Cooking Session 1/2
It was the same day, only later. Inu-Yasha had found out about Kagome's ability to "CRAP" him, and he stayed pretty quiet for the remainder of the day. That is, until the berry smoothies were almost done and they had to use the blender. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I should start with when they met Shippo, Sango, and Miroku. They met when—
"STOOOOOOOP! NOOOOOOO!" Kagome was cutting up the banana bits when she heard a strange wail.
She put down her knife, checked on Inu-Yasha (who was struggling to cram the strawberries into the blender) and peeked outside of her cooking space, only to see a little kid with a bushy tail and a sucker in his mouth screaming and heading towards her.
She stopped him in front of her and asked kindly and with worry, "What's wrong? And what are you doing in this Home Ec class? It's not for kids."
The little kid sobbed. "I'm taking the classes as a Jr. member. My partners are really mean and scary. They tried to take my sucker away."
Kagome's face went blank. A kid? In her cooking class! She wasn't sure what to think.
"How exactly did your partners make you scared?" Kagome questioned. "And what's your name anyway?"
"Shippo," the kid answered. "And they were holding up big, sharp knives."
Kagome sighed. This kid, Shippo, was definitely a scaredy-cat.
"Kagome!" Inu-Yasha snapped at her. "Get back over here and help me!"
Kagome ignored him and was about to explain to Shippo that his partners were only using the knives to cut up fruit, but two strangers, evidently Shippo's partners, approached her before she had a chance to explain. They were both about Kagome's age, it seemed…maybe a little older. One was a girl, and the other was a boy.
"Shippo!" the female partner scolded. "What are you doing? We just pulled out the knives to cut the bananas up and you flipped out and ran!"
"…cut bananas?" Shippo looked confused. "Oh…heh, heh…yeah. I knew that. I was just…um…wearing off some of my energy."
The two partners and Kagome gave him a doubtful look. "Sorry about this," the male one apologized. "I'm Miroku. This is Sango."
Kagome bowed to them politely. "It's all right. I'm Kagome."
Shippo waved to her. Sango smiled kindly. Miroku took Kagome's hand in his, and got down on his knees, flattering Kagome.
"Um…" she stared down at Miroku with awkwardness.
Sincerely, Miroku looked up into Kagome's eyes and asked her, "Kagome, will you bear my children?"
Kagome coughed loudly, attracting Inu-Yasha's attention. She was blushing deep scarlet from ear to ear. Sango simply sighed and dragged him away from Kagome.
"Please excuse my partner," she said, emphasizing the word partner with cruelty. "He doesn't know what he is talking about."
Miroku stood back up as if nothing had ever happened. He brushed himself off coolly, and Shippo watched with a cocked head. Sango stared up at Inu-Yasha, who was now standing behind Kagome.
"Oh, forgive me for not introducing my partner yet. This is Inu-Yasha," she stated. (She was still noticeably blushing from the Miroku incident.)
"Feh." Inu-Yasha glared.
Kagome nudged him. "Be polite to them!" she hissed into his puppy-like ear.
Inu-Yasha ignored her. He glared at them harshly.
Then Shippo blurted out, "Hey, aren't you the Pink Apron Boy?"
Inu-Yasha looked down at Shippo angrily. He held out his claws in front of him. Shippo staggered backwards with fear in his eyes and laughed nervously.
"Heh, heh…pink looks good on you, really," he said quietly. "Ugh! I'm just a kid! Don't hurt me!"
He went screaming back to his cooking space. Sango heaved a sigh.
"There he goes again," she said. "Well, nice meeting you, Kagome and Inu-Yasha. See you later."
She directed Miroku back to their cooking space, and then they were gone. What an odd bunch, Kagome thought to herself. Then she turned to Inu-Yasha. Not odder than him, though.
Inu-Yasha glimpsed at her and then walked noisily back to their cooking space. Kagome helped him put the rest of the bananas and strawberries into the blender.
"Okay, Inu-Yasha. Go ahead and turn it on."
Inu-Yasha raised his eyebrow. "I don't know how."
Kagome frowned at him with disbelief. She couldn't believe she had such a dunce as a partner. Still, it gave her hope when she remembered that she could say 'crap' to him whenever she wanted to punish him.
"You don't know how to turn on a blender? Gosh, you really are hopeless. Just push the red button."
Inu-Yasha leaned forward and prepared to hit the red button labeled ON/OFF. Kagome noticed something however, and so she tried to stop him.
"Wait, Inu-Yasha! STOP! Don't push the button yet! You forgot the—"
But it was too late. Inu-Yasha ignored her and pressed the button in. The blender turned on and chopped up the fruits noisily. But something went wrong. Fruit flew out of the blender in all directions, even landing on Kagome and Inu-Yasha.
"—lid," Kagome finished with annoyance.
SPLAT! A huge chunk of banana landed in Kagome's hair. A bit of mashed-up strawberry hit Inu-Yasha's face. The kitchen quickly grew messy. Kagome bravely reached over and pushed the red button to turn off the disastrous blender, but it was too late. The smoothie was destroyed, and their cooking space was a mess. She grinded her teeth together, knowing it was all Inu-Yasha's fault.
"Inu-Yasha…" Her teeth were bared. "CRAP!"
He cursed, "Damn you, Kagome."
Then he went hobbling to the bathroom in a rather funny manner. Ms. Katreen heard all of the racket and then stepped into their cooking space to make sure everything was all right. Boy, was she surprised!
When Inu-Yasha returned from his bathroom trip, she yelled, "You expect the janitor to clean all this up? Heh, yeah right. You're staying after class to clean up this mess—both of you."
Kagome groaned. She tried to explain that it was all Inu-Yasha's fault, but Ms. Katreen would hear none of it. Her anger was indescribable. (She gets angry very quickly as you can see.)
That explains why Kagome was still in the Home Ec room at 6:30 P.M. scrubbing the floor with an old rag alongside the unbearable Inu-Yasha. The two of them bitterly spoke not one word to one another the whole time. Kagome was tempted to 'CRAP' him again, but she decided against it. That day, the first day of Home Ec, had been a disaster. She figured that it couldn't get much worse. Little did she know that it was capable of getting much worse, and that it did later.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Didja like? Thanks for all the reviews for chapter one. The first reviews I've ever gotten, since I'm a new author. Anyway, sorry. I'm still delaying Naroku and Kikyo's part in the story. It will come though, belieeeeve me. Not in the next chapter, but soon after. When they do come in, they'll play a big enemy role.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot…I think I should explain the cooking spaces better so you'll have a better understanding of the story. They're like office cubbies, but they're a little bigger and filled with a stove, a microwave, a blender (of course), cupboards, shelves, and other miscellaneous kitchen tools. They are all attached by walls, but the walls are so high that you can't see over them into the next cooking space. Some smoothie goo from the blender may have managed to get over the walls into another cooking space, though. -P
