A/N: Okay, I was gonna have this new policy, that I won't update unless I have at least four reviews for the latest chappie, but I just couldn't wait to post this one up!
Disclaimer: I do nooooooooot own Inuyasha. Bleh.
(Editted: 10 Jun 2005)
Chapter revised on December 29, 2005 (on WordPad, so sorry for typos and stuff...)
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Chapter Five: Emergency
"Miroku, will you just come OUT already?" Sango tapped her foot impatiently.
Inuyasha and Kouga had already grouchily dressed, came out, 'modeled' (with a few nods of the girls' heads, I might add), and were in their rooms changing back into their normal clothes. Their tuxes were nothing too special. Inuyasha's was a regular black and white, and he said he would borrow one of his brother's red ties. Kouga's was basically the same as Inuyasha's, but with a small dark forest green bow tie. Miroku's was a totally different thing coming.
"Well, I suppose you ladies have been patiently waiting long enough," Miroku said with the best 'pimp voice' he could. He jerked his hand on the door, kind of…feminine… ish…?
Sango growled. "Just come out so we can go, hentai!"
"If you insist, lady Sango," Miroku replied.
He snapped open the door with his… feminine… hand.
"What do you think, ladies?" Miroku said with a slight shake of his head and a cock of his eyebrow. By now, Inuyasha and Kouga had already come out, and they where trying to hold in bursts of laughter. They were surprisingly successful… for a while.
Miroku was 'posing' with a dark blue tux, huge red ruffles, and a giant Christmas bow as a neck tie.
"So how do you like my suit?" Miroku licked his finger and put it to his arm and made a sizzling sound. That hentai…
Kagome, who was standing beside Sango, raised her eyebrows in amusement then put one of her crossed arms, I mean erm, hands, to her mouth to hold in laughter. Inuyasha, Kouga, and even Ayame were already guffawing and rolling on the floor. Sango was turned, back facing Miroku, her amusement and smiles. 'That stupid hentai!' she thought.
"Well…?" Miroku cocked his eyebrow yet again.
Sango turned around. "It's uh… It's beyond words."
"No it ain't," Kouga said.
Sango, Ayame, and Kagome looked over at Kouga. Inuyasha was dumped in a chair, still laughing.
"The word to describe it is –"
"Sexy?" Miroku cut in.
"Um, let me think. NO" Kouga responded. Miroku pouted.
"I think what Kouga's trying to say is… that you… you look… STUPID!" Inuyasha said, leaning his arm on Kouga's shoulder, laughing in between every few words.
Everyone but Inuyasha and Miroku simply chuckled at this. Inuyasha was sent rolling on the floor laughing, yet again, and Miroku sighed and pouted.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad!" Miroku defended.
"Whatever, but I am NOT going around with you in THAT. Lose the bow and the ruffles. And that stupid pout." Sango pointed to the 'bow tie' around Miroku's neck.
"Yeah, I suppose I could lose this," Miroku made a face. "It's kinda itchy…" They all laughed.
"We'll just get him a regular tie," Ayame said with a flick of her wrist towards Sango, trying to make her feel better about having to go with that suit.
After Miroku came out in his regular clothes, they picked out a black bow tie for the perv, and went to pay for their things. After they'd agreed it was time to go home, and were headed to the exit from where they came, the side pocket of Inuyasha's shorts started to vibrate and ring.
"Um, Inuyasha, I think your pants are calling," Kagome poked Inuyasha in the arm.
"Huh? Oh! Right." He took out his miniature cellular phone and clicked it open. He took no notice of the mumbled words 'You'd think that an inu-youkai could hear a phone ringing…'
"Yello?" He talked into the little holes at the bottom of the phone.
A little girl's voice could be heard so loudly, Inuyasha plugged his one ear with a finger, and held the phone six inches away from his ear.
"UNCLE INU! COME QUICK! IT'S AN EMERGENCY! HURRY! cracklecrackle YOU'RE cracklecrackle BREAKING UP!" the tiny voice shrieked.
"What kind of emergency? Rin? RIN!" Inuyasha cried frantically, taking little notice of his friends' confused looks. Inuyasha sighed worriedly and closed his phone and slipped it back into his pocket.
