A/N: I know, the last chapter could've been MUCH better. ): I'm sorry X.X And thank you for the reviews… (: I can't help but notice that the average number of reviews for each chapter is dropping T.T Please spare one review, every single reader? I know I have almost five times people with my story on Favorites than reviews… o.o
3,284 words; 8 pages, yay! .
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Note: Remember, in Japan, the driver's seat is on the right side… not left like in the USA. :) Or, is it on the right side!? O.o Oh well, in here it is, k:P
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He chuckled once more. "'K, I gotta go now, sweetheart," he said, using a proper and much sweeter nickname. "Bye, doll."
"Bye…" Kagome clicked off the phone, sighing in content. She stared up at the ceiling, before getting up quickly and running downstairs.
"Mom, guess who my new boyfriend is!" She glowed with delight.
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Chapter 23: Panda!
"Hrm, it actually looks warm outside today… That's odd, it's November," Kagome said, looking out the shades of her bedroom window. Kagome sighed, "Eh, well, time to get ready for school!"
She entered the bathroom, glancing at her mirror. 'Maybe I'll snip some of my hair right now…' she thought, running her fingers through her long black hair. Fleetingly looking at her bathroom clock, she decided she had the time. Taking out a pair of scissors, layer cutter, and a comb, she began trimming her hair everywhere. 'How 'bout… a nice shag-like mullet?' she thought reasonably as she trimmed part of her hair shorter in the top.
After finishing the last little snip, she placed the scissors and comb down on the sink counter. Kagome fluffed up the hair at the top of her head a little, parted her only slightly shorter bangs to the side, and smiling in a cheesy manner. "Looks good to me," she shrugged, before stripping of her clothes and entering the prepared hot shower.
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Kagome slipped a white Hello Kitty print tank top over her bra, followed by a yellow and navy blue hooded three-fourths sleeved shirt. Dark blue skinny legged jeans adorned her legs, and black and white checkered Vans were on her little feet.
"Last little touch…" she fluffed her hair up once more and clipped on a little pink bow, with Hello Kitty in the middle. "Yay me!" Kagome clapped happily in a joking manner, imitating London from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
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"I hope dipping French Vanilla waffles in hot cocoa doesn't give diarrhea…" Kagome mumbled as she slipped on her navy blue Jansport backpack. 'Today's a nice day… maybe I'll spare the world from my car's pollution and walk to school today.'
Right as she stepped onto the pavement of the sidewalk, a black Mercede Benz pulled up on the curb and rolled down its passenger seat's window. "Want a ride?" Inuyasha grinned, stretching his head out as far as he could so Kagome could see him.
"'kay!" Kagome replied cheerfully, forgetting about the 'nice day' because Inuyasha was there. She plopped down on the passenger seat of the car, giving Inuyasha a kiss on the cheek and sweet smile.
He smiled in response, giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. "Did ya' cut your hair or something?" he asked, running his fingers through some of the short, soft locks.
She only nodded. "I felt like a little change, and I was bored this morning… that's all."
"I like it, it's different…" he complimented, grinning with one of his fangs poking out his mouth, and dog ears twitching.
"Spank you!" Kagome thanked in her own words.
Inuyasha's eyebrows wiggled up and down as he grinned in a highly amusing manner. "You wanna spank me?"
Kagome laughed as she slapped his arm slightly, pointing out to the road. "Shut up and drive us to school before I go animalistic on you."
"Animalistic, huh…?" Inuyasha winked suggestively at Kagome as he pressed on the accelerator.
She laughed again and poked at his hard side. "Just drive, and get your mind out of the gutter."
"How can I get my mind out of the gutter when you're sitting next to me, in your beautiful glory?"
"You're starting to sound like Miroku," she grinned, looking outside her opened window.
"You're so hot, you make my heart melt," Inuyasha said, pressing his large hand on his chest, where his heart was.
Kagome laughed loudly, responding. "That was so cheesy!"
