InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tao Moons ❯ Fortune Cookies ( Chapter 1 )

*Yawns pathetically* Sorry you all haven't heard from me in a while… been having a serious case of writer's block with HBL… and then editing Yoshimoto became extremely tedious… so I decided to write another fanfic! Isn't that just dandy!? LMAO, so anywho… it's 6:30 in the morning and I'm in a stuffy school library… so give me a break. I hope you guys like this fic because honestly… I think it's one of my best!

 

Dedication: This fanfic is dedicated to four wonderful friends that make four freakin hours on the blasted phone worthwhile!!!

 

To my Best friend and one of the most evil Kagome's that have ever walked the earth… Shannon AKA Amaryllis Embers.

 

To my wacky and so-like-me pen pal… Mumeanha… I'm so sorry you have to deal with Terry and Rick.

 

To *LMAO* my eternal lecherous `man-whore' and `sex slave'… Ricky boy. Just off the record, I know you and I like to kid around a lot, but somehow I've never once seen a picture of you and… well… *Laughs Nervously* I don't think I've ever said this to anyone but… I've seriously got it oh-so-bad for you!

 

And last but not least, to my loving and arrogant asshat brother *LMFAO* Terry… may you always be “too pretty” to look like a straight guy!!!

 

-I love you my lovelies! Shar Shar

 

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Large blue-grey orbs danced from one busy citizen to another from behind a hazy Chinese restaurant window. The owner of the playful eyes smiled to herself as she openly created bizarre and fascinating stories about the quickly moving people to her older brother; who seemed intrigued by his sister's childish and amusing qualities.

 

“And that angry person right there... he's a drug addict on the run from British police because he stole the queen's golden toilet seat lid...”

 

Miroku smiled, resting an arm casually on top of the orange booth, “You know Kagome for twenty-three, you're exactly like a five year old whose imagination has gone completely awry.”

 

The woman stuck her tongue out humorously at the nagging brother. “Bite me, or shall I remind a certain somebody that he ordered root beer?”

 

Miroku possessively wrapped two hands around the freezing mug and hissed. “Oi! You promised not to mock my obsession with extremely foamy beverages!”

 

Kagome giggled softly taking a sip out of her mature drink of Dr. Pepper. She was a lovely young woman with raven black waist length hair and deep blue-grey eyes; her skin was smoother than silk and her voice as sweet as honey. She was practically an angel and could definitely be mistaken for one.

 

Miroku on the other hand… was twenty-five, charming, intelligent, stupid, a bit of a womanizer… and quite frankly, the oxy-moron list went on for miles. He had dark black hair like his sister and strong navy blue eyes that perfectly accentuated his cute, sexy features. Of course, a guy like him had to be the devil of the family. They couldn't take him anywhere without having to pull his little ass out of something… or rather his bigger “something else” out of “someone.”

 

Kagome sighed, glancing down anxiously at her wrist watch, making Miroku smile again. “Sheesh, if I'm that boring of a person you shouldn't have asked me to wait with you.”

 

The woman gave her brother an apologetic look. “I'm sorry, it's just InuYasha gets back from D.C. today and he asked me to meet him here… I just didn't want to wait by myself…”

 

Miroku raised a sly brow. “What time did he tell you to meet him?”

 

“Um… six o'clock…” Kagome muttered, ready for the criticism to begin.

 

Miroku almost fell to the floor laughing. “Kami Kags! That's five hours from now! Why don't you just do everyone a favor and tell the lucky bastard that you love him!?”

 

“Is it that obvious?” Kagome blushed, fidgeting shamefully with her fingers. She never was very good at keeping things secret.

 

“You know sis, sometimes you're just clueless.”

 

“Oh ho? I'm clueless huh? Well brother dear, I didn't happen to be clueless when I saw you flirting with my clubbing buddy Sango the other night… when are you going to ask her out hm?”

 

Miroku began coughing uncontrollably, “I-I-I wasn't flirting! And I'm not a-asking her out… that's sick, s-she's my best friend's little sister!”

 

The woman quirked an eyebrow, “So you won't ask Sesshy's sister out… but you're telling me to confess to InuYasha that I love him? That makes no sense.”

 

“Well, that's a totally different matter… you're telling InuYasha you love him… and of course you have good reasons to.”

 

“Reasons huh?” Kagome smirked, her interest with the conversation mounting.

