InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Help Me Out ❯ Happy Birthday ( Chapter 1 )

a/n: Hi everyone! This is the first fanfiction I've ever posted on this site, and I hope you like it! Please, no flames, if I receive any, they'll be used to light a torch, with which I will chase you down… only to find that my only defense is an evil glare… but please, despite my obvious weakness, DON'T FLAME ME.

So now, it's time for you to R, R, R, &R! (That's "rest, relax, read, and review" ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, like you didn't know that already… but I'm pretty sure that my friend Kenzi owns Kouga! ^^

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"Come on Kagome, think of it as your birthday present," Sango pleaded. The two girls were sitting outside a café, drinks in hand, on a hot summer day. Too hot to even think of being active, but too beautiful to imagine staying inside, the day had left them at a loss and, not knowing what to do, Sango and Kagome had spent nearly two hours at the same café already. They had talked about just about everything by now, and the topic had turned from the heat to swimming, to swim teams, to sports, to school, to only four more weeks of summer break, to Kagome's birthday next week, to Kagome's birthday present.

"Look, Sango. I don't want you to spend a whole lot of money on me, even if you do have enough!" Kagome said. But, in addition to being rich, Sango was stubborn, too. She knew Kagome might be a bit skeptical at first, so she had prepared some very convincing arguments to persuade her.

"Look, your mom thinks it's a great idea, too. She says a cruise is just what you need to get your mind off your dad…" Noticing the pained look in Kagome's eyes, Sango stopped short. She bit her lip. "Kagome, I'm sorry."

"No, it's alright. Don't worry about it. I mean it's just a divorce, it's not like I'll never see him again." She gave Sango a feeble smile, and then frowned, thoughtful. "Maybe I should go on that cruise. A vacation would be nice…"

"That's the spirit! We'll have the best time! I hear the ship has a water slide, and a five- star restaurant, and a midnight buffet, and a casino, and a pizzeria that's open 24 hours a day, and-"

"Sango!"

"What?"

"Slow down!"

"Oh. Sorry."

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"Damn it! I'm never gonna pay off that debt!" Inuyasha slammed his fist down on the table in front of him so hard that he sent a spider web of cracks across its surface. "I'll be ninety years old, and Naraku will still be lording it over me!"

"You got fired, again?" Miroku asked his furious friend, knowing he probably wasn't helping much. "What was it this time? Losing your temper? Bad attitude? Scaring away the customers?"

"Oh, shut up Miroku, before I grind you into dust!" Inuyasha glared. "For your information, some fucking customer started cussing me out, saying I got his order wrong when the order he was looking at wasn't even his! So, naturally, I started cussing right back at him-"

"Ooooohh, bad move Inuyasha, bad move."

"Well, what did you expect me to do?!"

"How about pointing out politely that it wasn't his order?" Miroku advised, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Inuyasha grunted.

"You know me better than that," he said, smirking. "Or at least, you should by now."

"Yeah, I guess good manners aren't really your thing, are they?" Miroku replied, shaking his head solemnly. "But you know, that's no excuse… I mean, you get fired nearly twice a month, sometimes more! What are you gonna do now?"

"I don't know… and to tell you the truth, I was hoping you had some idea…" Inuyasha held his forehead in his hand. "Summer vacation's gonna be over soon, and once school starts up again, I won't have much time to work…"

He looked up at Miroku. "You can help me, can't you? I mean, you had that job earlier this summer, and it payed pretty well, right?"

"You mean the ship?" Inuyasha nodded. "I'm sorry, Inuyasha, but I don't think you've got what it takes to work on a cruise ship…"

"Aww, come on Miroku. The only reason you're so reluctant to help me get a job is you think I'll steal all the beautiful women from you," Inuyasha said, wearing his trademark smirk. Miroku looked away, somewhat guiltily, and you could see this statement held some truth. "Face it Miroku," Inuyasha continued jokingly, "I'm better looking than you, I always have been, and I always will be!"

"Yeah, yeah, shut up," Miroku replied sulkily. "I'll get you a job on the ship. But you better not blow this, Inuyasha! The cruise lasts two weeks, so you can't decide to quit after two days!"

"Yeah, okay," Inuyasha said breezily, quickly brushing off Miroku's warning. "Thanks Miroku! I am forever in your debt!"

"Just make sure you leave a girl for me, and we'll be even…"

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a/n: Sorry this chapter isn't that long… and I think I should warn you now-I haven't written this whole story yet, though I have a vague idea of what will happen. I don't now if the "reviews=faster updates" rule works, but I say it's worth a try! So….

now that you've completed the first three R's (see first author's note), it's time for the final and most important one-REVIEW!!!

Thanks ^^

Oh, and here's something I've been thinking about lately-

It's, like, all Buyo's fault that the Inuyasha story happened. If he had decided to sleep in that morning instead of going into the well house, Kagome wouldn't have fallen in!

But wait… maybe if they had fed him more the night before, he would have slept more, so it's the fault of whoever fed him!

… *.* <dazed>

Well, anyways… if you want to tell me your opinion about the above ramblings, please do!

That's all for now, so

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