InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Manifestation of the Inuyasha Doll ❯ Prelude to Kidney Beans ( Chapter 3 )

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A/N: Okay, I may be out of my writer's block. I just came up with some ideas that I thought would continue this plot line. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it!






Manifestation of the Inuyasha Doll




Chapter three



Prelude to Kidney Beans











"Well, isn't this a great surprise?" Mrs. Higurashi said in her pleasant voice. Kagome, struggling to keep a straight face, sat down at the dinner table with Souta, looking up at him with curious eyes. "Well...Inuyasha was it?" she asked. Inuyasha gave a polite nod. "Well," she continued, "it's nice that Kagome has made a friend during her time at that school. Strange how she hasn't talked much about you."


That's 'cause he's not a friend! If you could see his eyes Mama, it's really frightening. He has this mean look that says 'My purpose in life is to torment. Nothing more.' Please read my thoughts...please... Kagome thought, nonsensically. Inuyasha continued to smile like the damn antagonistic jerk he was.


"Is Inuyasha going to have dinner with us?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, looking questioningly at Kagome and Inuyasha.


Kagome opened her mouth to speak, but was quickly interrupted by Inuyasha. "Actually," he said, with an incredulous glance at Kagome. "I am. Kagome-chan insisted."


Kagome's eyes were narrowed till only her pupils showed. Inuyasha gave an innocent smile. Kagome-chan? Kagome-CHAN!? She thought angrily.


"Okay then…" Kagome surrendered. Suddenly, she felt a light poking on her side. She looked over at Souta. "What is it?" she asked.


"It's him," Souta whispered.


"Him?"


"The guy in my dream that you were with," Souta said.


Kagome sighed. She was much too exhausted to explain things to him, so she said: "Souta? He wasn't the one in your dream."


"But--"


"No, Inuyasha is--"


"See that's the name you called when I was in my potato form!" Souta interjected. Then he paused to think. That seemed to be the strangest thing to say to someone who was sane.


"Souta?" Kagome whispered as Inuyasha talked to her mother. "Just don't talk about it in front of Mama okay? She's going to think you're nuts again. Just keep it quiet until I find time to explain things to you."


Souta smirked. "So it was your doing."


"No. I just said I'll explain things later. I'll tell you whose damn fault it was," Kagome grumbled. She usually never said many bad words, even mild ones, but ever since the manifestation of Inuyasha, her mouth was as dirty as boy's used gym socks.


Souta, feeling the need to be reasonable at the moment, decided to keep silent of the situation, but interrogate his sister at a later time. Right now, he wanted to know more about this guy. He seemed really cool actually. Coming into the house feeling no shyness whatsoever. Souta examined his features and strangely, he came upon the top of his head. His eyes widened in surprise.


Wow...his ears aren't normal, Souta contemplated as he gazed at the ears.


At that same moment, Kagome noticed them as well. Great, she thought. Just when I thought things couldn't get worse...he could have at least taken a hat or something with him!


She knew she needed an excuse, any excuse; and fast. There were so many in her head at the moment, it was difficult to choose the one that would be reasonable.


She could say: "Oh those? They're normal! A lot of teenagers have those nowadays. Just watch MTV."


"He wanted to express his individuality."


"Just don't look directly at them, he gets offended."


"It's a headband. He's involved in the IHAFM. The International Headband Association For Men."



Hmm…but all those seemed ridiculous. Still, one of them had to work. If it didn't, she'd be in deep shit. Was that the right word for it? Ah, yes.


And of course, Kagome used one of the excuses. But, during the course of the dinner she didn't remember which one she used because the whole dinner went by like a blur. Everything that ran through her head was bad. Really, really bad. It would be horrible to bring her family into the mess she inadvertently got herself into.


Still, the worst hadn't come…yet.


Kagome decided to listen to the conversation at the moment. It somehow landed on the subject of beans.


"You know what Kojiro asked me today?" Souta asked to no one in particular as he picked at the beans on his plate.


"What?" Inuyasha asked, scarfing down the food like there was no tomorrow.


"He asked me, 'Hey Souta, if you swallow a kidney bean whole then drink a lot of water, will you grow a kidney bean plant in your stomach?'"


"What did you say?" Kagome's mother asked with a smirk.


"I told him that was impossible. I told him that was the stupidest thing I've ever heard."


Inuyasha glanced at Kagome and had this glint in his eye that seemed as ominous as his dinner plans with her family.


"Why don't you try it?" Inuyasha asked.


"That's…" Souta began, but stopped. He picked one kidney bean from his plate and swallowed it, then took a big gulp of water. "See? Nothing! That was just some stupid age-old superstitious thing!"


Somehow, after Souta proved his ridiculous point, Kagome didn't feel safe. Inuyasha was up to something. Something extremely evil.


What was Mr. Jerk up to?




