AN: Hello, Guardian_angel here, as well as Corisu Li and we are back in business at writing Inuyasha stories. I know that It's been nearly three years since my last story, which I had to delete because I had no more ideas to further it. So I have a new modified story that will probably take a while but I hope my fellow readers like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or anything related to the wonderful anime. My sister's original story is what this story is based on. She helped me write this. I do not her story. So don't sue me. I do own some characters that you will soon see pop up in this story, but I'm not spoiling it. So enjoy and please tell me what you think.
Chapter One: Bets, Dates, and Arguments
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Kagome awoke from a really weird dream she had the previous night. It involved Inuyasha being a chibi version of himself and she was a giant. She had captured him and had put him in doll house. She had forced him to wear a maid outfit, and he had to clean the house she put him in. She smiled mocking because of the situation of Inuyasha being the weaker one, and she being the all controlling one. Then all of a sudden, Suota appeared and broke Inuyasha out of the dollhouse. He then proceeded to run off with him, on his rainbow unicorn, leaving the confused giant behind. That's when Kagome woke up. Back to reality, Kagome laughed at seeing the source of her chuckle on the ground glaring at her.
"Kagome, why do I have to stay here for an entire month?" Inuyasha whined as Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Inuyasha, that's what you get for betting against me at Janken. You know I would win, but did you listen to me? No." Kagome said gloating her victory at the unfortunate half-demon.
"Yes, but I don't bet to be made a fool of. Why must you humans wear such ridiculous clothing?" Inuyasha asked as he picked at the tie on his uniform.
"I don't know, Inuyasha, but at least it's the high school uniform and not that boring middle school uniform I wore during the time I met you." She pointed out. "That and the school I go to now is less annoying." Kagome added as Inuyasha nodded in agreement.
"Hurry up, Kagome-nee-chan! C'mon, we're gonna be late, Inu-no-onii-chan!" Souta shouted from the bottom of the stairs. Inuyasha stood, looking distinctly uncomfortable in the school uniform Kagome turned to look at him, laughing inside at the tough, unyielding hanyou who now looked like any normal schoolboy...well, if you ignored the intense white hair...the cute little doggy ears...and the golden eyes...
Kagome realized that she was staring and quickly looked away, blushing furiously. She was acting like a star-struck fan did at a celebrity. She made a big act of rummaging in her closet until she pulled out a hat that matched perfectly with Inuyasha's blue school uniform. She tugged it on over his ears. If it was possible for him to look any more annoyed, he did now.
"Now don't scare my classmates. They still need their heads." Kagome said as the half-demon chuckled at Kagome's choice of words.
"I ain't gonna promise to behave." Inuyasha mumbled.
Kagome rolled her eyes at his poor choice of grammar. "You definitely need to pay attention in grammar class." She said as she got an "Feh" in return.
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"Hey Kagome-chan! Who's your friend?"
"Wow! He's cuuute!"
"I like his hair!"
"Well, I like his eyes the best!"
Inuyasha and Kagome stood in the middle of the classroom while the entire class bombarded Kagome with questions. Inuyasha, meanwhile, was getting poked and prodded. Girls kept pulling at his hair, staring into his eyes, or examining his nails. He looked as if he was seriously contemplating opening a window and tossing them all outside. At an especially hard yank on his hair, he changed his mind. Maybe he wouldn't bother to open the window...
Just when he thought he could take no more, and Kagome was running out of answers, the door opened and the teacher arrived. The class hurried to take their seats, Inuyasha choosing the one right behind Kagome.
Mrs. Namoi smiled around at the class, then spoke as her eyes settled on Inuyasha, who was trying desperately to fit in, and failing miserably due to his hair. "And who might you be, young man?"
Red in the face, Inuyasha slowly stood from his position behind Kagome, remembering her instruction on being polite. "My name is Takahashi Inuyasha."
"And what brings you to our classroom?" Mrs Namoi asked, oblivious to the stares of her students at hearing that their new peer's name was 'Dog-Demon'.
"I'm a friend of Kagome's, here on vacation from Kyoto for a month." He replied, continuing to be polite. "Thank you Inuyasha, I welcome you to Tokyo." The teacher said as she motioned for Inuyasha to take his seat and began to lecture the class, all but Inuyasha listening attentively. He was thinking of how easily he could run his fingers through Kagome's hair and make it look accidental...but he smothered the thought and instead stared off into nowhere.
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Kagome tried her best to keep Inuyasha from offending people, and she finally managed to convince him not to shove any more people to the ground. This didn't keep him from shooting evil glances at anyone who dared look his way or cross his path. Inwardly, he sighed. Humans are SUPPOSED to be like this?
