Up Close and Personal
Inuyasha pulled into the driveway of his house. He turned the car off and pressed his head against the back of his head rest as he remembered his earlier conversation with his friends.
During lunch behind the bleachers Inuyasha sat with Miroku, Bankotsu and Kouga.
"Here's the thing that Higurashi chick is fine and we all want her but the first one to get her wins. Let's put in one hundred bucks, winner gets the money and the girl." Bankotsu said holding up a hundred dollar bill. Inuyasha, Kouga and Miroku did as well. Kouga then scoffed.
"I don't know why I'm even bothering with this. I'mma win and y'all gonna be look liking like fools."
"The only fool I see here is you, you ain't gonna win. You haven't won a single bet since we started doing this shit in the 9th grade." Inuyasha snapped making Miroku and Bankotsu laugh.
"Fuck you." Kouga snapped back.
"Anyway, let's set a deadline." Bankotsu began.
"Until Spring Break." Miroku suggested. "So that gives us eight months to get know her and to get her comfortable with us and all that other bullshit." He shrugged. Bankotsu nodded
"Alright, it's set, until Spring Break. Anyone decline?" He looked at Inuyasha and Kouga who shook their heads no. "Alright, shall the best man win." He smiled and they all stood up.
"I'm so lost where am I going?" A young boy with reddish brown bushy hair and emerald green eyes asked himself. He stopped short when he spotted the four seniors. Inuyasha smiled.
"Hey there little freshman." The boy backed up in fright.
"Wanna fight us little punk?" Bankotsu asked cracking his knuckles. Tears swelled in his eyes and he ran away crying making the seniors laughed.
"Priceless." They said in unison.
Inuyasha laughed and nodded his head.
"I can make an easy three hundred bucks off those douche bags." He got the car and walked into the house. "Tadaima!" He shouted.
"Okaeri honey." She smiled walking into the main hallway. "How was school?"
"Ah same shi-stuff different day." He shrugged. "I think I made quite an impression on my homeroom teacher." He smirked. She smiled and clapped her hands together.
"Oh that's so good Inuyasha, I'm so happy that you're taking school so seriously."
"Of course, school has some of the best things one can offer." He smirked. "Welp, later." He waved and ran upstairs. He closed the door and took his shirt off. He looked at his ripped body and smiled with confidence. "I got this competition in the bag I saw how she was staring at me. Better yet this ain't even competition we should call it Inuyasha's Whopping Ass." He laughed out.
There was a knock on the door. He opened the door and was face to face with his "favorite big brother."
"Oh wow Onii-San what a pleasure it is to see you in front of my door. What do I owe for this visit?" He asked with sarcasm spilling from each word. Sesshoumaru decided not to feed into it.
"Anyway, when you're done stroking your ego come downstairs, Rin wants to say hi to you." He said and walked away. Inuyasha sighed and shook his head. He never understood how someone as cheerful and bubbly as Rin would be satisfied with his stoic stuck up brother.
He put on a gray wife beater and changed into matching gray sweats. He figured he say hi before hitting the gym downstairs. He put his white uppies on and left out the room. He walked into the kitchen where most likely everyone was at. He tied his black hair back and stopped short. His eyes landed on Kagome. She blushed and looked away.
"Did you two meet at school already?" Rin asked. Inuyasha slowly pulled his eyes from the girl and looked at the woman before him.
"Hai, we have a lot of classes together actually." He told her. Rin nodded her head.
"Oh that's great, Inuyasha, Kagome is my younger cousin." She told him. "She moved here from Okinawa and she'll be finishing school here and going to college here." She smiled and placed her hands on Kagome's shoulders. "I love this girl to death, she's so kawaii."
"Rin-San." Kagome blushed deeper. Inuyasha placed his hands in his pocket. He bit his bottom lip to his hide his smile. This definitely wasn't a competition anymore.
"So where does she live?" He asked. Rin looked at him.
"She lives with me."
"Oh ok, I can start giving her a ride to school." He shrugged. Kagome blushed.
"Oh no Sugashita-San you don't have to." Kagome said looking at him. He waved his hand at her.
"It's no problem. Your cousin is engaged to my brother it's nothing. I don't mind doing a favor." He winked and then stretched his body making sure to flex his arm. "Well see ya later. Kagome, I'll be there to pick you up at six thirty on the dot."
"H-Hai. Arigato-gozaimasu." She bowed her head. He smiled and walked out the kitchen.
