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From Hatred To Love
Chapter 20- Meeting Shippo
Kagome kept her concentration on the road. They were now far away from the city and now in the more wildlife area. Sango was sitting in the front seat clutching on to Shippo and she stared worriedly out the window. She glanced at Kagome and then outside.
"Are you sure you know where we are?" Sango asked and looked over at Kagome again. Kagome looked at her friend. She was worried. She could see it in her eyes and especially when the occasionally asked if she was sure that they were going in the right direction. Kagome turned back to the road.
"I'm sure!" she said. "I've been here hundreds of times before and I have very good memory."
Shippo looked at Kagome then at Sango. He had no clue where they were taking him or why Sango looked so concerned. He tugged on Sango's blouse gently and looked up at her with those adorable green eyes. Sango stared down at him questionably.
"What is it Shippo?"
"Sango," he began. "Where are we going?"
Sango smiled warmly at him and hugged him tighter. She gave him a reassuring look before speaking.
"We're going by a friend. Don't worry."
It wasn't long before Kagome stopped the car suddenly and smiled at Sango. Sango looked out the window and eyes widened. Shippo gave the same reaction.
'Wow,' Sango thought. 'It's amazing! I've never seen a place this huge!'
Kagome gave Sango a smug smirk before opening the car door. She stepped outside and bit her lip nervously. They were at Inuyasha's place. Sango followed her friend, looking in amazement at the mansion.
"Are you sure we're at the right place?" Sango asked still staring at the house before them.
"Yup."
The two girls stepped up to the huge gates slowly. They opened, inviting them in. All three glanced at each other nervously. Kagome took the first step and they soon began walking in. Kagome took in deep breaths to calm herself and continuously rubbed her hands on her mini skirt to dry her sweaty palms.
When they arrived at the doorstep Kagome raised her hand to knock but the door was swung open immediately. A girl, who looked about the age of sixteen stood there. Her blue eyes bore into Kagome's and her red hair stuck out the most. She looked Kagome up and down and then glared at her.
"Who are you?" she asked rudely. Sango returned the glare when the maid responded. She stepped forward with her hands on her hips. She was about to speak but Kagome cut her off.
"We're here to see Inuyasha," Kagome said. The maid eyed her suspiciously before folding her arms.
"He's not expecting any visitors today, so please leave, now!" she practically yelled at them causing Sango's face to become red with anger. The maid slammed the door before they could say anything else. Sango was fuming. How dare that woman do that to them! Shippo looked up at Sango, whose grip on him had tightened. She looked as if she was ready to kill that maid.
That dark look that appeared on her face scared him. Sango gently pushed Kagome aside and Shippo leaped into Kagome's arms. Without a word, Sango banged on the door. The same maid opened the door and glared at Sango.
"I thought I said-"
"I don't care what the hell you said! Get me in that house now, or else..." Sango left the threat hanging. The maid rolled her eyes and waited for her answer.
"Or what?"
"Did you learn self defense when you were younger?" Sango began in a deathly low voice.. "'Cause you're going to need protection from me!"
The maid didn't look the least bit scared or threatened and folded the arms. "Don't make me have to call the police!"
"Okay," Kagome said and stepped in between the two. She smiled warmly at the maid while she gave Kagome a cold, hard stare.
"Please let us in," Kagome pleaded. The maid didn't respond. Kagome took that as a no. She frowned and gave the maid a pleading look. "Could you please, at least ask him if he wants to see us?"
"I'm sure he will," Sango added in and glared at the servant. She glared back and shook her head.
"I told you already Mater Inuyasha is..."
"Who's out there?" asked a person. Kagome's face lit up. She knew that voice all too well. It was Inuyasha. She was about to speak but the maid immediately slammed the door on them.
Kagome looked disgusted, Sango looked pissed, Shippo just blinked. Kagome pressed her ears closely on the wooden door and listened for voices.
"No one sir." Kagome heard. It was most likely the rude servant.
"Then why was the door open?"
"It was one of those salesmen, sir, and I immediately told them to leave but they were persistent," she lied. Kagome scoffed. 'Yeah right.' Sango growled, stepped forward and gave the door a loud bang.
"We don't want anything you selling!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome gave the door another bang.
"It's me, Kagome! Open the door!"
