CHAPTER TEN
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"This whole trip has been hell ever since I came in," Inuyasha said, taking his feelings out on the dishes. Kagome was washing, and he was drying, and all he could do was wipe the hell out of those glasses.
"Well, you can relax now," Kagome said. "Everybody's left, and we just need to help Mom clean up."
"Then how come I can't take off my hat?"
"Because somebody will have forgotten something," Kagome said patiently, "and come back to get it. You can take off your hat when we leave tonight."
"Hmph." Inuyasha began furiously wiping off a giant platter with very bad grace. "I might never come back to this-"
"Shh!" Kagome said. She was suddenly listening, with a look of frightened alertness on her face. Then she dropped the plates into the sink with a loud splash. "Quick! Come with me!"
Inuyasha barely had time to groan before Kagome wedged him into the broom closet, and wedged herself between him and the narrow door. As she wriggled and squeezed, trying to get the door shut behind her, Inuyasha could feel a familiar blush spreading over his face. Not to mention the rest of him -- even though the room was cool, he was starting to overheat.
"K-Kagome," he said feebly. "I-I don't-"
"Shh!" Kagome hissed.
Inuyasha fell silent as two other voices came from the kitchen. One was Kagome's mother -- and the other was Uncle Toshi. Aw, dammit, Inuyasha thought. Why can't that idiot go home and stop buggin' me?
"... glad to know she's all right," Kagome's mom was saying. "I can't imagine how she got onto that rooftop."
"Well, her mother was more scared than she was," Toshi grumbled. "Don't know where she gets that from -- she didn't get it from me."
There was a long pause. "Did you hear who it was who got her down from the roof?" Kagome's mother asked lightly.
"Yeah, I heard," Toshi said darkly.
"Well?"
"I suppose he isn't all bad."
Inuyasha almost choked. Not ALL bad? he thought furiously. He wanted to spring out and... well, do SOMETHING bad. But Kagome had him firmly pinned inside the cupboard.
"He's very nice. I think you underestimate him, Toshi," Kagome's mom was saying.
"Don't you believe it," Toshi said darkly. "All boys like him are alike."
That does it, Inuyasha thought. If he doesn't go soon...
But the sound off footsteps showed that Uncle Toshi and Kagome's mother were leaving. After a few minutes of silence, Kagome kicked the door open, and a let a flustered, flushed, and very annoyed Inuyasha out. "You should be flattered, Inuyasha," Kagome said, straightening her clothing. "That's the nicest thing he's ever said about a boy."
"I guess," Inuyasha said grudgingly. But he was still glad that Toshi hadn't found them in the closet...
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"Now can we go?" Inuyasha shouted up the stairs.
"Just a minute." There was the sound of grunting and stumbling from upstairs, and Kagome finally staggered out with a backpack that looked nearly as large as she was.
"Didja just pack your stuff, or did you wad your brother in there too?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.
"Ha ha." Kagome shifted her backpack higher on her shoulders. "I have a lot of needs -- especially since we won't be coming back for a while."
"And am I thankful for THAT," Inuyasha growled. "You owe me big-time for this!"
"I've been thinking about that." Kagome paused outside the little shrine-house, and let Inuyasha take her heavy backpack. "So I packed some ramen in there for you. Boy, was it hard to find enough room!"
Inuyasha stared at her. "RAMEN?" he asked, sounding increasingly outraged. "For everything I've gone through?"
"Actually, the ramen is just a bonus," Kagome said.
"Oh yeah? Then what did you decide on."
"No you-know-what commands for a week."
Inuyasha stared at her in silence for a moment. Then he said in a low voice, "You're kiddin' me."
"No, I'm not. An entire week, and no matter what you say or how much you bug me, I won't say it."
"And what if you forget?"
"Then the week starts all over again." Kagome paused. "Is that enough to make up for the past couple of days."
Inuyasha mumbled an agreement. "Let's go," he said, grabbing her backpack. "The others are gonna be waiting for us. And Kagome..."
"Yeah?"
"WARN me next time!"