"I know, baby," he winked for the millionth time that morning.
She tapped her chin thoughtfully, trying to think of a cheesy phrase. "You're so sweet… you make my teeth rot."
Inuyasha stepped on the brakes suddenly at the stop light, causing a few honks to sound, but he didn't care. He laughed in frenzy, holding his (well-muscled) stomach. "Make your teeth rot?!"
He finished laughing as the traffic light turned green and he stepped down on the pedal. "Oh, you're cute," he said, taking hold of her small hands in his as he drove with one hand on the steering wheel.
"Hey, it's hard thinking of cheesy things!" she said, entangling her fingers with his.
Inuyasha sighed with a smile on his face. "Priceless, doll."
A wolf whistle to the left of them caught their attention. A boy Inuyasha recognized was from their school grinned in his black Mitsubishi. "'Sup, hottie?" he winked, referring to Kagome.
Kagome scrunched her face in distaste. "Go away, you horny pig."
He feigned sadness and put a hand on his head. "I'm hurt, Angel."
Inuyasha, at the moment, was burning in fury and forming his hands into fists. "Hey, stop hitting on my girlfriend," he said, strained, emphasizing the 'girlfriend'.
"Oh, Inuyasha… I didn't know this beautiful heaven-sent being was your girlfriend," the boy said, acting as if he had just found out this piece of information now.
"Shut the hell up and stop lying, Hojou, everybody knows we're together now. Now, fuck off before I bash your head on the school's cement stairs," Inuyasha exclaimed.
Hojou smirked. "Okay, okay, no need to get your man thong in a bunch!" He drove off as the light turned green, Inuyasha's ears hearing him laugh the whole way.
"Fucking bastard, hitting on you…" he grumbled to Kagome, lacing his fingers in hers once again.
"Aww… it's okay, Inuyasha," Kagome said, not admitting she was truly happy he got jealous. "You're my boyfriend, and the only one I ever want to be with."
Inuyasha looked over to her and smiled, nuzzling her cheek with his nose. "And you're the only girl I'll ever be with," he kissed her cheek lightly.
A comfortable silence fell over them for a few minutes, until they reached the school's parking lot with ten minutes to spare. Inuyasha broke the silence.
"…Farty face."
Kagome glared at him. "…Burpy butt!"
Inuyasha shook his head and gave out a small laugh. He pressed his lips against hers, giving her that inexplicable feeling in the pit of her stomach of happiness. She responded blissfully, giving in to his ministrations. He inhaled the natural scent of vanilla Kagome emitted every day, hour, and second of both their lives.
"C'mon, let's go… Miroku and Sango are probably waiting for us."
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"They'll probably think we're some old perverts looking for a 'good time'," Kagome said, raising up her pointer and middle finger on each hand and making quotation signals.
Sango shrugged, spinning around on her desk chair and watching Kagome seal the envelope of a letter. "We probably won't get a letter back, anyway."
"Unless we send them naked pictures."
Sango scrunched her nose up in repulsion. "And if they're perverts, they'll send back more naked pictures, and it'll end up with something like letter sex?"
Kagome shrugged. "We could tape another naked picture on the back of some kinky clothes and they'd be like, 'Ooh, I'd tap that!'"
They both laughed and gagged in disgust, both not believing what they were saying. Kagome wrote down a fake address in the top left corner of the envelope, and wrote the random address they had found on the middle. She stuck a stamp on the right corner and put it in the mailbox, now only having to wait for the mailman to come.
"Ahh, I wonder what'll happen… and what whoever will think about us," Sango said, looking up at her living room's ceiling.
Kagome shrugged for the second time. "Who cares, they don't know us. To them, we're 'Yumi' and 'Ayumi'."
"Those names match, how cheesy… now they'll probably think we're lesbians too."
"More fun!" Kagome cheered.
"We're gross," Sango suddenly popped up with.
"I know," Kagome said with mouth full of honey barbeque flavored chips: Fritos flavor twists!
