Teacher's Pet
Chapter 32: Party Guest
"Is the party still on tomorrow, Kags?" Sango asked.
"Of course. My mom has taken her trip. She won't be back until the 5th of January and Sota is on a trip with boy scouts and won't be back until the 21st." Kagome placed her books in her locker. It was the Thursday before they got out for Christmas break.
"Why isn't your mom spending Christmas with you?" Kanna asked when she and Inuyasha got in Kagome's car.
Kagome shrugged. "She stopped spending holidays with us when Sota turned 5. Since then, it's just been us. New Year, Valentine's Day. His birthday is in July and I've always tried to throw him a nice party. He pretends it doesn't hurt him, but I know he's wondering if he's done something wrong to make her act like she does. I've told him over and over again that it has nothing to do with him, but he's so young. He doesn't really understand."
"You're young too Kagome." Inuyasha said softly.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "The party I'm having tomorrow normally lasts the whole weekend. We party Friday and Saturday, then exchange gifts on Sunday and eat a huge dinner."
"How long has this been going on?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome shrugged. "Since middle school I guess. By then I already knew how to cook and clean. All of my friends' parents knew I was responsible. Hell, they're thankful for my party because they get to party themselves."
"Makes sense. They can get the kids outta the house to do the nasty." Inuyasha said.
"You sounded like you were twelve!" Kanna laughed.
"I need to grocery shop for this weekend." She made a quick right turn and entered the parking lot for the store.
"Where are the eggs?" Inuyasha asked.
"Use your nose, dog demon." Kagome teased, putting paper towels in the basket.
Kanna hid a giggle behind her hand. Inuyasha glared at both of them and walked away.
Kagome shook her head. "Let's see…what else is on the list?"
Kanna looked at the paper in her hands that Kagome had written the items on. "Um…" she looked in the basket, then back at the list, "We don't have any plates or cups."
"Alright." Kagome turned around and bumped into a solid chest.
"You should pay attention to where you're going." That voice…it was…familiar.
Kagome looked up and saw the waiter from the other day. She smirked. "You following me, or something?"
"Not at all." Tsubasa smiled. "But maybe I should. You never told me your name."
Kagome looked behind him and saw that the plates she was looking for were gone. A quick glance in his basket showed that he'd taken the last three packs. "Tell you what. I'll tell you my name if you give me a pack of plates."
Tsubasa stroked his chin. "Hmmm…I could give you a pack of the plates that my mother specifically asked for…but I'd only get your name. That doesn't seem like a fair trade."
Kagome smirked. He wasn't this confident when he was their waiter. She liked this side of Tsubasa though. "Ok. How about this? I'm having a party tomorrow. If you give me your number, I'll text you the address." She paused. "And I'll tell you my name."
"Now that's more like it!" Tsubasa flashed his white teeth.
Nice smile. Kagome thought. Very nice.
Tsubasa was still smiling when he reached into his basket and grabbed a pack of plates. "You have really pretty eyes, you know that?"
"So I've heard." Kagome said, not playing into his flirting and snatching the plates out of his hand.
"Someone's got an attitude." Tsubasa smirked. Kagome's phone was in her back pocket and he snatched it.
"Hey!" Kagome turned around, ready to purify the demon behind her.
"You need my number, remember? It's under 'Hottie'." Tsubasa calmly handed Kagome her phone.
"You're something else." Kagome shook her head.
"I'm gonna take that as a compliment. See you tomorrow." He said, a glimmer of hope in his eye.
"Well I have to keep up my end of the bargain, don't I? Wouldn't wanna become a liar." Kagome and Kanna walked off.
"Hey! Your name?!" Tsubasa called after her.
"Kagome." She answered without turning around.
"Ka-go-me." He said, testing it out.
Kanna had been quiet during the exchange, even sneaking away to grab a few of the items that were on the list, but never going out of earshot of the flirting pair. As they walked off, she turned back and saw Tsubasa staring at Kagome. Kanna absently wondered what it was like to be as pretty as Kagome and to have guys after her like that. Kanna sighed. She'd let her mind stray too far. She knew nothing like that would ever happen to her.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
Kanna shook her head.
