Oofie: "How about the bad news first…well, you know when I gave a shout out in that other chapter…can't really remember which one…"
Kagome: "I know what you're talking about…"
Oofie: "Yeah well…remember the teacher I gave a shout out to?"
Kagome & Inuyasha: nod their heads
Oofie: "She sort of…died…Wednesday night…"
Kagome: "I'm sorry Oofie-chan…"
Inuyasha: "You'll get over it."
Kagome: "Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha: "What?"
Kagome: "You're being rude!"
Oofie: "Actually, he's sort of right."
Inuyasha: "I am…? Yeah…of course I am! Oofie's strong right? She'll get over it!"
Oofie: "Don't get a big head little puppy, I wasn't really mourning her death or anything…it's just sort of the first time I've had one of my own teachers just up and die like that. It's sort of funny really, how people can be there one minute…and gone the next…"
Kagome & Inuyasha: nod their heads
Oofie: "Ha, look at me. I'm almost not my hyper energetic self."
Inuyasha: "No worries, you'll bounce back."
Kagome: "Yeah. For once I have to agree with the pinhead. You'll be back to normal, you've just been in shock is all."
Inuyasha: "Yeah, well…Don't call me pinhead or little puppy. And what about that good news you were tellin' us about?"
Oofie: "Well…she lived long enough for me to raise my grades from Ds to As. So I guess she got her little satisfaction from teaching me huh?"
Kagome: "Of course she did Oofie-chan."
Inuyasha: "Don't we have a guest?"
Oofie: "Oh, right. Let's bring out this chapter's guest. This lady is actually one of the nicest people in the anime and manga… I know here had Higurashi-sama, Kagome knows her as mama, Inuyasha might come to know her as mother in law." nudges Inuyasha in the arm "But you people probably know her as Mrs. Higurashi!"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Hello Oofie-chan! Kagome-chan! Inuyasha-kun!"
Oofie & Kagome: "Konichiwa!"
Inuyasha: "Oi."
Mrs. Higurashi: "Oofie-kun…you look more like a boy then when I saw you last…"
Inuyasha: "Heh, a boy huh?"
Oofie: "Yes, I am told I look like a boy sometimes. Might be because of my favorite cloths to wear…I don't know…"
Inuyasha: "She's right you know. That hat of yours makes you look like Souta…." Snicker "Short like him to."
Oofie: "JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TALL AND EVERYTHING DOESN'T MEAN I'M SHORT!"
Inuyasha & Kagome: "…"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Oh dear…"
Oofie: turns her baseball hat backwards and spits a loogie on the ground "So what if I'm not as tall as all the dumb guys who tease me about it? So what if I act like a boy sometimes?" realizes she's taking this to far "Oh…uh…sorry…um…. Higurashi-sama can you…take us into the chapter?"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Of course." Turns to the readers "Oofie-kun does not own myself or anyone else who falls under the title Inuyasha Characters."
Chapter 9: Definitely Mutual
"Kagome I think I love you!"
"What did you say?" Kagome breathed. He couldn't have said what she thought he said.
"You were great! I wish I could have said something to him but you said it all! It was hilarious!" He hadn't really paid attention to what she said.
"Inuyasha…you said…you loved me…"
"…Wh…what?"
"You did! I heard you, you said…you…"
"I didn't really mean…uh…I was talkin' about…ya know what happened with Koga…I loved what happened in there…you know what I'm tryin' to say?"
Kagome simply stared at him. He was blushing furiously and sputtering out his words. Apparently he didn't mean it that way. "Yes, I know," she said solemnly and she pushed herself away from the hug he still had her in.
"Kagome…I…" Inuyasha didn't know what to say. She looked so sad, and he hated it when she was sad. Maybe if we get back to the others she won't be like this…he thought. And so he bent down so Kagome could climb on his back.
"Come on Kagome, we better get back to the others," he said looking back at her.
Kagome looked at him, and realized in horror what he wanted her to do. "I…I can't go back like that!"
"And why not?" Inuyasha looked confused. "We always travel this way."
"But…but…Koga he…"
"What's Koga got to do with this?"
"He…" Kagome blushed a deep crimson and muttered something.
"Huh? Say it louder, I can't hear you over all these other sounds." His dog-ears swiveled towards the blushing miko. "Well? Spit it out!"
"He… When…when Koga and me…when we were in that cavern…he…"
"Damn it woman just say it!"
"Koga ripped off my panties okay! He tore 'em up and I can't put 'em back on!"
