InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Big Trouble Comes in Small Packages ❯ Overactive Imaginations ( Chapter 18 )

You guys will probably be amused to know that I met one of Miroku's old ladies! LOL! My cousin and I were at The Waffle House late the other night and the woman serving us was a much older lady. My cousin made a comment about all the compartments in her purse, and the woman responded with 'I have the same problem with my purse. It is so big and has so much stuff in it that if I hit someone with it, then it would probably kill 'em.'

It was all I could do not to start laughing hysterically. She probably would have thought I was insane. ^_^

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Disclaimer: I guess I don't own the old ladies in my story after all, but I'm sure that if I tried to hire them for my army, they would quit working at the Waffle House. I mean, when it comes to job perks, what is a little free food compared to Miroku? I rest my case…

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Big Trouble Comes in Small Packages

Chapter Eighteen

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"Oh my God, I can't believe that happened!"

Kagome cringed at the sound of her friend's voice loudly echoing around the small apartment and rushed to quiet her. Sometimes the acoustics in that place could rival an arena. "Hush, Sango! You know just as well as I do how good Inuyasha's hearing is! Do you really want him to hear us talking about him?"

"Sorry!" The other girl whispered, not looking sorry at all.

It was late the night after Kagome and Inuyasha's little trip to the zoo, and the former was currently sitting on her bed with Sango perched across from her, telling the story of her day. And what a story it was! Sango was hanging on her friend's every word, unable to believe what she was hearing.

After all, this WAS Inuyasha and Kagome, the two most hopeless people she knew when it came to romantic relationships.

Well, besides Miroku.

"Come on, so what happened next?" Sango questioned.

Unfortunately for the eager Sango, Kagome suddenly seemed to be lost in her own thoughts. Talking about the day with Sango caused her mind to replay all the events in detail, and she couldn't help but get lost in the feelings that her thoughts helped her to recall.

'I don't think I'll ever forget this day as long as I live. One moment I could swear Inuyasha wanted to do nothing more than strangle me for yelling at him, and the next he was giving me the kiss of my life! Where on earth did he learn to kiss like THAT?!?!'

Sango started laughing as she watched her friend absently begin to fan herself, even though the room wasn't hot at all. The other girl's distracted mind didn't register the sound, though, as she mentally replayed the kiss for what had to be the thousandth time.

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~Flashback~

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Without warning, Kagome found herself staring into Inuyasha's golden eyes, completely at a loss as to how she ended up with her face inches from his in the first place. Rin was standing behind her looking as pleased as the cat that ate the canary, all but forgotten by the pair standing before her.

Inuyasha continued to stare at her intently for several moments, as if unsure about something.

'What is that look for?' Kagome vaguely wondered as his expression suddenly shifted. He was smirking, his usual confidence back in place and looking downright mischievous. 'Then again, with the way his mind works I probably don't want to know.' She thought with a twinge of apprehension.

Kagome didn't have any more time to think.

Her brain stopped working completely when Inuyasha suddenly dipped his head down and captured her lips with his own in an almost desperate kiss, as if it was something he'd wanted to do for a long time and was only now giving in to the temptation.

Without stopping to think about what she was doing, Kagome lifted both her arms to wrap them around his neck and succeeded in pulling him a little bit closer to her, which wasn't hard to do with Inuyasha so eager to comply. When she settled her arms a little lower on his shoulders, he responded by wrapping his own arms snugly about her waist and deepening the kiss further.

Kagome felt like she was in heaven.

There was something that just felt right about being so close to Inuyasha, and she didn't bother to question the feeling as she tangled her fingers in his long hair. It was something she'd wanted to do since that day that she had gotten the chance to play with his hair, and she was relishing the feel of it against her skin. When she gave it a gentle tug, Inuyasha's grip around her waist tightened and a deep rumbling sounded from his chest.

So lost were they in their own little world that they completely forgot that they had an audience.

Rin was watching the entire show with complete fascination, along with several bystanders that happened along just in time for the show. The looks they were being given ranged from jealous to appalled, and person even pulled out a camera and snapped a few pictures.

Through it all, the couple remained oblivious.

Running out of air was the reason that both finally had to come back down to earth, and Inuyasha was the first to pull back out of consideration for Kagome's need to breathe. He kept his gaze trained intently on her face as Kagome regained her bearings and turned shocked eyes to Inuyasha, only to see him wearing the smuggest look she'd ever seen on his face, which was saying a lot.

