InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling For the Baby Sitter ❯ New Pool ( Chapter 55 )

The light sound of pattering feet broke through the crisp noise of the early morning. Without pausing, the children burst into Kagome's room and soon surrounded her. Mayu's arms were around her mother's neck in a nanosecond and she was curling up to the warmth that her mother produced. Kagome groaned and cracked her eyes against the offending morning light.

Souta and Shippou bounced on the bed. "Good morning, Kagome," they chimed in unison.

The young woman grunted and sat up to see the brilliant light of the newborn day streaming through her curtains. She rubbed her eyes and smiled softly. Linking one arm around Mayu, and her other around Souta, she leaned forward and kissed Shippou on his head. "Hey, munchkins. What's happening so early that you felt the burning desire to disturb my slumber?"

"We are hungry," Souta said as he patted his tummy.

Kagome smiled and ruffled Souta's hair. "Ok, so what should we fix for breakfast?"

Souta thought for a minute. "Umm, ummm, bacon and eggs."

Shippou shook his head. "Toast, toast."

Mayu looked up at her mother, a cheerful smile on her face. "Can we have Knish?" Kagome blinked. "Knish? Well, I suppose, I'd have to make sure we have all the stuff for it." Mayu jumped and cheered. "YAY!"

Shippou and Souta looked at each other. "What's knish?" Souta asked.

Kagome smiled. "It's sort of a bready breakfast food. It's more like a breakfast cornbread. It's really good."

The boys shrugged and bailed off the bed and ran out the bed room door.

Mayu jumped up after them and ran out to chase them. Kagome laughed softly and shook her head. A flicker of sadness crossed her face, but she pushed it down. She pulled down her black oversized t-shirt that she wore with a pair of red jane-briefs.

She helped the children wash their hands and set them all too different tasks. She gave Shippou the bacon to separate and Souta the eggs to mix.

Miroku rolled over on the couch and cracked open an eye. "It's too early ....go back to bed," he said with a yawn as he heard the rattling in the kitchen.

Mayu threw a piece of onion at Miroku and is grumbling, and surprisingly hit him right in the forehead. She giggled and went back to helping her mom wash the vegetables and mixing the flour and salt for the Knish.

Miroku sniffed. "What was that that hit me? And why do I smell onions?" He grumbled, never opening his eyes.

Kagome laughed. "Probably because one just hit you in the face." She softened the butter, and put it in the bowl with the flour, letting Mayu mix it all together, and then added the sour cream. "Souta, can you get me three eggs, please?" she asked of the little boy as she went back to dicing an onion.

Souta ran over to the fridge and pulled out three eggs and took them to Kagome. Miroku, meanwhile, picked the onion off his face and placed it under Sango's nose.

"Miroku..." she growled. Mayu dashed around, adding the baking powder eggs and oil and mixing it while Kagome helped Shippou put the bacon in the pan and showed Souta how to scramble the eggs. Once Mayu was done with her work with the dough, she helped her fry the onions.

Since she wasn't up to the task of boiling and mashing potatoes, Kagome cheated and grabbed the instant potato mix out and whipped them up quickly then rolled the filling into the dough, unlike it was usually done, and popped it into the oven.

Miroku rubbed his face. "Yeah, good morning to you too."

Sango grunted and sat up. "What is it that smells so good?" she asked, sitting up and looking at the half dressed teen and three children running around the kitchen.

Kouga stumbled down the hall, looking like something hell threw out. "Who is cooking, and whatever it is, it smells good."

Kagome looked up with Knish batter in her hair and on her face, and laughed at the sight of Kouga. "Well, we are having a Russian breakfast, so get your ass in here. Drag the zombie in with you, because I don't want to listen to his bitching about getting cold food later."

Kouga shrugged and set out to make coffee. "Let the pain in the ass sleep. He kicked and tossed in the bed all night; I didn't get a bit of sleep," he said with a yawn.

