Highschool Misadventures

Chapter 3

A/N: Okay, so this is my 2nd story, but my first story for Inuyasha. I own absolutely nothing (Songs or characters or places!) but the plot line, and some of that could be debatable! :) Hope you like it!

~~~~*After School*~~~~

Kagome threw her backpack down in the entryway and ran into her living room, Inuyasha following. "Mama! I'm home!" Kagome called as she flopped onto the couch.

"Mama! I'm home too!" Inuyasha yelled as well as he laid down on top of Kagome, pretending she wasn't there even though she squealed.

"Inu-kun! Off!" Kagome squeaked, trying to push him off of her.

"Man, Eriko-sama! This couch sure is LUMPY!" He yelled as he mashed her into the couch even harder.

"Lumpy, eh?" Kagome laughed and tickled Inuyasha along his ribs, making him howl with laughter.

"ST-STOP!"

"Not until you get OFF!" Kagome pleaded, still tickling him and trying to lever him off of her using her legs. Eventually she maneuvered one under his butt and managed to slide him off of her and onto the space of the couch her feet had previously occupied. "FINALLY! Air! Sweet air!" Kagome laughed, sucking in lungful after lungful of air. She glared at Inuyasha. "And for the record, I am curvaceous, not lumpy!" She thumped her favorite hanyou on the nose.

"Ow! Yeah. You're about as curvaceous as a rectangle!"

"Why you!" Kagome screeched as she tackled him, straddling him around his waist and choking him. Inuyasha grinned, straining his neck muscles slightly so that he wouldn't actually be choked. He put his arms around her waist, his wrists crossed, and stared at her.

"You know, in the 12 years we've been friends, you have never once actually choked me… Why don't you just give up?"

"Because! It! Makes! Me! Feel! Better!" Kagome ground out through gritted teeth as she shook him. She didn't look in his eyes, because if she did, they both knew she'd lose her anger and not be able to concentrate on killing him.

"Well alrighty then…" Inuyasha smirked. After about 10 minutes, she tired and let her arms slide around his neck in a hug as she rested her head on his chest.

"I hate you, Inu-kun…" Kagome whispered as she got comfortable to watch tv with Inuyasha. She slid her head into the crook of his neck.

"I'm sure you do, Kagome, I'm sure you do." Inuyasha laughed, stroking her silken hair.

"You know, normal moms who see their daughters straddling a boy on the living room sofa would be upset, but me, I just shake my head and bring in cookies and Dr. Pepper…" Eriko smiled at the two of them.

"It's a good thing, too. All this strangling business has made me hungry and thirsty." Inuyasha smiled and removed a pouting Kagome from his lap so he could get at the food and drinks. Eriko laughed and kissed their heads.

"Where's Souta?"

"He's playing over at Sango's with Kohaku."

"Oh, that's right! I think Sango said something about that this morning." Kagome said, smiling. Inuyasha tapped her forehead, smiling.

"Scatterbrain." She flicked one of his ears and he stuck his tongue out at her.

"How was school, you two?" She asked as she sat down in the chair next to the couch.

"Let's see." Kagome began, holding up three fingers and ticking off the day's events on her fingers. "Miroku got mauled by Sango." One down.

"Oh dear." Eriko shook her head.

"Inuyasha and I fought and then he tackled me." Kagome rubbed her back and put a second finger down.

"Oh goodness." This time Eriko sighed.

"And Inuyasha got detention… again." Kagome smiled and let her hands drop into her lap.

"I set off a minor explosion in the science lab and singed off the teacher's eyebrows. Two weeks of cleaning and polishing lab equipment during gym." Inuyasha smiled as he took a huge bite of a cookie and patted Kagome's leg.

"Funny thing is, we were in there for Physics so there was no way he should've been able to create an explosion." Kagome laughed, staring longingly at Inuyasha's cookie.

"You know, one of these days, Kaede is going to get fed up with you and expel you." Eriko smiled at him as she stood and tussled Inuyasha's hair.

