Hey guys!^_^ Um, read the note from the last chapter for this one as well, but remember that this half might get a bit confusing.^_^; It goes from the bathroom to cafeteria, then the bathroom, then cafeteria, on and on in one part. Sorry, if it's confusing, but that's the way it goes right?^_^ *giggles* Besides that, I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters in it. If I did I'd be rich, but I'm not... and if I had lots of money I'd probably spend it on anime anyway so pleeaasseee, don't sue me.^_^ lol
Oh, and as always,
_= thoughts *_* = sound/ italicized "_" = speech
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And as he stood there, looking vacantly at the place where she had stood only moments before, Inu Yasha's eyes hardened once again. Knocking himself in the head, he shook himself, as if to rid such thoughts from his mind, to shake them as would a wet dog shake water, and headed into the next room. There was a stop he had to make, somewhere with privacy and, more importantly, cold water. Oh yeah, he needed to go to the bathroom.
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Do the Math
Chapter 23: Skip, Skip, Skip to the Loo: Random Cute Chapter (Part 2)
"Kagome, over here!" The girl in question raised her head, turning cloudy, chocolate orbs towards the voice before recognition finally kicked in.
"Sango-chan!" Running towards her best friend, Kagome immediately noticed that Miroku was standing beside her, but that there was a lack of a certain ivory-haired, rather irate boy. Slowing her pace, she stopped before them, expression curious, if not slightly worried. "Where's Inu Yasha?" Sango looked to Miroku before turning back to Kagome, eyes almost apologetic as she frowned.
"I don't know. We haven't seen him in a while." Kagome smiled.
"Think he escaped?" Miroku nodded.
"Probably." Sighing and laughing slightly, Kagome looked to the billboard behind her friends.
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"Aaachoo!!!" Growling softly at the spit splattered mirror in front of him, Inu wiped his face on the sleeve of his sable sweater, flicking it towards the ground before reaching for a paper towel and looking around expectantly.
"Shit! Someone's talking about me!"
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"I can't believe it's lunch already. I wish the days would go by this quickly at school." As Sango and Miroku nodded agreeingly, Kagome picked a lunch tray from the top of the stack and made her way down the line. Stopping after a few feet to look at the menu in front of her, Kagome only barely noticed when Sango and Miroku approached, stopping at her side to scrutinize the choices as well.
"I'm so glad that I don't have to eat school food today." Kagome nodded and, looking over her lunch choices, blanked, face going rather pale. Miroku, following his friend's line of sight, squinted his eyes at the entrée listed, and cocked his head to the side.
"Sushi? Isn't that kind of ironic?" At that moment, a portly, older woman chose to approach them, making herself known only by the ladle in her hand and the loving tone of her voice.
"Don't worry dearie, it's not real fish." Blinking slowly, Kagome plastered a sweet smile on her face and moved one foot sideways, and then another, slowly inching her way from the woman, with Sango and Miroku following in step. Once their nervous, and unbearably slow, retreat had concluded, Kagome shuddered slightly and pointed towards the door.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back, okay?"
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No wonder we needed a guide; this place is like a maze. Sighing softly, Kagome continued down the nearest corridor deemed familiar, and started walking again. She must've been looking for about five minutes by then.
Kagome, although following the arrows to her destination, had somehow managed to lose sight of the signs that pointed the way, leaving her to wander about in hopes of eventually finding civilization once more, or just a bathroom; either would've been greatly appreciated at that moment. Catching a ghost of silver in the corner of her eye, Kagome turned and headed in that direction, eventually catching sight of what she needed most, a bathroom. Sure, she should've been happy, but there was a problem; it was the boy's bathroom. Groaning in frustration, Kagome rubbed her temples and shook her head slowly. Eventually giving in to the will of her bladder, she raced towards the restroom, praying to high heaven that she wouldn't regret what she was about to do.
In another corridor, Eri, Ayumi, and Yuuka were wandering about, looking for everyone else. They were hungry, bored, tired, and worried that if they didn't find someone soon, they'd be left behind when it was time to leave. Having no clocks visible in the aquarium, the girls were all on high alert for any signs of life, other than the fish of course, in hopes that someone could tell them where to go. Fortunately, Yuuka had spotted Kagome as she made her way through the halls, and the girls had hurried to see her, only to find her rushing to enter the boy's bathroom. Figuring that she didn't know it was the boys, Eri, thinking it might be a good chance to hook her up, or at least that it'd be interesting to see, decided something. Walking casually towards the door, she locked it behind Kagome and smiled. That should be interesting indeed. Although Yuuka thought the idea interesting as well, Ayumi had other opinions. She didn't think it right to do such a thing to Kagome, but of course, her friends were never ones to listen to that. And so they departed, Ayumi being the last to leave, as she looked hesitantly back towards the door. Yuuka said that they'd come let her out in a bit, but still... it didn't seem right. And as the three girls continued the way Kagome had been heading, all of them missed the yellow plastic cone sitting on the floor next to the washroom with the words "out of order" printed on it.
