Eyea! On the cruise! Never been on one but what the heck! I'll give it a try!
Day 9 – The Fateful Meeting
The day started out like any other day. Kagome the first to get up; Inuyasha the late sleeper. Oddly, though, it was already almost 9 o'clock in the morning.
Kagome buzzed through her shower and morning schedule and was quickly on deck wandering without any real purpose at all. She came across some kids that were already in the pool and were having a water fight. Their parents hardly appreciating the tidal wave that suddenly appeared. She chucked and continued. There were couples hugging and holding hands; looking over the rail at the calm water beyond the ship. Kagome sighed, happy for them, yet disappointed she couldn't be one of them.
…Or was she? Koga appeared beside her quicker than she could prepare for. "Hey sweetheart," he said slipping an arm around her waist. "Glad to see you so early. Must be a morning person?" he asked.
"Sort of," Kagome replied coolly, walking out of the man's hold on her. The two walked side by side until they came to the door leading down to the on board restaurant and casino. "Well, I'm off to get breakfast," the girl said opening the door.
"May I accompany you?" Koga asked, taking the door and motioning for her to go first. "Ladies first."
"Thanks." Kagome walked down the stairs closely followed by Koga to the restaurant, and then were seated in seats by the window. "It's really nice out here," Kagome said waiting for a waiter or waitress to come.
"Yea, the sea is such a romantic place, don't you think, Kagome?" Koga asked leaning back against the seat and relaxing.
"It sure is…" Kagome said sighing and looking out the window at the seemingly forever waters. "Out of all my time being famous, a cruise is the one thing I always wanted to do. I wanted to see the beauty… the stars at night… it must be really awesome seeing it all the time," she said looking at the Captain across from her.
"It's not that often that a pretty lady comes around either," he said winking, just like at the game those short days ago.
After several minutes of short conversation, a woman appeared. Long black hair, flowing down her back. Her facial expression really said she was "real" enthused about her job. And, strangely, she looked like… Kagome… but was it possible?
"Hey, Kikyo," Koga said sitting forward. "How's the crowd so far?"
"Oh, uneventful, like usual," she replied monotonly. "What can I get for you?"
"Oh, nothing for me, I'm just here with Kagome," Koga said nodding his head in Kagome's direction.
"So you're the one everyone's talking about on board? You aren't that extraordinary aren't you? Well, what can I do for you then?" Kikyo asked pulling out the receipt tab.
"Um… Just a few pancakes and maybe an orange juice?" Kagome said as the girl wrote it down.
"Be out in 5," she said shortly and walked to a group that sat down not far away.
"You two know each other?" Kagome asked after the girl left.
"Oh, just a bit. She's always been my waitress." Koga lay back against the back rest and relaxed. "So you ditched that runt, didja?"
"NO, I didn't ditch Inuyasha, he's just a late sleeper," Kagome blushed. "And besides, I thought I'd give him a little alone time. I think he needs it."
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"Now where'd that stupid girl run off to?" Inuyasha scrambled out of THE bed (hehe…) to get ready. He walked to the dresser and opened a drawer, only to be welcomed to the sight of women's undergarments. Shit, wrong drawer… The hanyou blushed and quickly shut the door, opening another one and saw…(ding!) KAGOME'S CLOTHES! Damn wench took the whole stinkin dresser! Inuyasha decided to try again – looking in the closet. He walked to the doors and closed his eyes. The doors opened and…(ding!) KAGOME'S CLOTHES! DAMN SHE'S GOT A LOT OF CLOTHES! Luckily on the ground were his bags. "Finally!" He pulled the bag he –thought- had his clothes in… and got it right! "It's about time something went right around here!" Inuyasha quickly got dressed and walked to the top level.
Fresh sea air blew in the slight breeze that swept over the ship. A slight conversation could be heard over the entire deck. The sun was already fairly high for only being about 9:30 in the morning, but the horizon was beautiful. The golds and pinks were brilliant. It was like a painting out of a fairy tale. But the brilliance was interrupted by a grumbling stomach of a hungry hanyou. "Food…" was all Inuyasha had to say. His nose guided him to the restaurant.
