Well, I have discovered an awesome song by Avril, called Hot, so as I sing along to that, I'll do deds, lol! Baby, baby... You're so good to me...
Deds:
Pirate-With-Sea-Blue-Eyes - Well, Janine, I hope this hasn'r been too long in coming. I was gonna post yesterday but I had a wedding to go to, lol! Enjoy the juicyness!
Mystical Hanyou - Yup, that was a good line, hehe, cuz I wrote it!! Lol just kidding. I thought it was funny that you thought that was so funny... wait...shit, I'm confused.
kagome1312 - Thanks! I do my best!
marph777 - Why thank you! I'm blushing! There is plenty more to come, no worries!!
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MyInuYashaObsession - Japan, eh? My cousin just married a Japanese woman yesterday, it was an interesting wedding!! (I ate all the food while my cousins were eyeing it like it was gonna bite back, weirdos. Calamari's actually good, who knew?!?) She's really nice, too. I'm glad to hear from you again, I was worried! Glad you like it, and hope to hear from ya again soon!!
Inuyasha: Grease'd
Chapter Seven
Houjo walked quietly with his two buddies, rounding the corner to Higurashi's right at ten to nine. He'd skipped school and work that day to work on a surprise for Kagome, something on which he'd collaborated with her mother to do.
Miroku's purple Monte Carlo pulled in just as he arrived, a red Stingray pulling in behind him. He recognised the kid in the 'Ray as that geek Inuyasha from Latin, but thought nothing else of it. Houjo walked to a table and sat down, watching Kagome's brother set up a small stage with a microphone.
At five to nine, Inuyasha had found a table close to the restaurant, right in the bright light, where Kagome would see him. She came up behind him and said, "Hey! I've got a break coming up, but I get off at ten. Wait for me?"
He nodded, smiling back. "Sure."
"Thanks. I'm so nervous!" she replied, skating away.
Nervous about what? He wondered.
Miroku and Sango joined the crowd, Sango slurping a slushy and gripping his hand tightly.
Spotting Inuyasha, whose table was empty save himself, he approached the hanyou and asked, "Hey, can my girlfriend sit here?"
Inuyasha replied, "Sure."
Sango grinned and sat down, "I'm Sango, nice to meet you! Are you new?"
He took the hand she offered shyly and replied, "Yeah. I'm Inuyasha."
Miroku leaned around to kiss Sango, and then he ran toward Kagome who was waving near the little stage, her tray and notepad gone.
"Do you know Kagome?" he asked Sango, spotting Kagura's white Lamborghini pulling out, her face wet with tears. What happened to her? He wondered.
"Oh yeah, she's my best friend. Tonight she and Miroku are going to do their Cover of the Rollin' Stone routine. People come here just to see it, they're really good." Inuyasha watched as Miroku wrapped his arms around Kagome's shoulders and pecked her cheek, whispering in her ear and making her slap him lightly.
"They seem close," he remarked off-handedly. Oddly he felt no jealousy as he watched them. He saw something in Sango's face though, but it disappeared and she smiled brightly at him.
Three tables away, Houjo was so busy speaking to his friends that he saw nothing of what was going on near the stage.
"They are," she replied, with what sounded to him like a forced happiness. "She and him used to be an item. They grew up together, and they're still really good friends. It was Kagome who set me up with him." Sango had a feeling the half-demon boy next to her wasn't buying her faked cheerfulness, but that didn't matter. Honestly, even though she knew they were just friends, seeing Miroku hold Kagome like that made her jealous inside. He shouldn't be touching any girl but her, but she knew that these thoughts were crazy. Miroku had always been the kind of guy who liked to cop a feel. He didn't mean anything by it, it was just a habit. Although he seemed to take a few more liberties with Kagome, Sango dared not voice her feelings to either of them; it would only cause dissension between them.
Inuyasha didn't buy her explanation, but he accepted what she had to say and didn't comment on it. He told her, "I'm supposed to be tutoring Kagome in Latin, but it looks like I'm going to have to wait."
Sango smiled genuinely. "She'll get to you. Kagome's the nicest girl on Earth, I don't care who you are. She won't neglect you for long."