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It's locked! Yanking on the door one last time, Kagome sighed and dropped her head. She knew it would be a bad idea to go in there, but when the door shut and that latch clicked behind her, she knew that she was in trouble. How could it have locked on its own? Well, if she was stuck there she was stuck there and that was all there was to it. At least there were toilets within walking distance, and considering the lack of noise, it didn't seem like anyone else was in there with her. It would've been sooooo embarrassing if there was a guy in there too! Rounding the corner that had been set up for privacy purposes, Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. There, in front of her, was Inu Yasha, staring at the sink, seemingly nervous about something. Nervous, that couldn't be right. Why would anyone be nervous of a sink? After a few more moments of watching him blink at the appliance below, Kagome decided to make herself known.
"Afraid that a fish will come swimming out of the tap?"
"Feh." Golden eyes widened, shooting open in an instant as he whipped his head around to face her, allowing ivory locks to tumble about him. "What are you doing here?!" Kagome shrunk towards herself a little bit, not from the harsh tone so much as the embarrassment of being caught occupying the boy's bathroom. Tapping the first finger of both hands together, Kagome nibbled on her lip and attempted to collect herself, cheeks still a bright rose in color.
"Um, well, I *was* going to go to the bathroom but..." Inu Yasha eyed her suspiciously, causing her to gulp softly. Noting the way she was switching from one foot to another, and glancing back at the stalls, Inu decided to buy her answer, for the time being, but that he still didn't want to know anything more about why she couldn't have used her own bathroom. Shrugging, he turned back to the sink.
"Feh, it's no use; they're broken." Now it was Kagome's turn to panic. They couldn't be broken, not after all she went through to get there! He had to be lying; he had to be! No, he'd have no reason to lie about that. What was she going to do? If would be too hard to go in the urinals, and she wouldn't do that anyway because Inu Yasha was standing right there! Of course, he could stand in the stall, but what if the urinals weren't working either?! Groaning deep within the back of her throat, Kagome slumped against the wall and held her head. She'd just have to try and hold it and, if worst came to worst, there was always the sink drain. Yet somehow, that thought made her mood all the worse.
"Shit." Okay, to say that he was surprised by that would be, well, it'd be an understatement, perhaps the understatement of the century up until then. Kagome didn't usually say such things nor use such language, but then again, judging by how frantic she had seemed, he couldn't really blame her; she must've had to go reaaallly badly. Heh, as long as she didn't pee on him, he was all for watching how this situation progressed. Inu was just happy that *he* didn't have to go to the bathroom, you know, with that wall and all.
What wall you may ask? Well, that bathroom was just about the same as any other. There were stalls, urinals, sinks, and other things of the sort, but this bathroom had one oddity in it, one which seemed both pointless and mocking at the same time, and one which would make this situation a WHOLE lot more interesting. In front of the main door was a wall, put there so that people couldn't see someone going to the bathroom from the door way. If you came around there, you'd see the sinks to the left and the stalls to the right, but before any of that, one would notice the wall ahead of them, and the colorful fish swimming within it. Yes, the bathroom wall was the side of one of the giant fish tanks. Of course, you couldn't see into the room from somewhere else, or at least you couldn't see out to anywhere, but Inu Yasha still found it quite amusing that, when you really, REALLY have to go, you have to walk into a room with a wall full of water. What's more, if the toilets didn't work, well, let's just say that Kagome wasn't going to be very happy. Sure, her being in a bad mood usually meant instant death, but in this situation, he doubted that she could walk enough to get to him without wetting herself, which in itself would've been a good laugh, and so Inu Yasha simply placed the largest, most smug grin he could muster upon his face and sat at the opposite corner of the room... right in front of the giant wall of water. Oh how sweet it was...
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Okay, so maybe it wasn't so great.
