Disclaimer: I wish Inuyasha was MY date to the prom…
A/N: SORRI, SORRI! I no this chapter took a while…okay a month but it was very important I got this chappi rite…this one chapter leads up to all the other events so yeah… u dun have get dat mad rubs bump on head
This chapter and the next few chapters are going to be humorful (if that's even a word) cuz I need to make up for the chapters of sorrow and deepness when Inuyasha decides to screw himself over (not literally) and is away from Kagome.
Chp 5- Now or never/ Miroku's withdrawl
Kagome drew back the curtain and stepped into the warm morning breeze. The fresh bruise on her was still light and ached. She set her bag down and pulled out a bottle with a yellowish green substance in it.
She sprayed some of the substance into the air and made sure not to get it on her.
The smell reeked into her nose and Kagome coughed. J-Lo Glow, never did she think that this perfume would come in handy. She had gotten it as a Christmas gift from Hojo. After trying it on once she tucked it away under her bed. The smell itself was gross but not vile enough to be passed off as a demon's. But with a little help from Sango they had fixed that.
Kagome scoped the area. Last night after looking at the dresses Sango had come up with an idea. If they could get Inuyasha in one of his "moments"—when he was worrying over Kagome— then Kagome could spring the question on him. After some time thinking they had formulated a plan. Sometime after everyone had left, Sango and Kagome would create a battle scene. They would make it seem as if a demon had attacked and Kagome would pretend to be knocked unconscious. Then when Inuyasha came he would react and go into one of his "moments" because he wasn't there to "protect" Kagome. It was a mean idea but they had decided that it was okay this once because the prom was really important and only good could come from it.
A rustling noise snapped Kagome out of her thoughts. She turned to see a white cat running off with a bag of pork ramen…the only bag of pork ramen they had!
Kagome dropped the bottle ran after the cat. If the cat got away Inuyasha would KILL her! The cat climbed the tree and Kagome climbed up after it. It was perched on the highest branch and Kagome slowly steadied herself up onto the branch. The cat stared at her with an amused look on his face.
"Here kitty, kitty…" Kagome whispered. "Nice kitty, hand over the ramen." She slowly stuck her hand out. "Come here…" She beckoned the cat to come.
The cat stared and slowly walked up to her hand. She rubbed the back of its neck slowly and with her other hand slowly removed the bag of ramen from its mouth. Once securely in her hand, Kagome slowly started to descend. The cat stared at her with a pout and jumped down gracefully from branch to branch. Kagome looked down and sighed. She lowered her foot but missed the branch. As she grabbed the nearest branch to steady herself it snapped and she slipped.
"Ahhhh……" she screamed, (A/N: it was just a fall, nothing serious! Sorry to worry u!) falling a good four stories to the ground. She landed on her side which had just stopped hurting from her previous injury. Luckily the jewel shards slowed her fall and the impact wasn't as hard as it should have been. What is this? Injure Kagome week?
"Kagome!" Sango said running out with Hiraikotsu in her hand. "Are you alright?"
"My side hurts," Kagome whimpered, grabbing her ribs. She tried getting up but a sharp pain poked her side.
"Kagome, your screamed frightened me. I thought a real demon had come. What happened?"
Kagome pointed to the cat and the bag of ramen. "I tried to get it back and fell."
No sooner had she said that Inuyasha appeared with Tetsusaiga. "What happened?" He rushed to Kagome. "And what's that disgusting smell?"
Sango and Kagome sniffed the air and looked at each other; obviously it was too late to put their plan in action. Suddenly Sango smiled a very sly smile.
"That cat ran off with your pork ramen and into that tree. Kagome knew you'd be upset and so she went after it, but ended up falling out of the tree."
"Baka! Are you okay?" Inuyasha picked her up.
"Kagome," Sango started. "Why did you go after the cat? It was just some ramen, I mean I know Inuyasha would get mad and yell and say it was your fault—"
"Feh! You make it seem like it was my fault…" Inuyasha's voice loud but there was guilt in it.