Suddenly the crowd started to chant "Stones, Stones, Stones!" The din grew louder and louder until Kagome and Miroku finally climbed the three steps and stood before the microphone. Miroku spoke into the mike, "Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Well, mostly ladies," he joked, grinning, "Do you have a request for me and my lovely partner, Kagome?"
Someone near the front shouted, "Yeah, date me, Beautiful!"
Kagome smiled and blushed, and Miroku replied, "Okay, but don't expect a kiss from me at the end of the night!"
Laughter rippled over the crowd, and Mrs. Higurashi positioned the arm over the record and turned up the volume as the song began to play.
Miroku began with a chuckle and an, "I don't believe it."
Kagome leaned into the mike and laughed, then said, "Teh, ah, uh, uhh-"
Miroku jumped in again, and said, "Don't touch me. Hey Ray, hey Sugar... tell 'em who we are."
Kagome took over, "Well we're big rock singers, we got golden fingers, and we're loved everywhere we go-"
"That sounds like us."
"-we sing about beauty and we sing about truth, at ten thousand dollars a show-"
"Right!"
"-we take all kinda pills that give us all kinda thrills, but the thrill we've never known... is the thrill that'll get ya when ya get your picture on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone..."
Together they sang, "Rollin' Stone... Wanna see my picture on the cover... Stone! Wanna buy five copies for my mother (yeah!)... Stone! Wanna see my smilin' face, on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone!"
Miroku sang, "That's a very very good idea!"
Kagome laughed, then sang in a low baritone, "I got a freaky old lady named Cole King Katy who embroiders on my jeans; I got my poor old grey-haired daddy... drivin' my limousine... (hey!)"
Together: "Now it's all designed to blow our minds, but our minds won't really be blown... Like the blow that'll get ya when ya get your picture on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone... Rollin' Stone! Wanna see our pictures on the cover... Stone! Wanna buy five copies for our mothers (yeah!)... Stone! Wanna see my smilin' face, on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone!"
Miroku sang, "Hey I know how!"
Kagome grabbed the mike and yelled, holding her fingers up with only her middle and ring fingers down, "Rock and Roll!" and pretended to play a few licks on an electric guitar.
The crowd screamed
"Oh that's beautiful," Miroku remarked.
"We got a lot of little teen-aged, blue-eyed groupies, who'd do anything we say... We got a genuine Indian guru (heehee!); he's teachin' us a better way... We got all the friends that money can buy, so we never have to be alone (no!)... And we keep gettin' richer but we can't get our picture on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone (aww)..."
Miroku took over: "Rollin' Stone... Wanna see my picture on the cover... Stone! Wanna buy five copies for my mother-"
"I want one!"
"-Stone!... Wanna see my smilin' face on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone... On the Cover of the Rollin' Stone... Wanna see my picture on the cover..."
"I don't know why we ain't on the cover, baby!"
"Stone! Wanna buy five copies for my mother..."
"We're beautiful fellas!"
"Stone! Wanna see my smilin' face, on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone!"
"I tell ya, we would make a beautiful cover, a front shot, right up front man, I can see it now... we be on the front, smilin' man... aww, beautiful." Kagome finished this last with a smile at Miroku, and the crowd burst into applause, as the two on stage bowed and waved, making their way down despite screams for an encore.
Kagome picked up her tray to get back to work, while Miroku came back to their table and sat next to Sango, his arm draped across her shoulders. "Well, what did you think?"
Inuyasha leaned over and said, "You guys were awesome."
Sango nodded. "You'd make an excellent rock star," and she laughed, kissing his cheek. He grinned and imitated Kagome's guitar rips during the song. "I told her I wanted to do that part this time," he pouted, and Sango laughed again.
Inuyasha had seen Kagome in a whole new light after her performance. He saw her as a girl who wasn't afraid to take risks, a girl who did things most other girls wouldn't, because it was embarrassing. Not her. She made the most of life, that was for sure.
Even now, he spotted her talking to Rin, who hugged her and held both her hands excitedly as she gave Rin and her date their food. Inuyasha recognised the car Rin was leaning on instantly.
Sesshoumaru?
Inuyasha's jaw dropped momentarily. His brother was not known for his passion for women. When did that bastard pick her up?
