Tech Savvy

II

DVD Player

Kagome blinked once, shook her head, and then blinked again, taking a little longer to open her eyes than usual. She was in the most beautiful place imaginable, with cerulean blue skies, fluffy white clouds and colorful wild flowers that littered the lush green grass, resembling a velvet carpet, in abundance. Now if she could only figure out why she was here in the first place…

She did a complete three sixty degree turn, this place almost looked like heaven, not that she would know what heaven looked like. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a flash of red, then silver. Knowing who those colors belonged to; she didn't need to feel afraid at the speed at which he was hurtling towards her. She merely stood there, waiting for him to come to a stop in front of her. Maybe it was him who had brought her here…

Inuyasha slowed down on getting closer until he came to a complete stand still. He looked at her, his eyes radiating warmth.

"Inuyasha?" she asked, wondering why he was just standing there and giving her such a look. That wasn't like him.

"I need to tell you something" was his tentative reply.

Kagome quirked an eyebrow, but remained silent waiting for him to continue. After a few moments of silence, she let out a sigh and asked, "What is it?"

An anxious look descended on his facial features, he looked like he was internally debating with himself. Since when was the hanyou capable of getting so tongue tied? Unless…no, it couldn't be that, that's nothing more than wishful thinking.

"I've wanted to tell you this for quite some time now" he deliberated, breaking into her reverie, "Kagome I…"

The miko's eyes widened, wait, was he really trying to tell her how he felt about her? Is that why he had brought her to such a lovely place? Her heart started to pound faster, threatening to break through her rib cage.

"Kagome" he said again, giving her a smoldering look.

"Yes" she answered, hoping beyond hope that he was going to say what she thought he was.

"Kagome" a sharper voice called, laced with irritation.

"Yeah" Kagome said, a goofy smile on her pink lips.

"Kagome Higurashi!"

Kagome's eyes snapped open, she pulled back from her table quickly, her chair over balanced as a result and she went tumbling down to the hard tiled floor. She looked up slowly, her ears reddening in embarrassment as her fellow classmates laughed at her clumsiness. She cringed slightly at the glare the teacher was currently sending her way from his towering position above her.

"Miss Higurashi, there are only a few more months left before you graduate from school. I suggest you keep your day dreaming for after graduation" he said in a stern voice before marching back to the front of the classroom.

Kagome picked herself up off the floor, and sat back down on her chair gently, she didn't want to make the bruises on her tailbone worse.

'A dream…figures' she thought moodily to herself, but some people do say that dreams dreamt by day sometimes come true…

"Hey Kagome" Yuka greeted her friend after school was over for the day, "How's about the four of us get together today at your place and watch a movie?"

"Yeah, that would be so much fun!" Eri piped up.

"Like old times" Ayumi adlibbed.

"Um tonight?" Kagome hesitated, Inuyasha would surely be coming over at anytime to drag her back to the feudal era. But it had been a long time since she'd done anything fun with her friends…maybe Inuyasha wouldn't mind, it's just for one night, "Yeah sure, that sounds great" she replied cheerfully, and besides he wouldn't be able to drag her back with her friends there as witnesses.

"Great! We'll be there at around five" Yuka said over her shoulder as the three of them headed in the opposite direction.

"Come on Inuyasha" the young miko whined pathetically, this was harder than she thought it would be.

"No!" was his stubborn reply, there was no way he was going to allow her to stay in her time just to watch a 'moovy', whatever that was.

"But it's been such a long time!" she protested.

"Like I care" he said flippantly. Inuyasha was sitting on her bed promptly, waiting for her to return from school so he could bring her back. But nooo, she had to make things difficult. What was the big deal with this 'moovy' thing anyway?

"My friends will be here any minute, it would be rude to ditch them like that"

"Well then you shouldn't have told them to come over" he huffed, crossing his arms over his chest in an arrogant pose.

Kagome let out a frustrated sigh, "I can't do anything about that now, they're coming here, we're going to watch a movie and that's final!"

"Kagome" he threatened, where the hell did she get her stubbornness from? She was supposed to listen to him damnit!

"Please Inuyasha, just this once, you can stay too if you want to. Just make sure you wear your cap"

"Keh" he grunted, it didn't look like he had a choice. How the hell did she always manage to get her way with him? His eyes softened at that thought, he knew the answer to that.

"Does that mean 'yes'?" she asked tentatively, keeping her fingers crossed behind her back.

"Whatever wench" he snapped, couldn't lose that tough guy image now could he. And besides, he was curious as to what made this 'moovy' thing so special that Kagome would want to see it so badly.

"Hey guys" Kagome greeted her friends at the door, beckoning them to come inside, "You're right on time"

Yuka, Eri and Ayumi made their way to the family room, making themselves comfortable on the big squishy couch.

"Inuyasha said he wanted to watch the movie with us" Kagome said hesitantly, not sure how her friends would take this, "I hope you don't mind"

The three girls looked at each other, then burst out into huge smiles, "No problem!"

Kagome sweat dropped, that was unexpected.

"So where is he?" Ayumi asked looking around.

"Uh, he's upstairs in my room, I'll call him down" Kagome said walking over to the stairs, "Inuyasha!" she called, "Come down, they're here"

There was no reply but a few seconds later, the hanyou came walking down the steps. He was wearing the cap to hide his ears, a scowl planted firmly on his face.

