A/N: I was super happy with all who reviewed! When I read them all I kept on smiling over anything. And believe me, I don't usually smile for no reason. It was kind of freaky, but a great kind of freaky! The people who reviewed will be mentioned at the bottom of the chapter! Oh, and while I was writing this chapter a bunch of people reviewed so I to keep adding names!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. Rumiko Takahashi does.
Chapter: The new me?
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You mean, a make over? For Inuyasha?" Kagura asked amused. That actually didn't sound like such a bad idea.
"Yes! That's excactly what I'm talking about! Turn Inuyasha into his excact opposite."
"But what if he doesn't like the idea?" Kagura asked.
"Were only doing it until the project is over." Kagome said. "If he doesn't like it, right after the project he can turn back into his normal dorky self. Sango, this is a perfect plan!"
"Yeah, but what if Kouga find's out? He'll kill us for even thinking about this option." Kagura's eyes glazed over with the thought's on how raged Kouga would be if he found out.
"Then we don't tell him." The three girls turned around to face Kanna who had been silent the entire time. Her black eyes held no emotion as she stood still. "Keep it a secret, until we can't."
Kagome nodded. "Great! Then it's all settled. We can not tell Kouga about the make over. Not until he finds out and it's too late. Is everyone in?" All three girls yelled a 'yeah.'
Bring! Bring!
"Let's go find Inuyasha. The faster, the better." Everyone nodded and headed off back into the school, in search of the dog eared man.
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"That's all he said?" Inuyasha nodded after he explained what Kouga had wanted to talk about. Then again, he didn't have much a choice on keeping the conversation a secret since Ayame promised him if he didn't tell her she would shove the straps from the suspenders up his ass. She had done it once before, an encore presentation wasn't what he needed at the moment.
"And if I go near Kagome he'll probably kick my butt." Inuyasha walked along side Ayame to their lockers. "But he didn't say that directly, but I know he was thinking it."
"Kouga's such a jerk! I can't stand him!" Ayame roared with angrish. His emerald eyes were actually turning red, something Inuyasha had never seen before in his best friend.
"Ay.. Ayame? You okay?" He asked while backing away slightly.
"He thinks he can go prance around like he owns the place, and make your decisions? Who does he think he is?" Ayame stopped infront of a random locker and kicked it several times while saying, "He. Is. Such. A. Prick." A kick for each ward.
"Better?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, thanks. Just need to let off some steam." Ayame smiled brightly at the nerdy boy.
"Yeah, I can see that but," Inuyasha walked infront of the now busted up locker. "did you have to let your steam off on my locker?"
"Huh?" Ayame glanced over at the locker. She gasped bending down to expect the damage. "I'm so sorry Inu-kun! I didn't mean.."
"S'ok." Inuyasha shrugged it off. "It doesn't matter. As long as I can open the locker, it's fine." Inuyasha onlocked the lock that was on the locker and tugged. It didn't open to his dismay. He tugged again, and again. It still didn't open. "Looks like the metal has pierced the inside door stopping it from opening."
"Oh Inu, I'm sorry. If you go to science without your text, Mr. Trollio will kill you!" Ayame said concerned.
"I'll just go to the office and get a loan." Inuyasha turned around to walk down the hall when a sudden scent reached his nose. It seemed famliar some how. "On second thought," Inuyasha turned back around to face Ayame. "can you get my books? You're faster and all. If it's not too much trouble.."
"No no. It's the least I can do! Back in a flash!" Ayame waved alittle as she jetted down the hall full blast.
Bring! Bring!
Inuyasha watched her go, then turned around to the opposite wall. Just like he had picked up on, the scent he had just smelled came waltzing down the hall with her three best friends. Kagome flashed Inuyasha a smile as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.
Inuyasha looked down the halls to his left then right, then behind him. He seemed to be the only person in the halls not counting the four girls. But then, who was Kagome smiling at? 'She can't be smiling at.. me? Could she?'
"Hey dog boy! Come over here." Kagura yelled as they approached him. Sango shot Kagura a look who just shrugged it off.
Inuyasha gulped as the three beauties stopped right infront of him. Like they noticed him or something. They must have, because all of their eyes were on him. "Inuyasha, nice to see you again." Kagome said kindly.
"Ha.. hai, the pleasure is mine." Inuyasha stammered. No girl had ever looked at him as long as these ones had. Girl's usually looked at him, whispered something to someone else, looked at him again, then laughed. But none of them were currently laughing at him.
"You know, school is very boring. Don't you think?" Kagome asked, making mild conversation.
