Chapter Seven: Living with the Enemy

  Kagome was positive her face was stained red. That had to be the most embarrassing moment she had endured in her entire life. As soon as Inuyasha was done getting dressed, she was going to hear about it and she knew it. She would have gone and hidden in her room for a while, if she had known which room was hers. She wasn't about to go searching off on her own again. She decided to just go sit in the living room and wait for the yelling to begin.

  It wasn't exactly her fault she had seen him naked after all. His door had no indication that the room was his or that it was occupied. He was the one who failed to give her a tour around the place before going to have a shower. She couldn't help it that she was so curious about the apartment that she had to go look around and accidentally came across him without clothes. Not that she completely regretted seeing him like that. It wasn't like it was everyday a girl got to see a handsome, popular guy naked.

  Kagome heard a door open down the hall. She looked up just in time to see Inuyasha walk down the hall. He was dressed in denim jeans and a red t-shirt. His cheeks were still slightly pink, as she knew hers were, and he averted her gaze, heading straight into the kitchen.

  Kagome sighed and leaned back into the sofa she was sitting in. She had never realised how comfortable it actually was. It was so comfy, she felt she could fall asleep right then and there. She relaxed her head against the smooth leather and began to doze off.

  The sound of something breaking made her jolt back up.

"SHIT!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome got up and walked over to the kitchen.

"Inuyasha? Is everything all right?"

  The shattered pieces of a plate were on the floor and Inuyasha stood with his back turned. Kagome couldn't help but be reminded of the last time he had his back turned.

"No everything's not all right," he said turning around, revealing a cut on his hand spewing blood. "I fucking cut myself with that fucking knife!" He motioned his head to the bloody knife that lay discarded on the counter.

"Oh my goodness! Shouldn't you go to the hospital or something?" Kagome asked with an expression of worry.

"The hospital? Pfft! I don't need no know-it-all doctor sewing up my hand when it can easily heal on its own. This isn't the first frigin time I've cut myself and I bet it won't be the last. It's kinda hard to do things with these damn claws!"

"Oh… well at least let me help you clean it up." Before Inuyasha could answer, Kagome had already made her way to him. She turned the tap on low, and gently took his hand and placed it under the cool water to rinse away the blood. She then undid the red bow around her neckline and tied it around his hand.

"There. That should stop the bleeding until it heals," she said with a smile. She looked up into his face. He was starring at her intently. She starred back just as keenly, both searching each other's eyes. Their heads moved in closer until they were but a foot apart. And then…

BRINNNNG! BRINNNNG!

  The phone rang. Inuyasha and Kagome both jumped at the sudden noise. They realised the position they were in and quickly moved away, blushing madly. Inuyasha went to go answer the phone and Kagome stood frozen to the ground, her heart racing.

'Did he just almost… kiss me?' 

"Hello?" Kagome heard Inuyasha say into the phone in the living room. "Oh hey Kikyo. How ya feeling babe?"

Kikyo. Kagome knew who she was. Kikyo was the most popular and prettiest girl in school. She was also Inuyasha's girlfriend. To her, girls like Kagome didn't exist. People like Kikyo ignored anyone lesser than them. She only dated popular or older guys. Inuyasha had been her main boy-toy for a while now.

"So how's that pneumonia treatin' you?" she heard Inuyasha ask. "Oh you're going to be back on Monday? That's great news! Of course I've missed you."

  Some people had said that Kagome held a certain resemblance to Kikyo. She never understood how. Sure they both had raven coloured hair and brown eyes, but so did most other girls in Japan. She hated being compared to Kikyo.

  Suddenly an idea struck Kagome that she knew she couldn't pass up. It was the perfect way to get back at Inuyasha for the glue and feather thing and also give a hit to Kikyo as well. She smiled evilly and cleared her throat.

"Inuyasha," she yelled from the kitchen. "Where did you throw my bra last night?" She couldn't help but snicker quietly. She could hear Kikyo screaming at Inuyasha demanding he tell her who she was.

"Uh, no Kikyo. She's just… my sister… Oh no! Never mind that sounds extremely wrong! She's a… girl my brother took in off the street! Ya, poor thing was half starved when we found her KNAWING ON A RAT!" Inuyasha practically yelled the last few words for Kagome to hear and take as an insult. "No! Of course I didn't do that with her! She was lying! Kikyo, I never touched her fucking bra! Kikyo? KIKYO!"

  Inuyasha hung up the phone quietly and took a deep breath. "Oh Kagome…" he said sweetly.

"Yeeeeeees?" Kagome asked, her voice just as sugary.

"GET YOUR FUCKING ASS IN HERE RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKING BITCH!"

"Oh, sorry Inuyasha I can't. I'm busy cleaning up this broken plate."

"THE HELL YOU ARE!" Inuyasha yelled as he stormed over to the kitchen. Kagome quickly grabbed the broom and pretended to clean up the plate. She looked up as Inuyasha came into the room and smiled at him. His face showed absolute anger and his fists were balled at his sides.

"Is something wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "You look angry. Did something happen between you and Kikyo?"

 He narrowed his eyes. "I'm going to count to ten." He said through clenched teeth. "You better start running… 1…2…"

Kagome's eyes widened and she ran out of the room. "3…10!" He chased after her.

"I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT WENCH! KIKYO WILL PROBABLY BREAK UP WITH ME!"

  Kagome ran down the hall. She quickly opened the nearest door she could get to and locked it behind her. She sighed and looked around. The room looked familiar only it was missing the naked guy in the corner…

She was in Inuyasha's room!

 The room had bright red walls and cream coloured carpets. A queen-sized bed was positioned against the far wall and a large bureau sat across from it. There was a bookshelf stuffed with books Inuyasha probably had barely even touched and there was a desk with a state of the art computer on it. A slightly smaller version of the television in the living room was situated close to the bed. It had every system available you could think of. DVD, VHS, PS2, Gamecube, X-BOX, everything.

 Kagome stood there gawking at the dream room. Pretty much all she had at home in her room, was a 20" television and a double bed. She was mildly aware of the pounding on the door behind her.

"KAGOME! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM!" He certainly was a profane one.

"I'm sorry, Kagome's not home right now. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEP!" Kagome answered, still in her state of wonder and curiosity.

"ARGH!" Inuyasha stormed away from the door. He walked over to the front door. He too could play her game.

"OH HELLO KEYOTA!" Inuyasha yelled to the imaginary bellboy. "I SEE YOU'VE BROUGHT KAGOME'S BAGS… I'LL JUST TAKE THEM FOR HER. WHAT'S THAT? YOU SAY THE SUITCASE WITH ALL HER UNDERWEAR BROKE OPEN? AND YOU COULDN'T GET THEM BACK IN?"

  By now Kagome had her ear pressed against Inuyasha's door, listening intently to figure out if it was a trick or not.

"DON'T WORRY. I'M HER HOST. I'M SURE SHE WON'T MIND IT IF I PICKED HER UNDERGARMETS UP…"

"Nooooooooooooooo!" Kagome came rushing over to the front door. Before she realised it had been a trap it was too late.

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  Well, that was a pretty profane chapter… I hope you liked it. I'm not quite sure if it was good or not. I had a lot of writer's block while typing it. I'm posting this chapter earlier than usual because I'm not going to be home to post it on Friday night. I'm going to see The Passion of Christ.

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