Family Dinner: Battle of the Women
Inuyasha stood up.
"Kagome, it's not what it seems." He began. He knew from her eyes she was furious. "My aunt told me to take her out when I was on my way to see you."
"And you took a wrong turn and ended up eating ice cream outside?" She hissed. He winced a bit and shook his head. Midori then stood up and bowed her head at Kagome.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha was about to go out and Iria-Ba-San forced him to take me with him. I don't mean to cause trouble." She said sweetly. Kagome glared at her and crossed her arms. Sango raised her eyebrow. This girl was so sweet and quiet she couldn't imagine her being as nasty as Kagome stated. It didn't even seem like she was acting.
"Kagome, it's not what it seems, please believe me." He said looking at her. She looked down and moaned placing her hand on her head.
"Inuyasha, I'll walk home." Midori told him.
"Iie, You'll come with us, Kagome and I will take a walk. Sango you want a ride home?" Inuyasha looked at her.
"No, I wanna talk with Midori for a while, I'll leave with you guys." She smiled. He nodded his head as he and Kagome began walking away. Sango looked at Midori and saw her staring at them. She then slowly looked down.
"I feel so bad." She placed her hands to her cheeks. "They make such a nice couple. I don't understand why Iria-Ba-San is trying to come between them." Sango looked at her.
"Do you really feel that way or do you really wanna come between them as well?" She asked. Sango decided to test her. Midori looked at her.
"At first I did, since I was thirteen I've heard about Inuyasha. Iria-Ba-San made him sound like the epitome of how a man should be. And I thought to myself if I can have a man like that I won't ever be abandoned. You see Iria-Ba-San took me in her home after my parents threw me away." She looked down as Sango's eyes widened.
"They threw you away?"
"Hai." She sighed and sat on the chair. "My parents just decided they didn't want me any longer and on the day they went to work they never returned home. They never called to see if I was all right. They just left and continued on with their lives."
"I'm sorry." Sango whispered. Midori giggled and looked at her.
'It's alright. Since Iria-Ba-San came into my life, I've changed for the better and I was honored that she felt I was good enough for her nephew. However I wanted him on my own, I never wanted to come between him or Higurashi-San but it seems the opposite is happening. I didn't want Higurashi-San to hate me, I just want to belong. It was hard making friends in America so now I'm among my people and it's still hard." She sighed covering her face as tears came out. Sango placed her hand on Midori's shoulder.
"It's alright, you see Inuyasha and Kagome had just gotten over some hard times together so they're just mending their relationship back."
"Hard times?" Midori looked at Sango who nodded.
"Those two, the wind can blow and they'll fall apart." She giggled. Midori raised her eyebrow.
"They're love is that weak?"
"No, it's not that, they're both just really insecure about each other but they truly love one another with all their hearts. They just need to get it right." Sango replied closing her eyes. Midori smirked to herself.
"Bingo."
It was silent as Kagome and Inuyasha walked side by side. Inuyasha sighed deeply.
"What's going on Kagome?"
"That girl wants to break us up." Kagome snapped making him look at her.
"What?" He raised his eyebrow.
"Today when I was in the bathroom, she walked in after I did and she gave me the biggest attitude. She even referred to me as omae."
"Omae? She did?"
"Hai." Kagome nodded. "And she said she had no intentions on letting us stay together and she said by May we should either be on the rocks if not broken up." She told him. He closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"Kagome, how is that she's nasty to you but nice to everyone else?" He questioned and Kagome looked at him in shock.
"Are you saying I'm lying?" She snapped.
"I'm not saying that but when I talked to her she said she had no intentions on coming between us."
"She was lying obviously Inuyasha! There's something about that girl I don't like! She's cunning and she's no fool. She knows what she's playing. It kills me that you're believing some bitch over your girlfriend!" She yelled as tears fell from her eyes.
Inuyasha hugged her.
"I'm not saying I believe her over you. I just find it weird because she's so nice to everyone and she's nasty to you. It's just…I don't know but I believe you baby." He placed his hands on her cheeks and wiped her tears. "I'll always believe you just like you believe me right?"
"It's not that I don't trust you Inuyasha. I trust you with my being but I don't trust her. She makes me uneasy because I saw her true character." She replied. He nodded his head and kissed her lips.
"This is just a small challenge, we'll overcome it. Oh I know why don't you have dinner over at my house on Sunday and you can meet my aunt."
"Really?"
"Un. I want her to see the girl I'm gonna marry." Kagome then looked down. "What's wrong?"
"Midori said your aunt wanted you to come to New York with them after you graduate to take over her business."
"Keh! That shit ain't happening unless you coming with me." She looked at him and he smiled. "Don't worry baby, Iria-Ba-San has no choice but to except you."
Rin stared at Kagome with dumbfound expression. Rin sighed deeply and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Oh it's that heifer." She sighed deeply. "Yeah I had a problem with Iria-Ba-San as well. But she never tried setting Sesshoumaru up with someone. I don't know, that lady is…" She shook her head. Kagome looked at her.
"Do you think she will succeed in breaking us up?"
"If you let her." Rin replied. Kagome looked down.