Before anyone could blink the door swung open. Inuyasha had the look of confusion on his face. Sango looked behind Inuyasha to see the maid fuming with her arms folded. Inuyasha stared at Kagome for a while before responding.
"Kagome?" he looked behind her. "Sango?"
"Yes it's us," Sango replied. She shot an evil look in the maid's direction. "We were here for so long. Your maid over there refused to let us in!"
"That's not true!" she argued and stepped forward. "Sir please, they were threatening to beat me up. I had to slam the door on them." Inuyasha folded his arms as a frown came upon his face.
"I thought you said that there were sales persons at the door?"
"I...sir please. Your brother said there were to be no visitors today," she said and smiled at him.
"My brother ain't here and if he did say no visitors I would have known!" Inuyasha snapped. She bowed her head.
"I'm sorry sir… I'll leave you alone with those people." She gave Kagome and Sango a death glare before dashing off into another room. Sango huffed.
'What a rude person!' she thought.
Kagome beamed at Inuyasha causing him to blush slightly. Inuyasha stepped aside to allow the girls to walk in. Sango was still dazed and staring at the place. It was humongous. Kagome was too busy smiling at Inuyasha.
"What is it?" Inuyasha asked gruffly. Kagome ignored the tone of his voice and kept on smiling.
"Look!" she said and held out Shippo closely to Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked the kid up and down and scrunched up his nose. Shippo too was staring at Inuyasha. The hanyou was frowning at him and didn't look like the nicest person in the world. As a mater a fact he didn't even look nice. Shippo shifted his head away.
"Where did you get that thing?" Inuyasha asked and frowned at Shippo.
"Excuse me," Kagome said as her smile immediately disappeared and as scowl came upon her features. Shippo glared at Inuyasha and hugged on tighter to Kagome. Inuyasha huffed when Shippo did this.
"Kagome," he began. "I don't like him."
"It's okay Shippo, I'll handle him," Kagome said loud enough for Inuyasha to hear her.
Inuyasha scowled and turned his back on her. Kagome tried her best not to show her growing anger, afraid that it might frighten poor Shippo. She used on hand and balled it into a tight fist. 'One of these days I'm going to hurt him so bad that...' Kagome cut her thoughts off when Inuyasha began moving.
"Where are you going?" she asked in an angry manner. Inuyasha didn't respond and kept on moving. Kagome gave an irritated growl before grabbing Sango by the wrist and following Inuyasha.
"So what is it?"
Shippo was sitting on a table with four teens around him. Kagome and Sango were smiling. Miroku, who they just introduced, was up close in his face starting at him and poking him sometimes. The hanyou Kagome called Inuyasha was just glaring at the wall and had never said a nice thing since they had arrived.
"Not it," Sango corrected Miroku. "He's a boy."
"Kistune, actually," Kagome added. "He's so kawaii don't you think so?"
"Yeah!" Sango added. The two girls now had stars in their eyes and they looked at Shippo whose heart swelled with pride. Miroku cleared his throat and continued to stare.
"He's not that interesting and he's definitely not cute!" Inuyasha replied. He was now looking at Shippo with a large frown on his face. Shippo stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha.
"You're just jealous because Kagome likes me more!" Shippo said. Inuyasha growled.
"What do you know, runt?" he snapped.
"A lot more than you!" Shippo said.
"That's it!" He lunged at Shippo as the kitsune braced himself for the impact. That impact, however never came. Shippo looked up to see Inuyasha floating in the air. He took one look and fell on his back and laughed until his stomach hurt.
Kagome was looking at Inuyasha, her whole body glowing, pink. She moved Inuyasha a good distance away from Shippo before she stopped glowing. Inuyasha crashed on the ground. Miroku and Sango were now laughing so loud that it echoed through the entire house.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha. He was on the floor, rubbing his head and groaning in pain. Kagome gripped his arm. Inuyasha gave another annoyed growl as Kagome pulled him up.
"Why did you do that for?" Inuyasha snapped. He snatched his arms from Kagome's grip and glared at her.
"You shouldn't try and hit someone smaller and weaker than you!" Kagome lectured him. "You knew that Shippo is so much smaller and you're are stronger than him and still you want to attack him anyway!"
