Okay guys, sorry for the delay. I was in the big city. Yep, that's right.
I was in NEW YORK CITY!!! It was awesome! You see, I live in Florida.
So I don't get to see snow or anything like that. But I got to there. ^_^
Yay! Well, there's the one little detail that I got sick. However, I did
NOT stay at the hotel. No way! But now I'm at home, sitting in front of
the computer coughing like mad, sneezing, and typing. Yep. Well, without
further ado, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
Rumors And Love
Chapter 9: Carnival Disaster
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Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She stretched her arms out as far as they could go as she yawned heavily. Today was the carnival, and she had promised to take Inuyasha with her. She couldn't wait to see his reaction to all of the different giant rides. And there were all of the different foods as well. She was sure Inuyasha would love that part.
She pulled back the covers, and slid out of her warm bed. She had to get dressed, and then wake Inuyasha up. That boy could sleep for a LONG time. She was planning on being at the carnival a little after noon. Then they could stay there the whole day.
She rummaged through her closet, and picked out an outfit. She glanced at a clock. It was already 11:15. She had to pick up the pace a little if she still planned to get there at noon. She slipped on some sandals, and opened the door so she could go to Inuyasha's room. She stopped in front of a plain white door. Loud snoring could be heard from inside. She knocked lightly on the door.
"Inuyasha? You need to get up now. We have to leave in less than an hour." She paused expecting a response. However, she heard nothing. She growled to herself. She knocked harder. "Inuyasha?" There was still no response. This time she pounded on the door, and screamed. "INUYASHA!!!!"
Her mother's voice could be heard from downstairs. "Kagome, what is going on up there?"
Kagome smiled sheepishly. "Oh sorry about that, Mom. It's nothing."
"Well, don't break down any doors, do you hear me?"
"Yes, Ma'am."
Kagome sighed, and turned back to the door. Hey eyes danced with flames. She thrusted open the door to find Inuyasha sitting wide awake on his bed all dressed.
Kagome's jaw dropped to the ground. "You have got to be kidding me."
Inuyasha looked irritated. "What took you so long, wench? I've been sitting here waiting for you."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. "YOU have been waiting for ME?!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and casually said, "That's what I said, didn't I?" He inspected his claws as he said this. He hopped up from the bed, and dragged her by her arm. "Hurry up. I wanna see this carnibal thing you were talking about."
"It's called a carnival, you idiot."
"Feh."
Inuyasha walked down the stairs. Kagome trailed behind with an eye twitching slightly. Inuyasha turned around to see Kagome glaring at him. He narrowed his eyes as well.
"What did I do now?"
Kagome held up a finger in his face, and opened her mouth to talk until she was cut off.
"Well, hello you two," said a cheerful Mrs. Higurashi.
"Good morning, Mrs. Higurashi," Inuyasha recited politely as he walked past her.
"So where are you two going today?"
Inuyasha had already sat down at the table and started feasting on the breakfast Mrs. Higurashi had prepared. Inuyasha looked up from his pile of food, and spoke. "Well, Kagome is taking me to the carnipal today."
Kagome sat down in a seat next to him. "It's called a carnival, Inuyasha."
"Whatever."
Kagome ate her food slowly. Inuyasha was tapping his fingers on the table. "Are you done yet?"
"No."
Inuyasha moaned. "Hurry up."
"You sound like a child," she said while taking a bite of her toast. "The more you complain, the slower I'll eat." With that she took another bite.
Inuyasha smashed his head on the table. "I can't take this. This is cruel and unusual punishment."
His head down caught Kagome's attention. "Inuyasha, we have to cover your ears. It's a good thing that I caught that." She walked over to the sink, and cleaned her dish. I'll go get you a hat." She disappeared into the next room.
"Thank God she's done eating." Inuyasha felt something hit the side of his head. "Stupid wench! What was that for?" He saw Kagome standing by the front door twirling some keys around her finger.
"Put that hat on, and we'll get going."
