Miko: uhh… what the hell am I doing on the floor?
Inu: (sits up and rubs his head) why am I on the dining room table? And why is Miroku next to me!
Miroku: (snuggles up to Inu still asleep) mmmm….will you bear my children?
Inu: get off me you pervert! (pushes Miroku off the table)
Miroku: uh…wha…what? Uhhh, my head
Miko: I see you decided to join me on the floor.
Miroku: huh…uh…where Sango?
(noise from the laundry room)
Inu: and where's Kagome?
(noise from living room)
Sango walks in kicking past beer cans and rubbing her eyes
Sango: why was I sleeping on the washing machine?
Miko: St. Patty's …we partied for 2 days straight…
Sango: oh, huh, ok (walks to fridge and grabs another beer)
Inu: Sango maybe you've had enough?
Sango chugs beer, while holding onto fridge door
Miko: you know what they say "hair of the dog"…
Inu: what about my hair?
Miko: it's a saying…for getting rid of hangovers?
Inu: (blinking stupidly)
Miko: forget it
Miroku: so Sango, will you bear my children
Sango: (giggling) I might….
Miko: Miroku get over here! (grabs him by the ear and drags him to living room) Hey Inuyasha! Get over here and wake up your girlfriend.
Inu: she's not my… (miko gives him evil look)…ok fine
Kagome: uh Inuyasha stop touching me! (kicks at him when he tries to wake her)
Miko: ok you guys do whatever you want I give up… I have a story to write…but from now on no more Irish holidays…
Inu: but we're Japanese
Miko: but did that stop you from chugging all that green beer? No! (stomps off and throws her hands up in the air)
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Chapter 10
"Kagome stop making so much noise!" Sango murmured rolling herself tighter in her blanket.
"Wha-what?" Kagome started rolling over, "oh, stupid alarm clock" she grunted smacking the top of it, only making the D.J.'s seem louder. She hit it again, effectively turning it off and lay flat on her stomach and pulled the covers up over her head, which in turn only left her feet uncovered and cold.
"Ahhh!" she jumped up screaming as she curled into a ball and sat atop her pillow. She turned and saw Miroku grinning, standing at the foot of her bed.
"Time to wake up those tootsies!" he laughed wiggling his fingers again.
"Don't tickle me!" she cried, angry at being woken up in such an unpleasant way. Miroku walked over to Sango and sat on the side of her bed, just as Inuyasha walked in.
"Don't tickle her!" he snapped, repeating Kagome as he plopped onto her bed. Miroku rolled his eyes and brushed the bangs from Sango's face.
"Don't tickle her." she whispered, hinting in her eyes. He poked her a couple times in the tummy before allowing his hand to come to rest on her side, save for his thumb which still gently moved back and forth across it.
"Kagome!" Souta cried as he ran in and jumped on her bed, "we have to get ready to go to school! Come on Kagome! Hurry up and we can eat breakfast together!" he rambled excitedly.
She looked up at Inuyasha with questionable eyes. "Fine, you can take a shower first" he sighed to an excited Kagome who jumped up and ran out of the room, "heaven knows I hate them…"
He stood up and picked Souta up into a piggy back ride, then staggered toward the door, "geez, you're getting heavy buddy" he grunted, feigning weakness; then at the door Souta slid off and ran down the stairs.
Inuyasha turned and grabbed the handle of the door and started to pull it shut when he stopped suddenly and stuck his head back in, "and she'll probably be out of the shower in about ten minutes you two." he smirked, closing the door behind him, leaving Miroku and Sango alone in the girls room.
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"I'm nervous" Kagome spoke tensely as she looked at the school before her. Sango and Miroku leaned on the hood of the car as Inuyasha slid off.
"You were here yesterday and you were fine. What's there to be nervous about?" he asked quietly putting a comforting arm around her.
"I'm…I'm afraid that this place will bring back more memories. I'm scared of suddenly remembering all the people I must have hurt." she whimpered almost inaudibly, so that only Inuyasha was able to hear her.
Her mind wandered to her friend "Hojo." Had he been someone important? A best friend? A boyfriend? She closed her eyes trying to ignore the guilty feeling in the back of her mind.
"Is she okay?" Sango asked as she moved off the car.
"Yeah…" he answered as he pulled Kagome into a hug, "new school jitters" he lied, feeling she wasn't ready to share with everyone yet.
Sango eyes him wearily but let it go, "Come on we'll be late." She linked arms with Kagome and the two walked up the steps.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku hissed grabbing Inuyasha's arm as he attempted to follow the girls.
"What the hel-" he stopped as he realized where Miroku was pointing.
"Inuyasha, it's the guy from those pic-a-tures, that Hojo."
"Her mom said all her friends transferred out because of her…what the…awww fuck!" he muttered running up the steps, leaving Miroku sprinting after him.
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Halfway through the day and they had successfully kept Kagome and Hojo apart. Actually the two didn't seem to have any classes together and Kagome always had class with at least one of the guys, so it was much easier then expected.
