It was just a dare

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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 14 - Pool Party

Kagome slipped a T-Shirt and a pair of shorts over her bikini and ran a brush carelessly through her hair even though, about ten minutes from then, it wouldn't matter. She was going swimming at Miroku's house and her hair would just get tangled again. "Inuyasha, are you ready?" She called out the door and down the stairs. She was answered with an annoyed, "Yeah, whatever."

Kagome smiled and shook her head. Even though he was being rude, she couldn't help it. She had almost lost him, after all. But she had been too accustomed to having him around and she didn't let it happen.

"Hurry up!" Inuyasha shouted angrily from the living room. "We don't have all day!"

Kagome walked out of her room and proceeded down the stairs. "I'm the one who gives orders around here, not you."

Inuyasha scowled and turned away. "Whatever."

They left her house and walked down the street in silence. Miroku's family had just put in a swimming pool and a hot tub and decided to go on vacation. Miroku, staying home alone, decided to celebrate. He invited everyone he could think of from school, including Inuyasha and Kagome.

They arrived at Miroku's house and saw that it was already overrun with teenagers who were holding beer bottles and were spraying each other with the water hose. They went around back and found that the pool had a few people in it, some of which were making out. Kagome stared at the obscene scene before her and couldn't help but let out a laugh. Inuyasha said nothing and went inside Miroku's house. Kagome trailed after him.

"Miroku!" He shouted above all of the bustle. The house was crowded as well. "Miroku, where are you?"

"Inuyasha?" Miroku jumped up off the couch he had been occupying and approached him. "Glad you two could make it!"

"Yeah." Inuyasha said, glaring at everyone around him. "Did you have to invite so many people?"

Miroku shrugged. "A party isn't a party unless it's packed."

Kagome pushed through a group of people and stumbled up to them with a heavy sigh. "It's a little too crowded," she complained.

Miroku patted her on the shoulder. "Just go and have fun, ok? Sango should be here in a little while."

Kagome sighed and turned to go. "Come on, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and followed and they went out back to the pool. There were several tables set up where food and punch sat upon them in a messy heap. Kagome was surprised that no one had dropped anything into the punch bowl, especially since most of the people were drunk. Music blared from some speakers that were set up close to the house. It felt like the nightclub all over again, only with a few twists.

Kagome leaned against a table with a sigh. Inuyasha stood beside of her, observing everyone. The hot tub was full of couples and the pool was halfway occupied, giving them the perfect opportunity to swim, but he wouldn't unless Kagome said so. She was his 'master,' after all.

Kagome turned and saw Koga coming toward them and she sucked in a breath. She decided to just play it cool and not ask Inuyasha to do anything. However, Inuyasha must have had other plans for he suddenly grabbed her around the waist and pulled her against him. She squeaked, flustered, and looked up into his amber eyes. "What are you doing?" She whispered.

"Keeping him away from you." Inuyasha said, hugging her tighter and bringing his head down closer to her neck.

Kagome shivered at his touch. "Why?" She hissed.

"You would have asked me to, anyway." Came his response. He kissed her neck.

Kagome saw Koga staring at them, so she decided to make it look more realistic and she wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck. She smiled at him when he pulled his face away. "Keep going, he's staring."

Inuyasha blinked. "What am I supposed to do?"

"I don't know." Kagome said under her breath.

Inuyasha kissed her gently. Kagome thought that she'd die as shivers ran marathons up and down her spine. She should have seen it coming, but she hadn't. She returned it, nonetheless, and couldn't help but smile inside when she saw that Koga was gone.

Inuyasha pulled away and smirked. "There. Was that good?"

Kagome nodded, sort of dazed. "Yeah…That was good."

He released her then, somewhat abruptly, and resumed his position of leaning against the table. "That Koga is really getting annoying," he growled. "Why hasn't he got a clue yet?"

All Kagome could do was force herself to get over the absence of Inuyasha's embrace and shrug.

