Story: Change of Body
Thanks for the reviews. Yes, I do tend to leave it at the worst possible cliffhangers, huh.
I was just watching episode 58 of YYH (Japanese episode; I don't know the name of it)
And the only thing going through my head was /Hiei is sooooooo cute!/ freaky, huh? A/N to everyone at Portola: I do not squeal out loud.
Yes, I am a Hiei fan. And a Kurama fan. I'm actually stuck in between, which is the worst possible spot because both of them LOOK perfect in different ways, and both have perfect attitudes, in different ways . . . *sigh*
BEWARE OF FLUFF!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Enough of my jabbering, it's story time ^^ (I feel hyper . . .)
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Chapter Fourteen
Shuuichi's POV
I looked at Inuyasha's brother from head to toe. The suit he was wearing, complete with a tie, didn't suit his face in the least. He gazed sharply at my friends, who left hurriedly. Yoko was sound asleep.
I tried to make conversation in the most Inuyasha-ish way possible; it was tiring enough to have people glancing at you suspiciously. I started from the most obvious thing. "Since when did you wear eye shadow?"
His eyes widened. "Since when did YOU talk nicely to me?"
Darn. I guess Inuyasha was ruder than that. But I had a point: the reddish-pinkish eye coloring did make him look . . . eccentric. His eyes turned back to normal. "I wanted to wish you some injuries and maybe a few broken bones before I went on with the adoption, but it seems you already have some."
I nodded. "What adoption?"
He rolled his eyes hopelessly. "I didn't expect you to remember, BROTHER. I'm adopting a child from your orphanage. It's very lonely, but you wouldn't understand."
Since when . . . was Sesshoumaru so open-minded? Well, from what Inuyasha told me, his brother was pure evil. Maybe he was exaggerating? I nodded again. "Why are you so friendly now?"
He looked shocked, then put his hands on my head, muttering, "Nope, no fever . . ."
He then answered simply, "You're not arguing, so why should I be unfriendly? This is a farewell to our 'nice' little visits every month."
I nodded briefly. "I see."
He was silent for a while, before grabbing me by the scruff of the neck, demanding, "Who are you and what have you done with Inuyasha?!"
I took that to be a joke, so I started laughing. He released me, rubbing his brow and muttering, "Either he's taken a forty-day vow to be respectable to everyone, I've gone insane, or that he's taken an injury to the head . . ."
The real Inuyasha came in. "School's out cuz of the disaster in the alleyways behind the auditorium!" He reported.
Sesshoumaru looked up casually; I could tell Inuyasha was holding back anger. He turned back to me. "Friend of yours, brother?"
I nodded. "Yep."
Inuyasha was steaming. By the time my "brother" had left, he boiled over. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT? YOU COULD'VE AT LEAST GIVEN HIM A BLACK EYE!!!"
I grinned, saying pointedly while holding up my sore shoulder, "With this?"
Hiei came in casually. "The two females from hell have left."
I stared. "Kagome's not a demon, and neither is Sango."
He showed me a bruise on his neck, from Sango, no doubt, before shooting back, "And I know that you only meant Kagome, fox-boy."
Yoko was awake by now. I blushed. Inuyasha stared away. Hiei broke the tension by telling us, again, about Kikyo.
*~*~*~*~ Next Day ~*~*~*~*
Kagome's POV
I went to the hospital again, with roses (School was in, but the teacher gave me permission). I would have given Inuyasha day-lilies, but Miroku insisted on roses. I wonder why?
I walked to his bed, where he was sound asleep (with Yoko on his covers). Unlike last year, he didn't snore or sleepwalk. He looked so peaceful.
As soon as I touched his face, his eyes opened. He got up, smiling. I felt giddy, but decided to talk. "Hey. How're you feeling?"
He grinned. "Like a bullet chipped my shoulder."
I smiled back. "You shouldn't have defended me."
He took the roses, smiling. "How did you know?"
I looked blank. What? He nodded, understanding. "H— Miroku, right? He was right. Roses were my favorite flowers."
I smiled again, not knowing what else to do. He places them on a little table beside the bed, then took my hand. "Maybe it's not the time or place to tell you, but I want you to know . . ." (A/N Confessions?)
He took a deep breath, then continued. "There's a reason why I saved you."
