The diminishing blackness faded entirely from her mind as she rubbed the sleep away as she attempted to sit up but found an arm with strange tattoos littering it, firmly holding her waist anchored to the person. With her face to the wall she couldn't even peek at the clock. She felt something slip over her bare shoulder and stared at the hair that is not her own. Her mind still piecing the last days events together, she hadn't pieced who it is that she could be sleeping in bed with.
Hearing a sleepy groan behind her, she strained her neck to who it is but unfortunately it was not meant to be, the masses of hair protruding from their head, covered their face effectively. She felt soft breaths on the back of her neck and rethought her statement. Their combined mass of hair has effectively kept her from learning the man's identity. She struggled to turn around until finally the arm let up and let her turn around. As she pushed several locks away, sleepy chocolate eyes stared at her. She gasped lightly, holding a hand to her mouth in surprise, she stuttered. "Yus-uke?"
He obviously heard the question in her voice as his gaze bore into hers. "Of course, who else would it be?" He mumbled sleepily.
Her blush quickly reared it's head as it spread quickly as she began playing with the strands of his hair. "Umm I don't know, it's just that, well with you looking so different, I couldn't recognize you at first." She quietly murmured.
His cheeky grin caught her off guard as she stared at him. "Didn't you think about checking my aura?" He asked humorously, already knowing the answer as he got up, holding his body up with his left arm.
She shook her head no, as embarrassment flowed off of her in waves. His chuckle only fueling it all the more. As he sat up further his gaze instantly burn across the figure that has been hiding underneath everything. He memorized her curves and the way her silky black hair fell across her smooth, lightly toned skin. The way her silk white gown hugged the curves of her breast and scooped down to show some cleavage. He felt his body begin to react instantly to the sight she made as he sketched it into his mind.
Hearing movement in the house he shook himself from the dirty thoughts and images his mind came up with just in those few seconds. He could smell the food her mother must be cooking and began to drool at the thought of breakfast. 'This is obviously where Kagome got her cooking skill.' The woman in question had finally sat up fully and stretched as she unleashed on last yawn before preparing her mind for a new day.
Yusuke got out of the bed and fetched his forgotten shirt before turning back to Kagome and watching as her silky legs finally slipped off the bed as she prepared to stand up. He watched her curiously, wondering why she was being so careful about standing up on her own two feet. The events of yesterday surfaced and he fought back a growl for several reasons as he walked over to her and held out a hand to help her up.
"Thank you, Yusuke." She stood up, glad to be able to have use of all of her limbs. Thinking about the day, she planned out her outfit and much to Yusuke's surprise she had grabbed running shoes, shorts, and a top.
"What are you doing" He questioned her.
"Grabbing my clothes. Isn't it obvious?" She gave him a strange look.
"I see that, but why that choice of clothing? Not that I mind getting to see more skin." He grinned at the glare she tossed him over her shoulder.
"I need some sunshine and exercise. First I come back to my time from a battle and left knocked out in the demon world. Wake up in a stranger's home and sense demonic energy amongst humans. Then I befriend the demon and later on get beaten by a pipe. The next day I get hit by two speeding cars and die. After several hours, I'm brought back to life but instead wake up tied down to a bed, being gagged as I watch a crazy man come at me with a knife as this gets filmed live by a reporter and cameraman. Then I get injected with something that very temporarily paralyzes me long enough for the crazy man to dump me in a glass room with demons and I no more than get my limbs back in use and have to form a barrier to protect myself from being ripped to shreds by the demons. Instead of getting released I get electrocuted who knows how many times." She arched an eyebrow at him. "Do you realize that I am a magnet for trouble. I want to make sure I get my muscles warmed up for whatever happens next."
Yusuke scratched the back of his head as he thought about it all. "Yeah I guess you do seem to attract trouble." He remembered that Naraku character showing up and grimaced. He still hadn't told her about that. 'I will tell her later when the others are around. We will make a plan then on how to deal with him.'
Kagome grabbed him by the hand and dragged him to the guest bathroom. "You can shower in here if you want or just freshen up. It's up to you." She then opened the linen closet that is in there and showed him unused toothbrushes, shampoo, shavers, and anything else he might need. She then exited after telling him she is going to take her own shower.
Mrs. Higurashi hummed a sad tune as she cooked. The events from yesterday still fresh in her mind as she came to a realization that Kagome is in just as much danger here as she was 500 year into the past. She had started to come to the realization that Kagome's life will quite likely always be in danger. Hearing a chair move she turned to see Hiei and Kurama in the kitchen, only Kurama had seated him self at the table. Hiei seemed to be staring at the freezer.
"Mrs. Higurashi, would you like help preparing the meal?" Came Kurama's polite offer.
She smiled kindly at him. "If it wouldn't be too much of a bother to you Kurama. I don't seem to be as focused today." Normally she would have said no but she had already almost burnt some of the food which is something she has not done in a very long time. She could see Hiei still gazing at the freezer. "If there is something you would like from the freezer Hiei, please feel free to help yourself or let me know."
He turned and looked at the woman who addressed him. He nodded to her before turning back to the direction of the freezer in his search of the 'sweet ice.' Finding it he pulled it out of the freezer and shut the door, finding a bowl and spoon already placed out on the table for him. It didn't take long for him to dish it out and put the rest of it away as he savored the flavor of his favorite food.
Kurama and Mrs. Higurashi both hid their smiles as they continued to work on preparing the food. "Mrs. Higurashi, I know what bothers you. It doesn't take much brains to realize that you are disturbed from yesterday's events." He could hear more than see the long sight that escaped the middle-aged woman next to him. "This may not help out much but do know that she is under our protection. I know it won't stop you from worrying but unlike Kagome, my mother does not even know that I am a demon."
Mrs. Higurashi looked at him with large eyes. Confusion clearly the most dominant emotion.
"I was conceived by human parents but have the soul of a fox demon with a bounty on his head. My previous life was a legendary fox thief by the name of Youko Kurama. After being wounded on a botched heist he fled to Ningenkai, the human world and into the womb of Shiori Minnamino, my mother. At first I was only going to stay with the woman until I was 10, when I would have enough strength to return to the Makai but after an incident where my mother had saved me from harm, I realized that I couldn't leave her and ever since then I have for the most part stayed with her. My father had passed away several years ago but now she is happily remarried so I have moved into my own place since then. It's up to you if you wish to continue knowing about the happenings in Kagome's life." He paused before continuing on. "I doubt you will take up my offer but should you or anyone else wish to not have certain memories, like the ones from yesterday then we can erase them. We already erased Tokyo's memory, well more or less altered it." A satisfied grin on his face.
Mrs. Higurashi looked at him curiously, wonder just how they had altered it. "Thank you for the offer but I have to face reality that not even here, can Kagome be safe." She thought for a second and then decided to let her curiosity get the better of her. "Just how did you alter their memory?"
With the grins that stretched both Hiei and Kurama's faces she wasn't sure if she still wanted to know just what took place but as it is, she is just as curious as her daughter, another trait her daughter had managed to pick up from her.
"We taped the morning news for you and the others to watch. Later on we can round everyone up to watch it if that is okay with you?" He continued preparing the meal after seeing her nod of acceptance, his grin still not fully leaving his face.
