InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Best Man Steals the Bride ❯ Getting to Know You ( Chapter 5 )

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The Best Man Steals the Bride

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Five: Getting To Know You...

Day: Sunday

Place: Kadowaki Dorm/Open Lobby

Time: 3:45

"Never, Never, Ever, EVER!" Sango shouted defiantly.

Inuyasha smirked as he looked over at his friend Miroku. "Come on, he'll be bored. He always spends the weekends with me."

Kagome looked at Sango pleadingly while Sango continued to shake her head no.

Miroku smiled as innocently as he could pull off. "I won't be a bother." He raised his right hand. "Promise."

Sango glared at Kagome. 'She is a dear friend, but taking care of...'

Sango looked over at Yamazaki cautiously.

Kagome laughed nervously. "How about this? Why don't you, Eri, and Tana take him to the lobby and watch a movie or something?"

Sango's expression did not change as she eyed Yamazaki again.

Kagome came over to Sango and whispered into her ear. "Sango, please. Look, if he stays on the main floor by HIMSELF, there's no telling what he'd do...or how far he'd get."

Kagome looked over at the grinning Yamazaki and Kikuchi.

"Tch. Geez, what's all the fuss?" Inuyasha complained as he raised his arm. "If he touches you just do this."

"Hey!" Miroku protested as he rubbed his head where Inuyasha had bopped him. "Why did you do that? I haven't done anything yet."

Inuyasha ignored Miroku's statement. "Usually ya gotta hit him a little harder though. His skull's as tough as bricks."

Sango rubbed her hand down her face in defeat. "Fine." She looked over at Kagome. "You REALLY owe me for this."

"I do. I really, really do." Kagome sighed with relief. She looked over at Inuyasha. "Well, Mr. Kikuchi, let's get started. Follow me."

Inuyasha just groaned as he followed Kagome up the stairs.

Day: Saturday

Place: Kadowaki/Kagome's dorm.

Time: 3:56.

Inuyasha yawned rudely as he looked around the small prison he was currently in. "Just thinking about reading's making me tired."

Kagome frowned as she stood on her bed and grabbed the first book in the series up off her shelf. "Did you want to start reading today or should I?" she asked politely as she sat down on the bed.

Inuyasha just waved his hand carelessly. "Naw babe. You can start."

Kagome urked. "Do you think you could refrain from calling me babe, Kikuchi?"

"Tch. Yeah, whatever." Inuyasha so elegantly replied.

Kagome lied down on her bed, making herself more comfortable. "Ready?"

Inuyasha sat on the other side of her. "Fire away Kitty."

"It's Kagome, not Kitty." Kagome frowned.

"Yeah? And It's Inuyasha, not Kikuchi." Inuyasha rebuttaled. "Now, are you gonna start already or not?"

"Well, maybe once you stop staring at the floor." Kagome replied casually.

Getting the hint, Inuyasha looked at the book. "Whatever. Let's get this over with."

Kagome cleared her throat. "Chapter One: The Boy Who Lived. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number 4, Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

"Yeah, okay. Your welcome." Inuyasha interrupted.

Kagome glanced over at Inuyasha as if she was a teacher just noticing one of her students not paying attention. "Kikuchi, were you listening?"

"Dur." Inuyasha replied intelligently. "You said thanks for something."

"No, I did not." she said firmly as she pointed at the book.

Inuyasha followed her finger. "Oh. Whatever." 'Shoulda just been glad I even said your welcome.' Inuyasha humphed to himself.

"Could you PLEASE follow along?" Kagome asked in a way that made her question sound more like an order.

"Yeah, yeah." Inuyasha muttered.

Throughout the reading, the two would each read a page. The only time they were ever interrupted from their important task was when Inuyasha had a question...

Which meant very often.

"What were 'muggles' again?" Inuyasha asked for the third time as he stopped reading to pester Kagome for the answer.

"It means humans. Regular humans who don't have magic powers." Kagome replied. Again.

"Yeah, okay. Like us?" Inuyasha continued.

Kagome tried not to seem urked, but wasn't succeeding very well. "...yes."

"Tch. This book is so confusing. What's with all these owls anyhow?" Inuyasha asked. Again.

Kagome tried to give the appearance of a smile. "Look, everything will start to make sense once we get a little further."

"Fine." Inuyasha sighed as he continued reading. 'Better not make her upset if I gotta make friends with her. Damn Hojo, the things I do for you...'

Time: 5:00 P.M.

Kagome smiled as she listened to Kikuchi Inuyasha read. His voice sounded masculine, yet soft. There was something in it that had such a calming effect on her. She realized if he ever became a narrator for an audio book, she'd pay any price to hear it. Just hearing him read, it was as if time didn't matter.

Grumble

Although, bellies would never say that.

"Break time." Inuyasha shut the book and got up to look at Kagome's small refrigerator. "What did this freakin' little thing cost you? Five dollars?" He looked inside. "It run on AA batteries?"

Kagome was about to tell Kikuchi what she thought of his 'observations' when he found what was supposed to be their lunch.

Inuyasha grinned as he grabbed a box of T.G.I.F. hot wings. "All right! You might suck as a girlfriend, but you've got good taste."

Kagome looked confused for a second. 'Was that criticism or a compliment?' She shook her head, grabbed her book and put it back on the shelf. "I bought three boxes, and there should be some Pepsi in there too."

Inuyasha took the Pepsi and Hot Wings out, placed them on her counter, and was about to start opening one of the hot wings when he heard-

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"

The door suddenly flew open.

And Miroku stood there. Grinning like the Cheshire cat.

That is, until Sango came with her history book and hit him on the head, making him collapse to the ground. "Kami! His skull's stronger than titanium!"

Inuyasha strolled over to his barely conscious friend and bent down next to him. "How's it going?"

