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Overtime
Chapter 18
"And you were late because?" Naraku was putting Kouga and Inuyasha under his fierce interrogation.
"They appeared to be fighting for a place in the parking lot." Kagura provided the information when the two young men didn't respond.
"Phh!..." Naraku was the only one laughing. He seemed to be the only one who found that comical.
"Ahehehe...ahem." He cleared his throat. "Well I guess you two need a suited punishment."
Inuyasha and Kouga remained silent but winced at the idea.
"Hmm... let me think...oh I got it!" He was really bad at faking needing to think about it. "Kagura," She turned to receive her order. "bring out 'the basketballs'!"
"Huh?" Her eyes widened."But sir,thats-"
"It's fine. Go get them."
"Uh...as you wish."
Inuyasha and Kouga were clueless. Minutes later ,Kagura came in with two large costumes.
"Oh god..."Kouga whispered.
10 minutes later
Inuyasha stood outside of the store dressed in huge blown up basketball suits. Both of them were being continuously inflated by a small fan inside, making it difficult for them to walk.
Their angry faces were the only things showing other then their arms and feet that stuck out from the bottom.
Both sweatdropped.
"I don't see you frolicking!" Kagura teased them, laughing with the other people who walked by.
She suddenly stopped when they didn't move and her expression turned serious.
"Frolic if you want to keep your job." She demanded coldly.
Immediately Kouga and Inuyasha started prancing around outside the store-both red with embarrassment and spite.
"Ha,ha!" You fools!" Kagura walked away laughing.
Inuyasha and Kouga waved their hands in mock merriment in the air. After about five minutes Kouga stopped, looking frustrated.
"Inuyasha, you're not doing it properly."
"Excuse me?" He stopped to stare.
"You're prancing not frolicking. It's pathetic!" He concluded.
"Yeah right! Coming from the expert!" Inuyasha retorted sarcastically.
"Whatever. Just go ahead and give the 'Sportsmart happy ball mascot' a bad name. I'ts not my problem."
"Shut up Kouga."
"Hey you!" Some little kid ran up to the two men fighting, stealing their attention. He was very short. They both looked down on him.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha stuck his nose up at him.
"I want to hear the Sportsmart theme song."
"Yea right. Beat it kid." Kouga would never stoop so low as to sing the song.
"But I want to hear it!" The child whined making them wince at his high pitched pre-puberty voice.
"No!" The two yelled at him.
"Sing it you loser!" The boy kicked Kouga in the shins.
"Ah! God, that hurt!" He tried to bend over to nurse his knee but the puffiness of the ball wouldn't allow him to do so. "Damnit..."
"Sing it! Sing it and wave your hands too!" He stomped his feet.
"Hey,go find your mother or something." Inuyasha tried to get him to leave before the kid got aggressive.
"Sing!"
"O.k,o.k." Inuyasha shook the boy off. After sharing an awkward glance at each other, Kouga and Inuyasha began singing the song in a low voice so that no one would hear them but then...
"LOUDER! And wave your hands!" He screamed.
"..."
They both sang in unison :
"Sportsmart-great for gear and fun,
the price's-fair for everyone.
Spend your money, uh...get...urm..."
They fumbled.
"get real tall!"
They decided on , nodding in agreement at each other.
"If you need help give us- a – caaaaaaaaaaaaall!"
They waved their hands at the end- the child was not impressed.
"You sand it wrong! It's spend your money buy a ball! And you never did the wink and the 'ding' sound at the end! You guys stink! I'm getting my daddy!"
He kicked them both and ran away. They clenched their fists.
"that little runt." Inuyasha spat.
"The humiliation..." Kouga shook his head.
"He'll regret that..."
All of a sudden a big figure blocked he light from the mall. It loomed over head and they turned around slowly.
"What did you do to my son?"
The deep voice made hem shiver. This guy was absolutely huge.
"We didn't do anything." Kouga spoke up.
"Yeah!" Inuyasha added. "You're kid just seems to have a problem with our theme song."
"What was that?" He stepped close and they instinctively moved back. It was kind of had to act tough in an over-sized basketball.
"Well, were sorry so leave us alone. "Kouga pouted and looked to the side.
"Yeah, seriously." Inuyasha did the same thing.
The big man paused and then stepped back. He looked them up and down then laughed.
"Hmph." Inuyasha and Kouga tried to ignore him.
"You two are a joke. Just watch it!" He turned around and started walking away."Boo!" He turned around and yelled, scaring the employee's. "Ha!ha!" He laughed obnoxiously.
"Loser's!" The guy walked off for good this time,his son getting a ride by grabbing onto his leg, and sitting on his shoe. He turned his head around and stuck his tounge out at them. How juvenile.
"Jackass..." Inuyasha muttered.
"That's IT! I'm going inside! It's almost lunch and I can't take this anymore!"Kouga snapped and Inuyasha followed him back inside the building.
'Let's just hope I can make it in with no one seeing me.' Inuyasha thought. 'this is so degrading...' thought.
Inuyasha was almost at the staff room when he heard a voice behind him and stopped dead in his tracks. Kouga ran ahead of him, desperate to get away.
"So that's where you've been all day." Kagome remarked, folding her arms.
"Don't move. I see you Kouga." Sango tapped her foot beside her.
When they cautiously turned around the two girls couldn't help themselves. They burst out laughing.
"What a costume!" Sango managed to choke out, holding her stomach.
The two guys turned to walk away again, utterly humiliated. They tried to squeeze through the door but had trouble pushing through since the basketballs were so blown up. This made the woman laugh even harder.
What an unusual start to the day.
After work, Inuyasha,Kagome and Sango all went into the staff room to get their things for home. It was late so they had been stuck with the troublesome job of locking up the store.
Kagome grabbed her black puma bag off the couch and walked to the door in tow of Sango and Inuyasha.
"Bye!" Kagome waved to them in the parking lot.
"Wait!" Sango yelled after her, urgently. She was halfway across the lot.
"Inuyasha! You wait as well!"
They both had their hands poised over their car doors, key in had, but stopped to listen to Sango.
"I've arranged a small get together for us tomorrow!" She said happily, smiling.
"Get together?" Inuyasha yelled from where he was in the parking lot- thanks to Kouga...
"Yes,at the carnival! A double date!"
"Date?" Kagome yelled from where she was- not close to either of them.
"Yeah! See you tomorrow then! It should be a nice romantic afternoon,Oh! And Miroku and I will be at your houses' at around 10:00 since I assume you both aren't working tomorrow!"
"Yeah, but-" Inuyasha protested.
"Good!" Sango yelled, hopped into her car and drove off.
Inuyasha and Kagome were left, bundled up in winter jackets with the nothing but the soft hum of the streetlights. They looked at each other from across the parking lot, nodded awkwardly and quickly got into their cars as well - heading back to their homes. They had no idea what was in for then the next day...
End chapter eighteen