(Alright, I know there was no Hojo bashing, but never fear this chapter
will be mostly Hojo beating!!!!!! So yeah!!!! Let's see what damage Inu-
Yasha can do to the poor kid*
Winter Wonderland
Chapter Twelve
Inu-Yasha stared out the car window at the enormous building they were parked infront of.
"Wow . . . and here I thought the mall was big,"
"Yeah, their hotel is pretty big. Now, hold still so I can put this head band on you," giggled Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and tilted his head forward so she could tie his ears back, "But I still don't understand why you brought the Tetsusaiga,"
"Well, Hojo is going to be there and its just in case he makes you mad,"
"Feh, I won't get mad over that weakling human,"
Smiling and Kagome and Inu-Yasha followed Mrs. Higurashi and Sota into the building where Ayumi was waiting for them in the lobby wearing a house coat.
"Hey, you made it," said Eri, giving Inu-Yasha and Kagome a hug.
"So where are the others?" asked Kagome.
"Eri, Yuka, and Hojo are already in the pool. We have it all to ourselves for most of the afternoon. So follow me and I'll show you where the pool is,"
They followed Ayumi down a few halls and finally through a large door that had pool written on it. Inu-Yasha immediately covered his nose from the weird smell coming from this rather large room.
"Wow, it's even got water slides," said Kagome.
"And a hot tub too, the others are in the sauna right now, and the change rooms are over there," pointed Ayumi to their left.
"Well, we'll see you in a few minutes then," said Kagome.
Ayumi nodded and went to get the others while Kagome and her group headed to the change rooms.
"Kagome?" whispered Inu-Yasha.
"Yes?"
"How do I get this thing on?"
"Don't worry, Sota will tell you,"
The girls and the boys split up into the change rooms. Kagome started to strip off her clothes and put them in a locker.
"Kagome, do you think Inu-Yasha will be alright with Hojo around?" asked Mrs. Higurashi.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. I mean I don't really want to see him, but he is really good friends with Eri and Yuka,"
"Well, we have the Tetsusaiga here just in case anything happens,"
"Yes, so are you going to be in the hot tub?"
"Yeah, but if you guys decide to play some volleyball I'll join in,"
Tying her hair back, Kagome made sure her locker was locked and pinned the key to the strap of her bikini.
"I'll see you outside then," said Kagome heading to the pool. As she left the change room she saw Sota already standing outside, "Where's Inu- Yasha?"
"He won't come out," mumbled Sota, looking at the change room entrance/exit.
"Inu-Yasha?" called Kagome.
"I refuse to come out!" came Inu-Yasha's voice, echoing slightly.
"Inu-Yasha you can't look that bad, Sota's wearing the same thing, and even Hojo is too,"
"No way,"
"I'll say the word if you don't," hissed Kagome.
Inu-Yasha gave off a small eep, before coming out wearing a pair of red swim trunks.
Kagome's mouth fell open as she saw his body and had to turn away, but Inu-Yasha had to do the same thing.
"Well, looks like you guys are ready,"
Kagome turned her head to see Ayumi walking towards them with Hojo and the others behind her, "Yeah, so what shall we do first?"
"I say we go to the water slides," said Eri.
"Sounds good to me," said Sota.
"If you kids need me, I'll be in the hot tub," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Well let's go," said Sota heading towards the stairs,"
"Sota! No running!" called Kagome.
"How come?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Oh don't tell me your boyfriend doesn't know how to swim?" asked Hojo.
"Of course I know how to swim!" growled Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha . . . calm down," whispered Kagome.
"Feh," Inu-Yasha smelt the air as they passed by one of the pools, "Why does it smell so weird in here?"
"It's the chlorine, you'll get used to it,"
"So how do we get to the top of the slide?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"We just climb these stairs," said Kagome, pointing ahead of her.
They all climbed the stairs with Inu-Yasha looking around like a curious child.
"You'd think he'd never seen a pool before," hissed Hojo to Eri from behind.
"I heard that Hojo!" growled Inu-Yasha, shaking his fist at the kid.
"How the hell did he hear me?"
Eri just shrugged her shoulders and kept walking till they got to the top.
"Do you guys want to race?" asked Yuka, as they headed to one slide.
"Let's just go down a few times and then we will," said Kagome as her and Inu-Yasha head to the other.
"Okay, we'll see you at the bottom!" cried Eri as she disappeared down the one slide.
Kagome lead Inu-Yasha to a dark green slide that did a lot of spiraling,
"Do you want to go by yourself?" asked Kagome.
"I don't know if I trust this thing," said Inu-Yasha.
Kagome laughed and took a seat on the slide, "Come and sit behind me then and we'll go down together,"
Inu-Yasha did as he was asked, but was blushing the whole time as he wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist.
"Ready?"
"Yeah,"
"Alright, let's go!" cried Kagome as she pushed them off.