Inuyasha grumbled to himself as he placed the hat over his ears. "There. Happy now?"
Kagome sighed heavily. "Hurry up, Inuyasha. It's already noon."
"Well, it's not my fault. Some stupid girl had to eat as slow as a dead cow."
Kagome clenched her fists at her sides. "Shut up! Let's go!" She walked through the door as Inuyasha followed.
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"Whoa," Inuyasha said in awe. "So this is a carnical."
Kagome shut her eyes. "You're hopeless." She started walking ahead. "Well, come on. We have to buy some tickets or else we won't be able to do anything."
"Tickets?"
"Yeah, they're these pieces of paper you give to these guys so you can get on rides." She walked up to a white box with a man standing inside of it. Kagome laid down some money. "Three sheets please." The man ripped off some colorful sheets of paper, and handed them to her.
She turned around to face Inuyasha with a big grin. "Come on. Let's get going. I can hardly wait!" She grabbed his arm, and led him into the crowd. "Hmm. What should we go on first?" Her eyes brightened as she stopped in front of a huge metal course of loops. Cars filled with people zoomed by, and screams could be heard from on board. "This seems great. What do you think, Inuyasha?" She turned around to see Inuyasha sneaking off.
"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha shuddered in response as he slowly turned his head around. "Yes?"
"I said I wanted to go on that ride, you wimp! So let's go!"
Inuyasha gulped. "I dunno. Maybe we should do something else." Inuyasha smiled with his hand behind his head.
"You are actually scared? I can't believe this. The guy who didn't care about losing his life is afraid of being strapped into a car on a one minute ride?" Kagome folded her arms across her chest. "You know, it's been said that's safer to ride that thing," she pointed at the roller coaster, "than crossing the street."
"I find that hard to believe." Inuyasha paused. "But in any case, I am not afraid. I'm just kind of hungry, and I smell some food coming from over there."
"We just ate, you moron."
"Yeah, well I think we should eat again." He started walking away.
"Oh, no you don't." She grabbed the back of his shirt. "After this ride, we can get something to eat. But that's ONLY after this ride. Now come on." She tugged him back to the line in front of the ride.
"Hey, Higurashi."
Kagome narrowed her eyes, and spun around violently. "Get away from me, Kikyo. I am really not in the mood."
"Whatever." She caught sight of the young man standing next to Kagome. "My, aren't you a handsome one?"
Inuyasha blushed. "Well, I, uh."
Steam started radiating from Kagome's head. "Kikyo, get away from him!"
However, she wan't listening to a word Kagome was saying. "So your name is Inuyasha? That's a very strong and handsome name. Why don't you come with me, Mr. Inuyasha?" She tugged the front of his collar. "Trust me, I'm much more interesting than that immature little twit over there." She nodded toward a furious Kagome.
Inuyasha was surprised. Kagome was getting angry, no, furious. Inuyasha smirked. So the little wench was jealous, was she? "Alright, Kikyo." Kikyo smiled innocently toward Kagome as she linked arms with Inuyasha.
Kagome sunk the ground, and punched her fists down. "Damn." 'Why would Inuyasha so that? I was going to show him a good time, and he walks off with some whore, who he doesn't even know I might add.' Kagome sighed as she lifted herself from the ground. 'Was I really treating him that badly for him to go off with another girl?' Kagome frowned. 'No. He's just an inconsiderate jerk.' She walked around on her own. ' I just can't believe he would do that though. I wanted to spend some quality time with him.' A picture of Kikyo entered her mind. 'That girl makes me so mad. Taking Inuyasha away from me like that.' Kagome gasped. Could she possibly be...jealous?
"I guess I could of treated him better than I did." She pulled out the tickets from her pocket. "What am I going to do with all of these?" She looked up to find herself where she had started. And there in line for the roller coaster were Inuyasha and Kikyo.
Kagome's eyes widened. "So he'll go on that ride with her...and not with me?" Kagome shook her head. "This is just a silly little crush. Even so, it still hurts. I guess I unconsciously started falling for the idiot. And now, I'm paying the price."
