Day 6 – The Water Park
"Rise and shine, Sleeping Beauty!"
"Ooooo...." The sleeping girl rolled over and pulled the blankets over her head tightly.
"Let's try Prince charming, then..." the mysterious voice said.
Our morning wake-up call walked into the living room to meet another. "Your turn."
The other snickered childishly. This "other" was shorter, and crept into the hanyou's room.
-silence-
"AIEEEEE!!!"
–crash-
"Ow.... SHIPPO!"
"Eheh heh..." The small kid ran back to where his accomplice awaited on the couch. "Mission accomplished!"
Inuyasha stormed out of his room with a pissed off face. His left ear twitched furiously. "So, Shippo. You enjoy making people deaf?!"
"Inuyasha! What is it?" Kagome came out of her room wiping the sleepiness from her eyes.
"Come here you little brat!" The hanyou yelled beginning to chase the kitsune around the house.
Miroku made his way around the battle sight and to where Kagome stood with her bath robe draped over her pajama covered body. "Good morning!"
"...hi..."
"Hello? Kagome?"
"Ah! Sango! Glad to see you!" Kagome scuttled off to meet up with her personal advisor out of people range. "So, what are we up to today?"
Sango glanced at her clipboard. "You both will be attending a water park just out of town."
-Miroku in background: grinning and thinking Where there's water...there's women....where there's women... THERE'S BIKINI'S!!!-
"Really? That's not so bad. Hey, Inuyasha. Shut up for a second and listen." Kagome called over the racket.
The hanyou and kitsune paused in mid fight. "What?!"
"We gotta go!" Kagome shouted jumping over the mess and heading towards her room.
"Go where?" Inuyasha asked tossing the small kid to the side and standing up.
"Water park!" The girl shouted from her room.
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Meanwhile, Miroku slid closer to where Sango stood observing the cluttered house with her eyes wide. "This is what your friend lives in?"
"Yup." -Silence- "Soooooo.......will you be going as well?"
Sango arched her left brow, "...If I say yes what happens?"
"Oh, nothing!" Miroku lied, with his fingers crossed behind his back.
"Then... yes...but can I – HEY! Where are you going?!" The girl shouted after the quickly disappearing boy.
"Be right bAAAAaack!" He yelled as he skipped away. ((Beta: O.o. One strange guy isn't he?))
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"Kagome, are you ready to go yet?! You've been in there a half an hour!" Inuyasha yelled through Kagome's door.
Inside, the girl held 2 suits up in the mirror. Ah, which one?! "Just a second!!!" She yelled turning to the door quickly then back.
"Hurry up! We're leaving!"
Kagome tossed one aside and quickly put the remaining one on. "Coming!" She shouted grabbing a hair brush and hair band. She grabbed her sandals by the front door, then made her way outside. She wasn't watching the sidewalk ahead of her so she ran right into the back of someone. "Hey..." Kagome stood up and was met by the curious gaze of Inuyasha. "Oh, sorry."
Inuyasha just shook his head and continued walking to the approaching limo. "What is it with you women and getting ready for such small things? I mean, you're just going to get your hair messed up anyway. What's the point in it? Women are confusing... I mean, sure it's great when they look nice but-" Seeing the strange looks he was getting from Kagome he stopped talking. Both of them then quickly stepped in the limo and were seated. After several minutes of eerie silence, Inuyasha had enough. "What are those looks you're giving me? It's creeping me out..."
"You talk too much." Kagome said as she pulled her hair back. "Maybe we should get you a muzzle or something to keep your mouth shut."
"Hey! I resent that! You make it sound like I'm some pet that's gone wild and needs company." The hanyou said crossing his arms over his chest and fake pouting.
Kagome reached up and tweaked an (irresistible) ear. "What's wrong with that? It's nice not to be alone." Realizing their situation, both Inuyasha and Kagome blushed.
"We'll be there shortly. It's quite, and surprisingly, not to mention abnormally, warm out. The sun will be hot in the afternoon so I suggest sunscreen," Sango said through the window. She was already applying the lotion to her body and attempting to reach spots on her back.