"He must be dumber than he looks," he concluded.

Kagome barely managed to stifle a laugh at this. Instead, she asked, "Want to go swimming?"

"It's about time you asked," he responded. "I'm about to die of a heat stroke." He then tugged his baggy jean shorts and shirt off and tossed them into a nearby vacant lawn chair before kicking his sneakers off beside it. He turned to look at Kagome impatiently.

Kagome copied his actions and placed her clothes on top of his and faced him. "All right. Go jump in."

He smirked, said, "Watch this," and did a running cannonball, splashing some people who were standing on the side of the pool. They squealed before letting out a fit of giggles.

Kagome smiled and shook her head, walking up to the pool slowly. Inuyasha hadn't resurface and she knelt down at the side and peered into the water. When she didn't see him right below her, she gazed out across the pool. He wasn't there, either. For a brief moment, panic hit her like the waves six feet away from the beach hit a small child. Why hadn't he come up yet? Was he all right?

She was about to rise to her feet and call his name and dive in to search for him when something impetuously burst through the surface, grasped her uppers arms in an iron like grip, and pulled her under. She felt thewater cool all of the spots that had been heated by the scorching sun and bubbles rose up her spine and legs, tickling her skin. She kicked for the surface and when she came up, she gasped in air and glared at Inuyasha, who was laughing at her.

"You…"

"What?"

"You jerk."

"Aw, you're only mad cause I pulled you under."

"Yeah, maybe, what was your first clue?"

"You were taking too long to get in so I decided to help you," he explained with a grin. "Lighten up."

She was quiet for a moment. This was a pool party, for crying out loud. She should have as much fun as possible. "Fine," she replied. Then she smirked and dived on him, pushing him with all her might. She fell on top of him and they went under the water. He looked at her, surprised, then narrowed his eyes as if to silently say, "You'll regret that."

Kagome smiled inside and put on the most innocent face she could muster under water and swam to the surface. She came up and gasped in some air, only to have Inuyasha grab her ankles gently and jerk her back down. She ended up right in front of him, pressed against his muscular chest. She peered up into his amber eyes, which were glowing ominously from the sunlight dripping down into the pool. He looked down at her and everything seemed to stand still. It was nearly silent under that water and it seemed so peaceful and serene. Kagome didn't want to leave it all behind.

Suddenly, however, the lack of air smacked both of them in the gut and they raced up to the top, sucking in air. Kagome glanced timidly at Inuyasha and he looked at her. They stared for a moment before he grinned deviously and she began swimming away frantically, laughing and squealing.

Inuyasha caught her ankle before catching her arm, then he jerked her back toward him and they were, once again, wading in the water, face to face. The riled teenage crowed seemed to drown out, the sound of screams died down and the splashing faded. It was just the two of them once more, lost in their own world together.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said at last, a slight gasp leaking through her trembling voice.

"Yeah?" He didn't release her arm and continued to stare into her eyes as if they were precious jewels and he couldn't look away.

"Let go of my arm."

All of the screaming, splashing, cussing, and laughing came rushing back in and everything seemed to appear around them once again. Inuyasha turned red and tossed her arm into the water angrily.

"Don't get angry!" Kagome cried above all of the bustle around them. "You were the one who grabbed my arm and didn't let go!"

"Yeah, well," he struggled to come up with a decent counter. "You weren't in a hurry to get me to let go!"

Now it was Kagome's turn to think of a good argument. "Well you weren't in a hurry to let me go yourself!"

Inuyasha appeared as if he were going to persist somehow when a voice interrupted them, "My, my, why are we fighting?"

The two teenagers jerked their heads up to see Sango wading beside them. Apparently in all of their bickering they hadn't noticed that she had swam up. They both pointed at themselves and shouted, "It wasn't me!" Having realized what they had done, they glowered at one another and yelled, "Was too!"

Sango laughed. "All right! That's enough! Let's have fun guys." She then swam away.

