Um… heh heh? You know what I won't even bother you with an A.N. On with the story…
A Lovely Mix Up
Chapter 9: Attackers and Flashbacks
Disclaimer: You know I hate writing these things every flipping time… they make me all depressed! I do not own InuYasha or anything at all related to him (except a couple movies)!
Recap
She gasped and dropped her fork and it made a loud bang as it hit the plate.
Hojo-kun.
He was looking even more stunning than usual wearing his tux.
And he was walking towards her table.
This couldn't have surprised her as much as what InuYasha said next.
"There you are! Your date just ran into the bathroom crying!"
Date?
NowThen Kagome did the one thing that any other sane person, (who's crush she'd never even spoken too and was heading straight for them, I might add), would do.
Yes, she ran to the girl's bathroom, the only women's sanctuary on earth.
Okay, maybe that's over exaggerating a little, but hey at least she was safe.
Kagome arrived at the restrooms and slammed the door on a poor old woman's head; she apologized profusely, before slamming the door shut once again and locking it. Why there is a lock on the bathroom door? The world may never know.
"Sango? Hello? You okay?" Kagome checked under each stall as she walked toward the sinks.
A loud groan came from the stall nearest to the wall and Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Sango, I don't know what's wrong, but we have a serious crisis on our hands!" Kagome yelled dramatically and Sango sniffled in response.
"Nothing could be as bad as, finding out that your supposed date, turned out to be a total lecher!" Sango broke down sobbing once more.
Kagome's eyebrows shot up in surprise and anger.
"What the hell Sango? You know I like Hojo-kun, and he is definitely not a "lecher"." Kagome growled and flung open the stall Sango was occupying.
Sango stared at her in wonder. "What?"
Kagome glared and crossed her arms. "You are so lucky to have him as a date and not a love potion induced, self centered, punk-goth… guy!"
Kagome knew she was lying to herself; he'd done everything she wanted without any complaint.
Sango stood up slowly from inside the stall, giving Kagome an incredulous look.
"Hojo? As in Akitoki Hojo, the guy you've had a crush on for like… ever?"
Kagome blushed a little "Well, not forever…"
Sango shook her head quickly, "That's not the point! You mean to say that the lecher with the ponytail isn't my date?"
"Yeah, that was Miroku our cook."
Kagome stepped back as Sango walked out of the bathroom stall with a maniacal grin on her face.
"Uh, Sango, um you are scaring me." Kagome sweat dropped, as Sango backed her into a corner.
"This is perfect! All we have to do is get rid of InuYasha and you'll have Hojo all to yourself in a beautiful restaurant no less." Sango rubbed her hands together like the bad guy in a horror movie.
Kagome blanched "Sango, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but it seems that you have forgotten that I threw up all over him just the other day!" Kagome yelled so loud that the mirror shook slightly.
Sango's face fell at that.
"Oh right, well maybe-"
"No."
"But I could-"
"I said NO!"
Sango sighed and blew a strand of hair out of her face.
"Hmph, fine see if I ever help you again!" She pursed her lips and headed for the door.
Kagome groaned and caught her hand before it reached the lock.
"Fine, what was your idea?"
Sango smiled and whispered her plan in Kagome's ear, her eyes widened a couple of times and finally flat out said,
"No! No way! That will never work, he'll-"
"Hey, Kagome are you okay?" InuYasha asked knocking loudly on the door.
Sango smirked and cracked her knuckles noisily. "It's time to put the plan in action."
She dabbed a wet cloth on her forehead and poked herself in the eye making it red and watery.
InuYasha knocked on the door louder and more urgently. "I'm coming!" Kagome yelled as Sango finished with her fake sick act, Kagome whispered "Good Luck." Then Sango threw open the door startling a worried InuYasha.
"InuYasha! I think I'm going to be sick! Please take me to my house before I-" Sango covered her mouth, to prove her point.
"Where's Kagome?" InuYasha asked anxiously and Sango growled.
"She's still in the restroom, but I don't think you have time to worry about her when I am standing right in front of you about to puke all over your shoes!" Sango yelled, making everyone on the other side of the restaurant turn their heads toward their little fiasco.
