"All rise." The officer called, prompting the courtroom to rise to their feet. Inuyasha nervously glanced around the room, temporary making eye contact with the plaintiff, who glared at him angrily. He quickly averted his gaze, and turned his head to look at his lawyer.
"Look, Totosai...I really really can't afford to be charged with crimes over this one. It was literally an accident!" Inuyasha whisper yelled to his lawyer. He was an aging man, slightly out of sorts with the world, and a strange aptitude for twisting words in Inuyasha's favor. Inuyasha never complained about that of course, he would much rather have a lawyer that was slightly dirty then one who always played by the books. Totosai glanced over at Inuyasha with his big, buggy eyes, and winked at him. He felt his body relax as the judge gave the okay for the people in the court to sit down. As Inuyasha sat down, Miroku, leaned forward from his place behind him and squeezed his shoulder in support. Inuyasha knew it would be proven that he was not in the wrong and that it was merely a misunderstanding of sorts. The plaintiff was just accidently elbowed in nose by Inuyasha at the club that night all those weeks ago. He looked up through narrowed eyes at the judge, who glared down at inuyasha, as he twirled his pen between his fingers, reading over Inuyasha's criminal history.
"Young man...Inuyasha, is it?" The older man said from his place, the gavel resting near his hand. Totosai gently nudged Inuyasha underneath the table, encouraging him to speak.
"Yeah...that's me." Inuyasha said quietly, bouncing his leg nervously, a trait he inherited from his father.
"Excuse me?" The judge asked, the hair on the back of Inuyasha's raised as he looked up at the judge. "You are to address me correctly, young man."
"Call him 'your honor', and please be formal Inuyasha...he seemed pissed off at you already." Totosai whispered from beside Inuyasha. He sighed as he rolled his eyes and cleared his throat.
"Yes, your honor, I'm Inuyasha Takahashi." He said, nervously pushing away his bangs from his face. He looked up at the judge, nervously awaiting a response. The judge merely sighed, raising a finger to his temple.
"Young man...I am slow to anger, but I toe the line...do you understand?" He said, as he glanced down at the thick pile of papers that consisted of Inuyasha's criminal history. "When I see your criminal history...and the number of things you have done in not just this country but in Japan...your native land, I am moved to anger. It truly is a miracle that you are free, and allowed to continue in your career as you have." He says, taking his time in speaking as he addresses Inuyasha. A lump formed in Inuyasha's throat, but he ignored it. "Really your crimes constitute deportation...seeing as you are here on permanent residence status, am I correct?" The judge asked, to which Inuyasha nodded meekly.
"That is correct, your honor."
"And yet here you are for what seems to be your tenth time since arriving in this country, again for a battery charge." The judge says removing his glasses. "Son do you care to explain the events of the night?"
"Say yes." Totosai whispered, under his breath as he pretended to adjust the buttons on his suit jacket.
"Yes." Inuyasha responded, as he briefly looked over to the plaintiff who glared at him from across the room. "Your honor on the night these events took place, I was indeed present at the plaintiff's workplace. However, I am being unjustly and frankly wrongfully accused of battery. You see, I was actually quite peacefully minding my own business at the club when I was approached by another male, who began to antagonize me and bother me, calling me names and pushing me. I repeatedly told this man that I was in way looking to fight him and tried to deescalate the situation. I also, repeatedly told the man that I was a trained mixed martial arts fighter and that I was not afraid to use my skills on him. When the man began to physically hit me, I hit him back in self-defense. The area in which we were was crowed, so a few people were caught in the cross fire of our punches, mostly from the other man. I can only assume that the plaintiff here attempted to break up the fight and, in that attempt, ended up getting elbowed by me, as I have no recollection of hitting anyone who was not the man that started the fight that night." He sighed after he was finished with his explanation, and looked in the direction of the plaintiff. "It was unintentional. An accident."
The judge looked toward the plaintiff and asked, "does this sound accurate? Did you willingly go into the fight and attempt to stop it?"
"Yes, I did, your honor." The man admits.
"Your honor, if I may, whether the gentleman's attack on my client was intentional or not, bodily harm was still caused. Uh, may I move to present exhibit A, documentation by a plastic surgeon and general doctor that examined my client?" The plaintiff's lawyer spoke, the judge glanced over at Inuyasha briefly, before sighing.
"Sustained." He answered, to which opposing counsel approached the bench with the documentation and then distributed documentation to Inuyasha's table.