"Who was that?" asked Kagome, still walking alongside of Inuyasha.
"That was my niece! She said there was an emergency!" Inuyasha covered the top of his head with his hands and jerked around nervously, looking to everyone for advice on what to do.
"You have a niece?" Sango questioned.
"Yeah, and she's in trouble, so let's go!" Inuyasha grabbed whosever's wrist on either side of him, which happened to be Kagome and Kouga, and raced towards the exit. He swerved around a corner, causing Kagome to almost trip and losing Kouga's arm, but not without taking his car keys. Kouga stammered from the suddenness of this action, turned around to face Sango, Miroku, and Ayame with a confused look, but then his cocky self switched back on.
"Hey! Come back here, mutt face and gimme back my keys!" Kouga chased after the pair, Kagome scared from trying to catch up with Inuyasha's demonic speed.
"Yeah… I'm gonna go…" Ayame slinked away from Miroku and Sango. The two stood there and looked at one another, but only when the other was turned away.
Then they both made eye contact, and Sango could swear she saw a perverted glint in the hentai's eyes.
"Oh shit, I don't wanna be here alone. Ayame! Wait up!" Sango raced after Ayame who stopped and turned at the sound of her name, waving her hand. Ayame made a hand motion to hurry.
"Hey, you're not alone! I'm here, lady Sango!" Miroku paced towards the girls.
"I meant that I don't wanna be alone with YOU!" Sango screamed back.
"Hey!" Miroku quickened his pace.
"Ah, go!" Sango made a tiny jump at pushed Ayame towards the parking lot.
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Rin made a cackling noise with her throat and tongue, then hung up the phone. She looked over to her mom, who gave her the thumbs-ups sign with one hand, and stirring a pot of pasta with the other. 'The perfect plan to bring two different brothers closer together: Rin,' Kuri thought. Just then her fiancé walked into the living room where Rin was kneeling on the couch, just putting down the phone.
"Rin. Who was that?" he asked his daughter.
"Uncle Inu!" she replied happily.
"Now Rin, what did I say about making prank calls to relatives?"
"Uh, do it?" Rin smiled with a toothy grin.
"Riiin," Sesshomaru said sternly.
Kuri peered through the open window connecting the kitchen to the living room.
"Now, Fluffy, be nice to your daughter!" Kuri demanded with a motherly tone.
Sesshomaru sighed in defeat by his fiancé, slumped down into the couch, and picked up the remote to click through the channels. Rin jumped and sat next to her foster dad. Sesshomaru smiled and rustled Rin's air with his clawed fingers and picked up the small bowl of chips in the center of the coffee table.
"Fluffy, no eating before a meal! It'll spoil your appetite!" Kuri said, noticing Sesshomaru about to plop a Frito (A/N: Yeah, I don't own Fritos. Although someday… someday… Haha!) into his mouth. He rolled his eyes and put the chip back to its bowl, which Rin ate instead, and turned around to face Kuri.
"Why do you insist on calling me Fluffy? You know I loathe that name."
"So… So you don't…" Kuri's voice trailed off. She tilted her head downwards and gazed at Sesshomaru with the widest puppy dog eyes she could conjure, and pouted her lip.
"Oh fine." Sesshomaru turned back to watching television and handed Rin the little bowl. He could never say no to Kuri. She was too good at acting.
Kuri smiled, very much satisfied with herself.
The door slammed open.
"RIN!" Inuyasha ran in with a girl with raven colored hair. They were followed by a wolf demon, whom Kuri, Rin, and Sesshomaru already knew, then by Miroku, then by two girls – one with fiery red hair, and the other with dark brown hair in a high ponytail – who just stood by the door, deciding whether or not they should waltz in or not without being invited. Kuri made a hand motion for the girls to enter, so they did.
"Rin! Are you okay? What happened?" Inuyasha picked up Rin from under her arms.
"Uh, well uh, ya see Uncle Inu, Rin -- 'mean I -- wasn't really in any trou–" Rin was cut off by her foster mother.
"Never mind that, Inuyasha. But since you're here, why don't you stay for dupper? We're having my famous spaghetti and peanut butter and banana finger sandwiches!" Kuri was holding a tray with a large bowl of sauce-covered noodles and a plate of sandwiches.
