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Collecting Inuyasha
Chapter 3
By Moochy the Moocher
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"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Kagome?" Inuyasha begged for the millionth time, getting down on his knees. He hated lowering his pride but this was a life or death situation here.
"How many times do I have to tell you NO, Inuyasha???!!" Kagome fumed while continuing to wash the dishes from dinner, wiping the plate she was working on harder from sheer frustration. "It's really late out, I'm tired, the wells broken, some strange collector guy saw your ears, and all you can think about is RAMEN!" Kagome stopped washing the plate and turned around to shout at him.
The plate she was washing broke in half. Inuyasha almost flinched, almost. That girl's strength is proven to be painful. I mean, look at the plate man! Look at the plate! What did it ever do to anybody?
Inuyasha focussed his gaze from the plate back to the girl who had her hands placed on her hips with half of the plate in each hand now, glaring at the hanyou for all he was worth.
"But-" Inuyasha started to say but was cut off by Kagome.
"'But' NOTHING! You've had ten packs already!" Kagome slammed the plat down on the counter. She felt her fingers twitch as she let go of the death grip that she had on the plat. She wondered just how much stress she could relieve by ringing her hands around his neck and slowly watching the life drain out of-
"Funny..........." Inuyasha snapped Kagome out of her little fantasy. She looked up and saw his nose turned up in the air, trying to sniff out something. Her anger was replaced by a look of confusion.
"It's not that time of the month again is it?" Inuyasha questioned her. The evil smirk he was trying to keep contained inside erupted out onto his features when Kagome's face went into shock. A fang protruded over his bottom lip as his smirk transformed into a grin.
Kagome's look of shock went into one of pure anger as she put two and two together.
So, all of that nagging, the annoying embarrassing questions, all of that dragging her around to make more Ramen, and the constant trying to trip her; was all just a GAME?!
Inuyasha stopped grinning when he saw the dark aura around Kagome spark. Maybe his little game of "Lets-see-how-many-of-Kagome's-buttons-we-can- push-before-she-snaps" wasn't such a good idea. He looked back towards her to see a sugary-sweet smile plastered on her face, but the thing that set it all off was the evil aura that still hung around her. Yup. Definitely not a good idea.
Fear it. PH34R 73H 3V1L 0N3Z! (translation: Fear the evil ones! ((spoken in l33t sp33k)))
"You wanted Ramen? Well hey, I got your ramen..............RIGHT HERE!" Kagome yelled and then threw a big metal soup spoon at him. Inuyasha quickly brought up his hand to catch it right before it hit his face. Man that girls got a fast arm!
Inuyasha looked down at the metal object he was now holding and then gave her a blank look. "This is a spoon, stupid! Not Ramen."
Kagome growled threateningly at him, and by gawd if she had been a demon Inuyasha would be pretty much labelled 'dead' right now. But she did have something that was more effective and harder to evade than any demon.
"SIT!"
::THWAMP::
"Glah!"
Kagome took the chance while he was still on the ground to run over and sat on him while bashing him over the head with a pot she had grabbed. Inuyasha muffled a curse into the carpet as Kagome continued screaming and bashing him over the head with the pot. She stopped when she saw his ears droop down from all of the screech abuse it was taking from Kagome.
She was still holding the pot above her head in place as she tried to resist Inuyasha's cute fluffy white triangles. She almost did it too but nuuuuuuuu! They just had to perk up to check if the coast was clear and in a pain-free zone.
Damn those cute ears. . .
Kagome grumbled in frustration with herself as her hands disobeyed her and started to caress the irresistible ears.
Inuyasha lay perfectly still underneath of her. What the hell was she doing? He let out a small 'Feh!'. Jeeze. Talk about women and their mood swings. Inuyasha irritably rapped his claws on the hard-wood floor, waiting for the calming torture session he was enduring to end.
"You done yet woman?" Inuyasha tried to ask as roughly as he could. He bit his lip as he tried his hardest to suppress a moan of ecstasy. No, the position she was in and the little torture session was NOT helping right now.
"Almost." Kagome said cheerfully. She was just about done when she moved her hands lower down his ear and felt a wet, sticky substance under her fingers. She pulled her hand up slowly and was met with the sight of blood. She looked farther down his head and saw the red substance staining his beautiful white hair.
"Oh Inuyasha I'm sorry!" Kagome jumped up off of his back and looked at him apologetically. Inuyasha sat up and let out a sigh of relief as hit heart rate started going down. He gave her a quizzical look after he realized that Kagome was still biting her lip in anticipation.
"What?"
"The pan . . . your head . . . blood!" Kagome managed to spit out. Inuyasha lifted a clawed hand to where she was pointing frantically at. He brought his hand down and saw the blood on it.