Kagome handed the kids the plates and forks so they could start setting the table. "Well, can you do me a favor, and take the Knish out when the timer sounds? I have to go get dressed, and I'll probably snatch one kid at a time to throw some clothes on them too." She tossed the towel up on top of the fridge and rubbed her eyes, from the lingering hangover.

Kouga nodded half a sleep. "Will do."

Once in her room, Kagome scowled, realizing all her shirts were in the laundry. She tugged on some red pants with black kanji on them, and walked down the hall wearing nothing but her black bra as a top. Leaning out of the hall to look at Sango, Kagome arched a brow. "Hey Sango, you wouldn't happen to have an extra shirt anywhere, would you?"

Miroku smiled. "If she has to, I'm sure she will let you borrow the one she has on."

Kouga rolled his eyes. "It's too damn early in the morning to listen to your shit, Miroku."

Sango clobbered Miroku a good one and rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Sorry, Kags, I forgot all my clothes in my bag at home."

Kagome cursed and turned around. She walked down the hall and kicked open Inu Yasha's door, not bothering to be quiet. She went over to his closet and crouched down, noisily rummaging around in the bottom of the pit.

Miroku fell back on the couch acting as if he were in pain. "Owwww, Sango, that hurt."

Inu Yasha cracked open an eye at the noise. "Buyo, damn it, quit wrecking my room..." he muttered and pulled the pillow over his head.

Kagome snorted and continued rummaging around. "I may be a pussy, but I sure as hell ain't black."

Inu Yasha growled and pulled the blankets over his head. "Whatever…"

The girl scowled, failing in her search for a shirt that wasn't ripped full of holes or so stained that they made Mayu's play clothes look immaculate. She walked over and flopped on the bed, shaking Inu Yasha. "Hey, Yash, got a shirt I can wear?"

He reached his arm out from under the blankets and reached into the dresser by his bed. Inu Yasha picked a shirt out and tossed it to her. "Here, this one should be good enough," he mumbled.

Kagome looked at the shirt and wrinkled her nose, but pulled it on. Looking over she brushed some of the blankets back so she could look at Inu Yasha. "You gonna come eat with us?"

Inu Yasha grunted and pulled the blankets up over his head again. "No, don't feel like it."

The girl sighed and stood up. "Alright..." she said quietly, walking out of the room. She snatched some clothes up for the kids and started plucking them out of the kitchen, washing them and dressing them, then went out to help Kouga dish up everybody's food.

Miroku sat there, yawning. "Hey where's the pain in the ass?" he asked.

Kagome shrugged and sat down to eat. Mayu was shoveling food into her mouth so fast, that her tiny hand looked like a blur.

Shippou and Souta was sitting next to Mayu, eating their breakfast. Kouga leaned against the counter drinking his coffee, trying to wake up.

"How is it, you guys?" Kagome asked quietly as she watched Sango chow down as well.

The kids nodded, unable to speak. "It ....good…" Souta finally mumbled with a mouth full of food.

Kagome laughed and smiled, pushing her own food around on her plate a lot, but eating little.

Inu Yasha finally stumbled out of the bed room with just his gray sweat pants on. "I need a cigarette," he muttered.

Kouga looked over at him. "Well, if it isn't sleeping beauty," he stated in a dry tone.

Mayu pushed her plate forward and looked up at her mom with a dirty face. "I'm done, can I go play now?"

Kagome stood up, put her plate in the sink as well as her own, even though she had eaten very little, and started fixing Inu Yasha a plate. "Wash your face first," she told Mayu as the little girl raced out of the room.

Inu Yasha walked over and pulled a pack of cigarettes out of the cabinet and lit one leaning against the counter.

His employee wrinkled her nose and set his plate on the table, before turning and walking out of the room, leaving Sango to blink after her with food in her mouth.

Inu Yasha pushed off from the counter and walked outside to smoke in peace and quiet.

Sango blinked again and looked over at Miroku. "What's with them?"

Miroku shrugged. "Inu has always been moody."

Sango just arched a brow and went back to her food.

