A/N: Hiya, again! n.n Thank you Hot-Hanyou for your review. I bet you all think I'm weird for not complaining about getting enough reviews right? :P Wrong. I really don't mind. I just like posting up my story, and hopefully there are people out there who read it. ;) I'm sure I'll care later on, though. LoL :P Well. . I actually tried to make this one longer. Did it work? I really do not see how some of my favourite authors can do it. Oh, and if you want to read some extremely extremely good fanfiction, go check out Rozefire's fiction. They are so good. Once you start reading, you'll never be able to stop! :P Trust me, I know!
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Inuyasha was the last to get out of the car. He walked to the back of the vehicle while Kagome's mom popped open the trunk, so he could get his things. He reached in for his suitcase while Kagome helped him take other bags and things. Then, they went inside the house.
Kagome escorted Inuyasha around the house, showing him where the kitchen, dining room, family room and living rooms were. She also showed him the way to the bathroom. Finally, after showing him her room, her mom's room, and Souta's room, she directed him to his room.
"This is the room I guess you'll be staying in for the next few months. So, make yourself at home and get cozy. This house is your house." She gave him a small smile before exiting and walking to her room, shutting the door softly.
Plopping on her bed, she grabbed her diary and began to write in it. She stared down at her handwriting. It was small, but neat and readable. Flipping back a few pages, she began to read a few of the first diary entries she had written, weeks before she was kidnapped. Her reading was interrupted when a knock at the door was heard.
Kagome cleared her throat before speaking, "Come in."
The door slowly swung open, and a young hanyou stood in front of the doorway. She smiled at him and her mind drifted off somewhere. She looked at his face, his perfectly formed, strong jaw, manly nose and gorgeous amber eyes. He really is handsome, she thought as her eyes glazed over and she got that well-known dreamy look in her gaze. She snapped herself back to reality and motioned for him to come sit on the bed next to her.
His hair swished behind him and his ears twitched at every sound, the creak of her bed, the noise of her setting her pencil down on her open diary, the sweet voice of her mother reading a story aloud to Souta downstairs. She admired his long, silver, silky smooth hair as he sat down. It was strange how he could sit without sitting on it.
"Is something wrong?" Kagome asked, sitting up and letting her hair cascade down her shoulders. She had taken it out of the high ponytail when she got home.
He watched her carefully before blinking and realizing he was staring at her. "I just wanted to talk and get to know you, is there a problem with that? Just because I walk in here doesn't mean there was something wrong. I would " he snapped a little too harshly. She winced, then the look on her face became angry.
"What, are you going through male PMS or something? Why are you so mean? Even when we were over there I could sense that you were going to be mean."
He glared and shook his head, twitching those ears again. She grumbled angrily and crossed her legs Indian style, trying not to get mad at him. It was a new place, new people. It could take a while to get used to the idea.
"How long ago did you protect somebody else?" Kagome inquired, smiling again.
Does she always have to smile like that? He reflected. "Keh. Three years ago, I think."
Does he always have to start a sentence with 'keh?' She contemplated. "Really? Who was she?"
"It could have been a guy, you know." He hmph'ed and crossed his arms, his trademark.
"Well, then, who was it?"
"It was a girl, and her name was. ." he paused, feeling ashamed to utter her name. He sucked it up and inhaled deeply. "Kikyo."
"Kikyo? That's a nice name. Well, did they catch the person who kidnapped her?"
Inuyasha shook his head sadly, lowering his gaze. She could hear a faint whimper resonate through her room and her gaze turned into concern as she touched his shoulder softly. "Do you want to talk about it?"
His head snapped up in her direction, and his stare settled at her eyes. He shrugged her hand off his shoulder, letting them roll forward. "I was in the mall with her. She always went there. Always shopped there and spent her hard-earned money. We walked into a store, and something wasn't right about it but I thought it was just me, because I couldn't see anything bad going on. Just that strange vibe you get sometimes. Well I thought it was just a vibe, so I ignored it. Little did I know, there was something wrong. When I caught myself staring off into space, I turned around and she was gone."
Kagome gasped and he went on with the story.