Kagome catching on to what Sango was doing to poor Inuyasha started feeling bad.
"Inuyasha…can you take me back to the hut?" Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and raised and eyebrow. For the quickest second he caught a look of guilt in Kagome's eyes but it was enough to arouse suspicion.
Inuyasha picked up Kagome bridal style and walked off. Kagome, unaware of what was going on through Inuyasha's mind at the time, nestled into his Haori and waited to spring her question.
Miroku stared at all the beautiful woman. His hands started to itch and he clenched them into a fist. Kaede was watching him with a light smirk on her face. He would not give in! He would win this bet and Sango along with it. Miroku tucked his arms into sleeves and proceeded to walk.
"Lady Kaede, what do we need?"
"If ye would so kindly assist me in getting a…" Kaede's voice droned out of his head. Standing in front of him was the most- second most- beautiful woman he had ever seen in his journeys. She stood amongst a chatter of children and had a beautiful light pink kimono on. Her raven tresses flowed freely behind her and her light blue eyes sparkled with intense amusement.
Unintentionally he started walking towards the young mistress and before he knew or realized it, he was standing right in front of her. She looked up startled to see him but quickly recovered and smiled.
"How can I help you in you travels sir?"
"Master Miroku!" a child he recognized as Koji yelped. "How good to see you again. Have you met my big sister Kuniko Minase?"
"No Koji I believe I have not for it would be too great a sin I could not forgive to forget such a charming face."
Kuniko blushed and bowed. "It is nice to finally meet you Houshi-sama. I have heard much tales of your journeys in the foreign lands amongst half demons and powerful miko's not of this time. We have been blessed by your grace for the many times you have saved our village. Although from the stories I never expected you to be of such young age."
"Age is but a factor, my dear Kuniko."
"Miroku, is Inuyasha here?"
"No Koji, I am afraid he is not." Miroku said ruffling the young boy's hair.
"Houshi-sama, it would be a great pleasure if you could join me and my family for dinner tonight."
"Oh I wish I could miss Kuniko but I must attend to my friends. They will be waiting for me for they cannot continue their journey without me."
"Oh, then why not bring your friends? I would love to hear tales of your heroic journeys!"
He was about to decline her invitation thinking about Inuyasha's reaction to delaying shard hunting anymore when he came up with an idea, a very, very good idea.
"Why miss Kuniko," Miroku said slyly. "How would you like to accompany me back to the hut where I may be able to introduce you to my friends and you can honour us with a magnificent meal? On the way I will tell you about one of my greatest on going battles, a battle in which you may be of great assistance to me."
The young mistress smiled. "It would be an honour, Houshi-sama."
"Please, call me Miroku." The houshi said, gracing her with a charming smile.
She bowed and returned to her hut to ready herself for the trip. Miroku turned around and instantly remembered Kaede. If she saw the whole conversation then maybe, just maybe this might work.
Inuyasha put Kagome down and stood menacingly over her. She shifted uncomfortably under his gaze but kept her stubborn chin up.
"So…" Inuyasha started. "Mind telling me what's going on wench?"
"Weren't you listening? Sango just told you!" Inuyasha could tell that she was getting frustrated. Over what he didn't know. If anyone had the right to be frustrated it was him, scaring him with that stupid scream of hers.
"I heard what Sango said but what I don't get is why your arm is bruised and why it smells like someone died and their corpse was left to rot?" (A/N: I no that's an exaggeration but I really hate the smell of glow) Inuyasha replied calmly.
"Um…" Kagome stuttered. "I'm telling the truth… I went out for a- um- a stroll and then I saw the cat run off with the pork ramen and I knew that was the last one so I went to go get it to avoid a fight because really we fight so much I didn't think it would be necessary to fight over this too.
"So you risked your life for a bag of ramen…Do you really think I'm stupid?" Inuyasha asked.
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Kagome smirked then sighed "I knew it was too much to ask you to believe me…"
"Fine, I believe you but I still smell something fishy going on, and I'm not talking about that disgusting smell outside."
