Chapter 8, hope you like- Fu Fu
Inuyasha Pulled his car over in front of a small little jeweler store in downtown Tokyo, and got out. Locking his door and setting his alarm behind him.
As Inuyasha came to the front counter, a well groomed man in a tightly pressed gray business suit turned to look at him.
"Excuse me Sir, are you lost?" He said. Inuyasha growled slightly at the insinuation, but continued to walk forward anyways.
"I was told the ring I ordered was ready" He said.
"Name?"
"Inuyasha Notashi, to Kagome Higurashi"
"Ah yes, A particularly lovely piece, if I do say so myself" The man said, reaching behind him and pulling off a shelf a small, pitch black box. And handing it to Inuyasha.
"Yeah" He said. Opening the box and staring down at the Engagement ring he'd put so much thought into.
It was extremely simple. A medium sized diamond set in a silver band, with two small tear shaped ruby's on either side. The inscription on the inside said, in luxurious, cursive letters, Kagome, I'd die for many, I live for you. Inuyasha smiled at it.
"How much do I owe you?" He asked, as he got out his wallet.
"Three thousand" the man said. Inuyasha pulled out his visa, and handed it to the man. He charged it, and handed it back to Inuyasha along with the receipt. Inuyasha quickly signed, then left the jewelers, with the ring clasped tightly in his hand.
(A/N: Remember, this is Japanese money, so three thousand yen, is like three hundred dollars, I think, oh well - with pride from Fu Fu)
Inuyasha walked inside his apartment to see Kirara sitting on the sofa reading a book. No one else was in sight.
"Where is everybody?" He asked. Kirara closed her book.
"Shippou and Kelly took Heather to the park. They should be back in about an hour" Kirara replied.
"Good" He said, he sunk down on the couch next to her. Kirara observed him speculatively.
"So, did you pick up the ring?" She asked slyly. Inuyasha wiped his head around so fast he wrenched his neck.
"What ring?" He asked Innocently. But, he'd already given himself away. Kirara smiled.
"You think I don't know? For one thing, never ask a blabber mouth about jewelry stores, AKA Shippou. And, don't leave the order form on the top of your desk where anyone can see it. And don't mark on your calendar, 'pick up ring'" she said smugly.
"You were in my office?"
Kirara raised her eyebrow. "That's beside the point Inuyasha"
"Alright, you caught me. You wanna see it?" Inuyasha said, sighing and raising his hands in defeat, then reaching into his pocket and extracted the black velvet box, rubbing his thumb over it lovingly, before handing it over.
Kirara opened it, and gasped as it revealed the beautiful ring. "Is it inscribed?" She asked, excitedly.
"Feh, look for yourself" Inuyasha said smiling. Kirara pulled out the ring, and looked at the inside of the ring.
"Oh, Inuyasha, that's beautiful. I never knew something so sweet could come out of that empty head of yours" She said, placing the ring back in the box, and handing it back to Inuyasha. Who scrutinized it with pride in his face.
"Well, yeah..." He said, then, digesting what she said. "Hey!" He chased her as she took off running. Then closed herself in the guest room.
"Ha Ha!" She laughed at him through the door. Inuyasha scowled at it.
"What a day" Inuyasha groaned, as he collapsed into the couch. But it was Friday, that meant, him and Kagome tonight. He hadn't gotten a chance to see her all week. Something that was thoroughly annoying him.
Ranbou hadn't been seen for a week. Kirara and Heather were still staying with them as a precaution. There was plenty of room anyways.
"Was it really that bad?" Kirara asked from the kitchen. She had taken up the cooking since she had moved in. Considering Kelly couldn't cook much, Shippou added too much salt to everything, and Inuyasha burned anything and he touched.
"Are you kidding me? Jared, the jackass, suggested we put ads on plastic bags. Of course I had to be the one who had to "politely" He raised his hands and made quotation marks with his finger, even though Kirara couldn't see him. "tell him 'Were trying to cut cost dipshit! Not double them!' Then of course he said, what do you mean? And I had to explain to him how much fucking money that would cost! Can you believe anyone can be that stupid? He could get a worst score on a test then Kelso on that 70's show! and he's working in fucking advertisement! does that sound right to you?"
Kirara giggled. "No, but you have to deal with him, not me"
Inuyasha growled. But was pleased on the inside. Ever since Saturday, Kirara was becoming more and more her old-self. A very good thing in Inuyasha's opinion, even if he did have to deal with her old attitude again. But then there was Kelly, who's attitude was almost a duplicate of Kirara's. Now he had to deal with two of them!
"Don't start with me Kitty-cat" He replied. She giggled again.