"Calm down, bitch. It wasn't nothin'. Just a scratch that's all." Inuyasha rolled his eyes at her. She was always so concerned about everything. It wasn't like she was his mother!
"B-b-b-but.............your HAIR!!!!!" Kagome almost screamed. Inuyasha's eyes went wide. Inuyasha could take cuts. Hell he could take having a hole in his gut like what has happened countless times over. But when someone messes with the hair. . .
"KAGOME!!!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted frantically, "We need water and we need it NOW!"
Kagome nodded her head and dashed to the bathroom with out saying a word. Inuyasha sat down whimpering slightly, petting his hair in reassurance. As soon as he saw Kagome was gone his whimpering turned into a malicious chuckle under his breath.
He quickly got up and dashed to the kitchen, opening a new fresh package of ramen.
"Heh heh heh!"
His grin was that of pure evil as he hunched over his bowl of ramen, slurping it quickly. Oh yes. His plan was brilliant; fake the being stressed about the hair just so he could get another bowl of ramen. Ah yes, this masterful plan was almost as good as the evil trick he pulled on Shippo.
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It was a warm sunny day and the gang was walking through the forest totally and utterly bored. That is until Inuyasha came up with an idea.
"Oh look Shippo! A bunny!" Inuyasha told Shippo and pointed behind him.
Shippo turned around to look at the bunny.
"Ha! Fool! You fell for it! There was no bunny! It was the ultimate prank!" Inuyasha laughed and pointed at Shippo in his face.
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His ears twitched when he heard the sound of running water switch off. He quickly tipped up the cup and downed the rest of his noodles. Not knowing where to put the evidence he quickly hid it under the seat cushion and sat on it. He flinched as he heard the little Styrofoam cup snap in half and flatten under his weight.
Tch! This thing has NO backbone.
Kagome came running into the room, clearly out of breath as she motioned for him to head upstairs. Inuyasha gave her a confused look.
"Well don't just stand there stupid, MOVE!!" Kagome shouted at him and pointed up the stairs in the general direction of her bathroom. Inuyasha's mouth formed into and 'o' as it dawned on him that he was supposed to be paranoid about his hair. He was about to start acting again but found it took too much effort.
Inuyasha sighed and shoved his arms in his sleeves in a very Inuyasha like matter but followed up the stairs anyhow. Kagome, however, didn't notice the change in Inuyasha's attitude and continued to rush up the stairs. Kagome jabbed a finger towards the bath room as they arrived in front of its door frame.
"Go!" She ordered; voice stern and demanding.
Inuyasha looked at her blankly, "Well what the hell do I do now?"
"You get in the bathtub and wash your hair with shampoo and conditioner!" She clapped her hands together happily and brightened up.
Inuyasha stayed silent, looking into her eyes. Kagome slightly shuddered under his gaze. Kagome deeply wished that he would look into her eyes more often. They made her feel so calm and relaxed, and another emotion that she just couldn't pinpoint. She snapped out of her thoughts as Inuyasha began to speak.
"Conditioner??"
Kagome smacked her forehead at his stupidness. Had he EVER paid attention about how she always needed a bath to wash her hair with 'shampoo and conditioner.'
"Here let me do it then." Kagome sighed and walked into the bathroom with Inuyasha following suit. 'Well at least now I have a reason to actually wash his hair! I've always wondered what it would feel like. . .' Kagome thought to herself as she rolled up the sleeves of her shirt.
"Okay well first you need to get IN the bath and get you hair wet." Kagome instructed. She tried her best not to blush as Inuyasha started to undress. Kagome's eyes went wide.
"NO Inuyasha!!!!!! Keep the loin-cloth ON!!!! EEK!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome ran out of the bathroom as fast as she could as Inuyasha stripped off the last of his clothing. Inuyasha shrugged and continued on his way. Kagome ran to her room and slammed the door shut. The rough wood of her door pressed against her back as her hands clutched her chest, trying in vain to slow the rapid heart beat.
She-she had almost seen his. . . his. . .!! Okay NOT the time to be thinking about that! Kagome took in a deep breath as she turned around and walked out of her bedroom, still clutching her chest.
She quickly walked down the hallway, back to where she had earlier found her fathers old clothes in. After locating the box she rummaged through it until she found an old pair of swim shorts.
They may not have been the most stylish of things with its hot pink and neon green design but hey! It was either them or the little black speedo.
. . .
I think we'll stick with the shorts. Kagome quickly grabbed the swim shorts and hurried back to the bathroom. When she got there she quickly clamped her eyes shut and opened the door and threw the shorts at Inuyasha's face.
"Yo! What -"
"Just put them ON Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled back to him as she waited on the other side of the door for him to finish. She heard him say something like 'you'd think she's never seen a naked person before.' Had he NO idea of human modesty?! But then again he was half demon.