"Nee-Chan, that girl is really nasty to me but nice and sweet to everyone. I don't know what to do." She sighed. Rin took a sip of her drink and shook her head.
"Don't let her get to you that's all." She shrugged.
"Inuyasha, wants me to meet his aunt."
"Really?" Rin looked at her as Kagome nodded. "Hmm, this is going to be interesting. I think I'll come too, I would love to meet this girl that Iria-Ba-San feels is so…right for Inuyasha." She smirked. Kagome looked at Rin.
"Do you guys get along now?" She was curious. Rin giggled.
"Let's say we're at a clear understanding of one another."
Inuyasha sighed deeply. He was nervous about his aunt meeting Kagome. He didn't want anything to go wrong. He really wanted his aunt to see how much he really loved her and how much of a good person was she.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." He replied. Midori slowly walked through the door and smiled at Inuyasha. He did a double take on her. She had on a fitted black spaghetti strapped dress that showed a bit of cleavage. Inuyasha quickly turned around as he began buttoning his shirt.
"What's up?" He asked. Midori walked over to him and giggled. She began fixing the buttons on his shirt.
"Why are you so nervous for?" She asked. He sighed deeply.
"I guess I just want the meeting between them to go good." He replied. She nodded her head. The smell of her sweet shampoo hit his nose. She patted his chest.
"There you go, don't worry Higurashi-San seems like a great person I'm sure Oba-San will adore her in the same way I do." She smiled. Inuyasha nodded his head.
"Inuyasha, oh hey Midori." Hikaru smiled. "The guests have arrived." He told them and Inuyasha quickly ran out the room. Hikaru giggled.
"When it comes to Kagome-Chan Inuyasha will come running." He looked towards Midori and saw a slight stale look upon her face. "Midori-Chan?" He raised his eyebrow. She giggled.
"Kagome is so lucky to have such a great guy. I hope I find a great guy like Inuyasha someday. Well, let's eat dinner, I'm starving." She walked out the room. Hikaru raised his eyes.
Inuyasha hugged Kagome tightly. She had on a beige pencil skirt with a small slit in the back and a black halter shirt that covered her stomach. He looked down at the black heels that made her legs look luscious.
"You know you're gonna regret wearing a skirt like that here." He whispered in her ear. She giggled and kissed his lips.
"I hope you make me regret it with all my being." She winked. He smiled at her.
Sesshoumaru put his hand on their heads making them look at him.
"Save that for the bedroom. Ba-San is coming." He told them. Inuyasha slowly back up from the hug and held Kagome's hand. Izayoi hugged Kagome tightly.
"Oh my darling you look so beautiful as always." She giggled.
"Thank you Kaa-San. You look beautiful as well." She complimented back. Izayoi giggled.
"I try, I may have a son who's gonna be thirty soon but Mama is still sexy." They both started laughing.
"That's right Mama, I'm gonna be like you when I get older." Rin laughed. Izayoi hugged her.
"You sure will." They both laughed.
"Kagome, Rin, it's good to see you. You ladies look lovely." Taisho stated and hugged them. "I hope dinner goes well." He sighed rubbing his head.
"You know you're sister." Izayoi mumbled. Hikaru ran down and greeted Kagome and Rin. Midori smiled politely at Rin.
"Hajimemashite." She bowed her head.
"You too honey." Rin smiled back. She then looked at Kagome and bowed her head.
"Konbanwa Higurashi-San." Before Kagome could say anything Izayoi placed her hand on Midori's shoulder.
"Why do you approach Kagome so formerly you guys are the same age?"
"Well, things haven't been going well between us. I've created unnecessary trouble between Higurashi-San and Inuyasha." She turned to Kagome and bowed at bended waist. "Gomen-Nasi Higurashi-San." Kagome had to reframe from rolling her eyes. She then noticed everyone looking at her. She began blushing and smiled sheepishly. She felt obligated to accept this girl's apology.
"I-Iie, it's fine. You can call me Kagome."
"Arigatou-Gozaimasu, Kagome-Chan." She smiled. Kagome felt her body twitching. She really wanted to punch this girl but instead she just gave her a phony smile.
"Everyone is here." Iria said coming down the steps. Kagome looked at her in shocked. She couldn't believe that this woman was Taisho's older sister. She looked very young and she seemed to be a studious woman. However, her personality wasn't hidden from one glance you could tell what type of woman she was and she didn't seem to do anything to hide it either.
Iria looked at Rin.
"Gaki-Chan you're still the same I see." She smiled widely. Rin began laughing and crossed her arms.
"I sure am and I see you're still the isame nterfering, bossy, know it Baba-San." Instantly electrical sparks began zapping back and forth between the two. Everyone stood in silence. Kagome looked at Rin feeling shocked. She didn't think Rin would approach the older woman like that.
"Well, anyway shall we eat dinner?" Taisho stated hoping his future daughter-in-law and older sister didn't kill each other.
"Oh yeah Iria-Ba-San." Inuyasha took Kagome's hand. "This is Kagome, my girlfriend." He introduced the two. Kagome looked from Inuyasha to Iria and saw her glaring at her. Iria then turned her back to them.
