Okay! Chapter nine is finally up! This chapter has quite a bit of fluff in it, and I really enjoyed writing it, so be gentle!

Okay, I'm only going to say this one more time

Hey yasha chapter 3 is up!

Chapter 9: Cereal, Blankets, and Interrogation

Inuyasha lazily opened one of his golden eyes. Once again, he had fallen off of his bed and hadn't woken up.

"Damn…" He groaned, sitting up. "What time is it?" Looking over at the clock, he realized it was still quite early. 8:30 to be exact. He couldn't help it! He was up late the night before finishing some projects so he would have the weekend free. Luckily, it was a 3-day weekend, so he would have more time if he didn't finish. Okay, that was very un-Inuyasha like, but he needed all the free time he could get!

Still yawning, Inuyasha stumbled down the stairs into the kitchen.

"Hey, Yasha."

The demon turned his head to face his older brother, who was sitting lazily in the chair.

"Sessh… you gotta stop breaking in here." Inuyasha joked. Sesshomaru chuckled lightly.

"I didn't 'break in'." He pointed out. "I invited myself in last night." It was Inuyasha's turn to laugh. "Besides, Gyobu's out. I'll survive."

Inuyasha sighed as he glanced at the half-empty box of Lucky Charms on the table. Well, if it helped Sesshy, it would definitely help him.

"Gimme some of that." He growled, snatching the box of overly sugary cereal. His brother chuckled as he took a sip of his coffee.

"So… what did you do this week?" Inuyasha asked lazily as he poured some milk into the bowl. Sesshomaru shrugged.

"I met a girl… Her name's Kagura." He started. Inuyasha's ears twitched in interest.

"Yeah? What's so great about her?" he asked bluntly. Sesshomaru shrugged.

"It was probably the awkward meeting." Sesshomaru replied, closing his eyes. "It all started with the last package of vinegar at Wacdanalds…"

"Lost interest." Inuyasha growled, flicking a marshmallow at his brother.

"Alright… all I can say is she's really nice. She has piercing red eyes and her hair is tied back in a messy bun. She is a little short-tempered, but she's all right with me. I'm going to take her out today." Inuyasha nodded; his eyes half open.

"God… when's the sugar gonna kick in?" He asked himself angrily. Sesshomaru shrugged.

"You can never tell with Lucky Charms…" He sighed, taking another sip of coffee. "That's what the caffeine's for." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Well at least its Friday…" He yawned. Sesshomaru nodded.

"Two whole days of nothing but sleep…" He sighed happily. Inuyasha frowned.

"Well, I'm glad you're happy." He growled. "I still have to finish making Kagome's birthday present." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow in question.

"What's your present?" He asked slyly, causing Inuyasha to glare at him.

"A scrapbook." He replied quietly. Sesshomaru leaned forward in interest.

"Smart, Inuyasha…" He said in an almost teasing tone causing his younger brother to blush slightly. Sesshomaru chuckled.

"So… what are you going to put in it?" Inuyasha snorted.

Pictures, duh!" He snapped. Sesshomaru shook his head.

"Inuyasha, they can't just be photos." He pointed out as he took another sip of his coffee. "You need drawings, tickets… anything special that's flat." Inuyasha laughed at this.

"Uh huh… and where am I supposed to get this stuff? I haven't seen her in forever!" Sesshomaru shrugged.

"It doesn't have to be when you were together." He said. "Put stuff in the scrapbook from when you were apart." He leaned towards him, a mischievous look in his eyes. "Besides, most of your stuff is Kagome-related after all." Inuyasha blushed a deeper shade of red.

"Sessh!" Inuyasha cried, still blushing. Sesshomaru shrugged.

"Well, it's true!" He teased. "Remember that speech you did in grade four that was about Kagome? Major separation anxiety if you ask me."

"Shaddup!" Inuyasha flicked a piece of cereal at Sesshomaru. He wasn't going to bother wasting any more marshmallows on his brother. They were the best part! Sesshomaru let out a cry of protest and chucked one right back at him. This act of return-fire caused an all-out war. Bits of cereal (not the marshmallows of course!) were shot back and forth, flying all over the kitchen. Along with the cereal, many taunts were shot back and forth. Yep… they were close brothers… sort of…

The battle ended pathetically. Neither one of them succeeded in killing the other with the cereal bits. They finally settled on a truce and ate their marshmallows quickly.

"Well… that was pathetic." Inuyasha sighed, leaning back in the chair. He looked up at the ceiling and groaned.