"Whoa!" cried Inu-Yasha as they went down at a fast speed.
Kagome was laughing the whole time with Inu-Yasha slightly screaming. Eri and the others were already waiting for them at the bottom as the came sliding down and for a brief moment disappeared into the water. Kagome surfaced laughing, but when Inu-Yasha can up, he shook the water off him like a wet dog.
"So, what did you think Inu-Yasha?" asked Kagome.
"That actually wasn't too bad,"
"Want to go again?"
"Sure!"
They went down the slides over and over again until Inu-Yasha was sure enough he could race. They all stood at the top, going over the rules.
"Okay, we'll go in heats of two and the winner moves on, any questions?" asked Yuka
"No," said everyone in unison.
"Now Mrs. Higurashi has said she will watch to see who hits the water first so there won't be any cheaters. Now everyone ready?"
They all nodded and prepared the water slide racing!
(Waving little flag with Inu's face on it, 'Go Inu-Yasha!')
"Alright, first it's Kagome vs. Eri . . . on y our marks . . . get set . . . go!"
Kagome and Eri took off at the same time. Everyone leaned up against the rails, watching the two race.
"And there off and it seems Eri has a slight lead but Kagome is starting to catch up as she lies down to get herself some extra speed," said Sota, being the commentary of the game, "They're neck and neck as they race down the slides, it's going to be close, but who will win? And there they hit the water, it will be up to my mother to decide this close race . . . and it seems Kagome is the winner!"
They could see Kagome heading back up to the slides while Eri headed to the hot tub where Mrs. Higurashi was sitting.
"Congratulations sis, and now the second round of the annual . . ."
"Sota, this is the first time we've done this," said Hojo.
"I'm just trying to sound good . . . now it's Yuka vs. Ayumi,"announced Sota, going back to his commentary voice, "On your marks ladies . . . get set . . . go!"
Yuka had a small head start but Ayumi was close behind her.
"They're neck and neck, its going to be a close one . . . and it seems Yuka is the winner of this round!"
Yuka did a small victory dance while Ayumi headed to the hot tub where Eri and Mrs. Higurashi were watching.
"And now for the last, and looks like the most heated round of the game, Hojo vs. Inu-Yasha, racers please take your positions,"
Inu-Yasha and Hojo took their positions at the water slider, both were glaring at each other.
"On your marks, get set . . . go!"
Inu-Yasha had a major head start since his push off was a lot stronger than Hojo's.
"And Inu-Yasha takes a tremendous lead with Hojo lacking way behind, why it looks like he doesn't stand a chance!"
"I heard that Sota!" came Hojo's faint voice.
"Well it's true as Inu-Yasha hits the water first and Hojo a few seconds behind him. But now the finalists are . . . Inu-Yasha . . . my big sister . . . and Yuka . . . we'll find out who wins after this commercial,"
Kagome sighed, having an inner urge to knock some sense into her dear little brother. Inu-Yasha soon made his way back to the top and smirked as he saw Hojo sitting in the hot tub.
"Alright, we're back and it is the semi final round with Yuka vs. Kagome, who ever wins goes on to face Inu-Yasha. As the girls get ready, Inu-Yasha gives my sister an oh so disgusting kiss for good luck,"
"Sota shut up!" said Kagome and Inu-Yasha in unison.
"Alright ladies, on your mark . . . get set . . . go! And it seems Kagome has a good head start, but Yuka is slowly catching up to her . . . they are neck and neck, oh man it's going to be close, so close I can't bear to watch,"
"Why are you making this sound so drastic?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome did win that round and headed back up so she could face off against her lover.
"And now what we've all been waiting for, the finals when two lovers go head to head, Kagome vs. Inu-Yasha,"
"I'm going to smoke you," whispered Kagome.
"Not if I can help it," hissed Inu-Yasha.
"Racers take your places!"
Inu-Yasha took his position at his slide and Kagome at hers, but what Inu- Yasha didn't know was that Kagome was scheming and evil plan.
"Go!" cried Sota.
Inu-Yasha had another good head start as he slipped and slid down the water slide. Kagome smiled and yelled as loud as she could, "SIT!"
There was a loud cry and water splashing every. Kagome laughed as water droplets fell on her, realizing Inu-Yasha was on top of her. She looked up to see and angry half demon staring down at her.
"Kagome that's cheating!"
Kagome could only laugh, but her eyes widened as Inu-Yasha disappeared briefly, but a second later reappeared, leaping into the air so he could land in front of her. Inu-Yasha landed right in front of Kagome, and evil smirk on his face, "Oh your going to get it now,"
Kagome shrieked loudly which caught everyone's attention.