Kagome came out of the room a little while later, her keys in hand. "Sango, can you watch the boys for like two seconds, I want to run down and but something at the store. I'll be back in like 10 minutes, if."

Sango blinked and paused for a moment as Kagome rushed outside with a squealing Mayu, hot on her tail.

Inu Yasha watched Kagome rush past him and kept his mouth shut. Kouga sighed. "Those two are just alike."

Sango blinked again and shook her head. "I'm just going to eat my...whatever this is, and shut my mouth. It's not my business and I'm not saying a word."

Kouga sat down on the couch. "That's the best thing to do. I have decided to keep my nose out of it."

Miroku looked at them. "You guys don't want to help them at all?"

The girl looked up. "Sure, I'll help them. Hand me my knife sharpeners. To help them any other way would be futile, they're too bull headed to do anything else, unless it is their decision, and their decision alone."

Miroku threw his hands in the air in a dramatic gesture. "I can't believe you two." He fell into the floor.

Koug
a raised a brow. "I think we need to get you some mental help, Miroku."

Sango nodded and then started to help clear the table, taking the boys to clean them up.

About ten minutes later, as Kagome had said, her car pulled in. A door slammed and a loud sound of someone dragging large objects across the yard was heard. Mayu was cheering and singing, whooping and hollering. The sound of water came from outside and Mayu rushed into the house.

Kouga blinked "What the hell is going on?"

Mayu beamed up at him. "Mommy bought us a pool! And not one of those tiny kiddy pools either! A big, big pool that she had to put on a trailer to bring home and fill full of water. All you guys can play in it too!"

Miroku smiled. "That means I get to see Sango in that beautiful swim suit again."

Sango smacked Miroku up side the head, and Mayu giggled rushing off to go change into her swim suit and alert the boys.

Kagome leaned over the edge of the pool, mixing the chemicals and everything into the water. She leaned over the edge and smiled, watching the water pour into it.

Souta and Shippou ran outside in their swim trunks. They passed by Inu Yasha as if he wasn't there, and he sighed as he got up and went inside.

Sango looked up the young man and arched a brow. "What's wrong, Inu?"

He shook his head as he walked back towards his room. "Nothing, just tired," he said quietly.

Mayu bumped into Inu Yasha's legs and fell on her butt. "Oomph!"

Inu Yasha knelt down and helped her up. "Are you ok, Mayu-chan?"

The little girl nodded and rubbed her eyes. "Uh huh." Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "Puppy?" she asked, looking up at him with big, watery, irresistible eyes.

Inu Yasha raised a brow, knowing that look. "What is it, Mayu?"

She hugged her arms around his neck and let her bottom lip tremble a little bit. "Will you come out and play with us, pleeasee?"

He sighed. "I will go out, but I don't want to play in the water; I don't feel too good today."

Genuine curiosity and sympathy filled the little girl's eyes. "Is Daddy sad?" she asked quietly.

Inu Yasha shook his head. "No, I just don't feel good, that's all."

She nodded and settled herself into his arms, having no intention of moving whatsoever until he marched her outside and dumped her in the new pool.

Inu Yasha stood holding her in his arms and headed outside.

Kouga smiled as he saw him. "Looks like Mayu worked her magic, yet again."

Mayu giggled and snuggled down into Inu Yasha's arms, nuzzling his chest with her cheek.

Inu Yasha walked outside with the girl in his arms and set her down on the grass around the pool. "Ok, you go and have fun, Mayu."

She looked up at him and pouted. "You promise to stay outside?"

He nodded and headed to a lawn chair near by and sat down in it next to Miroku.

His best friend glanced over his sun glasses at Inu Yasha. "Are you going to be all depressed for the rest of your life?" he asked.

Inu Yasha just shrugged and lay back in the chair.

Kagome came back outside in some cut off shorts and a black bathing suit top. She put her hands on the side of the pool and swung herself over into the water. The kids squealed then started attack splashing her. She yelled and laughed in mock surprise then ducked under the water, swimming beneath the kids in their floaties.

Sango laughed as she watched them all play with dancing eyes.

