InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Begging For Mercy ❯ One Jump Ahead ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Kagome hadn’t been able to get the kiss she and Saito shared during the skit the day before out of her head. It was playing in her mind over and over again, especially with how soft his lips were. She shook her head rapidly, ‘no! I can’t think like that, I’m not ready! I’ll never be ready…’ she scolded herself, ‘besides, I’m going back to the feudal era tomorrow, I can’t think about him, I may never see him again,’ for some reason, the thought saddened and she felt like…she should know him for some reason.
Shaking the thoughts out of her head, the miko looked at the clock and noticed that it was heading towards 5 pm. “Cripes! I gotta get ready for my date!” she broke out into a sprint towards her bathroom and took a quick shower, blow-drying and curling her hair into slight ringlets, letting the inky black waves cascade down her back. After drying off, Kagome rushed into her room and pulled on a pair of underwear and a matching bra before looking through her closet.
“What to wear? What to weeeeaaaarrr?” she rocked back and forth on her heels before choosing baby blue dress that ended just an inch or two above her knees. She slipped her feet into a pair of blue heels and then went back to the bathroom to decide whether or not to put on a little makeup. Deciding only to use lip gloss, she applied it to her lips and deemed herself ready. Walking back into her room to look at the clock, she noticed that it was 6:45.
The miko felt nervous, this would be the first date she’d been on since the last time she reluctantly went on a date with Hojo. This would also be the first time she’d gone out with a guy after what happened with Naraku. Getting lost in her thoughts, her last 15 minutes flew by and she was snapped out of her musings by the doorbell ringing.
“I’ll be back later mama!” she shouted to her mother before heading to the door and opening it, smiling at Saito, who looked quite stunning. She watched him take in a deep breath and nibbled on her lip, “you look…I can’t even find a word to describe how you look,” he breathed, offering his arm to her. She thanked him and looped her arm through his. “I was so glad that you accepted my date, Kagome-san, you have no idea,” he said with a laugh and rubbed the back of his head.
“Well it’s only a date Saito, and we’re just getting to know each other, right?” she asked, her brown eyes peering at him. “Yes, this date is only for us to become close friends and to see if we could ever explore anything further than that,” he told her and flashed her his ever famous, charming smile.
“I’ve changed the date plans, there wasn’t really anything good playing in theatres, I thought we’d go to a special place of mine that I like to go to when I want to think,” he said. “That sounds great, Saito, I really wasn’t in the mood to sit a movie theatre anyway, I love being outside,” Kagome said as they walked towards a restaurant. “This place has the best oden in the history of oden,” he laughed, Kagome gasped; “I haven’t had oden in forever! Saito-chan, you are speaking my language when it comes to oden!” she exclaimed when they walked inside and were immediately seated by the hostess.
“See there’s already one thing we have in common,” he said with a grin and the two ordered their food and drinks. The date went smoothly, Kagome absolutely adored the hill he took her to, it looked over the entire city of Tokyo. As they reached her doorstep, she looked up at Saito and smiled at him. “Well I guess this is it,” she said with a slight smile.
“That is very unfortunate,” Saito pouted, “thank you for taking me out Saito-san, I had a lot of fun,” she said and looked up into his eyes. “When will I see you again?” he asked her, keeping his gaze on hers. “I don’t know, I’m going to my Aunt’s in Kyoto for a while, she’s lined up a small job for me there so that I can get enough money to get a place of my own here in Tokyo, I don’t want to burden okaa-san and jii-chan anymore than I have to…how about you give me your number and I’ll call you when I arrive back in Tokyo,” she said with a smile.
“Of course I will Kagome-chan, and you should give me your number so that I know who is calling me,” he said and she led him inside. Going to the notepad on the kitchen counter, she wrote down her name and number before handing it to him. Watching him do the same, she put the name and number on the counter before walking him back to the door.
“Until we meet again, Kagome-chan, I am most definitely going to miss seeing your beautiful face around here,” he said softly. He kissed her on the forehead as a bidding of good night before leaving the shrine and heading down the steps. Kagome waited until she couldn’t see him anymore before she shut the door. “How was your date, Kagome?” her mother asked from the entryway to the sitting room. “It was great, it’s unfortunate that it can’t happen again anytime soon, I don’t know when I’ll be back from the Feudal Era again,” she said with a frown.
“I’m going to go ahead and head over there tonight so that I can start my training at dawn with Sesshomaru-sama,” she said and walked upstairs to grab her bag and supplies that she packed. Walking back downstairs, she gave a watery smile to her family who had gathered to see her off. She was enveloped in a group hug and she fought back tears. “Be safe Kagome and come home as soon as you can with good news of having won the war,” her mother said as she let go of her daughter.
Kagome smiled at her mother and nodded, waving goodbye to them one last time before heading into the well house and standing at the lip of the well. “Here goes nothing,” she muttered to no one in particular, hopping into the well and letting the all too familiar blue light envelope her body, sending her 500 years into the past.
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