"What do you think happened?" asked Eri. Loud shrieks of 'Inu-Yasha' and 'Stop it' could be hears echoing through out the room. Hojo got up and stared at the end of the slides to see Kagome and Inu-Yasha come down the left one. Kagome was on Inu-Yasha's lap and he seemed to be tickling Kagome to tears. Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Ayumi couldn't help themselves as they laughed. Hojo and the rest were confused as hell on how Inu-Yasha and Kagome had gotten on the same slide.
"Well, it looks like we have a tie," giggled Mrs. Higurashi.
"It seems we do," said Ayumi.
Hojo looked mad as ever when he saw Inu-Yasha kiss Kagome.
"Well, what shall we do now?" asked Kagome as her and Inu-Yasha made their way out of the small pool.
"How about some volleyball in the big pool?" asked Yuka.
"Sounds good! Mom do you want to join?" asked Kagome.
"I think I will," said Mrs. Higurashi, getting out of the hot tub.
Yuka and Hojo set up the volleyball net, Kagome and Ayumi searched for a volleyball, and Mrs. Higurashi and Sota were explaining the rules of Volleyball to Inu-Yasha. Soon the net was up and teams were being made.
"Okay so it's going to be four against four," said Sota as they sat on the edge of the pool.
"Well both boys should be on separate teams to be fair," said Eri.
Hojo and Inu-Yasha both took a side on the net, glaring at each other the entire time.
"Okay, well Kagome should be on Inu-Yasha's team, and Eri can go on Hojo's," said Yuka.
"I'll go on Inu-Yasha's team," said Ayumi as her and Kagome slid into the water.
"Well I'll go against me daughter," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"I'm with Inu-Yasha cried Sota, doing a cannon ball into the water.
"I'm with Hojo then," said Yuka, standing next to Eri in the hip high water.
"So what should we play up to?" asked Sota.
"To 25, and we'll do two out of three wins," said Hojo.
"Alright, but who's going to serve first?" asked Kagome.
"We'll flip a coin," said Mrs. Higurashi , "I found this at the bottom,"
"Okay, I'll call it, heads," said Eri.
Kagome's mom tossed it into the air, "Tails, they get the serve,"
Hojo tossed Ayumi the ball and she went to the back to serve. Tossing the ball into the air, the game was on. The ball came to Eri who got it up no problem to Yuka, who set it up for Hojo.
Inu-Yasha was ready or so he thought, but wasn't prepared when Hojo spiked the ball and hit the poor half demon in the face.
"Inu-Yasha!" cried Kagome, as she swam over to him, "Are you alright?"
Inu-Yasha didn't say anything as he glared at Hojo, "I'm fine Kagome,"
Hojo had a big smirk on his face and glared right back at his rival.
Mrs. Higurashi served the next ball which Sota managed to pop up to Kagome who set up none other than Inu-Yasha.
"Pay back Hojo!" cried Inu-Yasha as he hit the ball with all his might. The ball headed straight for Hojo, hitting the boy on top of the head. The force was so great, Hojo was forced under water, but appeared a moment later gasping for breath.
Well you can imagine what happened next, an all out war between Inu-Yasha and Hojo with them spiking at each other. The score was now 24 to 23 for the Inu-Yasha team, with only one more point for them to be the winners of the whole match. Kagome served to Hojo who got it up, Eri set to Yuka, but she could only tip it over for Ayumi to easily set to Sota, who passed it to Inu-Yasha for the final spike. (Imagine in slow motion Inu-Yasha giving off a battle cry with Hojo's eyes widening) Inu-Yasha hit te ball as hard as he could hitting Hojo this time square in the face. There was a loud crack since Hojo now had a broken nose, and was immediately pulled out of the pool before the blood spread.
"Game and Match!" cried Inu-Yasha.
Yuka, Eri, and Mrs. Higurashi made sure Hojo was alright, while Inu-Yasha and his team did their victory dance.
"Hey Hojo, sorry about hitting you so hard!" apologized Inu-Yasha, "Not," he hissed under his breath.
"Well I'm going into the sauna," said Ayumi.
"I'll come with," said Kagome.
Inu-Yasha was about to follow Kagome, but he stopped when feeling a pair of arms wrapped around him.
"Inu-Yasha? Can I show you how the diving boards work?" asked Sota.
Inu-Yasha looked at the tall strange things and smiled, "Sure,"
Kagome and Ayumi entered the sauna and took a seat on the wooden bench.
"Well that was fun," said Kagome.
"Yeah it sure was," added Ayumi, laying down on the warm wood.
"So, where is your boy friend?" asked Kagome.
"Oh, well after we went skiing, he had to go back to Tokyo to visit his grandpa,"
"Well that's too bad,"
"Say Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"Why does Inu-Yasha wear prayer beads around his neck?"
"Oh . . . well . . . um they were a gift from me," said Kagome, which was kind of half true.
"Oh I see,"
"Why do you ask?"
"Kagome, since we're alone, can you answer me honestly?"
"Um sure," "Is Inu-Yasha a demon?"
