InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dirty Dancing ❯ Lobsterific (Revised) ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

The next morning Kagome woke up early and managed to speak to her mother about what she had planned to do with Inuyasha. Her mother was excited to find out that her daughter had made some friends and decided to enter the talent show. Kagome spent the next hour trying to tell her mother, who kept going on about what she should wear and Inuyasha's adorable ears, that she needed to leave so she could practice.

Kagome soon found herself in front of Inuyasha's door and before she could knock to let him know she was there she heard banging and several things made of glass make their descent to his floor resounding in loud crashes. Carefully and quietly she opened the door a crack just incase something should fly her way. What she found made her want to fall on the ground laughing. Inuyasha was chasing Shippo around his cabin. Apparently Shippo had stolen some of Inuyasha's beloved Ramen and was trying to eat it as fast as he could with Inuyasha on his tail. Of course Inuyasha was shouting obseneties to the little kit.

"Inuyasha. Stop."

"Kagome! He took my Ramen!"

"He's hungry."

"But that was the last of it." Inuyasha growled.

"We can go to the store and buy some more."

"But I don't want to go to the store." He pouted.

"Then no Ramen."

"Fine. We'll go."

"First things first. Shippo needs a bath and some clothes."

Shippo looked at the two from his perch on top of Inuyasha's ceiling fan, noodles hanging from his mouth. He gulped down the last of the Ramen as the pair made their way over to him. He didn't want to come down because of Inuyasha but Kagome seemed nice to him. They had helped him out of the fight last night and had even given him a name.

"Can I turn the fan on?" Inuyasha asked innocently.

"No!" Kagome swatted at Inuyasha but he pulled away and laughed.

"Shippo. You need to come down so I can help you get a bath."

Shippo shook his head.

"You stink runt." Inuyasha squeezed his nose shut with his fingers for emphasis.

"Inuyasha." She chastised. "Come on Shippo. You can get some nice clothes too."

Shippo didn't move but blinked cutely.

"We'll buy you some more Ramen." Kagome sang.

That did the trick. Shippo jumped down and landed in Kagome's arms.

"Inuyasha."

"What is it?" He growled.

"While I'm giving him a bath could you go find him some clothes?"

"Where the heck do you expect me to find clothes?"

"Doesn't the auditorium have clothes?"

"You want me to steal them?" Inuyasha arched an eyebrow and showed her his arrogant smirk. "Gee Kagome. I didn't think you were the type of girl to do that."

"Nevermind then."

"Oh no. I should report you." Inuyasha was acting like he was ashamed of her, shaking his head.

"Inuyasha you are stupid. We'll just take Shippo naked to the store to get some clothes and we won't buy you any Ramen."

"I can buy my own."

"Not if you're dead."

"You planning on killing me Ka-go-me." Inuyasha purred in her ear.

Why did he have to do that to her? She was already crushing on the guy. If Shippo wasn't in her arms and she thought that Inuyasha at least liked her a little she would have given into her womanly desires and kissed him. So what if she didn't have any experience kissing guys? Inuyasha was hot. Inuyasha kept staring into her eyes just inches from her face. She had to admit, he did have some gorgeous eyes. Inuyasha got this funny look on his face and scrunched up his nose. Kagome took a couple breaths and figured out why. Shippo stunk. Worse than that. He was raunchy.

"I'm going to bathe him."

Inuyasha put a hand over his nose. "You do that."

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Kagome emerged thirty minutes later with a rather clean Shippo bundled up in a towel. After she had drained the tub she had to scrub that clean from all the dirt that Shippo was housing on his body. His clothes couldn't be saved so she bagged them in a plastic bag and put them by the door to throw away when she left. Inuyasha hadn't returned. Kagome wondered if he went to go find Shippo some clothes. He was cute in his towel but he couldn't hold that around him for the rest of his life. Kagome set him on the bed and started to work on his hair. No matter how much conditioner she used the tangles wouldn't come out all the way. Inuyasha would probably give her hell about his conditioner but Shippo needed it and if need be she would go out today and buy Inuyasha some more. With hair as long as his it would probably take half the bottle in one washing.

"Shippo? Have you spoken a word since last night?"

Shippo shook his head.

"Oh. I'm not pulling your hair too hard, am I?"

Another shake.

"Do you have any family members I could call for you? What about your parents?"

Shippo hunched in on himself and started shaking. Kagome felt she had crossed the line. She put her hand on his shoulder and called his name softly. The kit turned to her with tears making their way down his rosey cheeks. Shippo jumped into her arms sobbing uncontrollably.

"They were...killed...by a demon. I couldn't...save...them."

"Oh Shippo. I'm sorry."

Inuyasha chose that momen to walk in the door, arms full of clothes that were roughly Shippo's size.

"What did you do to him?"

"Nothing."

"You made him cry. Geeze Kagome. I'm starting to see another side of you and it ain't pretty." Inuyasha started shaking his head.

Kagome grabbed the nearest object, a box of tissues, and hurled it at Inuyasha's head. The hanyou didn't see it coming. One of the corners popped him right between the eyes making him howl in pain. Inuyasha took a step backwards, tripped over the threshold, and fell out the door, landing on the ground, sending clothes flying. The screen door slammed shut. Kagome gasped. She didn't mean to do all that. She plopped Shippo on the bed and flew out the door to Inuyasha's side.