Kagome turned to Inuyasha and stuck her tongue out at him, only to have him splash water on her. She squealed and splashed back until it changed into a raging water fight.

Sango had climbed out of the pool and stood next to Miroku, who was observing the couple from close to the patio. "They're close, aren't they?"

Miroku nodded. "Yeah. They can deny it all they want but you can tell."

"Yep," Sango agreed.

"I saw them kissing." Miroku blurted.

Sango jerked her head in his direction. "You what? When?"

"Earlier, before you arrived." He answered. "Inuyasha just suddenly scooped her up in his arms and kissed her neck before kissing her on the lips."

"Whoa," Sango murmured, gazing at the two who were now engaged in a semi wrestling match with Inuyasha holding the upper hand. He was picking Kagome up and dropping her, letting her go under and rise to the surface only to repeat his previous actions. "Nice work, Miroku. I'm impressed."

"I beg your pardon?" Miroku glanced curiously at Sango.

"The whole dare thing. You paired them up and made Inuyasha show his soft side," she explained. She punched him playfully in the arm and winked. "That was a smooth move." Then she walked away.

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It had grown dark in what seemed to be a matter of minutes. A lot of people had gone home, having had enough of swimming or making out or getting wasted. Kagome and Inuyasha, however, were still in the pool, swimming and wrestling and goofing off. They hadn't noticed the dark clouds that hovered above them.

"Marco," Kagome said, closing her eyes tight.

"Polo," Inuyasha replied, dodging her swinging arms that struggled to find him.

"Marco."

"Polo."

"Marco."

"Polo."

"Marco."

"Polo -- oh shit!" Kagome grabbed him and they fell under water for what felt to be the millionth time that day, and it probably was.

They came sputtering to the surface and stared at one another. "So, what now?" She asked.

"I don't know." He answered with a sigh.

A cold drop of water fell onto Inuyasha's shoulder, followed by a second. A third. A fourth. Then, millions poured down in heavy rainfall. They looked up into the rain before breaking out into laughter. Their giggles soon ended when a large streaks of lightning sliced through the air above them, followed by an extremely loud bang of thunder. Kagome let out a flustered scream and they swam as fast as they could to the side of the pool before climbing out and running into Miroku's house, closing the door behind them.

Miroku and Sango soon arrived with towels and handed them to the drenched teenagers. "You finally decided to get out?" Miroku asked.

Kagome nodded, her teeth chattering from how cold his house was from the air conditioner.

"You didn't bring any other clothes, did you?" He asked, quirking an eyebrow.

Inuyasha shook his head.

"I have extra clothes for you to change into." He responded. "You can stay until the storm passes, I guess." Then he went and got them and they went into different rooms and changed.

When they were finished, they came into the living room. Kagome inquired, "Want to watch a movie?"

Miroku shrugged. "Sure."

Impetuously, lightning struck and the lights flickered out with a low 'zzz' and they were thrown into darkness. "Well…" Miroku began.

"Looks like there won't be a movie." Sango said, causing them to laugh.

"Oh, well," Kagome said with a yawn. "I'm tired anyway." She collapsed onto the couch and soon fell asleep. Miroku led Sango upstairs to her room.

"What about me?" Inuyasha shouted indignantly.

"You're a hanyou," Miroku called, going to his own room. "You can see in the dark. Sleep with Kagome."

"You're crazy!" Inuyasha shouted. Miroku didn't respond and he glanced at Kagome, who was sleeping peacefully. That couch could stretch out into a bed and it wouldn't hurt to sleep there.

He lifted her up and cradled her with his left arm while he fixed the couch with the other hand. He then laid onto the spot closest to the back of the couch and positioned Kagome right in front of him. She stirred, but didn't wake. Letting out a relieved sigh, he whispered, "Goodnight, Kagome," and fell asleep.

Note- There! Man, my arms hurt and it's going on eleven p.m. on a school night. Oh well. I hope you enjoyed! Any ideas? Send them in.