"Nah. Kaede loves winning football games too much to do anything to me."

"You're probably right." Eriko nodded. "Well. I'm going to go fix some supper. Are you staying again Inu-kun?"

"If you don't mind, Eriko-sama. Pops is still on a business trip and you know how I get along so well with him." Inuyasha said, grimacing as he mentioned his brother.

"Inu-kun, you shouldn't talk about him that way. He's your brother. Even if he is condescending towards you, you should still respect him." Kagome and Eriko said at the same time. They looked at one another and smiled. They seemed to think alike often.

"He's a jerk, but whatever… I'll do what I can." Inuyasha sighed.

"Thank you Inu-kun!" Kagome smiled and hugged him tightly, making him smile too. He held out his cookie, the unbitten side out, for her. She took a bite and stopped for a second. "Something just occurred to me… Have you been training me? Like, in Pavlovian fashion? Rewarding me when I make you happy…?"

"No… You make me happy all by yourself. I saw how you stared at my cookie. I just thought you were being lazy so I gave you a bite of it. It's called sharing, Kagome. Don't be so suspicious." Inuyasha laughed. Kagome smiled at him and put her head on his shoulder.

"Admit it. You're in love with him."

"Dammit, no I am NOT! I love being around him! We've been friends forever and he's my best friend."

"Uh huh… I don't believe you. We're the same person, after all. I know that, at the very least, you are unsure of your feelings for him… Which means that on some level, you have begun to realize that you do indeed love him. Since nothing has changed between you two, you know the only logical explanation is that you love him."

"Ugh! Why must my logic be so… logical!"

"That's a stupid question. It wouldn't be called logic if it was illogical."

"GO AWAY! I HATE YOU!"

"Ta-ta for now, dear, sweet, self-denying Kagome."

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, tapping her on the top of her head.

"Hmm? What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome blinked, blearily.

"I asked you if you wanted to go shower or change before supper." Inuyasha smiled. She'd been far off in her thoughts when he got her attention.

"Yeah. I'll go shower and change. Go sit in my room and pick me out something to wear." Kagome smiled at him and pulled him up the stairs. She pulled out her towel, hair wrap and under things out of a drawer and waited patiently for Inuyasha to pick her clothes out. He chose a flow-y white halter top shirt-dress with random black stripes on it, a baggy, grey, long-sleeved shrug and some matching leggings. She was impressed. "Wow Yash. Maybe those sophistication classes are rubbing off on you after all." It was a favorite outfit of hers because it was cute and comfy at the same time.

"Keh. You wish. I just remember you wearing this one a lot, so you must either like it or like how it looks on you." Inuyasha grumbled, blushing as he handed her the clothes. She smiled at him and took the clothes into the bathroom with her.

Twenty steamy minutes later, Kagome walked into her with her hair piled in a messy up-do, held in place by a clippie, and wearing the outfit of Inuyasha's choosing. She smiled at him when she saw that he was napping on her bed. His fitted black t-shirt was rumpled and his rock hard abs peeped out from between his shirt and his loose fit jeans. His soft silver hair was strewn out on the bed behind him, shining like starlight against the dark abyss of his clothing. He had left his jacket downstairs so his well muscled biceps were in plain sight with his arms crossed like that over his chest. His handsome face was slack and seemed almost childlike against his manly physique. It was odd, seeing something so masculine and anti-girly, yet beautiful in his own way, in Kagome's pink and white bedroom.

"Mmmgome…" Inuyasha murmured, his features lifting with the barest hint of a smile. Kagome held her breath.

"Did he just say my name? I wonder…" She smiled at her sleeping hanyou and knelt down on her pink carpeting, her arms laid on the edge of the bed with her head resting on them.

"Mmmgome… pretty…." Kagome blushed and shook her head.

"He can't be talking about me!"