 

“Yes, for one… you two have been inseparable since the time mom and Mrs. Tategami let you play naked in the backyard swimming pool. Two, I'm your older brother and as such, I greatly approve of him. And three, you're be a total bitch and really need to get laid. “

 

Kagome's shoulders dropped and she smacked her forehead. “Kami, please just once! I'm only asking you to keep your mind out of the gutter for one freakin conversation! Is that too much for you to handle or something!?”

 

“Hey now, this isn't about me! It's about you and your revealing issues. At least I'm open about my feelings for the opposite sex!”

 

“Miroku, you're only open to the opposite sex so you can get sex dimwit… honestly, I can't believe that I'm related to you!”

 

“Ah… you say that now… but just wait until Yasha-boy pounds you into his mattress… your views will change.”

 

Kagome gave her brother a ghastly and mortified stare. “Why is it surprising that something so sick and twisted just slipped from your lips!?”

 

Miroku smiled, leaning in slowly and seriously; his intelligent brotherly mode kicking in. “Listen… all I'm trying to say is… leaving true love unspoken, is the quickest way to get your heart broken.”

 

The woman gazed tenderly into her brothers eyes. “Wow Miro… that was so deep…”

 

“Yeah… and your lucky numbers are: 4, 17, 28 and 9.” He smirked amusingly, reading the small paper horoscope while chomping noisily on the delectable fortune cookie.

 

Kagome scoffed throwing handfuls of sugar packets at him. “You're such a moron!”

 

“I am not! You've gotta admit that I had you going there!” Miroku laughed, pleased with his ingeniousness and his sister's gullibility.

 

“Did not!”

 

“Oh I did too!”

 

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Kagome sighed, continuously checking the time and nervously bouncing her legs. The upcoming moment sending her into brief fits of insanity. She couldn't do this… she couldn't tell him… she had nowhere near the audacity! What the hell was she thinking, taking her brother's advice! He didn't even take his own advice for cryin out loud!

 

She bit her lower lip and fixed her eyes on the slim gold watch again. Damn Miroku for leaving her… she glared now out the dark window, remembering his last words before up and going.

 

“Well look at the time sis… I'd better get going, you know me! Places to see… people to do! Later!”

 

Kagome's face contorted into a stubborn pout, muttering the only word that could describe her betraying brother…

 

“Bastard.”

 

“Wow, hope that wasn't directed towards me…” Laughed a very warm and familiar voice.

 

Kagome's head snapped up to the man standing by the table. He smirked down at her, running his fingers through midnight black bangs that partially hid his gorgeous amethyst eyes.

 

She smiled brightly, her eyes fluttering softly and heart pounding wildly as she jumped up, eagerly flinging her arms around her best friend's neck.

 

“InuYasha!”

 

“Hey babe.” He grinned, capturing her lips in a sudden, chaste and heart-melting kiss. Kagome's heart yet again skipped a normal beat… InuYasha always had the habit of kissing her hello and goodbye like that. She remembered how he had once kissed her at a past girlfriend's party and of course, the girl of the moment had become extremely pissed, and attempted to force InuYasha with the decision of: It's either her or me!

 

Kagome smiled at the handsome man again… obviously he had chosen her...

 

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“So then, how's everything been? Eight months apart, something had to have changed right?” InuYasha laughed, chugging down the last of his coke.

 

Kagome gasped, fumbling through her purse and pulling out a small silver device. “I finally got a cell phone!”

 

InuYasha snorted, “Oh yeah… finally. Why couldn't you have gotten one when I was still in Washington? Hearing your voice would have made eight fucking months go by a lot faster ya know.”

 

“Well soooorrrry, mister I'm too cheap to buy a calling card!”

 

“Why couldn't you buy the stupid card!?”

 

“Because you already had a cell phone!”

 

“We've been through this! It's not my phone, it's the companies and it's only for work!”

 

“Well tell those lawyer corporate tightwads to blow it out their-” She stopped recognizing the childish smirk on InuYasha's face. “What?”

 

“Nothing… you've just… changed. Has life been peaceful with the family or something?”

 

“No… not really. I still haven't visited home in almost five months… but Miroku was saying how mom and dad finally got that long-awaited divorce.” Kagome replied nonchalantly.

 

InuYasha frowned. “Oh yeah? That's too bad, your parents always seemed so happy. What went wrong?”

