Chapter Ten: Morning

A/N: Edited on 8/27/15

InuYasha woke up to have three pairs of eyes staring at him.

"What?"

"You're so cute when you sleep InuYasha." Ayumi smiled.

"Damn it!" InuYasha fell off the couch. "What the hell?"

Kagome's three friends stood around the couch were he must have fallen asleep. He still had his hat on, but it had slipped practically down his face. InuYasha grabbed the hat and adjusted back on top of his head to keep his ears hidden.

"Did we scare you?" Eri asked.

"You don't sneak up on people like that!" InuYasha spat. He got up when Tessaiga fell to the floor next to him. InuYasha stared at the sword his ears suddenly went flat on his head.

"A sword?" Yuka asked.

"It's Kagome's grandfather's. You know how he keeps a whole bunch of shit around." InuYasha quickly made up a lie. He grabbed the fang and stood up, rubbing his head. "Old man! One of your damn souvenirs was on the couch last night!" InuYasha yelled.

"One of my what?" Kagome's grandpa growled. "Isn't that…?"

"Some people are trying to sleep old man!" InuYasha interrupted.

"Go with it." Kagome's mother winked.

"Oh, for the love of God." Grandpa muttered. InuYasha threw Tessaiga on the couch hoping that the girls would lose interest. Of course, human girls in this era did not do what he thought they would.

"It's a rusty old sword." Yuka said as she pulled out to the sheath. InuYasha fidgeted.

"Well Kagome's grandfather is a shrine keeper, but I have to say, a sword?" Eri said.

"It's kind of shiny to be an old sword. Shouldn't be dusty or something?" Ayumi asked.

"Well he takes care of his shit, I suppose." InuYasha rolled his eyes.

"You have a bad mouth; I don't know how Kagome can stand you!" Yuka teased.

"Feh, she has heard me say far worse then that." InuYasha muttered. He sniffed, Kagome was up, and she headed downstairs with Souta. InuYasha flicked his ear under the hat; Kawa had fallen asleep on Souta's bedroom floor, so Kagome's friends didn't know she was there.

"InuYasha!"

"What Kagome?"

Kagome pointed at Tessaiga in Yuka's hand, jabbing her finger as her face began to turn red.

"What's the matter Kagome? Isn't this your grandfather's?" Eri asked.

"Oh yea! It's the morning, a girl can forget." Kagome sighed and took Tessaiga. She gave him a look. InuYasha just shrugged.

"Sit." She whispered. InuYasha fell flat on the ground.

"Bitch." he hissed.

"InuYasha are you okay?" Ayumi asked.

"Yea, just tripped." InuYasha gagged.

"Girls, you want breakfast?" Kagome's mother called.

"Coming!" Eri shouted, she was followed by Yuka and Ayumi into the kitchen. InuYasha took the chance and took Tessaiga off the couch and placed it back on his hip. Might as well go check on Kawa, he thought. InuYasha climbed the stairs and headed towards Souta's room. Pushing open the door, InuYasha walked in to see Kawa reading a book.

"Hey Mr. InuYasha."

"Hey kid." InuYasha sat on the bed next to her and looked over her shoulder to see what she was reading. "What is that?"

"It's a wonderful story, Mr. Souta gave me! It's about a girl who gets lost in the wood and must use nature to survive." Kawa said.

"Yea." InuYasha scratched his head.

"The author, she's American. My mother wanted us to go visit there with father, but it never happened." Kawa said sadly.

"'Ameri-cash'? Never heard of it." InuYasha said. Kawa burst out laughing. "What?"

"You don't know what America is? You're funny Mr. InuYasha!"

"Yea well whatever. Kagome has to go to 'sk-ool' so it's just you and me." InuYasha smirked. Kawa yawned.

"I didn't get any sleep last night." She whined.

"Well then sleep." InuYasha said.

"I can't, I'm afraid." Kawa whimpered.

"If your father even touches you he'll feel Tessaiga hit him." InuYasha growled.

"NO!" Kawa cried. "Don't hurt him!"

"Why not? He seems to want to hurt you."

"But…"

"Is he possessed or something?" InuYasha asked.

"I don't know." Kawa sighed.

"Well, we will find out sooner or later." InuYasha muttered.

"I don't know…"

"Kawa, Kagome told me your mother is here."

"She's here?" Kawa shouted.

"Well not in the shrine, but here in the village." InuYasha said.

"You mean in Tokyo?" Kawa said.

"Yea, I guess." InuYasha said. He tapped his finger on his knee. He removed the hat and placed on Souta's bed, sighing.

"What's wrong Mr. InuYasha?"

"Nothing, just thinking."

Kawa put her book down and climbed off the bed. She grabbed the book and picked up another, it was in the language she knew best. She began flipping though it, scanning the words and pictures.

InuYasha found himself watching the little half-demon. Kagome had said she had done something quiet remarkable, but would tell him later. Kagome and her friends had headed to school, InuYasha knew that since he could no longer hear there voices. Didn't even say goodbye, InuYasha thought angrily.

"Mr. InuYasha?"

"Yea?"

"Can we go downstairs? I'm hungry." Kawa said.

"You can go down. Kagome and her friends are gone." InuYasha answered. Kawa got up and headed downstairs. She wore some blue pants, Kagome called them jeans, and a plain white shirt. Her black hair had been shined down, and straightened. InuYasha sniffed just to make sure Kagome and her friends had left. Their scent had drifted away, so InuYasha left the hat on Souta's bed.

"Well look who's joining us." Kagome's mother smiled at Kawa as she entered the kitchen. InuYasha followed and took some bread off the table and begun to wolf it down.

"When has someone ever taught you table manners?" Kagome's grandfather growled at InuYasha.

"Mind your own damn business old man!" InuYasha snapped. Kawa giggled as she ate her cereal. She poured some milk and started to stir the brown crumbs of food that rested in her bowl.

"This is very good food, ma'am." Kawa smiled.

"Thank you dear, I'm glad you like it." Kagome's mother gave Kawa a smile. InuYasha grumbled and went over to the bubbling pot and looked down. The pot was filled with ramen. "Dear, don't burn yourself." Kagome's mother winked at InuYasha.

"Feh, this stuff wouldn't burn me." InuYasha squinted his nose. It smelled good.

Suddenly a demonic arua hit his nostrils like wild fire. InuYasha straitened his ears and growled his hand on Tessaiga's hilt.

"Mr. InuYasha?"

"Be quiet a demon is near by." InuYasha hissed.

"What?" Kagome's grandfather yelped.

"Shut up old man!" InuYasha growled. Jogging outside, InuYasha strained his eyes and ears to locate the source of the massive aura. The God Tree's branches twitched and swayed as the unusual sweep of wind came blowing towards InuYasha.

"Damn it!" InuYasha ripped Tessaiga out. He was ready for this demon, whatever it might be.

"Mr. InuYasha..." Kawa stood in the doorway. "My father is here."