InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dressing the part ❯ Batteries Not Included ( Chapter 23 )

AN- I'm so excited. I just got a review telling me I suck! Isn't that a weird thing to get excited over? I'm really sick and that is why this is later than my other updates. This will probably be the last non-epilogue chapter. I really am mean to mislead you. You'll find out why in the chapter.

Dressing the Part

Chapter Twenty-Three

Batteries Not Included

He felt lousy. He had just left the hospital. He spent all night waiting to see her, and she leaves without saying anything to him.

Did he really mean so little to her?

To top it all off he, had to work tonight. Apparently, the Ice King had a farewell party planned for Kagome. Whenever a party happened at the club, he had to stock up and clean the damn place.

Although he was grimy and felt like shit, he really didn't have time to take a shower at the dorm. He could, however, get a change of clothes out of the storage closet when he got there.

He decided to walk the three blocks from the hospital to the club. Shoulders slumped and feet trudging, the boy had not felt so since his parents died.

Sesshoumaru and he never really felt a fraternal connection. Yet, it was easy enough for him to bond with the Higurashis. That was another thing. Why did Sesshoumaru have to go out in search of another family when he was right there waiting for someone to care about him?

Inuyasha arrived at the club an hour before the party he did NOT want to go to began. How could she be engaged? Why did fate feel the need to dangle literally, the woman of his dreams right in front of him only to have her snatched away in another man's arms? Maybe some manual labor would get his mind off of it.

His life totally sucked.

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Jak was so sad. His best friend left, so there was no way to verify the rumors. Could she be engaged? No. She cared way too much for his once so treasured puppy. In front of him was that delectable little freshman with so much potential. Souta Higurashi was indeed a very early bloomer. His body was amazing. Jak grew uncomfortable whenever he spoke to the boy. After all, he was Kagome's little brother.

Having caught sight of Jak, Souta beckoned him over.

"Hey Jak, you know how Kagome's leaving soon?"

"Unfortunately, yeah. I know."

"There's a farewell party there tonight. You wanna help me set up?"

"Under one condition."

"Anything."

`Oh shit. I wish you could. Kags would slaughter me.' "I figure something out later. Let's just say you owe me one."

"Sure thing," he said waving it off. "Be there at 6:45. The party starts at seven. I'll already have most the stuff ready, but I need your help with the flair."

What Jak had meant to respond with was "Dozens of hot, glisteny, sweaty, chiseled male strippers could keep me away even if they rubbed me down in coconut oil." However, daydreams of these very same individuals interrupted his train of thought after he got to sweaty.

"Where are you going with this?"

"Huh...oh, yeah, right. I'll be there. You can count on me."

`I need to find...' Suddenly, as he turned away from the scrumptious backside of Souta's retreating form, he noticed a very handsome, very masculine individual eying over him. Was he imagining the longing glance on the man's face? He decided against it when the man winked at him. Jak merely winked back, causing the man to come over.

Despite the bad pick-up line, Jak was extremely interested. But crap, he was busy today with Kagome's party. Why not bring him along?

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Souta was angry when Jak didn't show up. It didn't matter. The guests were starting to get there, and Kagome wouldn't be there for at least ten minutes. Looking at the song selection for the night, Souta neglected to watch the path in front of him. Normally this would have provided no problems.

However tonight it did. Because Souta wasn't watching the path in front of him, he didn't see the chair he forgot he used when he was putting up the banner which said `Good-by Kags!'. The boy stumbled over the chair, spilling the contents of soda can all over the freshly waxed floor.

"Fucking A!" Souta mumbled something about stupid chairs and obsessive compulsive club owners and their stupid preferences for tidiness.

Souta, on his way to the broom closet, he heard something. `Oh my god!'

Upon first thought, he believed Miroku had finally succeeded in his attempts to ravage Sango, which only pissed him off more. Souta had had a crush on the girl for years.

He hurried over and opened the door only to find an unphased couple making out. The unphased male didn't even notice the shocked observer. Souta closed the door quickly and leaned back against it.

He wanted to get away from there as quickly as possible, but was intercepted by someone he didn't expect to see there at all.

"Hey kid, ya almost done?"

"Yeah, what are you doing here?"

"Working. I'm done now." His eyes widened as Inuyasha appeared to want to get into that closet.

"Hey, what are you doing?" squeaked Souta's voice for the first time since his voice changed, two years ago.

"I need to put this stuff away runt." Inuyasha bit out as he lifted the cleaning supplies and soiled rags in the buckets he held; obviously indicating they belonged in the closet, unlike the two grinding men who were oblivious to the two males outside the closet.

"Move."

Souta did, but nervously warned, "I'm not so sure you wanna go in there."

"Oh yeah," Inuyasha began as he opened the door, yet kept his eyes on Souta. "Why is-"

He turned and saw the men in the closet, and offhandedly finished the already answered question. "...that?"

Fire seeped into his eyes as Inuyasha recognized the two individuals. Inuyasha did something Souta had never seen before. He followed him inside the 8x10 foot closet and watched Inuyasha's movements in an entranced daze.

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"Kagome!" cried out Jak as he ran over to beg forgiveness of the best friend he'd ever had. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking. If I had known how much it would hurt you, I never would have progressed the relationship as much as I did."

Gasping for breath and eyes wide in shock, Kagome tried to collect her thoughts. "Jak, I'm not angry, just disappointed."

