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Beta By: 2featherbraids

Invitation

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Startled, Kagome looked up to see a bounce in her husband's steps – something was going on, but what . . .? Narrowing her eyes, she placed a hand on her hat to keep it in place. As she looked around, she saw a small group of women in the distance and heading their way. This wasn't odd, as the road-connected towns, thus was a heavily traveled road with merchants and foot traffic. She hummed to herself as she pulled in her bottom lip, lightly nibbling on it. 'He's going to try something, but I can't figure out what!'

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"We are breaking for lunch," he announced, smiling graciously as he started making plans, but those plans were not to be. Tōga was miffed when he realized the ladies were demons as well. Dang the wind! Well, that nixed his plans completely; they too were Inu and would pick up on any untruths. If he were lucky, the group would just keep going and he would work out another way to rid himself of the hideous hat.

"Please join us for lunch," he heard Kagome ask. He mentally growled out, 'Ugh!' was she thwarting his plan on purpose? 'Wait - does she know?' No, that was impossible. Resigned to his bad luck, he angrily grabbed an apple and bit into it.

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Kagome secretly observed him out of the corner of her eye, watching him angrily chomp down on the apple. No longer worried about his little plot, 'whatever that had been.' she snickered to herself -she had been right to invite the ladies to join them for lunch- and began to finally relax and enjoy herself. She listened and took in her surroundings as the ladies chattered away about the lovely country. It was a beautiful location to stop and have a picnic -made all the more so with a crystal blue sky and a nearby brook.

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Toga leaned against a tree, having come to grips with his failed plan. How could this small snip of a girl cause him so much trouble? Pondering this, along with his failed attempt to kiss her, he missed that one of the ladies had made her way over to him. She placed herself rather intimately by his side, resting her hand on his arm. Before he could utter a word, a burst of reiki hit him.

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I do apologize for the wait, haven't been comfortable in this rental and unfortunately it is playing a major role in my muse. :/ Thank you all for your comments, very much appreciated. TheLostPrincessOfTheEast, Esha Napoleon, nipi, llebreknit, kagome'slove, brandypandyxxx, YamazakiHikari, Verzozao and Silversun XD. Priss ^^