"Behave" Kagome hissed before steering him into the family room.

"Hey Inuyasha" Yuka piped up.

"Long time no see" Eri waved at him.

"Feh" he snorted, why would he want to see Kagome's annoying friends unless it was absolutely necessary?

"Ok" Kagome said, covering up for Inuyasha's manners or lack there of, "So what movie are we watching?"

"Beauty and the Beast!" Ayumi stated proudly, holding up the CD box, "It's a Disney Classic" she added at her friends' weird looks.

Inuyasha stared at the picture on the box; there was what looked like a brown hairy demon and a pretty looking girl in a yellow dress. There was also a candlestick, a pot and a cup. But the thing that captured his attention was how the demon and the girl were looking at each other; there was such tenderness in the demon's eyes and adoration in the girl's. Looking at the picture made something stir in the pit of his stomach.

"So who wants to do the honors?" Ayumi asked waving the CD case in the air.

"I'll do it" Eri took it from Ayumi's outstretched hand and walked over to the DVD player.

Inuyasha watched as she pushed one of the many buttons on its front and a flat square tray like thing popped out, it reminded him of the stereo. Eri place the CD on the tray and pushed the same button again and the tray started moving back inside.

"What's that?" he whispered to Kagome who was sitting next to him on another couch, "Another ste-re-ooh?"

The miko giggled slightly, "No Inuyasha, that is called a DVD player, it's kind of like a stereo, but it plays movie CDs instead of music CDs" she explained in a whisper.

"What is this 'moovy' anyway?" he finally asked.

"A movie is kind of like a play or a drama made in front of a camera, then it's recorded onto a CD so that it can be played on a DVD player"

"Oh" Inuyasha said, not completely getting what she was explaining, but he kind of understood the basic stuff.

"This is an animated movie" Kagome continued, when the beginning credits started to play, "It's made from moving cartoons" she gestured at the drawings on the screen.

"Shh" Yuka hissed, "It's starting" she walked over to the switches and turned off the lights before plopping back down next to Ayumi.

"That's the basic concept" Kagome whispered before going silent, settling down to watch the movie.

Inuyasha watched with rapt attention as the movie started playing. It started in a village, the story seemed to be about a girl named Belle, she was the girl on the CD cover. Her father appeared to be some crazy guy who invented stuff that supposedly never worked. There was also this guy that kept hitting on Belle, Inuyasha growled, he reminded him too much of a certain mangy wolf he knew.

As the movie played out, some things looked kind of familiar, especially after the beast came into the picture. How he tried to scare her off at first, but she didn't seem to be afraid of him, just kind of put off by his bad manners. Then how he slowly started to fall for her, wanted to make her like him the way he liked her but was still hesitant because of what he was, a monster.

But despite that, she fell for him too; she fell in love with the beast. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome; she was completely engrossed in the movie, her eyes wide with interest…and some other emotion he couldn't quite place. Did she think it was familiar as well?

As the movie neared its climax, a fight between the beast and the annoying flirty guy, Inuyasha understood. The beast fell in love with the human girl for her kind heart and caring ways, and she fell in love with the monster because she saw past his demonic appearance to the person that was inside. He was fighting to protect her and she wanted to protect him too.

In the end, the beast was able to change back into the prince because Belle said that she truly loved him even as the demon that he was. As Inuyasha saw both of them dancing together, looking at each other with such love and adoration, a single thread of hope entwined itself around his heart. Maybe he would get such a happy ending as well.

"Bye you guys" he heard Kagome say goodbye to her friends and then heard the front door slide shut. He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice them leave.

"We'll leave right after dinner alright" the miko said re-entering the family room. She walked over to the T.V and switched it off.

"Yeah" he said in a distracted voice.

"Inuyasha?" she asked, noticing his far away look, "What's wrong?"

There were a lot of questions running through his mind at the moment, So many things he wanted to ask, "What did you think of that 'moovy'?" he settled on the safest question.

"It was very nice, it made a lot of sense" she answered, not taking her eyes off his calculating expression.

"How do you mean?" he prodded.

"Well, it tells us that outside appearances don't matter when love is concerned. So what if she loved the beast, it would all work out because he loved her too"

"How could she love a monster?" that came out a little harsher than he intended, but he had to know.

She smiled tenderly at him, telling him that she understood what he meant, "Of course she can" she said, then continued in a much more softer voice, without his demon hearing he wouldn't have caught it, "Because to her, he wasn't a monster"

She gave him another one of her dazzling smiles, and then went into the kitchen to help her mother get dinner ready.

He smiled slightly, Kagome always knew just what to say.

Maybe he wouldn't turn into a prince if Kagome told him that she truly loved him. But he would, however, give her all his love and affection and keep her safe and happy until his very last breath.

"Dinner's ready" Kagome said from the entrance to the family room, breaking into his reverie, "Let's eat before it gets cold"

Inuyasha got up off the couch and followed her to the dining area, seating himself next to her. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and sighed.

'Beauty and the Beast…'

That 'moovy' was definitely special.

AN: - Well there's the second chapter. I hope it wasn's too sentimental, I tried to tone it down but Beauty and the Beast is pretty mushy. But it's also probably the best movie to use when concerning Inuyasha and Kagome. So I hope that was alright.

DISCLAIMER: - I do not own Inuyasha or 'Beauty and the Beast'. They belong to their respective owners.

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