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"I'm hungry," Kagome whined, rubbing her stomach. She glanced at Sango's bedroom clock, it was six at night and almost time for dinner!
Sango rolled her eyes and rolled off her bed. "You're always hungry, Kagome."
"Can't help it, food is a necessity… food is looove!" Kagome exclaimed, spinning around in circles with her arms high in the air.
"We can order some pizza, or we can cook ourselves," Sango shrugged.
"I'm too lazy and hungry to cook… let's order a super duper big pizza!" Kagome cheered.
"Half combo, half chicken?" Sango suggested.
"You read my mind!" Kagome's mouth watered as she imagined the pizza's flavor bursting in her mouth and the warmness sliding down her throat.
"What if… Subway runs out of chicken?!" Kagome asked Sango randomly.
She stared at Kagome weirdly. "I don't know…"
"Well, I'd be like… 'Yo, I, pigster, gots to eat, so go get me some chickennnn!'" Kagome put one hand on her hip, and one pointing up to the ceiling.
"And then you'd take out your bling and go 'See this bling, bitches? I'mma knock you out if you don't get them chickens and I'll steal all yo' lettuce, yo!'" Sango hid under her blankets, on the phone ordering the pizza.
"Roar!" Kagome yelled as she tackled Sango's giant teddy bear, almost as pig as she was, to the floor. She rolled around with it and hugged it tightly, as if she was trying to strangle it.
Sango hung up the phone and yelled at Kagome in dramatic mockery. "No, don't take my teddy's virginity!" She reached out from the bed and pretended to sob chaotically.
Kagome laughed evilly, though muffled since her face was pressed against the enormous stuffed animal's fluffy face.
"You probably already took its virginity," Kagome said in a little kid's voice, fully hugging the colossal bear.
Sango pouted, crossed her arms, and was about to make a comeback but the sound of the doorbell's chime interrupted her, as did Kagome's scream of "Pizza!"
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"Kagome… you ate like practically three-fourths of that extra large pizza!" Sango whined as she desperately tried to relish the taste of her last slice of "heaven". "Besides, how the hell can you eat that much and stay so… twiggy?! I mean, you practically have no thighs."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "You're exaggerating, Sango, I so do have thighs. And…" she shrugged; "Metabolism, I guess?"
Sango slapped her toned stomach. "Come on, metabolism, kick in!"
"Whatchu' talking about, Sango," Kagome said, popping a Reese's Pieces into her mouth. "You're just as skinny as I am. Except, you have way more muscles than I do!" She pointed to her skinny, muscle-less arms.
"Pfft," Sango blew a raspberry at Kagome. "I'm fat."
"Yeah, and by fat, you mean like two pounds heavier than I am 'cause you got muscles and you're taller."
"Whatev'," Sango said, rolling across the floor to grab her can of strawberry soda.
"Hm, it's only nine at night now," glancing at her clock. "Wanna three-way with the boys?"
"Sure, let's make it a late night calling on a Monday night!" Kagome cheered, grabbing Sango's home phone from its cartridge.
She dialed Miroku's number first, already remembering it by heart. Pressing the button for speaker phone, she and Sango waited lying on the plush carpet floor as the phone rang, until Miroku finally picked up.
"Sango, my baby with a nice booty!" Miroku said, obviously having seen the caller ID number.
Sango turned red with embarrassment and anger as Kagome started laughing loudly and rolling across the floor.
"Stupid pervert," Sango muttered into the phone. Kagome had calmed down and settled with giggles as she answered Miroku.
"Hi Miroku, it's Kagome!" Kagome almost chirped, cheerfully.
"Why hello there, Kagome deary. Are you currently at Sango's home?"
"Yup yup she is, we're gonna three-way with Inuyasha; can you hold on?" Sango asked.
You could see the grin Miroku slapped on his face when Sango's voice came onto the phone. "Of course… anything for you, honey buns!"
"…I am going to freaking slap you until my hand is printed on your cheek."