No thank you. He thought to himself.
Kagome brushed her hair and stood up. She was wearing a red short sleeve shirt with a v-cut but she wore a black tank top underneath to cover up some of her cleavage with black Capri pants and black flat sandals. She stood a deep breath. She was nervous something about Inuyasha scared her dearly yet intrigued her as well.
Rin walked into Kagome's room.
"I hope this is convenient for you. Gomen, my apartment is small but at least you get your own room." She smiled holding a cup of coffee in her hands. Kagome shook her head.
"I need to thank you. If it wasn't for you I would still be in the country wondering what Tokyo is like. I'm grateful you let me live with you."
"Ah come on you're favorite little big cousin." She began laughing. "I made a funny Kagome, do you get it? You're my little cousin but you're bigger than me." She began cracking up at her own joke. Kagome giggled.
A horn honking could be heard from outside.
"That must be Inuyasha." Rin looked towards the door. "He's so impatient, totally opposite from his brother."
Kagome grabbed her green backpack.
"Oh yeah Kagome." She turned and looked at her older cousin. "Be careful Inuyasha is handsome but he loves women and you're a beautiful girl." She winked at her. Kagome slowly nodded and hugged Rin before leaving.
Inuyasha yawned and rubbed his eye. He surely did not want to wake up this morning. Sleep was calling him. He turned his head when he heard the front door open and close and his eyes were stuck on Kagome. He couldn't believe what she was wearing. It was decent but her pants hugged her lower body as did her shirt to her upper body. He looked at the curve of her waist. He instinctively licked his lips and shook his head.
Kagome got in the car and smiled.
"Thank you Sugashita-San." She said. Inuyasha held his hand up.
"Before we continue, let's get some things straight." He began as she gave him her full attention. "You can just call me Inuyasha save that san and sama shit for my parents and brother." He said and her eyes widened. She then looked down.
"Gomen-nasi." She whispered. He groaned. He didn't mean it in anyway but it seems his cursing persuade her otherwise. He started the car and began driving.
"Listen, I curse and if I curse while I'm talking to you it doesn't mean I'm angry or anything. It's just how I talk." He told her. She nodded her head. "So do you like it here so far?" He asked. She smiled and nodded.
"It's so beautiful here and from Rin's room you can see all the lights of the city. It was so dark and rural from where I'm from."
"Keh, I can imagine. You must've been bored as hell out there huh?" He smiled looking at her. She giggled.
"More or less." She replied. He nodded his head.
"I see." He pulled up in front of a brick house and beeped his horn. After a couple of minutes he beeped his horn again. The front door opened and Miroku walked out.
"Give me a fucking minute you dipshit!!!" He shouted with his back toward him. Kagome's eyes widened.
"Don't worry we're best friends, we talk like that to each other all day every day." He assured her. She slowly nodded her head. Miroku walked towards the red car and stopped short when he saw Kagome in the front seat. Inuyasha smiled in pride.
"Oh should I get in the back?" Kagome asked getting ready to remove her seatbelt. Inuyasha placed his hand over hers.
"Nah, let his ass get in the back. Get it in or get left." Inuyasha told him. Miroku hopped in the back and looked at Inuyasha before looking at Kagome.
"Ohayo." He smiled. She turned to him.
"Good morning."
"Do you remember me?" Miroku asked pointing at himself. She nodded.
"Hai, Sango told me about you." She told him.
"Hontou ni? What she say? You know she adores me right?" Kagome began blushing.
"Actually she called you a two timing lecher." She said honestly. Inuyasha's cheeks puffed up before he burst out laughing. He laughed so hard tears fell from his eyes.
"She wouldn't be lying."
"You're a fine one to talk." Miroku mumbled with crossed arms. Inuyasha looked at him as he stopped in front of Sango's house. Sango ran to the car and looked confused when she saw Kagome in the front and Miroku the back.
"Hey guys, hey Kagome."
"Hi." Kagome smiled.
"So Inuyasha are you now the charity driver?" Sango joked.
"Keh, not even, Kagome is Rin's younger cousin so I offered to give her a ride since she was on the way." He shrugged.
"OH THAT'S A HANDICAP!!" Miroku suddenly shouted making the girls look at him strangely. "It's a handicap that he gets to know this beautiful young lady on a personal level." He said calmly as Inuyasha cracked up on the inside. He then looked at Kagome from the corner of his eye. He was definitely to get to know her on a personal level.
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