Inuyasha looked confused and he tilted his head to the side before saying, "What the fuck are panties?"
Kagome blushed an even deeper red and looked up to the sky "Kami…why do you hate me so?"
"What? What are they?"
"Well…you see…they are things that…that girls wear…you know…under their cloths…"
"So?"
"So…I'm not really…wearing them…" Kagome couldn't believe she was saying this. She couldn't believe she was even in this situation.
"So get yourself some new ones. No big right?"
"Actually…it is…we can't get back as fast if I'm…not wearing them…"
"Why not? They aren't that important are they?"
"They are because…because I can't ride on your back with out them…"
"Kagome…you're not making any sense at all to me."
"Look, Inuyasha," Kagome was starting to feel even more embarrassed. "I can't get on your back because…I'm not wearing anything… under…my…my skirt…" she twiddled with the ends of her skirt.
Inuyasha made a confused face, and then he figured out why the girl was feeling embarrassed and the boy with silver hair turned a slight pink. "Um…well…I wouldn't like…try anything you know…" Inuyasha scratched his head a bit before he continued, "I'm not…a perv like Miroku or anything…"
"Uh…yeah…I…I guess so…" Kagome refused to look at him. She couldn't even glance at him for a second.
"Um…so…" Inuyasha squatted on the ground again, "Hop on…"
Kagome took a nervous step towards him and then hesitated, before walking over and climbing on. She adjusted her self so that her…um…more private areas…wouldn't really be touching him.
Inuyasha was about to take off running when Kagome's voice stopped him. "Um…Inuyasha…?"
The boy gulped, "Yeah?"
"I don't think I can do this…"
"Why not?"
"Because…because my skirt…keeps blowing up…"
Inuyasha took the hint that Kagome was worried about people seeing her backside, and he let her off. Then he took off his haori and handed it to her. "Put it on. It's longer then your skirt."
Kagome put the red cloth on and found that Inuyasha was right. On him, it looked like it fit perfectly, but on her it was like an oversized dress that traveled down her thighs and stopped just below her knees.
Inuyasha examined her and nodded his head, "Better?"
"It makes me look half your size…"
Inuyasha stood in front of her and looked down "You are half my size." He turned around and squatted on the ground again. Kagome took the hint and she got on his back again, making sure his haori was covering the space between him and…well…you know.
Inuyasha started out with incredible speed and a small pink blush on his cheeks. He was trying to keep his mind on running and supporting Kagome on his back, but it all came so natural to him that he didn't have to think about it. He dodged trees and bushes and he let his mind wander to the girl on his back and what she was wearing…actually more like what she wasn't wearing…
Inuyasha shook his head and tried dismissing all the perverted things that came to his mind. His blush had deepened in color and he knew the girl was staring at the side of his face, but he didn't dare look back at her. He still couldn't get his mind off of her and he could feel certain body parts start to harden and get stiff in his pants. The boy groaned and kept going.
He decided to think of things that turned him off, not on and his mind wandered to pictures of Seshomaru naked, Naruku naked, Koga naked…. He nearly barfed on the spot. He sighed; at least that proved he was a healthy straight male. Then another thought came to him before he even realized it.
I wish I had been the one to take he panties off instead of Koga.
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his blush turned a deep red at the thought and he fell face forward into the earth and skidded to a stop.
He could feel Kagome squirm on top of him, trying to get up, only to succeed in grinding his hips into the earth. Poor boy…
Inuyasha groaned and whimpered. She didn't even know the pain and frustration she was putting him through at the moment.
Finally Kagome managed to get up and she kneeled down next to the hanyou.
"Inuyasha? Are you okay?" she asked in a worried tone of voice.
The boy didn't even lift his face from the dirt before muttering an exhausted 'Keh'. The miko tried to pull him up off the ground, but gave up and let him slump right back down. She sat on the small of his back and twiddled a lock of his hair in her fingers.
Eventually the miko got tired and poked Inuyasha in the back, "Hey Inuyasha, I'm bored. Can we leave now?" No answer. She poked him again. He groaned again and let out a long breath. Suddenly, realization dawned on her.
He's asleep! That pig head is asleep! How could he just fall asleep in the middle of no where? Kagome was about to poke him again but the boy muttered her name in his sleep and scrunched his face into a frown.
This intrigued our little miko and she brought her face down to his and whispered "I'm right here Inuyasha."
The hanyou groaned again and said "No…no don't go…"
"Inuyasha…I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here."