Kagome began to feel her cheeks heat up again and started mumbling incoherent words that not even the Great Lord Inuyasha could decipher. Kagome was brought back to the real world when she heard a big bang and a splash followed by a loud curse come from inside the bathroom.
She quickly flung open the door and almost doubled over laughing at the sight that greeted her.
Inuyasha was looking very pissed off with his arms crossed as he was awkwardly sitting in the bath tub. His feet were hanging over the edge as if he had just fallen back into it. Water had matted his hair to his forehead and covered most of his face. He was tapping his foot impatiently in the air as his ears tried to shake any excess water out.
"KAGOME!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha thundered, shaking the mirror on the wall.
"Having fun yet Inuyasha?" Kagome teased and went towards a cupboard. He growled at Kagome, his eyes following her every movement from underneath of his shaggy main. He slightly recoiled as she walked towards him holding some sort of bottle in her hands.
"Come with another one of those death traps, wench?" Inuyasha accused. Kagome rolled her eyes and flipped open the cap of the shampoo bottles. A waft of smell emitted from the blue bottle, hitting Inuyasha like a ton of bricks. It had almost the same soft sent of lavender that Kagome smelled of. But Kagome's scent was much nicer. It had more of morning dew- 'WOAH!' Inuyasha shook his head, clearing all earlier thoughts.
"Okay Inuyasha, get up properly." Kagome instructed while squeezing a fairly decent amount of shampoo into the palm of her hand.
"Keh! Why should I?"
"Sssssssiiiiii- "
"Okay, moving!" Inuyasha hastily got up and moved into a better sitting position. Suddenly a cool creamy substance was applied to his long silvery locks while Kagome's fingers massaged his scalp. She started at the roots while thoroughly making her way to the ends.
Inuyasha was having a hell of a good time; eye's half lidded, small content smile on his face while his body was slouched in a very relaxed position. Having fun yet Inuyasha? Kagome's voice rang through his head. 'Hell yea!' Inuyasha thought while inwardly doing a victory dance.
Inuyasha's victory session was cut short as a bucket of water was dumped on his head. "Hey!" Inuyasha protested. He was once again silenced as another creamy cool substance was being applied to his scalp.
"This is conditioner." Kagome informed him as she continued to work through his hair. But Inuyasha was too busy to notice while he once again had his half lidded eyes, content smile, and relaxed position.
He could really get used to this whole 'bath' business.
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"Did you find it yet?"
"Not yet sir." Came the answer from a young man who was sitting in front of the computer screen.
"You people are useless!" The man wearing the formal looking business suit vented his anger out on a row of books, knocking them all onto the floor, spilling pages of paper all over the laminated floor. As an after-thought he kicked the surviving books onto the other side of the room.
Now Mr. Toshiro wasn't one to lose his temper out in the public, but when he wanted something he better damn-well get it! He continued to pace back and forth along the row of employees who were all typing away at the computers, stopping every once in a while to snip at them to hurry up.
"M-Mr. Toshiro?" A young man stuttered and hesitantly raised a hand to get the livid mans attention. Mr. Toshiro snapped his heels around sharply and strode quickly over to the boys place.
"You better have something good, boy!" He snapped at his face. The young man flinched and pointed a shaky finger to the computer screen he had been working on for the last five hours on.
Mr. Toshiro's eyes swiftly scanned the computer screen from over the boys shoulder. His hands were clasped tightly behind his back in a proper manner.
"Kagome Higurashi . . . blah blah blah . . . The God Tree . . . yadda yadda yadaa . . . Sunset Shrine!" His face twisted into a smile and he turned to the man who let out a shaky breath. "Good job, son. Say you're the new kid right?"
He nervously shook his head yes as Mr. Toshiro put a hand on his shoulder and called over to one the managers of the department. "Oi! Give this lad a 20% raise and a life-time supply of free fine-dining! Our target has been found!"
The manager gave a slight bow and set off to get the orders done.
Mr. Toshiro turned back to the flustered boy. "Print this off now before I have to skin you alive and hang you on my wall!" The boy jumped and went back to work.
"Swanson!" He quickly called out for his trusty servant.
"Yes, milord." Answered the man now identified as 'Swanson' in a monotone voice while appearing abruptly behind Mr. Toshiro.
"Get James on the phone would you, Swanson?"
"Right away sir." He bowed and pulled out the flashy cell. He pressed a number that was on speed dial and handed it to his master. Mr. Toshiro gave him a quick nod and shooed him off.
'Mr. Toshiro so nice to-'
"Shut up James."
'-talk . . . Ehem! Anyways, what would you like?'
"I've got the location of your newest target. Now get ready because I want my catch sometime soon before I have to leave the country. I have a contest to attend and I am wanting my 'catch' to enter."