Kagome almost swallowed her tongue, "What?"
"Is he a demon?"
"Well, um . . . *sigh* . . . yes, he's a demon,"
"I thought so, I've never seen anyone with silver hair, claws, fangs, and dog ears before,"
"You've seen his ears?"
"Yeah, that day you were skating, but don't worry I was the only one who saw,"
"And you don't mind?"
"Why would a mind, Inu-Yasha seems really nice and caring, but a little over protective. So how did you too meet?"
Kagome was a little hesitant on telling Ayumi, but couldn't stop herself as she went into the whole story of her time travel, meeting Inu-Yasha, hunting for the jewel shards, the friends she had made. By the end of the story Kagome had a sore throat.
"So that's why you're not a school as usual. Man if I were in your shoes I wouldn't go to school at all,"
"I know, I'm really think of quitting after High school,"
"How come?"
"I've tried to get into University, but I just get declined because of my absences,"
"So, when you and Inu-Yasha have you're wedding, I'm invited right?"
"Oh of course you are, you'll probably be one of my bridesmaid,"
Both girls laughed and stared out the small window as Inu-Yasha did a cannon ball off of the diving board.
"Can I see the mark on your neck?"
Kagome leaned her head forward and to the side to show her neck better.
"Did it hurt?"
"No, just a small pinch,"
"That's good. I still can't believe you sat Inu-Yasha on the water slide,"
"I know, but I plan to take those prayer beads off of him once Naraku is dead and done with,"
"Kagome?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad you're being honest with me,"
"Well I'm glad I could finally tell someone,"
Both girls hugged, but didn't realize they were being listened to by Hojo. The boy quickly scrambled out of there when he heard Kagome and Ayumi coming out.
"Say, what time is it?" asked Kagome.
"It's three thirty," said Ayumi, looking at the small clock on the wall.
"Well we still have a half an hour," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Do we have to leave at four?" asked Sota.
"Well, we don't really have to I guess," said Mrs. Higurashi.
Kagome walked towards the deep tank and watched Inu-Yasha do another cannon ball off of the diving board.
"Nice form," commented Kagome.
Inu-Yasha only smiled and swam towards, "Care to help me out?"
Kagome grabbed Inu-Yasha's hand and was suddenly pulled into the pool. Inu-Yasha swam over to Kagome and wrapped his arms around her, making sure they stayed floating.
"Hmm, looks like I caught myself a nice fish here,"
"Inu-Yasha, we're not in a lake,"
"We're in water, same thing to me,"
Kagome giggled and brushed her lips against Inu-Yasha's
"Hey you two, get a room," Kagome glanced to see Ayumi and her mother staring at them.
"Any rooms empty here?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Don't even think about it Inu-Yasha," called Mrs. Higurashi.
Kagome giggled, and ran he hands over Inu-Yasha's smooth, muscular back and arms.
"That feels nice," whispered Inu-Yasha.
"Yeah, wish I could rub your ears,"
"Hmm," mumbled Inu-Yasha, as he leaned forward and kissed her ear.
A shiver went through Kagome's body as she felt his lips on her ear, "Oh, that felt strange,"
"I'll have to make a note of that for the future," grinned Inu-Yasha, "How many more days till Christmas?"
"Almost five I believe,"
"Good, I can't wait to give you your gift,"
"Why don't you tell me now and then . . ."
"And for the hundredth time, you have to wait,"
Kagome gave a small frown, "Alright, I'll wait,"
Inu-Yasha nodded and continued to swim around with Kagome in his arms. Ayumi and Mrs. Higurashi sat in the hot tub, watching the two lovers swimming around the deep pool.
"So, how does it feel having a demon in love with Kagome?" whispered Ayumi.
Mrs. Higurashi looked slightly shocked and confused by Ayumi's question.
"Kagome told me,"
Kagome's mom nodded, "It's a little strange, but I like him, and he's very good to my daughter,"
"I don't know if Kagome told you this, but Hojo is determined to break the two up,"
"Well, Kagome didn't tell me that, but that would explain the dirty looks the two guys have been giving each other,"
"Hojo is also suspicious about Inu-Yasha being a demon as well,"
"Well, that's not totally true, he is a half demon,"
"Half demon? Hmm, and here I thought half demons were suppose to look, well not normal, he looks like a full demon,"
"I know, that's what everyone thought too,"
"Hey, where did Eri, Yuka, Hojo and Sota go?"
"Sota is going down the water slides, and Eri and Yuka went back to their room, but I don't know where Hojo went.
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Hojo stood in the hotel hallway in his trunks with a towel wrapped around his waist as he stood a the pay phone.
"Hey bro! Look I've got a question for you, you're still studying to become a priest right? Well I've got a demon here for you to exterminate,"
TBC . . .
Kind of a cliffy I guess, but anyway please review and let me know how you are liking my story. The next chapter will be quite fluffy with some snowmobiles as well, so please just keep reviewing!!!!
