Television, Cars, and Coffee Chapter 14
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The group ventured down the sidewalk, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha as far away from eachother as possible.
"The what?" Inuyasha asked after Kagome told them how they were getting to the store.
"The Bus" she repeated.
"...the what?"
Kagome sighed as Rin giggled. Sesshomaru gave his half-brother a blank look out of the corner of his eye.
"You'll see when we get there" Kagome said as they reached the bus stop. The girls sat on the bench as both of the brothers elected to stand on either side of them.
Kagome tried not to react to any of the passing people who were giving the bunch odd looks. Most of them were directed towards Inuyasha. It wasn't everyday that you saw someone in the middle of a city dressed in a completely red outfit with a baseball cap. A fair share of the glances were directed towards the Taiyoukai as well. His pointed ears weren't exactly normal in the area. But the thing that stood out most on both of them was their long, silver hair. People walking by just couldn't keep their gaze from falling on it.
They would follow up by looking down at the ground and walking off, pretending that they hadn't even seen either of the youkai. Of course, nobody, save the two girls inbetween them, knew what they really were, for which Kagome was grateful. She could just imagine the chaos that would insue if they were found out. Permitting Inuyasha to wear his usual attire was pushing it; she just hoped his hat wouldn't fly off. That was sure to draw some attention.
Kagome had to laugh to herself at this point. She could just imagine a raging mob chasing the two down the street with torches and pitchforks. Her grandfather would lead the pack, throwing sutras like there was no tomorrow. Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru glanced at Kagome upon hearing her quiet laugh. Sesshomaru merely raised an eyebrow while Inuyasha, ever curious, just had to ask.
"What in the world is so funny!"
"Nothing important Inuyasha. I was just thinking" Kagome replied, a small smile still on her face. The hanyou crossed his arms and huffed.
"So, why are we just standing here again?" he asked, gesturing towards the ground.
"I told you Inuyasha, we're waiting for the bus!" Kagome replied, getting a little annoyed.
Inuyasha uncrossed his arms and looked straight into her eyes with complete seriousness before responding.
"...the what?"
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Kagome rested her forehead on the cold glass of the window and stared out at the scenery with indifference. This was going to be a long trip. She lifted her head slightly before letting it fall back where it was with a little 'thump'. She sighed, remembering what happened when the bus had finally arrived.
Kagome had been staring at Inuyasha in complete disbelief. Could he really be that thick? She had told him plenty of times they were taking the bus, hadn't she?
That was when the big automobile had turned the corner and headed towards them, completely averting Inuyasha's attention. This was also when Kagome realized that she hadn't had Inuyasha remove his sword before they left. Kagome could only watch in anxiety as Inuyasha growled at the oncoming object before unsheathing his sword and pointing it towards the offending bus. She was about to take action and sit the hanyou when someone cut her off.
"Inuyasha, are you as dense as to think the approaching bus is a threat?"
"Feh! How do you know it's the bus, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha spat.
Sesshomaru shook his head a bit, "Inuyasha, you truley are idiotic. Besides the fact that I have ridden the bus during previous encounters, if you would have taken the time to actually look at the approaching machine, you would have seen the word 'bus' on the front of it" Sesshomaru explained, and Kagome was sure that that sentence was the most she had ever heard out of the Taiyoukai in one breath.
Inuyasha looked at his half-brother angrily before swinging his attention back on the bus and discovered that it did indeed have the word 'bus' on the front of it in big, bold print. The hanyou blinked a couple of times before resheathing his Tetsusaiga and crossing his arms. The bus stopped in front of them and they got on. Kagome noticed at once that nobody else was on the bus except the driver and a little old lady at the very back. The miko payed the fee before sitting down in a seat. She looked up at the other three, waiting for them to sit down. Rin immediately launched herself into the spot beside Kagome. Sesshomaru then took the seat behind them. Kagome watched Inuyasha, waiting for him to sit down. He looked back at her.
"I'm not sitting with Sesshomaru" he growled.
Kagome by now, was losing patience with Inuyasha, and snapped, "Fine! Sit across from us then!" before turning to glare out the window at the innocent trees. The inu hanyou blinked at Kagome, slightly surprised at her sudden show of temper. What had he done now? Inuyasha chose to sit where she told him to, relieved that he hadn't been sat, which surprised him. He had received the dreaded punishment enough to know that when Kagome was in that sort of mood, a 'sit' was hiding just behind the corner if he didn't watch his step.
Yes, Kagome was truley beginning to regret allowing Inuyasha to stay there with them. The bus rolled to a stop, and the four of them got off. Kagome led them down the street, and into a large parking lot. Traveling down one of the aisles towards the store at the end, everyone except the miko stared at the building. It was huge! Nothing like they had ever seen, and to top it off, the archititecture was completely unfamiliar.
Sesshomaru blinked, taking in the design. 'Seems stable. It seems as if the humans have improved in this field as well' Inuyasha just gawked at it.
"Kagome!" he said, "this is a lot bigger than the other place you took me that one time!"
"Yes Inuyasha. That's because this is a supermarket"
"Supermarket?"
"Really big store"
"oh"
They entered the building only to be blasted in the face with airconditioning. Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru immediately started sniffing lightly, taking in all the different scents of the place.
"First, we need to get a cart" Kagome announced, heading towards the area where they were kept. The old man who was stationed there pulled one out, and handed one over her. Smiling in gratitude at the man, she turned the cart around, and led Sesshomaru, Rin, and Inuyasha into the food section. Kagome had reloaded her wallet after they had returned from the pharmacy yesterday. Along with her birthday money, her mother had left her a small stash also, so she was set for a while. Reaching the produce section, Kagome pulled out her trusty list.
