Tech Savvy

IV

Video Games

"Yeah! Take that you evil Ninja scum!"

Kagome looked up from the book she was reading to give her brother a disgruntled stare, "Souta, do you think you could not scream at the T.V like that"

"Uh…" Souta pretended to think about it before answering with a "No!"

"It's not healthy to be so addicted to video games, who knows, before you know it you could end up an old man with no reminisces other than your X-box" she smirked at him.

"Well, that's better than pining after a half demon who'd never know how you feel if you don't step up and tell him" her brother replied cheekily. That succeeded in wiping that grin off Kagome's face, "Mind your own business!" she snapped at him, burying her nose in her book again.

Souta couldn't help but sigh, his sister could be so immature sometimes. Maybe he should do something to speed things along a bit; it didn't look like either of them was going to admit to anything anytime soon. A devilish grin spread across the boy's seemingly innocent face, time to initiate operation 'Cupid'…just as soon as he came up with one.

Inuyasha sighed, watching the sun slowly disappear behind the canopy of trees that was 'The forest of Inuyasha'. It would soon be nightfall and Kagome still wasn't back yet. She said she had a book report due for her extra credit in English, she needed it in order to pass in English so that she could graduate along with the rest of her class.

Graduation…that was the one word that constantly left the miko's lips whenever he attempted to drag her back to the Sengoku Jidai. She was spending quite a lot of time in the present as the 'D-day' as she called it drew closer. It was almost only a month away now, he was counting down the days, after all, the day she was free from that evil school of hers was a cause for celebration.

He reached inside his haori with a clawed hand and pulled out the photo of Kagome he had discreetly 'taken' from her album. How long would it be before she noticed it was gone? His eyes softened seeing that innocent smile on her face, he was lucky that she was still able to give him that smile. After everything they'd been through, he had almost lost her, that terrible battle with Naraku, his final demise, even after all that, even after playing a major part in the evil hanyou's death, how she still managed to be her same old kind, caring, trusting self never ceased to amaze him… she never ceased to amaze him.

With another sigh he eased the picture back into the folds of his haori, stood up and jumped into the well that defied all the laws of time and space.

It was time to go get Kagome.

Enchanting and irresistibly addictive, 'Twilight' is an ethereal love story that will stay with you long after you have turned the final page…

Kagome leaned back and cracked her knuckles; she was finally done with the book report and she had to admit it was a lot of fun. She had to get the other three books in the series, the Twilight saga was very interesting and also, she couldn't help but notice the similarities between Edward, the main character in the book, and Inuyasha, except that Edward had better manners.

Kagome giggled, well, manners or no manners; there still wasn't anything about her hanyou that she would want to change.

She gathered up her report and filed it. She pushed her chair away from the desk and took her extra credit to her brother's room, placing it on his bed next to his school bag. He'd said he'd hand it in for her, she had promised to spend some time with her friends tomorrow; Inuyasha claimed that they were starting to feel neglected but the miko knew better.

"Kagome?!"

Aah, speak of the devil.

"I'm here" Kagome called back before entering her room to find the half demon sitting on her window sill. He exhaled, in relief maybe, before coming inside to lounge on her bed.

"So ready to go?" he asked nonchalantly but the teenager didn't miss the hint of hopefulness in his tone.

"Give me a minute, just need to pack some basic necessities" she replied before hunting around her room for the same.

Inuyasha's eyes fell on the book next to him, "Is this the book you read for your book report?"

Kagome looked up, briefly glancing at the object before going back to her previous activities, "Uh, yeah"

'Twilight' he read the cover before flipping it over. The hanyou soon started to blush, it was a romance story. His eyebrows scrunched together as a new thought invaded his mind, 'Why would Kagome want to read this stuff?'

So he asked her, "Hey Kagome" when she looked up, he continued, "why would you want to read this mushy stuff?"

"It's not mushy" she snapped, taking the book from his hand and putting it on her table. He raised an eyebrow at her, "Ok" she conceded, "maybe a little"

She decided to ignore his answering snort.

"So, why?" he asked again.

Kagome sighed, that was Inuyasha for you, when he caught on to something he wouldn't let it go until he got all the answers, "I don't know, reading stuff like that makes me feel all good and fuzzy" she shrugged at his confused stare, "It's a girl thing, you wouldn't understand"

"Keh" Inuyasha grunted. But he filed that information away to think about later.

"Ok, I'm ready" the miko announced, throwing her yellow backpack over her shoulder, staggering a little because of its weight.