"You…were gonna leave me…I don't want…don't…"
"Don't worry I'm not leaving…" Kagome had stood up and looked around. It was about to rain. She looked down helplessly at the hanyou currently in dreamland. She sighed and resolved to find shelter for them both.
She bent down low and slung his arm over her shoulders and propped him up, before dragging him through the forest.
Ooooooooooooooooooooo
"Mama…mama please…no…""Kagome-chan! Kagome-chan I'm here…"
"No…Mama please…don't leave me alone…"
"Kagome-chan, I'll never leave you alone. I promise."
"Mama! Mama don't leave!"
"Kagome-chan, wake up!"
A seven-year-old Kagome shot up in bed, and looked around frightened. She saw her mother and threw herself into her arms.
"Mama! I was so scared! I thought…I thought you were leaving us…" Kagome sobbed into her mothers shirt.
"Kagome-chan," Mrs. Higurashi stroked her daughter's hair lovingly. "Kagome-chan, I'd never leave you. I promise."
Kagome looked up at her with tearful eyes, "But…but Papa. He promised. He promised and he left us. He left us Mama!" Mrs. Higurashi stiffened. She could feel the tears already forming in her eyes.
"Kagome-chan, your Papa, he didn't know what was going to happen. He didn't think he'd be in…in an accident dear…"
"How do you know? What if you break your promise?"
"I don't Kagome-chan. I don't know if I could die tomorrow or in a hundred years, but I will try to not break my promise."
Kagome pulled away from her mother and wiped her eyes. "You'll break your promise. You're gonna leave us like Papa. You'll leave!"
"Kagome-chan…" Mrs. Higurashi tried to hug her daughter but Kagome pushed her away.
"No! No! You promised!" Mrs. Higurashi tried to hold her again but the young miko pushed away again.
"You and Papa! You'll leave me! You promised! He promised!" Tears started to fall from the girl's eyes. Mrs. Higurashi tried once more to hug her daughter, and Kagome failed to push her off. She just kept hitting her mother softly with a small fist. "No! No. No…"
"Kagome-chan please…"
Kagome closed her eyes and more tears came then ever before. She held her mother close and cried into her shirt again. "He promised Mama! He promised! He promised…"
Ooooooooooooooooooo
Inuyasha sat up. He had had the same nightmare for the last two weeks. He dreamed that Kagome left him and would never come back. He took deep breaths to calm himself down.
He looked at his surroundings and found that he was in a small dark cave that smelled of must. Must and…salt?
His eyes traveled to the entrance of the cave and he spied Kagome sprawled on the floor, shaking violently. She was crying.
The silver-haired boy got to his feet and walked over to the trembling miko on the cave floor.
"Kagome?" The girl stopped shaking and took in a deep breath, but she didn't answer. "Kagome…Kagome what's wrong?"
"Oh…Inuyasha I didn't see you get up…" She sat up with her back to him.
"That doesn't answer my question," he said and sat down behind her.
The girl still refused to look back at him. "What…what question is that?" her voice cracked when she spoke.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" There was silence. "Kagome. I'm not leavin' you alone till you say somethin'." Inuyasha said and he crossed his arms, making himself comfortable.
The girl before him tried keeping her tears under control and held her knees close to her chest. It didn't work, and she started the violent shaking all over again.
It pained Inuyasha to see her this way, and he thought that maybe if she told him what was wrong he could fix it. So he tried once again, "Kagome…please tell me what's wrong." The girl stopped shaking after hearin his words and breathed nice and slow, to try to calm herself.
"My dad…a long time ago, my dad made me a promise," the miko stated through her tears. "He promised me…. He promised that he would never leave me…no matter what."
When it seemed like the girl wasn't going to continue Inuyasha asked a question, "Did he keep his promise?" He watched Kagome's hair swish around when she shook her head. "…What happened?"
There was silence in the cave again and before Inuyasha could ask the question again it was broken. "He…he was going on a trip. He left for a little while…a week or so… and on his way back…the airplane…" She realized Inuyasha had no idea what an airplane was, and she took a second to explain it to him before continuing. "The airplane…something was wrong with it…and when it was taking him home…it…it…. It crashed…." Kagome's grip on her knees grew stronger and she ignored the pain she felt from her nails digging into them.
"So…he didn't survive…did he?" Inuyasha wasn't sure if he should have asked the question since she had made it so obvious, but he asked it anyway.