Heather suddenly came bursting in the room, She ran and jumped on Inuyasha's lap, Then clasped one hand firmly around the ear the he had been to much of an idiot to keep hidden.
"I got your ear! You know Uncle Inu, We should have a swear jar, every time I catch you saying a bad word, you have to put a quarter in. That would have been, um..." she put the finger that wasn't latched on to his ear on her chin in thought. "Four quarters, which is, a whole dollar!" She squealed happily. "You owe me a dollar Uncle Inu!"
"We need to teach her the Japanese money system" Inuyasha grumbled at Kirara. She smiled then stood up.
"Dinner should be ready, Heather go get cleaned up" Heather grumbled, gave Inuyasha one final tug of the ear, then left the room.
Inuyasha scooted to the end of the couch and picked up the phone. He dialed the number he had looked up earlier. which was on a post it stuck to the phone console.
"Hello? Higurashi residence" A female voice asked from the other side. Inuyasha cleared his throat.
"Mrs.Higurashi? Is Kagome there?" Inuyasha asked.
The girl giggled. "I'm not Mrs.Higurashi. This is Ayumi, who is this?" The girl said. The name sounded familiar, but Inuyasha couldn't place it.
"I'm, Inuyasha" He said.
"Oooooh! Inuyaaaasha! Well I've heard aaall about you!" The girl said. Inuyasha heard someone scrabbling in the background.
"Ayumi! Give me the phone!" Inuyasha heard Kagome plead.
"In a minute! So, Inuyasha, are you gonna go back to that ex-girlfriend again? Or are you deciding not to break Kagome's heart and stay with Kagome this time?" Ayumi said. Inuyasha's jaw dropped.
"Ayumi!" Kagome screamed. She wrestled the phone away from her friend, and pulled it to her ear. "Inuyasha?" She asked hopefully.
"Inuyasha?" she asked again, as she went into the kitchen to get a little privacy. "Inuyasha!"
"I'm here" He said finally. He sounded defeated somehow.
"I'm so sorry. I couldn't get to the phone in time, so I asked her to grab it." She explained. Inuyasha didn't say anything.
"Inuyasha?"
"Is that true?"
"What?" Kagome asked, confused. "I really couldn't get to the phone"
"No, not that, what she said, was it true?" Inuyasha's tone was flat. Almost emotionless. Except for that underlining hint of sorrow.
"Which part?"
"The breaking your heart part, what else? Is it true? Did I do that to you?" Inuyasha asked again.
"It doesn't matter" Kagome said quickly. Inuyasha growled.
"Yes it does matterIf that's how it was just say it"
"Yes" Kagome said quietly. Silently cursing Ayumi for saying anything.
"Alright. well, get dressed up. I want to come pick you up and take you out to dinner, I'll be there in about an hour. See you then?" He said.
Kagome was taken aback that he had just let the subject drop like that. But said. "Yeah, I'll see you then"
"Wait, can I talk to your mom for a minute?" Inuyasha asked. Surprising Kagome yet again.
"Of course, just a second" she said into the phone, then out he door into the living room. "MOM! PHONE!" Then she returned to the modern convenience.
"Alright, she'll be right here. see you later?" Kagome said.
"Can't wait" Inuyasha's smile was evident in his voice.
Mrs.Higurashi stepped into the room. Kagome handed the phone over with a smile, then went to go tell her guest, that she had to go.
Inuyasha pulled up in front of the shrine an hour later on the dot. Then went up the stairs to find the women he loved.
He knocked on the door and waited.
When the door opened, he had to stop his jaw from falling to the floor.
Kagome stood there, in a slimming black dress, that hung elegantly off her shoulders. It hugged her curves in all the right places, and looked absolute stunning on her. She wore little make-up, but Inuyasha much more preferred the natural beauty of Kagome, to fake coloring.
Kagome blushed as he looked over her.
"How do I look?" She asked. Inuyasha's shocked expression was all she needed for an answer.
"Well, lets go" Kagome said, stepping out the door and closing it behind her.
Okay, so that was chapter 8. I hope you all loved the eighth installment in a story that still has a long way to go. I can't believe it's gonna go on as long as I think it will. I'm not sure exactly, but I don't think I'm gonna stop till all problems are either resolved, or I make you all cry with all the sadness. Don't know yet. You all will just have to wait! nan-nan-na-na! -Fu Fu
My birthday is memorial day! yea!- Fu Fu
I'm the all powerful Fu Fu!
Mwahahahaha!
(Sry, had the urge)
Disclaimer:
Why aren't they mine?
I wish they were
But I'll settle for terrorizing them
(Grin)