Sorry for the delay in updating. This is my worst one, and it's very disappointing to myself. I've been incredibly busy with school and after school activities and stuff. This will be what happened after Inuyasha brought Kagome in to the shrine to take care of her. I was considering just skipping to the video game war, but I decided to try and throw in a few touching moments. I don't have a lot of practice so you let me know how it turns out. Everyone loves a review!

It's summer now, I wrote that forever ago, and this chapter has been holding me up for almost a year it seems. I just finished sophomore year.

That was also forever ago. Junior now! I just finished my first semester exams and it's Christmas break! Hooray!

Now it's January and I still haven't posted. But it's done, so I'm about to.

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Inuyasha carried Kagome up the stairs and into her room. It had been a while since he had been in her actual room, and she had rearranged the furniture. He was extra thankful for his demonic vision so he didn't have to bother with flipping the light switch. He walked to where the bed was and gently laid her down on it. Taking off her shoes, he pulled the covers out from under her and covered her up.

He walked swiftly but silently out of the room softly whispering, "Good night Kagome."

Inuyasha closed the door behind him and walked down the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he was tackled by a very hyper Sango. Seeing that he was in a bad position with Sango lying on top of him, he tried to push her off, but she clung tightly to him.

"Inuyasha, the dreaded banana beast! He's coming to flay us alive for vengeance." Sango wailed. She was practically in tears.

He sat up and Sango sat in his lap, hugging him like she would die if she didn't. "There is no banana beast. Now be quiet before you-" he whispered until the phone ringing cut him off.

"Hello?" he said, picking up the receiver.

"Why haven't you called or come home yet?!?!" Sesshomaru demanded from the other end.

"I've been taking care of Kagome. She's been drinking Mountain Dew with Sango and now I have to watch both of them. I guess I'm staying the night here. Can you bring some clothes for me and Shippo?" Inuyasha asked.

There was silence for a few moments before… "I suppose. Have Shippo outside waiting for me, because I'm not getting out of the car."

"Fine. Bye." Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru merely made a thoughtful noise before hanging up.

"Was that the dreaded banana beast?!" Sango asked him, her voice quavering with fear.

"No. But get off of me Sango!" Inuyasha demanded with a hearty shove. She didn't budge. He eventually managed to pry himself out of her iron death grip, and climbed stealthily up the stairs so as not to wake Kagome. That plan encountered problems when Sango squealed in terror at the thought of being left alone and latched onto his arm while climbing the stairs behind him.

Inuyasha promptly shushed her and listened carefully outside Kagome's door for any changes in her breathing pattern. When he heard none, he let out an inaudible sigh of relief. He then continued down the hall to Sota's room. He opened the door to see Shippo and Sota hitting buttons at a frantic pace on their controllers.

"Hey Shippo, we're staying the night here. Sesshomaru is coming to bring us stuff. He said that you should wait for him by the curb because he didn't want to get out." Inuyasha said.

"Fine. Could you pause it for a while Sota?" Shippo requested.

"Sure. I'll wait outside with you, I want to say hi to Sesshomaru." Sota said, pausing and following Shippo out of the room.

"Watch out for-" Inuyasha tried to warn them before he heard a series of thuds that sounded like someone had been tackled and had fallen down the stairs. "Sango."

He walked out onto the landing. Shippo was at the bottom of the stairs underneath Sango, looking dazed. She was blabbering on about the dreaded banana beast and how it was coming to flay her alive and steal her soul.

"Oh little fox, can't you save me?!" she cried, squeezing Shippo.

"Not really." Shippo said in a restrained voice.

Sota was already coming to Shippo's rescue. He pulled Shippo out of Sango's grasp and they ran together out the front door. Quickly, before Sango could grab him, Inuyasha said to her, "Hey Sango, let's play a game called 'Run Circles Around the Shrine Until You Want to Sleep'!"

"Yay, that sounds fun!" Sango said happily, running out the door to do just that. Inuyasha collapsed, exhausted from dealing with the two Mountain Dew junkies.

Later, when Sota and Shippo had changed into their pajamas and gone to bed, and Sango had worn herself out and crashed on the floor of Kagome's room, Inuyasha lay on the couch thinking about highschool. In grade school, you were with the same people for eight years, so you were used to each other and there weren't many crushes. In highschool, all the grade schools came together and you met new people, and feeling sometimes start to develop.

Problem was, lots of boys seem to have developed feelings for Kagome. And they didn't seem to understand that Inuyasha didn't want them anywhere near her. And he didn't understand these new feelings he had for her. He had always known that she was attractive, it had just never really been important to him. She was his Kagome, she could be mutilated and she'd still be his best friend.

And while he was on the subject…he could hear Kagome coming down the stairs and could smell her coming nearer. "Inuyasha? Thanks for helping me."

He sat up on the couch and moved over so she could sit beside him. "No problem. What are best friends for?"

She sat down beside him and lay her head on his lap. "For being the greatest thing ever apparently." she said as she looked at him sleepily.

"You're still coming down from your high. You don't know what you're saying." Inuyasha insisted.

"Am not!" Kagome protested in a shout-whisper.

"But honestly, what were you thinking?! Mountain Dew and horror films?!" Inuyasha chastised.

"I was thinking it would be fun. And it was." Kagome said, looking up at him from his lap defiantly.

"Fine. Just go to sleep. We're going to Miroku's tomorrow. I'll beat him." Inuyasha added with a maniacal glint in his eye.

"How fun." Kagome said with a yawn.

"Hey, you can't sleep in my lap!" Inuyasha protested.

"Deal with it." Kagome said, turning on her side and resting the back of her head on his stomach. It wasn't too soft. "You're all muscley now Inuyasha."

"Yeah, demon. Or at least half-demon." Inuyasha corrected himself.

"Wouldn't want to feel Sesshomaru's stomach." Kagome said, yawning once more.

"Go to sleep. I'll just sleep sitting up I guess." Inuyasha said with a sigh.

"Goodnight Inuyasha." Kagome said, giving in to her sleepiness.

"Goodnight Kagome." Inuyasha said tenderly.

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Dun dun da dun! I've finished. At last! Updates might still be slow, but I think I'm getting there.