Hanyou Nights

Kagome purchased her theater tickets for “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” on Fandango.com and then called a taxi. She had heard about the fresh sushi bar in the food court of the St. Louis Galleria, so that was an added bonus to going to the movies. There were not many places that sold sushi in the area and she sometimes missed some of the raw seafood.

When the cab arrived, she locked everything up without giving herself a second look. She did not care. She had not dressed up as she was only going out by herself and was not out to please anyone. In fact she probably was a walking fashion crime with her green flip-flops, gray sweat pants and black t-shirt. She was truly slumming around tonight.

As the cab took her to the mall, she almost regretted turning down Sango’s request to come with her, but Kagome really did not want to go to any type of club. The studies at school were not easy, and she rarely got to go out, let alone go enjoy a movie. She loved hanging out with Sango, but Sango wanted to go out all the time. It was a bit stressful having to deal with her friend trying to kick the habit of smoking pot. Sango was not bad, but she was what Kagome learned ‘Americanized.’ Kagome was not a party girl. In fact, she hated to go clubbing. She liked to go to cozy parties that had no more than a dozen people who knew each other mutually and could just chill. Of course, she did have her naughty tendencies, but she still was pretty reserved compared to her friend. Even some of the stuff she did would have been taboo in her family’s shrine back in Japan. She could just imagine how her grandfather would insist that she had been possessed by some demon in the United States.

She laughed to herself and noticed that the cab had pulled up to the mall, in front of Galleria Cinema 6. She paid the driver, leaving a couple extra bucks as tip. She had arrived an extra thirty minutes before the movie in case there was a line. She was not sure if it would be crowded. However, when she finally arrived in front of the ticket booth, the ticket lined did not look as busy as Kagome originally thought.

“What the fuck! Did you come here to stalk me!” he yelled loudly behind her.

Kagome blushed with embarrassment as the people in line and around the entrance turned to look her way.

“You could have been a bit louder,” she darkly gritted out.

She could not go to the movie now. He had ruined her moment by embarrassing her and making her look like some stalker. She stomped away from the line.

“Aw, come on! I was just joking,” he laughed.

“You may have been joking, but they think I am some psycho, thank you very much,” Kagome said sarcastically, while pointing at the people around them.

InuYasha looked sheepish, scratching the back of his neck. Kagome felt a bit underdressed as InuYasha had a nice pair of tattooed Armani jeans and a nice red polo shirt with one black and one white stripe across the chest. She put her forefinger and her thumb to the bridge of her nose as it was a habit when she could feel a headache coming on.

“Sometimes I get a bit dramatic,” he tried to explain with a shurg.

“Well, go be dramatic somewhere else. I was trying to relax and enjoy a movie after yesterday’s debacle,” she hissed.

“Okay, okay, I am sorry. Would it help if I told them I was joking and maybe buy you dinner?” he asked.

Kagome looked thoughtful for a moment and then replied, “Perhaps, but on one condition. You have to try to keep those lewd comments to yourself. I do not need any more attention in regards to you, and just being around you, I feel like the women in the area are going to stab me.”

“Heh, yeah. I cannot help it that I am good looking,” he smirked.

“You are a jerk,” she said, taking up his arm so he could escort her back to the ticket line.

“Yeah, well come up with something new to call me. I already know I am a jerk,” he chuckled.

Kagome thought the movie was pretty good. She had seen the other X-Men movies at Sango’s place, so she was not disappointed. The storyline with Wolverine and Sabertooth was interesting and the fact that Stan Lee had helped in the making of the movie explained the unique turn on the comic-turned-movie. The movie did answer a lot of questions that she had from the other movies. The only thing that irked her was the fact that InuYasha would add side comments on how the fight scenes should have been until Kagome gave him an evil look after a few people shushed him.

When the movie was over, InuYasha asked, “So, where do you want to eat?”

“I heard there was a sushi bar in the food court. How about there?” she said.