At lunch, Inuyasha flat-out refused to eat anything from the school canteen. He took one sniff and clapped his hand over is nose, groaning, "Ugh, man! What IS that stuff?" He took a cautious breath. "It smells like Jaken!"
Kagome sweatdropped. "Hey, you'll usually eat anything! Does that mean that everyone else was RIGHT about cafeteria food?" She asked, prodding something that looked like cheese (though she couldn't be sure). She glanced up at Inuyasha, wondering why he wasn't responding, then got her answer. He'd turned a sick shade of green, and as she watched, the hanyou jumped up and bolted from the canteen, holding one hand to his mouth and the other to his nose. Kagome sighed. I guess the smell overwhelmed him, she thought, and wandered to the other side of the room.
When Inuyasha returned, Kagome was sitting down again, with a bowl of steaming hot ramen in front of his vacated spot. He grinned, then asked, "How did you..."
She pointed towards the other side of the room. "That's a microwave. Uh, it's kinda like an indoor fire. And I knew you wouldn't like cafeteria food, so I brought something I was sure you'd like!"
Without a word, Inuyasha grabbed the bowl and started toward the door again. "Where are you going?" Kagome called after him.
"Outside," He yelled back. "I don't even think I can eat ramen in here!"
Kagome sighed, grabbed her bag, and ran to catch up.
After a hurried lunch in the courtyard (Kagome couldn't keep Inuyasha from jumping up into a tree with his ramen, earning him many strange looks), the bell rang and the pair (the human willingly, the hanyou reluctantly) headed for Mythology class, the last period of the day. Fortunately for Inuyasha, this was a class he actually looked forward to.
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After going through the same routine of annoying pulls and yanks at his hair, the questions (which had become even more annoying) ringing in his ears, and the teacher forcing him to introduce himself, Inuyasha's temper was on a short thread. What better way to avoid contact than...
Kagome began to copy the notes that the teacher was writing on the board, Inuyasha, for once was as eager as she was. He was busy at taking each and every note the teacher wrote down.
When the teacher began to talk about the warring states era, that instantly got Inuyasha and Kagome's attention. "Who can tell me, who or what, dominated the warring states, and who stopped them?" Mr. Sugaki asked as Inuyasha and kagome's hands went up at the same time. Surprised, the teacher nodded at Inuyasha.
Standing up, he gave a complete description of the demons, and other monster that he had battled in the past. He told of the stories that his nii-san, Sesshomaru, told him. The stories of his father and the story about Midoriko. "Midoriko was a miko many years ago. She was well known for being very powerful and her ability to purify a yôukai soul. It was because of this, however, that her fate was sealed.
In her final battle, Midoriko was ambushed by many yôukai. The battle lasted for 7 days and nights and eventually a yôukai, created from the possession of a man, who secretly desired Midoriko, got her in its jaws. Midoriko, in one final attempt to defeat the yôukai, forced out the yôukai's soul and her soul from their respective bodies. Both yôukai and Midoriko died, but their souls combined to create the Shikon no Tama." Inuyasha finished as Mr. Sugaki smiled at the explanation the half-demon gave and began to clap. Which got the rest of the class to join in. Inuyasha beamed at the appreciation his classmates gave him, and Kagome patted him on the arm, reassuring him that he did very well.
"Thank you Inuyasha, now on to the rest of my lecture." Mr. Sugaki said as Inuyasha, still beaming, tuned out the rest of the lecture, and began to daydream of his mother.
Though he had fell asleep and that resulted in Kagome kicking his leg. That gesture shot the half-demon straight out of his dream and he instantly sent a glare at the person the leg belonged to.
"What was that for?" He whispered angrily as Kagome shudder a little bit at his glare.
"Even though you did wonderful answering the teacher's question, you still need to stay awake. I know that school can be very boring, but please bear the boringness for me." Kagome pleaded as Inuyasha sighed and nodded at the miko.
"Fine, but after this you will pay dearly for waking me up so rudely wench." Inuyasha promised as Kagome cowered at the thought of what he might do.
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After the last bell rang that signaled that the school day had end for the day, Kagome and Inuyasha made they way outside, ignoring the glances the girls still sent at Inuyasha, and began to walk to a secluded area where Inuyasha could put Kagome on his back and run the rest of the way home.
The two walked in silence, which wasn't unusual, seeing as they did that a lot. Kagome began to ponder what the half-demon next to her was planning. She was get a little scared at what Inuyasha might do to her to get her back at waking him up so rudely.
"Umm Inuyasha," She began as Inuyasha, sensing her fear, turned to her and smiled very wickedly at her.
"Yes, Kagome? Is there something I can help you with? May-be a foot to kick you when you are asleep, perhaps?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically earning a sigh out of the girl next to him.
