Special Edition One-Shot! [DINNER DATE w/ SHAY!]

(And an OC Risako)

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Shay's point of view:

"Hello." Risako appeared in front of me, her face as hard as usual.

"Hey, Risa! Ready for dinner?"

Risako nodded and when I glanced down at her clothing, I balked. "We can't go into a five-star restaurant with you wearing THAT!" Risako wore her usual attire, consisting of her Kamakura, Japanese ō-yoroi armor. She had armored sleeves, greaves, and Cuisses that rattled slightly when she walked. Her breastplates glinted in the minimal light and I winced. I can't believe she showed up for a dinner, wearing her armor.

"What is wrong with my vesture?" Risako looked down and when she saw a speck of dirt, she rubbed it with her gloves hands, removing the spot.

"Is that better?"

I groaned, glancing at my watch, and sighing. There was no going back now, we were already ten minutes late.

Risako and I stepped into the restaurant, squinting when the large fluorescent lights flashed into our enlarged pupils. When my eyes adjusted, I looked around, as did Risako, with her analytical eyes. We took in the crisp white walls, and the red carpet, looking freshy vacuumed. There was a crystal chandelier hanging above us and gave leeway to just how 'fancy-pants' this place really was. When I glanced back at Risako, she gazed in approval, her eyes flitting every few minutes. "Shay, I think it is in our best interest to continue on our way to the dinner, before Kagome and the others tire." I shook my head, and grasped my clutch bag tighter, grabbing her hand in my own grip.

"Koga is going to be here too, ya know."

Risako's eyes widened, and then when I cracked a smile, she returned to normal, her flushed face turning it's original color.

"I don't see why you try to hide it. You two are obviously in love, although you make it seem very one-sided."

Risako averted her eyes and coughed. "I don't believe it's your business. Now, if you will take us to our table..." Risako's sharp green eyes narrowed and her lips turned downward on one side. She really was new to all this love stuff. I wish she would talk to me more though. I pouted but then sighed and dragged Risako down a few corridors, until I made it to our table. I had arrived before Risako, and put my stuff down to claim a seat, but of course, it was still awkward to walk in.

"Hey! You two are late!" My eyes instantly spotted the perpetrator - Inuyasha.

"You act as if you are any better, delinquent dog," she snorted.

Risako kept a stoic expression as she stared down Inuyasha, and he gladly accepted the challenge.

Someone coughed and I glanced up from their showdown, to see it was Miroku who did it. "Could you two not argue today?" I rolled my eyes and took my seat, wincing when my chair made an audible groan as I pulled it out. Five-star my ass.

"Like you're one to talk," Inuyasha murmured, sitting down. He - much like Risako - decided to wear his normal clothing. Only this time, her wore a pair of traditional Japanese sandals. I wanted to hit him badly. Why didn't anyone want to follow the protocols? Shippo, the adorable little fkx demon I had come to love, even wore a little tux. Miroku, although quite casual looking, wore a suit also, but his tie was loosened, and a few buttons were undone. I grut my teeth and looked at Sango. Thank God she listened to me. She looked ravishing in her green gown. Even Kagome looked beautiful today, and I, of course, looked amazing as well, with a purple wrap dress that hugged my curves and left little to the imagination.

I admit, I went overboard, but hey, at least I tried.

Not like these losers.

"I hate you all," I groaned and laid my head in the table on my arms. "What did I do this time?" Inuyasha asked, his brows angled downward.

"Yes, what did we do to make you angry?" Mikroku questioned me. I ignored them and turned to Risako. She was currently polishing her sword, her stare trained on it.

"Take. Your sword. Off. The. TABLE!" I screamed and Risako raised an eyebrow.

"Well since you asked so eloquently."

I growled and then took a deep breath. You can't make everyone listen to you. Not everyone was your pretty little doll. If only...

"Hey guys, I'm here."

I was distracted, if only briefly, by the presence of Koga, the wolf demon, arrival.

He also ignored my warnings and wore what he always wore. I stood up, smiled forcefully, and walked up to Koga. "Hey, Koga. What are you wearing?"

He glanced down and shrugged. "What I always wear. Is there a problem?"

I smiled wider and his face fell a bit. I guessed I looked like a creeper, and the fact that my voice was sugar-coated, didn't help the disturbing factor.

"Yes. There is a problem. THE FACT THAT NONE OF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY!" I shrieked and Koga fell backwards, my finger still pointed at his impossiblely hard chest.

"Woah, calm down, Shay." I twisted my head, glaring at Kagome. Calm down? Clam down? I wanted today to go perfectly - I set up a date that we could all meet up, I gave all of us dress codes, I got one kf my friends to hook us up at a nice five-star edifice, and this is the thanks I get? Calm down...pfft. She was crazy. No one listened to my dress code. No one was acting the way I wanted them.

"No need to be a control freak. Jeez," Inuyasha muttered, and I was on him in an instant.

"Who's a control freak? Me? Certainly you couldn't be talking about me."

Everyone around me looked deeply troubled by the twitching smile on my face, and I started to laugh. "If I was a control freak, I would just turn you guys into my little puppets zd make you do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Heheheh." I could tell I scared a few of my friends.

"May I have a word with you," Risako asked suddenly, motioning me to follow her.