 

“Mom had commitment issues and dad supposedly sucked in bed.” Kagome grinned.

 

InuYasha began choking hysterically on the large piece of ice he had been chewing.

 

“But then again… mom did re-marry so now I've gotta love my new step dad… who isn't really a dad either…”

 

“If he's not a step dad or a dad… then what is he?”

 

“A hostage.” Kagome put simply, watching InuYasha choke on another, equally as large, shard of ice.

 

“Oh hey, check this out! I can finally do it! It took me a lot of practice, but I think I've nailed this sucker!” Kagome announced excitedly, breathing on the front of a silver spoon before carefully balancing it on her nose. “See? Am I good or what!?”

 

InuYasha clapped his hands together. “Impressive… but the master has been practicing as well…” He picked up another spoon and placed it on his nose with ease, balancing it for a moment before tossing his head back and catching the launched object perfectly between his teeth; all the while smirking at the astonished Kagome.

 

“You suck…” She muttered enviously, throwing her spoon onto the table.

 

InuYasha placed his down as well. “Oh come on… I didn't mean anything by it! And I'm sure that your boyfriend liked your trick as well!”

 

Kagome shook her head. “Nope don't have one.”

 

InuYasha blinked. “What do you mean you don't have one!?”

 

“Yash… I've never had one. You know that.” Kagome smiled, indifferent about the new conversation.

 

“Yes you have! Wh-what about those Toga and Hobo freaks?”

 

“You mean the dudes you wanted to rip apart into nothing? I turned them down along with the other twenty-six men that you threatened and or asked me out while you were in Seattle.”

 

The man whistled. “Damn, you are one mean ass chick.”

 

“I am not!” Kagome huffed, “I'm just waiting for the right guy…” She trailed off lightly, a fresh blush staining her cheeks.

 

“The right guy huh? And who would that be?”

 

If there was ever such a time to reveal true, passionate devotion… now was that time. Kagome cleared her throat and straightened up, ready to spill her heart out to the love of her life… hoping, praying to kami that her love would be returned.

 

“Um… Yash… I've got something important to tell you. I wanted to say something before you left to D.C. but now… now just seems like the more opportune moment.”

 

InuYasha nodded sincerely, placing his strong hands atop of Kagome's dainty, trembling ones. “I know what you mean… there is something I've been waiting forever to tell you too…”

 

Kagome's heart began to race… he was giving her that smile… the same smile she had longed to see for eight lonely, excruciating months.

 

“Alright then… you go first…” She smiled, trying to keep her emotions intact… knowing that if he confessed to her first… she wouldn't have to feel so awkward about telling him her own love-struck emotions.

 

“You know how love hits you when you least expect it? And sometimes it hits you so fucking hard that… you find yourself doing shit you always said you wouldn't do?”

 

Kagome nodded vigorously, leaning closer to the center of the table. “Yeah!?”

 

“Well when I was in Washington… I realized that I had fallen in love… and I just wanted to tell you that…”

 

“Yes…!?”

 

“I'm getting married!” InuYasha finished proudly.

 

The light in Kagome's eyes suddenly switched off and reappeared inside her head. “W-what!?”

 

“I met the most amazing woman in D.C. and I asked her to marry me!” He repeated in an even more excited tone.

 

Kagome withdrew her hands painfully from under InuYasha's. “Whoa… t-time out… you met some random girl on a business trip and within eight months, did the unthinkable and asked her to marry you!?”

 

“I know it went kind of fast but… Kikyo's just so incredible… oh, that's her name by the way… she's beautiful, smart, funny… and her dad owns the Washington Red Skins! I have no fucking idea what the hell the Washington Red Skins are, but the fact that her old man owns them has got to be a good sign!”

 

Kagome studdered, blinking frantically and shaking her head. “Wh-wh!? D-do you even know anything about this… this… Kikyo!?” The very name was like acid on her tongue.

 

InuYasha quirked an eyebrow slyly. “You mean besides how fucking great she is in bed? Actually it wasn't a bed… it was in the back seat of a limo but…”

 

Kagome's jaw dropped, a blunt What The Fuck sign stamped on her forehead. “You had sex with her!?”

 

“Well, whatever virginity I had definitely left that night.” InuYasha replied with a cocky grin. “And that's just one of the many reasons I'm marrying her… she flying down here next week to meet the family and all… and as my best friend… I just wanted you to meet her first.”

