A/N: I'm so sorry for the extremely long wait. Writer's block was killing me, plus, I was so busy with homework, projects, and CMT (yes I live in the boring state of Connecticut) testing, that I hardly had time to do anything. But I've finally got the chapter done, so here it is !

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An Unwanted Prize

Chapter Nine

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Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha and Tachi, Kix cereal, Fruit-by-the-Foot, Trojan (you'll see), or Band-Aids........hehehe.....Band- Aids......hehe....

'I'm stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cause Band-Aids stuck on me!!!'

Sorry...too much soda...ya know...soda to me is like coffee to an old person...it's addictive....okay, enough of talking about my grandmother, on with the chapter!

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Kagome stared at InuYasha, more tears pooling in her eyes. She didn't know what to say, everything was happening so fast. It had been less than two months since their first date and now he was telling her he loved her.

Reaching up and wrapping her arms around InuYasha's neck, Kagome smiled to herself when she felt him hug her back. "I...I...I..."

She took a quick look at her watch and gasped, quickly pulling away and opening her car door. InuYasha looked at her quizzically and she signaled for him to get in, "I'm going to be late!"

"For...?"

Kagome jammed the key in the ignition, "I'm supposed to be baby-sitting Kohaku tonight."

"Want me to help?"

Kagome smiled, "Sure, I'd like that."

"Yeah, don't want you to kill the poor kid."

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"Okay," Sango began, picking up her purse and coat and making her way to the door," my parents should be back around nine, so I guess I'll be back by then."

The door slammed behind Sango and Kagome, and Kohaku stared blankly at it, "Bye."

The door reopened and Sango walked back in, smiling to play off her mistake, "Forgot...he's supposed to be picking me up."

Kagome raised and eyebrow and bit her lip to keep from saying anything, "Mm mm mm."

"Shutup."

The doorbell rang and Sango stiffened, lightly brushing her hands over her hair. She pulled the door open and smiled, then frowned, "Oh, InuYasha. It's you."

InuYasha furrowed his eyebrows, "I saw you walk outside then back in. Is everything okay?"

Kagome let out a small noise, trying to sustain her laughter. Sango just rolled her eyes, "Just forget it. What are you doing here?"

"Kagome dropped me off at her house so I could fill up my tank and then I drove over here to help her baby-sit."

The doorbell rang again and Sango absentmindedly repeated her previous actions, smoothing down her hair and checking the mirror by the door before tugging it open, "Miroku! What a surprise!"

Miroku raised and eyebrow and stared at her, "I thought we had this planned."

"Yeah, well you never know who's gonna just pop up at your door these days." Sango muttered, tossing a glare at InuYasha and pushing Miroku out the door, "Be back by nine guys! See ya then."

Staring blankly at the now closed door, InuYasha, Kohaku, and Kagome shook their heads and sighed. Kagome turned to Kohaku, "Well, you already had your dinner, so what do you wanna do now?"

"TV time." Kohaku exclaimed, running over to the television and seating himself on the floor in front of the couch.

Kagome walked over to the couch, followed by InuYasha, and grabbed the remote off from the coffee table. Hitting the 'On' button, Kagome plopped down on the couch. The television turned on, the numbers forty-three in big, bold, sea-green letters at the top.

"New, self heating Trojan Brand!" the deep commercial voice boomed, "For those cold nights!"

InuYasha and Kagome stared at the television, their eyes twitching and a crimson red blush crossing their features. InuYasha quickly grabbed the remote and turned the channel. They flipped through channel after channel until another manly voice caught their attention.

"Next up on SCI Fi network. The Haunting at seven, followed by a behind the scenes look at Van Helsing."

InuYasha quickly tossed the remote aside and ran into the kitchen, followed by a few grunts and sound of ransacking before InuYasha returned to the living room carrying a box of Kix cereal, a gallon of milk, three bowls and spoons, and two boxes of fruit-by-the-foot.

Kagome rolled her eyes as InuYasha plopped down beside her and started handing out bowls.

Hours passed by like minutes and bowls and fruit-by-the-foot wrappers stacked up on the table as the three lost track of time and became more and more engrossed in the creepy movie about a haunted house.

After the movie, Kagome stood up, outstretching her arms and arching her back, "Time for bed."

InuYasha stared at her for a moment, "I don't even live here."

Kagome stood up straight and turned to InuYasha, "Not you."

"Oh."

"Can you put Kohaku to bed, InuYasha, I have to clean up."

"It's a woman's job to put the kids to bed!" InuYasha argued.

"So?!"

"So go do it!"

Kagome glared at InuYasha before literally dragging Kohaku upstairs and into his room.