"Inuyasha! Say something."

Kagome moved clothes off Inuyasha's face and was met with a frosty glare. If Kagome didn't know better she would have expected it to start snowing. She sheepishly put a t-shirt back over his face and crept back. Shippo had made his way to the door and stood watching. Kagome was getting ready to start running back to her cabin when a feral growl reached her ears. Like a volcano, clothes were sent flying as Inuyasha jumped up off the ground. Shippo cowered behind the wall, taking quick peeks to watch the roused hanyou. Inuyasha looked in his direction and then to Kagome. Kagome 'eeped' and took off running.

"Oh no you don't!"

Inuyasha took off running and pounced on Kagome. He turned them so that he fell on his back so she wouldn't get hurt. He rolled them over so he was on top of her and saw that her hair had fallen over her face. He moved her hair back and grinned at her.

"That wasn't very nice Kagome."

"I didn't mean to." She pouted trying not to laugh.

"Sure ya didn't."

Inuyasha had to admit. It did hurt but it was funny too. Kagome sure was cute when she was a little scared of him. He knew she didn't mean to hurt him but he wanted to play around with her a little. If he didn't know any better he was sure he was developing feelings for her but she didn't need to know that little detail. Kagome took his silence as a negative. He must be really mad at her.

"Inuyasha. Really I didn't."

Inuyasha smiled and bursted out laughing.

"I know."

"Then..."

Inuyasha quieted her question with a kiss to her forehead. To say Kagome was shocked speechless would have been the understatement of the year.

"Come on. We need to get Shippo dressed and go buy some Ramen. Then we can start practicing."

"Ok."

Inuyasha helped her up and the two of them walked inside to get Shippo ready. Shippo picked out a cute little outfit. He has picked out a pair of dark blue pants, a light blue long sleeve shirt with little white leaves throughout, and a brown, faux fur vest. Kagome was just finishing putting in a blue ribbon in his hair that matched his shirt when Inuyasha hollered from the bathroom.

"Kagome! Where the hell is all my conditioner?!"

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Kagome plopped down on Inuyasha's bed the minute they got back from the shopping center. It was total chaos. Inuyasha, for some odd reason, had pounced on every guy that had approached Kagome to tell her how pretty she was. The whole time Kagome was shopping for clothes for her and Shippo, Inuyasha had pouted. Kagome was glad when they made it to the food center. She didn't expect too many guys to be in there shopping for food since the main mall was just outside. And Inuyasha had pretty much said that grocery shopping was for women. While Kagome had Shippo with her looking for food other than Ramen for Inuyasha to eat during the remainder of her stay at the resort, Inuyasha was over in the other aisle filling his cart with Ramen. Everything was going pretty peachy when Kagome heard some children start screaming and then laughing. Kagome flew around the corner and saw Inuyasha's cart full to the brim with Ramen noodles. Inuyasha was nowhere to be seen. She had then heard a loud crash by the meat department and saw water spewing out into the aisle. She ran over and saw Inuyasha soaked in water with lobsters over his body. If it wasn't for the fact that the manager was yelling at Inuyasha on how he was going to pay back for the damages she would have lost herself in laughter. As it stood Inuyasha had to use some of his winnings from the previous night to help pay and she had to watch him clean up his mess. Inuyasha's excuse for what had happened was that the children were running after him, trying to pet his ears and prode him with metal forks that they had gotten from the appliances aisle.

"Kagome."

"Hm."

"Is Shippo going to be staying with you tonight?"

"Why?"

"I can't watch him. It was your idea to bring him here."

"Ok. I just don't know how mom will take to him."

"It'll be fine. Come on. We need to practice."

"K but..."

"But what?"

"You smell like an aquarium."

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Twenty minutes later Inuyasha came out donned only in a pair of shorts squeaky clean. How was she supposed to concentrate on dancing with his hard muscled chest so close to her and in perfect view? Inuyasha didn't give her a chance to collect herself when he grabbed her hand and twirled her around.

"You've been doing great Kagome. I'm impressed."

"Seriously?" She asked as Inuyasha put his other hand on her waist, beginning a slow rhythm.

"Seriously." Inuyasha smiled at Kagome's giddy expression.

Shippo fell asleep seeing as the pair weren't going to argue for the rest of the night. In his opinion they were getting a little too mushy.

"What do you plan on doing when you leave?"

"Go back to school I guess. What about you?"

"Go find myself a job until the next summer when I can come back here."

"Oh."

"You don't sound too thrilled."

"It's nothing." Kagome smiled.

"Yeah it is. I'm falling in love with Inuyasha but what can I do? I have to go back home and he's going off to find a job and I'm sure this will be the last time I see him."

"You sure?"

Kagome was a little surprised to see him genuinely concerned.

"I'm just tired."

"Oh. I'll take you back then."

Kagome nodded. With Shippo tucked securely in her arms they made their way to her cabin. Inuyasha didn't stop at the beginning of the stairs but followed her up to the door.

"Well, night Yash."

Kagome backed up against the side of the cabin, squeezing Shippo closer to her, as Inuyasha leaned in and gave her a chaste kiss on her lips.

"Night Kags."