"…Be out in 5…"
…That voice… I know that voice… Inuyasha looked around and saw a waitress leaving a table, but the people sitting there weren't important. He followed the girl to the counter and pulled her aside just as she was about to walk into the kitchen.
"Hey!" the girl said as the alleged "kidnapper" pulled the waitress to a booth on the opposite side of the room. "What are you doing?!"
"Ssh! It's me, Kikyo!"
The girl stopped and took a closer look. "In…Inuyasha?"
"I thought you left for good!" The hanyou said leaning closer to the girl.
"I did. And I was hoping that we'd never meet again," Kikyo said as she stood up. But Inuyasha grabbed her wrists and pulled her down. "What are you doing?"
"I thought I'd never see you again. And here you are… like you were brought back from the dead, or something!" (a/n: o the irony…) "Please… don't leave me like you did last time… I'd swear I'd never do anything to hurt you… you have to believe me!"
The girl crossed her arms. "I have to go. I'm not on break yet. Talk to me later, Inuyasha. Good-bye." Kikyo got up quickly and went around the corner to the kitchen.
Inuyasha sat there for a few minutes, soaking in the details like a sponge. She was HERE! On this particular boat… were they fated to meet again? Fated to see each other? Fated to be together?
Finally, a different waitress walked up to the delusional hanyou and took his order. "Hey, there! What'll it be?" she asked all bubbly like
"Guilt with a side order of betrayal." Inuyasha stood up and walked quickly away, forgetting how hungry he was. He left the waitress in a cloud of confusement.
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"Well, thanks for sitting with me, Koga, but I'm gunna have to go. I gotta go see what Inuyasha's up to!" Kagome said getting up, pulling some money out of her pocket and laying it on the table.
Koga handed it back. "My treat," he said pulling out a wallet and laying out some money instead. "I supposed I should be off, too," he said getting up as well. "I'll see ya round, Kagome!"
"Bye!" Kagome turned and walked out the same door that she'd entered in and saw a familiar head of hair standing just in front of her leaning against the railing. "Well, if it isn't Inuyasha," she said walking up beside him and leaning against it as well.
"What?" he asked a little stubbornly.
"I don't know. I didn't see you at breakfast, so I thought you might be around here somewhere." Kagome took a big whiff of the sea air. "It's so wonderful out here, don'tcha think?"
The hanyou shrugged. "I guess."
Kagome playfully slugged him. "'I guess' is it? You've got nothing but the ocean around you; at night the stars are the only thing in the sky! And you say… 'I guess'? Boy you need a look at the real world."
"I AM the real world!" he teased, showing off his awesome muscle power to Kagome. She giggled and attempted to show her strength.
"I AM the real world!" she mocked, doing just as Inuyasha had done. Both laughed a bit. A large groan startled the two. "What was that?!" Kagome asked looking around. "Sounded like a bear!"
"…That would be my stomach," the hanyou said putting a hand to his empty gut. "I need food."
"You should have joined me for breakfast!" The girl said pulling him back down to the restaurant. "Now we've got to go back, stupid!"
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0.0 Can Inuyasha eat or what?! It would take too long to list what he ate. All I can say is the bill was rather large.
Kagome practically sat under towering bowls of food. "You done yet?" she said through the stacked dished.
"Juscht… about…" A bowl was slapped down on the table. "Yup. I'm ready to go now. Let's go."
"Do what?" Kagome asked as a hand pulled her up.
"I don't know. Something. There has to be something to do on this huge boat."
A familiar laughter (well, to Kagome) was heard not far away. "Isn't that Sango?" Kagome asked.
"Yea. I thought you said she wasn't supposed to be on the cruise?" Inuyasha asked walking in the laughter's direction.
"That's what I thought, too!"
They walked through a small crowd of people and saw Miroku and Sango laughing by the poolside. "Sango? Miroku?"
The two spun around quickly and straightened up when they saw Inuyasha and Kagome. "Oh, hey guys!" Sango saw hesitantly.
"You told me you weren't gunna be here Sango, what's up with the BOTH of you being here, then?" Kagome asked in a friendly way.
