Chapter Eight: Dead Drunk
Kagome tried to run back in the direction in which she came, but Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the living room. His grip was so tight she feared her hand might fall off. His white talons pricked her skin. She could hear his deep growls and dreaded looking at him. But being the curious one she was, she couldn't help but glance.
His amber eyes were engulfed with anger. They seemed fiery with viciousness. Just starring at them like that made Kagome shiver in fright. His nose was creased and his sharp teeth bore out of the sides of his mouth.
"How dare you," Inuyasha said in a threatening voice. "You had no right to do that! You…you… I can't even think of a word harsh enough to describe you! Argh! Why I don't kill you, I don't know."
Kagome narrowed her eyes at his insolence and responded back heatedly. "Ya? Well you had no right to put glue and feathers in my hair! You think I would just let you get away with embarrassing me in front of all our classmates?"
Inuyasha opened his mouth to argue back, but shut it when he realised Kagome was not yet through.
"I'm not a push over Inuyasha. You pick a fight with me, you sure as hell better know that I'll fight back. You may be popular, you may look good, you may be rich, but you are not invincible. You try something else and I will leave you in the dirt!"
"Well…you…I can…don't think that you…" Inuyasha stuttered as he tried to think of something intelligent he could say to argue back. Truth was he was in a slight state of shock by her impetuous words. "I need a drink!" he managed.
He threw her down onto the couch and went into the kitchen. Clatters and bangs could be heard as Inuyasha went searching through the cupboards, trying to find whatever it was he was looking for. He came back into the living room a few minutes later with big bottle and a glass. He sat down on the chair by the sofa.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed. "Your not allowed to drink! You're only fifteen!" She watched as Inuyasha poured himself a glass of what she presumed was red wine.
"Actually," Inuyasha began. "I'm sixteen."
"Wow! Sixteen! That still doesn't make you of legal drinking age! You have to be eighteen!"
Inuyasha ignored her accusation and continued to fill his glass all the way to the rim. He then lifted it up, smirked at Kagome and then took a big gulp.
"I don't believe you!"
"If your so conscious about me drinking go somewhere else," he said as he drained his glass in another big gulp and began filling it up again.
'I could go,' Kagome thought. 'But it isn't good to leave an intoxicated person without a sober one around to watch him.' She sighed and leaned back into the couch. The room was silent other than the occasional sound of Inuyasha pouring himself some more wine.
"Hey," Inuyasha said after a while.
"Hey what?"
"You ever try wine before?"
Kagome looked over at him sharply. "Of course I've tried it before."
"Bet you haven't."
"What would you know."
He held the half empty bottle out to her. "Prove me wrong then."
She looked at the bottle then at him then back at the bottle. She got up and went into the kitchen.
"Where ya going?" Inuyasha asked as he watched her leave. She came back in with a glass. Kagome grabbed the bottle away from Inuyasha and poured herself half a glass.
"Oh half a glass, big risk there." At his comment she poured more. She looked down into the deep red coloured liquid before gulping it all down quickly.
The cool, sweet flavour tickled her taste buds to the point where they were desperate for more. She had never realised how addictive wine really was. Her mother had drunk it occasionally, but she could only ever remember having it on new years. She had never been that tempted to actually drink the liquid, she sometimes even disliked the taste. But now, all she wanted was more.
She grabbed the bottle again and filled her glass as much as one possibly could. Inuyasha just starred at her with wide eyes as she guzzled down her recently filled glass. "Are you sure you're not a drinker?"
"Positive," she answered between swallows.
"Ok… I think that's enough wine." Inuyasha said as he got up and seized the bottle before she could protest. "Why don't we get dinner?"
Kagome's bags arrived with the food they had ordered from room service about fifteen minutes after the incident with the wine. Inuyasha had told Kagome he would show her to her room after they had eaten.
While Inuyasha mowed down the food he had taken, Kagome just picked and nibbled at hers. They had decided to eat in the living room since there was nothing really important enough to eat in the dining room, as Inuyasha stated. Kagome fiddled with her chopsticks and chewed her bottom lip as she sat starring at her food. The only sound in the room was the television that Inuyasha insisted on having on.
Kagome purposely broke one of her chopsticks. "Opps. I'm just going to go into the kitchen and get a new chopstick." Inuyasha just nodded his head in comprehension, keeping his eyes glued on the large blaring screen in front of him. Kagome got up and walked into the kitchen.
It didn't take long for Inuyasha to realise Kagome had been getting her chopstick for over half an hour. Forcing himself to look away from the TV, he went into the kitchen.