"Oh… crap." He muttered. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, but then followed his gaze. There were pieces of soggy cereal stuck to the ceiling. He looked around and realized that they had been plastered everywhere. If their mother found out… he winced at the thought.

"Oh! Would you look at the time!" Sesshomaru exclaimed, looking at his see-through watch. "I was supposed to get into the car to pick up Kagura twenty seconds ago!" He stood up and dropped the cereal bowl into the sink. "Later! Good luck on the scrapbook!"

"Hey!" Before Inuyasha could even move, Sesshomaru was out the door. He looked back at the kitchen, letting out a groan.

"Sessh… you are so dead!"

"Kagome!"

Inuyasha rapped on the window of his friend's house. "For god sakes! Open the window!" There was still no response. Frowning, Inuyasha looked over at the latch, only to sweat-drop when he realized that it was unlocked.

Growling, the demon slid the window open and leapt inside. He looked around, but Kagome was nowhere to be seen.

A sudden moan came from his left. He looked over to see a lump under the blankets on the bed. The long black hair sticking out of the top proved that it was Kagome.

Smirking, Inuyasha crept over to his friend's bed. At first he considered screaming in her ear, but her mother would probably find out about him sneaking in. He finally settled on a more amusing tactic.

Inuyasha climbed onto the foot of her bed, making sure he was silent when he did so. He whispered her name, causing her to stir. Her eyes started to open and just as she did so…

He leapt on her.

Kagome let out a cry of surprise as her best friend started to tickle her. She giggled as she tried to push him off. But Inuyasha was persistent. They ended up rolling off the bed, blanket and all, onto the soft carpet.

"Hey! Why'd you wake me up?" She asked, pouting. Inuyasha grinned.

"I don't know… maybe because it's ELEVEN!" Kagome gasped and glanced at the clock, only to find that Inuyasha was lying. He was an hour off… it was TWELVE!

"What!" Kagome gasped. "How come you didn't wake me up earlier!" Inuyasha scowled.

"Maybe that's because I had to scrape Lucky Charms off of the ceiling!" He shot right back. Kagome frowned.

"Any marshmallows?" She asked. Inuyasha shook his head.

"Nope. Sessh and I chucked the cereal at each other, we ate the marshmallows in the bowl, then he left." Kagome nodded in understanding.

"I see…" She then smiled and rubbed one of his ears. "Well, you can beat him up later." She teased. Kagome then sat up, her blanket wrapped tightly around her.

"Um… Inuyasha?" The demon's ears twitched. "Could you look away for a sec? I'm not wearing any clothes." Inuyasha's face went a deep red as he clambered away from her. Kagome then burst out in laughter.

"I'm kidding! I'm kidding!" She cried, wiping a tear of amusement from her eye. Inuyasha frowned.

"Oh, no you don't!" Inuyasha tackled the young girl. Kagome let out another cry of laughter. She wasn't going to let him win!

Reaching up, she grabbed another blanket from her bed, letting it drape over both of them.

"Hey! No fair!" Inuyasha cried, searching around for his friend. He rotated his ears, trying to find her voice. Now that the blanket was over them, he could no longer pinpoint her position. The blanket smelled like Kagome, therefore making his sense of smell useless.

The demon scrambled around, trying with all his might to find Kagome, but to no avail. A sudden giggle from above reached his ears. Kagome wasn't under the blanket anymore! No wonder he wasn't able to find her!

Flattening out, he crawled closer to the source of the sound. As soon as he reached the end of the sea of sheets, his hand shot out, getting a hold of Kagome's ankle. The young girl let out a cry of surprise and fell on her butt. Inuyasha used this as an advantage and wrapped her in the blanket. There were many muffled protests as he rolled her into a soft cocoon.

"There." He said triumphantly as he dusted his hands off. Kagome scowled as she tried to struggle free.

"No fair!" She whined, squirming in the tight grasp of the blankets. Inuyasha smirked.

"Too bad." He said, sitting down beside her. Kagome pouted, looking in another direction.

"So… what are you doing today?" He asked. Kagome turned back to him.

"Babysitting." She replied. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"Really? Who?"

"Remember that little kid, Shippo?" Inuyasha nodded. "That's who I'm babysitting." Inuyasha nodded.

"Want me to help?" He asked, looking down at her with curious eyes. Kagome shrugged… at least she tried to.

"Sure." She said, smiling. "Now, would you let me go?" Inuyasha laughed.

"No way! I'm enjoying every minute of this!"