Kagome giggled and then winced as she grabbed her ribs.
"Here," Inuyasha mumbled in a soft tone. He had laid out her sleeping bag. "Rest for a while."
Kagome smiled and rested her head against the pillow. "Thanks, Inuyasha."
His cheeks started to burn and he whipped his head in the other direction. "Feh, the sooner you get better the quicker we can go shard hunting." He said, trying to cover up his random act of kindness, but it was heard upon deaf ears. Kagome had already fallen asleep. Inuyasha stared at her peacefully glowing face and noticed a small smile playing on her lips…on those sweet red lips—Wha? Where did that come from? I have to stop thinking about Kagome like this. I'm supposed to be in love with Kikyio and I promised to go to hell with her. There's no point in falling for Kagome, and besides…even if I didn't go to hell with Kikyio, Kagome would never love a half-breed like me.
Inuyasha stared a little longer. His guilty conscience wouldn't let him leave the room. (A/N: hehe, he's slipping into his "moment" too bad Kagome's sleeping Hehe!) No matter how much he wanted to deny it, it was his fault that she had hurt herself in the first place. He sighed, giving in and sat down beside her "Baka..."
A young girl in an orange and green checked kimono bent over and picked up a beautiful yellow tulip. She stared at the strange flower then picked the one beside it too. Soon she had a hand full of the pretty flowers. Gracefully she laid them on the ground in front of her and went to retrieve more types of flowers.
"Rin!" The short, ugly, green demon yelled from his place high in a tree. "Rin! Get me down now!" What started off as an innocent game of tag escalated into Jaken ending up in the tree.
"Rin! You little brat, come here and get me." Jaken held onto his staff and gripped tighter as he noticed Rin wondering off into the deeper part of the field. "Rin, Lord Sesshomaru said that I must watch you. If you disappear then so will I." Jaken whined. He sat in the tree for hours yelling at the invisible Rin.
"Jaken," came an all too familiar voice. "I tire of this foolish game you play. Get down."
"But Lord Sesshomaru, I can't! Rin has left me in this tree and wandered off." Jaken's whining became even more irritating. Sesshomaru kept his cold mask and ignored him, smelling the scent of the girl even before she approached.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin came running with flowers in her hands. "You are back; Jaken is no fun at all. Rin was a good girl today. I didn't go far away, just to the meadow down there." She pointed to the down sloping hill.
"Rin lies, Master. Do not beli—" Jaken was cut off when Sesshomaru made a sudden movement. He jerked his head towards the sky and stared with that cold expression. It was there, even though it was too quick I felt it weaken, Naraku's presence…
Sango had been outside with Kirara for about an hour now. She didn't want to go into the hut just yet so she occupied herself outside. Shippo was playing with one of his toys and licking on a lollipop that Kagome had given him.
Shippo caught Sango staring and smiled. "Would you like a lollipop Sango? I have three more."
Sango smiled. "No thanks Shippo-chan, its okay."
"Okay…" Shippo said uncertainly returning back to his tops.
In truth Sango was hastily awaiting Miroku. No matter how much she wanted to deny it she enjoyed his company, his jovial personality and how he always knew what to say- when he wasn't groping her that is.
She sighed inwardly and got up. She was going to take a walk when she heard an all too familiar jingle of rings. She smiled unaware that Shippo was watching the whole ordeal. She went to go greet him but stopped in her tracks. Walking beside and listening attentively to him was the most beautiful girl Sango had ever seen. The girl smiled and looked up. She noticed Sango staring at her and waved shyly. Miroku looked up and smiled too.
Sango stood there fuming. Not even twenty four hours and he had broken his deal. Guess that means he doesn't really like you her stupid inner voice said. "Good, that's better for me…" Sango muttered but felt a twinge in her chest.
"Sango darling, just the woman I was looking for. I would like you to meet Minase, Kuniko."
"Hello," Kuniko bowed at Sango. "It is very nice to meet you."