'Sure thing. Consider it caught!'
"Excellent. Now you shall be getting an e-mail in the morning that has the exact co-ordinates and a full description of what you'll be looking for. And don't forget that this is a 10 billion dollar deal we're talking about here. I'm giving you 2 weeks tops. Any later and the deal's off and all future plans of having children will be demolished."
A gulp was heard on the other side of the line. 'O-of course Mr. Toshiro.'
"Good. Now get to bed. You've got a big day tomorrow." Without further ado he snapped his phone shut and held it out, awaiting for his servant to whisk the phone away. A small smirk graced his lips as he started to make preparations for the nest day.
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"Here Inuyasha. You can sleep in my mom's room tonight. I'm sure she won't mind." Kagome led Inuyasha into her mother's room. She pulled back the covers and fluffed up the pillows so it would be more comfortable for Inuyasha to sleep in. He nervously looked at the queen sized bed.
"Are you sure? Where will you sleep? Are you gunna sleep here with me?" Inuyasha threw questions at her. Kagome laughed at him as he pulled his ears back and growled. He just looked so adorable with that expression and her dad's old cotton pyjama bottoms with the red plaid design on them. But the cuteness was topped off with the sexiness as his well toned chest was fully exposed once again for her to gawk at.
Her dad just had to have EVERYTHING except for a proper top now, didn't he!
"Oh don't be such a wuss, Inuyasha. I'm sure you're much scarier than any monsters under the bed or in the closet." Kagome grinned at him. Inuyasha muttered some curses and glared at her while climbing into bed and roughly pulling the sheets overtop of him.
"Goodnight Inuyasha." Kagome called out to him into the dark room. Only the light that seeped through the slightly open door could show the dark silhouette on the bed. She heard an annoyed 'g'night' and closed the door.
Kagome tip-toed to her room and slipped on her pyjamas. Just as she turned around to climb into bed she was greeted with the sight of fat-cat-Buyo taking up her entire bed.
"Buyo!" Kagome protested, knowing that there was no possible way to lift up the dead weight cat. He responded by cracking and eye open and flexing its claws as it stretched out even more and then snuggled deeper into the bed while fully closing its eyes.
Kagome was in a state of shock. It looked like the cat had purposely set this up. Kagome shook an angry finger at the cat and then stormed back to her mom's room where Inuyasha was currently staying in.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome tentatively peeked her head through the door way leading to her mom's room. She saw the little silhouette with ears sit upright. Even through the dark she could see his golden eyes perfectly, staring at her in confusion.
"Yea? What?" He asked gruffly.
"Um, I was wondering if I could sleep in here tonight." She asked, a heated blush appearing across her cheeks. She saw the outline move an arm to reach up and scratch the back of his head.
"Uh, sure I guess. I mean there's more than enough room . . ." Inuyasha watched as she walked into the room and shut the door behind her, tip- toeing her way to the edge of the bed and then crawling in.
"Thanks Inuyasha." She whispered quietly while snuggling in deeper into the blankets and unintentionally closer to Inuyasha. Inuyasha smirked in the dark.
"I mean why wouldn't I? Can't leave a girl who's afraid on monsters under the bed all alone can I? Now I know what your mom must go through!" Kagome turned around and punched him in the arm.
"Stupid! I'm only here because Mr. Fat Cat took up my bed!" Kagome huffed, "I'm going to sleep. Good night!"
Inuyasha stayed frozen in a state of shock for a second. What was that cat up to? There's no way Kagome could ever like someone like him. Inuyasha pondered about it for a little while. His eyes drifted towards the now sleeping figure of Kagome. Well he might not know but he figured he owes that cat one.
Inuyasha laid back down into the covers and scooted a little closer to Kagome while draping one arm protectively over her waist. He felt her unconsciously snuggle into him.
"Inu. . . yasha . . ." Kagome muttered in her sleep. Inuyasha smiled to himself. Maybe there was hope yet?
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Okay. Sorry again for the extremely long update! I've been pretty busy lately, and before that I was having trouble with writers block. So yea. But I usually update when I'm in a good mood and I'm in a very good mood today!!!
First of all! I got two new mangas!! ::holds up brand spankin' new manga's::
Second of all, THERES A THUNDER STORM!! YAYYY!!!!!!!!!
And Thirdly, I'm listening to one of my favourite songs right now!! Its called "Date Rape" by Sublime! I have about 5 favourite songs rite now. But these are the best!
Oh and before I go, if you didn't read about it earlier and you PLEASE help me with a new penname? The whole Moochy thing is getting to me. But I do like the name Kaida! But it needs sumthin more to it....please tell if you have any suggestions!