"Can you tell me a story?" Kohaku asked modestly after he was tucked in. Kagome smiled down at him, "Sure." Pulling a chair from Kohaku's desk, Kagome seated herself next to his bed, "I'll tell you a story that my mother used to tell me when I was little. It's about a half demon and how he fell in love with a powerful priestess. A story of love and betrayal."

"Hundreds of years ago, there was a half demon who was all alone in the world. He didn't have any friends because he wasn't full demon or human. One day, he heard of a magical jewel called the Shikon no Tama that could turn him into a full demon. While on his way to steal the jewel, he was stopped by a powerful priestess."

"This meeting happened over and over again because the half demon just wouldn't give up. So, one day, the priestess was sitting alone when she sensed the half demon watching her. She called him out and told him that the jewel could also turn him into a human. After a while, the half demon realized he had fell in love with the young priestess and it was decided that he would use the jewel to become full human."

'Why does this story seem so familiar?' InuYasha thought, watching Kagome tally off the events of the story. He pushed the thought aside, making his way back down stairs.

Kagome paused her story for a moment, looking back. She could've sworn she heard someone there. Shrugging it off, she continued the story. "On the day that the half demon was to turn human, the priestess went alone to find the half demon, carrying the jewel. She was attacked by a stranger and believed it was the half demon who had attacked her and stole the jewel. So she gathered the last of her strength and hunted the half demon down, pinning him to the Goshinboku. Then she died."

"Five hundred years later, a futuristic girl..." Kagome trailed off, smiling down at Kohaku's sleeping form.

Quietly placing the chair back at Kohaku's desk and creeping out of the room, Kagome made her way through the hall, down the stairs, and back into the living room, plopping down on the couch across from InuYasha.

"Did you do your woman jobs?" InuYasha joked in a low voice.

Kagome tossed a pillow at InuYasha and stood up, "Shut up. You're lucky you're a guy! Guys have it easy. You don't have to go through any of the things woman do."

InuYasha glared up at her, "Being a guy is a lot of hard work. Especially when you're as good looking as me," he paused, laughing and pretending to smooth back his hair, "We go through...things..."

"Perverted dreams and male PMS isn't exactly a lot of work."

InuYasha gave her a blank stare before furrowing his eyebrows in confusion, "Perverted dream?"

Kagome stared back for a few seconds before she burst out into a fit of laughter. InuYasha just stared, but eventually meaning dawned on him and a crimson red blush crossed his features, "SHUT UP!"

"What...Did...I...Do...?" Kagome managed to say in between laughs, looking up at him from the floor and being met with a face full of pillow.

Sango's parents walked in the door, looking around, then tossing InuYasha and Kagome a strange look when they stood up. The two were barely able to contain their laughter as Sango's father crossed his arms over his chest, reminding them of the Brawny man, "Where's Sango and what are you two doing here?"

Kagome cleared her throat and stood up straight, "We're just here...uhm...helping her baby-sit and to keep her company. She just went out to get some...some..."

"Bananas!" InuYasha broke in, putting on a guilty and obviously phony ear to ear smile. Sango's mother gave him a strange and confused look, "Bananas?"

InuYasha laughed, "You know, good ol' potassium."

Mrs. Tijiya opened her mouth to speak but, as if on cue, Sango rushed in the door, "Sorry, I'm late you guys I-" A look of horror crossed Sango's features as she noticed her parents presence. She put on an innocent look and smiled, "Mom...dad...you're back already."

"Sango!" Kagome glared at the girl, winking a couple of times, "Did you get the bananas?"

Sango just gave Kagome a blank stare, "What bananas?"

InuYasha slapped his forehead and began pounding his forehead against the wall, "Stupid, stupid, stupid..."

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A/N:

Hey you guys! I am so sorry for the long wait. I was sooo P.O.ed when writer's block got the best of me, but then after I had almost completed the chapter, my floppy screwed up so I had to retype it...then while I was retyping it...my computer froze and I hadn't saved it....needless to say I was beyond irritated.

Also, I'm sooooo sorry for the really short chapter. I just wanted to update so bad...death threats were getting to me. And this was basically a filler chapter...nothing was realy supposed to happen.

Hey, give a big round of....uh....whatever you do when you're on the computer....to my two favorite friends - Inuyasha's Princess17 and silentmiko. They're the bestest betas (no, not the fish) in the world.

Oh, and please check out my one-shots and my poetry collection, though there's only one poem there so far.

InuYashazKagome Recommended List:

Inuyasha's Princess17:

1. Then From Love Until Forever

2. Rivers of the Heart


silentmiko242:

1. Imaginary

2. Broken Trust


Maiden of the Moon:

1. Fragment of Eternity


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Review Please.

Thanx again for all of your support and I really hope you enjoyed the chapter!

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