Inuyasha plopped down next to Kagome and looked across at Miroku, "how can they serve this and call it lunch?" he asked poking at the lettuce in front of him.
"It's salad Inuyasha…" Kagome stressed, "it's good for you."
"Do I look like a rabbit? Ah! The only edible thing!" he griped, picking up the giant chocolate chip cookie from off his tray.
"Inuya-" Kagome started.
"Yep." he cut her off as he dumped the salad on her tray and snatched her cookie. She smiled at him as he shoved her cookie in his mouth.
As long as they had been friends he had liked sweets, and she just happened to like salad, so they always switched, that's just the way it was. After a while they just did it without asking each other, not even acknowledging nods were needed; it made her happy to know that even though it was a new school year in a new place the two were still in sync with each other. They finished eating as the bell rang and quickly glanced at their schedules again.
"HOME EC.?" Sango practically screeched, holding the paper an inch from her face, as if she couldn't believe what was actually written.
The guys laughed until tears were practically falling out of their eyes, until a smirking Sango pointed at their schedules. "WHAT! How did WE get home ec.?" they cried in unison. Sango stifled a snicker under her hand.
"That's for girls!" Inuyasha complained, slamming his paper on the table.
"Girls?" Miroku stopped suddenly and looked up, "uh, lets not be late to class" he muttered, quickly packing up his belongings.
Inuyasha grumbled something and started walking behind a cursing Sango and giddy Miroku. "Wait…where…Kagome aren't you coming?" Inuyasha stopped grumbling and turned around.
She stood by the table a disappointed look on her face, "Math" she mumbled, "I have math alone. I hate math." she sulked as she waved goodbye and trudged off.
The three of them turned around and walked grudgingly to home ec., with the exception of Miroku who sprinted off to class.
"Oh, we have two boys in our class this semester!" the teacher exclaimed as they walked in; looking at the tall haired boy that wouldn't look up, and his friend that wouldn't stop looking around and smiling at everything that moved.
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"Well maybe if you had paid attention to the timer instead of the girls!" Sango screamed, throwing a tray of burnt cookies at Miroku's head.
"They're always like his" Inuyasha told their teacher as she stood in shock.
"Um…Inuyasha? Our cookies are perfect…" a tall green eyed beauty cooed as she pulled out a tray of golden cookies, "we make a good team" she said sweetly as she took his arm.
"Uh huh" he answered absently, still grinning at the Miroku bashing that was going on in front of him.
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Kagome practically ran out of math class, thankful to be out and eager to be with her friends. She stood in the hallway waiting, until she saw a pissed off Sango, a bruised Miroku, and a smirking Inuyasha round the corner.
"Hey Kagome" Sango sighed walking up to her friend.
"What happened to Miro-"
Sango held up a burnt cookie.
"Oh" she turned to Inuyasha who was munching away on perfectly golden soft cookies. She reached over and grabbed one. He looked up at her feigning sadness. "Since you took one of mine" she grinned, taking a bite, "oh, ok next period P.E. with…" she paused looking at everyone sheet, then swallowed the cookie, "no one, you all have math" she finished, looking a bit dejected.
"Well just this class then we all have history then the day's over okay?" Miroku spoke comfortingly. Miroku and Sango then walked past kagome, headed off to their dreaded math class.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome who had a very worried look on her face. "Don't worry you'll be fine" he whispered, handing her another cookie and giving her a quick kiss on the nose; he quickly brushed past her and disappeared into a room.
Her heart reeled and she stood motionless, holding the cookie he gave her in both hands. She stared straight ahead as she felt her face get hot and slowly giggled. She quickly turned to look back, her hair snapping back over her shoulders. Seeing a door slowly closing, she turned back and made her way to the gym, ignoring the fact that she was very late, and still giggling, nibbled at her cookie.
"He…he kissed…no it was only out of care…like a big brother. Inuyasha doesn't like me that way…" she mumbled to herself, but saddened at this thought, "but I…why do I get so flustered when he gets close? Like it would be the most normal thing in the world to kiss him?" she shook her head and tried to ignore the odd feeling in her heart as she walked into the locker room.
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A/N: ok review review! And to answer some questions…
Q: Does Naraku still have the completed Jewel?
A: Quote from Chapter 5: ---He sat straight up and his eyes narrowed, "Naraku." He grabbed a pillow and pulled it apart in rage, "he paid dearly for what he did, but it didn't give you back your stolen memories."---key word there being paid, past tense…
Q: How did Miroku and Sango get across?
A: We'll cross that bridge when we get to it…patience.
Q: What about Shippo and Kirara?
A: Once again patience is required, there is a reason they aren't there, as well as some other characters, but give it time, some will be making some unwanted appearances…
Q: Wouldn't her "mother's love" for Shippo bring back her memories and/or Inuyasha telling her their story bring them back?
A: If she can look right into the face of her own mother, old friends, and the love of her life and not remember I'm gonna say no…but notice how the seemingly unimportant little things seem to come back first?…just keep reading…
Now I have to go study for a math midterm…yuck…I should be updating on Tuesday or Wed. night, so until then. Any other question let me know and please review!