A/N: thank you thank you. This is chappie four. Yea. Anyway I just want to say that the beginning of the next chapter is a little uh...upsetting? So just hol up for it. It makes sense once the whole story is out. And sorry to all the kikyo lovers for making her a bitch. Haha I need personality lolz. So it works out. But for me to keep writing...I need reviews...
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. And I don't own Hershey's lolz.
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Life In The Fast Lane
Chapter Four
Meet the Family
After Friday night's club adventure and races, Kagome decided to lay low for a while. You never know when you could run into s hater –cough- Kouga/Kikyo –cough-. He threatened her and yeah she'll admit it, it scared the shit outta her. What would he do to her anyway? She knew he was the son of Naraku and he has money. But punishing her for wanting to be friends with Inuyasha? Which sucked because she really liked him.
Sighing, Kagome shook these thoughts from her head. She actually needed to clear her head. So what better way then to get some ice cream?
Kagome pulled open the glass door to "Wonderland Ice Cream'. The bells above the door chimed and the person working behind the counter looked up.
"Hi, how may I help you today?" she asked in a bubbly voice. Kagome winced.
"Uh yeah, can I get a scoop of strawberry on a sugar cone please?"
"Make that two and change my flavor to Snickers, please." Kagome turned around and smiled, but tried to hide it by rolling her eyes.
"Are you my stalker or something? I didn't even hear you come in," she said.
"Well that's because you were so into picking out your flavor of ice cream."
"That will be $2.50, please." The cashier said. Inuyasha pulled out his wallet, but Kagome stopped him.
"You paid for the drinks. This one's my treat." She pulled out the exact amount and handed it to the cashier. Then she got their ice cream and handed Inuyasha his.
"Thanks."
"My pleasure." They walked off to one of the little booths by the wall and sat down. Then the door of the ice cream shop opened and an elderly couple walked in. the old women turned to Inuyasha and Kagome and cooed.
"Oh honey. They are such a cute couple. Don't they look cute together? Almost like we did when we were their age."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cute. I want my ice cream." The old man complained. The old lady sighed and they went up to the counter, leaving Inuyasha and Kagome to blush ten shades of red. Both ate or licked their ice cream in silence, until they were finished and went outside. They were both still thinking about what the old lady had said. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha.
"Well this is my cue. I gotta go." She waved goodbye and started walking in the direction she came from.
"Wait Kagome." She turned around. "Wanna come over...and uh...maybe hang out?" he blurted out.
"Yeah sounds great." She said pushing the voice that said 'you're gonna get hurt by Kouga. Don't go' to the back of her head.
"Great." Inuyasha led her to his car and opened her door for her, then got in his side of the car. Then as soon as he started up the RSX, he was zooming down the street.
"Hey, Inuyasha. Ever heard of the speed limit?" she yelled.
"What speed limit?" he yelled over the loud rock music.
"My point exactly..." she muttered.
"You say something?" Kagome just shook her head. After about 20 seconds they were in Tokyo heights. Inuyasha pulled into the valet parking drive.
"Hello master Inuyasha. Let me be of service for you today." The man named James bowed and took Inuyasha's RSX. "Okay. Now that would have usually taken me 15 minutes to get here. Not 20 seconds." She said trying to catch her normal breathing.
"That's the difference between me and you." He said cheerfully. Kagome just rolled her eyes.
"Just remind me to never let you drive when we hang out again." Inuyasha looked over at Kagome and grinned.
"You really, really like me. You want to keep hangin out with me." he said doing a happy dance. Kagome laughed.
"So this is your humble abode. A hotel?" she asked changing the subject.
"Actually, pent house. And yes, this is home." He said. He took Kagome's hand and led her into the lobby.
"Oh master Inuyasha. I didn't expect you back so soon." His elevator worker guy said.
"Oh, do you know if Sesshomaru and Rin are home, Minami?"
"Yes, I do believe they are. Would you like me to take you up?"
"Thanks." He said. When they reached his floor, they walked down the hall to their pent house. Where the door was polished wood, and the number 302 was in gold. He took his key and opened the door.
"Hey bro. Hey Rin."
"Inuyasha!" Rin jumped up and hugged Inuyasha, and then looked at Kagome. "Hi, what's your name?" Kagome smiled at the older girl with brown eyes and long dark brown hair.