Kagome frowned. "Kan, you're really pretty. You have nothing to worry about. The right guy will come for you." Kagome said. As a miko, she was sensitive to the emotions of those around her, more so those that she was close to. She felt the waves of sadness coming off of Kanna in waves and could only guess what she was feeling. Apparently by the look in Kanna's face, she'd been right.
Kanna shrugged. "The only other female I've ever been around for long is Kagura and she wants to hump everyone she sees."
"That slut." Kagome frowned. Then shivered. Had Sesshomaru cheated on her with Kagura? She'd never smelled anything that expensive coming from her…but Sesshomaru could've bought her the perfume himself. Then again, with as many women as Sesshomaru had to choose from, he could've cheated on her with some of everyone.
The small, quiet demon looked at Kagome. She could feel the heat coming from Kagome's anger radiating off of her in waves. "Um…Kagome…"
Kagome shook her head and snapped out of her anger, pulling her aura back in. Inuyasha came back with the rest of the items they needed for the party. "Is this everything?" He asked.
Kagome checked the list and looked in the basket. "Yep. I think this is it. Time to check out." They went to the line so the cashier could ring them up.
"Wow, this stuff is starting to really add up." Inuyasha said, watching the total rise.
"Eh." Kagome shrugged. She'd already calculated around how much the groceries would cost, so it was no surprise to her. She spotted a flash of silver out of the corner of her eye and felt a familiar aura tickle her spine. The young miko frowned immediately.
"What's the matter?" Tsubasa popped up out of nowhere. "You're way too pretty to be frowning."
Kagome could help but smile at his antics. "Get out of my face, Tsubasa."
"But you're smiling so I don't think you really mean that." Tsubasa grabbed a pack of cups out of Kagome's basket to look at.
"Oi! What are you doing here?!" Inuyasha didn't like that Tsubasa seemed to have Kagome's attention.
"I am interested as to why the lovely Kagome is frowning. It doesn't suit her." Tsubasa answered.
In the back of Kagome's mind, she felt that aura that tickled her in ways that she never thought possible. It didn't move. It stood there, watching as Tsubasa flirted with her. Now, had Kagome been a spiteful person, she could've made a scene. She could've flirted back with Tsbasa, or she could've pointed out Sesshomaru was watching her. But she didn't do either. Instead, she calmly took the cups from Tsubasa's hands, placed them on the conveyer belt so the cashier could finish ringing up their items. Kagome was presented with the total, and she swiped her card, not saying a word. Tsubasa and Inuyasha both watched Kagome in silence.
Tsubasa didn't question Kagome's sudden change in demeanor. He looked at her quietly, admiring her beauty and hoping that he would be able to get close enough to ask her about what had happened. "Don't forget to text me, Kagome." He paused. "I'll have to think of a nickname for you. I love giving people nicknames." Tsubasa left to get his own basket and check out.
"What did he mean by text him?" Inuyasha asked, putting the bags in the basket.
"Just that, Yash. I invited him to the party." Kagome said. The trio walked out to Kagome's car. Once they loaded the groceries inside, they got in themselves. Kagome stared at her hands gripped tightly on the steering wheel.
"Mr. Taisho was there." Kanna's soft voice filled the air in the otherwise quiet car.
Inuyasha watched Kagome stiffen. "What?! That BASTARD!"
"Why are you yelling? He's not here." Kagome said lowly, pulling out of the parking lot.
"Is that why you just grabbed the cups from dude?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome nodded. She didn't know why, but she didn't want Sesshomaru to know that she had a suitor. When she pulled into her driveway, she noticed Kanna and Inuyasha staring at her. "Geez guys! I'm not gonna explode or anything!"
"Eh. Chicks are weird." Inuyasha snorted and got out of the car.
"Everything is set for the party." Kagome said to Sango the next day. "I just called Miroku. He's coming over in a little bit, he's packing right now."
"Alright. I think Koga is using his mom's car. Ayame is riding with him." Sango looked at the time on her phone. They'd gotten everything set up faster than they though. "You took care of the liquor?"
"Duh." Kagome scoffed. "Called Hojo yesterday. Got most of it for free, too."
Sango shook her head. "You have so many guys wrapped around your little finger."
As if on cue, Inuyasha came downstairs carrying a wreath. "Where do you want me to put this?"