Miroku sweat dropped, not wanting to have a handprint tattooed onto his face. "Alright, alright… Just joking!"
"Good," Sango said as she dialed Inuyasha's number and pressed the flash button, connecting Miroku again.
"Huh," was the smart greeting Inuyasha had given when he picked up the phone.
"Well hello to you too, Inuyasha," Sango said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"What'cha need."
"Nothing, Miroku's on three-way and my phone's on speaker; Kagome's over," Sango answered.
Inuyasha perked up when he heard Kagome's name. "Kagome?"
"Hi Inuyasha!" Kagome called out from behind Sango, throwing her arms around Sango's neck and making the two topple over onto the floor and laugh, Sango also yelping.
"Mmm, two beautiful girls, in the same house, in the same room…" Miroku said, lecherous thoughts fully taking over his mind.
"Miroku, I love you!" Kagome chirped into the phone, Inuyasha's vein immediately popping out in irritation and frustration.
"Aw, isn't that sweet… little Kagome-poo told me she loved me!" Miroku said, rubbing it in Inuyasha's face, even if it was only a brother-sister type of love she expressed. "Well, I wuv you too!"
"Shut up!" Inuyasha yelled, grinding his teeth over practically nothing.
"Inuyasha, don't be mad! I was just kidding, I love you," Kagome grinned.
Inuyasha was silent as a pink blush brushed over his whole face. 'She just said she loved me… but, doesn't she always?' he thought, shaking his head and erasing the previous thoughts. 'But now… we're together' He smiled.
"Awww!" Miroku and Sango squealed in unison, though Miroku sounded a bit odd. "Kawaii!" Sango clapped her hands together and squeezed Kagome.
"I love you too, Kagome," Inuyasha finally answered with the biggest grin ever.
"Whee!" Kagome jumped and hugged Sango tightly again, knocking over the phone and rolling around while still holding onto her friend. She kissed Sango on the cheek friendly, feeling inexplicably happy.
"Geez, Kagome, don't pretend I'm Inuyasha! I'm going to lose my virginity just like you did to my poor little teddy bear!" Inuyasha and Miroku heard Sango yelling in a slightly far away voice, as they burst out laughing.
Kagome slapped a Chesire cat grin onto her face. "The bear deserved my loving, 'cause you wouldn't give it any."
Sango's mouth hung agape, making a shocked face in mockery. "How dare you."
"Oh, I dare?" Kagome smiled.
"Kagome, stop raping stuffed animals!" Inuyasha shouted through the phone's speakers, catching the two girls' attentions.
Sesshoumaru passed by Inuyasha's room, and went inside the opened door, staring at Inuyasha weirdly. "Kagome is raping stuffed animals?"
That moment, a moan that sounded forced out and mixed with giggles sounded out through the speakers, partially answering the older brother's questions. "Okay… hand me the phone for a second."
Inuyasha shrugged and handed the phone to his older brother.
"Kagome," Sesshoumaru's deep, matured voice was heard on the phone.
"Fluffy!" Kagome cried out happily. Inuyasha held in his laughter as 'Fluffy' glared at him menacingly.
"…Don't forget to use condoms, and be sure to take birth control pills."
Kagome stared at the phone, and then at the small panda bear animal she was sitting on and burst out laughing, as did Sango. "Okay!"
"Good, good…" Sesshoumaru slightly smiled. "I don't want mini Kagome-panda versions running around everywhere."
"…How'd you know she was doing a panda?" Sango stared at the phone weirdly, and got smacked by Kagome. 'Doing a panda…' Kagome raised an eyebrow, repeating it over and over in her head, deciding it sounded oh-so wrong.
"She loves panda bears, so of course she'd be sexing one up." Sesshoumaru turned his face away from Inuyasha, and grinned silently.
Miroku shuddered involuntarily. "I cannot imagine anyone, especially Kagome, doing a panda… that is just… sick!"
