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Chapter Twenty-Four: Making New Friends in Osaka
Inuyasha and his friends followed the hotel manager to another floor. Inuyasha held Kagome's hand as he walked, fearing that he might lose her again.
"Alright," Amber's father announced when they reached the upper floor. "There are only three rooms left, so I really don't know how you want to split up. Here are the keys."
He handed Inuyasha the keys and left. Inuyasha turned back to the others.
"I am not sharing a room with Miroku," Sango announced quickly.
"Aw come on, Sango dear," Miroku protested. He tried to give her a puppy dog look. "I promise I won't try anything too drastic."
Sango rolled her eyes and turned back to the others.
"I'm sharing with Kagome," Inuyasha declared.
"We can't do that Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed at him. "It's inappropriate!"
"No, I'm not going to risk losing you again," Inuyasha declared with a final tone. "Besides, I'm not a pervert like Miroku over there."
Miroku turned back and looked at Inuyasha with a sheepish smile.
"I'm sharing with Rin," Sesshomaru spoke up next.
Everyone was surprised about this, but they knew that he really liked Rin. Rin was blushing ten shades of red, but nodded her head softly.
"Well, I guess that leaves just you and me Sango," Miroku announced happily.
"Fine!" Sango snapped at Miroku. "But if you touch me even once, I swear, you will be living in the hospital for a whole year."
Miroku gulped and quickly accepted one of the keys from Inuyasha and headed to his own room with Sango. Sesshomaru did likewise and Inuyasha led Kagome to the room that they were supposed to share.
Inuyasha opened the door for Kagome and Kagome groaned in dismay when she saw that there was only one bed. Inuyasha, however, grinned mischievously.
"I guess that it means we would have to share the bed," Inuyasha grinned at her blushing face.
"But...it's not proper for a...girl and a boy to share a bed," Kagome protested. "Well, at least before marriage."
"Kagome, are you from the medieval times or something? Of course it's ok for us to share the same bed, I mean, we're not going to do anything but sleep right?" Inuyasha asked innocently.
Kagome blushed at the comment but refused to rise to Inuyasha's bait. She decided to change the subject. "Where are my bags? I need to go take a shower."
Inuyasha smiled when he realized her tactic. He just pointed to the corner where their bags were put. Luckily, Amber had called her bodyguard to pick up their things from the airport.
Kagome quickly grabbed her clothes and headed to the bathroom. Inuyasha waited patiently on the bed for Kagome to finish. He smiled when he thought of Kagome's shyness. He was determined to keep Kagome close to him at all costs. He had lost her once and he refused to lose her again.
Kagome finished her shower and came out wearing pink pajamas with yellow ducklings on them. Her hair was wrapped up in a towel.
"Your turn Inuyasha," Kagome announced to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha quickly took a shower and came back out in ten minutes. He saw Kagome sitting on the edge of the bed, brushing her hair. He sat on the bed behind her and took the brush from her hand and began to brush her hair.
"If you're not comfortable with sleeping in the same bed with me, I could always sleep on the couch," Inuyasha offered.
"No, it's ok," Kagome replied. "I feel safer when I'm closer to you."
Inuyasha began to swell with pride when he heard Kagome confess that to him. He then put down the brush and hugged Kagome from behind. He inhaled her lavender scent softly.
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered in Kagome's ear. "I was so afraid of losing you. I will never lose you again, I can't afford that. You mean so much to me. I've always been so alone...before you came into my life. You give me a reason to move on everyday. I love you so much Kagome."
Kagome was touched by Inuyasha's words. She turned around and kissed him gently. Inuyasha pulled her closer and tangled his hand in her hair. Inuyasha had dropped his spell and Kagome's fingers found Inuyasha's ears. She began to rub them and Inuyasha let out a satisfied purr.
The two parted and Inuyasha lied down next to Kagome. He put a possessive arm around her waist and pulled her closer. Inuyasha smiled at Kagome's peaceful face before joining her in sleep.
Meanwhile, Sango had taken a quick shower and warned Miroku not to dare peek on her in any way or form.
