InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Something Has To Be Done ❯ Adventures in Shopping ( Chapter 12 )
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By: Kaiya-mikohanyou25 
lol the title says it all!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.24.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 525 | Status: Completed
lol the title says it all!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.24.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 525 | Status: Completed
AN: Hey everyone!!! Ok I've just gotten sick of it so I'm sticking with Kaiya as my name... I'm gonna fix my fanfiction name too and to hell with anybody who complains!! On another note, I got back from vacation a little while ago... erg... too... much... SHOPPING!!!!!
Inu: I though girlswere supposed to like shopping? -snicker-
Me: -holds up a rather unfriendly looking bat with various nails and pieces of glass sticking out of it- And just what are you suggesting?
Inu: What do you think, wench?
Me: -eye twitch-
Kag: SIT BOY!!!
Inu: ACK!!! .... eeeehhh.... Kagome... how could you?
Kag: -smirk- very easily! now be nice!!!
Miroku: so much to learn -shakes head sadly while surreptitiously inching his hand closer to Sango's butt... until...-
San: >.< PERVERT!! YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!!! Kaiya-chan may I please borrow your bat?
Me: ^^ sure! enjoy!! -hands it over despite an extremely scared Miroku shaking his head rapidly-
Sango: -grins and goes to earn her title as 'Pervert Smasher'-
Miroku: now now Sango let's just sit and talk about this like civilized ppl!! -runs for his life-
San: didn't you know Monk? we live in the 'feudal' era!! we have nothing to do with civilization!!!
-many many cries of pain are heard throughout the next hour-
Me: ^.^ Kagome-chan? would you be a dear and say the disclaimer for me?
Kag: sure no problem! Kaiya doesn't own Inuyasha and even though she has raised many pennies the great and powerful Rumiko Takahashi refused to even let her even have one of the characters who are dead and/or obsolete.... -looks pointedly at Kikyo-
Me: -sigh- and I was looking forward to target practice too... -goes to put her throwing knives away-
Kag: so in short Kaiya doesn't own Inuyasha!
Me: though I'm gonna keep trying!!! make no mistake!
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Something Has To Be Done
Adventures in Shopping.
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"WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!!!"
That was how, in the early morning, probably before the sun had fully risen, Inuyasha was harshly jerked from his peaceful sleep by one Kagome Higurashi. Said girl was now bouncing up and down on his bed and, were he not careful, she would undoubtedly end up jumping on him and crushing something that would probably be required for him to live.
Quickly rolling out of her way, Inuyasha slowly looked up at her, noting her neon green silk pajamas with a mental snicker, and wondered exactly how in the world he should tell the girl before him that neon green was beyond not being her color... without getting pummeled into the next century, and then sat into the next millennia, that is. "What's got you so excited?" he asked, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Sesshy's taking us shopping!!! Man I need new clothes!! And no way are you going around in your haori and hakama for a week. Put these on, brush your hair and teeth and meet us at the front door in half an hour!!" and, after stuffing a bundle into his hands, and tweaking his ears of course, she was gone.
'Feh! Didn't even give me a chance to get a word in edgewise! Some people.' he thought to himself, hurriedly unfolding the bundle so he could more quickly figure out how to put these things on.
After what seemed like forever, Inuyasha managed to finally get everything into what seemed to be the right place. He wore a plain red T-shirt and jeans and, though they were much less comfortable then his usual red outfit, they fit well and he couldn't complain. Kagome has been merciful and had provided him with sandals so all was well. He'd also managed to vanquish the foul 'teeth brush' and got the thorn nest Kagome called a brush through his hair.
He didn't know how to tell time from that cl-ock thing but the fact that the sun was a fair distance from where it had been he surmised he was already about ten minutes late. ((AN: OK I have no idea how to tell time from the sun so if I'm horribly wrong then it's not my fault! And you're probably wondering why it took him so long but he also had to figure out the sink, tooth paste, the tooth brush not to mention the clothes so that's basically what took so long. ^.^)) Rushing down the stairs he saw that Kagome was standing by the door, tapping her foot impatiently and barely containing her excitement.
Making sure his concealment spell was still firmly in place, he walked over to her and wondered where his brother was supposed to be.
After he had voiced his thoughts, Kagome seemed to lose control and started jumping up and down like a five year old. "He said he has too much work to do for him to take us to the mall so he gave us the car anda thousand dollars cash to do whatever we want andhe gave us one of his credit cards!!!" ((AN: I have no idea how yen works out so just ignore that OK?))
"I'm guessing that's a good thing?" Inuyasha asked, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, he really had no clue what was so great about it... or even what doll- ers or a 'kar' were for that matter.
"A very good thing. Let's go!!" Once again not giving him a chance to react, Kagome grabbed his wrist and led him down the large front steps and out to the garage.