Kouga walked out with a pitcher of tea in his hands and set it down on the picnic table. He laughed as he watched the kids and Kagome play in the pool.

Kagome erupted out of the pool with Shippou in her arms and shook him around while Mayu tugged and her sleevies that she had on, covering her arms.

Inu Yasha yawned as he was on the verge of falling asleep as he lay in the sun. Kouga snuck over to him and dropped some ice on his chest which made Inu Yasha yell.

"God damn, that's cold, Kouga!!" Kouga and Miroku laughed at how red in the face Inu Yasha was.

Sango scowled at the boys. "Leave him alone, before I skewer you both and hang you out to bake in the sun."

Miroku and Kouga looked at each other and backed away slowly. "No need for blood shed, Sango dear," Miroku replied.

Sango grinned maliciously and turned to look at the people playing around in the pool. "She's great with kids... isn't she?" she asked quietly of no one in particular.

Inu Yasha nodded. "They need a mother in their life," he muttered and covered his eyes with his arm as he lay back in the lawn chair.

A soft smile played across her lips and she settled herself under the sun. The sound of wet padding feet sounded closer and closer. Finally, when the sound was very near them, she cracked a smirk. "Watch out, Inu," she said quietly.

A great splashing noise was heard as Mayu emptied a bucket of water over Inu Yasha.

Inu Yasha took a loud gasp as he sat up out of shock. His incredulous gaze landed on Mayu. "That was cold, Mayu-chan," he sputtered as his soaked hair clung to his face.

She giggled and dropped the bucket and started tugging on his hand. "Then come play!!!" she begged.

He wiped the water from his face. "Mayu, I don't feel like playing today; all I want to do is lay here in the sun for awhile."

Mayu smirked and flung her wet bangs out of her eyes. "Puppy is afraid of the water!" she snickered.

Inu Yasha shook his head. "No, I'm not afraid of water, I'm tired."

Kouga walked over to the pool. "Mayu, I'm sure you can drag Miroku into the pool," he said as he set some towels down for everyone to dry off with.

She pouted. "But Bozou don't want to stop playing with Sango's boobies!" she exclaimed folding her arms over her chest.

Miroku blushed. "I don't always do that."

Mayu nodded vigorously. "Yes huh! And Mommy's too! That's what Souta said!"

Inu Yasha glanced over to Souta. "Souta, you shouldn't talk about stuff that you don't know about."

Souta stuck his tongue out at Inu Yasha. "I heard Kagome and Sango talking about penises, so why can't I talk about boobs?"

Sango choked and looked at Souta. Mayu's eyes shot up on her head. "Souta! You know what a penis is?! Will you show me?!" she pleaded, looking like she was getting irritated at being the last to know.

Souta nodded. "If you show me what vagina is? I heard it somewhere, and the only thing I know, is that a girl has one," he said looking confused.

Mayu nodded and stuck her hand out. "Deal!" she said with finality.

"Yay!" Souta yelled and clapped his hands. Inu Yasha sat there, looking dumbfounded, with his mouth hanging open.

Sango was staring after the little kids as they ran off as Kagome came up with Shippou in her arms. The boy was fussing because the chlorine was hurting his eyes, so she had decided to bring him out of the pool for a while. She looked at Inu Yasha's and Sango's agape expressions and blinked. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Uhhhh Uhhhhh..." was all Inu Yasha could say.

Miroku grinned. "The little perverts ran off to discover nature."

"Inu Yasha, you moron, why didn't you stop them?!" Kagome shoved Shippou into his arms and bolted off after the kids.

Inu Yasha sat there with Shippou in his arms. "I ain't the one talking about dicks around them," he shot back.

Sango to pull an ace out of her own sleeve and looked at him. "We were just comparing yours to Miroku's. We didn't think the kids were listening."

Shippou sniffled and looked up at Inu Yasha with tear filled eyes. The boy's uncle sighed. "Next time, just do it out of earshot."

Sango winked and grinned. "Yea, we don't want Souta finding out he's bigger than the both of you, now do we?"