"Uh… well… We didn't think you two should hog all the fun here, so Sango and I were arranged to stay on board as well!" Miroku explained.
"I managed to pull a few strings and stay…" Sango said as well. "How've you two been? Your rooms are nice, aren't they?"
Both Kagome and Inuyasha's eye-brows twitched in unison. "About that…" Kagome started. "You see… it happens to be that we are-"
"Sharing a room." Inuyasha finished, knowing exactly what she was gunna say. "Is that your idea-?"
"Of a joke?!" Kagome finished just as Inuyasha had done.
"Um…well about that… I meant to get a hold of you guys on that…You see when Miroku and I slipped on…" Sango started.
"We had to steal a room from someone," Miroku finished.
"So, we figured you two had already been stuck in the same bed like at the hotel and you wouldn't mind doing it again!" The girl said hopefully. "Please don't be mad…?"
::twitching eyebrows:: "No! We're not mad at all!" Kagome said overly happy.
Even Inuyasha looked scary with the smile on his face. "We enjoy spending a week in the same bed!"
"You mean you two actually sleep together?!" Miroku exclaimed. "Sango made me sleep on the couch!"
"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha said through gritted teeth.
"Listen, we can discuss this formally tonight at the dance the Captain is putting on in honor of Kagome," Sango said suddenly.
The girl gasped in…
well… uh, how to put it? Horror? Dread? Koga's
gunna put a dance on for me?! Great… what next?! "Alright. Tonight.
Don't chicken out," she said poking a finger in Inuyasha's chest.
"What? Wasn't gunna!" he
called chasing after the quickly escaping girl.
"WEAR CASUAL!" Sango yelled after the two.
::Back at the room that night before the dance::
"What should I wear?!" Kagome said frantically searching through the clothes that were lined up in the closet.
"I don't know. You've only got your clothes in every drawer and taking up the entire closet…" The hanyou mumbled to himself. He currently sat on the bed watching tv and whatever he could find on. His outfit was none other than what he wore that day. Talk about casual… "Just put something on…"
Kagome disappeared into the bathroom with some clothes. It only took about 10 minutes before she came out ready, but when she did, she looked really nice. Her jean capri's and halter were breathtaking to any guy. "Now for make-up!" she said digging in a bag that had yet to be opened. She quickly vanished into the realm of the girls, with the make-up ordeal.
That took another 10 minutes. By that time, Inuyasha had fallen asleep. Kagome walked out onto the site of the hanyou sleeping. She smiled and tip-toed to her bag. She grabbed out another small box – one of a necklace. More of a locket, actually. She walked only to the mirror above the nightstand and unlatched the locket. It was a small gold heart given to her on her 10th birthday… by her father. And that's who was inside too. Her father. It pained her to think about him when she knew he was gone. But she felt proud to wear the one thing she had to remind her of him.
Kagome held back the tears and walked to the bedside and shook Inuyasha. "Hey, wake up, it's time to go," she said.
"NOT NARAKU'S PINK UNDERWEAR!!!!" Inuyasha shouted bolting upright.
0.0 0.o o.0 "What pink underwear…?" Kagome asked, yet afraid to.
"Huh? Sorry… I was dreaming…" Inuyasha blushed. "You finally ready to go?"
"Yup. Let's go. We're already a half an hour late!" Kagome said grabbing a key and slipping it in her pocket. "Come on!"
"Coming…"
The two walked up to the top deck and were greeted with lights and blasting music. But it was awesome lights and music. They followed the line of people and came to the front end of the cruise liner. The entire crew and passengers were on the one deck, rather crowded, but happy to be here.
Kagome stood on her tiptoes to see over the people. But there were just too many. "I can't see anything!" she said stamping her foot and crossing her arms.
Inuyasha laughed. "Pays to be tall!" he joked. He stood on his toes and looked over the crowd. "I see a spot we can get to…" he faded off.
"Yea?" Kagome yelled over the blaring music.
"But you're gunna have to trust me," he said coolly. The look he had on his face wasn't that of a joking teenager, but a serious young adult.