 

Kagome's heart had been shot through completely; feeling every system she had running crash and burn in those two disgusting words. “Best friend” had just been brutally murdered and then reincarnated into “worst enemy.”

 

InuYasha swallowed down the rest of his melting ice and slouched lazily into the orange booth cushion. “So… what were you going to tell me Kag?”

 

The woman's eyes narrowed into tiny slits while her mood darkening dramatically. The only remaining fantasies she held for the man consisted of him, her, and a lifetime supply of ten-inch razor sharp knives. Fuck, she knew InuYasha could be a bit of a simple-minded, egotistical asshat sometimes, but this… oh this took the entire damn cake!

 

Kagome slammed her palms on the flat surface of the table and hoisted herself up; grabbing her still half-full glass of soda and splashing him with every last carbonated drop before slamming the mug back down and storming away.

 

“You're such a bastard InuYasha.”

 

The man's expression reflected Kagome's unexpected and confusing actions. “Wait, Kagome!?” He shouted following her outside to the parked Eclipse. “Kag, what the fuck was that all about!?”

 

“You can't be serious?” She scoffed, fidgeting with her car keys and turning on the engine. InuYasha merely shrugged his shoulders, honestly bewildered at why she was so angry with him. “Unbelievable…” Kagome rolled her eyes and got into the car.

 

InuYasha blocked her from closing the door. “Dammit Kagome! What is your problem!?”

 

The woman got out of her car, pointing an accusing finger at InuYasha's chest. “Don't `What's your problem' me! You're getting married to a girl you've only known for eight fucking months! And you're just so fucking oblivious to everything good in your fucking life, to realize that somebody you've known since fucking forever loves you!”

 

InuYasha stared with irritated perplexity at the ready-to-cry woman. “Well she obviously doesn't love me otherwise she would have said something by now!”

 

“That's just it you stupid, arrogant bastard! She tried!” Kagome could feel warm wet tears sliding down her red cheeks, hating herself for letting the idiot before her see how badly hurt she was inside… And more importantly, hating InuYasha himself for not understanding that the certain somebody that loved him… was her.

 

“She tried… but you're still as oblivious now as you were back then…”

 

The man glared daggers into Kagome as she dismissed the argument, getting back into her car, closing the door and driving away.

 

“Fine! Be a bitch!” InuYasha He shouted out finally, storming back into the restaurant to pay the momentarily forgotten bill.

 

“You'd think she'd be happy that I'm settling down!” He grumbled under his breath. “Stupid goddesses and their mood swings!” He blinked a moment at what he'd just called Kagome. “Goddess? Where the fuck did that come from?”

 

The vibrating cell phone in his back pocket startled the man's outer thoughts. “Yeah? Oh… Ms. Kantoku…”

 

“Tategami, we need you in New York for another conference in two days. So get some sleep because you'll be there for another eight months.”

 

“Uh… with all due respect sir; I just came back from D.C. today and I'd really like to take a breather from this whole around the world traveling thing. Also, I'm having company over next week and I-”

 

“I don't want to hear your lame ass excuses Tategami! And as for your company, they'd better be pretty fucking understanding or else you'll lose your job got it!?”

 

InuYasha sighed, oh how he wanted to shoot this asshat… “Yeah whatever.” But if there was anything he knew… Kikyo was definitely not the understanding type. Yet, that wasn't the issue that was haunting his conscience at the moment… he had pissed Kagome off beyond all bloody reason and as her best friend, he just couldn't help but feel the need to console her.

 

And then there was that still sticky, dangling little matter… he glanced down at his drenched shirt and hair, dropping his shoulders. “Screw it… I need a shower first.”

 

He did have to admit that he still didn't know quite as much about Kikyo as he wanted to… but knowing Kagome for twenty amazing years… he found that when she was angry, she was scary and when she was scary… She needed time to be left alone; otherwise, he'd end up as road kill.

 

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Yay! Just thought I should end the chapter there… the next one will be rather interesting since InuYasha… Oh never mind. Just read and you'll find out. Ain't he being a dick though? LOL These first two chapters are kind of like test runs… so depending on how many reviews I get, decides on whether or not this fic continues! So what are you waiting for!? Review my lovelies! MWAHAHAHA!!!!