"Dupper?" Kouga turned to Sesshomaru after he snatched back his keys from the hanyou's hands.
"It's Kuri's word for in between dinner and supper," Sesshomaru sighed with a wave of his hand in Kuri's direction. She just smiled and placed the tray down on the table.
"Mama says that lunch is really called dinner, and dinner is really called supper! So it's beckfust, dinner, and supper!" Rin also smiled. It was such a strange thing, that mother and daughter can look so much alike, and not be blood related.
"Riiiight…" Miroku nodded along.
(A/N: Just so yennoe, that dupper thing was my idea one day when me and my girls were getting hungry, so we made spaghetti and sandwiches. Several events from this and some upcoming chapters will be events that happened to me and my friends.)
"Well, it's good to see you again, Inuyasha," she started as Inuyasha mumbled, 'I live here woman, you saw me this morning...' but completely ignored it and continued happily, "Miroku, Kouga, and I don't believe we have met before." Kuri motioned her head towards the three girls. "I'm Kuri, Fluffy's fiancé. You can call me Kuri."
"Um, hi, I'm Kagome," Kagome said nervously, shaking Kuri's hand. Sango and Ayame did the same thing. Kuri just smiled sweetly.
Kuri was about Ayame's height with a slight build. Her dark blackish grey-with-a-tint-of-brown reached almost to her elbows, and her twinkling eyes were a shining blue grey. She wore khaki cargo pants, a tank the color of her eyes, and a white collared shirt outside. A simple red apron was tied around her waist two times.
"Inuyasha has talked about you so much!" She faced Kagome. 'Well, through complaints, but still...'
They all sat down around the table with sandwiches and spaghetti, and just talked.
"So Kuri, I have a question," Sango started.
"Hm?" Kuri looked up, slurping up a fork-full of spaghetti.
"From what Inuyasha has said, I can understand that Rin is yours and Sesshomaru's daughter, correct?"
"Hai," Kuri replied with a nod of her head.
"So how old is Rin?" Ayame asked.
"Rin." Kuri said to her daughter.
"Rin is eight!" Rin held up eight of her fingers for everyone to see. Everyone smiled. Then Rin went back to noisily eating.
"And how long have you and Sesshomaru been together?" Kagome asked.
Kuri smiled. "We met about a year and a half ago, and we were engaged six months ago."
Kagome, Sango, and Ayame nodded. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kouga already knew this story.
"Yes, well, two of Fluffy's good friends died in an accident, and left Rin with us," Kuri whispered.
"Ooooooh…" the girls nodded in understanding. Now that made sense. They were under the impression that Kuri and Sesshomaru, who had only known each other not two years yet, had a child eight years ago, and according to their books, that doesn't add up.
"So how did you girls meet the boys?" Kuri wanted to know more if her plan formed two minutes ago was to be put into action.
"Well, Sango and I were in the same school as the guys since grade school, then Kagome moved here from a different school five years ago."
"Any… relationships?" Kuri asked, raising an eyebrow.
All blushed quite noticeably.
"Not anything like that, we're all just friends," Sango tried too hide her blushing face with a sip of her glass.
"Oh, so you're all just dates to the most romantic night of your highschool years?" Kuri raised both eyebrows now.
"Yep. Dates." Miroku smiled a perverted smile. Kagome turned to Sango, whose face was now totally red, from blushing and anger.
"Hm." Kuri took a sip of her ice tea.
Kagome wanted to change the subject. Quickly. "So how did you and Sesshomaru meet?"
"Oh no, please don't let her tell the story, please don't let her…" Sesshomaru mumbled under his breath, which got him a small glare from Kuri. She then turned back to Kagome with her smile back on.
"Well," Kuri started. "He had just broken up with his ex…"
-FLASHBACK-
She was cleaning a few glasses as her last customers walked through the door. She leaned on the counter formed quite a large rectangle except for one long end that connected to the wall behind her where a long shelf of various drink bottles and such were held. She stood at the far left for a good view of the door, almost as if she was waiting for something... But really, he just liked the cold breeze every time a new person walked in past the bar on one side and the small three-to-a-seat tables on the other, with a karaoke stand at the far end.