"Of course. I mean who wouldn't be. Someone so close to you not being honest with you, but please forgive me."

"I'm not mad at you Jak. Souta, I just feel hurt you had to keep something like this from me." Tears started to form in her eyes.

Souta's face grew puzzled and confused. "What are you talking about? I didn't know." How was he supposed to know about them making out until he walked in?

"I just wish you had felt comfortable enough with me to tell me you didn't like girls. Mom and I will love you no matter what. I'm hurt you felt you had to keep your sexuality secret from me."

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

"I'm talking about how you didn't tell me you were gay!"

"I'm not!

"Thank you Jesus!" exclaimed a sexually frustrated Kagura. It was funny she praised heaven for the `Good News' because the only thing it roused were sinful intentions. `Now my vibrator and I can live in peace. At least until he gets curious enough to...want some experience. I can't wait to corrupt that godlike body and that angelic face.'

Kagura was not alone. Many of the girls, except for Ayame, Sango, and of course Kagome, were wondering along the same lines.

"Wait," called out Kagome. "then you two weren't..."

"Eww! No!"

"Then why were you-" Kagome stopped as she saw an irate Inuyasha walk out of the closet.

Her mind jumped to the wrong conclusion. "I see," she glumly responded. She looked down and tried to stop the tears from raging. "I'm happy for you Jak. I'm glad you finally have somebody. I mean, you did like him before I did. I don't know why you're apologizing," Kagome gave a sad smile through the tears.

Inuyasha was furious. "That's ALL you can SAY!"

"What else SHOULD I say?! `Thanks Jak for screwing the man I'm in love with'?"

"Yeah! Maybe something like that. Or how about `WHY did I get engaged to a gay guy?'!"

Kagome was shocked. "How did you know about Houjo?" It came out almost as quietly as a whisper.

"Well the runt and I did kinda walk in on `em going at it," he sneered sarcastically.

"What?! So you weren't...and Jak wasn't...? Where's Houjo?"

Inuyasha looked down at the ground and stepped out of the closet doorway.

Houjo was on the ground in a bloody heap. She ran into the closet, gently laid his head on her lap, and stroked his hair.

"Oh my god!!! Houjo! What did you do to him?"

Inuyasha's rage seethed. He saw how she had opened one of the unopened napkin bags in the closet and used it to dab at the blood coming from him nose.

What was she doing?! Didn't she realize what he did to her?! Didn't she realize how that little shit was treating her when he would have be so much better? He would have loved and cherished her. Hell, he still did.

"Me?!!! What about what he did to you?! He betrayed you Kagome! He promised to be with you and honor you forever and how did he repay you?! He makes out with the first guy he sees! He lied to you about-"

"He DIDN'T lie to me Inuyasha! I knew he was gay!"

He struggled to find words, ideas, anything t express his confusion. "Then why...?"

"Why did we get engaged?" she murmured softly.

"Yeah." His voice grew surprisingly gentle in his lack of understanding. Maybe he hadn't lost her.

"We aren't really engaged." A collective gasp was heard throughout the room.

He shook his head unbelievingly. "Don't LIE to me Higurashi!"

That simple sentence revealed the depths of his anger. He never called girls by their last names. In fact, he only called guys by their last names when they pissed him off.

"It's the truth!"

"I heard you. I heard you talking about a wedding and how you didn't want your mom to find out in the tabloids. Hime's a nice middle name, by the way, Princess," he bit out mockingly. "I know what I heard."

"You don't know anything!"

It was Inuyasha's turn to be shocked. Kagome didn't really have outbursts.

She removed Houjo from her lap and placed her jacket underneath his head. She stood up and went to confront Inuyasha.

"His fan base it pre-teen girls. They like him because they think he's cute. A rumor was started that suggested he's gay. Unless something was done to prevent this rumor from getting out, someone would have found out it was true and it would have ruined his career.

I agreed to let his publicist announce an engagement and then, a week before the wedding I was to call it off. It had to be me because-"

Inuyasha understood and cut her off "-only a gay guy would leave you."

"Exactly."

"Wait a minute. Just a second ago you said Jak was making out with the man you love."

Souta jumped in to defend her from the angry teen's wrath. "That was before she saw Houjo idiot. Now leave her alone!"

"Ooh! The kid has a backbone!" Kagura would need to buy extra batteries tonight. She was getting so worked up that maybe she wouldn't need smuggle some drinks to her room to relax her before hand.

`If she wasn't talking about that Hobo guy then who was she...'

He approached her so that they were just centimeters apart. He moved in slowly and kissed her in the same passionate kiss they shared in their dreams. It was so much better than yesterday. Now, she reciprocated his passion.

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No one noticed Kagura's retreat into the women's bathroom to satisfy her needs. "Damn it. I was hoping to wait until I got back tonight."

She was up on the sink counter with her skirt hike up to her hips and no underwear in sight. Why bother with them? They're too damn inconvenient. Currently, she was trying to find a good position, when someone who did notice her hasty exit walked in.

She thought it was just her imagination. He couldn't really be here. Could he? He was there and he walked over to her. "Need some help?"

"Only from you Higurashi."

He kissed her. His left hand was roaming her body, inciting passion within her very being as he used his fingers to make her scream in ecstasy.

Only one coherent thought went through her mind. `If I could cum this fast with his fingers, what can the rest of him do to me?'

THE END

AN- I thought Kagura would be good for some comic relief. Epilogue out when I am no longer sick.