She walked around the carnival without a word. Every now and then, she would get on a ride. It had reached midnight, and the carnival was shutting down. She still had two sheets of tickets left. "Well, maybe I can give them to Sota. I'm sure he'd love to come tomorrow."
She headed toward the exit. There in the parking lot, standing next to her car was Inuyasha.
"Hurry up, wench. I'm beat." He yawned to get his point across. "Let's get outta here."
Kagome didn't respond as she opened the car doors. They both shut the doors, and soon they were driving silently down the road.
"So, did you have fun?" Kagome asked barely above a whisper.
"Yep, sure did." Inuyasha smiled satisfactorily and closed his eyes. "I liked this carnidal thing." He opened one of his eyes to peek at her. "How about you?"
Kagome was quiet until she decided to respond. "Are you kidding?" A tear dripped down her cheek, and she quickly wiped it away.
Inuyasha noticed this right away.
"I had a blast," she said with a fake smile.
Inuyasha frowned. "Kagome, what's wrong?"
Another tear fell down her face. "Nothing is. I'm fine."
"No you're not."
"What would you know anyway?" she asked obviously frustrated.
"Kagome...."
"You just left me there alone for some girl you don't even know." She looked over at him for a brief moment. "Inuyasha, I wanted it to be special. I wanted us to, you know, hang out." She turned her attention back to the road. "But you ditched me, and I couldn't understand why." Her face softened. "If I've done anything that has made me come off the wrong way, I'm sorry for it. I just want us to be friends. That's all."
Inuyasha was frozen. He didn't know what to say. "Kagome..."
"It's alright. I understand I'm not perfect or anything, but I want to make it up to you."
"Huh?"
"Inuyasha, let me take you again tomorrow. Everything will be perfect. I promise."
Inuyasha was stunned. This was definitely a new side of Kagome. But why the sudden change? "Alright."
Kagome smiled as another slid down her cheek. "Thank you so much."
"No problem." He looked out the window. "And Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry."
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End of chapter. Like I said before, I'm sorry for the delay. It won't happen again. Now review for me, and let me know what you think. ~InuLimbo~
Rumors And Love
Chapter 9: Carnival Disaster
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Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She stretched her arms out as far as they could go as she yawned heavily. Today was the carnival, and she had promised to take Inuyasha with her. She couldn't wait to see his reaction to all of the different giant rides. And there were all of the different foods as well. She was sure Inuyasha would love that part.
She pulled back the covers, and slid out of her warm bed. She had to get dressed, and then wake Inuyasha up. That boy could sleep for a LONG time. She was planning on being at the carnival a little after noon. Then they could stay there the whole day.
She rummaged through her closet, and picked out an outfit. She glanced at a clock. It was already 11:15. She had to pick up the pace a little if she still planned to get there at noon. She slipped on some sandals, and opened the door so she could go to Inuyasha's room. She stopped in front of a plain white door. Loud snoring could be heard from inside. She knocked lightly on the door.
"Inuyasha? You need to get up now. We have to leave in less than an hour." She paused expecting a response. However, she heard nothing. She growled to herself. She knocked harder. "Inuyasha?" There was still no response. This time she pounded on the door, and screamed. "INUYASHA!!!!"
Her mother's voice could be heard from downstairs. "Kagome, what is going on up there?"
Kagome smiled sheepishly. "Oh sorry about that, Mom. It's nothing."
"Well, don't break down any doors, do you hear me?"
"Yes, Ma'am."
Kagome sighed, and turned back to the door. Hey eyes danced with flames. She thrusted open the door to find Inuyasha sitting wide awake on his bed all dressed.
Kagome's jaw dropped to the ground. "You have got to be kidding me."
Inuyasha looked irritated. "What took you so long, wench? I've been sitting here waiting for you."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. "YOU have been waiting for ME?!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and casually said, "That's what I said, didn't I?" He inspected his claws as he said this. He hopped up from the bed, and dragged her by her arm. "Hurry up. I wanna see this carnibal thing you were talking about."
