Television, Cars, and Coffee: Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anything else I mention that may have a copyright on it.
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It was nearing six o'clock, and Kagome was in the middle of preparing dinner. She had long since finished painting Rin's fingernails, much to Sesshomaru and Jaken's relief. They had spent the rest of the afternoon just watching tv. Nothing in particular, although, now Rin had a new found love for the Fairly Odd Parents. Every so often, the girl would break out into song, reciting one or two lines from the theme song.
Kagome was in the kitchen, looking through the fridge, freezer, and pantry, trying to something dinnerworthy for the three of them to eat. Straightening up after digging through the pantry for the third time, Kagome sighed. Frustrated, she yanked open the freezer door in a last attempt to find something edible. Digging all the through it, to the very back, Kagome could hear Rin in the next room.
"..wands and wings, floaty crowny things.."
Smiling slighty to herself, Kagome kept up the search relentlessly. She reached the very back of the freezer, and smirked in victory at her discovery: Hot Pockets
'Sure' she thought to herself, 'it may not exactly be dinner food, but it's better than nothing, isn't it?'
She pulled out a couple of them, and set them on the counter. Reading the instructions, she put the first two into the microwave, setting it for the appropriate time. The microwave hummed away as Kagome checked the clock.
"Rin!" she called out, "Can you come here, and take some of your medicine?"
"Hai!" she replied from the livingroom, entering the kitchen five seconds later. Kagome opened the bottle, and handed her a pill, followed by a glass of water shortly after.
"Just put the pill in your mouth and take a drink. Swallow the pill with the water" Kagome instructed. Rin nodded and followed the miko's directions.
"Good" said Kagome, reading the bottle, "Now, it says here, that you're supposed to take one of these three times a day. One when you wake up, one in the middle of the day, and one before you go to sleep. So, unless you stay awake for another six hours, which would be near midnight, to take another one, you won't have to take another pill until tomorrow morning, ok?"
"Ok"
The microwave beeped, and Rin started a bit at the sudden noise. She watched Kagome pull out the items inside the beeping box.
"What's that, Kagome-chan?"
"It's the microwave. It warms up food. Can you go tell Sesshomaru and Jaken that dinner's ready?"
"Sure" Rin ran into the livingroom to deliver the message, only to return almost immediately with Sesshomaru and Jaken following. They sat themselves down at the table. Kagome set the first two hotpockets on the table before sticking the next two into the microwave.
"Whoever wants one of the first ones, be my guest" she called over her shoulder. Rin instantly reached for one, and looked up at Kagome in confusion.
"Just take the sleeve off" Kagome advised. Rin did so, and set the sleeve off to the side.
"Now Rin can eat it, right?" she asked.
"Yes"
Rin took a bite. "Sesshomaru-sama! Please try a hot pocket! Rin thinks they're good!" Sesshomaru looked from Rin to the untouched hot pocket, and then back to Rin again.
"Please, Sesshomaru-sama!"
The taiyoukai looked back to the thing innocently steaming away, and mentally sighed. Rin was making him soft. He picked it up, and removed the sleeve before sampling it. He blinked. It tasted somewhat familiar.
"Miko, what is this flavor?"
"Pizza" she replied.
He nodded in understanding. No wonder it was so familiar. The microwave beeped again, and Kagome removed the other two. She handed one to Jaken, and kept one for herself. Jaken studied it cautiously before looking up to Sesshomaru for instruction.
"The sleeve, Jaken" the taiyoukai said icily, giving the toad youkai a look that said, 'eat it or else'. Jaken numbly nodded and removed cardboard covering. He took a bite, and spat it out immediately.
"It's frozen!" he exclaimed.
"Really?" asked Kagome, "Try the middle"
Jaken did so.
"Gah! It's boiling-lava hot!" Jaken said, waving his hand in front of his burnt tongue.
Kagome watched him for a second before getting him some ice water. She ate hers as she looked at the back of the box, which was advirtising different hotpockets.
"Wow. So many flavors. Hey! A chicken pot pie hotpocket? Now they're just messing with us. Soon it'll be like 'Have you tried the hotpocket Hotpocket? It's a hotpocket filled with a hotpocket. It tastes just like a hotpocket'. Knowing advertising these days, they'll come up with it eventually" she said, shaking her head slightly.