Miroku commented, "So you're tutoring Kagome, huh?" and drew Inuyasha back into the conversation, none of which he'd heard.
"Yeah," he replied, blinking. No fair, he gets a date before me!
"What subject?"
"Latin. We sit next to each other."
"Oh. Does Houjo know about that?"
Inuyasha made a face. "Why should that matter? She said herself he's no better at it than she is." Someone got up to sing American Pie.
Miroku shrugged. "No reason. Houjo just won't like it, probably. He's pretty insecure, for a "nice" guy."
Sango turned to Inuyasha and explained. "See, Miroku and Houjo don't like each other because Miroku used to date Kagome."
"Ah." Inuyasha looked around for Houjo, but didn't see him anywhere.
"I started singin'... "Bye, bye, Miss American Pie...""
"I'm just saying that if you have any ideas about you and Kagome, watch your back." Miroku took a sip of Sango's slushy.
Inuyasha did a double-take. "Are you warning me, or encouraging me?"
Miroku gave him a wintry smile. "I'm encouraging you. She deserves better than that asshole."
Inuyasha smiled. Miroku might be a handy friend to have around in the future.
Inu G'd
Houjo stood with his two friends as they waited for the boy onstage to finish American Pie, which was a longer song than they'd thought.
When finally he'd finished, they got ready to perform. Houjo led the way up, and, signalling to Mrs. Higurashi, who lifted the arm over the record he'd picked, he said into the microphone, "Hey everybody. This song goes out to my beautiful girlfriend, Kagome. Today is our three-year anniversary. I love you, baby!"
Out of nowhere a spotlight landed on Kagome, and she stopped what she was doing in surprise.
Houjo! She thought frantically. What in the hell are you doing?
Counting down from three, he began to sing to her, his friends singing backup.
(Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
I can't stop this feelin' (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
Deep inside of me... (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
Girl you just don't realise (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
What you do to me (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
When you hold me (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
In your arms so tight (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
You let me know (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
Everything's all right (Hoogah hoogah)
I'm... Hooked on a feelin'!
I'm high on a believin'... That you're in love with me
Lips as sweet as candy... Its taste is on my mind... Girl you got me thirsty... For another... cup of wine
Got a bug from you, girl... But I don't need no cure... I'll just stay infected... If I can for sure
All the good love... When we're all alone ...Keep it up, girl... Yeah you turn me on
I'm... Hooked on a feelin'!
I'm high on believin'... That you're in love with me
All the good love (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
When we're all alone (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
Keep it up girl (Hoogah shaka hoogah hoogah)
Yeah you turn me on (Hoogah hoogah)
I'm... Hooked on a feelin'!
I'm high on believin'... That you're in love with me... I'm hooked on a feelin'!
And I'm high on believin'... That you're in love with me... I said, I'm hooked on a feelin'!
And I'm high on believin'... That you're in love with me...
Hooked on a feelin'!
Houjo grabbed the mike and yelled, "Happy anniversary, baby!"
Kagome felt her face turn beet red.
What should have overjoyed her made Kagome irrationally angry. She hadn't realised it yet, but she had never been in love with Houjo, and now that he had brought their relationship to all these peoples' attention, she wanted nothing more than to melt into the dirt and disappear.
Inuyasha saw her expression and felt his ire rise. Just by the look on her face he could tell she was mortified.
Miroku put his hand to his forehead and mumbled, "Way to go, Houjo. Another point for persistence, as unwanted as it is."
Sango shook her head in slight disgust. It was sweet how he'd gone about it, but she could understand Kagome's embarrassment; no one wanted their failing relationship put on display for the whole town to see.
Everyone had known for a while that Houjo and Kagome weren't right for each other; it was obvious in the way they acted toward each other, which was bored. He yammered on about the future while she just nodded. They had become a convenience for each other, and neither realised yet that the relationship was holding on by a thread.
Kouga was just waiting for the opportune moment to pounce; as soon as she was free he was going to be right there to console her. He licked his lips in anticipation of her compliance. He longed to master the only woman who'd ever refused him.