THE END
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"This whole trip has been hell ever since I came in," Inuyasha said, taking his feelings out on the dishes. Kagome was washing, and he was drying, and all he could do was wipe the hell out of those glasses.
"Well, you can relax now," Kagome said. "Everybody's left, and we just need to help Mom clean up."
"Then how come I can't take off my hat?"
"Because somebody will have forgotten something," Kagome said patiently, "and come back to get it. You can take off your hat when we leave tonight."
"Hmph." Inuyasha began furiously wiping off a giant platter with very bad grace. "I might never come back to this-"
"Shh!" Kagome said. She was suddenly listening, with a look of frightened alertness on her face. Then she dropped the plates into the sink with a loud splash. "Quick! Come with me!"
Inuyasha barely had time to groan before Kagome wedged him into the broom closet, and wedged herself between him and the narrow door. As she wriggled and squeezed, trying to get the door shut behind her, Inuyasha could feel a familiar blush spreading over his face. Not to mention the rest of him -- even though the room was cool, he was starting to overheat.
"K-Kagome," he said feebly. "I-I don't-"
"Shh!" Kagome hissed.
Inuyasha fell silent as two other voices came from the kitchen. One was Kagome's mother -- and the other was Uncle Toshi. Aw, dammit, Inuyasha thought. Why can't that idiot go home and stop buggin' me?
"... glad to know she's all right," Kagome's mom was saying. "I can't imagine how she got onto that rooftop."
"Well, her mother was more scared than she was," Toshi grumbled. "Don't know where she gets that from -- she didn't get it from me."
There was a long pause. "Did you hear who it was who got her down from the roof?" Kagome's mother asked lightly.
"Yeah, I heard," Toshi said darkly.
"Well?"
"I suppose he isn't all bad."
Inuyasha almost choked. Not ALL bad? he thought furiously. He wanted to spring out and... well, do SOMETHING bad. But Kagome had him firmly pinned inside the cupboard.
"He's very nice. I think you underestimate him, Toshi," Kagome's mom was saying.
"Don't you believe it," Toshi said darkly. "All boys like him are alike."
That does it, Inuyasha thought. If he doesn't go soon...
But the sound off footsteps showed that Uncle Toshi and Kagome's mother were leaving. After a few minutes of silence, Kagome kicked the door open, and a let a flustered, flushed, and very annoyed Inuyasha out. "You should be flattered, Inuyasha," Kagome said, straightening her clothing. "That's the nicest thing he's ever said about a boy."
"I guess," Inuyasha said grudgingly. But he was still glad that Toshi hadn't found them in the closet...
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"Now can we go?" Inuyasha shouted up the stairs.
"Just a minute." There was the sound of grunting and stumbling from upstairs, and Kagome finally staggered out with a backpack that looked nearly as large as she was.
"Didja just pack your stuff, or did you wad your brother in there too?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.
"Ha ha." Kagome shifted her backpack higher on her shoulders. "I have a lot of needs -- especially since we won't be coming back for a while."
"And am I thankful for THAT," Inuyasha growled. "You owe me big-time for this!"
"I've been thinking about that." Kagome paused outside the little shrine-house, and let Inuyasha take her heavy backpack. "So I packed some ramen in there for you. Boy, was it hard to find enough room!"
Inuyasha stared at her. "RAMEN?" he asked, sounding increasingly outraged. "For everything I've gone through?"
"Actually, the ramen is just a bonus," Kagome said.
"Oh yeah? Then what did you decide on."
"No you-know-what commands for a week."
Inuyasha stared at her in silence for a moment. Then he said in a low voice, "You're kiddin' me."
"No, I'm not. An entire week, and no matter what you say or how much you bug me, I won't say it."
"And what if you forget?"
"Then the week starts all over again." Kagome paused. "Is that enough to make up for the past couple of days."
Inuyasha mumbled an agreement. "Let's go," he said, grabbing her backpack. "The others are gonna be waiting for us. And Kagome..."
"Yeah?"
"WARN me next time!"
THE END