InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ First Class Dog ❯ Before the Dinner Bell ( Chapter 2 )

Author's Notes (July 16, 2010): This chapter is updated with spelling/grammar fixes. The plot should remain relatively unaltered.

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Inu Yasha had some difficulty getting used to the constant rocking motion of the train. His pointed ears turned in random directions, picking up any and every sound within the silver demon. He was almost positive that the creaking clicking thing Kagome had named “Train” was evil. The dog demon paced the room as he thought to himself. Perhaps if he stabbed it with the Tetsusaiga then it would become angry and fight back—

A pile of clothes hit his head, discontinuing any further thoughts. Inu Yasha whipped them off his head.

“What was that for, wench?”

Kagome shot him an angry glare from over her shoulder before she returned to shifting through her suitcase. She spoke without looking at him.

“Put those on. You're lucky my mother had the common sense to think you'd follow me. She packed you some clothes. There isn't enough in here to last for three weeks so I'll have to go out and get you some more.”

The half demon eyed the clothes; blue jeans and a red t-shirt with a blue stripe running across the middle. Where were the ties? How was he supposed to carry around his sword? To him it didn't look like the loop things around the edges of the pants could possibly hold his precious Tetsusaiga. He growled and crossed his arms over his chest. Kagome seemed to sense that he wasn't getting dressed and turned around.

“If you don't get dressed you can't go with me to dinner.”

“I don't need to change to eat!”

Kagome walked over to the pile of clothes and inspected them with her toe.

“Oh I see, you don't know how to change into those clothes so you don't want to. I understand. Your secret is safe with me.”

Inu Yasha took the bait almost too easily.

“What? Of course I can!”

The angry youkai grabbed the clothes from off the floor and quickly began to disrobe. How dare she imply that a demon couldn't do such a menial task as putting on human clothes? Kagome had turned around again. Ha. He'd show her who was the one in charge!

Kagome stood there, smiling. Sometimes she was actually glad for his ridiculous sense of pride. He had fallen for it so easily. The miko didn't want to risk asking him if he was done yet. She was afraid he might figure out what she had been up to.

A hand clamped down on her shoulder and she was pulled roughly around.

“See! I can do it!”

Kagome looked him over with a critical eye. Inu Yasha actually felt a little embarrassed under her gaze. Wasn't he okay yet? Kagome had never bothered him about his looks at all. Now that he thought of it, she was the only person who never cared what he wanted to do with the jewel once it was completed. She just assumed he would decide. Everyone else wanted to make his decision for him. To be a human or a full demon… Yet Kagome never told him to be anything, just himself… Kagome interrupted his thoughts with her own musings.

“We need to hide your ears…”

The half-demon watched her turn and rifle through her suitcase again, she gave a little excited cry as she pulled out something red.

“Here we go!”

She plopped the red thing on his head, the youkai could feel his ears press against his scalp rather uncomfortably. He reached up to touch his covered head. Kagome batted his hand away.

“Leave it be, it's a cap, it looks good on you.”

Inu Yasha stared at the miko. Had she just said he looked good? Perhaps she was ill… She wouldn't have gone on a vacation if she were sick, though… He mentally chastised himself. Why was he bothering about her? Wasn't he supposed to be in love with Kikyo? Wait a minute… Where had that thought come from?

He would have to deal with the problem later; Kagome had already begun to head out the door. She paused in the entrance way.

“You coming to eat or not?”

“Feh. Whatever, you have to move away from the doorway first.”

Kagome huffed and stalked out of the hallway. She didn't get too far before colliding with a rather well-toned body. With a yelp of surprise, the miko fell backwards. Almost instinctively, she knew she would be caught. The half demon's claw-like hands appeared and looped under her arms, catching her before she hit the floor. In seconds, she was back on her feet again. Kagome smiled, rather embarrassed, up into Inu Yasha's face.

“Thanks Inu--”

“Oh miss I'm so sorry!”

The boy she had run into began to shake her hand furiously. He looked a bit like Hojo. He had the same hair cut and build, except he was much more fair- haired, almost a platinum blonde, with very bright blue eyes. The guy kept pumping her hand, while Inu Yasha just stared blankly.

“I can't apologize enough! I am so clumsy! Are you hurt? Of course not, this man helped you didn't he? Oh I'm so glad I didn't ruin that pretty face of yours…”

He reached out and stroked her right cheek, tracing her jaw line with his thumb. For some reason, Kagome didn't like his words or his touch. Though she should have been flattered, she just stood there, dumbstruck.

Inu Yasha was not so quiet, he gave a low, angry growl akin to what a wolf might make. The sound snapped Kagome out of her surprised haze; she quickly elbowed the youkai to make him stop growling. It felt like her elbow had hit a softer version of a brick wall. Inu Yasha didn't seem at all physically affected by it but he did quiet down. The fair-haired boy chuckled.

“Oh I'm sorry I didn't know she was already taken.”

“How could you not you--”

Kagome elbowed Inu Yasha once again, shooting him a don't-make-me-say-sit look. She smiled to the boy and gave a curt bow.

“Sorry but we're uh…we're…”

“Shiro dear! There you are!”

A girl who looked as young as the other three appeared. She looked like the boy's twin, with long, almost platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. But while Shiro's eyes were a very light icy shade of blue hers were darker, almost blue-black. Kagome didn't like her at all.

“Ikume-chan, this is… uhm… what's your name, miss?”

“Higurashi Kagome.”

“Kagome-chan”

Inu Yasha snorted. What gave him the right to call her chan? Love was a big deal and he was treating it as a normal ending to a name! Kagome-love. Feh.

“Right. I ran into her and was just apologizing.”

Ikume shrugged, she didn't seem to care at all that she had seen him caress her face. Weirdly enough, she was checking out Inu Yasha. What kind of a couple was this anyway?

“And who is this young man?”

Her voice sounded… Seductive… Kagome didn't like it. The miko was wondering the same thing InuYasha was. Weren't they supposed to be a couple? Well, technically the priestess and youkai weren't a couple but, they kind of liked each other, didn't they? Ikume and Shiro didn't seem to like each other in that way in the least.

“Well?”

Ikume tapped her foot impatiently, though she had a pleasant smile plastered on her face. Kagome shook her head a bit to clear her mind of thoughts.

“Oh… This is InuYasha we're uh…uhm…”

“Oh you must be here for that trip thing going on…”

Ikume motioned to her surroundings, the elaborately decorated fancy, hotel-like appearance, the rooms made exclusively for prize-winning couples. InuYasha snorted again.

“Like you two aren't.” He added irritably.

The fair-haired couple laughed. Ikume wiped invisible tears of merriment from her eyes.

“Oh dear, well you could say that but our parents are the ones who finance this little trip.”

Inu Yasha looked like he was about to say more. Kagome noted from the look on his face that it would be anything but polite. The half demon never got the chance, for at that moment a loud speaker hanging on one corner chirped out crisply that dinner was being served. All the doors to the guest rooms opened at once and couples filed through the hallway towards the dining car. At some point Shiro and Ikume disappeared into the throng of people. Kagome and Inu Yasha looked at each other, shrugged and followed the last remaining people from car to car towards the dining car.

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