"He insulted me first! He had no right to-"
"That still doesn't give you the right to hit him!" Kagome cut him off. Inuyasha tightened his hands into fists and held them in front of him.
"What would you have expected me to do? Say, 'Shippo please don't say that.'?"
"It would have been better than hitting him!"
"You've got to teach the kid respect!"
"Oh yeah..."
Sango, Miroku and Shippo looked on as the two argued with each other. Shippo had a blank expression, along with Sango. The monk, however was not staring at Kagome and Inuyasha anymore, instead, he edged closer towards Sango, who was sitting at the opposite side of the table.
'Do they always have to argue?' Sango thought. She knew that they liked each other as more than friends and everyone could tell by the way they both stole glances at each other and how they blushed when they got too close. 'If only they'd show it.'
Sango then felt a funny feeling on her backside. Something was touching it and obviously stroking at the same time. Her eye twitched in anger when she felt a small squeeze in the sane area.
"Damn, you Miroku," she said softly. The monk stopped his actions immediately and braced himself for a punch but it never came. Instead Sango grabbed one of his hands. She turned around to look at him with innocent, smiling eyes.
"Miroku-sama, Miroku-sama," she began in a gentle tone. The monk gulped nervously. She leaned closer towards him until their noses were almost touching. "Don't you ever do that again!"
Sango's grip on his arms tightened and with ease, in a split second she flung him over her shoulder. Miroku landed with a crash that startled both Kagome and Inuyasha and they stopped arguing. Miroku groaned and looked over at Sango. She held her fists in front of her, which caused the monk to look away immediately.
"Sango dear," he began and pulled himself into a sitting position. "You must understand that I can not resist." Sango blushed at his comment. He continued. "You're so very beautiful. What attracts me most is how big your-"
"Okay that's it, you're dead!" Sango yelled and cut him off. She stood up, knocking down her chair. She grumbled something involving Miroku. She stomped towards him, latched her hands around his neck and began to shake him violently. In all the shaking he managed to latch both his hands on her backside and gave it a stroke. Sango 'eeped' and punched him. She threw him to the ground with her on top and began beating the crap out of him.
"You know Sango, I don't mind this position that we're in," Miroku said.
"Shut up you pervert!" Sango screamed and continued to punch him. "I'm going to beat every perverted thought out of your head!"
Inuyasha and Kagome were watching from the other side of the room. Inuyasha folded his arms and glanced at Shippo before looking back at Miroku and Sango.
"That's what I'd like to do to the little runt!" Inuyasha said.
"What do you mean? He's just a little kid, he said one small thing and you want to beat him up! You're just a bully!" Kagome argued.
"He got me angry. I acted on my instincts!"
"So if I get you mad, you'll try to hurt me too!" Kagome stated. This got Inuyasha silent. Never on his life would he think of hurting Kagome. He'd rather die first.
"No!" It's...I...I would never...the kid." Kagome wanted to laugh at Inuyasha face. These were the times that she wished that she had a camera. She reached out and grabbed his hand before giving it a squeeze to calm him down. She tiptoed and leaned close to his face.
"Inuyasha you would never hurt me would you?" she whispered. Inuyasha cheeks were feeling strangely warm. His mind told him to push Kagome away but his body wasn't responding.
"Kagome, I..." Inuyasha began but the other words never came out. Kagome was now leaning in closer and with that, rested one hand on his chest and smiled.
"Inuyasha?" she asked urging him to go on. Inuyasha kept his eyes fixed on the girl before him, his face turning redder by the second.
"Kagome..."
He couldn't get the rest of the words to come out of his mouth. Kagome squeezed his hands and leaned up closer to him. Their noses were now touching but still Kagome leaned up closer. For a split second Inuyasha assumed that Kagome was going to kiss him and waited for her lips to meet his but that never came. Instead she kissed him softly on his cheek.
She let go of his hand and looked up at him with the same warm smile as before.
"Just promise me that you won't hurt Shippo," Kagome said. Inuyasha stared dazed at Kagome, which caused the miko to blush and look away.
"Maybe," he managed to get out. Kagome shook her head and hoped that she could protect poor Shippo from Inuyasha.
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A/N; I think this chapter is better than the last one! Thanks so very much for all the reviews I've been getting! I can't believe that I've gotten more than 400 reviews! I love you guys! Please review this chap as well, if you want!
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