"As can be seen, my client's nose experienced a deviated septum due to the trauma of Mr. Takahashi's hit, as well as a deep fracture that essentially constitutes as a break in half of my client's nose. My client will need to a very expensive plastic surgery in order to repair their nose. Essentially, the defendant as done enough damage to be tried for battery."
"Your honor, opposing counsel is using accusatory language against my client." Totosai spoke up, as he looked over the paperwork, and then tossed it to the side.
"Sustained." The judge said.
"Respectfully, your honor, the plaintiff himself admitted to inserting himself into a violent fight, for heroic reasons, but unfortunately, he ended up getting hurt, something that he could have only knew was going to happen." Totosai said as he rose from his seat. "In addition, it must be noted that the plaintiff is employed as a barback at the establishment where these events transpired." He added, "as far as I know, as a barback you are supposed to get the attention of security in order to break up fights."
"Your honor the area where the fight took place was very crowded, it was very unlikely that the security team would get to the fight in time." Opposing counsel countered quickly, glaring at Totosai.
"Are you implying that there wasn't enough security in the large establishment, counsel?" Tototsai shot back, causing the judge to bang his gravel three times to restore order to the court.
Inuyasha smiled as he sat back in his seat. "I won." he says under his breathe, as he felt Miroku pat his back gently. He looked up at the judge who seemed to sit back in his seat, weighing what each counsel presented. Sighing, he rubbed his temple as he took some time to gather his words.
Then he spoke, "I'm ordering for all charges against Inuyasha Takahashi to be dropped, and am instead ordering for Mr. Takahashi to pay the cost and expenses of the surgery, the plaintiff requires to, err...fix their nose." The judge noticed Inuyasha's relieved expression, and pointed a finger at Inuyasha. "Before I dismiss you from my courtroom, I have a few choice words for you, young man."
"Oh boy." Miroku whispered from behind Inuyasha, as he noticed the frustrated expression on his face. "Incoming." he said meekly.
"You...are an incontrollable menace to society, you know that? You're lucky I decided to be lenient with you on this one." The judge said, biting his lip as he struggled with accepting the fact that he was letting Inuyasha go. "Look, you are two more offenses away from being deported son, you understand this, do you?" The judge asked, watching as realization seemed to fill Inuyasha's eyes. "Stay out of trouble, will you? I'd hate for this country to lose you."
"Yes, sir." Inuyasha responded quickly, as he rose from his seat. The judge banged his gavel as he announced that the court was dismissed, and stepped down from the bench. Inuyasha turned toward Miroku and gave him a hug, and then turned toward Totosai. "Thanks for the help, old man."
"Who me? Pfft, the case was dead on arrival." Totosai said as he scratched the side of his head, he then ran a hand through his hair, and sighed as he walked past Inuyasha. "You let me know next time you need me. I'll send a bill to that brother of yours." He said and added under his breath, "who scares me half to death."
Inuyasha then turned his attentions back toward Miroku who smiled weakly at his friend. "What?"
"The judge had a point Inuyasha." Miroku replied, in a sing-song voice as they exit the courtroom. Inuyasha grumbled beside him, but didn't offer much else in response. "You're now in three strikes territory. Two more and you're out." He said seriously, as he walked beside his friend and client down the hall. "You have your next hearing in two weeks, that counts toward your three strikes so after that you have one last chance to fix your life before you're facing real consequences."
"They say that every time Miroku." Inuyasha says plainly, shrugging his shoulders. "They always say I have very few chances left and that I'm in danger of deportation and guess what? It never happens." He sighed, turning his head to look at friend, "relax. I have everything under control."
No, you don't, your life is a mess, Miroku thinks to himself, as he walks down the steps of the courthouse with Inuyasha. He briefly toward the doorway, where he sees a crowd of paparazzi crowding the entrance. "Brace yourself." He warned as he nudged Inuyasha, showing him the entrance. Inuyasha felt dread fill him as he saw the amount of people at the doorway and placed a hand on Miroku's shoulder.
"How about we take the back door? Huh? C'mon that way we deal with less people." He said, urgency filling his voice as they drew closer and closer to the door. Miroku snorted at him. "Uh, please?"
"You never say please, so this is weird." Miroku said warily, stopping in his tracks. "What's up?"
"Uh nothing!" Inuyasha responded, rubbing the back of his neck, "I just kinda feel claustrophobic today? Can we take the back door?"