"Having trouble? Let me put it on..." Miroku began to say.
"Miroku! No! Please tell me why I let you come?"
The boy in the front seat smiled, or grinned, one or the other. "Because. Now hand me the sunscreen..."
"Miroku, NO!"
–window is being rolled up-
"I feel bad for the driver." Kagome said softly as she began to apply the white cream to her body.
"Toss me some." Inuyasha said.
Kagome handed the bottle to the hanyou as she attempted to reach spots on her back. "Ack! Um... you do my back, I do yours?"
"Uh...I suppose..." Inuyasha squirted the lotion in his hand then slowly massaged it onto the girl's back.
"Mmm... That feels good..." Kagome said quietly. Inuyasha blushed, but continued to rub in the cream. After a while he pulled away. "Done already?"
"Yea, now like you said, do mine. Wench." He added for the final touch. Both swiveled on the seat to face opposite directions. Kagome took her time as well. She rubbed around his neck and shoulders delicately, just as he had done. "Feels good." Now time for Kagome to blush.
"We're here." Sango said quickly.
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"Well, have fun you two! Sango and I are going off this way..."
"Miroku, we are not!"
Miroku had a puppy-dog face look on. "Pweeeeeze?"
Sango, not wanting to be rude, accepted. "See you guys around!" She called out.
Inuyasha and Kagome were left with their own options. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, who was looking at her. "Race ya." They both said.
"Last one down buys drinks!" Inuyasha yelled stripping his shirt and tossing it aside, taking off with demon speed towards the slides.
Kagome, however, wasn't far behind. "No fair, dog boy!"
"HA! Not my fault!" Inuyasha called back.
The two were practically neck to neck – if they hadn't gotten in trouble first. But, they stood, nonetheless, at the bottom of the waterslide stairs, looking up at the many steps just waiting to be climbed. "After you," The hanyou said, motioning like a gentleman for Kagome to go first.
What's he up to? Kagome thought as she started up slowly backwards, waiting for the half demon to do something unexpected. He just stood there, inspecting his claws innocently. "Okay...whatever you say..." She finally took off as fast as she could up the seemingly forever stairs and arrived shortly at the top half out of breath. When she looked up at the line, however, she saw Inuyasha standing there with his hands on his hips tauntingly. "How the heck did you-"
He pointed over the railing. "Took the elevator." He joked. But seeing the questioning look, he replied, "I jumped...?"
"oooOOOOooo.... Hey, cheater! You're gonna pay for that!" Kagome threatened getting in the line next to him.
"Nuh uh."
"Yea huh."
"Nuh uh."
"YES huh."
"NUH uh."
"Hey! You two ready?" The girl lifeguard said at the entrance to the long tubes of speeding water.
Kagome just looked at Inuyasha. "We're racing." She said with a grin.
"K. Just a second." She glanced over the side to see both slides clear. "Get ready..." She said very unenthused like voice. "Go."
Kagome gave a good tug at the bar she held onto to get good speed. Heh, I'll win this for sure! I've never lost ONCE! Not even against my hyper little brother...prepare to pay... just like my brother Souta!
.:---:.
Inuyasha, using his demon strength, was off like lightening. That wench doesn't know who she's racing! With his natural agility, he was sure to win!
From the top of the deck, it looked like a tie. Sango and Miroku awaited them at the top to be the unofficial judges. "Well, who does it look like so far?" Sango asked leaning against the railing.
Miroku walked up next to her. "Hm, they're so close, it's hard to tell, really." After they both splashed, Kagome appeared to be the faster of the two. "Well...?"
"I say Kagome. She looked just a sliver faster."
Miroku nodded in agreement. "Let's go down and tell them." He stepped into the path of the water and waited for Sango to do the same in the one next to him. She just looked at him. "Race down?"
"Oh. Remember, no cheating." She said getting in and waiting for the signal from the girl to go.
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"I so won!"
"No, I did!"
"Nuh uh! I did!"
"I was so down faster than you!"