Just as she finished wiping this cup, someone walked through. She inhaled deeply, and looked at the man who had just walked in.
'Cute hair. 'Specially the color. Reminds me of Ha--' Her thoughts were cut off by man sitting down in front of her. He ordered a shot. She poured some liquid into the shot glass she had finished wiping before he walked in to the bar.
"I'm Kuri," she said casually, reaching out her hand, "and you?"
He shook her hand. "Sesshomaru"
"So, what's your case? Never seen you around this place before. Ooh! I know. Your friends gave you a dare to jump off a building, but you wanna get wasted first sos you don't feel too much? Right?"
The silver-haired man looked up to face Kuri, and gave her a face.
"What? I've seen cases like that before," Kuri said quietly, and glanced in random directions to void eye contact.
Sesshomaru sighed. "Nah, nothing like that." He swirled his drink around, one arm tucked under the other that held the glass. His eyes showed that he was depressed.
"Well, then, what?" Kuri asked, noticing his solemn expression. She leaned over the counter and tilted her head to the side.
All she heard was mumbling. 'He's probably embarrassed to talk about his personal life with a total stranger... But, no, I'm not a total stranger,' she thought. He was a senior in her school, as she was a junior the University they two went to, studying to become a linguist. She had no classes with him, as he was studying business she concluded, but they had seen each other multiple times crossing the street, eating in a restaurant, or passing in the halls. He was always with the same girl, most likely his girlfriend, when they passed each other. She assumed he hadn't taken any notice of her, though she did to him – unbeknownst to Sesshomaru. Perhaps, because of this 'unnoticing,' was he uncomfortable about talking with her. 'But I swear he's blushing.' At that moment, she felt her cheeks. 'Ah! Kuso! So am I! WHY?'
"I broke up with my girlfriend…" He looked away from her.
"Awww…" she said sincerely. She rubbed his arm as a sign of sympathy "...o-oh!" She bit her lip and retracted her hand. 'Damn, he must work out…'
"I just broke up with someone too..." Kuri muttered.
They both blushed and looked away. There was an awkward silence. Sesshomaru took another sip.
"HEY!" Kuri slapped her fist on the counter. "You know what I read once in Cosmo?" (A/N: I do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT own that magazine!)
He looked up at her and raised his eyebrows, still a bit startled from the counter banging.
"That when you break up a relationship, the BEST thing to do to get over it is to START dating other people RIGHT away!" Kuri said enthusiastically. She ignored her thought of 'And by 'other people', I mean MOI!'
So after they had a nice, pleasant conversation, and after a few drinks, Sesshomaru brought up something that Kuri had, without really knowing, been waiting for. But he wasn't drunk! Don't worry about that. A man like Sesshomaru can hold his liquor pretty well.
"So when do you get off?" he asked.
She smiled. "Well, I can get someone to do my shift, if you'd like."
Sesshomaru looked down to hide his smile.
"YO, THAO!" Kuri screamed to another girl with short choppy brownish red hair and amethyst eyes
"Yuh?" the girl called Thao replied.
"Cover for me?" Kuri turned her head a bit to the side.
"But it's my turn to take off earl—"
Thao glanced at Sesshomaru, who was finishing his drink.
"Ooooooh, heh heh hehhh, sure, Kuri. See you later! Muah!" Thao joked.
As Sesshomaru and Kuri were headed out the door, Thao was there cleaning a nearby table and whispered into Sesshomaru's ear, "You hurt her, mister, and you're in for it..." Her face had a serious expression on it, at first, but then she smiled in a teasing sort of way, though he had the feeling that Thao was serious. Well, besides the fake joke accent.
"Don't mind her. She's like a sister to me. Overprotective, you know?" Kuri reassured him, "So where do ou wanna go?" wrapped her arm around his as they walked down the road. It wasn't certain if their faces were reddened because of the frost, or something else.
-END O' DA FLASHBACK- (A/N: I'm weird sometimes and talk like that. Teehee.)
Four different responses:
Kagome, Sango, and Ayame – Aw, that's so sweet! It's like it was meant to be!
Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kouga – Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
Sesshomaru – …………
Rin – What's a shot?