Inuyasha was silent. He really did like school. Minus the bullies and taunters. School work was fun in his opinion! Especally homework! But he didn't want to lie to the queen of the school. "I um.. I actually.. like school.." Inuyasha winced waiting for one of the girls to punch him, but nothing came.
"We can change that." Kagura said matter-of-factly.
Inuyasha quirked an eye brow. "Pardon?"
Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha, I heard from Kouga that he had a chat with you? That you should do all the project and not see me at all while doing it?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Hai, he said that." Inuyasha squashed his ears to his head. Bringing up the conversation wasn't one of the most fun things Inuyasha liked to do. Was this what Kagome came to talk to him about?
"I'm sorry for what he said, truely I am." Inuyasha's eyes widened. Did she just apologize, to him of all people? "I never told Kouga to come and tell you that. Because I really want to work on the project. I want to earn my mark, whatever it is I recieve. But you see, because you um.. look the way you do, Kouga will never respect you the way you are."
"So Serene got this idea that for Kouga to respect you," Sango helped out. "That you get a whole new make over!"
"That way, you can look hot and Kouga won't think you're ruining Kagome's appearance." Kagura spoke up. "How's that idea work with you?"
The four girls peered at Inuyasha, awaitng a answer. Inuyasha was in complete shock. A make over? That had never even crossed his mind. Not once at all. Inuyasha had been the way he has been his whole life, he was used to looking this way. But he understood how Kouga believed he would ruin Kagome's image by looking the way he did.
"Well.. um.." If Kagome ment she really wanted to work on the project, then he would need the make over. And who knows? He could look even better then Kouga if miracles were on his side. And Inuyasha was always up for new things, even change. "Sure.. I guess. What could it hurt?"
Kagome clapped her hands together happily. "I'm glad your willing! Well, the sooner we do this the better. C'mon, we should start now."
"Now? Like, during school now?" Inuyasha asked while pushing up his glasses.
"Uh yeah. You do want this make over right?" Kagura asked impatiently.
Inuyasha nodded, alittle afraid of Kagura's tone. "Yeah but.."
"Kouga doesn't know were doing this. If he finds out, he might not let us do it. Once we do it, and it's over with, Kouga can't do a thing. Please Inu, come now?" Kagome pleaded while giving Inuyasha her best puppy dog face.
Inuyasha blushed a slight shade of pink. "Um.. sure.. why not?"
Kagome smiled greatly. "Thanks Inuyasha!"
"We'll take my car. Then Kouga will think you'll still here, and I skipped." Kagura said, pointing to the exit doors.
"Good idea. C'mon Inu. We have alot of work to do." Kagome took Inuyasha's arm and began leading the pink in the face dog demon off to the exit doors without complaints. Inuyasha had completely forgotten about Ayame who returned right after the five had left.
"Damn kids in line.. Bloody nose my ass! Inuyasha I got.. your.." Ayame stared down the halls looking for any trace of her dog eared friend. "Inuyasha?" 'Did he go to class already?' Ayame sighed but began to jog to science anyway with the text book in hand.
Meanwhile, the whole time Kagome and the other's had started talking to Inuyasha, two figures cloaked in the shadows had been watching silently. "A make over? Think the boss will be happy with the information?" One man asked.
"Yeah, but he'll be pissed if we're late. C'mon. Let's hurry." The two nodded and quickly raced out of the shadows and towards the cafeteria doors.
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Inuyasha had never seen such huge houses. He had always known about the rich part of Tokyo, but had never actually been there once in his life. He always believed his shrine house was pretty big for a house on his street. But nothing compared to these massive homes.
"Wow.." The houses he was driving by wouldn't even be discribed as houses. Posibbly castles, but never houses. Most of the castles were made out of what looked like black or white marble bricks. With pools in the front and back yards! Inuyasha had never owned a pool, not even a kiddy pool. This was so the life he could handle.
"You like? I'm so used to it I forget how impressive it looks to outsiders." Kagome said from the front seat of the jeep that Kagura owned.
Inuyasha was silent in awe. He felt like a kid in a candy shop, or so the clichĂȘ went. 'This is place is like a heavan on earth.'
"Were here." Sango said was directing Inuyasha's attention to a mansion on the opposite side of the street he was looking at.
"Were going in there?" Inuyasha gawked. The mansion looked like red marble with bits of black in it. A fountain with water spuuing out was placed infront of the large castle. The parking lot was made of red and white brick. The windows on the massive home had to be three or four meters long, and two meters wide. A garden could be seen in the back yard and in the front. Roses were growing up the walls of the mansion, which made the masnion look elegant.