One more couple climbed up onto the stage to sing Let Your Love Flow, while Houjo threaded his way through the crowd toward Kagome, who'd gotten over her shock quickly and gone back to taking orders.
Stopping her, he kissed her mouth and breathed, "Did you like the song? I wanted to surprise you," and she kissed him back, quickly, and replied, "It was certainly original," as she skated away again, hoping he'd get the hint that she was busy.
I can't believe you sometimes, Houjo, she was thinking, when she saw Inuyasha packing up his things and heading toward the parking lot.
Inuyasha had asked Miroku and Sango to tell Kagome he'd left early because he had a headache, when his real reason for leaving was jealousy. He couldn't stand to watch Houjo kiss Kagome again, not when he wanted her so badly, and it looked as if she just wanted Houjo.
Kagome saw him leaving as she handed her last order to her mother, and she set down her tray, ignoring her mother when she asked, "Kagome, where are you going? Kagome!"
She skated hard, and reached him just as he started to back his car out of his spot. She latched onto his rear-view mirror and huffed, "Inuyasha, where are you going?"
He wouldn't look at her, though he stepped on the brake. "I didn't want to interrupt your little party."
Houjo had brought Kagome a cake, but it was devoured by now, by he and his friends. It didn't even occur to him to save her a piece; he didn't even notice that she wasn't there.
"You weren't interrupting," she insisted, then added, "Hell, I'm not even going to interrupt. I can't believe he did that. I really wish he hadn't."
Inuyasha kept his foot on the brake, the car idling loudly, and a gust of heat went up Kagome's skirt.
"Look, he won't even notice that I'm gone. You said you would help me, Inuyasha. I really need you to help me."
Here he looked up at her, and the desperation in her eyes convinced him.
"Come up to the house. We can go over the work as soon as I get off, which is in.." she glanced at her watch, "Twenty minutes. Will you wait for me? Please?"
I'd wait a lifetime for you.
He replied, "Yeah, I'll wait."
She grinned. "Great. I'm really glad you're staying, Inuyasha." Her words washed over him like a balm. His blood warmed and she winked at him, motioning with her hand for him to park and follow her.
Doing as bade, she re-settled him at his old table, but Miroku and Sango had gotten up to dance, now that the last karaoke song was over and the stage dismantled. Several other couples were swaying slowly on a patch of grass to Alone Again, Naturally.
He watched with a sort of detachment as Houjo partied it up with his friends, Kouga among them, scowling at him the whole time. Inuyasha wondered what his problem was, but his attention was drawn away by a red-headed girl, who leaned up to whisper something in Houjo's ear. Whatever she'd said made Houjo's ears flame, and he whispered something back; she abruptly went back to Kouga, kissed him (he didn't notice), and left the lot. Inuyasha forgot about her after that.
Ten finally came, and Kagome skated over to him, the parking lot lights going out one by one as the cars all drove away.
Houjo came over to her, pecked her cheek, and said, "Sorry babe, the guys ate all the cake."
She shrugged, disinterested.
He didn't seem to notice.
Inuyasha's mind screamed, Dump him, for God's sake!
Kagome untied her skates and said, "I'm going to bed, Houjo. See you tomorrow."
Houjo nodded and looked at Inuyasha. "What's he going to do?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, but he controlled himself.
Kagome sat up and said tiredly, "He's my Latin tutor, and he has a name: Inuyasha. Goodnight Houjo."
"Oh." Houjo put his hands in his jacket pockets and gave Inuyasha a dirty look, then pecked her again and said, "Bye."
"Bye," she responded, thinking, Leave already, God.
When he was gone, Kagome said to Inuyasha, "I'm sorry about that. He's over-bearing sometimes. Don't worry about him."
Inuyasha relaxed and replied, "I won't."
Getting up, she took his hand and said, "Come on, let's study."
He followed her, carrying his books in his free hand, the lights of her house silhouetting her before him as she led him inside. It felt so natural, her holding his hand like this. He could feel his pulse speeding up.
Inu G'd
Houjo watched as Kagome led Inuyasha through the patio doors of her house, then her light came on in her room a moment later, two shadows passing the blinds. He tightened his jaw.
