It was just a dare
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Note- Hi, guys! Since I have finished with Crimson Regret and Dark Angel is on hold, I have decided to try and work on a new story for you guys. Please review when you are finished reading. Thank you.
Summary- Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango have gotten to know one another at school, but they still have problems getting along. Inuyasha is known to NEVER turn down a dare, so, what happens when Miroku dares him to become Kagome's personal slave during the entire summer while her family is away at a family member's house?
Here it is. Enjoy.
Chapter 7 - Lights Out
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked timidly, afraid that if she lifted her voice too much, something would leap out from the impenetrable darkness and get her. She groped around on the walls around her and eventually found the doorway of her room. She walked through it and glanced around fearfully. She could not see anything except for strange and scary looking shadows.
"Inuyasha?" She continued to whisper softly, feeling around for the stair railing. She needed to go downstairs to find a flashlight and hopefully get the lights back on somehow.
She cautiously went down the steps, hoping that nothing would jump out and scare her more than she already was. She was not afraid of the dark; just whatever was in it that could scare her or harm her. And she was praying that she met up with Inuyasha somewhere along the way. But then she thought about it and figured that Inuyasha would laugh at her for being scared and would probably scare her at every opportunity that presented itself.
'He's better off asleep,' she thought irritably. 'I wish the power had never gone out. I wouldn't be here, wondering around in the dark.'
She made it down the stairs and tiptoed toward the kitchen, using only memory and feeling around with her hands. The house groaned as wind blew against it and lightning flashed, causing her to stop in her tracks and hold her breath. After a moment, sharp thunder rang out, scaring her and causing her to back up against the wall and look around, straining her eyes in order to try in see. To no avail.
After the loud, low rumble of the thunder had gone away, Kagome pushed herself up off of the wall and headed for the cabinets. She opened one slowly and uncertainly, reaching in and feeling around for whatever felt like a flashlight. She continued to search for what seemed like half an hour, reaching in and shuffling around in every cabinet and drawer. But suddenly, the words her mother had said before she had left rung in her ears, "Kagome, I'm taking the flashlight, all right? We'll need it since your uncle decided to also take us camping. If you end up needing one, you'll have to buy another since this is the only one in the house."
Kagome fell onto the floor and groaned in annoyance. She had spent all that time searching for a flashlight that her mother had! Now she was more afraid than ever since she did not have any power, no one there with her to comfort her, or any flashlight!
'Great,' she thought sullenly as she sat on the cold floor, not wanting to move. 'No flashlight. No power. Nothing!'
She sighed and closed her eyes, but opened them when she was startled by an extremely loud pang of thunder. Her heart was thudding inside of her chest and Kagome was surprised that it had not beaten its way out onto the floor. One thing was for sure about her chest: it was hurting from having her heart hammering on it so hard and fast.
Deciding that it was best for her to get up, she rose to her feet slowly and found her way to the staircase once again and went up them slowly. 'Should I go and get Inuyasha? Or should I just try to go to bed?'
As soon as she reached the top of the stairs, thunder rumbled, very loudly. Kagome jumped and headed toward her mom's bedroom. 'I'll just go get Inuyasha.'
As she crept into the dark room silently, she tried her best to scout out any moving shadows. She could hardly see, however, immobilized by the impenetrable darkness. She wandered over to the bed blindly, using only memory as a guide. She extended her hands timidly and felt around on the bed, hoping to find Inuyasha's warm, sleeping form. What she found however was an empty bed with wrinkled and tangled sheets.
Sucking in a deep breath, she pulled her hands back slowly and surveyed the room once more. She was almost certain that no one was there.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from downstairs, "Kagome, help me! Help, it's got me!"
Gasping, Kagome jumped nearly three feet into the air. 'That was Inuyasha's voice!' She thought frantically.
"Kagome, help me! It's trying to kill me!"
Kagome gulped and instantly thought back to the movie that she and Inuyasha had watched. The Boogeyman. It was pretty creepy. And now, she was letting her mind being overcome by fear.
"Kagome! Help me! Hurry!"
Staring down the darkened hallway, Kagome swallowed hard before heading toward the stairs once more. She could hear Inuyasha's voice echoing up the stairs and through the hallway, cutting through the harshness of the storm that was still raging outside: "Kagome…help, he's got me!"
A flash of lightning helped Kagome see better to find her way toward Inuyasha, but the thunder that followed only served to scare her more.
Inuyasha called out one last time, his voice extremely weak sounding, "Kagome…why didn't you come and help me? Kagome…run, he's coming for you now."
Kagome paused at the top of the steps, glancing through the darkness. She didn't hear any kind of movement, which seemed good, but at the same time, bad. She grasped the railing of the stairs and braced herself for whatever was to come and proceeded downstairs. She paused halfway down the stairs and listened. All she heard was the noises of the storm outside and the house groaning from the wind.
She clenched her fists and kept going. Once she stepped off of the bottom step, she turned and headed for the living room. She was almost certain that Inuyasha's voice had been coming from there. "Inyasha?"
The only reply she received was the eerie groaning of the house and the wind slapping the rain against the windows. She went up to the coffee table and stood there for a moment. "Inuyasha…are you in here?"
Deciding that he was not, she backed up and was about to turn around and head for the kitchen when she unexpectedly bumped into something. Something warm and solid. A hand covered her mouth as another hand grabbed her arms and pulled them behind her back. She wriggling and tried to scream, but the large, strong hand on her face was keeping her from doing so. She kicked and squirmed, but she could not get free. Panic turned to sheer terror as her attacker tossed her down onto the couch, stomach first.