"She's not as pretty as Midori-Chan, let's go eat." She said walking to the diner room.
"Ba-San!" Midori gasped. She turned to them and bowed her head before following after Iria with a huge smirk on her face.
Everyone sat down and began eating. Kagome didn't like the seating arrangements that were made his aunt. Midori and Inuyasha were sitting next to each other while she was sitting next to Hikaru. Rin was sitting across from Sesshoumaru and Izayoi was sitting by Inuyasha's father who was at the end of the table while Iria sat at the other dinner. Midori looked at Iria.
"Ba-San is this seating arrangement appropriate?" She asked the older woman. "Shouldn't Kagome-Chan be sitting next to Inuyasha instead of me?"
She isn't the girl who's going to end up with Inuyasha so it's fine." She stated and Kagome looked down at her plate. Her heart was beating so fast. Rin looked at Kagome before looking down at her plate. "So anyway, I want to discuss this matter more Taisho."
"Onee-San, do we have to discuss this at the table. Let's talk about this later." Taisho sighed deeply. Kagome was already hurting enough just from a few words of his sister. He didn't want to see the girl broken. He honestly liked Kagome a lot and he felt she was good for his son.
"I'll wait a little while after Inuyasha's graduation but I say by the first of July he should be in New York. I already filled out an application for him to NYU. It's a great college and also while he's in New York he will learn about my business so that he can take it over." She told her younger brother who looked down. Inuyasha gripped his fork. He bit his bottom lip as hard as he could so he didn't explode. He really hated his aunt. "Do you hear Inuyasha?"
"Hai." He whispered not looking from his plate.
"I know I can come off as harsh sometimes but you're so young, I don't want you to waste your life doing nothing, like your father and your brother. Marrying whoever you want, it's ungraceful." She stated. It became painfully quiet. Izayoi closed her eyes tightly. She began breathing. No matter how many times she told this woman off she was stubborn and after thirty years of marriage, Izayoi didn't feel like doing it again.
Rin slammed her fist on the table catching everyone's attention.
"And who the HELL are you?!" Rin yelled at her. Iria looked at her. Sesshoumaru placed his hand over Rin's.
"Rin calm down."
"No!" She snatched her hand from Sesshoumaru's and stood up. "You all let her come here and plan your lives for you. What gives you the right to tell Inuyasha what he is and what he isn't going to do?! What gives you the right to point your finger at Kaa-San, at me and at my cousin?!"
"Itko?" Iria looked between the two and nodded her head. "I thought you were friends but now that I look closely you two do resemble each other." She laughed. "I definitely will not accept that girl. I already came to terms to let Sesshoumaru do what he wants but I will not let Inuyasha go. He has too much of a bright future to let it be stained by some poor country." She snapped staring back at Rin. Rin looked at her and sighed.
"That's why you never been married." She softly stated and everyone stared at Rin in shocked even Iria's eyes went wide. "And if you were he probably left you." Rin shook her head and walked away from the table. Sesshoumaru ran after Rin. Kagome stared at her plate.
"Do you have anything to say?" Iria glared at Kagome. Kagome slowly looked at her before looking down. "Just like a country girl, no manners, no etiquette, no education, and no hope." Kagome looked at her. "And you want to be with my nephew?" She whispered. Kagome looked down at her plate.
"I do have manners, I do have etiquette, I do have education, and I do have hope." Kagome looked at her. "And I do want to marry Inuyasha." Kagome said quietly. Iria stared at Kagome and raised her eyebrow.
"Is that so?" She chuckled and took a sip of her wine. "Well…I'm sorry Kagome but I don't approve of you. Midori is much better than Inuyasha."
Kagome looked at Iria and smiled softly.
"I can guarantee you she's not."
"Well, opinion doesn't count." Iria snapped at her. Kagome slowly stood up and bowed her head at Iria.
"It was nice meeting you. Thank you Kaa-San for the excellent dinner."
Izayoi looked at Kagome's plate that was barely touched. She smiled softly and nodded.
"Anytime honey."
Kagome hugged Hikaru and Taisho. She then kissed Inuyasha's lip and smiled at him.
"I love you." She whispered.
"I love you too." He whispered back. She then walked away to find Rin.
"I definitely do not approve of such a woman. Midori is better for you, she's so quiet and she has manners." Iria told Inuyasha. He cleared his throat.
"Excuse me." He got up from the table and walked up to his room. He was so furious with his aunt.
It was silent in the car and Rin and Kagome rode back to their house. Rin sighed deeply and shook her head.
"I was about to punch that bitch. I hate his aunt. All of Sesshoumaru's other aunts are nothing like her. She's not invited to the wedding. I'll kick her ass even in my wedding gown if I have to." She spat. Kagome stared out the window.
"That girl Midori, she plays so innocent but she's not." Kagome stated. Rin nodded her head.
"Yeah, I definitely spotted that too. Keep your guard up."
"Hai." Kagome closed her eyes trying hold back her tears. This was the first time she was out right crudely criticized like that and she didn't like it. She wasn't going to lose to those two.
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