"Hm," Kuri thought out loud, "Those boys… Never listen to anything..." She paused for a long while, standing up. "WHO WANTS DESSERT!" she shouted suddenly.
The three sleeping boys woke up in an instant.
"Hold on, Kuri. Can dessert wait a bit, I gotta ask you something," Sango sat up.
"Sure," Kuri cocked her head to the side, waiting for Sango's question.
"Well, it's more like just a wondering. How did Sesshomaru propose to you?"
Kagome and Ayame also sat up straight and looked at Kuri attentively.
Sesshomaru took a deep breath. 'Oh no.' He too stood up to head to another room, but Kuri forcefully tugged on his arm, and he sat down again.
"Well, we were taking a walk…" Kuri looked up at the ceiling with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
-ANOTHER FLASHBACK!...?-
Kuri looked up at the sky, a bright cresent moon shining down upon her. She then looked to Sesshomaru whose hair reflected the light of the same color. She sighed dreamily. She wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here and now: walking a moonlit path with the person she cared for most.
Sesshomaru cleared his throat. "Um, Kuri..."
"Yes?" she leaned her head against his arm. (She couldn't quite reach his shoulder, he was quite a bit taller than her.)
"I want to tell you that... Well, my life hasn't exactly been the easiest... But, I've been good for a while now... And... I think that reason is..."
She smiled. "Is what?"
"...You."
"That's sweet," she said blushing
He turned and faced her, taking a deep breath.
"Kuri..." Sesshomaru bent down to one knee. (Although it didn't make much of a difference, he was a not even a head shorter now, which is really saying something about Kuri's height...)
Kuri held her breath. She waited for those four words she knew were coming.
"Will you..."
Rain started to fall slowly on the two.
"...marry..."
Clouds thickened overhead and the willow trees surrounding started to sway softly.
"...me?"
Kuri could not hold back any more tears. "Yes."
He placed a ring on her finger and took her hand in his.
She tackled him to the ground so that they lay together side by side on the wet ground, Kuri's arms around his neck. They were soaked by a downpour and tears, but neither caired. They stayed there until lightning flashed, and headed home...
Together.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
The three girls were starry-eyed, thinking of how romantic it was. But, of course, the guys had a different reaction... Surprisingly, this had been the first time hearing this particular story... Their faces incredulous.
"Ewwww..."
The girls shot them glares good enough to almost burn holes in between their eyes.
"No! We mean err... I mean um... It's Sesshomaru..." Inuyasha stuttered.
Kuri rolled her eyes and Sesshomaru again unsuccessfully tried to make for a different room.
"Daddy says that Daddy never yuvved anyone more den Mama!" Rin smiled.
Kagome and Sango and Ayame squealed and 'Aw'-d. Kuri smiled. She looked over to Sesshomaru and saw how uncomfortable he looked. "So who wants icecream!" She punched the back of the couch she was standing behind, causing everyone jump.
While they were eating their Neapolitan ice cream, the door had someone a-knockin'.
"Who iiiiiiiis it?" Kuri sang.
"It's Mai! Hurry! Open up! The enemy is attacking! Over!" While Mai was saying this, Kuri had walked over to the door and opened it. Mai had probably been leaning against it, for she had fallen back. She quickly sprang up and dusted herself off and looked at the door.
"Don't leave it open! THEY'll come!" She rushed over to the open door Kuri was about to close and shut it with a sudden slam.
"Uh, who's they?" asked Ayame.
"The enemy," Mai whispered loudly
"Huh?" They all were soo confused.
"No one. Mai likes to pretend we're on some mission or what-not," Kuri shrugged.
Mai was dressed so oddly. She had on camouflage pants and long-sleeved shirt, black gloves and boots, and a matching camouflage cap with fake glued-on twigs and leaves. Her eyes were bright green and her long black green-tipped hair was in a low pony-tail.
They all decided not to ask, so Kagome changed the subject… sort of.
"So uh… Mai, I presume?"
Mai nodded.
"Green? I've never seen anyone with that color hair before.
Mai was still in her 'military role.'
"Tis not natural. Camouflage. Green best color. To blend in. Hai," Mai responded without any hesitation whatsoever.