In all the time he had dated Kagome, she'd never brought him up to her room; in fact, she'd never gone much further with him than making out. It burned him in a way he couldn't describe. It was as if she was saving herself for someone else, as if he wasn't good enough to merit an invitation to her personal living space. Yet the hanyou had been granted instant access.
He walked away, his hands balled into fists in his pockets. He really needed a distraction. He decided to go to Ayame's; she was always ready to occupy him. He thought he had it good. Two girls, and only one knew about the other, and she wasn't about to say anything to jeopardise the arrangement. How lucky could one guy get?
Inu G'd
Inuyasha stood still as Kagome made her bed. Everything in her room was pink. The rug, the comforter, the walls. Even her alarm clock was pink. He felt as if he'd just stepped into Cotton Candy World.
Kagome saw him glancing around and laughed. "Sorry, I know, it's really pink in here." She pulled the sheets up tight. "I haven't re-decorated since I was twelve; no money."
Inuyasha nodded. He had noticed no father-figure around. He decided to clear that up.
"I haven't seen your father around."
She replied, "That's because he died, when I was twelve, actually."
He felt bad then for making her discuss it. "I'm sorry."
She sighed, and smoothed the comforter. "It's okay. We get along." Motioning for him to sit down, she dug out her own books as he made himself comfortable on the end of her bed.
His blood was on fire, just sitting where she slept. Visions of her asleep in little to nothing kept popping in and out of his head, till he shook it, trying to focus.
Kagome climbed on next to him, and, opening her binder, pointed at her work with her pencil, "I got stumped here." She was three words into the passage they were to have translated for earlier that day.
"Kagome," he hedged, looking at her askance, "we already finished this assignment."
"I know," she replied, looking up at him over a small pair of pink-framed reading glasses, "but I want to learn how to translate this stuff, and since we didn't get any homework..."
He smiled. "Okay. Let's begin here..."
Two hours later, Kagome finished the passage, and fell back onto her pillows with release. "My God! That was so hard!"
He smiled. She was so cute.
She propped up her head. "Thanks, Inuyasha. I never could have done it without you. I think I might just need you every night I have Latin homework!" To his shock, she sat back up and pecked him gently on the cheek.
He turned red and replied, "No problem, Kagome. Any time." Now his fantasies were running wild, and his body was beginning to react, but he hid it well.
She just grinned at him, then looked at the clock.
"Holy shit! It's twenty after twelve!"
He stood up and collected his things. "I'll let you get to bed."
She followed him. "I'll walk you out."
He nodded.
When they got to the top of the stairs on the other side of the Higurashi property, Kagome crossed her arms, her bare feet and legs quivering in the cool breeze.
"When will I see you?"
He looked at the sky before he looked at her. "Tomorrow, likely."
"You going to come back for a while?"
He nodded. "I have tomorrow off."
She frowned. "You have a job? Lucky. I barely ever get the weekend off." She was wondering why he worked at all. She'd heard his father was filthy rich.
He shifted his bag on his back, suddenly smacking himself on his forehead. "I completely forgot that I drove here," he said, heading back toward the parking lot.
She giggled. "Did I distract you? I'm sorry."
He grinned. "You don't have to try too hard to distract me, Kagome."
Her face flushed at this, and she followed him to his car. Getting in, he threw his bag into the backseat and started the 'Ray. She leaned on the passenger window into the car.
"Thanks again, Inuyasha."
He smiled. She felt a strange sensation in the region of her heart; it felt vaguely like attraction. Not that she'd remember how that felt.
"You're welcome. Goodnight, Kagome."
"Goodnight." She stepped back as he backed out, then waved to him as he drove away. She stood there till he was gone, and walked slowly back to the house, a smile on her face that she didn't even realise was there, it felt so natural.
Inuyasha was grinning, himself. That had gone remarkably well. He thought that just maybe, she was warming up to him. He couldn't wait to overthrow Houjo for her affection, and wondered how long it was going to take him to build his bike, and when Kanna would finish his outfit. He found himself unable to keep from smiling all the way home.
Inu G'd
Things are going so well for Inu, so we all know there's going to be some bumps in the road ahead, there always are! Lol, can't wait to hear some input if it's out there. I'm into long chapters with short editing time, damned job. I hate work!!