::receives death glare from readers::
. . . um . . . oopsy??? ::dodges sharp pointy objects that are being thrown from all directions::
Ok I'll just let you get on with the story! ::gets rock thrown at head::
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Collecting Inuyasha
Chapter 3
By Moochy the Moocher
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"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Kagome?" Inuyasha begged for the millionth time, getting down on his knees. He hated lowering his pride but this was a life or death situation here.
"How many times do I have to tell you NO, Inuyasha???!!" Kagome fumed while continuing to wash the dishes from dinner, wiping the plate she was working on harder from sheer frustration. "It's really late out, I'm tired, the wells broken, some strange collector guy saw your ears, and all you can think about is RAMEN!" Kagome stopped washing the plate and turned around to shout at him.
The plate she was washing broke in half. Inuyasha almost flinched, almost. That girl's strength is proven to be painful. I mean, look at the plate man! Look at the plate! What did it ever do to anybody?
Inuyasha focussed his gaze from the plate back to the girl who had her hands placed on her hips with half of the plate in each hand now, glaring at the hanyou for all he was worth.
"But-" Inuyasha started to say but was cut off by Kagome.
"'But' NOTHING! You've had ten packs already!" Kagome slammed the plat down on the counter. She felt her fingers twitch as she let go of the death grip that she had on the plat. She wondered just how much stress she could relieve by ringing her hands around his neck and slowly watching the life drain out of-
"Funny..........." Inuyasha snapped Kagome out of her little fantasy. She looked up and saw his nose turned up in the air, trying to sniff out something. Her anger was replaced by a look of confusion.
"It's not that time of the month again is it?" Inuyasha questioned her. The evil smirk he was trying to keep contained inside erupted out onto his features when Kagome's face went into shock. A fang protruded over his bottom lip as his smirk transformed into a grin.
Kagome's look of shock went into one of pure anger as she put two and two together.
So, all of that nagging, the annoying embarrassing questions, all of that dragging her around to make more Ramen, and the constant trying to trip her; was all just a GAME?!
Inuyasha stopped grinning when he saw the dark aura around Kagome spark. Maybe his little game of "Lets-see-how-many-of-Kagome's-buttons-we-can- push-before-she-snaps" wasn't such a good idea. He looked back towards her to see a sugary-sweet smile plastered on her face, but the thing that set it all off was the evil aura that still hung around her. Yup. Definitely not a good idea.
Fear it. PH34R 73H 3V1L 0N3Z! (translation: Fear the evil ones! ((spoken in l33t sp33k)))
"You wanted Ramen? Well hey, I got your ramen..............RIGHT HERE!" Kagome yelled and then threw a big metal soup spoon at him. Inuyasha quickly brought up his hand to catch it right before it hit his face. Man that girls got a fast arm!
Inuyasha looked down at the metal object he was now holding and then gave her a blank look. "This is a spoon, stupid! Not Ramen."
Kagome growled threateningly at him, and by gawd if she had been a demon Inuyasha would be pretty much labelled 'dead' right now. But she did have something that was more effective and harder to evade than any demon.
"SIT!"
::THWAMP::
"Glah!"
Kagome took the chance while he was still on the ground to run over and sat on him while bashing him over the head with a pot she had grabbed. Inuyasha muffled a curse into the carpet as Kagome continued screaming and bashing him over the head with the pot. She stopped when she saw his ears droop down from all of the screech abuse it was taking from Kagome.
She was still holding the pot above her head in place as she tried to resist Inuyasha's cute fluffy white triangles. She almost did it too but nuuuuuuuu! They just had to perk up to check if the coast was clear and in a pain-free zone.
Damn those cute ears. . .
Kagome grumbled in frustration with herself as her hands disobeyed her and started to caress the irresistible ears.
Inuyasha lay perfectly still underneath of her. What the hell was she doing? He let out a small 'Feh!'. Jeeze. Talk about women and their mood swings. Inuyasha irritably rapped his claws on the hard-wood floor, waiting for the calming torture session he was enduring to end.
"You done yet woman?" Inuyasha tried to ask as roughly as he could. He bit his lip as he tried his hardest to suppress a moan of ecstasy. No, the position she was in and the little torture session was NOT helping right now.
"Almost." Kagome said cheerfully. She was just about done when she moved her hands lower down his ear and felt a wet, sticky substance under her fingers. She pulled her hand up slowly and was met with the sight of blood. She looked farther down his head and saw the red substance staining his beautiful white hair.
"Oh Inuyasha I'm sorry!" Kagome jumped up off of his back and looked at him apologetically. Inuyasha sat up and let out a sigh of relief as hit heart rate started going down. He gave her a quizzical look after he realized that Kagome was still biting her lip in anticipation.
"What?"
"The pan . . . your head . . . blood!" Kagome managed to spit out. Inuyasha lifted a clawed hand to where she was pointing frantically at. He brought his hand down and saw the blood on it.