"Hi, I'm Kagome. Inuyasha's friend." Sesshomaru stood up and gave Kagome a skeptical look.
"Friend, huh. Last girl Inuyasha brought home wasn't a friend. Isn't that right Rin?"
"You really, really don't have to answer that Rin." Inuyasha pleaded. "Ahem. Kagome let me just introduce you to my brother Sesshomaru and his girlfriend Rin. Guys this is Kagome."
"It's nice to meet you Kagome. Keep my brother in check." Sesshomaru said nonchalantly.
"Uh, yeah, sure."
"Alright. What are you guys gonna do right now?" Rin asked.
"Um...just hangin out." Kagome explained.
"I have a wonderful idea for what you guys could do." Rin said excitedly.
"And that would be..." Inuyasha said prompting her to go on.
"You guys should go swimming. The pool boy just came by and cleaned it and everything." Sesshomaru said. Kagome turned to Rin.
"But I don't have a suit."
"Oh that's okay, I bought like five new suits yesterday. We look about the same size." Both girls walked off chatting and talking about swimsuits.
"So Inuyasha. You're sure she's just a friend." Sesshomaru said going back to his desk and shuffling papers.
"Yea, dude. Just friends." Inuyasha said. 'I think.' He thought to himself.
"Riiight. We'll see how long that one lasts." He said smirking. Inuyasha headed to a guest bedroom to change.
Kagome came down from a bathroom and came into the poolroom. The water was reflecting off of all the walls making peaceful designs. She unwrapped her towel and set it on a chair. Then she went over to the poolside and looked in.
Inuyasha came into the poolroom quietly, when he saw Kagome there. She was wearing a black and red string bikini and he thought she looked...what's the word? Oh yeah, gorgeous. Then an idea popped into his head and he got an evil smirk on his face. He ran over to her, picked her up bridal style and threw her into the pool. She came up, breathing in air and removing plastered black hair from her face. Then she saw Inuyasha standing there, laughing his head off.
"You should...ahaha...have seen your ...ahaha...face...ahahah...it was great...ahaha." He said mimicking her face. Kagome scowled.
"This means war, you know." Inuyahsa shrugged and jumped into the deep end before she could pull him in. When he resurfaced, Kagome was right in front of him.
"Uh, you know Gome. Me and the throwin you in and stuff, that was just a joke." He said laughing nervously when he saw her face.
"I know Yasha. Hey why are you so tense?" she asked sweetly. She put her hands on his shoulders and massaged them. He immediately relaxed into her touch. Then she leaned in to whisper in his ear. "Inuyasha. You really shouldn't have thrown me into the pool." She whispered sweetly. She kept massaging his shoulders as a distraction.
"Why?" he asked shivering from her skin against his.
"Cause I always get my payback!" she yelled dunking him under water and holding him there.
"Kagome!" he gurgled out. She laughed just as hard as him, but stopped suddenly when she didn't feel his shoulders underneath her hands.
"Hey Inuyasha. You can uh, come up for air now." She said uneasily. He still wasn't coming up. "Inuyasha! Stop kidding around!" she yelled. Suddenly she felt herself being lifted up on his shoulders. Then he dropped her back into the water. But when she came back up, she clung to Inuyasha.
"Hey what's wrong?" he asked when he saw her face. It clearly had worry etched across it.
"Hmm, well for starters. You scared me."
"Didn't know you cared so much." He said with a smirk.
"I don't." she said with a turned up nose. Then she brought her head back down and looked at him. "Just please don't do it again." She said quietly.
"Yeah sure thing. I'm sorry I scared you. But you really are a worrywart."
"So you don't want me to worry about you anymore?" she asked.
"Thought you didn't care about me."
"Well I changed my mind." She said with a blush. Inuyasha was surprised. So he did the logical thing anyone would do if they were surprised. He hugged her like she was a lifeline. Why you might ask? Because for the longest time in his life, he never had someone to care deeply about him, and Kagome did. Of course he had Sesshomaru and Rin, but with Sesshomaru it's only 'I'll save your life if I have to and I always got your back'. Sesshomaru always had a nonchalant shell around him, never letting any emotions seep out the cracks. His only weakness and the only person that could make him melt was Rin. And with Rin, of course she cared. She was like an older sister he never had. But that's about it.