"Hello," Sango replied eyeing the girl before turning to Miroku. "So I see you couldn't even keep your hands to yourself for a day…" Sango put on a victorious smile.
"Huh?" Miroku looked at her like she was crazy.
"Our deal, remember, the one you just lost." Sango said through gritted teeth. He forgot already!
"Oh that, I haven't lost yet Sango dear. You only said no touching, nothing about conversing."
"Are you trying to tell me that that girl willingly followed you here without carrying your child in her womb first?" Sango exaggerated watching Shippo teach Kuniko how to play with a top.
"How could you think such thoughts of me Sango? I have not yet broken my vow; ask Kaede-sama if you must."
Sango turned to look at Kaede. Kaede nodded and smiled reluctantly. "I'm afraid so child, he speaks the truth."
Sango couldn't believe what she was hearing. He actually restrained himself. What does that mean? She was confused now. Does that mean he likes me? So what, I don't like him. He's just a good friend…a good friend who always makes me smile. Miroku cleared her confusion soon enough.
"I'll have to thank you Sango," breaking her train of thought.
"Huh? For what." She said.
"If it wasn't for your bet I wouldn't have met Kuniko. I realized that when I control this cursed hand I have a better chance with women."
Sango stared at Miroku with glowering eyes as he left to introduce Kuniko to the others. Her expression softened and she glanced at Shippo who was watching her intently.
"Me and my stupid mouth…" Sango muttered, having no idea what she was getting herself into.
Kagome slowly stirred and found herself in her sleeping bag. She looked up to see Inuyasha sitting up against the wall with his eyes closed. He seemed so peaceful, so happy. Kagome slowly- slower than a snail- tried to get herself out of her sleeping bag. She didn't want to awake Inuyasha because she knew what was in store. She had avoided answering how she got the bruise on her arm and knew he wouldn't let it go.
Without unzipping her bag she slowly writhed out of it
"And just where do you think you're going?" A voice interrupted her.
DAMN! "Um… Inuyasha, you're awake…"
"Keh! I heard you the minute you moved in that sleeping bag." A smirking Inuyasha opened his eyes.
"Hehe…well my side doesn't that that bad anymore so I guess I'll just go see if Sango wants to go to the hot springs with me…"
"Okay." Inuyasha said flatly.
Huh? No objections? Weird? Maybe he—
"Right before you tell me how you got that bruise on your arm.
—Crap… "Inuyasha it's nothing, just a small bruise."
"Did I ask you how big it was?"
Kagome sighed in defeat. She couldn't keep up this charade any longer. It wasn't like her to lie but this idea was just a spur of the moment thing that seemed like it would. To bad both she and Sango were thinking about the dresses to actually come up with a better plan. Now thinking about it, her plan was pretty pre school: get Inuyasha in a sympathetic mood and then spring the question when his guard was down. Sango figured if Kagome was injured while Inuyasha wasn't around then he would feel guilty that he wasn't there too protect her. Kagome hadn't liked the idea at first but then it started to grow on her and she decided to go with it. Shoulda stayed with my first instinct, Kagome thought bitterly.
"I'm still waiting…" Inuyasha grumbled.
"Okay…fine…I got this bruise because…"
"Because….." Inuyasha started to get impatient.
"Because…Sango gave it to me."
"What?" His eyebrows bushed together even more.
Kagome closed her eyes, it was now or never. "We did it because…Inuyasha will you go to my prom with me?" Kagome exclaimed (A/N: yay! Finalli)
Inuyasha's hand dropped from his face. "W-what?" he exclaimed.
"My prom…"Kagome mumbled realizing he didn't even know what it was. "It's this thing in my world where all the kids who are in their last year of school go to. It's a big dance thingy and I needed a date to take me."
"So you asked me?" Inuyasha smirked.
"Don't get so caught up on yourself. Ever since you came along I haven't had time to date guys and now I don't have a date. I have a reputation to keep you know."
"You have a reputation…?" Inuyasha mumbled.