Not long after, Inuyasha and Kagome were speeding down the street. Inuyasha had no clue what kind of 'kar' this was but it was fast and red, and, therefore, all right in his opinion.
"All right now you have to promise me that you will not, and I repeat, NOT destroy anything no matter how much it looks like a demon to you. If I don't tell you it's dangerous then it isn't. Understand?" Kagome was driving and she didn't wanna have to explain to the cops why Inuyasha had suddenly jumped out of the vehicle and destroyed a traffic light, or something equally embarrassing to her. The same with Inuyasha attacking a kiddy ride in the mall because it looked 'dangerous' or 'menacing.'
"Feh. Fine," was his 'dignified response' as he leaned back a bit further into his seat, more out of embarrassment that Kagome had thought she'd need to treat him like a toddler. Next thing you knew, she'd be getting him on a fucking leash!! So, for the time being, he'd have to behave himself and not get into any trouble... he'd seen her eyeing the collars in the pet store they'd just passed, and no way was he gonna end up like that dog coming out of it with that human boy and his mother.
A little while later they arrived at this 'mall' that Kagome had told him about. It wasn't the size of the thing that got him first. It was the number of those 'kar' things that were outside! 'Holy crap!' he thought to himself, 'There's no way in hell that there'll be any room for us in there!'
But, as usual, he was wrong. While it was crowded there was quite a bit of free space. Though that did nothing to stop the barrage of scents and sounds that abruptly attacked him from all sides. It proved to be too much for him and he quickly covered his ears and stuck his nose into the collar of his shirt.
"Oh! The smells and sounds! Crap!!" Kagome exclaimed, realizing what was wrong with him. She quickly reached out and tapped the concealment bead and suddenly the smells and sounds were gone.
'Not gone.' he thought to himself, concentrating, 'More like... dulled or decreased. But not gone.' " How-?"
"It's just something I figured out one day." Kagome said smiling at him. "Now come on let's go go go!!" She grabbed his hand and began leading him into all sorts of shops filled to the brim with things for people to buy.
Slightly overwhelmed, Inuyasha simply let her lead him around, shove him into changing booths with clothes to try on, and ask his opinions on clothes for herself. He definitely enjoyed that last part. &Let's never complain about short skirts again.& His human side piped up. And apparently his demon side agreed wholeheartedly.
But when it came time for carrying the purchases around, Inuyasha wasn't so happy. 'What am I a pack horse?' he fumed silently as Kagome dragged him along. He currently had five bags in each hand and Kagome told him they were nowhere NEAR done yet.
Joy.
Though every once and a while he'd notice her stiffen then abruptly lead him in another direction. Confused by this he'd decided to ask her if something was wrong.
"N-no nothing's wrong at all! What makes you ask that? Heh heh..." Was the reply.
So now Inuyasha was watching and the next time she stiffened he looked around to see what could be causing it. He didn't see anything other then a group of girls shopping. Wait. Hadn't Kagome once told him about having friends who would never leave her alone about her love-life? He grinned evilly. Well if that was the case...
"Kagome!!!! I'm booooored!!!" he whined loudly. If those were the girls then they most definitely heard him so...
"KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!!!"
Heh heh. Perfect.
'Oh dear God no.' Kagome thought freezing up immediately. She'd been so careful! Rotten Inuyasha! She'd get him back for that later!!
Before Kagome's plan of revenge could go any further, she was abruptly tackled and glomped by the three girls. " Kagome-chan!!!!" they all yelled.
" Eri... Yuka... Ayumi... need... air!!" Kagome rasped out trying to get away from the girls. Being a hanyou was good in the area of fighting off demons... but kami help a hanyou at the mercy of teenagers. Especially hyper teenagers.
The girls immediately let go and were soon bombarding her with more questions then her brain could process. Until one finally broke through. "Is that your violent, possessive, arrogant, two-timing boyfriend, Kagome?"
Inuyasha's left eye unconsciously started twitching. "Violent, possessive, arrogant, and two-timing, Kagome?"
"Uh... heh heh" she stuttered out, rubbing the back of her head. Then she seemed to quickly regain her confidence. "Oh right! Sorry I forgot pig-headed, dense, and selfish!!!"
"What?!?! See if I ever save your butt again!!" he yelled.
"Looking at my butt again hmm? Dear me Inuyasha your going to turn out just like Miroku if you keep this up!" she retorted.
Well, that got him red as a tomato. &Not our fault if it's a nice ass...& his demon side provided.
'Shut up!!!!' he hissed back.
Apparently their little spat had fully drawn the girls' attention onto Inuyasha. Soon he was the one being swarmed with questions, most along the lines of 'when are you gonna give up on this other girl and stay with Kagome?' or other such nonsense. One asked him how old he was and that's where Kagome drew the line.