"Damned fish... I swear he's smirking at me." Okay, it had been fun at first, but after about ten minutes of Kagome being completely calm, Inu Yasha was quickly tiring of this. He was hungry; he was bored, and MAN he was getting pissed off at all of those stupid fish! Swimming around like they owned the place! Okay, sure, so they lived in there, but that's not what he meant! Why'd he have to be so damned smug and make Kagome ignore him? That was worse than a "sit"... well, almost anyway. At least he knew that his earlier prediction was coming true. It seemed like it was turning out to be a loooong day after all, but somehow, the knowledge that he had been right didn't feel as good as it should have.
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"Alright students, listen up! Lunch is now about half way over. The food line is going to be closing in a few minutes, so any one who wants to get something else should go now."
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Amber eyes, meet amber fish. Yes, the fish, the only one in the entire tank that was brave enough to take him on. Oh yes, he was brave, but if that wall weren't there, he'd be eaten. Of course, Inu Yasha would have been drowned before then, but he'd preferred not to think of that for the time being. He was a wily fish all right, cunning, devious, ready to attack at any given moment without warning, or worse, ready to mock. He was indeed a worthy adversary.
"I hate you." Look at the way he smirked at him, his little, *fishy* lips tugged upwards in a grin. He... he was being mocked! No one mocked him and lived! No, he wasn't... he... the fish was shaking his *tail fin* at him?! That was it; the fish was officially going down! As the fish swam away, Inu Yasha shook his fist at the glass.
"Damn you, get back here!"
"Inu Yasha, stop terrorizing the marine life." Inu turned and glared at Kagome over his shoulder. She just didn't understand. Noting the underlying message, Kagome's eyes narrowed even further. "It's a *fish*, Inu Yasha."
"Keh!" Crossing his arms in front of his chest, Inu plopped down on the cold tile floor alongside her. Sure, she was talking to him again, but was it worth it, being reduced to pouting? Damned fish; this royally sucked.
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"Alright everyone, lunch will be over in ten minutes. I suggest that you pack up and make any trips to the facilities as necessary. This will be your last warning. We will expect the groups to be fully assembled at the end of the ten minute period."
"Fully assembled"? What were they, cogs in a... oh, right.
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Kagome sat in front of the sinks, grateful that her body finally understood what she had been trying to tell it. Feeling the tension in her stomach begin to wind down, she looked to her left, at the place where the grumbling she had been hearing seemed to be originating. Inu Yasha still sat beside her, mumbling under his breath about something or other, probably that stupid fish. What had it done to piss him off anyway; it was a *fish*! After a few more seconds, she noticed that, not only did he look irritated, but he seemed a bit squirmy as well. He was fidgeting, wiggling his leg as he raised and lowered his foot from the floor, shaking most of his body in the process. Did he even know he was doing it? It didn't seem like he did. Was he really that upset?
"Inu Yasha..." At the sound of her voice, the boy in question raised his head. Realizing that his leg was twitching, Inu Yasha grabbed it with the hand that had been resting on his knee, attempting to stop the movements by wrapping the entire arm around it to keep it still. A second later, both the leg and the arm were bouncing around, and he was trying it hold them down with something else, of course, to no avail.
Why did *he* have to go to the bathroom?! What, was this some kind of pay back? Inu Yasha hadn't thought that he'd been *that* smug. He hadn't even been mean that day, or at least he didn't think he had. Maybe this was just one of life's many ironies, or a spin off of Murphy's Law, but whatever had caused it, he was sure feeling it. How had Kagome SAT so long without going insane? He felt as if he were going to burst! Inu Yasha growled softly at his failed attempts to control his fidgeting leg. If his bladder didn't kill him, the boredom would! When would someone show up and let them out?! Evil wall of doom! It was all the wall's fault! If he could stand... gha! Bladder!
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Back in the cafeteria, Sango raised her head to look at Miroku, sitting across from her.
"So, how's the sushi?"
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Ghhaa!!!!
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He shrugged.
"Not bad."
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Aaahhh!!!!
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"That's good." Miroku nodded, and a slightly awkward silence filled the air between the two as they continued to eat their lunches.
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"Inu Yasha..." Kagome turned towards him again, made slightly curious by the lack of both mumbling and insults as of the last few minutes.
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"And the fish sticks?" Sango looked up at Miroku's question, face rather expressionless, as was his.
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"Wasn't I the one that had to go to the bathroom?" Inu glared at her as if daring her to say even one more word.
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"Same. Say, have you seen Inu Yasha around?" Miroku placed his finished tray aside.
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Get me out of here!!!
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"No, come to think of it."
"Me neither." They paused. "Hasn't Kagome been gone for a while too?" After considering this for a few moments, Miroku nodded, picking up both his tray and hers.