"So...are you hungry?" he asked when they pulled away from the hug.
"Yeah, I am."
"Okay." But neither seemed to move. Instead they looked into each other's eyes and slowly their heads moved in for a kiss. Their lips were only inches away, when Miroku opened the door to the poolroom. They jumped away from the kiss and Kagome went underwater. After Miroku walked in, Sango followed.
"Hey Inuyasha. Where's Kagome? Your brother said she was here." Miroku said looking around.
"Yeah, where is Kagome?" Sango chirped in.
"She's underwater." Inuyasha said, his heart racing from what almost went down.
"Underwater doing what?" Miroku asked with a perverted grin.
"Swimming you lecher." Inuyasha said shaking his head. Sango slapped him in the back of the head.
"You are so wrong, Miroku."
"My dear Sango. Must you hit so hard?" he asked rubbing his head.
"You deserved it." Inuyasha pointed out. Just then Kagome came up for air and smiled when she saw her friends.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"We came to hang out with Inuyasha and now that you're here, it's even better." Sango said excitedly.
"Sounds great. What are we all gonna do?"
"Well since it's night time already, why don't we have a bonfire?" Miroku suggested.
"But where are we gonna do it?" Kagome asked.
"We could have it on Inuyasha's back deck. There's a spot for a bonfire out there."
"How often have you been over here Miroku?" Kagome asked.
"Not much more than once."
"Riiight. Well anyways, I gotta change." She hopped up out of the pool and went to the chair to pick up her fluffy towel. Then she walked out of the room with Inuyasha staring.
"Hey Inuyasha. Inuyasha, snap out of it." Sango said waving a hand in front of his face.
"What...huh. Oh yeah. Uh I gotta change." He hopped out of the pool and ran to change.
"Miroku I think we have a love relationship forming."
"What you talkin bout Sango?" he said like Gary Coleman.
"What I mean is...Inuyasha likes Kagome and Kagome likes Inuyasha. But something is holdin her back. I'm gonna find out what too." She said determined.
"Uh Sango? Are you sure that's something you really want to do? I mean remember how mad Kouga was at the club?"
"Yeah I do. But they aren't together anymore. Which means Kagome can be with whomever she wants. And we want our friends to be happy, right Miroku?"
"Yeah Babe. But that's not the point. Kouga's family can do things. Scary things. And they are powerful. You know that, right? Maybe we should just let it be worked out by itself, nah meen?"
"Uh...how about we get that bonfire started?" Sango said changing the subject. Miroku shook his head and grabbed Sango's wrist. Pulling her close, he sighed.
"Sango, please promise me. Promise me you won't get involved with the wrong people. I would never forgive myself if something happened to you." Sango smiled.
"I promise Miroku." She tilted her head up and kissed him, and just as Miroku was about to deepen the kiss, Kagome came in.
"Hey you two get a room." Kagome said sitting down in a lounge chair. She was back in her low-rise, hip-hugging jeans and a black wife-beater that was belly-shirt style.
"Damn it Kagome. Now I missed my chance." Both girls giggle and Miroku sighed defeated. "Okay so where is Inuyasha?" Miroku asked with a slight blush.
"Yeah, just change the subject why don't you. He said to meet him in the kitchen."
All three friends walked to the kitchen where they saw a kid that looked familiar going through the fridge and a girl that they recognized as a junior from school, sitting at the marble counter.
"Uh not to be rude or anything, but who are you two?" Kagome asked. "And why are you in the kitchen?"
"Well, one, I'm Shippou. Remember we met at that race on that Friday about two weeks ago. Well anyways, this is my girlfriend Suki. We came over to hang."
"Nice to meet you Suki. This is my boyfriend Miroku and that's my home girl over there, Kagome. I'm Sango."
"Nice to meet you all." She said standing up and shaking all of their hands.
"So where is that boy anyway?" Shippou asked.
"Um, changing. He'll probably be down in a minute."
"No need for a minute. I'm already here." Inuyasha said waltzing up. Everybody shook from the fact that it was a little freaky.
"Yeah, anyheywho. Let's get this bonfire started." Miroku said excited.
"Slow your roll, Pyro. I'm lighting the fire." Sango said taking away Miroku's matches.