InuYasha looked back towards the bathroom door, shook his head, and lead Sango toward the restaurant entrance, while Sango fake moaned all the way to the car.
Kagome watched ruefully as InuYasha was fooled into leaving the restaurant. She soon brushed it off, reapplied her makeup and headed back to the table with her head held high in confidence.
"Sorry for running off like that my name is Kagome Higu-" Kagome stopped as soon as she saw that the table was empty. She groaned and flopped down heavily into the booth's cushioned seat.
"What happened to that beautiful woman who was with you?" asked a voice that Kagome somewhat recognized. She looked up to see it was their chef and apparent lecher, Miroku.
"She got sick and InuYasha took her home…" Kagome sighed sadly as Miroku sat in the booth seat across from her.
"Hmm… that's to bad. Well now since she is not here then I guess I will just have to ask if you -" Miroku put his hand over Kagome's "-would bear my children." A loud slap that sent him flying to the floor was his only answer.
Kagome's face was beet red and she was glaring down at him. "Sango was right, you are a lecher…"
Miroku laughed and rubbed his, now red, cheek. "She told you about me then? How we met in the alley out back and we made out until-"
"Okay way to much information!" Kagome yelled, blushing in embarrassment.
Miroku chuckled and shook his head. "Kidding. She saw me making out with one of the waitresses and chewed me out over it." He winced at the memory. Kagome looked at him disgustedly a moment, but shrugged it off since it was over and done with.
Miroku sighed and he and Kagome sat in silence for a few moments, both thinking incoherent thoughts.
"You know," Miroku said smiling "InuYasha has never brought any girls with him here before. If you haven't noticed he is pretty shy around all the girls. Of course, he would never admit this to anyone and if anyone ever told him that, he'd probably bite their heads off."
Kagome smiled sadly. 'The only reason he is even going out with me is because of the love potion.'
"Just don't hurt him okay? He may put on that tough guy act and everything, but I can tell he truly likes you a lot." Miroku grinned sympathetically.
"MIROKU! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? GET BACK TO WORK!" His eyes widened in realization.
"Oh, crap! Work, I knew that!" Miroku laughed nervously, before taking out a pen and scribbling hurriedly onto a napkin.
"It was nice meeting you Kagome-san and would you please give this to Lady Sango? Thanks, goodbye!" Then he left hurriedly back to the kitchens to tend to the customer's meals.
Kagome laughed and looked down at the napkin to see his phone number scribbled sloppily onto the front.
She sat back with a grin on her face. Until she saw what was still on the table. She picked it up and her eyes widened. It was the check…
"500 Dollars?!"
Kagome groaned and rubbed her now pruny hands together. Obviously, since InuYasha had said he was going to pay for the meal she didn't bring any money with her. So she agreed with Miroku to help wash the dishes in exchange for the meal.
"How many bad days am I going to have?" Kagome sighed sadly to herself. She shivered and rubbed her arms. Her thoughts randomly went to her situation with InuYasha. The potion was supposed to last about two weeks and a week had almost passed since she received the potion. One week left…
Kagome sighed again and rounded the corner to her block.
She had to admit that InuYasha hadn't been so bad. He was actually pretty sweet when you got to know him. Unless the kindness was a side effect of the potion. Yeah that was probably it. He had always been pretty rude to her before. Always making fun of her and things like that.
Her mind flashed back to the day when he had found her in the alley after she had puked all over Hojo. He had threatened to drop her book in a puddle, unless she told him what was wrong. She smiled at the memory.
"So what the hell is so important about a stupid book?" he looked it over skeptically.
"It is one of my favorites. It's about a girl who likes this guy but he doesn't even know she exists. So she gets a love potion and uses it on him. And they fall in love and live happily ever after."
Inuyasha didn't say anything for a moment until he threw the book back at her.
"Keh. Sounds dumb."
"How come?"
"It isn't real love it is just fake love caused by a love potion. Soon enough it'll wear off and he won't know who she is again."
Kagome's eyes widened in realization. Of course! Her life was turning into the same as her favorite book!
With new determination she ran towards her house (without heels, since she had discarded them long before) as fast as she could. As she ran she vaguely registered a tent with a glowing light coming from beneath the curtain.
