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 17 - Koga's Party
Mudvayne blasted through the speakers of Koga's large stereo system, the loud bass slamming into Kagome's chest, thudding like her heart, only harder. She liked the song. "Not Falling." It had a good beat.
She turned her attention to Inuyasha, who was behind her with his ears pinned flat against his head. "What's the matter?" She asked loudly so she could be heard over the music.
"It's too damn loud!" He cursed. "It hurts my ears!"
Kagome only managed a meek smile and continued on pushing through the crowd. If he was this bad about the music hurting his ears, she couldn't help but wonder how he would fair against Koga -- the star quarterback on the football team in school.
Then again, they were in school anymore. They were out for summer.
Kagome found the table holding refreshments and grabbed a Pepsi before quickly exiting the large house. She stepped outside to the back yard and saw the glittering stars. It was a hot and humid night, but it felt good.
She was happy to find a pool and a hot tub. Her mouth dropped open at the sight of girls relaxing in it, wearing garments of clothes too revealing to even be considered bathing suits. Sighing, she cracked open her Pepsi, took a long sip of it, and placed it down on a vacant table off to the side of the halfway filled pool.
There were several deck chairs and tables that were void of people, so she claimed a spot before pulling off her shirt and shorts to reveal her pastel green colored bathing suit. She was glad that she didn't dress up for this occasion and that she hadn't put on makeup.
When she noticed Inuyasha coming out toward her, she giggled, and waved at him. He smirked, pulling off his shirt. So they were going to have to play this game again, were they?
He got closer to her and tossed his shirt onto a deck chair nearby. "Are we really playing this game again?" He asked, even though he seemed happy about it.
"What game?" She asked, feigning innocence and ignorance. "I just want to swim."
He dropped his baggy jean shorts to reveal his red swim trunks. She couldn't help but look him up and down, from head to toe. He had a great body…
"Kagome?" He asked.
"What?" She bit her lower lip and her face flushed.
"Are you going swimming or what?"
"Yeah." She said. She jumped in, feeling the water cool her body off. The bubbles were tickling her skin as they rose to the surface. She came back up to the surface and swam over to the edge to hold herself up while she brushed her hair out of her eyes. Once she did so, she looked up, expecting to see stars, and only saw a pair of beautiful amber eyes.
"Boo," he said sarcastically.
She laughed at him and grabbed him by the head and pulled, knocking off his balance. He fell into the water with a loud splash. When he emerged through the surface, she was laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" He demanded.
"You," she said between giggles.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." He smirked, which inspired another one of their games of tag, where the loser was promptly dropped underwater. This game went on for a while.
A girl with red pigtails and stunning green eyes was wading in the pool not far from them. She watched Kagome with contempt. She hated that girl. She was the target for Koga's affections. She couldn't let him know that she was there at his party or he'd be talking to her for sure. Wait…Inuyasha wasn't supposed to be there, was he? She smirked. She could get Inuyasha's butt kicked and tell Koga that Kagome had invited him, knowing full well that he wasn't supposed to be there. It was perfect.
She got out of the pool and raced to the hot tub where Koga was, surrounded by girls. "Koga," she said.
"Oh, hi Ayame," he said, smirking, showing off his perfectly white and sharp canines. "What's up?"
"Inuyasha is here." She growled. "Kagome brought him even though she knows you hate him."
"Kagome's here?" He asked. "Hmm, all right. I'll go kick that dog's ass right now." He smiled charmingly at the girls around him. "Excuse me, ladies." He climbed out of the hot tub.
Ayame quickly ran ahead of Koga, who was continually getting held up by guys telling him, "Dude, great party," or "Glad ya had beer," and other nonsense.
Once she reached the pool, Ayame yelled, "Kagome, can you come here? I need your help."
Kagome, being the helpful and caring person she was, said, "Yeah, sure, hang on a second." She giggled at Inuyasha and gave him a playful shove before saying, "Be right back," and climbing out of the pool.
Inuyasha felt empty every time she left him. This time he watched her go, wanting to swim after her and grab her and never release her, hold her body against his…
Whoa. What the hell? He mentally kicked himself for thinking such things, for fantasizing these ridiculous situations. What was wrong with him? He didn't love Kagome, or even like her, nor was he lusting after her body. So why did he feel so…weird around her?
Kagome disappeared into the multitude of people and Inuyasha sighed. Deciding to head over to the punch bowl and grab something to drink and even something to eat, he pulled himself out of the warm water and into the sultry summer night air. He grabbed a towel and began drying himself off. That's when that stinkin' excuse for a wolf came strolling up to him.
"What're you doing here, mutt-face?" He demanded. "I didn't invite you."
"And?" Inuyasha asked, clearly unafraid. He merely continued on drying his hair with the partially wet towel that now smelled of chlorine water.
"And? You're not supposed to be here." Koga growled, his deep blue eyes burning with hatred and annoyance. "I don't see why Kagome would invite you, much less date you, anyways."
