently. "I said to play along for a while."
"Yes," the preacher continued. "But in the meantime we must dig deep into the pockets of our faith and donate towards getting two new ones." He said and gave two baskets to two small children who went to the rows of pews and began to hold it out so that people could drop money in.
"Each golden L is four thousand doll-"
Inuyasha coughed loudly.
"I'm sorry I mean five thousand doll-"
Inuyasha coughed again.
"Six thousand dollars!" The preacher said, looked at him, and gave him a stern look. Inuyasha gave a small nod and let the man continue. "So brothers and sisters, we need twelve thousand dollars! Please help us!"
"AMEN!" Inuyasha shouted and clapped. He nudged Kagome, who looked utterly confused, and pushed her up.
"Shout something," he whispered.
"No!" she whispered back.
"Sister Yura?" the preacher asked. "Do you wish to say something?"
Kagome quickly shook her head "no"
"Yes! Yes I do!" Inuyasha said in a squeaky and high-pitched voice. He sunk down lower in the pew so people wouldn't catch on. "I just want to tell you my brother, that my handsome and kind soon-to-be husband Inuyasha had inspired me to give up my sins of being a prostitute and devoting myself to God! Hhe has taken me from the evil world and showed me the right path!"
People smiled and began to clap for her. "That's the way to go, young sister!"
The poor girl froze. "I-I-" She stammered out intelligently. "I-I-"
"And the sad thing is that I have no money to donate to this righteous cause!" Inuyasha continued for her. "So I ask my dear brothers and sisters a big favor! Will you dig a littler deeper and donate a little more for God…and for my unborn child?"
"Of course we will sister!"
"Right on!"
"Oh thank you!" Inuyasha shouted. "Thank you so much!" and with that he yanked Kagome back into her seat as clapping took over all other sounds in the church.
"I-I-" she murmured out. "I'll kill you."
"Lookin' forward to it. Thanks." He said and looked at his watch. "All right. We can go now." He now produced a bottle of water and poured some on Kagome's crotch.
The water, being ice cold, made Kagome scream. Inuyasha jumped up and grabbed his hair, jumping up and down excitedly like a fool.
"HER WATER BROKE! OH MY GOSH! SHE'S HAVING THE BABY!"
He lifted her up and made his way out from the pew, running down the middle isle and stopping by the preacher's podium. People stood up and began to reach for their cell phones to alert the ambulance.
"No worries my brothers and sisters!" Inuyasha shouted. He winked at the preacher who frowned and nodded. "I have it all under control! Please call the hospital and tell them to expect us!"
He ran out the double doors, some people whispering excitedly while others on the phone talking to a few local hospitals, not sure of which one the couple would head for.
-________-; (I'm black myself…I used to go to The Church on the Hill…Yes the two L's were actually stolen… But we had a bake sell to raise more money! ^_^ Nuthin' beats My Aunt's cornbread!! [The church raised 13 thousand for the L's and donated the change to charity])
"I don't believe you actually did that!" Kagome yelled as Inuyasha drove off. She was in such disbelief that she didn't even notice him take her keys… She pulled the pillow from under her and smacked him with it. "What the hell was the point of it? To embarrass me?"
"Yeah sure, whatever." Inuyasha took the hit and shakily reached into his pocket to find a cigarette. He slowed down to a stop on a different street and dug into both pockets. Finding one he smiled and kissed it, putting it in his mouth and looking for his lighter.
"You are not going to smoke in my car!" Kagome yelled.
"Ok," he surprisingly agreed and got out the car, slamming the door behind him. He paced the sidewalk anxiously searching for the lighter.
Kagome raised an eyebrow. What was up with him? Why was he so…jumpy all of a sudden?
He found a match and bent down by the car tire, swiping it against the rubber and making it light. He put the match to his cigarette but his hands were literally vibrating. The match easily blew out due to constant shaking.
"No…" he muttered as he struck it against the tire again. And again. And again. Until it snapped in half and fell in a street puddle. "Shit…"
By now Kagome had slid over to the drivers seat and stuck her head out the window to gaze down at him. He turned around and sat back against the tire, hands covering his head as his cigarette went unlit.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I need a smoke."
Kagome pulled her head back inside and opened the door, stepping out. She crouched down to him and looked at him with a curious expression. "Why?" she asked.
Inuyasha moved his hands from his face to look at her. "Because I'm a fucking FAIRY who needs to smoke to keep my wings from showing!" he yelled. "What kind of dumb shit question is that?"
Ouch. Maybe he didn't mean to sound as mean as he sounded but Kagome backed up a little by the harshness of his voice.
"Sorry," he said and looked away. "I'm…aggressive when I don't smoke."
Kagome bit her lip. "You should really quit that Inuyasha…"
"No fucking duh!"
"I'm taking that as the aggressive side." Kagome said and stood. She looked around and spotted a corner store. "…I'll be right back."
To all Inuyasha knew, she disappeared as his hands went over his eyes again. She stepped into the corner store and looked around, giving a quick smile to the cashier and walking up the counter.
She knew very well that's she shouldn't be buying some matches for him. She should let him sit there and feel the pain of withdrawal from tobacco. But as far as she was concerned he would have to deal with withdrawal on another day. She wanted to get home…and to change out of her wet jeans…in fact she looked as if she wet herself.
"Can I get a lighter please?" she asked and pulled out a five-dollar bill from her pocket. The man eyed her suspiciously.
"What for?"