Inuyasha was the first to speak.

"So, I guess that means apology accepted, right?"

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~Flashback end~

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"Hello? Earth to Kagome!" Sango was waving a hand in front of Kagome's face, looking exasperated at having to snap the other girl out of her little daydream. "Wake up! You never did finish telling me what happened after you guys kissed! Did you slap him?"

Kagome's eyes snapped back into focus and she blushed furiously. "No, of course I didn't slap him! He actually managed to keep his hands where they should have been and not any farther north or south, unlike Miroku." She gave Sango a pointed look and tried not to think about the fact that if Inuyasha HAD tried to move them, she probably would have let him.

Sango winced at the reminder of Miroku and his 'wandering hands', along with the look Kagome gave her. "Mention that moron again and I swear I'll go jump off the top of the building!" She threatened, blushing.

"Sorry, sorry!" Kagome smiled in private amusement at Sango's reaction to Miroku's name. She knew that Sango was avoiding the lecherous man at the moment, although she wasn't sure what he'd done to deserve it this time. She probably didn't want to know, either.

Sango waved off the apology, eager to forget about her problems with men and focus on Kagome's story instead. "So what DID happen after he kissed you?"

Kagome reluctantly repeated what Inuyasha had said after the kiss before grimacing. "And can you believe that right after he said that, a bunch of people that had been standing on the sidewalks started clapping and whistling? I was so embarrassed!"

Sango laughed until she was breathless, enjoying the mental image that her mind conjured up. When she finally managed to calm down, she couldn't resist asking "So, how many of them did Inuyasha kill?"

The other girl paused to consider the question with a frown. "You know, believe it or not, he seemed amused by the whole thing!" Kagome shook her head in confusion. "I've never seen him so smug and happy in my entire life. He was even SMILING!"

"Oh my God, the world's coming to an end." Sango muttered dryly, still laughing.

Kagome nodded her head in serious agreement.

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Inuyasha just couldn't seem to sleep.

But despite that, the normally grumpy hanyou couldn't have been any happier, even if Sesshoumaru suddenly decided to jump off a really high cliff. And knowing Inuyasha, that would make him pretty happy.

With a half-smile, Inuyasha listened in amusement to the sound of drifting voices coming from the apartment below his, easily able to guess what the topic of conversation was. If he bothered to try, he was sure he could hear exactly what was being said, but the hanyou didn't attempt to listen that closely. Kagome's reaction to the kiss had been more than enough to tell him how she felt about the whole incident.

'She didn't get mad, she didn't slap me, and she didn't run off. For Kagome, that's a pretty good reaction! After all, if I'd been Miroku and done something like that, I'd probably be dead right now.'

Thinking of Miroku trying anything like that with Kagome made Inuyasha's good mood sour quickly, so he moved his thoughts back to more pleasant grounds. Specifically, the potential dreams about Kagome he might have, if he could ever manage to actually fall asleep.

Inuyasha was so lost in his thoughts and reflections that he was completely oblivious to the fact that he had company in the living room with him. So when Rin approached and placed a cold little hand on his bare arm, he nearly jumped out of his skin.

"Are you awake, Uncle Inu?" Rin whispered, staring at him hopefully through the darkness.

Inuyasha was now sitting up with both hands digging into the sofa, trying not to let the fact that she'd actually scared him show. "Dammit, does it LOOK like I'm asleep?!?" He hissed in return, once again just as grumpy as always.

She ignored this. "Rin is scared, Uncle Inu!"

Inuyasha blinked in surprise, not expecting Rin to say such a thing. Rin never seemed to be scared of anything, even him when he was in his worst moods! "Scared?" He echoed blankly.

The little girl was nervously clutching Sessy-poo more tightly in her arms. "Uh-huh. Rin heard a noise."

"A noise?" He parroted her again. "What kinda noise?"

In a small voice, Rin answered him. "Rin thought she heard something knocking on your closet door, Uncle Inu."

'Something knocking on the closet door?' Even in his mind, Inuyasha was still blankly repeating after Rin. 'Probably just some junk I stuffed in there fell. But why the hell would she be scared of that?' Inuyasha remained very baffled for a moment, until he suddenly remembered something he'd heard once about children. "Oi, runt, you aren't one of those kids that's scared of monsters under the bed or in the closet are you?"