Lynns
Winter Wonderland
Chapter Twelve
Inu-Yasha stared out the car window at the enormous building they were parked infront of.
"Wow . . . and here I thought the mall was big,"
"Yeah, their hotel is pretty big. Now, hold still so I can put this head band on you," giggled Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and tilted his head forward so she could tie his ears back, "But I still don't understand why you brought the Tetsusaiga,"
"Well, Hojo is going to be there and its just in case he makes you mad,"
"Feh, I won't get mad over that weakling human,"
Smiling and Kagome and Inu-Yasha followed Mrs. Higurashi and Sota into the building where Ayumi was waiting for them in the lobby wearing a house coat.
"Hey, you made it," said Eri, giving Inu-Yasha and Kagome a hug.
"So where are the others?" asked Kagome.
"Eri, Yuka, and Hojo are already in the pool. We have it all to ourselves for most of the afternoon. So follow me and I'll show you where the pool is,"
They followed Ayumi down a few halls and finally through a large door that had pool written on it. Inu-Yasha immediately covered his nose from the weird smell coming from this rather large room.
"Wow, it's even got water slides," said Kagome.
"And a hot tub too, the others are in the sauna right now, and the change rooms are over there," pointed Ayumi to their left.
"Well, we'll see you in a few minutes then," said Kagome.
Ayumi nodded and went to get the others while Kagome and her group headed to the change rooms.
"Kagome?" whispered Inu-Yasha.
"Yes?"
"How do I get this thing on?"
"Don't worry, Sota will tell you,"
The girls and the boys split up into the change rooms. Kagome started to strip off her clothes and put them in a locker.
"Kagome, do you think Inu-Yasha will be alright with Hojo around?" asked Mrs. Higurashi.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. I mean I don't really want to see him, but he is really good friends with Eri and Yuka,"
"Well, we have the Tetsusaiga here just in case anything happens,"
"Yes, so are you going to be in the hot tub?"
"Yeah, but if you guys decide to play some volleyball I'll join in,"
Tying her hair back, Kagome made sure her locker was locked and pinned the key to the strap of her bikini.
"I'll see you outside then," said Kagome heading to the pool. As she left the change room she saw Sota already standing outside, "Where's Inu- Yasha?"
"He won't come out," mumbled Sota, looking at the change room entrance/exit.
"Inu-Yasha?" called Kagome.
"I refuse to come out!" came Inu-Yasha's voice, echoing slightly.
"Inu-Yasha you can't look that bad, Sota's wearing the same thing, and even Hojo is too,"
"No way,"
"I'll say the word if you don't," hissed Kagome.
Inu-Yasha gave off a small eep, before coming out wearing a pair of red swim trunks.
Kagome's mouth fell open as she saw his body and had to turn away, but Inu-Yasha had to do the same thing.
"Well, looks like you guys are ready,"
Kagome turned her head to see Ayumi walking towards them with Hojo and the others behind her, "Yeah, so what shall we do first?"
"I say we go to the water slides," said Eri.
"Sounds good to me," said Sota.
"If you kids need me, I'll be in the hot tub," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Well let's go," said Sota heading towards the stairs,"
"Sota! No running!" called Kagome.
"How come?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Oh don't tell me your boyfriend doesn't know how to swim?" asked Hojo.
"Of course I know how to swim!" growled Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha . . . calm down," whispered Kagome.
"Feh," Inu-Yasha smelt the air as they passed by one of the pools, "Why does it smell so weird in here?"
"It's the chlorine, you'll get used to it,"
"So how do we get to the top of the slide?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"We just climb these stairs," said Kagome, pointing ahead of her.
They all climbed the stairs with Inu-Yasha looking around like a curious child.
"You'd think he'd never seen a pool before," hissed Hojo to Eri from behind.
"I heard that Hojo!" growled Inu-Yasha, shaking his fist at the kid.
"How the hell did he hear me?"
Eri just shrugged her shoulders and kept walking till they got to the top.
"Do you guys want to race?" asked Yuka, as they headed to one slide.
"Let's just go down a few times and then we will," said Kagome as her and Inu-Yasha head to the other.
"Okay, we'll see you at the bottom!" cried Eri as she disappeared down the one slide.
Kagome lead Inu-Yasha to a dark green slide that did a lot of spiraling,
"Do you want to go by yourself?" asked Kagome.
"I don't know if I trust this thing," said Inu-Yasha.
Kagome laughed and took a seat on the slide, "Come and sit behind me then and we'll go down together,"
Inu-Yasha did as he was asked, but was blushing the whole time as he wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist.
"Ready?"
"Yeah,"
"Alright, let's go!" cried Kagome as she pushed them off.
"Whoa!" cried Inu-Yasha as they went down at a fast speed.