"I'm sorry that I woke you so rudely, but you can't sleep in class, even if it gets boring." Kagome said as Inuyasha, still mad, continued to smile evilly at her.
"I didn't mean to fall asleep, I was picturing my mother and I followed her image to a wonderful place that reminded me of heaven. But of course you don't care. you only care about me staying awake in school that I don't even care for and don't need." Inuyasha replied as Kagome instantly felt bad. She hadn't even asked about the reason he had fallen asleep, only that she would be blamed for Inuyasha acting rude.
"Well at least It's friday today, so we don't school for a few days, so I can make it up to you for being rude." Kagome said hoping Inuyasha would drop the whole "getting back at her thing".
"Oh no, your not getting out of this easily wench. I'm going to enjoy torturing you with suspense of what I'm going to do to you. I can smell your fear, so this revenge is going to be sweet." Inuyasha chuckled as Kagome did the only thing she knew that would piss him off more, but would her feel better.
"Inuyasha, SIT BOY!"
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Kagome knew that Inuyasha was pissed at her, and she knew that her secret weapon was a little too far this time. After peeling himself off of the ground, Kagome had seen tears in Inuyasha's eyes. Her heart automatically sunk as he raced off, leaving her to walk home herself, which she couldn't really blame him. She'd run away from herself if she could.
Determined to apologize, Kagome chased after the pissed off hanyou. 'He probably went back through the well.' Kagome thought as she reached her house, kicked off her shoes at the door, and ran up to her room, panting and clutching a cramp in her side. She was all prepared to go back to the Sengoku Jidai and DRAG Inuyasha back if she had to...and there he sat, in the middle of the room, with Souta standing in front of him, trying (but failing) to lift Tetsusaiga.
Immediately, Kagome wiped the sweat from her face and forced her features into a nonchalant expression. "Oh, so you're still here?"
Inuyasha looked up. Kagome instantly became worried again. His eyes had an odd, subdued look about them, as if someone had killed his best friend. No, scratch that, because if someone had killed his best friend, then he'd look more angry. He just looked depressed, or disappointed. He blinked, and Kagome could see him do the same 'change of facial expression' thing that she had just done. He stood, gently took the fang sword from Souta, and sheathed it. The next time Inuyasha looked at Kagome, he had his normal "What do YOU want?" expression on his face.
Kagome ignored what she'd seen and scoffed. "Ahem... I said you're still here, huh?"
"Keh. Wasn't that the deal?"
"Well, yeah, but I can't tell. You would probably go against your word when your pissed off."
Souta was watching this exchange like a boxing match, and Kagome noticed his interest. "Out, Souta-chan!" She said, pointing to the door.
"Nee-channnnn...why do I always have to get out when YOU come home?" A sly look took over the young boy's face. "Maybe you kiss when you're done arguing?"
With an angry yell, Kagome threw a pillow at the boy, who ran out. Moments later, they heard him go downstairs and the unmistakable sounds of Souta settling down for hours of playing video games.
"Kagome, what the hell do you mean by "You can't tell?" Inuyasha asked, jarring her from her thoughts about Souta.
"Well, you aren't exactly the person that would be honest with me, especially when it comes to the Shikon no Tama."
"THAT'S what this is all about? Yeah, right! You stupid bitch! Why the hell would there be any reason to lie to you, or for you not to trust me? You are such a damn hypocrite! How dare you say that you don't trust me! If I did go against my word whenever I was pissed off, you would be dead already! I protect you each and every day, and you trust me with your life! If that isn't trust, then I don't know what is! This has nothing to do with the Shikon no Tama and if you don't tell me the real reason right now, you really won't be able to trust me! What are you HIDING?"
Kagome stared at Inuyasha for a moment, then felt the prickle of hot tears welling in her eyes. Inuyasha instantly dropped the tough guy act. "C'mon, Kagome, don't cry. You know I can't stand it when you cry..." He stepped over to her and took her chin in his hands, tilting it up so she was facing him.
The wildest thoughts were whirling through his head, and he had to mentally slap himself when he wondered how her lips would feel on his..."Kagome, just tell me what's wrong. Maybe I can help."
Kagome bit her lip and opened her mouth to respond when she heard a voice from downstairs. "Kagome? Where's Jii-chan?" Her mom's voice carried into the room.
Doing her best to keep her voice steady, Kagome answered, "He's probably outside redoing his sealing spells, mom! You know how he can just sit out there all day until someone comes out to remind him that it doesn't really work!" Her mom's footsteps faded into another part of the house.
Kagome turned to face Inuyasha again - but he was gone. Wait...wincing slightly, she looked down to find the hanyou face down on the floor. Running through what she'd just said in her head, she realized what she had done.
"Whoops! Sorry Inuyasha! My mistake!" Uttering a very false laugh, she pranced from the room hoping that the situation wouldn't replay itself. She didn't know what she would answer the next time.