"Inuyasha the car is like right there, it's not that far away from the door, you will be fine." Miroku responded, furrowing his eyebrows at Inuyasha. "Now come on."
"Right...okay...yeah you're right." Inuyasha said passively, as he followed Miroku out of the door, instantly he regretted not throwing his usual bratty fit about going out the back door, as they were immediately swarmed with questions, cameras flashing and paparazzi stumbling over one another as they all tried to get a response from Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha are you and Kagome thinking of starting a family?"
"You have just hit the two and a half mark in your relationship! Are you sure she is the one?"
"Inuyasha, how did you fell about having to buy the pill!"
"How did she feel about having to go get a morning after pill?!"
"Inuyasha do you love her?"
"Do you wish to move in together before you decide to start a family? Is that why you bought the pill yesterday?"
"What?!" Miroku shouted, turning on his heel to look at Inuyasha, Inuyasha shrunk slightly in his place, knowing fully well that he had unlocked a new level of wrath in Miroku. "We...will speak of this when we get to your apartment." Miroku said lowly, his hands balled in fists as he turned to shove his way through the crowd. Once he reached the car, he opened the door and allowed Inuyasha to climb into the car before he did.
"Look I can explain—"
"THERE IS NOTHING TO EXPLAIN INUYASHA!" Miroku exclaimed, causing Inuyasha to fill with anger.
"YOU DO NOT SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY!" He yelled back, grabbing Miroku by the throat, and pushing his head up against the window of the car. He silently thanked god that the windows were tinted. He let go on his neck, and took Miroku's shirt in his fist. "It was an in the moment decision. Neither one of us planned it. I initiated it. It is in no way Kagome's fault what happened last night."
"The plan is over." Miroku said through gritted teeth, pushing Inuyasha off of him. "Understood? This is no longer happening. You have officially complicated everything. The kiss was manageable, but now things are extremely complicated."
"We are not cancelling anything." Inuyasha said, as he adjusted his suit jacket. "Understood?"
"You don't make the decisions about this, Inuyasha." Miroku replied bitterly, "I do." Inuyasha looked at him through narrowed eyes, and shifted his body so he was facing Miroku.
"So, what do you want to do." Inuyasha said, as he crossed his arms. 'Because we aren't cancelling this plan with her." He said sternly, holding his ground.
"You're attached."
"No." Inuyasha said, as he pointed toward the back window. "Did you see that? They completely fucking ignored the hearing. They didn't even care about it, Miroku. It's working. She's working." Inuyasha argued, staring down Miroku, daring him to argue against him. "Miroku."
"Sesshomaru and I need to speak to both of you, today. ASAP." Miroku said, as he sent a text to Kagome and Sesshomaru from his phone. Inuyasha nodded his head.
"Next time wear a fucking condom." Miroku sneered at Inuyasha, running a hand through his short hair. Inuyasha shrugged as he dragged his tongue against his teeth.
"Sorry-heat of the moment. I couldn't keep my hands off of her."
"Learn to." Miroku responded. "Your contact with her ends after this year. She is to go on with her normal life and you are to proceed in yours as a 'changed man'." He added, narrowing his eyes when he saw Inuyasha's expression turn serious. He's grown attached. "Inuyasha...this is acting. You two are acting." He reminded, tilting his head. He was very very quickly approaching the last centimeters of the last straw with Inuyasha. He knew that in agreeing to support Inuyasha in his career, he had essentially signed his liberty away to be at his friend's every beck and call, as his manager and publicist. However, that was before he and Sango agreed to start seeing each other exclusively. He was very quickly realizing that in order to make his own relationship last, he needed to hold on to some sense of sanity; he wasn't going to if he couldn't control Inuyasha. Upon arriving at Inuyasha's apartment building, Sesshomaru stood by the entrance, his usual stoic expression present as he watched Inuyasha and Miroku climb out of the SUV.
"Brother." Sesshomaru greeted plainly, watching as Inuyasha approached him. "You've fucked up yet again." He said, as he looked his brother up and down. "Having sex with her? Unprotected? Do you want to be a young father or?"
"I could do without your poor lecture skills, thank you very much." Inuyasha said, as he brushed past Sesshomaru, walking into his apartment building. Sesshomaru rolls his eyes as he looks toward Miroku.