Inuyasha was momentarily caught off track. Date? Oh, that's right. They were faking being together. "It's cause she loves me. And I love her." Inuyasha smirked at him. "Sorry, pal, but I guess I have something you don't."
Koga then shoved Inuyasha into the pool.
Everyone stopped what they were doing -- whether it be laughing, drinking, singing, dancing, or just talking -- to stare at the two.
Inuyasha leapt out of the pool with lightning speed and tackled Koga. They went reeling onto the concrete walkway surrounding the pool. Inuyasha attacked with massive punches, only to be kicked off onto his back. Koga then copied Inuyasha's previous actions and began beating the crap out of him.
Meanwhile, Kagome followed Ayame into the house, confused as to what the red-headed she-wolf needed help with. They went up the stairs and into a spare bedroom where Ayame was obviously staying in. She had clothes strewn about everywhere.
"I, uh, need you to help me with…" Ayame's green eyes swept around the room. She finally pulled a torn shirt out of a partially open drawer. "This. Can you sew?" She turned toward Kagome expectantly. The girl nodded in reply. "Thank God!" The she wolf exclaimed. "Now I can get this sewn up. Will you?"
"Sure," Kagome said a bit suspiciously. "I'll see what I can do."
"Thank so much!" Ayame quipped happily.
Kagome suddenly took notice of the window and saw that a crowd had gathered on the side of the pool where she had abandoned her things. Wait…was that Koga, fighting someone? Her heart dropped and she groaned aloud when she remembered that question -- would Inuyasha get into a fight with Koga or not? -- that she asked herself over and over.
She raced out of the room, frantically doing her best to get to the two fighting demons before they tore one another apart. She shoved people out of the way, one or two of them falling into the pool, and she came out next to the two battling boys. Inuyasha was towering over Koga, kicking him. The crowd was chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" as if they were still in school.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed. He stopped to look at her. Koga took this as an advantage and kicked him off of him. When he went to hit him, Kagome yelled, "Koga!"
Both boys finally stopped to look at her.
"This is stupid!" She shouted, outraged, and stressed. "Stop it!"
"Aw, you suck, Kagome!" Someone from the crowd yelled.
"Yeah!" Someone else agreed. "Let them fight."
That's when Inuyasha tackled Koga, at the implied request of the 'fans.' They were rolling around on the pavement, beating one another up. Kagome inhaled in frustration. The two teens rose to their feet, glaring, challenging one another. That's when Kagome stepped in between them. "Enough!" She shrieked. "You guys are acting like two year olds." She glared at the crowd. "You guys are acting even younger by cheering them on! How about you fight each other? It'll give you something to watch!"
"You just want your little boyfriends getting hurt," someone said contemptuously from the crowd.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked. "Who said that?"
People stepped aside and allowed another girl to appear from the crowd. Kikyo. Inuyasha's ex girlfriend.
"One: boyfriends isn't right. I only have one here and that's Inuyasha." She sneered at Kikyo. "Two: how about you go and find someone else to fight for you and put on a show for you?"
Kikyo regarded her calmly. "You sleep around, don't you, Kagome?"
Kagome's mouth gaped open in surprise. "What?"
"You and Koga, you and Inuyasha…all these rumors about you and boys." Kikyo tisk-tisked her.
Kagome approached Kikyo, everything about her seeming calm, until she shrieked in her face, "Never listen to rumors, Kinky-ho." That's when Kagome gave her a powerful shove.
And Inuyasha's ex girlfriend fell into the pool.
"Come on, let's go, Inuyasha." Kagome said. She realized that she still have Ayame's shirt in her hand. She smiled. "Ayame!" She shouted. The red-headed girl looked down at her from the window. "Here's your shirt!" She then wiped it gently across Inuyasha's open cuts, smearing his blood all over it before tossing it to the ground. She then gathered her things, as well as Inuyasha's, and they left the party.
"You okay?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah." He said tersely.
"Sure?"
"Yes!"
"You're not."
"No, I'm not."
"Why not?"
When he never responded, she turned to look at him. He had a distant look in his eyes, blood running from his lip and an open cut on his forehead. Deciding not to pressure him anymore tonight, she said, "I'll clean those wounds when we get home. And I'll fix dinner for us and we can watch a movie. Okay? What about Scream? Some old, cheesy, non-scary movie?"
"Sure." He said distantly.
She poked him in the ribs. He jumped and grinned very briefly.
"What's this?" She asked in a sing-song voice. "Little Inu is ticklish!"
"Am not." He protested.
She began tickling him in the middle of the dark and empty street, and he laughed. He pushed her off of him and said, "I'm not ticklish."
"Right," she said. She put the fact that he was ticklish up for later reference. It could possibly come in handy.
"By the way," she said as they went into her house. "Nice job fighting him. You would've won."
"Thanks. You, too."
"Huh?"
"You were good when you told all of those people off." He said.
She smiled and gave him a quick peck on the cheek before running and fetching the medical kit. They had a long night of wound cleaning, dinner fixing, and movie watching ahead of them.
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