"It's called a carnival, you idiot."
"Feh."
Inuyasha walked down the stairs. Kagome trailed behind with an eye twitching slightly. Inuyasha turned around to see Kagome glaring at him. He narrowed his eyes as well.
"What did I do now?"
Kagome held up a finger in his face, and opened her mouth to talk until she was cut off.
"Well, hello you two," said a cheerful Mrs. Higurashi.
"Good morning, Mrs. Higurashi," Inuyasha recited politely as he walked past her.
"So where are you two going today?"
Inuyasha had already sat down at the table and started feasting on the breakfast Mrs. Higurashi had prepared. Inuyasha looked up from his pile of food, and spoke. "Well, Kagome is taking me to the carnipal today."
Kagome sat down in a seat next to him. "It's called a carnival, Inuyasha."
"Whatever."
Kagome ate her food slowly. Inuyasha was tapping his fingers on the table. "Are you done yet?"
"No."
Inuyasha moaned. "Hurry up."
"You sound like a child," she said while taking a bite of her toast. "The more you complain, the slower I'll eat." With that she took another bite.
Inuyasha smashed his head on the table. "I can't take this. This is cruel and unusual punishment."
His head down caught Kagome's attention. "Inuyasha, we have to cover your ears. It's a good thing that I caught that." She walked over to the sink, and cleaned her dish. I'll go get you a hat." She disappeared into the next room.
"Thank God she's done eating." Inuyasha felt something hit the side of his head. "Stupid wench! What was that for?" He saw Kagome standing by the front door twirling some keys around her finger.
"Put that hat on, and we'll get going."
Inuyasha grumbled to himself as he placed the hat over his ears. "There. Happy now?"
Kagome sighed heavily. "Hurry up, Inuyasha. It's already noon."
"Well, it's not my fault. Some stupid girl had to eat as slow as a dead cow."
Kagome clenched her fists at her sides. "Shut up! Let's go!" She walked through the door as Inuyasha followed.
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"Whoa," Inuyasha said in awe. "So this is a carnical."
Kagome shut her eyes. "You're hopeless." She started walking ahead. "Well, come on. We have to buy some tickets or else we won't be able to do anything."
"Tickets?"
"Yeah, they're these pieces of paper you give to these guys so you can get on rides." She walked up to a white box with a man standing inside of it. Kagome laid down some money. "Three sheets please." The man ripped off some colorful sheets of paper, and handed them to her.
She turned around to face Inuyasha with a big grin. "Come on. Let's get going. I can hardly wait!" She grabbed his arm, and led him into the crowd. "Hmm. What should we go on first?" Her eyes brightened as she stopped in front of a huge metal course of loops. Cars filled with people zoomed by, and screams could be heard from on board. "This seems great. What do you think, Inuyasha?" She turned around to see Inuyasha sneaking off.
"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha shuddered in response as he slowly turned his head around. "Yes?"
"I said I wanted to go on that ride, you wimp! So let's go!"
Inuyasha gulped. "I dunno. Maybe we should do something else." Inuyasha smiled with his hand behind his head.
"You are actually scared? I can't believe this. The guy who didn't care about losing his life is afraid of being strapped into a car on a one minute ride?" Kagome folded her arms across her chest. "You know, it's been said that's safer to ride that thing," she pointed at the roller coaster, "than crossing the street."
"I find that hard to believe." Inuyasha paused. "But in any case, I am not afraid. I'm just kind of hungry, and I smell some food coming from over there."
"We just ate, you moron."
"Yeah, well I think we should eat again." He started walking away.
"Oh, no you don't." She grabbed the back of his shirt. "After this ride, we can get something to eat. But that's ONLY after this ride. Now come on." She tugged him back to the line in front of the ride.
"Hey, Higurashi."