The miko nodded her head. "He broke his promise." The tears were falling again and Kagome took the time to calm down before speaking again. "I know…. I know it wasn't his fault… But I was just a little kid then. I thought he wasn't coming back because…because he didn't want to be around me…" Kagome wiped her eyes and continued, "It felt like…like nobody was around…and I felt so lonely. My dad and me…we were so close. It just…it shocked me when I found out…I found that my mom didn't have as much time for me then, with Souta just being born and all…and Grandpa was to busy with the visitors to the shrine…"
"So…you thought nobody cared…nobody really cared about you, right?"
She nodded her head again. "But…later on I realized that I have a wonderful family…full of people who love and care for me…"
"Then why are you crying?"
Kagome stiffened a little when he asked this question, and didn't answer. But Inuyasha was persistent, and he asked again. This time Kagome slumped over a little and she answered.
"Inuyasha…sometime…sometimes I think about you…and how your childhood must have been. If I could feel like that with so many people who cared for me around…then…then…what would you have felt like?"
"Kagome…"
"I…think about what…what it must have been like for you…and thinking about you in so much pain…it…it makes my heart break…" Kagome's loose grip tightened once more around her knees and she began to tremble again.
Inuyasha didn't know what to say. She was crying because of pain he had felt, and it made him feel mixed emotions about the situation. But fortunately he could at least show that he cared about the girl through his actions.
He reached out a hand and pulled Kagome into his lap and held her close to him. He heard Kagome gasp in surprise, then relax into the hug. He nuzzled her neck, and sniffed at her hair before turning her face to his and wiping away some of her tears.
"Look Kagome, you don't have to worry or feel sorry for me. I'm fine now aren't I?" he rested his chin on her head and went on. "Besides, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?"
Kagome was silent for a minute, before she turned in Inuyasha's lap and faced him. "I will never leave you alone Inuyasha. Even if I do die, I'll find a way to come back to you. I promise I'll be with you forever, okay?"
Inwardly, Inuyasha was jumping for joy. Being the 'man' that he was though, he decided to not show it and reply with a "Keh" for old times sake. Kagome giggled and nuzzled into his chest.
Inuyasha rested his chin on the girl's head again and there was a long silence before Kagome spoke again.
"Inuyasha…if you didn't mean it the way you said it…. Then why would you say that you loved me…?"
Inuyasha stiffened and his heart rate sped up at the change of subject. His mouth went dry and he just stared out into the rain.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome looked up at him with coffee colored eyes.
"I…I guess…um…" Maybe because it was true? Why don't you just say it you baka? Oh, what a great time for his 'other self' to rear his ugly head, don't you think?
Inuyasha growled at himself (Weird…I know…) and clenched his fist. Shut up! Nobody was talking to you! He yelled in his head. Hey, I'm just doin' what right for you ya idiot! His 'other self' retaliated. Yeah, but what about her? What if she doesn't feel the same way? It'll just cause her problems! Inuyasha was being stubborn. He was to afraid…yes, afraid…of rejection. He didn't want things to be awkward between them and confessing a one sided love would definitely make things awkward.
"Inuyasha…I understand…if you don't really feel that way…" Kagome's voice traveled up to his ears. He looked down into her eyes and could see the hurt there. Wait…why would she be hurting if I'm the one who isn't being loved back here? Inuyasha wondered. Do I have to spell it out for you pinhead? She's in love with you! You, not Koga or that hobo guy! Although why she's in love with you of all people I'll never know… Inuyasha made a mental note to see if he could physically bring out his 'other self' and do some serious damage to it before returning to his thought on Kagome. He had still locked eyes with her, and she held his gaze for a few more moments before he spoke.
"I do…"
Kagome's eyes widened, "You…you do what?"
"I…I do feel that way…about you…" Inuyasha blushed at his own words but kept his eyes locked on Kagome's.
The miko blushed, "Inuyasha, I…" Inuyasha silenced her with his lips and they shared a passionate kiss that seemed to last a lifetime, which wasn't a bad thing if you didn't need to breathe. Okay, for all you people without imagination, this would be the part in the cheesy love story/movie where the couple confesses their love and have a serious make out session on screen, then all the people in the theater cheer. All except the lonely guy sitting next to you who came here because he's single, bald, still lives with his mother, and is in his late forties…and… well, you get the idea…yeah…that guy…he just sighs and eats his gummy worms… Anywho, back to the story……….
Eventually the two had a dangerously low supply of oxygen, and they broke the kiss. Kagome had a dazed look on her face and Inuyasha's eyes were glazed over.