"He's 19!" she quickly cut in.
"No I'm not" he said, slightly confused. "I'm 106!"
The girls just stared at him.
"What?" he asked.
Thinking quickly, Kagome cut in. "Oh he's such a kidder! He always likes to tell people how old he is in dog years! Don't you Inu-kun?"
"Yes?" he asked more then said.
This seemed to satisfy the girls though, and they redirected their questions at Kagome.
"How long have you been going out?"
"Where have you been the last couple of years?"
"Does Inuyasha have a brother?"
The last one had Inuyasha with his jaw wide open and his both eyes twitching. It also had Kagome laughing her ass off at the expression on his face.
"Was it something I said?" questioner #3 asked, confused.
"Yeah he has a brother. But not only is he WAY to old for any of you he's married."
"DAMNIT! All the hott men are taken!!" they all said at the same time.
These girls were really starting to scare Inuyasha. 'Maybe I should have thought this through first...' Quickly deciding on a plan of action, Inuyasha said, "Well, as wonderful a meeting this has been Kagome and I have to be going."
Obviously relieved, Kagome joined in. "Yeah! Sorry girls but we have to go. Bye!" And with that Kagome quickly grabbed Inuyasha's hand and led him to the cash register so they could buy their things and get the hell outta there!
Only when they were far FAR away from the girls did Kagome unleash her 'wrath'. "You are soooooo dead, Dog-boy!" she hissed. "Just you wait till we get to somewhere less populated! I'm gonna S-I-T you so hard your next incarnation will feel it!!!"
Cringing he decided that it was better to avoid conflict this time... ((Smart puppy! -gets dinged in the back of the head- ow!)) So he turned on the puppy eyes, hung his head, and said, "I'm sorry, Kagome..."
Luck was with him that day.
"Oh don't give me that look... I guess I can forgive you this time."
'Yes! The puppy eyes never fail!' he thought, mentally pumping a fist into the air.
"But you're still gonna get sat the first chance I get."
... damn.
Suddenly his attention was diverted to something in the window of one of the many store that lines the 'great indoor market place.' It was one of those gy-tar things. Blood red with silver edges. But it looked different then Kagome's. Her's was thin and had flat sides, whereas this one was thinker and wavier.
"Wow. That's a nice one huh?" Kagome said, stopping beside him to admire the guitar.
"Yeah." he said nodding.
"That's an acoustic... You wanna go in and get a closer look at it?"
Still trying to process the ack-hou-stick part he just nodded dumbly and allowed Kagome to lead him inside the store.
Upon closer inspection Inuyasha found he liked the guitar even more. Somehow this guitar's strings were positioned in such a way that his claws wouldn't cut them if he played it. He suspected the maker was a demon in disguise, like Sesshomaru, and had therefore made it with demons in mind.
"You like it huh?" Kagome asked standing beside him.
"Yeah."
"Do you want it? I could teach you how to play it and we could keep it in my bag with mine." she said, smiling encouragingly.
"But..."
At his pitiful attempt at a protest she laughed. "Let me guess. You don't want to be overly indebted to Sesshomaru right?" At his weak nod she continued. "Well, don't worry about it! You saved Rin once remember? Sesshomaru told me to spend as much money on you as physically possible since that's the only way he can pay you back that he knows of." ((BTW I'm not sure if Inuyasha ever does save Rin or not so let's just pretend he did at some point. K?))
She didn't even give him a chance to reply as she turned to the clerk and said, "We'll take it!"
A few minutes later they walked out of the store with a few more parcels. The obvious ones being Inuyasha's guitar and a case for it, as well as a few pack of strings for both his and Kagome's, along with almost every guitar maintenance item the store had had in stock!
'This is perfect!' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Kagome is gonna teach me to play this thing and then that's one of the biggest problems for my plan over with!'
(( I was thinking of ending it there but I decided not too... I'm not THAT evil... Ok yes I am but I figured you guys would kill me if I did...))
As they walked down the hallways of the 'mall,' Inuyasha couldn't help but notice that, even though she had grown up here, Kagome didn't seem to blend in at all. The auras of everyone else were calm and mostly weak, some barely even there, but Kagome's burned high and strong. Everyone seemed to just meld into a group of indistinguishable people. But Kagome just radiated with her own inner fire that set her apart. "Heh. She sticks out like a sore thumb." he couldn't help but think. He smiled gently, "But she's a cute sore thumb that's for sure."
"And you're a cute pain in the ass but you don't see me announcing it out of the blue."
He'd said that out loud? SHIT!
She laughed teasingly and smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. I wont tell." And with a wink, she returned to window shopping.