"I'm warning you Miroku," Sango threatened him. "Any funny tricks from you and you can sleep in the hallway."
Miroku nodded innocently and patiently waited for his turn. When Miroku was done with his shower he came out to find Sango staring warily at him.
Miroku sighed, "If you really doubt me honest intentions that much then I'll sleep on the couch and you can have the bed."
Sango felt guilty at the thought but nodded her head anyway. Miroku then grabbed a spare pillow and blanket that he found in the closet and headed towards the couch. Sango laid down on the bed but couldn't fall asleep.
Finally Sango got up and went over to Miroku. She looked down at his face and decided that he looked so cute and innocent when he was asleep.
'Not that he's not cute when he's awake,' Sango thought to herself and blushed madly.
Sango then poked Miroku to wake him up. "Hey," she whispered at him. "You can sleep on the bed with me."
Miroku was surprised at the proposition. "So, you miss me already?"
"Just shut up and get on the bed," Sango retorted impatiently.
Miroku headed over to the bed and got under the covers. He then pulled Sango close to his side. Sango didn't protest and leaned into Miroku. Miroku smiled when he realized that Sango willingly allowed herself to be this close to him.
In the third room, Sesshomaru and Rin were already tucked into the bed. They had quickly showered and had joined each other in bed. Rin was at first shy about having Sesshomaru so close to her, but she quickly got used to it and settled down for the night.
The next morning Kagome and Inuyasha woke up to the sound of furious pounding on the door. Inuyasha opened the door to find a smiling Amber.
"Good morning to you Inuyasha," Amber greeted him cheerfully. "Come downstairs to the lobby, I'm gonna take you guys out to breakfast with my friends."
Amber then left and proceeded to wake the others up. Half an hour later Kagome and the gang arrived at the lobby.
Amber was waiting for them in the lobby with two other girls standing next to her. Amber was dressed in a blue tank top with a black skirt.
"Hey you guys," Amber greeted them. She pointed to her friends. "This is Arissa and Sakura and I just picked them up yesterday night at the airport."
Arissa was wearing baggy pants and a baggy dark blue t-shirt. Her hair was short with blue neon highlights. Sakura was wearing a purple tank top with black jeans and her long black hair was tied up in a ponytail.
After introductions were made, Amber suggested that they go to a restaurant and discuss the previous events over breakfast. The others agreed and they all managed to fit inside Amber's limo.
They arrived at a fancy Japanese restaurant and proceeded to order some food. While they were waiting for their miso soup, Amber decided that it was an appropriate time to have some explanations.
"Alright," Amber began. "I know that yesterday, everyone was just running around, but now we have some time to explain some things. First off, I'll tell you about my family and the hotel."
Seeing no objections, Amber continued, "My father is actually an American and he owns a chain of hotels, including the one that you are staying at in Osaka. He is here on a business trip this time of year and he allowed me to come and take a vacation trip. I've been in Osaka for about a week and my father finally decided to allow me to invite my friends Arissa and Sakura."
"Yep yep," Arissa announced cheerfully. "When we received a phone call for a trip to Osaka, I was more than happy to come. I've never been to Japan and I think that it would be so cool to have this cultural experience."
"Yes," Sakura cut in. "My parents are Chinese, but we live in America. My parents gave me permission to come to Japan so that I may take a break from all of my schooling."
"Anyways," Amber glared playfully at her friends for their interruption. "We'd be more than happy if you stayed at the hotel with us so that we can show you around Osaka."
"Thank you for all of your help," Kagome answered. "It would be very nice to stay at your hotel and we really appreciate all of this."
"Yeah," Miroku interrupted. "That guy you met yesterday was Naraku. He has had a bad history with us and just decided to take revenge on Kagome."
"Well I won't make you go into details," Amber smiled at them. "By the way, there's a ninja tournament in Osaka tomorrow, do you guys want to come?"
Inuyasha and his friends nodded eagerly.
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I'm very sorry for the making you guys wait for the long update, but my aunt took me to Disneyland and Sea World so I really didn't have time to write. Anyways, I'm very sorry if this chapter is so lame, but please don't be mad at me.
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