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Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. As much as I want to, I never will. Except for Mrs. Shinri and her children, they're mine to control.

Chapter 2

"Eri! Yuka! Ayume!" Kagome exclaimed with fake enthusiasm. InuYasha's ears flattened at the deafening sounds of the three friends. They started bombarding her with questions, not realizing that InuYasha was there.

"How are you?" Eri exclaimed.

"I see that the kidney transplant surgery was successful!" Yuka observed. This earned a look of shock from Kagome. 'Gramps keeps coming up with crazier excuses.'

"Will you be in school tomorrow?" Ayume wondered.

"Yes, I'm feeling much better and I will be in school tomorrow," Kagome answered. The three friends then noticed InuYasha, who was standing behind Kagome.

"Isn't that your possessive jerk boyfriend Kagome?" Yuka asked.

"This is InuYasha. InuYasha meet Eri, Yuka, and Ayume," Kagome replied. InuYasha looked at them.

"Hey," was all he said to them.

"You know, InuYasha and I should really be going. We've got a lot to do," Kagome said, praying that they would be able to make their escape.

"Oh. Okay. Hope your ready for the exams at the end of this week," Eri called out as the three started to walk away. 'Shit! Now InuYasha is going to know that I lied to him.' She tentatively looked up at InuYasha and saw that he had just processed what Eri had just blurted out.

"What does she mean when she said that the exams were at the end of this week? You said that you needed two weeks to study," he asked. Kagome gulped. She knew that InuYasha would have found out one way or another, but not this soon.

"I lied to you InuYasha. I needed to come back to study, but I made it so I could also come back to relax. There haven't been any demon attacks for a few weeks and the Shikon no Tama is with us here, so I don't think that there will be any while we're gone," she explained, not having the courage to look him in the face. 'I never should have lied to him. Now he's really going to hate me.'

InuYasha was shocked. Kagome had lied to him. 'I can't believe that she lied to me! But I have to admit, it must have taken a lot for her to lie to me.'

"So you lied in order to get more time," he commented.

"Yea." A small tear was forming in the corner of her eye. Kagome crying was InuYasha's least favorite thing in the world.

"Why are crying?"

"Because you probably hate me for lying to you," she whispered.

"I don't hate you. I'm just a little pissed off that you lied to me," he answered. This seemed to make her relax, but not by much.

"Let's just go back. I'll make some ramen," Kagome offered. Normally ramen would excite him, but not this time.

"Sure, whatever," InuYasha said half-heartedly. 'I've got to figure out a way to prove to her that I don't hate her.' The walk home was quiet. InuYasha was off in his own little world, trying to think of something that would prove his feelings for Kagome. Kagome was in her own little world as well, trying to figure out how she was going to make this whole thing better.

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"HENTAI!" Sango screamed. Miroku was up to his old tricks.

"Will ye ever learn?" Kaede muttered as she watched Sango knock Miroku unconscious with Hirakotsu.

"My dear Sango, why must you always be so violent?" Miroku asked with his I'm-innocent-so-take-some-pity-on-me voice as he rubbed the new lump on his head.

"Because dear houshi, you haven't learned to keep your hands to yourself," Sango answered as she began to clean Hirakotsu. There wasn't much to do. No demons had tried to attack, since the Shikon no Tama was with Kagome in her time.

"When will Kagome and InuYasha be back?" Shippo muttered as he sat working on a present for Kagome.

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No sooner had Kagome stepped into the kitchen, the phone rang. She ran over and picked it up, hoping it was her mother.

"Higurashi residence," Kagome said.

"Kagome! Is that you?" a woman's voice asked. 'Nope, not Mama.'

"Yes Mrs. Shinri. Mama isn't here right now," Kagome responded, trying to keep from sounding disappointed.

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you. I was wondering if you would be able to babysit tonight for an hour or two. The children would love it if you could. They haven't seen you in a long time and have been asking about you," Mrs. Aishi explained. InuYasha was listening to the whole conversation.

"Sure, I'd love to. What time?" Kagome answered. 'This will give me some time to think about what to do.'

"I'll be over in an hour to pick you up."

"Okay, see you then."

"Sayonara." With that Kagome hung up the phone. She saw InuYasha staring at her with a confused look. "What's wrong InuYasha?"

"What's babee-sit?" Kagome giggled at his innocence.

"Baby-sitting is where I go over to somebody's house and watch their pups while they go out," she answered, remembering to use the word pups for InuYasha's sake.

"Why?" 'Why would she want to go and watch their pups. She should stay here with me.'

"Well, they pay me and I love kids," she answered as she left the kitchen to go up to her room. 'She loves kids. Maybe there's a chance she would want pups with me! But that's impossible, just a dream that will never come true.' He got up and followed Kagome up to her room. She was rushing around taking things out of her yellow backpack and stuffing different things into it.

"Can I come with you?" InuYasha asked as he watched her try to put some CDs into an all ready stuffed side pocket.

"What?" She asked looking up from the task at hand.

"Can I come with you?" he repeated. 'Please say yes, please say yes!'

"I'll have to ask Mrs. Shinri when she gets here. Although I highly doubt she'll say no," Kagome responded as she began stuffing some books into the bag.

"Why are you taking all of this?" he asked.

"The kids enjoy these things, so I always remember to bring it all. Gotta be prepared," She laughed.

"How I love your laugh," InuYasha thought aloud. Kagome froze. 'Shit now I'm going to get it.'

"Thank you InuYasha," she blushed. 'Did he really saw he loved my laugh? Oh no! That's all I'm going to be thinking about.' They didn't say anything else, in fear that they may mess it all up.

Fifteen minutes later, the doorbell rang. Kagome ran downstairs with her bag. She took a breath before answering the door. InuYasha smirked at the scene before him. The woman at the door was younger than Mrs. Higurashi, about twenty-nine or thirty, with long black hair that came to her shoulders. She was actually very pretty. But to InuYasha, she was no Kagome.

"I was wondering if my friend InuYasha could help me tonight," he heard Kagome ask Mrs. Shinri. Mrs. Shinri looked over at InuYasha. Fortunately, he still had the hat on from earlier. "He's great with children. And I can promise that nothing will happen."

Mrs. Shinri thought for a moment before making up her mind. "I don't see why not. Sure he can come." Kagome squealed and gave her a big hug. "Well, we better get going. I need to get the two of you over to the apartment."

"Come on, InuYasha. We're going." Kagome called out to him. Once he made it outside, Kagome locked the door and started to follow Mrs. Shinri down the steps. Of course, there was the car ride that he still needed to survive……

Okay, somewhat of a cliffy. Oh, Mrs. Shinri's name is important. I'm not going to tell you why, but if you figure out what shinri means, then there's part of the puzzle.

Until next time,

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