Kagome was laughing the whole time with Inu-Yasha slightly screaming. Eri and the others were already waiting for them at the bottom as the came sliding down and for a brief moment disappeared into the water. Kagome surfaced laughing, but when Inu-Yasha can up, he shook the water off him like a wet dog.
"So, what did you think Inu-Yasha?" asked Kagome.
"That actually wasn't too bad,"
"Want to go again?"
"Sure!"
They went down the slides over and over again until Inu-Yasha was sure enough he could race. They all stood at the top, going over the rules.
"Okay, we'll go in heats of two and the winner moves on, any questions?" asked Yuka
"No," said everyone in unison.
"Now Mrs. Higurashi has said she will watch to see who hits the water first so there won't be any cheaters. Now everyone ready?"
They all nodded and prepared the water slide racing!
(Waving little flag with Inu's face on it, 'Go Inu-Yasha!')
"Alright, first it's Kagome vs. Eri . . . on y our marks . . . get set . . . go!"
Kagome and Eri took off at the same time. Everyone leaned up against the rails, watching the two race.
"And there off and it seems Eri has a slight lead but Kagome is starting to catch up as she lies down to get herself some extra speed," said Sota, being the commentary of the game, "They're neck and neck as they race down the slides, it's going to be close, but who will win? And there they hit the water, it will be up to my mother to decide this close race . . . and it seems Kagome is the winner!"
They could see Kagome heading back up to the slides while Eri headed to the hot tub where Mrs. Higurashi was sitting.
"Congratulations sis, and now the second round of the annual . . ."
"Sota, this is the first time we've done this," said Hojo.
"I'm just trying to sound good . . . now it's Yuka vs. Ayumi,"announced Sota, going back to his commentary voice, "On your marks ladies . . . get set . . . go!"
Yuka had a small head start but Ayumi was close behind her.
"They're neck and neck, its going to be a close one . . . and it seems Yuka is the winner of this round!"
Yuka did a small victory dance while Ayumi headed to the hot tub where Eri and Mrs. Higurashi were watching.
"And now for the last, and looks like the most heated round of the game, Hojo vs. Inu-Yasha, racers please take your positions,"
Inu-Yasha and Hojo took their positions at the water slider, both were glaring at each other.
"On your marks, get set . . . go!"
Inu-Yasha had a major head start since his push off was a lot stronger than Hojo's.
"And Inu-Yasha takes a tremendous lead with Hojo lacking way behind, why it looks like he doesn't stand a chance!"
"I heard that Sota!" came Hojo's faint voice.
"Well it's true as Inu-Yasha hits the water first and Hojo a few seconds behind him. But now the finalists are . . . Inu-Yasha . . . my big sister . . . and Yuka . . . we'll find out who wins after this commercial,"
Kagome sighed, having an inner urge to knock some sense into her dear little brother. Inu-Yasha soon made his way back to the top and smirked as he saw Hojo sitting in the hot tub.
"Alright, we're back and it is the semi final round with Yuka vs. Kagome, who ever wins goes on to face Inu-Yasha. As the girls get ready, Inu-Yasha gives my sister an oh so disgusting kiss for good luck,"
"Sota shut up!" said Kagome and Inu-Yasha in unison.
"Alright ladies, on your mark . . . get set . . . go! And it seems Kagome has a good head start, but Yuka is slowly catching up to her . . . they are neck and neck, oh man it's going to be close, so close I can't bear to watch,"
"Why are you making this sound so drastic?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome did win that round and headed back up so she could face off against her lover.
"And now what we've all been waiting for, the finals when two lovers go head to head, Kagome vs. Inu-Yasha,"
"I'm going to smoke you," whispered Kagome.
"Not if I can help it," hissed Inu-Yasha.
"Racers take your places!"
Inu-Yasha took his position at his slide and Kagome at hers, but what Inu- Yasha didn't know was that Kagome was scheming and evil plan.
"Go!" cried Sota.
Inu-Yasha had another good head start as he slipped and slid down the water slide. Kagome smiled and yelled as loud as she could, "SIT!"
There was a loud cry and water splashing every. Kagome laughed as water droplets fell on her, realizing Inu-Yasha was on top of her. She looked up to see and angry half demon staring down at her.
"Kagome that's cheating!"
Kagome could only laugh, but her eyes widened as Inu-Yasha disappeared briefly, but a second later reappeared, leaping into the air so he could land in front of her. Inu-Yasha landed right in front of Kagome, and evil smirk on his face, "Oh your going to get it now,"
Kagome shrieked loudly which caught everyone's attention.
"What do you think happened?" asked Eri. Loud shrieks of 'Inu-Yasha' and 'Stop it' could be hears echoing through out the room. Hojo got up and stared at the end of the slides to see Kagome and Inu-Yasha come down the left one. Kagome was on Inu-Yasha's lap and he seemed to be tickling Kagome to tears. Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Ayumi couldn't help themselves as they laughed. Hojo and the rest were confused as hell on how Inu-Yasha and Kagome had gotten on the same slide.