'Me and my big mouth...' he thought. 'Wait... did she say... CUTE pain in the ass?' "Who are you calling cute, wench?"
She grinned and kept looking at the displays. "You of course."
Growling lowly, he retorted. "I'm not cute! If anyone is cute it's you but definitely not me!"
Stopping, she turned and stepped closer to him. "Was that a compliment I just heard come from you, Inuyasha?"
Blushing, he calmly said, "Maybe."
"Well thank you." she said and stepped forward to kiss him on the cheek.
Blushing harder he stuttered, "Y-you're... W- wel... welcome."
Smiling gently she opened her mouth to say something when-
"Higurashi!"
She froze up. "Oh no. Anyone but him!" she whispered.
'HIM?!?!' Inuyasha thought angrily.
"Higurashi!" None other then Hojo walked quickly over and stood in front of them, seemingly not even noticing Inuyasha.
"It's so good to see you again, Higurashi! I was worried that something had happened to you since you haven't returned any of my letters or my calls..." he said, a faint blush rising to his cheeks.
Rolling her eyes, Kagome just crossed her arms and waited as he started up on another speech about the things he'd found for her 'maladies.'
"What do you mean maladies? Kagome's perfectly healthy! Hell I think she's been sick less then five times since I've known her." Inuyasha cut in, not noticing Kagome wide eyes and frantic gestures to shut up.
"Why is he addressing you so casually Higurashi? And what does he mean by you hardly ever being sick?"
'Crap.... stupid Inuyasha blowing my old cover' she thought. 'How to explain this one?'
Though she didn't get the chance as Inuyasha let his mouth run yet again. "The name thing probably has something to do with me being her... boyfriend was it?" the last part was directed at her and at her weak nod he continued, "Yeah I'm her boyfriend."
Deciding she had better step in, Kagome darted in front of Inuyasha. "I'm really sorry if you got the wrong idea Hobo- uh I mean Hojo, but I'm just not interested. I never was."
"Then why did you agree to go out with me?" he asked, the face of an innocent being slowly replaced by anger.
Rolling her eyes, she retorted, "In case you hadn't noticed Hojo my 'friends' pushed me into almost every one of those dates and the other ones I went on as my own private way to get back at him when he pissed me off." Jerking her thumb over her shoulder at Inuyasha she noticed something distinctive in Hojo's aura. 'Oh hell no!' she thought. 'Hojo's a demon?!?!'
Inuyasha had just sensed it as well. 'Heh. Looks like Homo got so pissed off his concealment spell, which is very well made, is starting to lose effect.' he thought. ((Ok I know in the second movie one of Hojo's ancestors is there and very much human but just pretend he married a demon then their kid married a demon and so on and so forth till there's almost no human in him ok? Good!))
"I think we should continue this somewhere else before you start sprouting claws fangs and various other demonic body parts." Kagome said calmly, turning and walking out of the mall and into the alley next to it, a smirking Inuyasha and a fuming, as well as transforming, Hojo following her and shooting each other heated glares. "Now then, where were we?" she asked semi-cheerfully.
"Well first off how do you know about demons?" Hojo asked now letting the disguise go. He looked mostly the same but his hair was longer and he had claws, fangs, a tail and a small set of blood red horns sticking out of his forehead. He was still miffed but he wanted to get a few things straight before any tantrums.
Inuyasha smirked and removed his own concealment charm. "What do you think?" he asked scathingly.
Hojo's eyes widened before narrowing in a sneer. "You'd honestly rather have this half-breed scum then a full demon, Kagome? And here I thought you had better tas-"
But he was cut off from being slammed into a wall by a now hanyou Kagome who dug her claws into his neck harshly. "I'm NOT going to tolerate that kind of behavior, Homo! And yes, I WOULD rather have him then you any day! I've tried to tell you about a hundred times that I'm not fucking interested but you're just so damn dense that you just grin and walk away humming a merry little tune!!!!" she then threw him onto the ground hard, making sure he hit a dumpster while she was at it. "And I swear if you EVER come near me or Inuyasha again I'll strangle you with your own innards! Got that?!?!" By now her miko aura had flared up as well and all in all she was quite frightening.
Nodding quickly, Hobo stood up and ran for all he was worth not looking back once.
"Freaking son of a cat..." she muttered.
"Son of a cat?" Inuyasha asked, amused.
Shrugging, she replied, "I can't say the usual one 'cause that would be insulting my own kind! So I say 'son of a cat' instead! Anyway you wanna head home?"
"HELL YES!!!!!!"
And finally, but no where near soon enough for Inuyasha's liking, they got back into the car, which was now loaded up to bursting with the clothes and other items they had both bought, and drove home, making sure they're concealment charms were back in place.
But the quiet was not to last, for as soon as he got back out of the car...
"SIT BOY!!!!!!"