Kagome looked at Sango and the two shared a laugh.
"Hey, what's up with you and Kanna though? Since when do you take the new girl completely under your wing?" Sango asked while Inuyasha stared at the girls in confusion.
Kagome shrugged. "She's painfully shy. I like her. She's different."
Sango paused for a moment before answering. "You don't have some sort of like…lezbo crush on her…do you?"
Kagome glared at Sango.
"I don't have a problem with my best friend liking girls or anything, don't get me wrong. Does Inuyasha know? Does he like…wanna have a threesome?"
Inuyasha's ears perked up at the idea of a threesome. What guy didn't want to have sex with Kagome and another girl?! The haynou felt his pants get a little tighter just thinking about it.
"I'm gonna ignore you until everyone gets here." Kagome said, turning away from Sango and grabbing her keys off the table. C'mon Yash, we've gotta go get Kanna."
Sango smirked but wiped it off her face when Kagome set her steely glare on her again. "So we get to see where she lives this time?"
Kagome didn't answer, but she turned the radio up louder as they cruised down the street. They picked Kanna up from the same McDonald's they always did. Kanna got in the car with a small bag.
"Hi!" She said perkily. More perkily than Kagome would have expected.
"Hey." Kagome said cautiously.
"I've got great news!" Kanna said, not noticing that she was in the back seat with Inuyasha and Sango was up front.
"We can talk about it when we get back to my house." Kagome smiled. Whatever this news was had Kanna happy, and that made Kagome ecstatic.
"Alright!" Kanna chirped, anxious to share with Kagome and Inuyasha. "How are you today Sango?"
"I'm fine. Why can't she share in the car Kagome?" Sango answered then asked in the same breath.
Kagome held her sigh in. She really didn't want to deal with Sango at the moment, so she chose to ignore her like she said she would. "You packed for the whole weekend, Kan?"
"Yep! But I think I left an outfit or two over your house from the last time I was there." Kanna was trying to keep the conversation going and away from Sango.
"Yeah, you did. I already washed and folded them. They're in my dresser." Kagome answered, happy that she was almost back at her house.
"Kinda flew back, didn't ya Kags?" Inuyasha teased when they'd entered Kagome's house.
"Keep on, and I'm going to purify you to ashes, k?" Kagome said with a creepy smile on her face. Inuyasha gulped and escaped when there was a knock on the door.
"Hey Miroku!" Inuyasha greeted. "Let's go…fix Kagome's sink. It's leaking." Inuyasha wanted to get as far away from Kagome as he possibly could at the moment.
"I didn't know your sink had a leak." Kanna said.
"It doesn't. Inuyasha's just running with his tail between his legs." Kagome shook her head. "What's in the bag?"
"Gifts!" Kanna exclaimed.
"Oh, Kan, you didn't have to bring gifts. I don't think anyone expected you to." Kagome smiled. Kanna was a really great person, and Kagome would do everything she could to get her out of the situation she was in. Which reminded Kagome, "Help me get the rest of the decorations from my room."
"Alright I-"
"I thought you said that we were done with the decorations." Sango interjected.
"I forgot something upstairs." Kagome was thinking of what decorations could have been left upstairs, but she there weren't any and she knew that if she walked downstairs without anything, Sango would probably have a fit.
Luckily, the doorbell rang. –Saved by the bell.- "Sango, could you get that, please?" Kagome grabbed Kanna's hand and darted up the stairs without giving Sango a chance to reply. Once they were in her room, Kagome closed the door and turned to Kanna. "Ok, so what's the big news?"
"Naraku and Kagura are gonna be out of town until we go back to school!" Kanna said with a huge smile on her face.
"That's amazing, Kanna! Do you want to stay here until then?" Kagome asked.
Kanna's eyes grew wide. "Really? You'd let me stay here?"
"Of course I would, silly. You're my friend." Kagome smiled, happy that Kanna would be free from her tormentors for almost an entire month.
"Then yes! I'd love to stay here!" Kanna ran and hugged Kagome. "Thank you so much!"
Kagome smiled and hugged Kanna back. "You're more than welcome, Kan."
Inuyasha walked in the door on the two friends embracing. "Um…what did I just walk in on?"