"Well, it looks like we have a tie," giggled Mrs. Higurashi.
"It seems we do," said Ayumi.
Hojo looked mad as ever when he saw Inu-Yasha kiss Kagome.
"Well, what shall we do now?" asked Kagome as her and Inu-Yasha made their way out of the small pool.
"How about some volleyball in the big pool?" asked Yuka.
"Sounds good! Mom do you want to join?" asked Kagome.
"I think I will," said Mrs. Higurashi, getting out of the hot tub.
Yuka and Hojo set up the volleyball net, Kagome and Ayumi searched for a volleyball, and Mrs. Higurashi and Sota were explaining the rules of Volleyball to Inu-Yasha. Soon the net was up and teams were being made.
"Okay so it's going to be four against four," said Sota as they sat on the edge of the pool.
"Well both boys should be on separate teams to be fair," said Eri.
Hojo and Inu-Yasha both took a side on the net, glaring at each other the entire time.
"Okay, well Kagome should be on Inu-Yasha's team, and Eri can go on Hojo's," said Yuka.
"I'll go on Inu-Yasha's team," said Ayumi as her and Kagome slid into the water.
"Well I'll go against me daughter," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"I'm with Inu-Yasha cried Sota, doing a cannon ball into the water.
"I'm with Hojo then," said Yuka, standing next to Eri in the hip high water.
"So what should we play up to?" asked Sota.
"To 25, and we'll do two out of three wins," said Hojo.
"Alright, but who's going to serve first?" asked Kagome.
"We'll flip a coin," said Mrs. Higurashi , "I found this at the bottom,"
"Okay, I'll call it, heads," said Eri.
Kagome's mom tossed it into the air, "Tails, they get the serve,"
Hojo tossed Ayumi the ball and she went to the back to serve. Tossing the ball into the air, the game was on. The ball came to Eri who got it up no problem to Yuka, who set it up for Hojo.
Inu-Yasha was ready or so he thought, but wasn't prepared when Hojo spiked the ball and hit the poor half demon in the face.
"Inu-Yasha!" cried Kagome, as she swam over to him, "Are you alright?"
Inu-Yasha didn't say anything as he glared at Hojo, "I'm fine Kagome,"
Hojo had a big smirk on his face and glared right back at his rival.
Mrs. Higurashi served the next ball which Sota managed to pop up to Kagome who set up none other than Inu-Yasha.
"Pay back Hojo!" cried Inu-Yasha as he hit the ball with all his might. The ball headed straight for Hojo, hitting the boy on top of the head. The force was so great, Hojo was forced under water, but appeared a moment later gasping for breath.
Well you can imagine what happened next, an all out war between Inu-Yasha and Hojo with them spiking at each other. The score was now 24 to 23 for the Inu-Yasha team, with only one more point for them to be the winners of the whole match. Kagome served to Hojo who got it up, Eri set to Yuka, but she could only tip it over for Ayumi to easily set to Sota, who passed it to Inu-Yasha for the final spike. (Imagine in slow motion Inu-Yasha giving off a battle cry with Hojo's eyes widening) Inu-Yasha hit te ball as hard as he could hitting Hojo this time square in the face. There was a loud crack since Hojo now had a broken nose, and was immediately pulled out of the pool before the blood spread.
"Game and Match!" cried Inu-Yasha.
Yuka, Eri, and Mrs. Higurashi made sure Hojo was alright, while Inu-Yasha and his team did their victory dance.
"Hey Hojo, sorry about hitting you so hard!" apologized Inu-Yasha, "Not," he hissed under his breath.
"Well I'm going into the sauna," said Ayumi.
"I'll come with," said Kagome.
Inu-Yasha was about to follow Kagome, but he stopped when feeling a pair of arms wrapped around him.
"Inu-Yasha? Can I show you how the diving boards work?" asked Sota.
Inu-Yasha looked at the tall strange things and smiled, "Sure,"
Kagome and Ayumi entered the sauna and took a seat on the wooden bench.
"Well that was fun," said Kagome.
"Yeah it sure was," added Ayumi, laying down on the warm wood.
"So, where is your boy friend?" asked Kagome.
"Oh, well after we went skiing, he had to go back to Tokyo to visit his grandpa,"
"Well that's too bad,"
"Say Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"Why does Inu-Yasha wear prayer beads around his neck?"
"Oh . . . well . . . um they were a gift from me," said Kagome, which was kind of half true.
"Oh I see,"
"Why do you ask?"
"Kagome, since we're alone, can you answer me honestly?"
"Um sure," "Is Inu-Yasha a demon?"
Kagome almost swallowed her tongue, "What?"
"Is he a demon?"