"But I am not here to be interrogated," Mai started. Miroku chuckled and nodded his head. It was obvious that he was thinking of that day his head got busted by rocks in front of Sango's... Then he caught the looks of his friends and when back to eating.
"I'm just here for Haru," she continued.
"Haru?" all but three of the home's residents asked.
"Oh, it's just the dog," Kuri answered. She put two fingers to her mouth and blew to make a whistling sound.
"You have a doggie!" Ayame shrieked.
"Yeah. Kuri's been nagging Sesshomaru to get a dog forever," Inuyasha crossed his arms and turned to Sesshomaru, who just glared.
A little French bulldog puppy came romping out and ran around Mai's legs.
"AWWWWWWWWWW!" the girls put their hands to their faces.
"Wazzup, Haruuu, muh home dawg!" Mai had bent her knees and put her hand up. Haru touched his front paw to it. What a cute trick, eh?
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. Haru?" Inuyasha waved his hands in front of him. "I thought we decided on plain ol' Spike. Isn't Haru the name of—"
"Yeah, my ex," Kuri finished Inuyasha's sentence.
"Your ex!" Sesshomaru was trying not to listen, Rin had fallen asleep, Kuri and Inuyasha were the ones having the 'conversation,' but other than those mentioned, they all were very… very… very… VERY… shocked.
"Yeah, what's the big deal?" Kuri shrugged and began to pick up the empty dishes and bowls from the table.
"Why would you name your dog that you got with your FIANCÉ after your EX?" Kagome asked.
"Iunno," Kuri replied nonchalantly.
"How can you not know? How long were you with HIM? Is he like, your ex-HUSBAND or something? 'Cause 'e musta been reeeeeal important for you to name your DOG after 'im," Kouga raised his eyebrows.
'Not listening, not listening.' Sesshomaru had his arms crossed and eyes strongly shut shaking his head.
"No, he wasn't a husband or anything like that. We were da—oh! He's the one that I broke up right before I met Sesshy! Anyways, we were dating for about three…? years."
They all miraculously calmed down. (A/N: But come on, naming your dog after your ex? That's pretty weird. And telling people you've met for an hour, and then they're all okay with it? Or at least acting so? That's GOTTA be a miracle, correct?")
"So why'd you break up?" Sango questioned.
'Not listening, not listening, definetely not listening…'
definetely"Well, he was a jerk, he barely took notice of me, and I'm pretty sure he was cheating…" Kuri ticked off her fingers as she spoke.
"FOR THREE YEARS!" Ayame couldn't believe it, "Why'd you still go out with him!"
"I dunno, I just really liked his name… and his hair…"
They all sweat dropped… Well, except Sesshomaru… Who was still trying not to listen… and Rin who was still napping.
"What? You woulda done the same thing as me!" Kuri snapped, "His hair was soo cool though! His roots were black, and the rest of his hair was white, and he had a really cool hair cut too! Oh! And his necklaces were just so... good!" (A/N: This is BASED, I repeat BASED, and yes, I repeat again, BASED on the Furuba, (which I don't own, btw. I wish, though) character Hatsuharu Sohma. JUST his appearance though, 'cause I know he's not a jerk. Well, black Haru kinda is… Hm.)
"Man, this must be killing you," Inuyasha whispered to his brother. Sesshomaru just glared at him… again.
"So why don't you change it?" Inuyasha said to his half-brother.
"Can't. Doesn't answer to anything else, that dog," he replied, annoyed.
"You wouldn't understand," Kuri sighed. Soo, she decided to change the subject back to the high school-ers.
"So, SANGO, how did you and MIROKU meet?"
"I-uh, we—"
"And DON'T tell me that you met in school. I wanna know how you became 'friends,' " Kuri cut with some finger quotes.
"Well, uh, it's kinda embarrassing…" Sango scratched the back of her head blushing.
"Now why would you say that, dear Sango?" Miroku said, receiving an evil look from Sango. "It was at her birthday party. We barely knew each other, and I was only there since my Uncle was a co-worker with her Aunt at the time." (A/N: Miroku and Sango are both parentless. So sad! So they live with their Aunt/Uncle. Just a heads-up for y'all.)
