InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sisters ❯ Monday Morning ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Maggie

Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to me

A/N: Hello ^^ I'm just clearing up that I don't hate Kikyo. In fact, I'm kinda her…in a way…in this story.

She doubted it was normal to wake up in the morning only to wish for the chance to be able to fall right back into her sheets again. A voice in the back of her mind screamed “learned helplessness” but she ignored it.

Tripping over various objects that she had learned long ago not to look at, Kagome managed to get herself to the bathroom….only to find it was occupied.

“Ayame!” She knocked on the door “Beauty session is over. One hour was pushing it—two hours….? Don't make me call Koga up here!”

“Eeek!”

The shower immediately died down and the door flung open as a towel was thrown at her face.

“It was not two hours”

“Hour and a half” Kagome confirmed, pushing the girl from the bathroom “I like to round up”

After struggling through a cold shower, cursing her friend every other second, Kagome joined her roommate in the kitchen.

“Ya know, I think this towel thing may just be a new look” Kagome mused, reaching for cereal “Do you think it'd be wrong to wear this to school…?”

“Wrong? Yes” Ayame mumbled against her toast “Amusing? Also yes”

Kagome sighed, dropping to a stool across the way. As she dug into the box with a spoon she couldn't help but feel something was missing. She observed the area….

Ah. That's it.

“It seems Kikyo had another good night…”

“Which means we'll have a good morning” Ayame commented “I seriously don't know how you can sit there and listen to her “Tales of the Club” without coughing `whore'”

Kagome gave her a look “Hey, now. That's my sister you're talking about…”

“You're whorish sister”

“You!” Kagome grinned, throwing a paper towel roll at her “The girl likes to have a fun time…who are we to judge?”

“Ok, I've been to those clubs too. And let me tell you—the things that chick gets herself into is not normal”

“Hmm”

It was hard to defend your sister's good name when facts were against you.

“At least we know she uses protection”

Ayame and Kagome both looked over to see another girl adorned in a white terry cloth towel.

“I'm honestly afraid for you to continue…”

“I am too” Sango mumbled, picking up an apple from the table “But you should at least know…know not to enter her room no matter how badly the urge to steal her curling iron is. I stepped in something that—“

“Stop! Stop! Stop!” Kagome covered her ears “Family member present!”

The girls all laughed as Sango took a seat on Kagome's lap. Wearily she wondered why Kikyo never made an effort to befriend her friends…

She supposed it was because they weren't on the fast track of things…Kagome preferred a nice moderate track as it was…

“Did you guys check out the new guys?”

“Oh no” Sango made a sound “Already? I thought we'd have some peace before the next group of idiots came in…”

“Koga says he knows them so--”

“We're in for hell” Kagome said simply

Koga was about as known at clubs as Kikyo after all. He was the one who originally hooked the sister's up to the apartment thanks to her sister's gentle persuasion of sorts…

“Koga isn't bad”

“And neither are cigarettes”

“Oh stop” Ayame threw the discarded paper towel roll right back at her “He's funny, and kind, and—“

“A male”

“Conversation over” Sango concluded as she made her way over to the sink.

Kagome smiled watching as Ayame stuck her tongue out before munching on her toast again. The three had very different opinions of guys as it was…sure they loved `em but it was too easy to poke fun at the whole of them.

A knock came from across the way as all three turned to the front door before looking to one another.

“Kikyo” they mumbled with a sigh

“Should we let her in or have her climb up the drain pipe?” Ayame asked in humor

“Be nice!” Kagome shushed already going to the door.

“We're too nice to her—that's the problem” Sango called as she plopped into Kagome's abandoned chair “We should give her a curfew”

“You two are awful today”

Not even making a point to look through the peep hole, Kagome swung the door open and stepped to the side, preparing to see her sister's face. But the face she saw was…handsome…

She blinked, staring with wide eyes into a set of the deepest, most awesome amber eyes she had ever seen. The owner didn't falter in his stare, but did tint a fair shade of red.

“Kikyo around?”

“Uhh”

Nice conversational skills there Kagome

“No, we actually thought that—she didn't come and—" Stop and breath “I'm sorry, who are you…?”

“You're new neighbors!”

In the blink of an eye Kagome found herself crushed against a chest clothed in a dark purple. The newly appeared man squeezed her tightly as she was lifted from her feet from the embrace and spun around.

“Dammit, Miroku. Get off of her before she files something”

A deep chuckled resounded through the chest as he released her to stand next to Amber Eyes—only for a second. Until his eyes caught on to the other girls at the table. Sango was holding her lucky softball bat as if she had been ready to charge.

“Bless the heavens! There's girls all over here!”

He walked past Kagome

“Hey—just wait a min—“

“Kagome, what's going on here?” Koga peeked in, pushing past the man with amber eyes “I can hear you from down the hall…”

“Oh…it's…” she looked over to Sango beating the purple shirt man over the head with the bat as Ayame, seeing Koga, squealed and dove for the room before slamming the door shut “I really don't know…”

He looked over the amber eyed man “Hey Dog Shit. What the hell are you and leach doing bothering Kagome so damned earlier?”