Kagome ignored him and continued. "I'll teach you how to dance and buy you all the things you need to look civilized and—"
"Nope."
"What!" Kagome stared at Inuyasha, but not surprised.
"I'm not gonna go make an idiot of myself for your-your- your whatever. I have a reputation too."
"Fine then," she pretended to whisper to herself, but loud enough for Inuyasha to hear. "I guess one of the most important days of my life will be spent in shame and misery. Or maybe I won't go. I don't wanna go by myself. Hojo would've asked me but then I was to busy with the jewel shards and now he's going with that girl who's liked him since seventh grade. I was just to naïve to think my friends would help me when—"
"Nope. I'm not falling for your guilt trips. No means no."
Kagome got up in frustration. She knew it would be hard to make him say yes but she didn't really realize how hard until now…
"It's alright Inuyasha you don't have to come."
"I don't?"
"No I can see you really detest going to this thing so I'm not going to force you," she whispered about to leave the room. Before exiting, she turned around. "By the way Inuyasha…"
"What now wench?" He muttered not noticing the small smile on her lips.
"Osuwari!" CRASH!
Inuyasha glared at her retreating form. He was muttering a mouthful of curses into beautifully crafted sentences. In a few moments he felt the subduing spell wear off. He got up and ran after her to demand what the hell she did that for. Outside he could smell Kagome near the Inuyasha forest along with…Kouga? He ran after her and found Kouga advancing on Kagome.
"What the hell do you want you stupid mutt? Me and my woman are trying to talk."
"She's not your friggen woman you mangy wolf! Get away from her!" Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga and ran to attack Kouga. Next thing he knew he was eating the ground.
"Dammit wench! What the hell was that for?"
"Can't we all just talk and solve our problems like mature young adults instead of animals?" She then giggled at the irony of her statement.
"Keh, I've been itching for a fight wolf boy, don't make me hurt you." Inuyasha snarled, standing protectively near Kagome.
"Shut mutt. I'm here to make sure Kagome isn't harmed. Obviously your not worthy for her if you can't even keep her safe from a tree." Kouga spat.
Inuyasha was about to growl a defense when Kagome spoke. "It's not his fault, Kouga-kun. I went after the cat. Inuyasha's not in charge of everything I do, and everyone I hang around with."
Kouga glared at him, but he was too busy looking at Kagome. Her voice was so upset as if som- Inuyasha had done something. It was that stupid pram, or prim or whatever it was. Look what you did his human side hollered. Stick with your words; you are not some weak mortal his demon side growled.
Kagome looked into his eyes and he saw the look of determination in her eyes. Suddenly she turned to Kouga.
"Kouga, would you like to be my prom date?"
Kisho sighed and opened his eyes. He was in the same room he had been in over three days ago. Groggily he sat up. His wounds were mostly healed expect for a few minor scratches here and there. These people had brought him practically back from the dead. Silently he wished that this was all a dream and that when he awoke he would be in his mother's arms, absorbing her warmth. But he wasn't and this was very much real. With a regretful yet determined sigh Kisho stood up and turned to the door, determined to face his destiny and the destiny of those who would surround him forever…
A/N: Please don't hurt me! I didn't mean to leave the story at a cliffy, my muse made me do it…stupid muse grumble grumble hehe… kust kiddin, don't leave! Newayz, I'll clear up one confusion, if you didn't no Kisho is the name of that mysterious little boy. HES AWAKE! So yeah…I won't tell you were the love triangle stands rite now cuz that would be too easy…so if u want to find out wat happens I need those reviews. I propose 10 reviews at least then I'll update. does crazy laugh Thanx to all my previous reviewers, and readers for waiting for this chappi, once again I am sorry and I'm going to take my friends advice and tell you the reason that I didn't update was because I was too devastated from not getting tickets to BSB tear tear
Anywho…next chappi: Inu and Kouga's reaction to kags question. The lil boy and I no your all dying to no wat happens with Miroku and that girl, hehe u'll find out in due time…