-Sheesh, what's with all the FLASHBACKs already!-
"Get away from me!" cried out a just-turned-twelve year old Sango.
"I'm not gonna do anything, I just wanted to give you something!" Miroku, whose face was smeared with white birthday cake (which was Sango's doing in attempt to keep the boy away from her).
"What?" Sango stopped running and jerked her wrist away from Miroku.
Miroku leaned on his knees panting. "I just—for you—here!" He bent down on one knee and held up a small plastic container with a colorful pop-on lid.
"Sango," Miroku started.
"What are you doing...?" Sango's voice was threatening, but Miroku paid no attention to it.
"Will you… will you bear my child?"
THUMP.
"PERVERT! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THINKING OF STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU… YOU SICKO!" Sango half slapped and half punched Miroku on the side of his head.
"Owwww, that's not what I meant! I meant 'will you marry me?' " Miroku was sitting on the ground rubbing the humongous lump on his head.
"Oh, well, uh… I, erm… Miroku…" Sango stuttered nervously. Miroku looked up at her with an anxious look. "I don't think kids CAN get married. And plus, I rarely KNOW you…"
"Oh… Ok… Yeah, okay…" Miroku looked down at the floor with a sad tone in his voice.
"No! No! That's not, well… We can still be friends," Sango said bending over with her hands on her knees trying to look at the disappointed boy…
"Really?" Miroku's head went up suddenly, causing Sango to jump. His eyes were all… starry… like… Mmyes.
"Heh. Yeeeah…" Sango looked at the ceiling trying to avoid Miroku's eyes.
"Sango! Miroku! It's present time!" a mother's voice shouted from a few meters away at a table in the center of several chairs, all with balloons attached with ribbon.
Sango offered a hand to help Miroku up, and he gladly took it. They walked towards the table.
'I guess he isn't as bad as I thought…' Sango thought, but that was when she felt something on her lower backside.
Sango formed her hand into a fist and let it fall hard smack dab on top of the hentai's head.
THUMP.
Miroku lie unconscious on the ground with a huge throbbing lump on his head as the girl stomped off angrily towards the other party guests.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
Sango put her head between her hands, covering her eyes, Miroku was nodding and raising his eyebrows, Rin had fallen sound asleep again, Kuri 'Aww…'-d, and the rest sweat-dropped.
"That reminds me of when I first met Miroku," Kuri said.
"He proposed to you!" Sango glared at Miroku.
"No, the last part." Kuri flicked her wrist.
"Oh, that makes more sense, but still!" Sango glared again.
"It was when you kids were in junior year…"
-ANOTHER FLASHBACK... You getting bored yet?-
"Hello, Inuyasha. Oh? And who are your friends?" Kuri looked through the little window while stirring a huge pot of Ramen. (A/N: Then, I mean uh, now, Kuri and Sesshomaru don't live together yet. She's just over making lunch. I mean, erm, dinner, technically… Yeah, this fact ain't a huge thing to know, but I just wanted you to know…)
Inuyasha sniffed the air and walked towards the kitchen like a zombie.
Kuri lightly slapped his hand. "Tsk, tsk. No ramen for you until you introduce me to your little friends."
Inuyasha frowned ever-so slightly and rubbed his 'hurt' hand. "You didn't have to hit me, yennoe…"
Kuri, Miroku, and Kouga all cocked an eyebrow.
"Fine. Kuri, this is Miroku and Kouga. Miroku, Kouga – Kuri."
Kouga shook Kuri's hand -- quite indifferently -- and as did Miroku, but with a perverted glint in his eye which Kuri took no notice of.
So then they all had ramen. Inuyasha, Kouga, Miroku, Kuri, Sesshomaru, and Rin. That's the order they sat in around the round kitchen table. This is an important fact you gotta know, you gotta know…
"Inu-chan! Inu-chan!" Rin sang, playing with Inuyasha's ears. Kuri was scooping noodles into everyone's bowls with a pair of wooden chopsticks. As she bent over to scoop some into Miroku's bowl, he ticked his eyebrow up. Sesshomaru glared at him, for he knew what the hentai was thinking. Miroku paid no attention to this.