"Aw! That's mean!"

"Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?"

Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo sat in Kagome's living room. They had just started to play the famous 'cookie jar' game. Inuyasha and Kagome were already bored, but Shippo seemed to be having the time of his life.

"Kagome stole the cookies from the cookie jar!" Shippo exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at the young girl.

"Who, me?" Kagome said in a sweet, innocent voice.

"Yes, you!" Shippo cried. Kagome giggled.

"Couldn't be!" Shippo frowned.

"Then who?"

Shippo shot a suspicious glance at Inuyasha, who in turn looked over at Kagome.

"It was Kagome!" He said, a smirk on his face. Shippo gave him a puzzled look. "Well, if you didn't steal the cookies, and I didn't steal the cookies, it had to be Kagome." Shippo, finally understanding what he meant, laughed.

"Hey! You're right!" Inuyasha laughed.

"Well, if we're going to find out who stole the cookies, we have to be real detectives." Inuyasha explained as he lifted Kagome up so she couldn't escape. "You got any rope?" Shippo grinned.

"Yep!" he said with a grin, pulling some rope out of nowhere. Inuyasha laughed.

"I really gotta learn how to do that!"

The next few minutes were very amusing. Shippo had dragged a chair from the kitchen into the living room while Inuyasha held a struggling Kagome.

"Would ya calm down!" The demon said in annoyance. Kagome laughed as she got a hold of one of his ears. "Hey! Hurry Shippo! She's got my ears!"

"Coming!" The kitsune called as he dragged the chair in. Inuyasha placed Kagome down in the chair, pulling her hands behind the back. He tied her wrists first while Shippo tied her ankles. Inuyasha concluded by tying the rope around her waist. Kagome went to shout, but Inuyasha covered her mouth.

"Hey… Shippo… could you close the curtains? This is gonna look suspicious to some people." Shippo nodded, leaping up to catch the string. He gave it a jerk and they closed with a swish. Inuyasha complied by switching off the lights and bringing a lamp in the center of the room. He tilted the shade to face her and switched it on.

Kagome squinted as her eyes adjusted to the bright light. Once she opened them again, Shippo entered the light.

"Where were you on the day of today?" He asked, frowning. Kagome suppressed a giggle.

"I was shopping." She lied, smiling. Shippo continued to frown.

"I think I'll bring a witness in." He growled, gesturing behind him. Inuyasha entered the light. Kagome gasped.

"Inuyasha…" She whispered, putting her most adorable face on. "How… how could you?" Inuyasha, noticing her face, took a step back.

"Uh oh… He muttered, bringing his arms up in defense. "She's trying to hypnotize me!" Shippo's and Kagome's eyes widened; Shippo from shock and Kagome from the fact that she couldn't believe he was saying this.

"She's being possessed!" The kitsune exclaimed. Kagome complied by letting out a small cry and thrashing around.

"Itcheee!"

"There's only one way to save her, Inuyasha!" Shippo cried, turning to him. "She has to be kissed by her true love!" Inuyasha blushed at the expectant look on the boy's face.

"But… where are we supposed to find one of those?" He asked nervously, looking around. "I don't think we have that much time!" Shippo bit his lip.

"Um… you be her true love!" He said. Inuyasha turned a deeper shade of red.

"W-What!" This kid was crazy! "But-"

"Quit arguing and start kissing!" He snapped. Sheesh… not only was this kid crazy, he was bossy, too!

"Uh uh! No way, am I kissing her!" He growled. Kagome continued to thrash in her chair.

"Come on! Kagome needs help!" Shippo whined. Inuyasha frowned.

"What if I hugged her?" he asked. Shippo shook his head.

"It has to be a kiss!"

"Fine!" Inuyasha raised his hands in exasperation. "I'll… kiss her."

Kneeling down so that he was eye level with Kagome, he bent in and kissed her on the cheek. Hey! Shippo said it had to be a kiss, nothing else. Kagome froze as the sensation sent shivers throughout her entire body. Inuyasha pulled back, a hint of pink on his cheeks as he averted his gaze.

"Yay!" Shippo cheered. "You saved Kagome!" Inuyasha frowned.

"Yes, and you must promise to never mention this little… possession incident ever again." Inuyasha warned, poking the child in the chest. "Or Kagome will be cursed forever." Shippo's eyes grew wide at this statement, and he nodded quickly.

"Alright!"

"That's nice you two." Kagome growled. "Now would you let me go!"

TBC…

Done! Hope u enjoyed it! Have a nice day!

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