“I wasn't bothering her asshole” he snorted, looking over to Miroku who was covering his head as Sango continued to beat him “Him on the other hand....its dangerous putting him within eye sight of a girl in a towel…”

As if realizing for the first time it was all she wore, Kagome's face flushed scarlet as she took an involuntary step back.

Her face grew red in embarrassment and rage “Everyone—OUT!”

Koga took her hand and gave it a quick squeeze “See ya at lunch!”

The one named Miroku gave her a quick hug `Nice meeting you!” before running out with a flying bat right behind him.

And Sango huffed, slamming her bedroom door shut, forcing Kagome to look back onto the original visitor.

She sighed, crossing her arms over her chest for false modesty “I'm sorry…Kikyo isn't around…she didn't come home last night…” She eyed him briefly, taking in his good looks and appeal “Are you her boyfriend?”

He seemed uneasy under her gaze “She told me to pick her up at her apartment…she does live here, doesn't she?”

“She's more of a lurker than a roomer” Kagome said, walking in “Come on and have a seat. She'll be around…hopefully…”

It wasn't an oddity for Kikyo to have random boys come over while she wasn't at home so Kagome took no mind to the stranger as she went into her room to get ready.

When she came back out, he was slumping in the stool with a scowl.

She grinned. Such a bold emotion…

“To get whatever's eating you off your mind, why not have something to eat?” She plopped down into the stool across from him and reached out for her cereal box and spoon “Whatever you find is yours”

“Not hungry”

“Just a suggestion” she shrugged, shoving more sugary flakes in her mouth

“This happens that often, huh?”

Kagome flinched. Kikyo's men weren't supposed to grow wise to her games until later on in the deluded reality. Inside she smiled. It was nice to see they weren't all brain dead. She almost feared the men Kikyo brought home were the only kind left in the world…

“Yeah. Did the way I invite you in without an ID give it away…?”

“A bit” He eyed the cereal “Bowls were made for a reason”

“To create more things to wash?”

“More along the lines of manners….”

Kagome chocked on her cereal from her laugh “I never thought I'd hear a guy say that”

“Keh”

“In fact” she munched on another spoonful “I picked up the habit from Koga”

“Wise choice. Should I not be surprised when you start scratching yourself then…?”

“More worried than surprised” she said with a smile

Wow. This guy had humor—while sober. Kikyo actually picked a winner…?

“What's you're name, again?”

“Inuyasha”

“Kagome. I'm Kikyo's sister”

“Hmm”

“So how long have you two been together?”

Crap. Where did that come from?

“We're not together…”

“Well, then why are you here…?”

Stop while you're ahead, Kagome

He shrugged “She wanted to meet her up here for something.…I guess Koga gave her the heads up I was coming in town. Asshole”

“Oh”

She stirred her cereal, seemingly amused.

“I lied”

“Huh?” her head lifted

“About not being hungry” he waved over the box as she grinned handing it over

“Spoons are to your—" He just put his hand in “Never mind…and you call me out on my manners…. Hypocrite”

“Guy” he corrected with a full mouth

She laughed….wait. She laughed?

Wow.

Kagome grinned, reaching over for the box “Guy is right! Such a pig!”

“Hey, you said to help myself” he defended, reaching back for another handful

“Not to all”

She tried to grab it back but he held it far away with a smirk to which she challenged with her own as she made her way over to seize back what was hers.

Inuyasha stood, holding the box above her head as she pouted “What now?”

“Well, I could kick you…”

“You could”

“Or”

“Or?”

She lifted her leg to feint a kick as he instinctively pulled back to avoid the blow that never came. She took advantage of the moment and stole her cereal back, heading away from him.

“Ooo…very cheap”

“But effective” she replied, munching on some flakes as he approached her. He went to one side of the table, but she went to the other “Don't think you'll get them back from—Eek!”

Inuyasha leaped over the table, chasing her around the front room and after a few brief circles around the couch, was able to snake an arm around her waist, and force her back into his—rather nice—muscular chest.

Her breath caught as she looked up into his deep golden eyes, her face flushing as she mumbled “You win…?”

“Damn straight I do!”

He released her and grabbed the box, heading back for the stool as he popped more flakes in his mouth.

The only thought that entered her mind as she followed him was “Oh my…”

It wasn't very often she felt such a way around or….erm, against a man. He wasn't attached to Kikyo really, right? He was funny and fun…maybe…she could show him around or something…he was new.

“Hey, Inuyasha?”

He looked up, his cheeks stuffed like a hamster making it hard not to giggle

“Hmmm?”

“I was wondering if—“

The sound of a door whipping against a wall brought the couple's attention to the entryway as Kikyo walked in, looking her usual perfect self. A timeless smile captured her lips as she saw Inuyasha.

“Hey”

He placed the box down, standing up “Hey yourself”

The rough tone he used didn't faze her and she just waved him over

He looked briefly to Kagome “Thanks for the meal” before walking out with Kikyo and leaving her alone.

Kagome sighed, dropping he chin to her palm.

Kikyo was just too perfect for her own good…

Thank you for reading~

Much love ^^