"Yup. It's Yura's house." Sango replied while taking her seat belt off as Kagura parked the car in the drive way.
"Yura?" Inuyasha asked. "Who's Yura? Does she go to Kizuna?"
Kagura hopped out of the car along with the others shaking her head. "Yura is eighteen and she's already graduated from university. She has a major in hair, clothes, and make up design. She's the perfect candidate to do your make over."
Inuyasha could feel his nerves starting to act up. "If you say so.."
"Trust us, we know." Kagome reasurred. The five walked up to the large oak wooden double doors. Kagome knocked once and almost instantly the door was flung open.
"Kagome! It's been far too long! Has it not?" A girl alittle taller then Kagome pulled Kagome into a tight hug. She had short black hair pulled up with a red bow. Her eyes were light pink which was kind of an unusual colour.
"Yes Yura, it has! How long has it been? Two days? Gods, like forever or something!" Kagome joked. Yura laughed alittle then pulled Kagura into a hug. Then Sango, and then Kanna who smiled alittle. "It has been so long! Oh, and who might this little one be?" Yura directed her attention to the silent Inuyasha.
Inuyasha blushed as the cute girl smiled at him. "I.. I'm Inuyasha Masaharu." He interduced softly. It seemed Inuyasha had returned to his shy form.
"It seems I have alot to work with here today huh? Means more fun for the both of us! Come, come in! I'm just dying to get started!" Not thinking twice, Yura jumped forward, reaching for Inuyasha's arm and began dragging him into her house. "This is going to be very different, hey? You can trust this Yura, you are in very safe hands!"
Kagome and the other's giggled alittle bit as they followed the over excited Yura to her experiment room where she did all her make over's. Inuyasha had grown dizzy from all the twists and turns Yura had pulled him through. He wondered if he could ever find his out of this house on his own. Without using his demon nose.
"Like oh my god were here!" Yura said as she stopped infront of white large doors. Inuyasha tried to stedy his head with his hands. He adjusted his glasses to see alittle better. "Ready for your first step for man kind?"
Inuyasha looked up into the intrigued pink eyes of Yura. He gulped alittle and nodded slowly. "As ready as I'll ever be." Yura smiled and pushed the doors open dragging Inuyasha in the large room. The room was black and white tiled like a checker board. In one corner was the seats you would see in a salon. With full large mirror, brushes, combs, hair dryers, etc. In another corner was a large closet with tons of different clothes in it. The other corner had assessories for face and hair, and the last corner had mats for mediating.
"This will be your home for the next couple of hours. Get comfy." Kagome and the other's walked in the room glancing around. "You did some redecorating Yura. I like." Sango said. Yura shrugged. "Got tired of the old look. Now, on to buisness. You guys can't watch. You must go to the waiting room and wait until we are done."
"What!" They all yelled.
"You heard me. Go, go! Shoo you guys!" Yura began pushing the girls out the door. She waved quickly before waving and slamming the door in their faces. She turned back around facing a slightly scared Inuyasha. "Let's get this party started. Before long, you wont even know who you are!"
Kizuna Cafeteria
"A make over you say?" Kouga leaned against the school tables, playing with his raven hair. His blue eyes were turned to the ceiling as if it was the most popular thing in the whole room at the moment.
"Yes boss. They think they can win your respect if they do this." Guy number one said, in his bowing position.
"Quite amusing indeed." Kouga paused thinking over the information he had just been told. "You two go to Yura's house, that is most likely where they are. Make sure you're not seen. And when Inuyasha goes home, have a 'talk' with him will you?"
"Yes, boss!" The two male demons stood up quickly and raced out of the cafeteria.
'What are you planning Kagome?' Kouga asked himself. 'Whatever the case, your new friend Inuyasha will pay the price for you.'
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"Come sit here please!" Yura pulled the very nervous Inuyasha to one of the salon chairs. Inuyasha looked at himself in the mirror, catching a glimpse of what everyone saw at school. It never bothered him when people said he was or looked like a dork, because in his eyes, he was what he was. But when glancing at the long mirror infront of him, he saw something more then himself. He saw something he could become.
"So um.. what are you going to do to me?" Inuyasha asked while shaky alittle.
"Well were going to change you from a dork, to star from New York! And to do that we just have to get rid of these clothes, fix your hair because I know this beautiful silver hair can shine like my smile! And then we have to fix up these glasses." Yura pointed to each ting on him.