"Alright…" Kagome replied. Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her slim waist and held her tight. "Don't let go," he whispered in her ear, though it was hardly a whisper. He took high leap up and over the crowd. Only once did he need to stop and that's because someone moved right into his path.
Finally they reached their destination, seats by Sango and Miroku. "Hi!" they said plopping down in the seats.
"…Hi?"
"IT'S MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR GUEST OF HONOR HAS ARRIVED!" said the Captains voice over the intercom system. "KAGOME HIGURASHI! PLEASE STAND UP!"
Everyone clapped and cheered for the girl and she nervously stood up waving a little, then quickly sitting back down. "LET'S GET THIS THING STARTED!" After Koga put the mic down, he was walking in Kagome's direction.
"Oh, no, here he comes!" she whispered.
"Hey Kagome. How about you and me have the first dance? Sound good?" Koga asked, taking Kagome's hand.
"Uh… alright…" Kagome said getting up. She left Inuyasha growling quietly.
Miroku and Sango left as well. "Uh… we'll be back later…" they both said walking off into the crowd. That left Inuyasha by himself.
He wasn't alone long though. A woman suddenly was seated next to him. "Hello, Inuyasha," She said quietly.
"K-Kikyo…"
"I've missed you," she said taking his arm.
"But before you-"
"I know. I'm sorry about before," she said. "Dance with me?"
"Uh… I guess…" Both stood up and walked into the crowd, blending in a moving with the music. It was a slower song, familiar to almost everyone.
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Kagome held Koga close. The night was getting chillier. She hadn't quite caught site of the hanyou standing not far from her, nervously trying to keep out of her sight. After the current song finished, Kagome started walking back to her seat. "I'm gunna sit this one out…" she said taking a seat.
"You sure? We got only a few minutes yet…" Koga asked sitting down next to her.
"Yea. I'm sure." Kagome looked around. "Where's Inuyasha? And Sango and Miroku?"
"Dunno," the Captain replied.
Kagome took a sip of the soda that she'd forgotten where she got it at. She glanced up to see a sliver head and triangular dog ears disappear farther into the crowd. So now what's he up to…?
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a/n: well… I could stop it here… but the nights almost over… more! (my longest chapter ever!!! o.0 whoa…)
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Kagome got up and followed Inuyasha, only to see him holding another girl eerily similar looking to her. "Inu…yasha?" she asked pulling a worried hand to her mouth.
"Ka-Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted as the girl fled in the direction of the room. "Oh no… now she's gunna go cry…" He turned back to Kikyo. "Look, it was great to see you… but I have to go." Inuyasha sped off after Kagome. Oh no… The girl disappeared down the stairs to her room and quickly shut the door. "Kagome! Let me in!" Inuyasha yelled banging on the door.
"NO!" she shouted through the door.
"WHY NOT?! I DON'T HAVE A KEY!"
"THAT'S YOUR FAULT! GET ON YOUR KNEES AND BEG LIKE THE DOG YOU ARE!"
"AW! YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU WENCH!" Inuyasha shouted, making some families look out their doors.
"YOU ARE A MUTT! GO AWAY!"
Inuyasha continued to bang on the door. "JUST LET ME IN! DON'T MAKE ME BREAK THIS DOOR DOWN!" he threatened backing away from the door for an all out charge. He started quickly, but the door was swung open just as he almost.
"Oh, sorry," Kagome said quietly. She walked over to where the fallen hanyou currently … uh… "rested". "Didn't know you were serious about the whole break down the door thing…"
"Yea, well… get used to it…" Inuyasha said picking himself up off the ground. "I'm going to bed. I don't know about you."
"Me too," the girl said grabbing her pajamas out of a drawer (which, remember, she currently has possession of ALL of them… PLUS the whole closet… poor Inu…).
"What? I thought you were mad like, 2 minutes ago?!" he shouted pulling off his shirt.
"Well, I'm not mad anymore!" she said happily.
::facefault:: After all that… the hanyou groaned and fell asleep, closely followed by Kagome.
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A/N: now it's done! It's bed time… I have weights for sports tomorrow… and … something else… so… see ya soon!!
-lil-inu-blondie-babe-10
Ps, if I would change my name, would you guys care???¿¿¿