There on the floor sat Kagome, about five small empty bottles of sake surrounded her, a half full one happened to be in her hand. She was rocking her head from side to side and humming. She smiled up at him when she noticed he was there. Suddenly, she broke out in song.
"We go together like ra-ma la-ma la-ma ka dinga kading a dong. Remember forever as shoo-wop shoo waddy waddy yippity boom-de-boom. Chang-chang changity chang-chang shoo-wop that's the way it should beeee waaaahoooo yeah!"
She was singing a song from Grease… "Are you drunk?" Inuyasha asked her, looking down at her sceptically.
"Were one of a kind," she sang. "Like dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da-doo-de-doo. Our names are siiigned a-boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby shoo-wop she-bop. Chang-chang changity chang-chang shoo-bop we'll always be like ooone wa-wa-wa one."
"I think you've had enough to drink. How about we go sit in the living room," said Inuyasha, knowing that he couldn't leave a drunk person alone when there was more alcohol around.
"When we go out at night, and stars are shining bright, up in the skies aboooooove!"
Kagome made no indication that she was going to move. Inuyasha sighed and bent down to pick her. All the while Kagome kept singing.
"Or at the high school dance, where you can find romance. Baby, it might be lu-u-u-ove! Ra-ma la-ma la-ma ka dinga kaging a dong. Shoo-wop-shoo-waddy-waddy yippity boom-de-boom…"
Inuyasha carried her over his shoulder back into the living room and sat her on the couch, while he went to the chair.
"We'll always…be together… always... be together." When Kagome had finished, she looked over at Inuyasha for approval. He clapped lightly and she screamed with glee causing Inuyasha to flatten his ears to his head.
"Holy crap woman! Could you please quiet it down?!" Kagome gave him an apologetic look.
"Oh sorry," she whispered. She sat there silently for a bit, glancing over at him once in a while. Inuyasha noticed but didn't venture too far as to why.
"You know…" Her voice came so suddenly, Inuyasha had almost jumped at the sound. "You have the best butt I have ever seen!" Inuyasha looked over at her with wide eyes. "I mean its not like I've seen very many butts in my life, but if I had, yours would top them all!"
"Uh…thanks I guess…" Inuyasha said in response. When Kagome didn't to say anything further into the subject, to his relief, Inuyasha fixed his attention on a program on the television. He soon became so engulfed in the show that was on, he failed to notice the girl slowly moving closer to him. It didn't occur to him, until he felt someone tweak his ears. Unconsciously he began to lean into the touch, but jerked back when he realized what he was doing. Kagome stood before him, her hands still where his ears had previously been.
"So soft," Kagome mumbled almost inaudibly. She turned around and walked back over to her seat on the couch.
Now unable to concentrate on the show he was watching, Inuyasha was disturbed by the prolonged silence that overcome them. He decided to start a conversation with the funny drunk girl to pass time. Maybe he'd be able to milk something good out of her.
"So, Kagome. Who do you have your eyes set on?"
"The lamp is considered a who?"
"No. I mean who do you have a crush on? Who do you love?"
"Oh. Well I once crushed an empty can of pop with my foot. I love mommy, Grampy, and Bubo…Buto…Bumo? Buyo! That's it. I guess I love the little kid umm Sota too but he's a pain."
This wasn't going to be as easy as he thought. "Well who would you consider marrying?"
"Mary had a little lamb! I like lambs. They're soft."
Inuyasha closed his eyes and took a deep breath to control his anger at her slowness.
"You know where I want to go?" She asked him happily.
"Where?" Inuyasha asked as he rubbed his temples.
"Whoville! I want to go live with all the Whos! They look so happy together. They have such funky hair too! Don't you wanna go live with the Whos too?"
"Not particularly."
"Oh. You know who you remind me of? The Grinch! Your so nasty to some people. Especially me. I don't like being picked on or humiliated you know. It makes me feel insignificant and upset. Hey wait! If your like the Grinch, then that means you'll turn good! Well that is after you try to ruin Christmas. You know how mean you are to that little dog! He's so cute and you're so mean! Poor Max… Where is he anyway? Here Max! Come here boy! Where are you Christmas? Why can't I find you?"
Inuyasha didn't pay much attention to what she had said after the beginning. Her words kept repeating over in his head. I don't like being picked on or humiliated you know. It makes me feel insignificant and upset. He knew what that felt like. Sesshomaru had always been a bully to him when they were younger. He still was.
"Kagome…" he said looking up, only to find her asleep with her head resting on the arm of the chair. He gave a small smile and went to get a blanket from the other room. When he returned he placed it over her.
"Good night Kagome." He then went to his room to go to bed.
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