I felt extremely shy, extremely nervous, and would have been sweating if the room hadn't been so cold. Could it be . . . He looked so casual, so unafraid . . . "I really like you, Kagome. I don't know about love, but like, that's definitely there."
He was so trusting, so open . . . I've known Inuyasha since he was a kid, but not once did he ever make me feel like this . . . I smiled, regaining my cool. Gripping his hands, I replied, "I really like you too, Inuyasha." (A/N It's a really crappy way to end, but I don't want to get to kissing yet . . . who knows, I might change the subject to general or something . . .)
*~*~*~* School ~*~*~*~*
Kikyo's POV
The field trip to the mountains was next week! I NEEDED to do something, fast, about Hiei and Sango. I'd decided to drop Inuyasha and Miroku; they weren't worth my time. I fidgeted with the pendent I wore around my neck. Shuuichi would be taken care of appropriately, at school. But Hiei . . .
Wait. Field trip to the mountains? I grinned mysteriously. There were many accidents in the mountains . . . They could crash on the bus. They could freeze to death. Heck, they could even run down a cliff . . .
I barked out, "NARAKU!!!"
He came, wordlessly. I smiled. "I'll reconsider your date with Kagura, if you do something to me . . ."
*~*~*~*~ After School ~*~*~*~*
Hiei's POV
The still-sugar-high woman was dragging me towards a stand of clothes. I stared away into space . . . She slapped me, huffing. "Don't cheat on me IN FRONT OF ME, Houshi-sama!!!"
Huh? What was she talking about? I looked at the spot I was staring away at. I yelped. It was a nude picture of a woman! I groaned. "I wasn't . . ."
She shook her head, not apologizing. "Come on, Houshi-sama, I need something new to wear for the class field trip . . .!"
I shook my head. Sango . . . clothes . . . ice cream . . . hey, since when did ice cream get into my thoughts? I must be losing it . . .
She whacked my head again. "COME ON!!!"
The horror . . .
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Not a real cliffhanger, was it? *Prod, prod* *nudge, nudge*
I really have nothing to say except that yes, I am grounded, and that it was a really cruddy way to end the Kagome/Shuuichi scene, but who cares?!!! (it's rhetorical, don't answer)
Review!
Thanks for the reviews. Yes, I do tend to leave it at the worst possible cliffhangers, huh.
I was just watching episode 58 of YYH (Japanese episode; I don't know the name of it)
And the only thing going through my head was /Hiei is sooooooo cute!/ freaky, huh? A/N to everyone at Portola: I do not squeal out loud.
Yes, I am a Hiei fan. And a Kurama fan. I'm actually stuck in between, which is the worst possible spot because both of them LOOK perfect in different ways, and both have perfect attitudes, in different ways . . . *sigh*
BEWARE OF FLUFF!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Enough of my jabbering, it's story time ^^ (I feel hyper . . .)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter Fourteen
Shuuichi's POV
I looked at Inuyasha's brother from head to toe. The suit he was wearing, complete with a tie, didn't suit his face in the least. He gazed sharply at my friends, who left hurriedly. Yoko was sound asleep.
I tried to make conversation in the most Inuyasha-ish way possible; it was tiring enough to have people glancing at you suspiciously. I started from the most obvious thing. "Since when did you wear eye shadow?"
His eyes widened. "Since when did YOU talk nicely to me?"
Darn. I guess Inuyasha was ruder than that. But I had a point: the reddish-pinkish eye coloring did make him look . . . eccentric. His eyes turned back to normal. "I wanted to wish you some injuries and maybe a few broken bones before I went on with the adoption, but it seems you already have some."
I nodded. "What adoption?"
He rolled his eyes hopelessly. "I didn't expect you to remember, BROTHER. I'm adopting a child from your orphanage. It's very lonely, but you wouldn't understand."
Since when . . . was Sesshoumaru so open-minded? Well, from what Inuyasha told me, his brother was pure evil. Maybe he was exaggerating? I nodded again. "Why are you so friendly now?"
He looked shocked, then put his hands on my head, muttering, "Nope, no fever . . ."
He then answered simply, "You're not arguing, so why should I be unfriendly? This is a farewell to our 'nice' little visits every month."
I nodded briefly. "I see."
He was silent for a while, before grabbing me by the scruff of the neck, demanding, "Who are you and what have you done with Inuyasha?!"