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Kagome's mom had allowed Inuyasha to stay the night on account that it was "already too dark to head home even if he was a boy". Kagome felt relaxed at the moment because she didn't have to hide him today and risk the chance of getting caught. She peeped at him from the mound of her pillow. He was sitting against the wall, looking out at the window.


There was a sullen and pensive look on his face. Kagome wanted to ask what was wrong but of course Mr. Jerk would snap at her and yell about wanting to have his privacy and not wanting to be spied on by anyone…especially her.


She sighed and decided it would be best to leave him be.




Inuyasha peered at Kagome.


"That girl…" he mumbled.


He had felt her watching him just a moment ago. He felt her pity, her curiosity to know what was wrong with him. He felt it through her body language even if he wasn't looking directly at her.


Damn ningen don't understand shit, he thought. She'll never understand how I feel…never.


Then again…she knew. She knew exactly how he felt. Strangely, every time he saw Kagome's face, he thought she'd understand what she was going through because she looked exactly like…like…her.


Must he fall back to the past? For years he had ignored it in his doll form. All those moments of indignant accusations that night hundreds of years ago. Five hundred years to be exact…Wasn't that enough for him to forget?


He tentatively crawled towards Kagome's bed, being doubly careful not to awaken her. Her face…that small, oval face that seemed to cry out for retribution. He remembered it so clearly; how she-


Inuyasha closed his eyes. He couldn't bear to relive that event. He slowly opened his eyes to see Kagome once more, lying there peacefully. Unconscious of his movements, he lifted his hand to her face, slowly, cautiously, his eyes filled with utter sorrow and love.


Kikyou…


Suddenly a hand grabbed his hand, just as it reached her face.


"What are you doing!?" came a familiar female voice.


Inuyasha was so surprised he couldn't bring himself to pull away. Kagome continued to grasp his hand as she stared straight into his eyes, demanding an explanation.


No, this one was nothing like Kikyou. This one was a bossy, loud, obnoxious, and a horrible imitation of Kikyou.


"Feh!" was his reply.


"You were trying to take the doll again weren't you?" Kagome asked accusingly.


"No I wasn't you stupid bear, I-" he paused, realizing she was still holding his hand. He quickly ripped it away from her. The two turned away from each other, turning a deep scarlet.


What was that Kagome!? Stop blushing! You don't even like this creep! Remember: he's here to destroy your life.


With that, Kagome regained her haughtiness. So had Inuyasha.


"What were you trying to do then Mr. Inuyasha?"


What could he possibly say that wouldn't sound so dumb?


"You're just a dumb, little human Kagome. What I was trying to do is beyond your knowledge of human physics."


Kagome furrowed her brow. "You talk to me as if I'm just some brainless kid-wait, more like a piece of poop from a hamster-rather than a person with actual feelings and actual thoughts! I am as capable as you are in thinking and-wait…did…did you just call me Kagome?" she asked.


Inuyasha folded his arms. "Yeah? So what?" he said.


Kagome smiled. "You remember my name!" she exclaimed, lifting herself from her bed, happily and throwing her arms around Inuyasha in front of her bed. The two fell to the ground. Inuyasha swore.


In a matter of seconds, emotions can change drastically with just a single gesture. Kagome fell onto Inuyasha on the floor of the bedroom, the two staring motionlessly into one another's eyes, unable to move; penetrated by the intensity of the situation they were in at the moment. Inuyasha was afraid to gulp or swallow anything that happened to be in his mouth. Kagome felt as if her arms would collapse, but somehow, she remained over him, staring back into his golden eyes; her breathing shallow.


Didn't she hate him?


Didn't he hate her?


They continued to stare. Why wasn't Inuyasha moving? By now, surely he would have yelled at her! Still, he remained silent; Observing.


"KAGOME! INUYASHA! Come quick! Something has happened to Souta!" the familiar voice of Kagome's mother called.


As quickly as the situation happened, the two snapped out of it. Kagome quickly stood and shook herself off. The remnants of the situation still had her heart beating in a frenzy. She and Inuyasha quickly filed out silently, seemingly ignoring each other's presence.


When they reached the kitchen, Mrs. Higurashi was leaning over a chair, holding a fan and a hand towel. Kagome was confused. What was happening?


Then it hit her.


All that time that she and Inuyasha had been arguing, Souta hadn't been in there. He was a really light sleeper and the angry voices of Kagome and Inuyasha should have woken him up.


He wasn't in the room.


"Mama what happened?" Kagome asked, kneeling in front of her sweating, crying brother.


"It seems Souta has something growing in his stomach. Or something like that. There's no time to explain right now! Go call Doctor Kobayashi!" Mrs. Higurashi said.


At this Kagome turned to Inuyasha.


"INUYASHA!!"








A/N: Wow it's hot in California! My room is burning!! Anyways, my sweaty, slippery fingers are ruining the keys so I better stop typing. Bye!