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"So, when exactly is your birthday?"
The sun was shining brightly overhead as the two strolled down the grove trees. Things were a bit awkward this morning when they woke up in each other's arms, causing breakfast to be a silent affair. Kagome, however, felt there was no need for strange behavior. Grabbing the hanyou, she talked him into taking a walk with her.
Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow. "And why are you so interested, huh?"
Kagome gave him a sideways glance before looking ahead. "Oh, no reason."
The hanyou rolled his eyes, looking up to the bright blue sky. "If you must know, its the day after tomorrow."
"Day after tomorrow?!?" the heiress shrieked, stopping in the middle of the path. Inuyasha groaned as his ears began resounding a ringing noise. "Kagome . . ." he growled dangerously.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" she began digging into her purse, pulling out a pen and a pad of paper.
Rubbing his ears, Inuyasha peered over the heiress' shoulder. "Whatcha doing?"
"Nothing, nothing," Kagome brushed off, hiding the pad. She quickly scampered a few feet away, making sure the hanyou was in her sight at all times.
Inuyasha watched in amusement as she scribbled on the notepad furiously, glancing up now and then to think. Shaking his head, he eased himself against a nearby tree, enjoying the shade.
Kagome . . .
His golden eyes flickered as he watched the woman before him. Her long, black hair fell down her back like ocean waves, her brown eyes warm and inviting. Inuyasha chuckled her scrunched nose and pout as she continued to write on her notepad.
"You know your face'll get stuck that way if you keep that up."
Kagome looked up from the notepad, sticking out her tongue. She watched as he strode out of the shadows, his silver hair glistening in the sun as his body towered over hers.
"Tempting me?" he teased, grabbing her waist and pulling her into his arms.
With a squeal Kagome ducked out his arms, backing into a nearby tree. "Why you little . . ." she breathed, her face flushed.
"Little?" Inuyasha smirked, stalking towards her. "Are you sure about that? Cause you can always see for yourself . . ."
The heiress grew three shades redder as she attempted to hide her face. "Umm . . ."
"Kagome!"
The flirting couple turned to see two very unlikely people walking down the path.
"Sango? Miroku?"
The older woman's eyebrows reached her hairline as she saw her best friend backed up against a tree, her hanyou bodyguard advancing as if she was his prey. "Umm . . ."
Miroku was the one to finish her sentence. "My, my, we leave you two alone for a couple of days and look what it turns into!" he exclaimed, his eyes twinkling with amusement.
"Keep your dirty thoughts to yourself, baka," Inuyasha growled, stepping back to let Kagome rush to embrace her friend. "We weren't doing anything wrong."
"Wrong . . .right . . ." Miroku grinned, "Of course, no one ever calls it--"
"Shut up!"
Kagome and Sango watched as Inuyasha cracked his knuckles and darted towards his former police officer, snarling as he chased him around the grove of trees.
"Boys," the demon slayer muttered, turning her attention back to her friend. Her soft smile turned into a frown as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"Sa-Sango?"
The older woman sent her friend a look. "No call, no letter, no email . . . it's like you disappear off the face of the planet! With all those attempts on your life, I could only imagine what had happened to you!"
"Gomen, S--"
"I'm not done!" Sango interrupted. "And then, and then, I come here, only to find you nearly making out with dog boy over there--" she pointed to the hanyou that had chased Miroku up a tree and was currently screaming obscenities "--and the worst part is, you leave me here with that hentai!!!"
Kagome stood dumbfounded at her friend's rantings. "Gomen ne, Sango, I didn't know you felt that way . . . I would've brought you along, really if you had told m--"
She stopped at the peculiar look on her friend's face, only to have the demon slayer burst out laughing. "Oh c'mon, Kagome-chan, you didn't really expect me to be angry, did you? I was just worried, that's all."
The heiress joined the laughter, only to be interrupted by Miroku falling out of the tree with a resonant thud. Glancing at each other, the women broke into harder peals of laughter.
Inuyasha momentarily stopped his pursuit of his prey to stare at the red-faced women. "What's wrong with them?" he grumbled at the monk.
"Like I would know," he shrugged, rubbing his bottom. "Damnit, Inuyasha, that fall really hurt--"
"Do I care?" the hanyou evily grinned, his eyes narrowing as he began to chase him again. "Now that you're hurt . . ."
Miroku yelped as Inuyasha barely missed him with a clawed hand. "This bodyguard job's really getting to you, Inuyasha!" he shouted as he ran towards the bushes. "Maybe you need a vacation!"
"I am on vacation," the dog demon bellowed, jumping into the bushes after the police officer.
Sango and Kagome watched as the bushes thrashed about dangerously and the cries of Miroku echoing throughout the forest, the display only fueling their laughter.
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"Really though, what are you two here for?" Kagome asked, taking out two dishes out of the cupboard.
After the women had enough of the boys' rough-housing, they managed to pull the maniacal Inuyasha off the very bruised and battered Miroku. There were a few more minutes of laughing at the poor monk's state before heading off to the cabin.
"Seiji sent us," Sango informed, wiping antiseptic on Miroku's scratched arm.
"He--ow!--wanted to make--ouch!--sure that you two were--Sango! That stuff hurts!!" Miroku howled, pulling his arm away.
"Oh you big baby," Sango sighed exasperatedly, taking the cloth and pressing it firmly on his raw apendage.
"So, you two are alright, aren't you?" the demon slayer asked loudly, trying to drown out the police officer's screams of pain.
"Yeah, we're fine, aren't we, Inuyasha?"
"Yea," the hanyou replied, turning around from the stove to face their visitors. "Pipe down, baka, the whole forest can hear you. Kagome, where are the place mats?"
"In the cabinet under the sink; Sango, how are things in Tokyo?"
"Things are alright."
"And the campaign?"
Sango hesistated for a moment, not wanting to tell her friend about the bad news. "Sango?"
"Well . . ."
Kagome whipped around from the kitchen and stared at her friend. "What's wrong?"
"It's your competition; the construction company that wants this land . . . well . . ."
"Well what?!" the heiress pressed, suddenly becoming worried.
"The construction company is run by your sister, Kikyou."
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AN: I'm so sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out! Things have been getting in my way . . . and I know its not a good excuse, but please forgive me!
I thought I'd give our characters a bit of comical relief . . .
the next chapter's on the way . . . promise . . .
while we're here, why don't you guys check out my new story "Past the Shadows"? I think its good, and the developing plot line is turning out well . . . give it a chance, will ya?
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