Author's Notes: Nothing really… Except, please keep in mind that this is the second time that this has been posted, and I don't care about trying to get everything in the correct dates... So, just pretend that Halloween is just around the corner...
Disclaimer: You should know the drill by now...
Warnings: Nada... Except for the fact that the document manager got rid of alot of my punctuation... So, if I missed a correction, please forgive me!
Pairings: Some slight I/K, and also a bit of funny S/J
The Cousin
Scroll Nine
When the two entered the house, Jenni led the demon through the front foyer to the kitchen. There she began to open cabinets and drawers, removing various pots and pans and spoons.
"What would be good for tonight…" she asked herself as she looked through the pantry. "Something easy… And something that feeds a lot… Ah! Spaghetti! Perfect!" she exclaimed as she clapped her hands together. Removing the noodles and sauce, she then turned to Sesshomaru and instructed him to watch the pot of water until it boiled, then told him what to do to the stove after that.
"I'm going into town for some vegetables and fruit for the side dishes. Can you hold the fort?" she asked, laughing slightly. Blinking at her choice of words, Sesshomaru gave a small smile and nodded.
'Why am I smiling for this… human? And, this is not a fort…' Sesshomaru thought as Jenni waved to him, grabbed a house key, and exited through the kitchen door.
When she returned, however, the blonde girl thought that World War III had begun, and that the Higurashi household had been the overthrown. Somehow Sesshomaru had managed to spill the water in the pan, and then made a valiant attempt at refilling the pan, and once that task had been performed, he found that he could not turn off the faucet… The result…
"AHH!" Jenni cried as she ran forward and turned off the tap. Sesshomaru stood by the door and caught the falling bag of groceries once the blonde girl had dropped them in her haste to stop the flow of water. Looking at her, Sesshomaru only nodded when she said, leaning over the sink, "Uh… how bout we clean this up?"
And, so they began the long process of mopping up the large water spill. After they had finished this chore, they boiled another pot of water, and then added the noodles. Jenni started Sesshomaru on the salad, somehow knowing that he would be very good at making the slices as thin as possible, while she worked on the sauce and meatballs.
"Hey… Where's Jenni? And Sesshomaru?" Sarah asked, looking around for the two missing persons, the others joining her once she had brought their disappearance to attention. Sniffing the air, Kagome smiled and settled back down, informing the others, "They're in the kitchen." Sniffing the air also, Inuyasha's ears pricked up slightly at the thought of food, while the miko seated beside him just laughed and suggested that they go help. Quickly agreeing, Inuyasha stood and hurried towards the house, leaving Kagome to laugh some more at him and to follow at a more leisurely pace. Sarah and Revlis brought up the rear, continuing their conversation as they walked.
When the four entered the house, they saw the form of Sesshomaru calmly sitting on the couch, while sounds of Jenni moving around in the kitchen filled the house.
"Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked, wondering why he was in the living room while Jenni was in the kitchen.
"She didn't want me helping anymore…" he told her flatly. Kagome nodded sagely as Jenni yelled to the group, "One cook is enough!"
Walking to the doorway, Kagome stood there and asked her working cousin, "Well then, what do you want us to do?"
"Set the table; get drinks, put out the salad, et cetera." Jenni instructed them. So, like the smart little cookies that they all were, they began to follow her orders.
Kagome and Sarah showed Inuyasha and Revlis how to set the eating utensils and napkins correctly, and then started on the task of collecting drinks.
After Sarah had taken an order of tea from Revlis, an order of pop from Inuyasha, which was instantly corrected by Kagome to a glass of water ("No! The last time we let you have pop you bounced off the walls till sunrise!" Kagome had yelled at the hanyou while she set the salad on the table), and a tea from Sesshomaru, she walked into the kitchen and began to fill the plastic cups with ice cubes. Starting on the beverages, Sarah left Kagome and Jenni to gather their own drinks, and soon the whole group was munching away on bread rolls, salad and spaghetti when Sota and Kagome's mother came home.
"Inuyasha!" Sota cried out, jumping to meet his hero again, giving the poor hanyou a death grip hug… at the legs… (the only place that he could hug… Sota is a bit of a midget…)
"Honey, who are these people?" Kagome's mother asked her daughter. Smiling, the dark-haired girl answered, "Just a few friends mom."
"Okay dear. Oh, I have a favor to ask of you. Could you take Sota out for Halloween this Friday? He wants to go trick-or-treating again this year." her mom told her.
"Sure mom! What's today? Tuesday? We can go get some outfits by then. Wanna join?" These last two words were directed at the two demons, one hanyou and other two humans seated at the table.
"Yeah!" Sarah and Jenni both cried out at once, pumping a fist up in the air.
"Uhm…" Revlis said, while Sesshomaru asked, "What is this 'Hal-o-wean'?"
And so, the three girls began the long explanation of the history of Halloween, and what you did the night of October 31st.