"Calm down, bitch. It wasn't nothin'. Just a scratch that's all." Inuyasha rolled his eyes at her. She was always so concerned about everything. It wasn't like she was his mother!
"B-b-b-but.............your HAIR!!!!!" Kagome almost screamed. Inuyasha's eyes went wide. Inuyasha could take cuts. Hell he could take having a hole in his gut like what has happened countless times over. But when someone messes with the hair. . .
"KAGOME!!!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted frantically, "We need water and we need it NOW!"
Kagome nodded her head and dashed to the bathroom with out saying a word. Inuyasha sat down whimpering slightly, petting his hair in reassurance. As soon as he saw Kagome was gone his whimpering turned into a malicious chuckle under his breath.
He quickly got up and dashed to the kitchen, opening a new fresh package of ramen.
"Heh heh heh!"
His grin was that of pure evil as he hunched over his bowl of ramen, slurping it quickly. Oh yes. His plan was brilliant; fake the being stressed about the hair just so he could get another bowl of ramen. Ah yes, this masterful plan was almost as good as the evil trick he pulled on Shippo.
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It was a warm sunny day and the gang was walking through the forest totally and utterly bored. That is until Inuyasha came up with an idea.
"Oh look Shippo! A bunny!" Inuyasha told Shippo and pointed behind him.
Shippo turned around to look at the bunny.
"Ha! Fool! You fell for it! There was no bunny! It was the ultimate prank!" Inuyasha laughed and pointed at Shippo in his face.
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His ears twitched when he heard the sound of running water switch off. He quickly tipped up the cup and downed the rest of his noodles. Not knowing where to put the evidence he quickly hid it under the seat cushion and sat on it. He flinched as he heard the little Styrofoam cup snap in half and flatten under his weight.
Tch! This thing has NO backbone.
Kagome came running into the room, clearly out of breath as she motioned for him to head upstairs. Inuyasha gave her a confused look.
"Well don't just stand there stupid, MOVE!!" Kagome shouted at him and pointed up the stairs in the general direction of her bathroom. Inuyasha's mouth formed into and 'o' as it dawned on him that he was supposed to be paranoid about his hair. He was about to start acting again but found it took too much effort.
Inuyasha sighed and shoved his arms in his sleeves in a very Inuyasha like matter but followed up the stairs anyhow. Kagome, however, didn't notice the change in Inuyasha's attitude and continued to rush up the stairs. Kagome jabbed a finger towards the bath room as they arrived in front of its door frame.
"Go!" She ordered; voice stern and demanding.
Inuyasha looked at her blankly, "Well what the hell do I do now?"
"You get in the bathtub and wash your hair with shampoo and conditioner!" She clapped her hands together happily and brightened up.
Inuyasha stayed silent, looking into her eyes. Kagome slightly shuddered under his gaze. Kagome deeply wished that he would look into her eyes more often. They made her feel so calm and relaxed, and another emotion that she just couldn't pinpoint. She snapped out of her thoughts as Inuyasha began to speak.
"Conditioner??"
Kagome smacked her forehead at his stupidness. Had he EVER paid attention about how she always needed a bath to wash her hair with 'shampoo and conditioner.'
"Here let me do it then." Kagome sighed and walked into the bathroom with Inuyasha following suit. 'Well at least now I have a reason to actually wash his hair! I've always wondered what it would feel like. . .' Kagome thought to herself as she rolled up the sleeves of her shirt.
"Okay well first you need to get IN the bath and get you hair wet." Kagome instructed. She tried her best not to blush as Inuyasha started to undress. Kagome's eyes went wide.
"NO Inuyasha!!!!!! Keep the loin-cloth ON!!!! EEK!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome ran out of the bathroom as fast as she could as Inuyasha stripped off the last of his clothing. Inuyasha shrugged and continued on his way. Kagome ran to her room and slammed the door shut. The rough wood of her door pressed against her back as her hands clutched her chest, trying in vain to slow the rapid heart beat.
She-she had almost seen his. . . his. . .!! Okay NOT the time to be thinking about that! Kagome took in a deep breath as she turned around and walked out of her bedroom, still clutching her chest.
She quickly walked down the hallway, back to where she had earlier found her fathers old clothes in. After locating the box she rummaged through it until she found an old pair of swim shorts.
They may not have been the most stylish of things with its hot pink and neon green design but hey! It was either them or the little black speedo.
. . .
I think we'll stick with the shorts. Kagome quickly grabbed the swim shorts and hurried back to the bathroom. When she got there she quickly clamped her eyes shut and opened the door and threw the shorts at Inuyasha's face.