That had to have been the WORST thing he could have possibly said.

"R-Rin didn't know monsters like to live in c-closets and under the b-bed." Rin whimpered pitifully while clutching Sessy-poo tightly in her arms. "D-do they eat kids?"

Inuyasha could have slapped himself right then for opening his big mouth. 'Just make the kid more scared, you idiot!' His mind shouted at him. 'The last thing I need is her keeping me awake all night!' He'd conveniently forgotten that he hadn't been able to sleep anyway.

While he fought to control his irritation, Rin was staring at him with big, frightened eyes as if she was expecting him to make everything okay again with a few magic words. It's amazing, the misplaced confidence children have at times.

When she didn't stop staring at him or make any move to go back to bed, Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Oi, do you really think monsters would be living in MY room?" The hanyou scoffed in what he hoped was a confident manner.

Rin's look turned from frightened to curious. "Why not?"

"Because!" He crossed his arms arrogantly. "I'm a lot scarier than any of those stupid monsters are."

A small giggle escaped. "No you're not! Uncle Inu isn't scary at all!"

A pained look crossed Inuyasha's face. For Inuyasha, being told he's not scary by a small child was definitely a major blow to his pride. "Well, it's not like monsters exist anyway!" He muttered in a sulky tone of voice.

"They don't?" Rin stared at him for a moment, as if to judge the truth of his words. "Is Uncle Inu telling Rin the truth?" She sounded very doubtful.

Now Inuyasha looked really offended. "You think I'm lying?"

Rin frowned. "Well, Aunt Kagome did tell me not to trust everything you say. She said you don't tell the truth all the time."

"She said WHAT?!?!" He nearly shouted. "When have I ever lied about anything?" He couldn't help but feel hurt that Kagome would ever say such a thing about him, especially to Rin!

"Well, she said you weren't being honest that time you told Rin that dragonflies are really baby dragons. And she said that cats aren't really evil, and that Papa Sess probably isn't really a girl. Rin didn't believe that one, anyway. She also said that you-"

Okay, so maybe when Kagome had told Rin that, she'd had a valid point after all.

"Alright, I get the point!" He growled, slumping down on the couch. "You don't have to rub it in."

Rin smiled happily, glad that Uncle Inu finally gave in. "So does this mean Rin can sleep in here with you instead of with the monsters?"

"I SAID there aren't any-" Inuyasha noticed her disbelieving gaze. "Oh, whatever! Do what you want. Maybe I should go sleep with the stupid monsters; that way I might actually get some peace and quiet."

"But Rin doesn't want to sleep alone!" She pleaded pathetically. "Please stay with Rin?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to say no, when tears started forming in the little girl's eyes.

And, dammit all, he could never resist a crying girl.

Inuyasha sighed in defeat.

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"Ouch!"

There was a few seconds of silence, followed by a nearly silent stream of swearing as Inuyasha sat up off the floor and dug around under the blanket he'd been laying on. A moment later his hand came up, holding a small pink hair clip, obviously one of Rin's vast collection. Grumbling more profanities, he tossed it aside and laid back down.

Things were quiet for a while after that, but just as Inuyasha managed to start drifting off to sleep, a small hand flopped down off the couch and fell in his face, nearly poking him in the eye. Inuyasha's eyebrow twitched.

'This is the first time I've ever wished for a bigger apartment.' He scooted as close to his small, battered coffee table as he could possibly get and settled back down. That gave him about five inches between himself and the couch. 'Damn, this is all Kagome's fault! Telling Rin not to trust me! She's gonna be in for a surprise tomorrow when I tell her she's got to come fix this mess, or else Rin'll be sleeping with her in her apartment from now on!'

He also briefly played with the idea of telling Kagome she'd have to sleep in the floor tomorrow night while he got to sleep in her bed downstairs, but figured Sango wouldn't appreciate that very much. Besides, would he really want to run off with Kagome actually sleeping in his apartment? Not likely.

Making plans to give Kagome a very early wake-up call, Inuyasha finally managed to drift off to sleep.

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*Sighs* Another very difficult chapter to edit. Especially the kiss scene…I am so terrible with things like that, so I had to tear it apart several times until I was happy with it. Anyway, please be sure to drop me a review and let me know what you think! ^_^