She kicked and screamed, but her desperate pleas were coming out muffled. No neighbors could have heard her and wouldn't have known that she was in danger. And that just meant that she was a goner. Inuyasha was probably already dead and she was next.
To her disclosure, her assailant released her. And also to her astonishment, he laughed. He laughed.
"Oh, man," he cooed. "You should've seen your face! You were so scared! I can't believe you fell for it!"
Kagome rolled over reluctantly and saw Inuyasha. Even though she could not see his face, but only his outline, his tone of voice and laughter suggested to her that he was probably grinning triumphantly. "Inuyasha…"
"Man, I'm a good actor! I had you fooled and when I grabbed you, you must've actually thought that I was some sort of rapist and murderer." Inuyasha continued.
He finally stopped laughing and looked down at her. Since he had canine sight, hearing, and smell, he noticed that she was shaking and he could hear her sobbing quietly, barely audible over the thunder and rain. And he also smelt the salty tears that made their way down her face. 'Oh, God.' He thought. 'She's crying again.'
"Kagome," he said softly, sitting next to her. "Look, I'm sorry. It was just a joke, all right?"
Kagome laughed bitterly. "A joke? A joke! Inuyasha, you scared me half to death! I actually thought something happened to you and I actually thought someone was in here!"
Inuyasha smirked, "I know. It was great."
Kagome glared at him, tears still falling down her cheeks. "I'm starting to regret having you here! At first I was just trying to have fun and be nice to you. I thought you were having fun, but I was wrong. You decided to play a stupid, mean trick on me. And you've been cruel to me since day one!"
Inuyasha stood up, "Well, you know what? This hasn't been a picnic for me, either! First of all, you forced me to be your boyfriend to fool Koga. You made me come to the beach, the movies, and the mall. I hated all of it. And I hate you! So you need to consider someone else's feelings before you mouth off!"
Kagome looked hurt, but she did not falter. "And you need to consider my feelings before you play a joke on me! A joke that you know will scare me! And you need to stop mouthing off, too, since I have feelings like you do."
Inuyasha glared at Kagome, who mirrored his expression. Neither had anything more to say and they were only concentrating on winning the current stare off. But a sudden, extremely loud pang of thunder scared Kagome and she screamed and flung herself against Inuyasha's chest, as if he could protect her. She clung onto his shirt with her eyes squeezed shut. He felt her trembling against him and fell onto the couch, Kagome almost on top of him.
"Look," he said in a tender voice that Kagome had never heard him use before. "If you're afraid of the storm, I'll stay with you for the rest of the night. What do you say?"
Kagome looked up at him, shocked, but also grateful. "Yeah. That sounds great."
Inuyasha smirked and stood up, picking her up since she was lying halfway on top of him. Kagome squeaked, but relaxed when she realized that he was just carrying her up the stairs to her room. "Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. I'm glad you're staying with me."
Inuyasha smiled. "No problem."
They made it up the stairs and into Kagome's room. Another flash of lightning filled up the room, causing eerie shadows to extend across the walls. Loud, sharp, thunder followed after and Kagome held onto Inuyasha tighter with her eyes closed. "It's all right, believe me." Inuyasha said, his voice enormously delicate.
He went up to her bed and sat her down on it lightly. She slid over to the other side and let him crawl in and they laid in silence as the storm raged outside. Kagome felt herself start to doze off when Inuyasha said, "Miroku and Sango will never find out about this, all right?"
Kagome smiled and nodded, "Sure." She rolled over and got comfortable and said, "Thank you. I didn't mean what I said earlier."
Inuyasha looked down at her as she lie beside of him. "I didn't either. I'm sorry."
Kagome looked up at him and saw that his face was suddenly close to hers. She was not afraid or phased. She even lifted her head a little and their faces were only mere centimeters away. Kagome's heart was pounding, not out of fear, but out of actual excitement. She knew what was happening and she wanted it to come for a strange reason.
Impulsively, stentorian thunder rang out and scared her and Inuyasha and they jumped and actually hugged one another. When the low, dull thunder had eventually stopped, Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked down at Kagome, who was still holding onto him. He pulled away a little and she glanced up at him sheepishly. Suddenly, they both laughed at their skittishness before lying down. "Good night, Kagome."
"Good night, Inuyasha."
As the storm went away, they both drifted off to sleep, exhausted from their somewhat eventful night.
The golden rays of sunlight that filtered through Kagome's windows caused her to open her eyes, but instantly close them again since the light was so harsh. She blinked and got used to it. She was lying on something hard and solid. Glancing down, she seen that her left arm was draped across Inuyasha's hard chest and her head had been lying on his left shoulder. His left arm was still wrapped around her waist.
Kagome felt her face heat up, which was a sure sign that she was blushing. She did not want to wake him by removing his arm, so she continued to lie there. For some odd reason, she felt comfortable and safe. She actually liked it right there, lying against him, his arm wrapped around her. She suddenly felt Inuyasha stirring next to her and she pretended to be asleep.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, who had somehow ended up in his arms during the night. He did not want to wake her, so he laid back down.
Kagome was about to pretend to wake up when she suddenly heard her mother's voice, "Kagome? Are you awake yet? I'm coming in, dear."
Note- Uh-oh! I wonder what will happen next! Will Inuyasha be caught embracing Kagome in bed or will Kagome come up with a plan? And why is Kagome's mom back so soon? Read the next chapter to find out! And a review would be awesome. For now, here are my comments from all of your reviews.
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