Kagome narrowed her eyes, and spun around violently. "Get away from me, Kikyo. I am really not in the mood."
"Whatever." She caught sight of the young man standing next to Kagome. "My, aren't you a handsome one?"
Inuyasha blushed. "Well, I, uh."
Steam started radiating from Kagome's head. "Kikyo, get away from him!"
However, she wan't listening to a word Kagome was saying. "So your name is Inuyasha? That's a very strong and handsome name. Why don't you come with me, Mr. Inuyasha?" She tugged the front of his collar. "Trust me, I'm much more interesting than that immature little twit over there." She nodded toward a furious Kagome.
Inuyasha was surprised. Kagome was getting angry, no, furious. Inuyasha smirked. So the little wench was jealous, was she? "Alright, Kikyo." Kikyo smiled innocently toward Kagome as she linked arms with Inuyasha.
Kagome sunk the ground, and punched her fists down. "Damn." 'Why would Inuyasha so that? I was going to show him a good time, and he walks off with some whore, who he doesn't even know I might add.' Kagome sighed as she lifted herself from the ground. 'Was I really treating him that badly for him to go off with another girl?' Kagome frowned. 'No. He's just an inconsiderate jerk.' She walked around on her own. ' I just can't believe he would do that though. I wanted to spend some quality time with him.' A picture of Kikyo entered her mind. 'That girl makes me so mad. Taking Inuyasha away from me like that.' Kagome gasped. Could she possibly be...jealous?
"I guess I could of treated him better than I did." She pulled out the tickets from her pocket. "What am I going to do with all of these?" She looked up to find herself where she had started. And there in line for the roller coaster were Inuyasha and Kikyo.
Kagome's eyes widened. "So he'll go on that ride with her...and not with me?" Kagome shook her head. "This is just a silly little crush. Even so, it still hurts. I guess I unconsciously started falling for the idiot. And now, I'm paying the price."
She walked around the carnival without a word. Every now and then, she would get on a ride. It had reached midnight, and the carnival was shutting down. She still had two sheets of tickets left. "Well, maybe I can give them to Sota. I'm sure he'd love to come tomorrow."
She headed toward the exit. There in the parking lot, standing next to her car was Inuyasha.
"Hurry up, wench. I'm beat." He yawned to get his point across. "Let's get outta here."
Kagome didn't respond as she opened the car doors. They both shut the doors, and soon they were driving silently down the road.
"So, did you have fun?" Kagome asked barely above a whisper.
"Yep, sure did." Inuyasha smiled satisfactorily and closed his eyes. "I liked this carnidal thing." He opened one of his eyes to peek at her. "How about you?"
Kagome was quiet until she decided to respond. "Are you kidding?" A tear dripped down her cheek, and she quickly wiped it away.
Inuyasha noticed this right away.
"I had a blast," she said with a fake smile.
Inuyasha frowned. "Kagome, what's wrong?"
Another tear fell down her face. "Nothing is. I'm fine."
"No you're not."
"What would you know anyway?" she asked obviously frustrated.
"Kagome...."
"You just left me there alone for some girl you don't even know." She looked over at him for a brief moment. "Inuyasha, I wanted it to be special. I wanted us to, you know, hang out." She turned her attention back to the road. "But you ditched me, and I couldn't understand why." Her face softened. "If I've done anything that has made me come off the wrong way, I'm sorry for it. I just want us to be friends. That's all."
Inuyasha was frozen. He didn't know what to say. "Kagome..."
"It's alright. I understand I'm not perfect or anything, but I want to make it up to you."
"Huh?"
"Inuyasha, let me take you again tomorrow. Everything will be perfect. I promise."
Inuyasha was stunned. This was definitely a new side of Kagome. But why the sudden change? "Alright."
Kagome smiled as another slid down her cheek. "Thank you so much."
"No problem." He looked out the window. "And Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry."
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End of chapter. Like I said before, I'm sorry for the delay. It won't happen again. Now review for me, and let me know what you think. ~InuLimbo~