Kagome sighed and laid down on the edge of the bed, hoping to get a nap in before dinner. Suddenly, one of those muscular arms shot out and wrapped around her, unconsciously pulling her close to the boy she had previously been watching sleep. Kagome blushed a deep crimson, but sighed and relaxed in his grip. She draped one arm around his waist and pillowed her head on his chest.

"Maybe I'll just take a quick nap… I'll surely wake up before he does…"

It was midnight when he woke up. Inuyasha was stretched out on his side, something small, sweet smelling, and warm was pressed up against him. He was reluctant to open his eyes, but the warm thing was moving and it piqued his curiosity.

Inuyasha slowly opened one lantern like eye and immediately noted that Kagome's digital clock read 12:03 a.m. Well damn… He'd missed supper. As he began to sit up, Inuyasha felt something holding on to him, pulling him back down. He looked down and rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Kagome was asleep, holding onto him as one would imagine a lover would. He smirked.

"Someday she will be mine."

"Maybe…"

"You didn't resist… Interesting…"

"Shut up… It's just… She's so beautiful… So perfect… I can see why you would want her for yourself…"

"For us... You want her too… Don't deny it…"

"I don't deny it… I just don't feel like owning up to it just yet…"

"Fair enough… Take your time… But if you don't hurry someone else will snatch her up…" Inuyasha growled and then remembered Kagome who had stirred at his growl…

"I'll never let anyone take my Kagome from me…" He knew what his other voice would say… And he knew the smirk that would come with it… He was arguing with himself after all…

"'My Kagome.'" Oh yeah… There was definitely a smirk. Inuyasha sighed heavily and gently leaned back down, stroking Kagome's hair. He really didn't want to wake her.

"Only one thing to do then…" He murmured, feeling his stomach rumble like an angry demon. He stood, gently picked Kagome up, holding her on his hip as a parent would a sleeping toddler, and crept downstairs. He smiled as he walked into the kitchen and saw a pair of plates wrapped in cellophane on the counter. In between the plates, lay a note.

It read:

"I left dinner out for you two. I hope you enjoyed your nap. Go back to bed at a decent hour. I've already gone to bed, because I have to go to Kyoto for the next week or so to help Gramps out with some permits and things. Souta is coming along too. Be good. I'll kiss you both goodbye in the morning. I love you both.

All my love and more,

Mama

P.S. - Inu-kun, take good care of our Kagome. I've called your family and arranged for you to stay here with her while I'm gone. Your brother wants to bring over your clothes, so just go over in the morning to get them, because we both know how Sesshy-kun is. Protect Kagome, like I know you will. Again, all my love."

Inuyasha smiled to himself. He like the sound of 'our Kagome.' He managed to hold Kagome up with one arm as he unwrapped one of the plates. When he did, he smiled. There were lamb cutlets, rice, and some tuna. It was one of his favorite meals. The only thing that beat it was ramen. Inuyasha grunted to himself, it was harder than he thought to use chopsticks with his left hand. He shifted Kagome a little and he smiled. He finished what he wanted to of the food and picked up both plates and put them in the fridge.

His hunger sated, he walked into the living room and turned on his favorite movie, V for Vendetta, to keep him occupied while waiting for sleep to come. He'd read the graphic novel at least a dozen times and had seen the movie way more times than he cared to remember. He and Kagome had an annual celebration on November 5th by watching the movie together. For Halloween, Inuyasha had even gone as V and Kagome as Evey. They'd been the hit of Sango's annual costume party. He laid down on the couch with Kagome on top of him, pulled a blanket over them and smiled as he listened to V's prose. He fell asleep before V had rescued Evey from Jordan Tower.

(A/N:) Okay so I just loved this chapter! I got all on a V for Vendetta high and just felt like filling this chapter with fluff as their feelings grow for eachother. It's a neat chapter though because it gives you a look at their everyday lives. Anyways, I'm happy I updated so quickly and whatnot! As always please review and a huge thank you to everyone!

Love and Rockets,

Savvy

AKA Maiden of the Silver Fires