Chapter Four!
Ibit angsty...
There's a lot more to be dealt with later.
Inuyasha meets Kagome!
'Ships: Kagome/Inuyasha, Sango/Miroku
Chapter Title: Doggie Collision Course
Chapter Teaser: "Have we met before? Because I think I've seen your face somewhere... Unless it was in my dreams?"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Jeez. And I thought you were bad, Miroku..." Sango coughed, trying to hide her laughter. Miroku stiffened. "At least I don't look like a cross-dressing Eminem." Kouga looked down at his outfit. Once again, he was all decked out in pink. Pink Nautica sweats, pink beret, pink and white Reeboks...
Notes: "words"- means speaking; 'words'- means thinking; italics- emphasis on words
Dedication: To my 3 Favorite Inuyasha writers: Rozefire, Rogue Pryde, and Pline. Thanks you guys!
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha...ohhh the things I would DO if I owned Inuyasha...
-evil laughter- I mean... of course I don't own Inuyasha! Whatever gave you that idea?
Chapter Four: Doggie Collision Course
"C'mon Shippo! Here, boy!"
Kagome sighed as the little German Shepherd mix bounced ceaselessly around her feet, dodging her every attempt to catch him and snap the leash to his collar. "Shippo!" Kagome said in a voice so much resembling a growl that Sango laughed. Kagome glared at the girl, who was out of her normal Secret Service clothing as to not attract attention while Kagome walked Shippo. Not to mention, she was carefully avoiding the situation, which didn't help Kagome's already stressed mood.
Sango watched as Kagome finally caught the frisky little pup. She clasped the leash to a metal loop on his collar and held him in her arms. She blew a stray hair out of her face as Shippo licked her cheek in a effort to win the -"Oh, I can't punish him! He's too cute!"- vote. It worked. Kagome laughed and scratched his ears as she turned towards Sango. The innocent laugh was soon replaced by a devilish grin.
Puzzled by her friend's change in expression, Sango put her hands on her hips, about to ask what she looked so evil for. But all was made clear as she felt an all-too-familiar feeling on her derriere. The screech could probably be heard by tourists at the top of the Washington Monument.
"MIROOOOOKKKKKUUUU!"
A resounding slap! concluded Sango's furious tirade, which had included words not recommended for little children to hear or repeat. Miroku muttered something about it being "worth it". "Perverted monk." Sango muttered back. Miroku raised his eyebrows, since when was he a monk? "Monk?" He questioned, giving her a classic bemused expression. "You act like one. Though perverted, you have the attributes of a monk; you focus on your Secret Service duties as if practicing a religion, you practically have a monastery in your room..."
"Sango..." Kagome said, shaking her head. "You watch too much A&E..."
"Five hundred channels, and nothing to watch." Was her reply.
Miroku began contradicting Sango's statement, using explanations even he couldn't begin to fathom.
A small grin came to Kagome's lips as she watched the oblivious "couple". But the smile was wiped from herface as quickly as it had comeas she realized something. 'I don't have anyone like that. Souta is wrapped up in being James Bond. Sango and Miroku don't act like it, but they do really like each other. And they're always there for each other, whether they realize it or not.' Tears welled up in her eyes as she thought this. 'No one wants me. I'm just as worthless and unwanted as...as he said...' A vindictive emphasis was placed on the pronoun as Kagome thought it, her eyes narrowing, tears threatening to spill from her brown eyes.
"Kagome?"
With a small gasp, Kagome began hurriedly blinking her tears back. She pulled her long sleeve to wipe the ones that managed to slip out off of her cheeks. She turned to face Sango and Miroku, both whom looked concerned. Her tears threatened to erupt again, but her little negative fairy protested, 'It's not true concern, they get paid to look concerned.' Kagome mentally kicked herself. But her happy-as-a-bunny facade had returned, and she replied, almost happily, "Let's go to the park!"
Almost Happily.
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Inuyasha walked through the park, slightly disgruntled. First, his ex-girlfriend becomes his father's Vice President. Now there's supposedly some "secrets" within the other campaign through the President's daughter. Then, they come up with the stupid plan of him being the one to "dig up dirt" on her. What made them think that he could accomplish this? And now?
"You meet her in the park, yo. Don't worry, she'll be there. She always walks her dog on Fridays. I got a plan for you to meet, aight?" Inuyasha mimicked him, making wild rap hand gestures and making his voice slightly higher-pitched. 'Why the heck did Kikyo have to be so freaking smart and political? She's the same age as me! Well,a year older now, she just turned eighteen. Actually what did I see in older women? Younger women are better.' His thoughts broke off when he saw someone walking on the path across from him, on the other side of the park. "Kikyo?" He breathed, watching the girl. Then he realized something.
It couldn't be Kikyo. One, her hair was almost never down from her severe buns; and this girl's was down, wavy tendrils flying over her face and shoulders in the light wind. Also, Kikyo would never be outside, enjoying herself; she was always inside, working. And this girl just seemed, so... full of life. Kikyo always struck him as half-living. There, but not really enjoying the stay, wishing she were elsewhere. Though, he had to admit, she bared a striking resemblance to her. If anything, they could be twins, but this girl looked a tad younger, maybe even by a year or two. Kikyo just turned eighteen last month, and he was seventeen. So that had to make this girl either sixteen or maybe even fifteen. Then he began to wonder how he had determined all of that, just by looking at her.