Kagome let go of Kanna and rolled her eyes. "Leave it to you to make this nasty."
"Whatever. Koga and Ayame are here." Inuyasha said. "Did you text your little boyfriend?"
"He's the furthest thing from my boyfriend, Inuyasha." Kagome started walking down the stairs, back to the rest of her friends. "Hey you two!"
"Hey Kags!" Koga and Ayame greeted at the same time. They were both carrying an overnight bag and a black bulky bag that Kagome guessed was full of gifts.
"You know where everything goes. Pizza or wings?" Kagome asked.
"What do you mean 'or'?" Inuyasha asked.
"Fat ass. Well…to the kitchen! Everyone makes their own pizza." Kagome said, everyone following her to her kitchen.
Finally, two hours later, the pizzas were almost done and Kagome had started on the hot wings.
"What movie do you all want to watch?" Kagome asked just as the doorbell rang. She had her hair in a ponytail and she had flour smeared on her face and clothes. She opened the door and saw Tsubasa.
"Well, hello there." Tsubasa said with a smile.
"Hi. Come on in." Kagome stepped to the side and let Tsubasa enter her living room where everyone was sitting and waiting to see who was at the door. "Everyone, this is Tsubasa. Tsubasa, this is everyone. Miroku, Sango, Ayame, Koga, and you already know Inuyasha and Kanna."
"I've seen them, I never knew their names. But hello everyone." He was very polite.
"Where'd you meet Tsubasa, Kagome?" Sango asked.
"When Kanna, Inuyasha, and I had a mental health day. We went to this little restaurant and Tsubasa was our waiter." Kagome explained, going back into the kitchen to check on the food.
Sango was examining Tsubasa. She could already tell the he liked Kagome, just by the way he watched her as she walked away. Then Sango looked at Inuyasha and saw him glaring at Tsubasa. This would prove to be one interesting weekend.
"So Tsubasa, what school do you go to?" Miroku asked in the silence.
"Right now I go to Hiromoutou High. But I'm transferring after break is over." Tsubasa answered.
"Oh? Why are you transferring?"
"Starting over somewhere new." He said uneasily.
"We never picked a movie." Kagome poked her head out of the kitchen. "Or we can watch a TV show."
"Vampire Diaries!" Ayame exclaimed.
"No!" Everyone else said and Ayame shrunk back into her seat.
"What about a romantic comedy?"Sango suggested.
"NO!" Kagome said loudly. "No romance. Horror! Action! Anything but romance."
Everyone looked at Kagome, wondering what was wrong with her.
"What's with your sudden aversion to romance?" Sango asked.
Kagome shrugged. "I just don't wanna watch some stupid lovey dovey movie. That's all. We should watch all of the Resident Evil movies. I like those. Or Wrong Turn."
"Those get stupid after a while." Tsubasa said. "After about the second one, they get pretty bad."
"Final Destination?" Koga suggested.
"Those are the same as the Wrong Turns. They ran out of ways to kill off the people." Miroku said.
"Well it looks like Resident Evil movies then. I kinda like Wrong Turn though. I think I've only seen 3 of them." Inuyasha stated.
"Ok then. So Resident Evil, then Wrong Turn, and we might as well throw Final Destination in there, too." Sango finalized.
"Alright. The food is ready. Sango, your chicken and spinach pizza. Kanna, your spinach and cheese pizza. Miroku your…barbque chicken, spinach, pineapple, pepperoni, sausage, and orange pizza. Inuyasha your spaghetti and meatball pizza. Koga your…taco pizza? Kami, you guys are weird. And Ayame, your plain cheese pizza." Kagome passed out the pizzas as she named them.
"Anybody wanna try some of mine?" The guys asked at the same time.
The girls frowned and shook their heads. Sango actually gagged.
"Kagome, what kind of pizza did you make?" Tsubasa asked.
"Meat lovers. Sausage, pepperoni, and bacon." Kagome said. "Want a slice?" She held up a slice oozing cheese to his face.
"Sure." He bit from the slice in her hand instead of taking it from her.
"Um…" Kagome put the slice of pizza down on a plate in front of Tsubasa. "Let me go get the wings and put in the first movie."
Sango watched Kagome scamper to the kitchen. Yes, this weekend was going to be interesting indeed.