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AN: Well that's a couple pages longer then normal so I hope that makes up for me taking so long! It's just writers block seems to enjoy staying at my place for weeks at a time and it annoys the hell outta me! Anyway later peoples! Hope you liked the chappy! ^^
Kaiya.
Inu: I though girlswere supposed to like shopping? -snicker-
Me: -holds up a rather unfriendly looking bat with various nails and pieces of glass sticking out of it- And just what are you suggesting?
Inu: What do you think, wench?
Me: -eye twitch-
Kag: SIT BOY!!!
Inu: ACK!!! .... eeeehhh.... Kagome... how could you?
Kag: -smirk- very easily! now be nice!!!
Miroku: so much to learn -shakes head sadly while surreptitiously inching his hand closer to Sango's butt... until...-
San: >.< PERVERT!! YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!!! Kaiya-chan may I please borrow your bat?
Me: ^^ sure! enjoy!! -hands it over despite an extremely scared Miroku shaking his head rapidly-
Sango: -grins and goes to earn her title as 'Pervert Smasher'-
Miroku: now now Sango let's just sit and talk about this like civilized ppl!! -runs for his life-
San: didn't you know Monk? we live in the 'feudal' era!! we have nothing to do with civilization!!!
-many many cries of pain are heard throughout the next hour-
Me: ^.^ Kagome-chan? would you be a dear and say the disclaimer for me?
Kag: sure no problem! Kaiya doesn't own Inuyasha and even though she has raised many pennies the great and powerful Rumiko Takahashi refused to even let her even have one of the characters who are dead and/or obsolete.... -looks pointedly at Kikyo-
Me: -sigh- and I was looking forward to target practice too... -goes to put her throwing knives away-
Kag: so in short Kaiya doesn't own Inuyasha!
Me: though I'm gonna keep trying!!! make no mistake!
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Something Has To Be Done
Adventures in Shopping.
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"WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!!!"
That was how, in the early morning, probably before the sun had fully risen, Inuyasha was harshly jerked from his peaceful sleep by one Kagome Higurashi. Said girl was now bouncing up and down on his bed and, were he not careful, she would undoubtedly end up jumping on him and crushing something that would probably be required for him to live.
Quickly rolling out of her way, Inuyasha slowly looked up at her, noting her neon green silk pajamas with a mental snicker, and wondered exactly how in the world he should tell the girl before him that neon green was beyond not being her color... without getting pummeled into the next century, and then sat into the next millennia, that is. "What's got you so excited?" he asked, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Sesshy's taking us shopping!!! Man I need new clothes!! And no way are you going around in your haori and hakama for a week. Put these on, brush your hair and teeth and meet us at the front door in half an hour!!" and, after stuffing a bundle into his hands, and tweaking his ears of course, she was gone.
'Feh! Didn't even give me a chance to get a word in edgewise! Some people.' he thought to himself, hurriedly unfolding the bundle so he could more quickly figure out how to put these things on.
After what seemed like forever, Inuyasha managed to finally get everything into what seemed to be the right place. He wore a plain red T-shirt and jeans and, though they were much less comfortable then his usual red outfit, they fit well and he couldn't complain. Kagome has been merciful and had provided him with sandals so all was well. He'd also managed to vanquish the foul 'teeth brush' and got the thorn nest Kagome called a brush through his hair.
He didn't know how to tell time from that cl-ock thing but the fact that the sun was a fair distance from where it had been he surmised he was already about ten minutes late. ((AN: OK I have no idea how to tell time from the sun so if I'm horribly wrong then it's not my fault! And you're probably wondering why it took him so long but he also had to figure out the sink, tooth paste, the tooth brush not to mention the clothes so that's basically what took so long. ^.^)) Rushing down the stairs he saw that Kagome was standing by the door, tapping her foot impatiently and barely containing her excitement.
Making sure his concealment spell was still firmly in place, he walked over to her and wondered where his brother was supposed to be.
After he had voiced his thoughts, Kagome seemed to lose control and started jumping up and down like a five year old. "He said he has too much work to do for him to take us to the mall so he gave us the car anda thousand dollars cash to do whatever we want andhe gave us one of his credit cards!!!" ((AN: I have no idea how yen works out so just ignore that OK?))
"I'm guessing that's a good thing?" Inuyasha asked, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, he really had no clue what was so great about it... or even what doll- ers or a 'kar' were for that matter.
"A very good thing. Let's go!!" Once again not giving him a chance to react, Kagome grabbed his wrist and led him down the large front steps and out to the garage.
Not long after, Inuyasha and Kagome were speeding down the street. Inuyasha had no clue what kind of 'kar' this was but it was fast and red, and, therefore, all right in his opinion.