"Look, I tried talking sense into him. He's hooked on her." Miroku said, "I let him know they're cutting contact once the year is over and he didn't really say much in response." He added. Sesshomaru sighed as he followed his brother into the building. If he had to admit, it was extremely uncomfortable to have to think of his brother taking a woman. To Sesshomaru, Inuyasha was still a bratty, spoiled, annoying 15 year who had a mouth too smart for his own good. He was starting to find, since beginning to handle his financials and contracts, that Inuyasha's character had developed little since he was 15. He shook his head slightly to get the thoughts out of his head, and followed Inuyasha to the elevator with Miroku trailing behind him. The elevator ride up to Inuyasha's apartment was quiet, as awkward silence filled the air. The stood awkwardly spaced out, avoiding eye contact until they reached his apartment. Once the doors opened to Inuyasha's apartment, Miroku instinctively made his way to the living room, turning on the tv and putting on E! News. "Oh my..." he said, scratching the back of his head as he saw pictures of Kagome and Inuyasha from two days before, and the night that they had gone to dinner to alone, as well as the fight he had against Kouga.
"So exactly who is Inuyasha's new mystery girl? Well, sources tell us her name is Kagome Higurashi, 23-year-old graduate of Harvard College. Sources say the pair met at the café she owns and operates near his apartment building, named Cafeium. In a picture taken just yesterday by a fan, shows Kagome carrying a basket with various skincare and hair care products, along with a Plan-B pill, leading us to believe that the pair is wasting no time in taking their relationship to the next level." The presenter said, smiling as she turned toward her co-host. "Looks like Inuyasha is gonna be off the market for a while."
"indeed it does, you know can we talk about her style for a second? I mean- Kagome is just beautiful in everything and anything she wears, and her hair is always so glossy and perfectly taken care of, I think I'm going to need her to drop her hair care routine soon. And a Harvard graduate? Who knew Inuyasha was attracted to smart women, you go girl!" The co-host exclaims, clapping his hands lightly. "But the real mystery here is...why Inuyasha?"
"Well that's easy to answer he's impossibly attractive and loaded. Have you seen his latest cover for Vogue? Absolute masterpiece." The other host responded, shrugging.
"Besides that. He has a notorious reputation for being impossible to deal with, a publicist's worst nightmare, his legal track record isn't exactly squeaky clean, he's got lots of red flags. Kagome, honey, a girl like you with a boy like him? I just hope your influence is rubbing off on him more than his is on you, lord knows he needs it." The co-host says plainly, pursing his lips.
"Oh, come on! I'm not that bad!" Inuyasha yells at the TV.
"Well she has been able to expose some softness to him, as his recent posts on Instagram have both been pictures of her, with the most recent being a gorgeous picture of them looking out of his fancy private jet's window and to the city, with an adorable caption reading 'I'd do anything to see that smile of yours every day of my life.' He really does seem to be falling hard for her. Moving on, coming up next...the infamous charity fight! Who really started it? Naraku or Inuyasha? We'll be back after the break."
"They have a whole segment...a whole...segment...about you." Sesshomaru breathed, his eyes widened slightly as he watched the show cut to commercials. "Impressive."
"90% of that was about Kagome." Inuyasha responds, rolling his eyes. "Speaking of which..." his voice trailed off as his head turned in the direction of her scent, staring at the elevator. He watched as the doors opened to reveal Kagome, who was slightly shocked to see Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Miroku all staring in her direction.
"Yes? Hi..." she said shyly, as she stepped out of the elevator. "Is something...wrong?"
"E! News just did a whole segment on you." Miroku blurted, causing Kagome to raise an eyebrow at the man. "They talked about your hair, how pretty you are, who you are, your sense of style...nothing but praise." Miroku said, a smile threatening to creep onto his face.
"Excuse me?" Kagome said, mildly stunned by the fact that she had managed to make national television in such little time. She figured that it would explain the reason why her Instagram had suddenly had an increase in followers in the last twenty-five minutes. "Is that why I'm here?"
"No, unfortunately." Sesshomaru chimed, as he found his voice. "We're here to talk about last nights...events."
"I don't really feel comfortable addressing that." Kagome said, as she felt her cheeks turn red. She stepped away from the spot where she stood and made her way to the couch, taking a seat next to Inuyasha. "Can we like...not?"
"Unfortunately, it must be done." Miroku said, shrugging his shoulders. He too, hated the idea of discussing Inuyasha's love life in the matter in which they currently were. He would have much rather been hearing about it over drinks, or casually as a topic of conversation as they browsed through shirts at the mall, for instance.