'Wait a minute. Why am I analyzing this girl instead of looking for Kouga's signal?' Inuyasha thought to himself. Another little voice piped up in the back of his mind, 'Because, you thought she was pretty.' Dazed, Inuyasha mentally replied, 'No, not pretty. She's simply...beautiful...' Then he realized what he had just thought. And then he spent a good five minutes trying to convince himself that's not what he thought, so that he could convince other people that that wasn't what he thought. Because then that would mean he found Kikyo beautiful, and he just found her strict and annoying at best. He had found her beautiful at one time, but not anymore. She was too...too...
His steadily more confusing thoughts were interrupted as he heard Kouga's "ladies man" voice. Then he realized he had still been walking forward without even realizing it. He looked for the source of that annoyingly smug voice, and found it. Right next to that Kikyo look-alike. Inuyasha, wanting to see Kouga slapped, ran towards them, but stopped short a couple feet of them, concealed behind a tree.
Now what was his signal? 'He was supposed to act like he was hitting...on... her... What the hell!"
A realization somewhere inside him brought him to a shocking conclusion. 'The girl I was checking out? Kikyo's friggin' twin is the President's daughter!'
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"Have we met before? Because I think I've seen your face somewhere... Unless it was in my dreams?"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Jeez. And I thought you were bad, Miroku..." Sango coughed, trying to hide her laughter. Miroku stiffened. "At least I don't look like a cross-dressing Eminem." Kouga looked down at his outfit. Once again, he was all decked out in pink. Pink Nautica sweats, pink beret, pink and white Reeboks...
"Gosh I don't think Barbie owns that much pink..." Kagome said, raising her eyebrow. Kouga was flicking imaginary lint off of his jacket.
Sango added her two cents in, "Careful, Miroku, you might be insulting his celebrity crush." Kouga, still analyzing his wardrobe, absentmindedly replied, "No. I prefer Justin Timb-!" Kouga's eyes grew very wide. He hurriedly tried to cover up his faux pas, "Er lake! Lake! Have you seen the timber by the lake?" He stopped sputtering, his face now beginning to match the color of his clothing. The trio shared a wide-eyed look, then all three of them simultaneously burst into uncontrollable laughter. You could just hear Kagome through her laughter, "Ooh...Look out...Britney...you got...competition...!"
Kouga growled and while the three were doubled over in laughter, Kouga's eyes found Inuyasha. The wolf demon growled more as he saw Inuyasha cracking up. When he finally looked up, it was to see a very angry Kouga. Kouga held up two fingers, indicating "two minutes". Inuyasha nodded. Kouga looked at the two girls and the guy. Still laughing. 'Aight, now it ain't that funny. Was it?' He spied Kagome's hand, loosely hanging onto Shippo's dog leash. He put his plan into action.
Three...
Two...
One!
All of a sudden, Shippo's leash was whipped from Kagome's grasp. She gasped and looked up in time to see "Britney's competition" running down the walkway, Shippo in tow. "Hey!" She yelled.
"STOP HIM! HE STOLE MY DOG!" Kagome screamed, pointing towards him.
That was Inuyasha's cue.
With lightning speed, he charged Kouga to the ground, careful not to squish the little puppy. He grabbed the leash in his left hand and promptly began punching the daylights out of Kouga with his right. When he was sure the wolf was at least dazed, he stood, gave him a kick for good measure, and set to taking the dog back to the President's daughter.
He stopped as he caught sight of the boy with her.
"Miroku?" Inuyasha said incredulously.
Miroku looked up, and his jaw dropped, "Inuyasha?"
--wanted to leave it there, but I already told ya'll that Kag and Inu were gonna meet, and besides, these things are a lot shorter on than on my word program!--
"You two know each other?" Sango asked, as the two boys looked in awe at each other. Kagome just stood there, mouth open, but at a loss for words. Had they been long-lost girl friends, they probably would've hugged. Kagome looked from Miroku to Inuyasha. Her gaze lingered on Inuyasha and she finally found her voice.
"You're the other candidate's son!"
Inuyasha looked at her, as if just now noticing her. "And you're the president's daughter." He said in mock realization. Kagome pursed her lips, clearly annoyed. Miroku smiled and said, "Small world, hm?" Sango and Kagome exchanged a look and then turned back to the two boys. "So how exactly do you two know each other?" Sango questioned. Miroku explained.
"We went to middle school together. Inuyasha was a inconsiderate, egotistical, all-around jerk and bullied me. Well, until he learned how good of a prankster I was. Then he got all buddy-buddy on me."
"Feh. You were so easy to torture, perve. Is he still a perve?"
Sango nodded fervently. "Very much so."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. He did seem to have an egotistical air about him. But he did save her dog, which he seemed to remember just then, and handed her the leash. "Thanks for saving Shippo." She said, trying not to get lost in those golden eyes. She shook her head.
"Feh. Kouga's a jerk."
"You knew the guy?" Gee, Sango's real good at picking up on stuff, isn't she?
Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. They weren't supposed to know that he knew Kouga. That would lead to awkward questions, unless he could pull it off. Or Miroku opened his big mouth. Whichever.
"Kouga...I remember Kouga...He was an even bigger bully than you were. No surprise he's still a jerk. Then again, you probably are too, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha mentally thanked his luck. And Miroku's timing.
"Hey!"
"Miroku... I would run..." Kagome advised, seeing the manic glint in Inuyasha's golden eyes.
scene change
"He actually beat you up?" Kikyo asked, bemused.
Kouga just growled, holding an ice pack to his black and swollen eye.
"It was part of the act." She tried to reassure him.
Kouga glared at her and replied, "He knows one of her Secret Service agents."
Kikyo sighed. "We're doomed." Ah, so much faith they have in our little hanyou!
An evil smirk came to Kikyo's lips and Kouga raised an eyebrow at her, shifting the ice pack to his left hand. His right one was getting numb.
"So...I hear you have a crush on Justin Timberlake..."
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