"All right now you have to promise me that you will not, and I repeat, NOT destroy anything no matter how much it looks like a demon to you. If I don't tell you it's dangerous then it isn't. Understand?" Kagome was driving and she didn't wanna have to explain to the cops why Inuyasha had suddenly jumped out of the vehicle and destroyed a traffic light, or something equally embarrassing to her. The same with Inuyasha attacking a kiddy ride in the mall because it looked 'dangerous' or 'menacing.'
"Feh. Fine," was his 'dignified response' as he leaned back a bit further into his seat, more out of embarrassment that Kagome had thought she'd need to treat him like a toddler. Next thing you knew, she'd be getting him on a fucking leash!! So, for the time being, he'd have to behave himself and not get into any trouble... he'd seen her eyeing the collars in the pet store they'd just passed, and no way was he gonna end up like that dog coming out of it with that human boy and his mother.
A little while later they arrived at this 'mall' that Kagome had told him about. It wasn't the size of the thing that got him first. It was the number of those 'kar' things that were outside! 'Holy crap!' he thought to himself, 'There's no way in hell that there'll be any room for us in there!'
But, as usual, he was wrong. While it was crowded there was quite a bit of free space. Though that did nothing to stop the barrage of scents and sounds that abruptly attacked him from all sides. It proved to be too much for him and he quickly covered his ears and stuck his nose into the collar of his shirt.
"Oh! The smells and sounds! Crap!!" Kagome exclaimed, realizing what was wrong with him. She quickly reached out and tapped the concealment bead and suddenly the smells and sounds were gone.
'Not gone.' he thought to himself, concentrating, 'More like... dulled or decreased. But not gone.' " How-?"
"It's just something I figured out one day." Kagome said smiling at him. "Now come on let's go go go!!" She grabbed his hand and began leading him into all sorts of shops filled to the brim with things for people to buy.
Slightly overwhelmed, Inuyasha simply let her lead him around, shove him into changing booths with clothes to try on, and ask his opinions on clothes for herself. He definitely enjoyed that last part. &Let's never complain about short skirts again.& His human side piped up. And apparently his demon side agreed wholeheartedly.
But when it came time for carrying the purchases around, Inuyasha wasn't so happy. 'What am I a pack horse?' he fumed silently as Kagome dragged him along. He currently had five bags in each hand and Kagome told him they were nowhere NEAR done yet.
Joy.
Though every once and a while he'd notice her stiffen then abruptly lead him in another direction. Confused by this he'd decided to ask her if something was wrong.
"N-no nothing's wrong at all! What makes you ask that? Heh heh..." Was the reply.
So now Inuyasha was watching and the next time she stiffened he looked around to see what could be causing it. He didn't see anything other then a group of girls shopping. Wait. Hadn't Kagome once told him about having friends who would never leave her alone about her love-life? He grinned evilly. Well if that was the case...
"Kagome!!!! I'm booooored!!!" he whined loudly. If those were the girls then they most definitely heard him so...
"KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!!!"
Heh heh. Perfect.
'Oh dear God no.' Kagome thought freezing up immediately. She'd been so careful! Rotten Inuyasha! She'd get him back for that later!!
Before Kagome's plan of revenge could go any further, she was abruptly tackled and glomped by the three girls. " Kagome-chan!!!!" they all yelled.
" Eri... Yuka... Ayumi... need... air!!" Kagome rasped out trying to get away from the girls. Being a hanyou was good in the area of fighting off demons... but kami help a hanyou at the mercy of teenagers. Especially hyper teenagers.
The girls immediately let go and were soon bombarding her with more questions then her brain could process. Until one finally broke through. "Is that your violent, possessive, arrogant, two-timing boyfriend, Kagome?"
Inuyasha's left eye unconsciously started twitching. "Violent, possessive, arrogant, and two-timing, Kagome?"
"Uh... heh heh" she stuttered out, rubbing the back of her head. Then she seemed to quickly regain her confidence. "Oh right! Sorry I forgot pig-headed, dense, and selfish!!!"
"What?!?! See if I ever save your butt again!!" he yelled.
"Looking at my butt again hmm? Dear me Inuyasha your going to turn out just like Miroku if you keep this up!" she retorted.
Well, that got him red as a tomato. &Not our fault if it's a nice ass...& his demon side provided.
'Shut up!!!!' he hissed back.
Apparently their little spat had fully drawn the girls' attention onto Inuyasha. Soon he was the one being swarmed with questions, most along the lines of 'when are you gonna give up on this other girl and stay with Kagome?' or other such nonsense. One asked him how old he was and that's where Kagome drew the line.
"He's 19!" she quickly cut in.
"No I'm not" he said, slightly confused. "I'm 106!"
The girls just stared at him.
"What?" he asked.