"Well, um . . . *sigh* . . . yes, he's a demon,"
"I thought so, I've never seen anyone with silver hair, claws, fangs, and dog ears before,"
"You've seen his ears?"
"Yeah, that day you were skating, but don't worry I was the only one who saw,"
"And you don't mind?"
"Why would a mind, Inu-Yasha seems really nice and caring, but a little over protective. So how did you too meet?"
Kagome was a little hesitant on telling Ayumi, but couldn't stop herself as she went into the whole story of her time travel, meeting Inu-Yasha, hunting for the jewel shards, the friends she had made. By the end of the story Kagome had a sore throat.
"So that's why you're not a school as usual. Man if I were in your shoes I wouldn't go to school at all,"
"I know, I'm really think of quitting after High school,"
"How come?"
"I've tried to get into University, but I just get declined because of my absences,"
"So, when you and Inu-Yasha have you're wedding, I'm invited right?"
"Oh of course you are, you'll probably be one of my bridesmaid,"
Both girls laughed and stared out the small window as Inu-Yasha did a cannon ball off of the diving board.
"Can I see the mark on your neck?"
Kagome leaned her head forward and to the side to show her neck better.
"Did it hurt?"
"No, just a small pinch,"
"That's good. I still can't believe you sat Inu-Yasha on the water slide,"
"I know, but I plan to take those prayer beads off of him once Naraku is dead and done with,"
"Kagome?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad you're being honest with me,"
"Well I'm glad I could finally tell someone,"
Both girls hugged, but didn't realize they were being listened to by Hojo. The boy quickly scrambled out of there when he heard Kagome and Ayumi coming out.
"Say, what time is it?" asked Kagome.
"It's three thirty," said Ayumi, looking at the small clock on the wall.
"Well we still have a half an hour," said Mrs. Higurashi.
"Do we have to leave at four?" asked Sota.
"Well, we don't really have to I guess," said Mrs. Higurashi.
Kagome walked towards the deep tank and watched Inu-Yasha do another cannon ball off of the diving board.
"Nice form," commented Kagome.
Inu-Yasha only smiled and swam towards, "Care to help me out?"
Kagome grabbed Inu-Yasha's hand and was suddenly pulled into the pool. Inu-Yasha swam over to Kagome and wrapped his arms around her, making sure they stayed floating.
"Hmm, looks like I caught myself a nice fish here,"
"Inu-Yasha, we're not in a lake,"
"We're in water, same thing to me,"
Kagome giggled and brushed her lips against Inu-Yasha's
"Hey you two, get a room," Kagome glanced to see Ayumi and her mother staring at them.
"Any rooms empty here?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Don't even think about it Inu-Yasha," called Mrs. Higurashi.
Kagome giggled, and ran he hands over Inu-Yasha's smooth, muscular back and arms.
"That feels nice," whispered Inu-Yasha.
"Yeah, wish I could rub your ears,"
"Hmm," mumbled Inu-Yasha, as he leaned forward and kissed her ear.
A shiver went through Kagome's body as she felt his lips on her ear, "Oh, that felt strange,"
"I'll have to make a note of that for the future," grinned Inu-Yasha, "How many more days till Christmas?"
"Almost five I believe,"
"Good, I can't wait to give you your gift,"
"Why don't you tell me now and then . . ."
"And for the hundredth time, you have to wait,"
Kagome gave a small frown, "Alright, I'll wait,"
Inu-Yasha nodded and continued to swim around with Kagome in his arms. Ayumi and Mrs. Higurashi sat in the hot tub, watching the two lovers swimming around the deep pool.
"So, how does it feel having a demon in love with Kagome?" whispered Ayumi.
Mrs. Higurashi looked slightly shocked and confused by Ayumi's question.
"Kagome told me,"
Kagome's mom nodded, "It's a little strange, but I like him, and he's very good to my daughter,"
"I don't know if Kagome told you this, but Hojo is determined to break the two up,"
"Well, Kagome didn't tell me that, but that would explain the dirty looks the two guys have been giving each other,"
"Hojo is also suspicious about Inu-Yasha being a demon as well,"
"Well, that's not totally true, he is a half demon,"
"Half demon? Hmm, and here I thought half demons were suppose to look, well not normal, he looks like a full demon,"
"I know, that's what everyone thought too,"
"Hey, where did Eri, Yuka, Hojo and Sota go?"
"Sota is going down the water slides, and Eri and Yuka went back to their room, but I don't know where Hojo went.
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Hojo stood in the hotel hallway in his trunks with a towel wrapped around his waist as he stood a the pay phone.
"Hey bro! Look I've got a question for you, you're still studying to become a priest right? Well I've got a demon here for you to exterminate,"
TBC . . .
Kind of a cliffy I guess, but anyway please review and let me know how you are liking my story. The next chapter will be quite fluffy with some snowmobiles as well, so please just keep reviewing!!!!
Lynns