"You guys are having a bonfire?" Suki asked.
"Yep. You guys can join us if you want." Kagome invited.
"Sounds good." The group headed outside to the back porch with Sango and Miroku fighting about who got to start the fire. Kagome rolled her eyes and pulled out a few matches, starting the fire herself. They both pouted and sat down in the chairs the spread around. Kagome was sitting next to Inuyasha and everybody was sitting next to his or her loved ones. Soon everyone was laughing and telling stupid stories.
"Heh Miroku, remember in freshman year when Kagome was a cheerleader. She was also going out with this prep named Hobo-"
"Hojo." Kagome muttered cutting Sango off.
"Yeah whatever. So Kagome was dating Hobo and me and Miroku thought she was like a total snob. By the way we hate preps (A/N: no offense to all those who are preps. I just don't like snobby people not that all preps are). So anyway, we went to one of Kagome's football games and when we saw her cheer we knew she was only doing it so she could put it on her college application. She was always like giving it 5%."
"Yeah thanks Sango. Give me some credit, would ya?"
"Well it's true." Miroku pointed out.
"So our little punk rocker Kagome was a cheerleader." Inuyasha said putting an arm around her shoulders. "Ra, Ra, Ree!" he said mimicking a cheerleader.
"Heh heh heh, ya'll think that's funny huh? Guess what? Ya'll can kiss my natural Asian ass." She said removing Inuyasha's arms from around her shoulder. Then she smiled.
"Kagome it was funny. You were always going the wrong way or you were off beat."
"Well I was hoping to get kicked off the team maybe. That would help a little bit."
"Yeah, yeah. No excuses needed. Point is, when she met me and Miroku, we turned her cool."
"Yeeeeaaah, riiiiight." She said making everyone laugh. "But hey, what about you guys. When I met you, all that happened was grope, slap, grope, slap, grope, slap." Kagome pointed out.
"Aw, the old days." Miroku said with a sparkle in his eye.
"Yeah right. You still do it to this very day. There is no 'old days'." Inuyasha said.
"I'm afraid to ask, but who did the groping." Suki asked with a smile. Sango got a horrified look on her face.
"It wasn't me. It was all this boy right here. And why did you always grope me?" she asked turning her attention to Miroku.
"Because you're my one and only Sango." He said then kissed her.
"Aww, how sweet." Suki said. "Shippou how come you never say anything like that to me?"
"Suki we just started going out like last Wednesday. When we get deeper into our relationship, I'll say it all the time." Suki nodded and then they started making-out. Kagome and Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"Yeah so, anyway. Wanna come up for air!" Kagome asked the two couples. They broke apart embarrassed.
"So, um, Kagome. You and Inuyasha are a cute couple. You seem so happy." Suki said trying to get the attention off of them.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no. We aren't going out. We're just friends." They said at the same time.
"Oh, really."
"Yeah, hey you guys want S'mores, cause I do. Let me go get that. You know, right now." Inuyasha walked back into the house.
"Uh, let me go help him with that." Kagome followed him.
"Okay guys. That's all the proof I need. Kagome and Inuyasha definitely belong together." Suki said.
"Right. But how exactly do you suppose we make that happen?" Shippou asked.
"Just got to play a little bit of matchmaker." Sango said.
--(Inside with Inu and Kag)
"So..."
"So..." Both teens were at a loss for words. Everyone they ran into thought they were a couple. Not that Kagome would mind being Inuyasha's girlfriend. The only thing stopping her was the thing about Kouga. But she also really likes Inuyasha.
"Uh, let's get these S'mores out there." He said. He grabbed a bag of marshmallows and a box of graham crackers.
"You need chocolate, Yasha." He looked over at her.
"Uh, yeah. Here we go." He picked up two big bars of Hershey's chocolate then they headed outside with the goods. For roasting them, they came up with the idea of extending metal hangers and making them into the handles for the marshmallows. (A/N: That's how I make my S'mores!)
The rest of the night went by uneventful. Everyone told stories that made you laugh and when the fire died down, everyone went home.
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A/N: okay I'm throwin chappie four down. Thank you for everyone reading this. And I just want to say, if anyone had any suggestions, I will take them happily. Just review!!!!!!!
Later Dayz, TaintedMunkeyz