Thinking quickly, Kagome cut in. "Oh he's such a kidder! He always likes to tell people how old he is in dog years! Don't you Inu-kun?"
"Yes?" he asked more then said.
This seemed to satisfy the girls though, and they redirected their questions at Kagome.
"How long have you been going out?"
"Where have you been the last couple of years?"
"Does Inuyasha have a brother?"
The last one had Inuyasha with his jaw wide open and his both eyes twitching. It also had Kagome laughing her ass off at the expression on his face.
"Was it something I said?" questioner #3 asked, confused.
"Yeah he has a brother. But not only is he WAY to old for any of you he's married."
"DAMNIT! All the hott men are taken!!" they all said at the same time.
These girls were really starting to scare Inuyasha. 'Maybe I should have thought this through first...' Quickly deciding on a plan of action, Inuyasha said, "Well, as wonderful a meeting this has been Kagome and I have to be going."
Obviously relieved, Kagome joined in. "Yeah! Sorry girls but we have to go. Bye!" And with that Kagome quickly grabbed Inuyasha's hand and led him to the cash register so they could buy their things and get the hell outta there!
Only when they were far FAR away from the girls did Kagome unleash her 'wrath'. "You are soooooo dead, Dog-boy!" she hissed. "Just you wait till we get to somewhere less populated! I'm gonna S-I-T you so hard your next incarnation will feel it!!!"
Cringing he decided that it was better to avoid conflict this time... ((Smart puppy! -gets dinged in the back of the head- ow!)) So he turned on the puppy eyes, hung his head, and said, "I'm sorry, Kagome..."
Luck was with him that day.
"Oh don't give me that look... I guess I can forgive you this time."
'Yes! The puppy eyes never fail!' he thought, mentally pumping a fist into the air.
"But you're still gonna get sat the first chance I get."
... damn.
Suddenly his attention was diverted to something in the window of one of the many store that lines the 'great indoor market place.' It was one of those gy-tar things. Blood red with silver edges. But it looked different then Kagome's. Her's was thin and had flat sides, whereas this one was thinker and wavier.
"Wow. That's a nice one huh?" Kagome said, stopping beside him to admire the guitar.
"Yeah." he said nodding.
"That's an acoustic... You wanna go in and get a closer look at it?"
Still trying to process the ack-hou-stick part he just nodded dumbly and allowed Kagome to lead him inside the store.
Upon closer inspection Inuyasha found he liked the guitar even more. Somehow this guitar's strings were positioned in such a way that his claws wouldn't cut them if he played it. He suspected the maker was a demon in disguise, like Sesshomaru, and had therefore made it with demons in mind.
"You like it huh?" Kagome asked standing beside him.
"Yeah."
"Do you want it? I could teach you how to play it and we could keep it in my bag with mine." she said, smiling encouragingly.
"But..."
At his pitiful attempt at a protest she laughed. "Let me guess. You don't want to be overly indebted to Sesshomaru right?" At his weak nod she continued. "Well, don't worry about it! You saved Rin once remember? Sesshomaru told me to spend as much money on you as physically possible since that's the only way he can pay you back that he knows of." ((BTW I'm not sure if Inuyasha ever does save Rin or not so let's just pretend he did at some point. K?))
She didn't even give him a chance to reply as she turned to the clerk and said, "We'll take it!"
A few minutes later they walked out of the store with a few more parcels. The obvious ones being Inuyasha's guitar and a case for it, as well as a few pack of strings for both his and Kagome's, along with almost every guitar maintenance item the store had had in stock!
'This is perfect!' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Kagome is gonna teach me to play this thing and then that's one of the biggest problems for my plan over with!'
(( I was thinking of ending it there but I decided not too... I'm not THAT evil... Ok yes I am but I figured you guys would kill me if I did...))
As they walked down the hallways of the 'mall,' Inuyasha couldn't help but notice that, even though she had grown up here, Kagome didn't seem to blend in at all. The auras of everyone else were calm and mostly weak, some barely even there, but Kagome's burned high and strong. Everyone seemed to just meld into a group of indistinguishable people. But Kagome just radiated with her own inner fire that set her apart. "Heh. She sticks out like a sore thumb." he couldn't help but think. He smiled gently, "But she's a cute sore thumb that's for sure."
"And you're a cute pain in the ass but you don't see me announcing it out of the blue."
He'd said that out loud? SHIT!
She laughed teasingly and smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. I wont tell." And with a wink, she returned to window shopping.
'Me and my big mouth...' he thought. 'Wait... did she say... CUTE pain in the ass?' "Who are you calling cute, wench?"
She grinned and kept looking at the displays. "You of course."
Growling lowly, he retorted. "I'm not cute! If anyone is cute it's you but definitely not me!"