“You come to the mall just to eat sushi. Come on, wench! This is America! You have been eating that stuff since you were little. Why not try something different? Plus, you work in a sushi restaurant downtown, right?” InuYasha chided.

“Yes, I work at Wasabi,” Kagome replied. “So, what do you have in mind?”

“We could go to the Cheesecake Factory. I will buy you the best cheesecake ever!” he smiled boyishly.

Kagome giggled and said, “Alright, I am game, but no more changing plans. This place better be good.”

When they arrived, Kagome saw that the Cheesecake Factory was a fairly large restaurant and busy. They had to put InuYasha’s name on a list just to wait forty-five minutes to be seated. Lucky for them, they got fitted in because another couple finished up early. Once inside, Kagome was pleasantly surprised by the look of the place. It was themed with a romantic atmosphere with lights that looked like candles and the backs of the booths high enough that it gave some privacy.

Kagome did not know what to order as the menu was huge and by the quick scan of the room, the food was plentiful. She definitely was going to have to take home some of her food.

InuYasha laughed when Kagome ordered the Miso Salmon and said, “Oh come on! You order the closest thing to Japanese food instead of something you have not tried. Quit being a pussy!”

Kagome almost clammed up in front of the waiter, but she recovered replied, “Fine, you order.”

InuYasha grinned and ordered her Chicken Madeira.

“What is that?” she asked after he was done ordering for the both of them.

“Chicken covered in a mushroom Madeira sauce. There is some asparagus and on the side, mashed potatoes. It is really good,” he assured her.

InuYasha insisted that she try his appetizer, which was Avocado eggrolls. She ended up having two out of them. They had little bits of avocado, some dried tomato, onion, and cilantro. The Tamarind-Cashew dipping sauce that came with it was unique and very sweet.

When she finally got to try her main dish, she smiled, “It does taste good.”

“I told you!” InuYasha chuckled, delving into his meal.

She frowned, noticing that he was practically devouring his meal like a heathen.

“You have no table manners,” Kagome said.

“So,” he replied, his mouth full of food.

“How sexy!” she said sarcastically.

“Thanks!” he beamed and Kagome frowned even more.

“I am going to have this bagged,” she said, referring to the amount of food on her plate.

“Do you want dessert?” InuYasha asked.

“Of course, I just know I cannot eat all of this and will have to eat it another time. I thought I might save some room for dessert,” she explained.

“Good, you are going to have a taste of the best cheesecake ever,” he said excitedly.

Kagome giggled, “And what is this best cheesecake ever?”

“It is the Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake!” he said, almost looking as if he was about to swoon.

Kagome rolled her eyes at his antics as he ordered.

However, it was when she finally got to eat her own piece that she realized that InuYasha did have reason to be dramatic. It was really good.

“Mmm!” Kagome said as she slowly pulled the fork from her mouth.

When she opened her eyes, InuYasha was looking at her pecularly. He looked a bit shocked and turned on at the same time.

“What?” she wondered.

“Nothing,” he replied awkwardly, and then recovered with a smirk. “Well, maybe if you are the cheesecake it is something. Sounds like you are making love to it.”

“You are definitely what they mean when most places say ‘no pets allowed,’” she said.

“Ruff, ruff at you, babe,” InuYasha winked and imitated a dog panting.

“Alright, puppy, I have to go home. My bath tub is calling. Thanks for dinner,” Kagome said, and then rose to go.

“Wait, let me give you my phone number,” InuYasha offered.

“Why, so you can stalk me?” Kagome asked playfully.

“Well, you are not bad to hang out with so I thought we could do something like this another time,” he explained, and pulled out a pen and sticky notepad.

“You bring a little notepad with you everywhere you go?” Kagome asked, quirking a brow.

“Of course! I might get an idea for later and have to jot it down,” he replied as he wrote his number on the paper.

When he was done, Kagome took the paper and left.

“Next time call me before you stalk me!” InuYasha shouted from the seat.

Kagome blushed and picked up speed to get away in case he might shout other things to embarrass her.