"I tried to talk about this one on one with Miroku. He insisted, sorry." Inuyasha said through gritted teeth, pretending to scratch his upper lip. Kagome glanced over to him, and quickly turned her eyes back toward Miroku, who sat on an ottoman on the other side of the coffee table. Sesshomaru stood awkwardly to his side, his arms crossed, his look stern.
"Look we know we weren't supposed to do anything beyond what happened the last full moon, it was a mistake. We were drunk, and let ourselves be carried away...we promise it won't happen again." Kagome said, rubbing her temples.
"Honestly, I'm not even too mad about you two sleeping together." Sesshomaru said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Yeah, we really—wait what?" Miroku said, turning his head to look up at Sesshomaru, who merely shrugged his shoulders, sticking out his bottom lip.
"You aren't?" Inuyasha asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Really?" Kagome inquired, tilting her head to the side slightly.
"I'm madder about the pill than anything."
"You've got to be fucking kidding me." Miroku whispers to himself, as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Yo, I thought we were a team." Miroku whisper yelled to Sesshomaru.
"You guys are both adults, albeit dumb ones, but you are." Sesshomaru said, running his fingers through his hair.
"She literally went to Harvard but okay." Inuyasha interrupted.
"I trust you to know the implications and troubles that come along with 'no strings attached' sex. Eventually strings do attach, and those strings are hard to cut. So, as we are all adults here, we cannot tell each other to not have sex with someone. Have sex, I don't care, so long as when the contract ends, you can both be mature enough to cut off those strings. Understood?" Sesshomaru continued, giving Inuyasha in particular a hard look. He knew his brother like the back of his hand, he knew he had a personality that could become addicted and attached very easily, he just had to pray that Kagome was smart enough to realize it sooner, rather than later as well. Be smart, brother. Make good choices for the next 10 months.
"Ms. Higurashi." Sesshomaru said suddenly, breaking Kagome out of her train of thought. "My wife has requested to see both you and Ms. Nakamura at your earliest convenience."
"Rin? Yes! Of course, she was a pleasure to be around!" Kagome responded nodding her head. "What is it?"
"She spoke of a 'girls' night out' whatever that may entail for you ladies." He responded, putting quotations around the phrase. "Well, now that this is settled, I'm going home. Thanks to your little display of toxic masculinity at the charity event the other night, the charity is considering removing you from their list of ambassadors. And I know you aren't interested in the slightest, but Hanyou Child Global Alliance is one of the only things keeping your image afloat, in the mists of all of your legal battles, so I have to work double time to save your ass...congratulations." Sesshomaru said, flashing a small fake smile in the direction of Inuyasha.
This man keeps a straight face so often, I never noticed how his teeth were such absolute perfection, Kagome thought to herself as she admired Sesshomaru's smile for a few seconds, before she turned her attentions to Inuyasha who merely scoffed and turned his nose up. "Typical behavior." Kagome sighed to herself, earning a glare from Inuyasha. She waved to Sesshomaru as he left, leaving her with both Inuyasha and Miroku.
"So..." Kagome said, as silence filled the air, "You and Sango?"
"Oh yeah..."Inuyasha said, trailing his voice. A devilish smile broke over his features as he relaxed into the couch, squinting slightly at Miroku, raising an eyebrow. "You and that pretty brown-haired girl..what's goin' on there? I mean...it's only fair that Kagome and I get to know, ya know, now that you and Sesshomaru and the entirety of the continental United States knows about Kagome and I's private matters." He said jokingly, although his voice held a hint of honesty.
"Yeah, I for once agree with Inuyasha." Kagome chimed in, smiling evilly at Miroku.
"I don't know, you seemed to agree with me a lot two nights ago." Inuyasha muttered, as he picked at his nails. Kagome hit him forcefully in his ribs, to which he shrugged. "Yeah...probably deserved that." He adds, briefly rubbing the side of his stomach Kagome punched.
"I have absolutely no idea what you're getting at." Miroku said, raising an eyebrow. He rose from his seat at the ottoman and made his way toward the refrigerator, taking a beer out, and hitting the edge of the cap against the stone countertops, the telltale clatter of the metal on the ground showing that the bottle was opened. He took a swig, before offering a beer to Inuyasha.
"So... you're going to open my fridge, take my beer, and then offer me one of my own beers?" Inuyasha asked, looking over his shoulder toward his friend. Miroku shrugged and nodded his head in response. "Okay...fine."
