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Chapter Five: The Trials of Love

"Ramen, ramen, I love to cook ramen!" Hojo sang while he stirred the ramen noodles to break them up.

"Shut UP!" Inuyasha snapped. He couldn't stand the obnoxious singing any longer.

"You dig, ramen noodles. I dig, ramen noodles. We dig ramen noodles. Chicks dig, ramen noodles!" Hojo continued singing but sang to the tune of the opening theme to MegasXLR.

"I will kill you slowly with a spork if you do not stop your singing!!!" Inuyasha threatened.

"Here's your ramen, Inu." Hojo smiled and handed the steaming bowl to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha broke apart his cheap wooden chopsticks and began slurping up the noodles contently. This dense idiot really doesn't deserve to go on a date with Kagome. What exactly does she see in this guy that I don't have? Inuyasha wondered.

"I wonder if I should take Kagome out to a movie or maybe to a nice restaurant." Hojo wondered aloud.

Inuyasha's dark human eyes narrowed at the clueless idiot next to him. "You don't deserve her." He growled.

"Huh? Oh I get it, you like Kagome too, right?" Hojo asked pleasantly.

"I do NOT!!!" Inuyasha denied.

"Good, because I wouldn't want to have to defeat you in a competition of love over her." Hojo carelessly slurped up his ramen noodles.

"Is that a challenge?!" Inuyasha growled.

"No, but let's face it. Kagome has no interest in any other guys besides me as far as my knowledge goes." Hojo munched on the ramen, completely clueless to Inuyasha's reaction.

"Your knowledge is of very little." Grinding his teeth irritably, Inuyasha jerked his finger at Hojo. "I can't stand it anymore! You definitely don't deserve Kagome and I'll fight you if I have to!"

"Ha…" Hojo set his empty food bowl in the sink and gave Inuyasha a determined look. "I challenge you to a round of the game called 'Trials of Love!'"

"What…?" Inuyasha perked an eyebrow.

"The 'Trials of Love' is a game where I ask you questions about Kagome and you have to answer them correctly!" Hojo explained and in truth… his game made no sense at all, just like him.

"Uh…" Inuyasha blinked a couple of times in confusion.

"What does Kagome look for in a guy?!" Hojo demanded.

"Uh…" Inuyasha had no idea what the answer was. It wasn't something that he really ever asked Kagome and she would have only gotten angry if he did ask her. Man, she can be violent…

"What type of flowers does Kagome like?!" Hojo persisted like a fool.

"Er…" The half demon poked his two index fingers together, not looking at Hojo.

"How many illnesses, diseases, and mental disorders has Kagome had this year at school!!!" Hojo commanded an answer.

"Five…? Maybe? I don't know…" Inuyasha trailed off.

"All right! I give up! You win Inu…" Hojo fell to his knees dramatically in exasperation. "I'm stuck with a little 7th grader…"

"What the hell?!" Inuyasha was utterly confused. "I'm leaving before I catch your disease of stupid-ness." With that, the used-to-be-half-demon left and slammed the door behind him but not before he stole some of Hojo's clothes. "Forget waiting for Sunday! I'm going to take Kagome out on a date right now! It's not like she knows who I am anyway… Oh no, maybe she caught Hojo's disease of stupidity!" The worrying Inuyasha started pulling at his hair from anxiety.

At Kagome's house…

A loud knock on the door downstairs pulled Kagome away from her studies and she answered it, surprised to see who was looking back at her. "Inu? What are you doing here?"

"Listen Kagome, I want you to go on a date with me tonight." Inuyasha was trying to act as cool as he could with his hands in his jean pockets, a black and red cap on his head, and a loose T-shirt on.

"Uh…" Kagome blushed bright red. "B-but, I barely know you. Besides I have a date with Hojo on Sunday. I'm not the kind of girl who would just go out with different guys just to be dating them."

"Well Hojo canceled his date with you, thanks to me. He's now stuck on a 7th grader or something like that…" Inuyasha replied.

"But…" Kagome didn't like the sound of this at all. Who does this guy think he is anyway?

"Please…" Inuyasha pleaded quietly with his head hung low, staring down at the ground.

Kagome's pity took over, despite all reason. "Okay. I'll go on a date with you. But when?"

Inuyasha looked up at her happily and grabbed her by the hand, dragging her out of the house. "Right now!"

TO BE CONTINUED

Not the best chapter, I know. But anyway, next time we see Kagome and Inuyasha on their first date. Will everything go smoothly? Oh probably not… By the way, I'm working on an Inuyasha one-shot that I want to put out sometime in the near future.