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 18 - Stupid Cupid

Bright sunlight burning in her face caused Kagome to awake from her blissful slumber, the events of the night before seeping into her memory. From her fun time at the party to Inuyasha and Koga's brawl to her outburst of annoyance. Then the movies that she and Inuyasha had watched. She yawned and pulled herself into a sitting position, only to find that she and Inuyasha had fallen asleep on the couch together…

Her face flushed, but she didn't try to get up from where she was sitting, pressed against the hanyou next to her. He was sleeping peacefully, a small cut on his lip from his brawl the night before. It was healing quite quickly. She expected as much; he was a hanyou, after all.

She examined him momentarily, feeling a wave of fondness wash over her, before quickly brushing it off.

'I need to make breakfast,' she told herself as an excuse to validate her desire to get up.

As she was about to do so, the hanyou opened his eyes, and, apparently startled by having a human girl pressed so tightly against him, let out a cry and fell backward off the couch. Unfortunately, he ended up dragging Kagome with him, who let out a flustered squeak, and collapsed on top of him.

"Ow!" He yelled. "You idiot!"

"Idiot?" She demanded, struggling to push herself up. "What did I do?"

"What did you do?" He echoed angrily, also trying to get up. "You freaked me out and made me fall off the couch!"

"I didn't make you do anything!" She retorted angrily. "It's your own fault that you fell off the couch, not mine!"

"Well, you shouldn't have been lying all over me!" Came his response.

Kagome, eyes burning, glared at him. "I was asleep! How would I have known I was lying on you?"

"It looked like you were awake to me," he growled. He pulled himself up quickly, only to have his forehead collide with Kagome's.

"Ow!" She said, rubbing the fresh sore spot. "I was trying to get up off of you! You woke up before I could and freaked out!"

"Right," he grumbled, also rubbing his forehead.

Kagome looked at him. He brought his amber eyes up to look at her. "What?" He demanded.

Kagome grinned and his ears fell back. He gulped. Whenever Kagome Higurashi got that look on her face, it usually wasn't good -- for him. Kagome leaned over closer to him and poked him in the ribs. He jumped, suppressing a laugh. "You're ticklish," she said with a smile.

"Am not," he protested, moving away from her.

"Are, too," she argued, sliding over to him and grabbing his sides.

He jumped and jerked away from her, a smile on his face.

"See?" She asked.

He rolled his eyes. "Well…what about you?" He impetuously grabbed her hips and she let out a squeal before laughing and attempting to jerk away. "You're worse than me," he commented. "Jeez."

"Stop it!" Kagome commanded between giggles. "Quit! Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha finally ceased in his actions and let Kagome off the hook. She calmed down and caught her breath before looking up at him. It grew suddenly quiet. All Kagome could hear was the beating of her heart and their breathing. She felt herself falling…not falling -- leaning. She was leaning in to Inuyasha, bringing her lips up toward his. He, too, was bringing his face down slightly, slowly.

Inuyasha turned away when they were centimeters apart. Kagome felt the disappointment wash over her like a huge wave. "Inuyasha?" She asked. The concern was plain and evident in her soft voice. "Are you okay?"

"Fine," he muttered. "Just thinking."

"About?" She pried. What could he have been thinking about when they were about to kiss?

"It's…" he looked as if he were about to tell her, to confide in her. Only, he didn't. "It's none of your business."

Kagome watched in dejection as Inuyasha rose to his feet and left the room, going outside on the front porch.

"Inuyasha…" she whispered after the door closed behind him. She sat and pondered over all of the possible reasons he could have gotten so upset so quickly. Then, it hit her.

Kikyo. It had to have been her. Kagome couldn't even remember the last time she had saw the girl in school. It were almost as if she had made her first appearance in months the night before at the party. And she had been accusing Kagome of sleeping around.

"That…that-that…agh!" Kagome fumed, rising to her feet and angrily pacing back and forth. "How dare she! How could she say that I sleep around? Just because Koga likes me and I like Inu--" she immediately broke off, somewhat horrified, and partially shocked. She relaxed after a few moments of consideration before she said, lowly, a small smile on her face, "I like Inuyasha…"

Deciding to go an attempt to comfort Inuyasha over his ex girlfriend, she turned toward the door…

…to find Inuyasha standing there, his amber eyes wide with shock and confusion.

She gasped. "Inu…yasha." She couldn't find any words. What could she say? "How long…how long have you been there?"

"Let's put it this way…" he began, obviously having as difficult a time as Kagome was, "…long enough."

Kagome felt her face heat up, hotter than she had ever felt it. Her heart was thudding so loudly she wasn't sure if she could even hear herself think. "L-Let's just pretend like I didn't say a-anything, okay?" She then turned and raced upstairs to her room as fast as her legs would carry her.

Once in the sanctuary of her room, she took deep, cleansing breaths. Her heart rate wouldn't slow down and her face was still just as red.

'That was so embarrassing!' She thought as she walked across her room to her radio sitting upon her dresser. 'I should've made sure no one was around!'

She turned the radio on, only to be greeted by a song that made her think:

"Stupid Cupid, you're a real mean guy
I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly
I am in love and it's a crying shame
And I know that you're the one to blame

Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid Cupid, stop picking on me"

"Oh, no, this can't be happening to me!" She said. She hurriedly jerked up the phone and dialed Sango's number.

"Can't do my homework, and I can't think straight
I meet him every morning 'bout a half past eight
I'm acting like a lovesick fool
You've even got me carrying his books to school

Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid Cupid, stop picking on me

You mixed me up for good right from the very start
Hey, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's heart"

"Hello?" Sango asked.

"Sango!" Kagome said, sounding excited.

"Yeah? What is it? Something wrong?" Sango sounded concerned.

"It's all Miroku's fault! He made that dare and now…" she exhaled. "I like Inuyasha."

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"Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled through his cell phone.

"What? Something wrong?" Miroku asked, worried.

"It's all your fault!" Inuyasha yelled.

"What? What is my fault?" Miroku sounded scared now.

"You made that stinking dare, knowin' that I would do it, and now…" he released a large, deep breath. "Kagome likes me!"

"Is that such a bad thing?" Miroku asked.

"No---I mean, what do you mean?" Inuyasha demanded. "Were you trying to get me hooked up with her?"

"Not at all…" Miroku said. "However, I knew you'd like each other eventually after watching you two at my house. It's quite romantic, Inuyasha."

"Romantic?" Inuyasha demanded, a sweat bead forming on his forehead in annoyance. "I'm not -- and I repeat -- not a romantic!"

"So?" Miroku asked. "Just deal with it. The dare is still on, and I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think it will be."

Inuyasha growled as the dial tone greeted him. Miroku had hung up on him.

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"Aw, Kagome," Sango said, as if she had never known this fact. Her voice was flat when she added: "I already knew it."

A sweat bead appeared on Kagome's head. "Huh?"

"It was so obvious!" Sango said, giggling. "The way you looked at him, the way you two talked, the way you kissed."

"But…" Kagome was speechless. She hardly even took notice of "Stupid Cupid" in the background.

"You'll be fine, Kagome! It's just the rest of the summer with him!" Sango cried jubilantly. Then she hung up.

Kagome sighed in frustration and hung her phone up before collapsing onto her bed. "This is going to be a long summer," she muttered.

"You've got me jumping like a crazy clown
And I don't feature what you're putting down
Since I kissed those loving lips of wine
The thing that bothers me is that I like it fine

Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid Cupid, stop picking on me
Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid Cupid, stop picking on me"

Note- There you have it! I hope you enjoyed! I liked writing this chapter.