When she arrived panting, she became aware of a figure looming in the Goshinboku that stood next to her house.
"Who's there?" Kagome called fearfully. She screamed when the figure jumped down from the tree's branches, alerting her family that she was in danger.
A hand covered her mouth, which Kagome bit down hard on. Her attacker yelped and thrust her away from him. She readied herself into a defensive stance and went through all the Kung Fu moves Sango had taught her, although it was hard since she was wearing a dress. The figure groaned and put his hands up in surrender.
"Kagome, calm down it's just me!" yelled the attacker quickly.
Kagome looked closely at the figure and gasped.
"InuYasha?" she whispered, still fearful.
He nodded and Kagome relaxed a little.
"Damn, Kagome that hurt…" InuYasha moaned as he stared at his now bleeding hand.
"Why were you in the Goshinboku? And why did you attack me like that?" Kagome interrogated.
"I didn't attack you and I only put my hand over your mouth so you wouldn't wake up your family!" InuYasha stated clearly.
"You didn't answer my other question…" Kagome reminded him.
InuYasha shrugged "I don't know why, but for some reason being in high places comforts me…"
Kagome nodded in understanding. "I see…"
"Now can we get something to put on this? It's starting to sting…" InuYasha hissed.
Kagome's eyes widened "Oh right, sorry!"
She led him into the now quiet house and into her room to sit down.
"I'll be right back." Kagome whispered and headed towards the bathroom to get some bandages and antiseptic.
When she returned he was looking at the pictures on her desk. She walked over to him quietly and smiled.
"That was when, my father was still alive. Also when the Goshinboku, was still sprouting sakura blossoms." She explained, while bandaging his wound.
InuYasha nodded and they both sat in silence for a while.
"My parents died when I was little." InuYasha stated with no emotion.
Kagome looked up from her work to look at him sympathetically "I'm sorry…"
He shrugged. "It wasn't your fault."
Kagome sighed and went back to bandaging his hand.
"There finished." Kagome announced as she tightened the last knot.
He stared at it a moment and his eyes went a little hazy. "Kagome…"
She looked at him expectantly. "Yes?"
"Are you in love with Hojo?" he asked without any emotion.
Kagome hesitated a moment, should she tell him the truth?
Kagome just nodded. InuYasha smiled painfully in return.
"I see… well then I should probably leave shouldn't I?" InuYasha sat up quickly.
"Well, I guess that means we're broken up, eh?" InuYasha laughed sadly. Kagome only stared at him blankly.
"InuYasha…" she trailed off, as he held up his hand.
"It was nice being with you, Kagome. We'll see each other in school, right?" He didn't wait for her answer, and pulled out a CD case from his pocket. " I was going to give you this today, you know for our one week anniversary." He chuckled dryly and set it on her nightstand.
"Well, see ya." Then he was gone.
Kagome looked on in confusion. Why was he leaving now? It had only been a week. She ran over to her nightstand and picked up the Love Potion direction book, flipping through the pages to Step 3.
Step Three: The potion should start working automatically. It should wear off in about two weeks- (this was where she stopped reading) –unless one of the partners admits to loving someone else.
Kagome dropped the book to the ground.
"Why am I so upset? This is what I wanted, right?" Kagome whispered as tears came to her eyes.
"Why do I care that he's gone? I can be with Hojo-kun now. Why am I crying?" She was sobbing now.
Maybe what she thought she wanted had overshadowed what she truly wanted.
"Oh my gosh." Kagome said, tears coming to a stop.
"I think I'm in love with him."
Wowie zowie! A little drama there for you! Yeah I am really sorry for the super long wait! Although I tried to make up for it with a longer chapter filled with drama.
Also about the whole one-week anniversary, I think I put in earlier chapters that it has only been about 2 days, but I meant to make it about a week, sorry for the confusion! Also if people think the InuKag romance is going to fast, I want you to remember that they did know each other in school and they didn't just meet in this story.
Lastly I am planning to make about 5 more chapters of this, so it's not over yet and there will be more humor and it will end happily ever after!
I will be updating more frequenly! Thanks for sticking with me!
Love Ya Lots,
Lil-Neko