"Sesshoumaru, Miroku!" Kagome pouted and whined strongly.
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes at her child-like personality. "Okay, okay, I'll stop. But still, it's a panda!" he said, before tossing the phone back to Inuyasha and leaving the room.
Inuyasha laughed into the phone. "…Panda… the panda gets more love than me?!" he finally realized, as he thought of it.
Kagome ignored him, knowing it would be enough to drive him seriously, insanely mad. "Hm," Kagome said, holding up the stuffed Panda she had been killing with her weight. "Hey this panda's cute, I'll name him… Pablo!" Kagome piped, squeezing the Panda in a loving hug after.
Covering her mouth, Sango laughed, repeating the name Pablo over and over in her head. "You know, you can have… Pablo. I've never really paid attention to it, really."
"Yay!" Kagome cheered, hugging the panda bear tighter and started talking to it, squeezing its cheeks and kissing it.
Inuyasha growled into the phone, listening to Kagome's love ranting and procedures to the panda bear… more precisely, the loud kisses he could hear her smacking away on the plush panda's head. Oh, how he wanted to rip that little bear's head off…
Miroku laughed loudly. "Hah, she chose a cute little stuffed Panda over you, Inuyasha!"
"Shut up, Miroku! I'm definitely beating you up tomorrow morning…"
"…I'm hungry." Kagome popped up randomly, scrunching up her face cutely.
"Kagome, you just had like… nine slices of extra large slices of pizza! Even two cans of strawberry soda, and a whole bag of Starbursts!" Sango stared incredulously.
"Oh, yeah, that reminds me… I need to pee!" She got up from her spot and ran upstairs to Sango's bathroom, refreshing herself, or rather… her bladder.
Kagome popped out suddenly next to Sango, scaring her and making her scream. Kagome only sighed contently, looking as if she was in heaven now. "That felt good!"
Miroku and Inuyasha laughed weirdly at Kagome. "That was… fast," Miroku said.
Kagome shrugged, but remembered only Sango and herself could see it. "I have mad bathroom-using skills!"
"Eh, It's already thirty minutes until midnight… let's call it a night, if we sleep any later we'll never get up in time for school tomorrow," Sango sighed.
"Yeah… good night Sango deary, Kagome-poo, and, uh… Inuyasha!" Miroku called out, blowing kisses into the phone.
Sango rolled her eyes at her friend's antics. "G'night, Miroku."
"Nightnight, 'Roku-boo!" Kagome fake giggled, pretending she was a preppy little school girl falling to his feet.
"Good night Miroku," Inuyasha grounded out.
Miroku let out a nervous laugh. "Okay, bye, see you all tomorrow!" He said, and hung up.
"'Night 'Yash, I'll let you have a little time with Kagome now," Sango said, turning off the speaker phone and handing the phone to Kagome. "I'll be in my room."
"'Kay!" Kagome called out to Sango, who was walking up the stairs.
"Well, uh… good night, Inuyasha," Kagome smiled, pressing her finger onto her cheek instinctively… why, she didn't know.
"G'night, Kagome…" Inuyasha responded, a soft smile playing on his face as he listened to her voice.
A silence overcame them, not awkward, but rather comforting.
"…I love you," Kagome whispered into the phone happily, heart racing and stomach twisting and turning.
"I love you too, Kagome… I can't even explain how much," Inuyasha answered, making Kagome's heart soar as she pressed the phone onto her ear.
"Sweet dreams, 'Yasha."
"Of you?" Inuyasha smirked, lying back onto his bed and placing one hand behind his head.
Kagome let out a little laugh. 'I love her laugh,' he smiled. "I'll be sure to dream of you too!" she sing-songed.
"'Night," they said in unity, hanging up.
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Kagome jumped in Sango's queen sized bed, making Sango bounce up a bit. "Good night, Sango!" she gave Sango a friendly good night hug, tucking herself inside the comforter and held onto the stuffed panda Sango let her have.
"Good night… Pablo!"
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