"Fi..fix my glasses? But I can't see without them!" Inuyasha pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "What will I do without them?"
"Don't worry, I have everything covered!" Yura smiled at Inuyasha to reasurre him. Before he could smile back, Yura was running all around the room, stopping at different places. It took her ten minutes to pick out a load of clothes for Inuyasha. Then she grabbed some small assessories from a high shelf, and raced back to Inuyasha waving her hand infront of her face like a fan. "I just lost ten pounds! Thank you!"
Inuyasha looked over everything she had picked out. "Is that for me?" He pointed to the pile next to Yura.
"Yup! But before we try it on, we have to get you ready for it." Inuyasha didn't understand what Yura excactly ment when she said he had to be ready. How hard was a make over supposed to be? Inuyasha felt his nerves growing thin.
In the waiting room
"This is driving me crazy! What the hell is taking Yura so long?" Kagura yelled from her spot on the wall. "That stupid demon's probably prolonging this to piss us off!"
"Calm down Kagura. Yura has alot to work with. It may take longer then I suspect." Sango put a slightly tanned hand on Kagura's shoulder.
"You know.. if Kanna had her mirror, we could have spied on them." Kagome said thoughtfully.
"Why did you guys have to see how long it would take bubble gum to mold on the mirror?"
"It was a dare okay! Get off my case!" Kagura yelled with her arms crossed together.
The other girl's sweatdropped, shaking their heads at their odd friend.
Back in the room
"My masterpiece is complete! Yes, you're still a dork on the inside, but Kagome can handle the rest of the stuff. I'm only the hair, make up, and clothes designer." Yura clapped her hands gleefully. Yura had had alot of people to make over, but never one like Inuyasha! Never in the world did Yura think she would have to do a make over such as this.
"I think your ready to be seen. Hey girls, you can.." The door burst open, the girls were trying to push through at the same time, causing them all to fall and cause a dog pile. (Nice choice of words huh?) Yura slapped her forehead with her hand and shook her head. "Is this how you want to act with our new and improved Inuyasha around."
Kagome, Kagura and the other two girls looked up from their crumbled position, and all of their eyes opened to the size of saucers, and their jaw dropped. "In...Inuyasha!"
"Let me show you what I have changed and how." Yura pulled the blushing Inuyasha over next to her. "First off I got him out of his nasty suspenders, and put on some nice black jeans with chains on them. He seemed the type y'know? Anyhoo, once we fought to get those on, I decided to put on a nice loose red shirt." Yura pointed to the red muscle shirt. "And do you know what I found while he was putting on his shirt?" The girls shook their heads. "Muscles! Little Inu has muscles that couldn't be seen in those tucked in shirts. One fine chest for a half demon ne?"
Yura walked around to the other side of Inuyasha. "Shoes were a no brainer. Nike's or Air force ones, I'm giving him both pairs." Yura then pointed to his hair. "I really don't think he has ever pulled a brush through his hair. It was knotty, and out of control. Once I brushed through his hair and the knots came out, it seemed as if his hair actually grew longer. Then when I washed his hair with Pro V, it became silky and smooth. I could run my fingers through it. Miracles were on our side." Yura smiled alittle. "And then it came to the glasses. As you can see, he has no glasses on his face. That's because I gave him painless contacts. New, and not even on the shelves yet! Now you can see his beautiful amber eyes, no?"
The four girls nodded, picking each other up one by one. 'He looks like a super model..' Kagura thought to herself. 'This cannot be the same guy we took in here! There's no way that little wimp was that muscular before!' Kagome gawked without meaning too. Not in her whole life had she seen anything like this. Inuyasha was now.. reborn! It was a wonderful day.
"Uh.. do you like it?" Inuyasha whispered out. His hands figdeted with all eyes on him.
"Ye..yes! If course we do!" Sango cried running up to Inuyasha. "You look so.. great! Kouga will have to be impressed, don't you guys think?" Kagura nodded and walked up to Inuyasha. "You look... wow.." She was at aloss of words.
Kagome stared at Inuyasha. She would only admit it to herself, but Inuyasha was much more hotter then Kouga. His eyes, build, hair, all completely better. She wasn't so sure if Kouga will respect him as much as he will hate the new Inuyasha. "It's... perfect."
The girls began throwing compliment after compliment to Inuyasha, who's face was going redder and redder by the second. A make over like this was once in a life time, and he knew it. "If we don't leave now... Kouga will know something's up." Everyone turned to the white haired girl. "Even though it doesn't matter."
