Inuyasha didn't wait, either. He hoisted a sleeping Kagome onto his back and began running for the well. There was no time to waist. He'd kill whoever had done it.
But first.
Kagome woke up with Inuyasha in her bed, his face merely inches from hers. She nearly jumped out of her skin, but not because of his closeness. It was because he didn't look like himself. He was dressed in normal clothes. Normal as in, normal for boys in Kagome's time to be wearing, clothes. His hair was black as if he'd turned human. When he opened his eyes, they were a bluish grey. She knew it was Inuyasha, though. She could sense it.
"Sorry, I tried to stay awake until you woke up but watching you sleep is tiring." He yawned and sat up, steading the hat that was undoubtedly hiding his ears. He smiled at her with pride and gestured to himself.
"So, you like? Eh? You're mom helped me tons. I didn't know stuff existed to dye hair different colors." He smiled.
"Its…Its…certainly something…You hardly look like yourself though! Whats this all about, anyway?" Kagome inquired cautiously, sensing an ulterior motive.
"I figured that maybe I should take a day in your time like you do in ours…mine, I mean.." Inuyasha blushed slightly, but recovered quickly with his usual way to hide embarrassment. "What, you gotta problem with that?" Kagome smiled.
"No."
Inuyasha laughed inside at how easy she was making this. He'd walk around with her for a day and on the way smell for a man that smelled like she did. Once he found the source of the stink, he'd remember it and save it for later. That night, after Kagome falls asleep, he'll hunt down that stink and eradicate it. Kagome will never know. She'll never have to.
Inuyasha waited patiently downstairs with Kagome's family while she showered and dressed. He wasn't expecting her to come down smelling so…amazing. Or look so amazing, for that matter. There was really nothing to what she was wearing. Inuyasha was positive she'd worn it in front of him before. But this time she was wearing it for him. Not for some mystery date she'd skipped out on to see if Inuyasha was still breathing, no. She dressed herself for him alone. And she smelled divine, it drove Inuyasha insane. He could hardly make out the remainder of that stench. She needed to wash that stench completely away.
They ate breakfast together, casually conversing with Kagome's family as if it were a normal thing to do. As if they do it every day. Inuyasha liked how that felt.
"C'mon, Inuyasha." Kagome grabbed his hand and drug him out of the house quickly. Inuyasha liked how Kagome's small hand felt in his. He thought to himself that he must protect these small hands because they are so breakable. The walked down the mountain of stairs leading away from the shrine until they reached the sidewalk, where Inuyasha noticed it. Kagome's new fear of men was going to have her holding Inuyasha's hand and arm tightly until they had finished their day. Inuyasha was sickened with himself for liking the thought of Kagome clinging to him because it was caused by fear. But he liked it, nonetheless.