Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Jakotsu are © to Rumiko Takahashi-sama. I've put them on my Christmas list, but somehow, I don't think Santa will deliver.
Heartless-chan's Notes: I wrote half of this chapter listening to The Bravery, the other half Abba. Explain to me the logic in that? Ah, well.It's goodness. n.n
Thank yous: Mortheza, Azure (No, it's not done), Iambrokenheart13, Ravyn Knyght, "fellow writer", Shoozy, Jassy, Splat-on-the-Floor (XD Someone knows! Haha, maaaaybe...), and Caim soul eater! I -heart- you all!
Warnings: Um….
Heartless-chan: Chapter three!
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Jakotsu was the oddest person Inuyasha had ever met – and Inuyasha had seen a lot of odd people and things. From that red-painted mouth came the strangest of things. He could handle the psycho crazed bloodlust saying all sorts of strange things about him being 'cute'. The childish side he could deal with as well, if Shippou was any example. But this?
Serious dark eyes and not a trace of amusement in those features – 'Will you go out with me?'
"The hell? You don't mean-" Inuyasha started, cursing how damn breathy he sounded. He was just shocked, that's all. Really.
"On a date," The mercenary clarified, grinning again. Inuyasha relaxed just slightly at the expression – it was Jakotsu he was with, after all, and he didn't have a death wish. This, he could handle.
Actually as he looked the mercenary over once more, he came to the conclusion that he rather disliked the smile Jakotsu was wearing – it seemed fake and strained, moreso than usual. As if he were hiding…nervousness, or –
It was then common sense came up and smacked him in the face, demanding what the heck did he think he was doing, contemplating Jakotsu's smile at a time like this?
"You don't know what you're talking about." Inuyasha snarled, reflexively gripping Tetsusaiga's hilt as Jakotsu shrugged, drawing the hanyou's attention back to the dangerous blade resting carelessly on his shoulder.
"Yes, I do. A date. A 'romantic' outing." With his free hand, he embellished his next words with quotation motions. "In which two people who 'like' each other spend time with together."
Inuyasha's mouth fell open in a little 'o'. He did know, which made Inuyasha wonder if this actually was Jakotsu – strange, since he had accepted the man's presence with not much thought before…The hanyou's brows jerked up, suddenly realizing something. Jakotsu's wording made it seem as though Inuyasha liked him. His face reddened considerably at himself.
"So, you're turning me down?" The zombie sighed dramatically, looking away again and murmuring. "Knew I shouldn't have bothered…Oh well, it was worth a shot…" Small, tense laugh.
Inuyasha's ears beneath his hat twitched, but he decided to ignore that. "How'd you get here, Jakotsu?"
"I followed you. So," Before the shorter male could ask what he meant by that, Jakotsu continued, "Shall we, then?" He shifted his sword back to in preparation to swing.
"Wha-? No! I told you – I don't want to fight you!"
"…Then what do you want to do?" Jakotsu asked, low voice dripping with insinuation. A few girls giggled, stopping to obviously eavesdrop.
Inuyasha's face burned with mortification – that was all, he was sure - "Don't say it like that, you bastard!"
"Well…" Jakotsu looked innocent again. "Do you want to go out with me, then?"
Would he just STOP SAYING THAT? It was making Inuyasha feel strange…
The girls gasped, becoming more hysterically amused.
The silver-haired boy glared at everyone– still from behind sunglasses, by the way, which just proved that the disguise wasn't as good as he thought. But before he could open his mouth to tell the dark-haired man, once and for all, that he - that he what? – he was interrupted by another voice saying:
"Define date."
"Huh?" Jakotsu and Inuyasha said in unison turning to find …Souta, with a limp Buyo hanging from his grasp.
"Define date," He repeated, "Please, Miss?"
Inuyasha twitched, jerking around to look at Jakotsu, expecting the worst from being mistaken as a woman. Instead he found the man…calm?
"…going out to eat," The tall male informed, in an odd, slow manner – as if recalling something from memory. "Then we'd… hang out… here for a little while."
"Hmm…" The boy put a finger on his chin, considering it. "That sounds reasonable enough."
"You don't understand!" Inuyasha interjected.
"I'll give you some money, don't worry." Souta reassured, to Inuyasha's distress. Dammit! That wasn't the problem! The problem was he was somehow being conned into going on a date with a psychotic murderer who …liked him…a lot…
The human boy pulled out a lot of cash and change. Inuyasha had only begun to formulate protests when he was suddenly tugged down – by his hair, ow! - for Souta whisper where his ear would be, were he human, "Inuyasha, Kagome goes on dates with Hojou all the time. You should accept the pretty Lady's offer."
"It's not what it looks like!" he finally protested, even as Souta pushed the money into his hands.
"Is that a no?" Jakotsu interrupted, peering over the silver-haired man's shoulder.
"-ARGH-"
"-Then do you want to battle?" The mercenary from the past finished, tapping his own sword's braided hilt.