They finished their meal in silence, the only sounds were the birds chirping outside. Afterwards, they returned to the livingroom, and sat down. Kagome had the feeling that she would have to prep Sesshomaru and Jaken before her friends arrived.
"Now," said Kagome, standing up in front of them while they were on the couch, "there are some things I need to inform you of before my friends get here"
They stared back up at her silently.
"First of all" she spoke, her eyes gleaming, "None of you are you try to kill or harm them in anyway. Can you handle that?". She looked at Sesshomaru particularly as she finished her sentence. He inclined his head in understanding.
"Next," she continued, "they will probably ask a whole bunch of questions about you guys. For instance Jaken, they'll ask what you are. So, we are going to go with the story that you're a kid that's going to a convention of some sort, and you're trying out your costume, ok?" Jaken nodded. He figured it was better than having to explain that he was a toad demon to a bunch of teenage girls, although he had no clue what a convention was. Satisfied, Kagome continued.
"Sesshomaru, you can be... a family friend that's visiting for a while. Rin, you can be his kid sister. Sound ok to you guys?"
They accepted, and Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh" she added, "Jaken, you should probably be Sesshomaru's kid brother too" Now that the alibis were decided, all Kagome had to do was make sure that there wouldn't be any blood shed. That would be easy, right?
The doorbell rang, and Kagome glanced at the clock: 6:40. "They're early" she said, going to answer the door. She opened up to find, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi standing on the doorstep.
"Hi Kagome!" they chorused.
"Hi" Kagome replied, stepping aside to let them in. They removed their shoes, and looked up and Kagome hopefully.
"What?" she questioned.
"Where's that guy you were with?" questioned Yuka. Kagome blinked. Eri must have blabbed.
"He's in the livingroom with his sister and brother. Before you go in there, you should know--" she stopped, realizing they weren't listening to her, and had already passed her up, heading for the livingroom. She entered to find the three girls cooing over Rin, pinching her cheeks and what not. Kagome could also see that Sesshomaru was not very happy about this. The cracking of his knuckles sort of gave that away as he watched on as his ward was attacked by the pinchers of doom. He saw the miko enter the room out of the corner of his eye. She had better take care of those friends of hers soon, or he would do it first.
"Hey!" Kagome shouted, "Leave Rin alone! She's sick" her friends spun around to face her, sheepish grins on their faces. "Sorry" they apologized.
"It's ok. Just don't do it again. I don't think Rin, or Sesshomaru for that matter, appreciated it very much" they turned around and spotted Sesshomaru sitting on the couch for the first time. The three of them dragged Kagome into the kitchen, and huddled up around her.
"Kagome, who's the guy?"
"It is that double-crossing boyfriend of yours?"
"He's pretty handsome, do you like him?"
Kagome sweatdropped. "Guys, that's Sesshomaru. No, he's not my 'double-crossing boyfriend'. That's his half-brother. He, uh, is all traditional, and he pretty important from where he comes from, so try to show him the proper respect, huh?" Kagome silently prayed for the girls to take her advice. Otherwise, there would be trouble.
They nodded. "So, who's the girl? And who's the green thing?"
"They girl is Rin, Sesshomaru's kid sister, and she isn't feeling well, so don't pester her please. The green thing is Jaken. He's Sesshomaru's brother. We're, uh, going to a convention later, and he's trying out his costume to make sure it fits right"
"Ok" Eri said, "So, what do you want to do?"
"Oh, I don't know" Kagome replied, happy that they bought the story.
"So how's things going with you and your boyfriend lately? He hasn't been a complete jerk has he?"
"No, not really" Kagome assured, waving her hands back and forth, "He's just been his typical self. Come on, let's go back to the livingroom with everyone else. The miko led the three girls back into the other room, and they seated themselves on some pillows on the floor.
"So" Ayumi said to Sesshomaru, "what do you use on your hair? It's so nice looking"
A/N: There you go! Another Chapter! By the way, anybody who can name the person I was quoting from when Kagome was talking about the hotpockets wins. Wins what, I have no clue, but they win.
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