-splash!-sploosh!-
Kagome and Inuyasha paused their fight to see who came down. Miroku quickly was up and standing next to his friend. "Guess what?"
"Your stomach is bigger than your brain?"
"Ha ha. You lose." Miroku said with a grin.
"Very funny. Did you see if I won?" Inuyasha asked.
"Ha ha. You lose!" Miroku repeated.
"Does he need to spell it out?" Kagome said stepping in front of the fumbling hanyou. "Y-O-U L-O-S-E."
"Ha ha. You lose!" Miroku said once again.
"Shut up! I CAN'T have lost! Not to her! Not a... GIRL!!"
"WOMEN ARE BETTER! THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!" Kagome shouted as a kid splashed down the slide behind her.
"Are you a blonde in disguise or something?" The hanyou asked as another kid swam behind him.
"Well, you know what? I got a blonde joke just for you! Ok, you ready? Why are blonde jokes so short?" Kagome asked putting her hands across her chest in a "ha, prove it" way.
"So the blondes don't look so stupid when they forget the answer!" Inuyasha spat back.
"SO MEN CAN REMEMBER THEM!" Kagome laughed menacingly.
Sango and Miroku gave up and were now sitting on the side at a table. "They'll never learn will they?"
"Just be patient, Sango. This may look hopeless now, but I've seen relationships like that. They'll take a turn sooner or later, whether it's earlier or later." Miroku said as he sipped the soda the two recently bought.
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"I suppose what they say is true then?" Kagome asked kind of quiet like, with a worried look on her face.
"What?" Was all the hanyou could say.
"Guys are just the rough draft of humans! Women are the final masterpiece! HA! Can't help it there if I'm a girl or not!" She said and dove under, seeing the threatening looks she was getting.
"You little wench!" Inuyasha chased Kagome down and resurfaced with the underwater girl. "You're gonna get it!"
"No! Stop! I'm sorry!" Kagome laughed as the inu hanyou began tickling her.
"It's payback time!" Inuyasha then picked her up and tossed her a short distance away. With a loud splash, he grinned in satisfaction... But coming up was taking a lot longer than she should have. She didn't...did she? But a sudden force forward made him realize she had snuck around from behind!
"Gotcha!" Kagome now stood with her hands on her hips and stuck her tongue out. Inuyasha just smirked back. "Had enough yet?" She asked as the boy stood up in front of her.
"Oh, no. This is just beginning." He said bending over to come face to face with Kagome. "You've still got two whole weeks with me yet. I don't want this nightmare to turn into a dreamland for you."
"Well, isn't this a small world! Hey Kagome!"
The girl looked to the pool edge and saw Koga standing there. "Hey! How are ya?" She asked swimming over.
"I'm great, seeing you here. What's mutt face up to? He ain't being nasty, is he?"
Inuyasha growled. "None of your business."
"Oh, Inuyasha!" Kagome rolled her eyes and jumped to sit on the ledge. "So, watcha doin here? You don't look like you're going swimming."
He wasn't. Jean shorts and a t-shirt. "Na. Just passin through. You wanna come have a soda or something?"
-a flaming Inuyasha in the background-
"Sure! I'd love to!" Kagome said getting out. "Stay here. I'll be back in a few minutes." Koga and Kagome walked off to the small concession and talked happily the whole way.
"A few minutes she says?!" The hanyou shouted. He trudged through the water to the edge and just sat there – doing nothing.
...-poke-...-poke-..."Hey," –poke fun, poke fun- "You dead?"
"Go away kid, not now."
"...'s that you Inuyasha?"
"Shippo?! Great..." Inuyasha jumped back in and floated away.
"Hey! Come here!"
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"So, Kagome. How's life at the dog house with dog breath?"
Kagome looked over at the person sitting across from her. "You mean Inuyasha? Fine I s'pose Why d'ya ask?"
Koga just shrugged and took a drink of his soda. "He seems...rough." He set the can down with a small clank. "Kagome?"
"Hm?" the girl blushed as the silence grew.
"Come spend the rest of your time away from home with me. Wadda ya say?"