I took that to be a joke, so I started laughing. He released me, rubbing his brow and muttering, "Either he's taken a forty-day vow to be respectable to everyone, I've gone insane, or that he's taken an injury to the head . . ."
The real Inuyasha came in. "School's out cuz of the disaster in the alleyways behind the auditorium!" He reported.
Sesshoumaru looked up casually; I could tell Inuyasha was holding back anger. He turned back to me. "Friend of yours, brother?"
I nodded. "Yep."
Inuyasha was steaming. By the time my "brother" had left, he boiled over. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT? YOU COULD'VE AT LEAST GIVEN HIM A BLACK EYE!!!"
I grinned, saying pointedly while holding up my sore shoulder, "With this?"
Hiei came in casually. "The two females from hell have left."
I stared. "Kagome's not a demon, and neither is Sango."
He showed me a bruise on his neck, from Sango, no doubt, before shooting back, "And I know that you only meant Kagome, fox-boy."
Yoko was awake by now. I blushed. Inuyasha stared away. Hiei broke the tension by telling us, again, about Kikyo.
*~*~*~*~ Next Day ~*~*~*~*
Kagome's POV
I went to the hospital again, with roses (School was in, but the teacher gave me permission). I would have given Inuyasha day-lilies, but Miroku insisted on roses. I wonder why?
I walked to his bed, where he was sound asleep (with Yoko on his covers). Unlike last year, he didn't snore or sleepwalk. He looked so peaceful.
As soon as I touched his face, his eyes opened. He got up, smiling. I felt giddy, but decided to talk. "Hey. How're you feeling?"
He grinned. "Like a bullet chipped my shoulder."
I smiled back. "You shouldn't have defended me."
He took the roses, smiling. "How did you know?"
I looked blank. What? He nodded, understanding. "H— Miroku, right? He was right. Roses were my favorite flowers."
I smiled again, not knowing what else to do. He places them on a little table beside the bed, then took my hand. "Maybe it's not the time or place to tell you, but I want you to know . . ." (A/N Confessions?)
He took a deep breath, then continued. "There's a reason why I saved you."
I felt extremely shy, extremely nervous, and would have been sweating if the room hadn't been so cold. Could it be . . . He looked so casual, so unafraid . . . "I really like you, Kagome. I don't know about love, but like, that's definitely there."
He was so trusting, so open . . . I've known Inuyasha since he was a kid, but not once did he ever make me feel like this . . . I smiled, regaining my cool. Gripping his hands, I replied, "I really like you too, Inuyasha." (A/N It's a really crappy way to end, but I don't want to get to kissing yet . . . who knows, I might change the subject to general or something . . .)
*~*~*~* School ~*~*~*~*
Kikyo's POV
The field trip to the mountains was next week! I NEEDED to do something, fast, about Hiei and Sango. I'd decided to drop Inuyasha and Miroku; they weren't worth my time. I fidgeted with the pendent I wore around my neck. Shuuichi would be taken care of appropriately, at school. But Hiei . . .
Wait. Field trip to the mountains? I grinned mysteriously. There were many accidents in the mountains . . . They could crash on the bus. They could freeze to death. Heck, they could even run down a cliff . . .
I barked out, "NARAKU!!!"
He came, wordlessly. I smiled. "I'll reconsider your date with Kagura, if you do something to me . . ."
*~*~*~*~ After School ~*~*~*~*
Hiei's POV
The still-sugar-high woman was dragging me towards a stand of clothes. I stared away into space . . . She slapped me, huffing. "Don't cheat on me IN FRONT OF ME, Houshi-sama!!!"
Huh? What was she talking about? I looked at the spot I was staring away at. I yelped. It was a nude picture of a woman! I groaned. "I wasn't . . ."
She shook her head, not apologizing. "Come on, Houshi-sama, I need something new to wear for the class field trip . . .!"
I shook my head. Sango . . . clothes . . . ice cream . . . hey, since when did ice cream get into my thoughts? I must be losing it . . .
She whacked my head again. "COME ON!!!"
The horror . . .
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Not a real cliffhanger, was it? *Prod, prod* *nudge, nudge*
I really have nothing to say except that yes, I am grounded, and that it was a really cruddy way to end the Kagome/Shuuichi scene, but who cares?!!! (it's rhetorical, don't answer)
Review!