I dropped my grin, and was genuinely curious.

Risako wasn't a woman of many words, and at twenty-four, she certainly didn't act her age.

"Yes?" I asked, once we were outside once again. It was cold, and I rubbed at my goosebumps. The streetlamp glinted off of Risako's armor, once again. I felt awkward.

"Shay, I believe it is time, for what you call, a reality check."

"What do you mean?"

Risako shifted her weight to her opposite foot, and tucked a loose strand of blonde hair behind her ear. I always thought pretty hair like hers didn't deserve to be on such a boyish girl. At least I would take care of my hair, but no, her beautiful tuft of fluff was stuck on her ungrateful head. And here I was, stuck with boring, brown hair. "You seem to forget who we are," Risako began. "I am a former army general. I don't usually take off my army, due to the fact that I feel more comfortable in it. Inuyasha is a mangy forest mutt, who'll never change, not even if you chain him down."

Risako took a deep breath, gazing at the starry sky. I found myself staring down at my twiddling thumbs.

"Koga is a wolf demon, and wears the pelts to keep the smell of his pack. Kagome and Sango, and even Shippo are more flexible, but other than that, we are individual who'll never change. You are in fact trying to change the nature of us, and I don't think it's being received very well. I realize you want everything to be perfect, but ponder this. We are all your friends, not your children."

I froze.

Is that what they thought I tried to be? Their mothers?

I knew I was a little rough with Inuyasha, and even with Miroku, but I didn't mean to try to control their lives. I just wanted everything to go smoothly today.

Today was our friend anniversary.

I just wanted it to be special.

"I'm sorry," I bowed to everyone at our table. When I got up, I was being stared at by everyone.

"If you don't mind my asking, but what exactly are you apolozing for?"

I smiled, a real smile. "Good question Miroku. I just wanted to say sorry for trying to force you guys to do things you don't feel comfortable with. I know that I'll never be able to dress Risako up...I'll just have to live with that fact." I laughed shakily and brushed my hair back from my shoulder.

"I hope you will accept my apology."

I bowed once again and Kagome just smiled softly at me.

"No hard feelings. We knew today was special for you. We shouldn't have ignored your feelings."

I shook my head and waved my hands, to ward off all of those thoughts. "Why don't we ditch this place and head to my place and make some homemade sukiyaki."

InuYasha was the first to hop up and fist pumped the air. "Hell yeah! I want real food!" Kagome threw the napkin off of her lap and stood up, grabbing InuYasha and laughing.

"No kidding. I would kill for some sukiyaki."

Everyone else was on board, and I grinned, surrounded by my friends. When the time ended, and I was left with a sleeping Shippo, sleeping peacefully on my lap, I had Koga approach me. "Hey...what you did earlier, that was pretty cool."

I rolled my eyes.

"You wouldn't know what cool was if it walked you, introduced itself, and slapped you in the face."

"Hey! I could kick your ass you know! You're lucky you're a stupid human girl, otherwise you'd be dead meat!"

"Blah, blah, blah, get back to your girlfriend, you freak of nature."

"G-girlfriend?"

I cradled Shippo in my arms and stood up, heading into the kitchen, where Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku where playing poker. Miroku - as unsurprising as it was - was winning. "You bastard! You're cheating, I know you are! Con man!" Miroku scoffed, and protested this, claiming her earned an honest living. Honest living my ass.

Koga followed me into the kitchen, still dazed. "I'm not stupid you know. I know you two are so in love with each other. If you haven't kissed her already, you might as well claim defeat.

"I have kissed her! And I'll prove it!"

I pursed my lips. He took this as skepticism.

"I will! Wait here, stupid girl!"

I stood there with Shippo in my arms, and he turned over, showing me that adorable baby face of his.

When Koga returned, her had Risako by her hand, whole she protested furiously. "Let me go you fiend!"

"That's not what you said last night," he muttered, and she blushed a rosy pink.

"Koga I will demolish your existence," she muttered, cracking her knuckles, her piercing green eyes zoned in on him. I watched this amused, until he suddenly grabbed her, and it all happened in slow motion. His hand on her waist. Her surprised face. He pulled her in close, and then it was like magic to watch their lips connect. There was a sudden crash, and apparently Sango had dropped all her poker chips, watching the two lovers kiss. Everyone stared at the couple, until Koga pulled away from a dazzled Risako.

"Damn, I never thought you had it in you," Inuyasha exclaimed, and wiped that smug smile right off of Koga's face.

"What? You wanna say that again, dog breath?"

InuYasha was up and about innfour seconds flat, his forehead clashing with Koga's. "What'd you say, flea bag?"

"I kill you for that, you know."

The both of them cracked their knuckles, until my lilting giggles reached their sensitive ears. I laughed. And laugh. And laughed.

"Um...Shay. Are you okay?"

But I was perfectly fine. Everything felt alright in the world. I finally felt whole.

I felt like I had another family.

"Yeah I'm okay. Perfectly okay."

"Really, 'cause it looked like you just about peed yourself."

"Shut, it before I neuter you both!"

Gulp. "Yes ma'am!" Yep. This was the life.

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I promise you I'm not like this in real life xD.

Anyway, just to make it clear, Risako is my OC.

I decided to post this in honor of my 13k views. You have no idea how happy I am.

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