"You know...it seems like the alcohol is never low in your house." Kagome said, as she kicked off her shoes and crossed her legs on the couch. She leaned back and felt skin brush up against her back, she turned to look and noticed that Inuyasha's arm was resting on the back of the couch.
"I'm an alcoholic." Inuyasha said plainly, as he took the cold malt beverage from his friend's hand. He heard Kagome chuckle, and he let a soft 'tch' escape his lips. If only she knew how much I wasn't kidding...
Inuyasha exchanged a knowing look with his friend, before clearing his throat, setting the beer down on his coffee table. "So, tell us."
"Okay." Miroku said, taking a deep breath. "We're officially dating? As of last night...?"
"Why do you say it like a question." Kagome retorts, crossing her arms. "You're dating, spit it out." Inuyasha chuckled from beside Kagome, rolling his eyes.
"You don't understand, woman." He says, wiping away a tear from his eye. "This man hasn't been in an exclusive relationship since we were in middle school." Inuyasha revealed, banging his fist gently on the back of the couch. "This is his worst nightmare."
"Then why fucking be with Sango if it's your worst fucking nightmare?" Kagome asked, slightly irritated by the man sitting across from her. She watched as he frantically waved his arms, attempting to quell her anger.
"Kagome, Inuyasha doesn't mean it like that!" he said, pleadingly, bracing himself for Kagome to throw something his way. "What he means is...I'm afraid of commitment."
"That's exactly what I meant." Inuyasha responded sarcastically, widening his golden eyes slightly. "Totally. Look, what I meant was... Miroku had a plan."
"Yes! A plan!" Miroku interjected, snapping his fingers as he pointed at Inuyasha.
"Get as many women he could possibly gather to bare his children."
"NO!" Miroku yelled, grabbing at his hair.
'WHAT?" Kagome yelled, her eyes burning with anger as she tried to restrain herself, less she ruined Inuyasha's beautiful minimalistic, modern apartment. "Miroku I hope Inuyasha's joking." Kagome said through gritted teeth.
"Trust me I wish I was too, sweetheart." Inuyasha chimed from beside her, shaking his head slightly.
"Not at all! God no!" Miroku yelled, rolling his eyes. "Look...I really really like your friend, Kagome. Sango is quite honestly, the woman I want to marry." He said, watching as inuyasha's jaw dropped, and a smile broke across the half demon's face, suddenly his phone wasn't as interesting as it was just a few minutes prior. "I mean it. In the short time I've known you two she has frankly blown all other women out of the water. The problem—and the reason why Inuyasha said this was my worst nightmare— is that, like he said I haven't been in an exclusive relationship for a very...very long time."
After a moment of silence, Kagome spoke, "so what's the issue?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders as she looked between the men. "If you really love Sango, you shouldn't be finding other women attractive. If you do, you don't love her as much as you thought you did, definitely not enough for me to give you my blessing to marry my best friend some day in the future." Kagome said frankly, and without cutting corners. "Look, figure yourself and what you want out before you go toying with Sango and her feelings. Got it? She is the sweetest, most genuine person you will ever meet, and I guarantee you that if I see tears coming out of her eyes, and I learn that you're the reason behind it...I will break your kneecaps."
"Such a big threat for such a petite person." Inuyasha muttered, wincing as he felt Kagome grab hold of his ear. "Hey! Watch it!" He yelped, growling at the woman as she pinched his sensitive ear between her fingers, dragging his head down to her level.
"You need to stop calling me sweetheart, it's weird!" Kagome remarked, pushing Inuyasha's head away from her as she spoke, she watched as his ears flickered uncontrollably, as if to alleviate the pain of her pinch on his ear. A clawed hand shot up to rub the ear she pinched, simultaneously glaring at her.
"Well maybe I wouldn't try to get under your skin if you didn't constantly attempt to get under mine." Inuyasha spat back to Kagome, glaring at him.
"I-what?! I haven't even done anything today!" Kagome responded, throwing her hands up in the air.
"Yeah you did." Inuyasha said, as he got up from his place on the couch and started toward the bathroom.
"Like what?!" Kagome threw over her shoulder, glaring holes into Inuyasha's back.
"Existed!" Inuyasha yelled back, as he slammed the door to the bathroom. Kagome winced at the loud bang of the door being slammed shut and turned back toward Miroku, who scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.
"Does he really hate me that much?" Kagome wondered aloud, as she adverted her gaze from Miroku to the floor, deep in thought.
If I was Kikyo...would he have said that?