"I looked everywhere, calling her name, jumping from store to store, trying to sniff out her scent. It seemed like it was everywhere, but I couldn't grab it. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't. . People were staring at me like I was a crazy man, but I ignored it. I was used to all those stares. I've been getting them since I was little, all because I was a filthy half-breed." He snorted, but resumed. "I ran as fast as I could to the police station and told the chief. I knew I should have been fired, and I don't know why I wasn't, but he gave me another chance. It was because of me that they haven't found her yet, and you know how long it's been?"
Kagome stayed silent, staring him in the eyes.
"Three years."
She lowered her head slowly, almost feeling his pain. She looked back up at him, but he was looking away, a swirl of emotions clouded his eyes.
"You loved her." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
He growled and shook his head. "Never. Never have, never will. I'll never fall in love with anybody. You just end up getting hurt. Love only brings sadness."
Her eyes narrowed and she stood up, in front of him, resting her hands on her hips. "That's not true! If you were truly in love with somebody you shouldn't deny it. You shouldn't regret falling in love. It's—"
"Lies! They are all lies! You're a fool to believe that stuff. Stop reading romance novels and grow up."
She glowered at him. "Believe what you want, but I'm telling you. Love is something you shouldn't regret or forget."
"You have no business telling me what I should or should not do!"
"I'm just trying to help you! Are you so locked up inside that you won't let anybody in anymore!? Well, when my words find a way to get in that thick skull of yours," she paused in her speaking for a moment to knock roughly on his forehead, "maybe you'll understand what I mean!"
He twitched visibly and stood up. As he stood, her head tilted up slightly and his lowered to meet her gaze. "Wench."
He walked past her furiously, opened the door and slammed it hard, causing the house to shake.
"Idiot!" she yelled after him.
Inuyasha walked into his new room and slammed that door too, before rubbing his forehead.
Angry footsteps were heard coming up the steps. Kagome's door swung open violently, and there stood a very peeved mother.
"Inuyasha, get in here!"
Inuyasha unwillingly obliged, walking out of his door with his arms crossed. She looked at Inuyasha, then at Kagome, then back at Inuyasha.
"Listen here young man," she turned her body fully towards Inuyasha and he blinked in surprise, "if you are going to protect my daughter, you had better have a better attitude than what you showed me today at the station and what I heard here just now! Your boss said that if I have any problems with you, I was free to take you right down to the station and giving you back. If I do that, you'll lose your job. So what'll it be, will you have a better attitude or do you want to lose your job?"
Inuyasha lowered his head in defeat and quietly mumbled, "I'll have a better attitude."
Kagome stifled a laughed and Inuyasha's head impulsively snapped up at the sound of her on-coming laughter.
"As for you, young lady," Mrs. Higurashi turned towards Kagome this time, who in turn grew a very serious, yet very scared, expression, "you will learn to respect your guard. He's going to be with us for a long time, and I've heard he was among the best. So you respect him or suffer the consequences."
Kagome whimpered and nodded leisurely. Now it was Inuyasha's turn to stifle his amusement.
"I'm going to make dinner now." Now her voice was sweeter and Kagome let go of the breath she was forgot she was holding. "Be downstairs in thirty minutes!"
Her steps were lighter down the stairs. Inuyasha turned weakly to Kagome. "Well, I don't want to lose my job."
"And I don't want to lose my privileges."
"So, I guess we're going to have to get along, then?"
She smirked. "As if."
His face faltered for a moment. "But—"
"But what? If you start crap with me, I'm gonna get you back."
He rolled his eyes. "Like you could."
"Is that a challenge?!"
"You bet it is!". . .Mrs. Higurashi was humming softly downstairs, chopping up vegetables and putting them in a large pot. Souta tugged on her apron and she looked down at him. "Yes, dear?"
"How long is that man going to be with us?"
"Oh, I don't know, a few months, at least?"
"Is he mean?"
She looked up thoughtfully, and then looked back down at the big brown eyes staring up at her. "No, not really."
"Good! Maybe he'll want to play video games with me!"
The two innocents downstairs were oblivious to the challenge made upstairs.. . .A/N: Soooo, what'd you think? You like, or no? Remember, you can leave any questions, comments or suggestions for me! I'd be happy to read them, and answer them, or use them! Thank you Have a nice day!