"She says no." Both Kagome and Koga look to see Inuyasha walking their way with dripping hair and shorts with towel in hand.
It must have been the sunlight because when a well-tanned and (had-to-have-been) worked out body appeared in her face, Kagome got red. What am I blushing for? "Inu...yasha?"
"Yea, wench. Who else?"
"Hey, dog breath, get outta here. Me and my Kagome got something we gotta talk about, ALONE." Koga said as he stood up to face Inuyasha. "Get lost."
"Back off creep. She doesn't want anything to do with you."
"I'd treat her better than you would!"
"You'd only sweet talk a women to get their money and then drop them like hot coals!"
"Boys!" Kagome stood up between the two arguing and put them both at arms length. "Stop it! You're acting like college kids!"
"We are college kids!" They shouted in unison. (my dad does that all the time, it's annoying!)
"Come on, Kagome, let's get going." The hanyou said grabbing the girl and pulling her to the exit.
"But we just got here!" Kagome whined.
"Shut up. Come on." Inuyasha continued to keep a hold of Kagome's arm as they exited the gates.
"Wha – where are we going? LET GO!" Kagome tugged her am free and turned to look the hanyou in the face. "What was that for back there? Koga was just trying to be nice. You should try it once." Inuyasha just hung his head down so his face was covered by his bangs. His fist by his side made his knuckles go white. "What's your problem? Ever since Koga showed up, you've been-"
"SHUT UP. That ... runt of a wolf just doesn't give me a good impression. He's got womanizer all over his scent." Inuyasha turned his back towards Kagome.
Was he... concerned? Over something so – small?
---back at the house---
"Did you have fun Sango?"
"Yea, actually, I did."
Kagome got wide eyes. "Really?"
"Yea. Miroku isn't so bad of a guy once you get to know him." Sango leaned back in her chair. "How about you?"
Kagome looked down at the soda can in her hands with a small blush. "We... didn't stay real long. But things were fun while it lasted."
Sango nodded. "Well, just to tell you, you're free by contest to do whatever you want tomorrow." She got up and walked to the front door. "I'll see you later."
"Bye." Kagome sat at the kitchen table for a few minutes. After a while, she got up and walked to her room to get ready for bed. It was, after all, 11:30-ish. As she walked by Inuyasha's room, she stopped and knocked. "Inuyasha?"
"What?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
The door opened and Inuyasha stood against the frame of the door. "Didn't give me much choice there, didya?"
"Well..."
"...Well what?"
Kagome opened her mouth to speak, but shook her head and looked away. "Never mind. It's something silly anyway."
"Well, aren't you a smart one." The hanyou poked a finger at Kagome's shoulder. "Shoo." Once again, the door shut.
"Just to tell you, we aren't doing anything tomorrow."
"Great!" Came a reply. Kagome just shrugged and walked to her room for a good night's sleep. Good night, Inuyasha...
.:---:.
Meanwhile, outside, Sango and Miroku walked along the sidewalk for several blocks. Though it was night, the full moon and streetlights lit the way. "Uh, thanks for a great day, Miroku. It was fun." Sango place her hands in her pockets.
"Yea. No prob." Miroku replied running his hand through his hair, then placing them in his back pockets. They walked in silence again for several minutes. "Well, this is my stop." The boy gestured to the house just to their left. "I'll see ya later, then."
"Yea. Bye." Sango waved as Miroku just stood there. "Aren't you going to go?"
"Don't I get a good bye hug?"
"Oi..." Sango wrapped her hands around the boy's neck and hugged him. "Eg...." –slap-
"Call me! You have my number!" Miroku ran up the sidewalk to his house and quickly disappeared inside.
"No I..." Sango put her hands in her back pockets then pulled out a piece of paper... "So he wasn't just groping me then..." She whipped out her cell phone and called for a ride home.
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A/N
LiL:.CaT:.AnImE: the "...wait dehy-": they were trying to ask what the heck they meant by the dehydrated food items. It's really just something Inuyasha said in the restaurant to confuse Kagome, is all. Sorry for the confusion!!!
-chibi-inuyasha-girl
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