"Don't!" Sesshomaru stood up making the chair squeak and the table shake.
"Don't what?" Kuri tilted her head.
Kouga and Inuyasha leaned back and crossed their arms to watch the show. Miroku shifted his eyes back and forth between the fiancés.
"Don't uh, uh… Miroku! He uh, he's, erm, sick! Yeah, yeah, that's it. He's ill, it's waay contagious so don't get near him. Don't. Mm," Sesshomaru said sitting back down.
Kuri gasped dramatically. "Oh no! Miroku! Aw, you poor thing! Are you okay?" Kuri hugged Miroku's head with um... things... pressed up against the side of his head.
Miroku smirked as his eyes shifted over. "I am now," he said with a lecherous tone.
Sesshomaru glowered.
Kuri held Miroku's head at arms length now. "You gotta lie down! You're fever'll rise!"
She grabbed Miroku's arm and ran down the hall.
"Will she be okay?" Inuyasha turned to his brother.
No answer. Sesshomaru just glared into space.
"Uh, Sesshomaru?"
"What? Oh. Right. Yeah, she can handle her self…"
Silence.
Slurp.
Tap.
Huff.
Silence.
Sigh.
"Three, two, one," Kouga counted.
"HENTAAAAIIIIII!" Kuri's voice shrieked.
Four heads turned. They ran to the bedroom.
They saw Miroku on Inuyasha's bed, icepack in hand, and Kuri leaning over him punching and kicking and biting and scratching the shit outta Miroku. Her face was unlike anything Inuyasha or Kouga have ever seen before. The girl was usually sweet and motherly-like, at times she could get pretty angry, but now how she was now.
Sesshomaru leaned to his brother and put a hand to his own face. "Don't you just love her dark side?"
Inuyasha turned to his brother and made a face, but Sesshomaru only smiled.
"Whoo, Mommy's real strong! Goooo Mommy!" Rin cheered.
When Kuri finally came stomping from the room, Inuyasha and Kouga exchanged glances, shrugged, and went to their half-dead, perverted friend.
After many… many… many, many, many, many bandages, Kuri came by (she was back to her normal self by now) to check on the boys. Dinner was over, the dishes were done, Rin was still napping… What else was there to do?
She walked past the bathroom, then retraced her last several steps and stopped. The door was open, and there was Inuyasha digging through a drawer mumbling "Where's the damn scratch cream?" and Miroku which was on a stool, half conscious with both bandages and lumps alike covering him.
"Miroku! What happened to you? You're all wounded! You gotta go lie down!" Kuri gasped.
Miroku turned his head quickly to the open door. "No! No, it's okay!" Miroku said all panicky.
"Aww, okay. But you're sure you'll be okay?"
"Yeah, just stay away!"
-THIS FLASHBACK 'AS BEEEN TERRMINATED... BWUAHAHA!-
thingsThe girls slowly nodded their heads in an okaaay-suuure-yeah-mmhm-iiiinteresting… sort of way.
Then they turned to Miroku in a but-then-again-it's-kinda-typical-so-why-are-we-so-surprised…? sort of way and shrugged.
And of course since all the guys present were actually there when it happened, it was no big surprise to them. Rin was still taking her nap and Mai had left with the puppy a long while ago.
"Now, Ayame, I've been wondering about how you and Kouga met… Care to tell?" Kuri smiled devilishly. 'They haven't got a clue…'
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A/N: RR! Oh, and I have soo much to tell you all!
- I've added some characters. Two will be appearing in this fic quite a lot, just so you know.
- The three new characters (Kuri, Mai, and Thao) are based on me and my girls, babystigmata and h1pp0. Bet you can't guess who's who. Check out babystigmata's fic, there'll be two of the 'same' characters. Heheh, wonder how that happened, eh?
- Lots of flashbacks in this chappie, eh? Well, the next one will be a continuation of this one, so chapter 6 will have a quite a few flashbacks as well.
- Seriously, REVIEW! I haven't gotten ANY reviews for chapter four and it's pissing me off. So if you don't review THIS chapter, I am soo not gonna update. You better consider yourselves lucky that I'm nice. If I followed my new rule, then this chapter would NEVER get posted.
RR!