"Kanna right." Kagura said. "We can talk about this later. Right now we should get Inuyasha home before Kouga finda out and freaks." The other's nodded.
"Thanks so much Yura! I'll see you soon." Kagome hugged Yura who nodded back. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha and began pulling him out of the house and to the car.
"So you think I look okay?" He asked again.
"Yup, good as new." Kagome said while jumping into the passenger's seat.
"But.. these are the only good clothes I have. I don't have any clothes like this at home." Inuyasha pointed his clothes. "What then?"
"I'll take you shopping that's what." Kagome said. "Here. Tomorrow during school."
"During school again?" Inuyasha complained.
"That's right, you still like school. Yura did a big help in this, but we still have to fix what goes on in your head." Kagura put the keys in the igniton and nodded to herself. "Don't worry Inu dude. Before long, school will be the last thing you think about."
Kagura pulled out of the driveway, the girls talking about what to fix next about Inuyasha. Sure, Inuyasha loved the make over. He now felt better about himself. But changing his personality? He wasn't sure he could do that all over night.
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"So I'll see you tomorrow?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha jumped out of the car.
"Yeah, to..morrow." Inuyasha muttered. Kagome sent Inuyasha a heart melting smile and waved. "Okay, until then." Inuyasha waved alittle as he watched the four girls drive off, back down to their perfect homes and perfect lives.
"Oh! I completely forgot on what mama will say! I hope she's not worried." Inuyasha began walking up the shrine steps to his home. As he reached the top, he saw two men in black standing in his front yard. 'Who are these guys?'
"Don't worry mutt, we told your mother you're okay." Guy number one said. Inuyasha didn't like the aura of these two demons. Fear for his mother grew inside him. He clentched his fists alittle, his eyes narrowing. "What do you want?" His voice came out harder then he thought. 'It must come with the new look.' He told himself.
"Look at you. You look great. Yura is really the best, isn't she? I admire her work." Guy number two said while chuckling.
'They new I was at Yura's? Were they following us?' "I'll ask again, that the hell do you want?" 'Okay that's a new one. I never swear. Something's going on in my head.'
"You see, boss man doesn't like you. And if he doesn't like you, well, we don't like you. Get what I'm saying?" Guy number one asked.
"No mind's to go with your ugly bodies? Funny, that doesn't surprise me." Inuyasha smirked alittle, showing off his pearly white teeth.
"Bastard. I think it's time we give him a little gift of our own eh?" Guy number two asked while cracking his knuckles.
"Yeah, let's give it to him!" The two demon's raced over to Inuyasha with their fist's drawn out. Inuyasa lept out of the way and into a tree to his right. The demon's glared and jumped over to the tree, trying to kick Inuyasha out of it.
Inuyasha lept down to the ground again. "Guess we can't settle this with words?" He asked while straightening up, dusting off some dirt on his red shirt.
"Think again half demon!" The two yelled. Inuyasha sighed. 'I haven't fought in a long while. Wonder if I still got it.' Inuyasha raced head on to the demons. He punched the first on in the face then in the stomache. He then turned a hundred and eighty degree angle and swiftly kicked the other man in the stomache, then elbowed him in the face.
The two men flew in opposite position, bleeding terribly. They tried to stand, but was barely able to sit. "If you wanna continue this, just ask." Inuyasha smirked at the frightened faces the two gave him. "Th..this isn't over yet!" One yelled. "Ye..yeah! We'll be back!"
"With muffin's and boy scout cookies in a basket too?" Inuyasha asked sweetly as the men gave him the finger and took off down the shrine steps and back to whoever there boss was.
Inuyasha stared down at his bloodied knuckles. Not his blood, but theirs. Inuyasha hadn't fought someone since he was eight years old. The rush of the punches and the kicking was returning to him. He smirked to himself. 'I'm liking this make over more and more.'
"Inuyasha? Are you okay!" Inuyasha turned to see his mother rushing up to him. He smiled, putting his bloodied hands behind his back. "Yeah, fine."
"What happened to you? You look.. look.." Izayoi was at a loss of words like Kagura had been.
"Amazing?"
Izayoi nodded. "Hai, amazing."
Inuyasha smiled and began leading his mother back to the shrine home. "It's a long story.. I'll explain later."
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A/N: That was long hmm? I don't like this chapter as much as the other two, but I guess it's alright? Next chapter is shopping fun! It may take a few days to get the next chapter up, maybe sooner. I'm not sure. But the more reviews, the faster the next chapter! Oh and speaking of reviews, here are all the people who reviewed!
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