Stopping, she turned and stepped closer to him. "Was that a compliment I just heard come from you, Inuyasha?"
Blushing, he calmly said, "Maybe."
"Well thank you." she said and stepped forward to kiss him on the cheek.
Blushing harder he stuttered, "Y-you're... W- wel... welcome."
Smiling gently she opened her mouth to say something when-
"Higurashi!"
She froze up. "Oh no. Anyone but him!" she whispered.
'HIM?!?!' Inuyasha thought angrily.
"Higurashi!" None other then Hojo walked quickly over and stood in front of them, seemingly not even noticing Inuyasha.
"It's so good to see you again, Higurashi! I was worried that something had happened to you since you haven't returned any of my letters or my calls..." he said, a faint blush rising to his cheeks.
Rolling her eyes, Kagome just crossed her arms and waited as he started up on another speech about the things he'd found for her 'maladies.'
"What do you mean maladies? Kagome's perfectly healthy! Hell I think she's been sick less then five times since I've known her." Inuyasha cut in, not noticing Kagome wide eyes and frantic gestures to shut up.
"Why is he addressing you so casually Higurashi? And what does he mean by you hardly ever being sick?"
'Crap.... stupid Inuyasha blowing my old cover' she thought. 'How to explain this one?'
Though she didn't get the chance as Inuyasha let his mouth run yet again. "The name thing probably has something to do with me being her... boyfriend was it?" the last part was directed at her and at her weak nod he continued, "Yeah I'm her boyfriend."
Deciding she had better step in, Kagome darted in front of Inuyasha. "I'm really sorry if you got the wrong idea Hobo- uh I mean Hojo, but I'm just not interested. I never was."
"Then why did you agree to go out with me?" he asked, the face of an innocent being slowly replaced by anger.
Rolling her eyes, she retorted, "In case you hadn't noticed Hojo my 'friends' pushed me into almost every one of those dates and the other ones I went on as my own private way to get back at him when he pissed me off." Jerking her thumb over her shoulder at Inuyasha she noticed something distinctive in Hojo's aura. 'Oh hell no!' she thought. 'Hojo's a demon?!?!'
Inuyasha had just sensed it as well. 'Heh. Looks like Homo got so pissed off his concealment spell, which is very well made, is starting to lose effect.' he thought. ((Ok I know in the second movie one of Hojo's ancestors is there and very much human but just pretend he married a demon then their kid married a demon and so on and so forth till there's almost no human in him ok? Good!))
"I think we should continue this somewhere else before you start sprouting claws fangs and various other demonic body parts." Kagome said calmly, turning and walking out of the mall and into the alley next to it, a smirking Inuyasha and a fuming, as well as transforming, Hojo following her and shooting each other heated glares. "Now then, where were we?" she asked semi-cheerfully.
"Well first off how do you know about demons?" Hojo asked now letting the disguise go. He looked mostly the same but his hair was longer and he had claws, fangs, a tail and a small set of blood red horns sticking out of his forehead. He was still miffed but he wanted to get a few things straight before any tantrums.
Inuyasha smirked and removed his own concealment charm. "What do you think?" he asked scathingly.
Hojo's eyes widened before narrowing in a sneer. "You'd honestly rather have this half-breed scum then a full demon, Kagome? And here I thought you had better tas-"
But he was cut off from being slammed into a wall by a now hanyou Kagome who dug her claws into his neck harshly. "I'm NOT going to tolerate that kind of behavior, Homo! And yes, I WOULD rather have him then you any day! I've tried to tell you about a hundred times that I'm not fucking interested but you're just so damn dense that you just grin and walk away humming a merry little tune!!!!" she then threw him onto the ground hard, making sure he hit a dumpster while she was at it. "And I swear if you EVER come near me or Inuyasha again I'll strangle you with your own innards! Got that?!?!" By now her miko aura had flared up as well and all in all she was quite frightening.
Nodding quickly, Hobo stood up and ran for all he was worth not looking back once.
"Freaking son of a cat..." she muttered.
"Son of a cat?" Inuyasha asked, amused.
Shrugging, she replied, "I can't say the usual one 'cause that would be insulting my own kind! So I say 'son of a cat' instead! Anyway you wanna head home?"
"HELL YES!!!!!!"
And finally, but no where near soon enough for Inuyasha's liking, they got back into the car, which was now loaded up to bursting with the clothes and other items they had both bought, and drove home, making sure they're concealment charms were back in place.
But the quiet was not to last, for as soon as he got back out of the car...
"SIT BOY!!!!!!"
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AN: Well that's a couple pages longer then normal so I hope that makes up for me taking so long! It's just writers block seems to enjoy staying at my place for weeks at a time and it annoys the hell outta me! Anyway later peoples! Hope you liked the chappy! ^^
Kaiya.