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Meanwhile, Inuyasha was peeling himself off of Kagome's bedroom floor, the effects of the subduing wearing off. Grumbling slightly at the unearned punishment, he eased into a sitting position and turned his ears toward the door, listening to Kagome's retreat. What are you hiding from me, Kagome? he asked himself, And is it the same thing I'm hiding from you?
Kagome paused at the bottom of the stairs to catch her breath. She was going to apologized from the whole "sit thing" but she had come very close to saying something that she knew that she'd feel sorry about later. Recently, she'd started to feel a little closer to Inuyasha, and not just because he protected her. She began to realize just how bright his hair could shine in the sun, or how his eyes were the softest, purest shade of gold, or how his claws sent shivers up her spine every time he touched her. And those ears...they were sooo cute, that it made her want to touch them every time she could. She figured that Inuyasha enjoyed it too - a lot more than he was letting on. Get a hold of yourself, girl! she mentally shouted. He's a hanyou...why would you think that he'd be interested in a human? He's said it himself, he thinks of you as an inferior race! So stop pining after him and straighten up your act!
Kagome sighed, and spoke to no one, "I know...but it's hard sometimes..."
A knock on the door jolted her from her thoughts about Inuyasha. She opened it, half expecting one of her more annoying female acquaintances there to see the 'new boy at school'. Therefore, the person who stood on her doorstep startled her. "Houjou-kun?"
"Uh, h-hi, Higurashi-san!" Houjou stammered, staring at the ground.
"What's up?" Kagome asked, wondering what had the boy looking more awkward than normal, if at all possible. "Please call me Kagome-chan, Houjou-kun. You make me nervous referring to me like that!"
"Oh..uh..okay, Ka-Kagome-chan...I was just wondering...uhh...if you'd like to, well, uh, maybe have lunch with me on Sunday?" He spoke the last part very quickly, as if he were afraid of losing his nerve.
Kagome hesitated. Houjou? Asking her out? On a date? Oh how could she wanted to shut the door in the weird boy's face. May-be I could say yes then turn him down on the date. Yeah that could work, give the boy a chance then dump him.
"Okay, Houjou I go on a date with you, but no weirdness." Kagome said as the poor boy nearly tripped over his own feet in surprise. "You...you mean it, Hig-uh, I mean Kagome-chan?"
She glanced up to her room window, where she could see Inuyasha glaring down at the scene below him. She quickly turned her gaze back to Houjou. "Of course, Houjou-kun. I'd love to." Kagome said as she innerwardly gagged.
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"What the hell was THAT all about?" Inuyasha roared as Kagome returned to her room.
"Er...Houjou just needed the math homework for today!" Kagome answered, not knowing why she was so reluctant to tell him the truth.
"Stop your lying, you stupid bitch! I heard every word! In case you forgot, I have VERY good hearing!" His ears twitched slightly in anger, but she quenched the desire to touch them...now wasn't the time for playing around.
"Well, it's about time for me to get out of this house and DO something! Don't think that just because you're here I have to stay and keep you company! You can amuse yourself for a few hours, don't you think?"
"Dammit, Kagome, I don't want you to go with him!"
"And why not, Inuyasha?"
"He couldn't protect you! If something were to happen, he'd probably run away faster than Shippou!" Or he'd be gone beforehand, like Myouga, he added silently.
"Inu-baka, in case you haven't noticed, this is MY home! There isn't danger around every corner like there is in the Sengoku Jidai! There aren't any crazed demons HERE!"
"How are you so sure? Don't you remember that crazy Noh mask? Or the evil Soul Piper? Or that damn Lady Centipede that came through the well and dragged you there in the first place?"
Kagome blinked twice. Oh yeahhhh...that had kind of slipped her mind. She opened her mouth to respond, but Inuyasha wasn't done yet... "Plus, you have lots of sick people out there Kagome! Robbers with those 'gun' things...rapists...I don't want to put you out there without adequate protection!"
"Why the hell do YOU care, anyway?" She shouted.
"Because-Because-" He hesitated, then turned his nose up at her. "That doesn't matter. You probably just want to go with him for another reason anyway..."
Kagome began to feel slightly irritated. "What do you mean by THAT?"
Inuyasha snorted. "You most likely just want him to mount you."
"Eww, Inuyasha that's a nasty thought to even say about Houjou of all people. I just agreed to his feeble hounding so that I give him a date he wants, then turn him down. But of course you wouldn't let me explain my intentions. Nooo! You instantly think of the grossest thing." Kagome accused running from the room, leaving a speechless hanyou behind.
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A/N: Well, that's it for Chapter 1! I hope you enjoyed it! Review please! I love all feedback, even if it's flames.