"Yo! What -"
"Just put them ON Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled back to him as she waited on the other side of the door for him to finish. She heard him say something like 'you'd think she's never seen a naked person before.' Had he NO idea of human modesty?! But then again he was half demon.
Kagome began to feel her cheeks heat up again and started mumbling incoherent words that not even the Great Lord Inuyasha could decipher. Kagome was brought back to the real world when she heard a big bang and a splash followed by a loud curse come from inside the bathroom.
She quickly flung open the door and almost doubled over laughing at the sight that greeted her.
Inuyasha was looking very pissed off with his arms crossed as he was awkwardly sitting in the bath tub. His feet were hanging over the edge as if he had just fallen back into it. Water had matted his hair to his forehead and covered most of his face. He was tapping his foot impatiently in the air as his ears tried to shake any excess water out.
"KAGOME!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha thundered, shaking the mirror on the wall.
"Having fun yet Inuyasha?" Kagome teased and went towards a cupboard. He growled at Kagome, his eyes following her every movement from underneath of his shaggy main. He slightly recoiled as she walked towards him holding some sort of bottle in her hands.
"Come with another one of those death traps, wench?" Inuyasha accused. Kagome rolled her eyes and flipped open the cap of the shampoo bottles. A waft of smell emitted from the blue bottle, hitting Inuyasha like a ton of bricks. It had almost the same soft sent of lavender that Kagome smelled of. But Kagome's scent was much nicer. It had more of morning dew- 'WOAH!' Inuyasha shook his head, clearing all earlier thoughts.
"Okay Inuyasha, get up properly." Kagome instructed while squeezing a fairly decent amount of shampoo into the palm of her hand.
"Keh! Why should I?"
"Sssssssiiiiii- "
"Okay, moving!" Inuyasha hastily got up and moved into a better sitting position. Suddenly a cool creamy substance was applied to his long silvery locks while Kagome's fingers massaged his scalp. She started at the roots while thoroughly making her way to the ends.
Inuyasha was having a hell of a good time; eye's half lidded, small content smile on his face while his body was slouched in a very relaxed position. Having fun yet Inuyasha? Kagome's voice rang through his head. 'Hell yea!' Inuyasha thought while inwardly doing a victory dance.
Inuyasha's victory session was cut short as a bucket of water was dumped on his head. "Hey!" Inuyasha protested. He was once again silenced as another creamy cool substance was being applied to his scalp.
"This is conditioner." Kagome informed him as she continued to work through his hair. But Inuyasha was too busy to notice while he once again had his half lidded eyes, content smile, and relaxed position.
He could really get used to this whole 'bath' business.
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"Did you find it yet?"
"Not yet sir." Came the answer from a young man who was sitting in front of the computer screen.
"You people are useless!" The man wearing the formal looking business suit vented his anger out on a row of books, knocking them all onto the floor, spilling pages of paper all over the laminated floor. As an after-thought he kicked the surviving books onto the other side of the room.
Now Mr. Toshiro wasn't one to lose his temper out in the public, but when he wanted something he better damn-well get it! He continued to pace back and forth along the row of employees who were all typing away at the computers, stopping every once in a while to snip at them to hurry up.
"M-Mr. Toshiro?" A young man stuttered and hesitantly raised a hand to get the livid mans attention. Mr. Toshiro snapped his heels around sharply and strode quickly over to the boys place.
"You better have something good, boy!" He snapped at his face. The young man flinched and pointed a shaky finger to the computer screen he had been working on for the last five hours on.
Mr. Toshiro's eyes swiftly scanned the computer screen from over the boys shoulder. His hands were clasped tightly behind his back in a proper manner.
"Kagome Higurashi . . . blah blah blah . . . The God Tree . . . yadda yadda yadaa . . . Sunset Shrine!" His face twisted into a smile and he turned to the man who let out a shaky breath. "Good job, son. Say you're the new kid right?"
He nervously shook his head yes as Mr. Toshiro put a hand on his shoulder and called over to one the managers of the department. "Oi! Give this lad a 20% raise and a life-time supply of free fine-dining! Our target has been found!"
The manager gave a slight bow and set off to get the orders done.
Mr. Toshiro turned back to the flustered boy. "Print this off now before I have to skin you alive and hang you on my wall!" The boy jumped and went back to work.
"Swanson!" He quickly called out for his trusty servant.
"Yes, milord." Answered the man now identified as 'Swanson' in a monotone voice while appearing abruptly behind Mr. Toshiro.
"Get James on the phone would you, Swanson?"
"Right away sir." He bowed and pulled out the flashy cell. He pressed a number that was on speed dial and handed it to his master. Mr. Toshiro gave him a quick nod and shooed him off.
'Mr. Toshiro so nice to-'
"Shut up James."
'-talk . . . Ehem! Anyways, what would you like?'