"Yeah, maybe we should go look for them." After a moment's thought, he continued. "However, perhaps it is that they do not wish to be found. You know Sango, we could follow their example, maybe go to the bathroom and..." Sango groaned in the back of her mind. Here it came. First was the perverted remark, check, then the lecherous grin...
She looked up towards Miroku and shook her head.
... definitely double check. Now all that was left was the...
"Houshi..." Slapping his had away from her person, Sango plucked the trays from his hand and, raising them as high into the air as she could, allowed them to fall upon his unshielded skull, with the addition of her own force, of course, and leaving a large lump where they had struck. Groaning, Sango took Miroku by the feet and then proceeded to drag him out of the cafeteria with her. Whereas one would expect staring after such an event, even the teachers merely at their meals or continued packing, batting not an eye at the previous sight. They all knew it happened, probably many times a day, and no matter what grade, what class, everyone was used to it by then. It was sad really, but that was life, and it didn't seem as if it were about to change any time soon. Still, someone could've at least *tried* to help her drag him out; he was heavy!
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"Inu Yasha!"
"Kagome! Inu Yasha!" Where WERE they?! Lunch was going to be over in about five minutes, and if everyone wasn't together and in the cafeteria... suddenly, a voice rang out, seemingly from out of nowhere.
"Inu Yasha, SIT!" Oh, there they were. About a minute and a half later, Miroku and Sango had followed the voice to an empty room, empty with but one exception.
"See, I told you we should've gone to the bathroom first." Slapping Miroku upside the head, Sango walked towards the door, only to feel her foot slide against something. Seeing the yellow "out of order" cone by her ankle, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what had happened, though she wasn't sure if she wanted to know how Kagome ended up in the boy's bathroom. Rapping gently on the door, Sango called out to her best friend, hoping that she had come in time.
"Kagome? Kagome, are you in there?"
"Sango-chan!" Relief washed over her as footsteps approached the other side of the door.
"What happened?"
"The door just locked behind me. Can you get us out?" Looking around quickly, Sango's gaze fell upon a small metal knob.
"Sure, just give me a second." A click sounded, announcing the success of that venture, but before either girl could open the door, a red blur flew from the room, practically knocking everyone else down in the process. A second later, Kagome strolled out of the room as well, face calm and collected, but body language rather stiff.
"I have to go too." Sango nodded understandingly.
"Yeah, we noticed the out of order sign." Kagome smiled and shrugged.
"Want to come Sango?"
"Sure." As the two girls walked off, another voice joined with them.
"Sure." The girls stopped, turning their heads to look over their shoulders at a certain lecherous boy standing well within glaring range, and potentially kicking range for that matter. Receiving death glares from the two in front of him, Miroku sweat dropped, changing his story instantly. "Maybe I'll just see how Inu Yasha's holding up then." With no sign of him going anywhere, the glares became more intense, burrowing deep within his eyes, his soul, as if planting hidden explosives within him, timed by mere proximity to the female species. "Right..." Slowly backing away, Miroku made his leave in the direction that Inu Yasha had gone, slightly cursing his luck that he had to open his big mouth once again. He figured that they probably wouldn't have noticed him if he hadn't said anything, but what was done was done and, with one final look at the two, he rounded the corner into the next hall. Once Miroku was out of sight, Sango turned to the girl next to her and smiled. She showed Kagome where the ladies' room was, and both chatted about Kagome's forced captivity with Inu Yasha, not to mention the giant wall of water in both bathrooms. Aww, the fish waved at them.
And so, the day continued, everyone eventually getting back in their groups and heading out without a problem. It seemed that Eri, Ayumi, and Yuuka had forgotten about Kagome, and when they saw her return, tried not to make much contact. They felt bad enough as it was. Kouga never got around to talking to Kagome, not like she, or Inu Yasha for that matter, would've allowed him to do so anyway, and Miroku was, well, Miroku. By the time the fieldtrip was over, it had stopped raining, for the second anyway, and all were glad to be going home, especially with no homework to do that night. What would they do instead? What did it matter? It wasn't school work, and hey, Souta was supposed to be buying a new game. Maybe Inu Yasha would like it...
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Okay, Okay, I know I shouldn't, but I'm giving anyone who doesn't read the notes at the top one more warning. If you want update notice e-mail from me or have them and want to keep them, send me an e-mail or leave a comment here and, if it's received, I'll write back to you. I know I've been saying this a lot lately, but most people don't read the author's note at the top, so I figured I'd give out a final chance. Sorry if it bothered anyone.^_^;