His friend made a googily face. "Like a dream come true."

Sango groaned her disagreement with the statement as she dragged him away.

Inuyasha looked out the door and continued to watch Miroku being dragged away. "Have fun." he waved.

Miroku winked and gave him a thumbs up.

Inuyasha looked tediously around the room as Kagome took the first batch of hot wings out and put the second batch in. "Hey Kitten. You got any music we could listen to?"

Kagome glared at him. "Kikuchi, it's Kagome."

Inuyasha just shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever." Then his eyes roamed over to her out-in-the-open cd holder on the counter. "Anything in there?"

Kagome shrugged her shoulders as well. "Maybe."

Inuyasha walked over to the CD holder and flipped through it. "Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap."

Kagome frowned as she removed the second set of hot wings. "Well, excuse me for not having anything cool." she replied sarcastically.

"Tch. This is all-wait a minute." Inuyasha focused on the writing on one of the CD's. "Ranma? DVD? Hell, pop it in!" he held it out to her.

Kagome looked unsure as she looked at it. "Well, we should really..." she sighed in defeat as the angel that was supposed to be on her right shoulder agreed with the devil on her left. "Okay. But-!" she said firmly. "Just until we are done eating."

"Fine." Inuyasha smirked as he handled the DVD to her. "You handle this and I'll handle the food."

Place: Kadowaki/Sango's dorm.

Time: 5:30 (and moving ever so slowly for these poor ladies...)

Miroku looked around the room anxiously at Sango and her two angry-but-watchful friends as he sat motionless on the bed. "May I make a telephone call?"

"NO!" all the women said simultaneously.

Miroku sighed, then brightened up again. "Then may I watch a tape?"

"Ooh no." Sango said firmly as she held up the last tape he had wanted to watch. It was labeled 'National Geographics', but that was FAR from the truth.

"A messed up label, I assure you." Miroku apologized pleasantly.

None of the women in the room bought that excuse.

"May I go to the bathroom?" Miroku asked a few seconds later.

The women all looked at each other and huddled up.

"He hasn't used it in over an hour." Eri said democratically.

"True, but what if he's faking it? He's so slippery." Tana added as she eyed the smiling Miroku. "I say we wait for him to do the pee-pee dance before we let him go. Then we'll know for sure."

Sango groaned. "No, the sooner he's gotten rid of the excuse, the sooner we can get all this over with."

"True. Okay, but I think we should all go at the same time." Eri stated.

"Agreed!" the ladies shouted as they broke out of the huddle.

Day: Saturday

Place: Kadowaki/Kagome's dorm.

Time: 6:00

Kagome laughed and finished her last hot wing as she looked at her watch. "Oh shoot! Inuyasha, we need to get back to reading now."

"But there's still one more episode!" Inuyasha pouted.

Kagome sat up. "We can watch it next time. We have to get back to the book."

Inuyasha sighed, but surprisingly smiled.

Kagome looked at him, slightly intrigued. 'Why's he smiling?' "Are you enjoying the book too?"

Inuyasha pointed at her. "You called me Inuyasha finally."

Kagome frowned. "Did not. I called you Kikuchi."

"No you didn't." Inuyasha chuckled.

"Yes, I did." Kagome replied back firmly.

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did-Ugh!" she moved over to her bed. "I'm not fighting with you." She stood up on her bed and got her book back down. "We need to read."

Inuyasha crossed his arms as he sat on the bed again. "Fine." He glanced over at her as she began reading. "But you did." He said under his breath as he chuckled.

Time: 7:45

BEEPBEEPBEEP

"Oohhh..." Kagome whined as Inuyasha stopped reading. "It was just getting good."

Inuyasha didn't reply as Kagome got up to put the book away and turn her alarm off.

"Okay, I'm ready." Kagome said as she reached for her purse that hung on the back of her door.

Inuyasha just gawked at her. "You're going out in that?"

Kagome looked down at her winter green sweater. "What's wrong with it?"

Inuyasha just groaned as he got up. "Don't you wanna dress up? Put on some makeup or any of that other girly stuff?"

Kagome laughed and opened up the door. "Not for just a friendly visit to the movies. Come on already."

Inuyasha grumbled. "Fine, where's Miroku?"

Kagome looked out her door in both directions. "They should be coming soon."

As she finished saying that, Miroku quickly sped through the swinging doors leading from the lobby, and slid smoothly against the floor until he was right in front of Kagome. "I'm in time I presume?"

Kagome was about to answer as she heard Sango yelling from the staircase.

"MIROKUUUUUUU!!"

Inuyasha came out of the dorm and looked at his friend. "On first name basis already?" he chuckled.

Miroku ignored the comment as he examined Kagome's 'evening wear'. "You did not want to dress up either?"

Kagome fumbled for her house keys and then pulled her door shut. "No." she replied as she locked her door.

Miroku continued to look displeased. "A simple dress would be sufficient. Perhaps one that showed a little cleavage?"

"Hey!" Inuyasha shouted. "What right do you have to talk about Kitten like that!"

A slight blush tinted Kagome's cheeks. Did Kikuchi actually stand up for her?

Miroku took a step back as he looked wide-eyed at his friend. "Inuyasha?"

Just then, Inuyasha realized what he had just done. "I mean, not that I care!" he quickly mended. "But Hojo would've!"

"MIROKU!" Sango shouted as she ran out of the staircase and toward Kagome.

Kagome looked at Sango. "You okay?"

Sango gave Miroku the coldest glare she could muster. "HE huffhuff is a slippery ssssssssnake!"

Kagome looked apologetically at her friend. "You ready to go?"

"Go into a dark theatre with that..." she eyed Miroku. "...thing?" she finally settled on. She lifted her purse and shook it.

It sounded like it was full of rocks. "Yes, I'm prepared."