"I've got the location of your newest target. Now get ready because I want my catch sometime soon before I have to leave the country. I have a contest to attend and I am wanting my 'catch' to enter."
'Sure thing. Consider it caught!'
"Excellent. Now you shall be getting an e-mail in the morning that has the exact co-ordinates and a full description of what you'll be looking for. And don't forget that this is a 10 billion dollar deal we're talking about here. I'm giving you 2 weeks tops. Any later and the deal's off and all future plans of having children will be demolished."
A gulp was heard on the other side of the line. 'O-of course Mr. Toshiro.'
"Good. Now get to bed. You've got a big day tomorrow." Without further ado he snapped his phone shut and held it out, awaiting for his servant to whisk the phone away. A small smirk graced his lips as he started to make preparations for the nest day.
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"Here Inuyasha. You can sleep in my mom's room tonight. I'm sure she won't mind." Kagome led Inuyasha into her mother's room. She pulled back the covers and fluffed up the pillows so it would be more comfortable for Inuyasha to sleep in. He nervously looked at the queen sized bed.
"Are you sure? Where will you sleep? Are you gunna sleep here with me?" Inuyasha threw questions at her. Kagome laughed at him as he pulled his ears back and growled. He just looked so adorable with that expression and her dad's old cotton pyjama bottoms with the red plaid design on them. But the cuteness was topped off with the sexiness as his well toned chest was fully exposed once again for her to gawk at.
Her dad just had to have EVERYTHING except for a proper top now, didn't he!
"Oh don't be such a wuss, Inuyasha. I'm sure you're much scarier than any monsters under the bed or in the closet." Kagome grinned at him. Inuyasha muttered some curses and glared at her while climbing into bed and roughly pulling the sheets overtop of him.
"Goodnight Inuyasha." Kagome called out to him into the dark room. Only the light that seeped through the slightly open door could show the dark silhouette on the bed. She heard an annoyed 'g'night' and closed the door.
Kagome tip-toed to her room and slipped on her pyjamas. Just as she turned around to climb into bed she was greeted with the sight of fat-cat-Buyo taking up her entire bed.
"Buyo!" Kagome protested, knowing that there was no possible way to lift up the dead weight cat. He responded by cracking and eye open and flexing its claws as it stretched out even more and then snuggled deeper into the bed while fully closing its eyes.
Kagome was in a state of shock. It looked like the cat had purposely set this up. Kagome shook an angry finger at the cat and then stormed back to her mom's room where Inuyasha was currently staying in.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome tentatively peeked her head through the door way leading to her mom's room. She saw the little silhouette with ears sit upright. Even through the dark she could see his golden eyes perfectly, staring at her in confusion.
"Yea? What?" He asked gruffly.
"Um, I was wondering if I could sleep in here tonight." She asked, a heated blush appearing across her cheeks. She saw the outline move an arm to reach up and scratch the back of his head.
"Uh, sure I guess. I mean there's more than enough room . . ." Inuyasha watched as she walked into the room and shut the door behind her, tip- toeing her way to the edge of the bed and then crawling in.
"Thanks Inuyasha." She whispered quietly while snuggling in deeper into the blankets and unintentionally closer to Inuyasha. Inuyasha smirked in the dark.
"I mean why wouldn't I? Can't leave a girl who's afraid on monsters under the bed all alone can I? Now I know what your mom must go through!" Kagome turned around and punched him in the arm.
"Stupid! I'm only here because Mr. Fat Cat took up my bed!" Kagome huffed, "I'm going to sleep. Good night!"
Inuyasha stayed frozen in a state of shock for a second. What was that cat up to? There's no way Kagome could ever like someone like him. Inuyasha pondered about it for a little while. His eyes drifted towards the now sleeping figure of Kagome. Well he might not know but he figured he owes that cat one.
Inuyasha laid back down into the covers and scooted a little closer to Kagome while draping one arm protectively over her waist. He felt her unconsciously snuggle into him.
"Inu. . . yasha . . ." Kagome muttered in her sleep. Inuyasha smiled to himself. Maybe there was hope yet?
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Okay. Sorry again for the extremely long update! I've been pretty busy lately, and before that I was having trouble with writers block. So yea. But I usually update when I'm in a good mood and I'm in a very good mood today!!!
First of all! I got two new mangas!! ::holds up brand spankin' new manga's::
Second of all, THERES A THUNDER STORM!! YAYYY!!!!!!!!!
And Thirdly, I'm listening to one of my favourite songs right now!! Its called "Date Rape" by Sublime! I have about 5 favourite songs rite now. But these are the best!
Oh and before I go, if you didn't read about it earlier and you PLEASE help me with a new penname? The whole Moochy thing is getting to me. But I do like the name Kaida! But it needs sumthin more to it....please tell if you have any suggestions!