"No!" Inuyasha shouted, bristling.
If Kagome would be pissed to find Jakotsu had slaughtered a bunch of useless bystanders, he shuddered to think of what she'd do if Souta was hurt.
Dammit.
He narrowed his eyes at the revived human, then snatched up Jakotsu's free hand. "…Let's just get this over with."
The taller man appeared shocked for a moment, then brightened.
"Bye, kid!" Jakotsu called over his shoulder as he allowed Inuyasha to pull him off. "And thanks!"
Souta waved. When the two had disappeared, he looked down at his cat and asked, "Do you think I did the right thing?" Of course, he would want the hanyou to marry Kagome so Inuyasha could be his brother, but neither of them seemed interested in that... Kagome had a date with Hojou for tonight, anyway, and it seemed just wrong that Inuyasha should be alone… Especially when that Lady – who Inuyasha obviously knew, and did Souta see him blush? – was so very willing…
He blinked, another thought coming to mind – "Buyo, that was a lady, wasn't it?"
"…Meow…"
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'This is going too fast for me to keep up.' Inuyasha thought, resting his forehead against polished wood. But that brought up the fact that, hell, why was he even bothering to try and understand? It was Jakotsu. The psycho was probably only settling with for this 'date' because Inuyasha wouldn't fight. The next opportunity he got, the nutjob would be all, 'you're so cute, and so is your yummy blood! Mm!'…
Probably in a similar fashion to that which he was slurping the ramen he so did not deserve.
Inuyasha lifted his head from the countertop and glared at the mercenary. Damn bastard…enjoying his bowl without a care in the world… He hadn't even looked phased as Inuyasha led him here and ordered for him!
Kagome had brought him here before, and he had to say that this kind was even better than the stuff from the cup. The Dions' had the most successful stand in town for a reason.
Feeling sour because he wouldn't allow himself to even taste his own, lest Jakotsu see how he loved the dish, Inuyasha pointed out, "I could've poisoned that."
"But you didn't. Too straightforward, I know the type." Jakotsu countered easily. He set his chopsticks down and glanced at Inuyasha, dark eyes curious. "You carry poison?"
The hanyou sniffed indignantly and refused to answer. Forgetting himself in his Jakotsu-ignoring, he broke apart his chopsticks and took a bite. His extra-sensitive taste buds exploded with the flavour of good ramen, and the hanyou quickly began shovelling his portion in.
Next to him, the crazy (in so many ways) mercenary put his bowl down.
"That…that's…" Jakotsu choked out, eyes the size of plates.
Inuyasha tensed. His eating habits were something Kagome had gotten on to him about on several occasions.
"THAT'S SO CUTE!" Mt. Insane Jakotsu exploded.
"What?"
"You! That! Eating!" Crazy-boy gushed, a hand darting out and…
…stealing his chopsticks?
Inuyasha blinked, then glared. "Give those back!"
"Nu-uh!" Jakotsu…sparkled... "I'm keeping these."
He twitched and repeated to himself that he didn't want to know. He growled, "After I'm finished, darn it!" and swiped at the captive eating utensils.
Jakotsu just hummed happily, jerking them out of reach. DAMN TALL BASTARD! Inuyasha snarled obscenities under his breath and leapt at the zombie's hand. "Effing-"
The psycho smirked, grabbing his extended wrist and tugging him close, throwing the hanyou off balance. They crashed to the floor – Inuyasha cussing, Jakotsu finding this all hilariously funny.
"BASTARD!" Inuyasha roared, claws swiping for the chopsticks.
"-ahem-" someone tried to interrupt.
Jakotsu laughed, "I knew I'd get you on top of me some day!" (heart)
"THE HECK?"
"-Sirs-er, you are sirs, aren't you?"
"…What's that supposed to mean?"
Oops.
Damn.
DAMN!
The hanyou scrambled to get off the mercenary, lest he be molested or something – and got pulled back into the man's lap. Jakotsu chuckled, squeezing him close, "It means I've thought about this before! You…me…" His voice dropped a little, to the burn of Inuyasha's face.
Da…dammit…
"Um, SIRS!" They looked up to see the server, whose name was Kenny Dion, if the tag on his shirt meant anything, twitching. "Sirs, I'm going to have to ask you to, uh, take your activities elsewhere."
Inuyasha shot away and joined the man in twitching.
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"I can't believe I was thrown out of my favourite restaurant." Inuyasha grumbled, kicking at the ground. He glared over his shoulder - Jakotsu was peering around interestedly, hand shading his eyes from the shine of the sun, and ignoring his rant.
"Your favourite, huh? I'll remember that."
Er, well, apparently not.
That only served to make the hanyou more irate – how dare the pervert be so calm about this?
"Aren't we going back to the shrine?" he asked, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Alright…"
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Heartless-chan: Sorry the chapter's shorter than the other two. I had to cut it off. Next time, the finale! The boys share a 'tender' moment, and the date's almost over… but not without Jakotsu making a move on innocent ickle Inu!