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?
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Chapter 15 - Sunburn
Inuyasha heard voices, but he told himself that they were only in his head, that they were from the dreams he had been having all during the night. He shifted slightly, wrapping his arms tighter around whatever it was he had a hold of and tried to will himself back to sleep. He was tired, he knew, and he wanted to rest. So why couldn't he sleep?
"Shh! Miroku, you'll wake him!" He heard a girl say. He paid it no heed and squeezed his eyes shut tighter.
"But it's so funny!" A guy whispered.
"Hush!" She scolded. It grew quiet and Inuyasha had settled back into a light slumber when a sudden flash of light awoke him. Then another, and still, another. He opened his eyes in alarm and found that Sango had taken a picture of him sleeping. This wouldn't have been all that bad -- despite the fact that she had caught him sleeping and had managed to get a memory of it. The only thing wrong was that he had been embracing Kagome tightly when she took the picture.
He would have jumped up then, if it hadn't been for the sleeping girl in his arms. He growled in annoyance at Kagome before glaring daggers at Miroku and Sango, who were laughing hysterically, both of them holding their sides in pain. "You jerks!" He hissed.
"You're hugging Kagome!" Miroku cried, pointing at Kagome.
"And you're sunburned!" Sango added.
Inuyasha looked himself over and, sure enough, he was almost as red as a tomato. As soon as he realized he was burned, he began to feel the stinging sensation all over his body. To put it bluntly, it hurt. It really hurt. He hated the feeling and gritted his teeth to keep the urge to toss Kagome into the floor under control. Instead, he sat up slowly, making sure not to disturb her, and sat her back on the couch before rising to his feet. He clenched his fists in pain.
"Now, now, Inuyasha," Miroku said as calmly as he could. "It's okay."
Inuyasha popped his neck and glowered at them.
"Come on, Inuyasha," Sango coaxed, her voice gentle with a bit of panic in it. "It's just a joke. We were just having fun."
"Just having fun? You call making fun of my misery and my embarrassing moments fun?" He demanded. He lunged for them, growling. He wouldn't hurt them. He could never bring himself to do that. He would just scare them a little bit, just enough to make them think twice before doing anything like that again.
Kagome squeezed her eyes shut tightly, willing herself to forget the noise around her from her screaming friends. She wanted to rest her aching muscles and forget about the stinging pain that enveloped her body.
Wait a minute…Stinging pain?
Kagome sat bolt upright with a squeal and examined her body. What she saw nearly gave her a heart attack and what she felt brought tears to her eyes. She was tingling all over, except for the places that had been shielded by her bikini. "Oh My God!" Her friends came to a halt beside of the couch and peered at her curiously.
"Look at me!" She cried, jumping up and spinning around, giving them a good view of all of the red skin. "I look like a red Christmas light!"
"I wouldn't put it that way, Kagome," Miroku said softly. "You look more like…"
"A tomato." Inuyasha finished.
"Well you don't look much better yourself." Sango commented dryly. When Inuyasha threatened her with a closed fist raised in the air, she said, "Don't blame me for your stupidity. You shouldn't have stayed out in the pool so long, flirting with Kagome."
If it were even possible, Inuyasha and Kagome's faces turned a darker shade of crimson and they glared at Sango. When they began walking toward her, she backed away and said, "Um, Miroku, a little help here?"
Miroku stood on the other side of the room and replied with, "You got yourself into this one, Sango."
Sango raced between Inuyasha and Kagome with a squeal before racing out the sliding patio door and onto the cement walkway around the pool. Inuyasha and Kagome were hot on her heels. The only problem was that, as they both turned to the left right outside the door, their feet tangled up into each other and they slipped and fell right into the pool. Kagome came up first, spitting out water and coughing. When Inuyasha surfaced, she slapped him in the back of the head and screamed, "You idiot! What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" He countered. He then swam over to the side of the pool and climbed out, wincing as the sunburn began to sting irritably. Once he was out, he heard Kagome say, "You could have helped me out, you know." He turned around and saw her climbing out slowly. He reached out a hand and she reluctantly took it and he pulled her up -- a little too roughly -- and she fell against his chest.
"Ow! Damn, woman! I'm sunburned!" He cried, jumping backward, causing Kagome to stumble a bit.
"Blaming me?" She yelled. "You were the one who pulled me out of the pool too hard! And I'm sunburned, too!"
"Guys, guys, relax!" Miroku said, Sango hiding behind him. "We'll go out and buy you some lotion for it later, it'll help it heal better. Now we just have to calm down."
Inuyasha and Kagome grew silent and turned away from each other. It grew strangely silent around the four friends, other than the birds and the slight breeze and Miroku finally offered them dry clothes. After they had gone inside and changed, they came back outside and sat on the cement walkway in a circle and were discussing the party the previous day. Sango impetuously asked, "So what's this I hear about you two kissing?" She quirked an eyebrow and smirked at Inuyasha and Kagome, who appeared to be blushing through their sunburn.
"It was nothing." Inuyasha said quickly.
"Nothing my foot." Miroku argued. "You two looked like you were enjoying it a whole lot."
"No, Inuyasha's right." Kagome said. "It was only to fool Koga into thinking that we're dating so then that way he won't bother me anymore."
"Koga?" Sango inquired. "Aw, but he's so sweet. Why don't you like him, Kagome?"
Kagome only managed a shrug. Why didn't she like him? There wasn't really anything wrong with him, except for the fact that he hated competition and was always gloating, which reminded her of a certain someone.
"I think she's in love with someone else." Sango continued.
Miroku nodded in agreement. "Yep. It's all over her face."
Inuyasha examined Kagome's face. "I don't see it."
Sango rolled her eyes and Miroku let out a laugh. Kagome, however, stared at the cement beneath her sunburned form. She didn't love someone else, did she? If she did, why wasn't she sure about it? Why didn't she know who it was?
"But seriously," Sango began again. "Did you guys enjoy it? And was it the first kiss you guys have had?"
It grew silent and Sango figured that she had asked a question that was going to remain unanswered for a long time.
"We've had more than that before," Kagome answered slowly, her voice low.
"And I enjoyed them all," Inuyasha added, his voice soft. Kagome jerked her head up to look at him in shock. He was looking the opposite direction. Had she heard right? Did he say that he enjoyed them all?
It grew quiet around them and the tension became thicker. Inuyasha never once looked in any of their directions. Instead, after a few minutes, he rose to his feet and said, "I have to go home and grab a few things, Kagome. But I'll be back at your house in a little while."
"Oh, um, all right. I'll be there waiting for you…" She murmured, watching him walk away. He soon disappeared and she continued staring at the place she had last saw him.
"Kagome?" Sango examined her friend's face. "You all right?"
Kagome shook herself out of her reverie and nodded slightly. "I'm fine. But I'm going to head home. Talk to you guys later." She climbed to her feet and left.
"Like I said before, nice job, Miroku." Sango said. "You totally hooked them up."
"I wasn't intending to," he responded. "But it still works. However, we have to wait a while longer. They're only starting to show their feelings."
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