"Because I want one." She answered, her voice sounding clipped and pert. Who was he to meddle in her business?
"Are you smoking, young lady?" he asked. "You look a little young to be smoking."
"Look just give me the lighter-"
There was a loud bang sound and the sound of breaking glass as a black civic backed up into a blue ford. Kagome gasped ran outside and looked to see that Inuyasha was now putting the car in drive and moving out of the parking space.
"My car!" She ran towards the civic, frantically eyeing the broken glass. "Inuyasha!"
"I'll be back." He said. "Left something at that church." He sped off down the street, Kagome running after him like a dog running after a mailman truck. But it was no use. The car sped up and turned a corner and Kagome was out or breath before she even reached the end of the block. What in hell was wrong with him?
"My Ford!"
Kagome turned around to see a man dropping paper bags filled with groceries to examine the front of his car. One headlight was cracked, the other completely broken as the hood had a huge dent.
The cashier from the corner store came out to observe the damage. "That girl," he said to the man. "Drove up in the car with the boy who did this," he snitched.
The man turned to look at her and she began to walk back over, facing her responsibility. On her way however, she stumbled across the cigarette Inuyasha had been holding in his mouth. She picked it up and rolled it between her two fingers…Wait a minute…
She grabbed both ends and pulled, watching as it stretched as if it was a rubber band. Well of course it did.
It was made out of rubber. A fake cigarette for a faker.
She stared at it blankly before throwing it back down to the street. She couldn't believe it…how stupid was she to actually trust that boy! Inuyasha had tricked her about the whole smoking thing…
And on top of that he had just stolen her car…
-_______-;; (No comment)
"Here it is," The preacher from the church said and tossed him a white envelope. He looked around in the alley they were in and backed up against the brick wall, slowly moving towards the exit of the alley.
Inuyasha took the money out and began to count it. "I see what your trying to do, you make a run for it and I'll punch your intestines out your ass."
"Are all of Naraku's employees as coy as you?"
"Hmmm…sarcasm…Not appreciated." He put half the money back in the envelope and counting the rest.
"Where's that girl you were with?"
"Don't worry about her. She's got nothing to do with this." Inuyasha looked up with a scowl. "Where's the rest of the money?"
"Inuyasha listen," the preacher said. "I have to pay off the rest next month because the church-" his words cut off by a hard blow to the stomach. Inuyasha pushed his fist up higher so that his knuckle touched the bottom of the man's rib. He pulled back slowly, letting the preacher drop to the floor and gasp for air.
"I can't keep holding off your payments." Inuyasha said. "You want more drugs you gotta pay up. Every cent you don't pay me gets me into trouble with the boss himself. You think I want to do this to you?" he asked.
The man coughed repeatedly.
"I'll give you a week. You owe five thousand, my brother"
"I'll go to the police," the preacher suddenly threatened. He shakily stood up, using the wall as support and looking Inuyasha in the eyes. "I'll have you and that girl arrested."
Again a blow knocked him down, this time to the nose as Inuyasha literally growled.
"You throw me in a jail cell and I'll have you killed." Inuyasha looked at the blood on his knuckle. "Not that I can't do it myself."
"Inuyasha!"
They both turned to look at the alley where Kagome had appeared, seemingly out of breath. "I can't believe you!"
"It's not what you think!" Inuyasha jumped to his own defense.
"How dare you try to steal my car?" she accused. She hadn't witnessed what happened…
"I- uh- I came back to get my lighter from the preacher. Turns out I dropped it on the pew."
Kagome stepped closer into the alley, not able to see the man on the floor, holding his broken nose. They were all the way in the end, Inuyasha standing in the only sunlight available as the shadowy figure moved around in front of the garbage cans.
Something was wrong about this picture…why were they meeting here?
"Is everything ok?" she called out, cautiously. She squinted to see in the darkness. Was the preacher on the floor?
"Everything is fine. Go wait in the car." Inuyasha replied calmly.
"But-"
"Now!"
Kagome jumped again at the sound of his voice. "Ok…" she turned and did as she was told, for once thinking that she shouldn't be a meddler.
Inuyasha came out to join her in a few more minutes, walking around to the driver's side.
"What was that all about?" she asked. A sudden flare of anger surfaced. "And why'd you wreck that man's car? Do you know that my dad's insurance will have to pay for that?"
"Let's discuss this later please?" he asked as he started up the car.
"And you still never answered why you brought me to the church, made me look pregnant, and then rushed me out of there once you made a fool of me!"
"NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU!" Inuyasha yelled as he slammed his fist on the horn, making a loud blast come out. "Damnit, just please stop your bithcin'"
Kagome turned away from him and looked out the window. "Just take me home." She said angrily.
"No problem."
They started off down the street, a few moments passing in angry silence as Inuyasha drove. Eventually Kagome reached to flick on the radio but Inuyasha slapped her hand away.
"I need to think." He complained.
Kagome cradled her hand and glared at him. She looked down to it to see if she would bruise and was surprised by what she saw. Looking to the hand that Inuyasha slapped her with she looked up at him, deep concern showing in her face.
Why was there blood on Inuyasha's knuckles?
-______________- ;;( I'm sorry for makin Inuyasha seem so…evil)
Well that's it for this chapter. It was a bit longer too…just a bit…
Did your bibles explode yet?
Also to the church of the hill…SORRY for beatin the crap out of your preacher!!! . I'm sure your happy to know that we wont drive 15 miles just to visit every Sunday anymore!!