The half demon sighed, got off the bed and took the backpack from her, slinging it over his own shoulder before heading toward the stairs. Kagome smiled slightly, yeah, she wouldn't change a thing.

"Aww man!" Souta yelled as the hanyou and miko were making their way down the stairs, "Stupid demons!"

Inuyasha was almost immediately on the defensive, he thrust one hand out in front of Kagome effectively stopping her descent, his ears perked up and his nose started twitching, "Wait" he said after a few minutes, "I don't smell any demons"

Kagome couldn't help it, she started laughing, "No Inuyasha" she said in between her giggling, "He doesn't mean real demons, their in his video game"

"What?" the half demon asked, not even attempting to pronounce the word.

"Video game" the miko said again as she pushed her way past him and into the living room, Inuyasha followed after her.

"Brother Inuyasha!" Souta greeted him enthusiastically, "when did you get here?"

"A few minutes ago" he answered, not really paying attention. "What's that?" he asked, indicating the black box type thing in front of the television, with black ropes connected to it.

"That's my X-box" and at his hero's blank expression he continued, "It's a game that you can play on the T.V, you use this to control your player's movements" he said, holding up his joystick.

The hanyou turned confused eyes on Kagome and she sighed, "Why don't you just show him Souta"

The next half hour was spent with Souta trying to make his hero understand the basic workings of his favorite past time.

"So it's just another game like those board games you bring over except you have to play this on the T.V?" he asked Kagome and at her nod in the affirmative, he turned back to stare at the armor clad warrior on the screen.

"Hey do you want to play it with me?" Souta asked.

Inuyasha hesitated, "Uh…we should really get going" he said. Kagome sensed his discomfort, "Come on Inuyasha, it's a game based on the feudal era, it should be easy for you"

Inuyasha sat down next to Souta and picked up the other joystick, Souta started a new game and the battle began. It continued on for what seemed like hours and Kagome, more than just once, regretted her part in making the hanyou do this. Seriously what was with video games and the male species anyway?

She was almost about to doze off when Inuyasha's sudden triumphant scream startled her, "I won again! This is too easy"

"If we're not gonna leave anytime soon, then can I go back up to my room?" Kagome asked.

"No, don't go" Souta said, if she went back up to her room, then operation 'cupid' wouldn't work out.

"Why not?" Kagome asked, narrowing her eyes in suspicion. It was usually Inuyasha that refused to let her do…well, most things, was he rubbing off on Souta too?

"Because…" Souta looked around, trying to find a legitimate excuse; his eyes fell on his X-box, "Because you haven't had a chance to play yet"

"What?" this was unexpected.

"Come on, you can play with Inuyasha" he encouraged, handing her his joystick.

Kagome took it hesitantly, and sat down in the place previously occupied by her brother, "Okay…"

"Well, I'm thirsty, I'm gonna go get some juice" Souta said, scurrying out of the room, a goofy grin on his face.

"What was that about?" Inuyasha asked, staring after him, one eyebrow raised.

"I don't know" the miko said, looking at the joystick in her hand. Was she just set up? The corners of her lips twitched up in a grin, she would have to teach her brother how to play matchmaker more discreetly. "So are you ready to get your butt kicked?" she asked her hanyou, a mischievous glint in her eyes.

He grinned back at her, "Bring it on"

Inuyasha smirked; he would have to thank that kid sometime.

"Ha!" yelled Kagome, as her player landed a punch on Inuyasha's player.

The hanyou glanced at her at the corner of his peripheral vision, 'Hmm…maybe I'll let her win'

'My plan is working' Souta thought excitedly as he peeked in on his sister and his hero. He was good.

'Video games aren't all that useless now, huh Kagome?' he smiled smugly.

He couldn't help but smile wider at his next thought.

Well, this was something to tell his future niece or nephew...

AN: - I am so sorry I took so long to put this up. I was seriously low on inspiration and amazingly the thing that inspired me was 'Bella's Lullaby' that Edward composes for her on the piano. I'm listening to it right now actually. And for those who don't know what I'm talking about, I suggest you look up the Twilight Saga that I mentioned in this story. I couldn't resist, I felt like I had to give some sort of tribute, and the resemblance between Inuyasha and Edward, characterwise, really is quite striking.

Also I would like to dedicate this chapter to kagomesbutterflyfeeling for always lending me her support, I really appreciate it, and plus, we Twilight obsessed fans have to stick together ne?

Private messages have been sent to all those who've reviewed. Thank you guys so much!

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Till next time...