"Hmm" she said to herself, "In this aisle, we need... nothing that's on the list" she finished lamely. Kagome looked up from the list, and gazed around at the random fruits and vegetables.
"Grapes!" she announced, skitting over to the said fruit, and grabbing a bunch of them. She placed them in the cart, and proceeded to the next aisle, everyone trailing behind...
The next aisle was cereal.
"Ooooh!" Rin exclaimed, her eyes darting from one decorative color to the next. "Look! Cereal! Can we get some Kagome-chan? Can we? Can we?"
Rin, who was walking beside Sesshomaru, scampered away from him across the floor to the cereal and picking up a random box of the stuff before holding it up for Kagome to see.
"Um, Rin? I don't think you'll want that one" she said, relieving the child of the box that, on the front, in big, bold, red letters, said, 'BRAN FLAKES'.
Kagome set it back on the shelf, and grabbed a different one.
"How about this kind?"
"What's that, Kagome-chan?"
"Life. It tastes a lot better in my opinion"
"Ok then! Rin wants Life!"
Kagome nodded, and Rin added the cereal to the cart. The entered the next aisle, which had all of the refridgerated stuff in it. Kagome picked up all of the items she needed from there, and they continued on.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as the entered the ramen section. The hanyou's mouth practically dropped to the floor upon seeing the quantity and variety of the noodles. He took a few steps forward, head swivelling back and forth, taking in all the scenery, before he slowly but surely turned his head back to look at Kagome. She could tell by the gleam in his eyes that he was truely happy. Unable to deny him any more, Kagome gave in.
"Go ahead, Inuyasha. Pick some out!" she encouraged. He grinned at her before launching himself at the defenseless ramen, who, if they could talk, would have screamed bloody murder at the approaching hanyou. Sesshomaru watched his half-brother with mild interest. What was the big deal with the ramen? Hm... He would have study this matter further, but at a later time, he concluded. Right now, he had to call Rin back, who had wondered over towards the hanyou, and now was in danger of being flatten by him.
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After the ramen incident, in which three helpless shopping carts sustained mild injuries, and five shoppers were slightly frightened, Kagome had to drag Inuyasha away from the section. They had managed to get everything else on the list with little damage, save one item.
'Please Sesshomaru' Kagome thought, 'handle yourself better than Inuyasha'
They arrived in the soft drink aisle, and the Taiyoukai immediately spotted the Pepsi, and strode over to it. He turned back to Kagome in silent question.
"Er, grab three. If you drink all that, we can always come back for more"
Kagome watched as Sesshomaru grabbed the bottles one at a time, having only one arm to work with, and set them into the cart. As he did this, Kagome noticed that he had the slightest of smiles on his face, one that if you weren't looking directly at him, you would miss it. Also, Kagome noted, his eyes were shining like a little kid's when he receives a gift. Kagome smiled at this. Who knew that Sesshomaru could be so innocent looking?
Inuyasha, who was still mad about being dragged away from the ramen after he only picked out five different kinds, was grumbling as he watched Sesshomaru grab the beverage and load it into the cart. How come he wasn't dragged away in the middle of getting his stuff? That just wasn't fair.. Inuyasha huffed, crossed his arms, and turned around. Sesshomaru finished up, and looked at Kagome, waiting for her to start moving. She smiled at him before turning the cart to the right and heading towards the candy aisle to pick up some chocolate for Jaken.
Picking up a bag of mini-snickers and adding it to the cart, Kagome turned to everyone else.
"Does anybody else want anything?" she asked.
Sesshomaru nodded, Inuyasha scoffed, still soar from the earlier events, and Rin cheered.
"Go ahead and pick something out" she said, and Sesshomaru and Rin made their selections, and added them to the cart.
"Ok? Are we done now?" Kagome asked.
"Feh. If I don't get anymore ramen, than yes"
Kagome sighed, completely exasperated. "Fine, Inuyasha. Go get one more, but hurry up, ok?"
Inuyasha immediately dropped his angry demeanor and grinned at the miko before running off, only to appear seconds later holding some ramen in his hand. Kagome took it off of him and dropped it into the cart.
"Ok!" she announced "We! Are! Done!"
She did a one-eighty with the cart and headed towards the check-out. They got in line, and Kagome started to put the contents of the cart onto the conveyer belt. She sighed at the amount of stuff she ended up buying, and grabbed another item, and tossed it into the pile. At this speed, they were going to be at the cash register forever! Then, completely out of the blue, another arm reached down into the cart, and grabbed some food, adding it onto the belt. Kagome's gaze rose up the arm, onto the owner's shoulder, and onto his face. She was shocked to see that it was Sesshomaru's. She looked at him questioningly, which he just returned the stare blankly before grabbing something else. Shrugging, Kagome continued to add stuff onto the line. Once they were finished, and the cashier had rung everything up, Kagome paid for the food, and they headed out the door.
Kagome looked down into the cart. There were six bags, so she handed two to Inuyasha, and she grabbed two, before looking at Sesshomaru who had already grabbed the remaining ones.
"Rin" Kagome said, "can you push the cart over here please?" Kagome led Rin to the cart collector, and had her add it to the other ones.
"Come on. He have to go, or we'll miss the bus" Kagome said flatly. She really was getting sick of the bus.
A/N: There you go! Chapter 14! Ha! I did put the grocery store in this chapter! So, that means know waffle irons to the kneecaps for me! Haha!
Personally, I really don't care much for the bus, but, as soon as I get a part time job, it'll probably be my main mode of transportation unless I want to walk the whole way downtown into the middle of the city. That doesn't bother me so much, actually. It's just that the city I live in is in a valley, and I live on the top of the valley, and all the jobs are located at the bottom. It's not so much the walking down, it's the walking up that I despise... how did I get on the subject of walking? Oh yeah, the bus. Let's just say, it's not my favortite mode of transportation...
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