The hanyou looked over at the girl with coffee colored eyes, "So…I take it the feeling's mutual?" Inuyasha looked a little hopeful when he asked this.
The miko merely squealed and threw herself at the boy, knocking him over. "Yes! Yes the feeling is definitely mutual!"
Oofie: "Okay I had a really hard time deciding if I wanted to go on after this point, and I decided I would stop the chapter here."
Inuyasha: "Obviously…"
Oofie: "Shut up Romeo…anyway, I'm still going on with the story so there's more then just this. All you people who don't read this might end up thinkin' its done and might not come back…well…IT SUCKS TO BE YOU THEN DOESN'T?"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Quite the tomboy isn't she?"
Inuyasha & Kagome: nod their heads
Oofie: "Whatever, anyway I think I will be bringing a character in here that would cause problems for our cute new couple…"
Inuyasha: "Huh? What new couple?"Oofie: "…. Don't you even pay attention during the chapters?"
Inuyasha: "I stopped after chapter 3…I paid attention during 8 though…"
Oofie: "Oh yeah…that's why you didn't try killing me for chapter 5…"
Kagome: "Chapter 5? I wasn't paying attention during that chapter either…"
Mrs. Higurashi: smiles "I know what happened."
Inuyasha & Kagome: "You do?"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Yes, I do. And I must say it was an intriguing chapter."
Inuyasha & Kagome: "How…?"
Oofie: "I send her copies of every chapter!"
Mrs. Higurashi: "At this rate, I'll have lots and lots of grandchildren to look after! That would be the perfect ending to the perfect story."
Oofie: "…yeah…uh…"
Kagome: "Um…wait a minute…You better be talking about grandchildren from Souta Mama, because I'm not sexually active at all."
Mrs. Higurashi: "Well…technically, you still are a virgin, but you still did come close to giving me my grandchildren in chapter 5! And that gives me hope! But please dear…wait until you turn 18…"
Kagome: "Wh…what exactly…happened in…that chapter…"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Well, you and Inuyasha-kun had a romantic love scene of course! I disapprove of you doing this with your brother in the house, and not waiting till you're 18, but I suppose I can't stop young love…"
Inuyasha: "Whoa…hold on lady…you're saying that I had a love scene with…that?"
Kagome: "Who are you calling a 'that'?"
Inuyasha: "Well you're the only that in here besides Oofie, and she's the writer so she can't have been in a love scene."
Oofie: "Hold on…I know he didn't just call me a 'that'…"
Kagome: "Well as if I would even do anything with a dog! It's just disgusting! What if you have some sexually transmitted animal disease? That would be horrible!"
Inuyasha: "Well how do I know if you have some human sexually transmitted disease? How sick is that?"
Kagome: "STINKIN' DOG!"
Inuyasha: "MANGY HUMAN!"
Oofie: "I say you're both dumbasses."
Inuyasha: "You bitch! As if I would even consider…!"
Kagome: "Stupid mutt! Just thinking about it makes me wanna puke!"
Inuyasha: "That's what you say now, but you know you secretly want me."
Kagome: "What? As if! Why in the hell would I even think about wanting…that!"
Inuyasha: "Whatever, if I came up to you right now and asked you for sex you wouldn't hesitate a second."
Kagome: "Are you trying to call me a slut?"
Inuyasha: "Maybe."
Kagome: "Listen buddy, just because I look like Kikyo, doesn't mean I act like her too!"
Inuyasha: "What did you say?"
Kagome: "Yes, you heard right, I just insulted your corpse of a girlfriend! How you like them apples?"
Oofie: "This…is so pathetic…this is what happens when I have my chat with the guest…this arguing…Normally I cut it out but I wanted you people to see what I have to deal with."
Mrs. Higurashi: "Oofie-kun you poor dear…"
Kagome: "Inuyasha you perv! You're worse then Miroku!"
Inuyasha: "Flattering me won't help you at all."
Kagome: attempts to kick Inuyasha in what I like to call the 'forbidden zone'
Inuyasha: dodges "Now Kagome, don't do anything you might regret later on."
Kagome: blushes "You…You…OSUWARI!"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Oh dear…"
Oofie: "And so the saga continues…. believe it or not…"
Mrs. Higurashi: "Oofie-kun, why don't I treat you to a nice home cooked meal?"
Oofie: "Score!" does happy dance
Oofie & Mrs. Higurashi: bow "Arigato dear readers."