Chapter 11: Crush On You

It had been a few days since the camera incident and Inuyasha had been taken to the hospital for his wrist. The good news was that it would heal. The bad news was that it was broken and basically useless until the bones had healed.

So Inuyasha was pissed off at Kagome once again even after all of her apologizing. Now Red Link faced a dilemma, of course, since they lost their guitar player for about a month and couldn't do anything about it unless they found a replacement. But Inuyasha was not going to let them do that.

"I guess we'll just have to cancel our other concerts until his wrist is better," Miroku said with disappointment. "We aren't exactly 'popular' in the main stream yet so I doubt it matters if we show anyway."

"What?! All because mutt-face hurt himself!" Kouga said dropping one of the drumsticks he had been drumming on the table with. "We'll never make it anywhere at this pace! He can still sing, so it's fine! We'll just find a temporary replacement."

"Temporary replacements are never temporary," Inuyasha growled. "If we do get one then he'll just end up staying and I refuse to have anyone replace me."

Kouga was about to yell something until Miroku cut in. He looked at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow and crossed his arms.

"Don't you have a baby shower or something?" Miroku asked him. "I could have sworn some sort of event came up or something…"

"SHIT!" Inuyasha yelled springing out of his bunk and stumbling onto the floor. "I've got Sesshomaru's stupid ass baby shower!"

"Wow, someone married your brother," Kouga mumbled drumming on the table again.

"I've got to go!" Inuyasha said looking through his stuff for some nice clothes. "Wait… where the hell does he live?! He never told me that little detail! Damn him!"

Miroku and Kouga watched quietly as Inuyasha raced back and forth pulling clothes on and off while looking for the card Sesshomaru had given him. Both men couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the freaked out hanyou. It truly was amusing.

Just then Kagome and Sango walked in with bags of clothes possibly. They both smiled at the two seated boys without the slightest notice of Inuyasha who was now scrambling around in the bathroom of the bus.

"Hey gu…" Sango was cut off by a violent shake on the bus and everyone's head whipped towards the source.

"Umm, just out of curiosity," Kagome started. "Is somebody back there or did we get rear ended?"

Both Miroku and Kouga started laughing but the girls seem un-amused and very confused by this.

"Man, that must be one hell of a turd," Kouga said nudging Miroku.

Miroku was still laughing and now the girls seemed to be disgusted. As far as they knew, it could either be Ayame or Inuyasha who was in that bathroom. Whoever it was seemed to be having a difficult time doing whatever it was they were doing.

Just as Sango turned her head to ask about it, Inuyasha came flying out of the bathroom with nothing but boxers and a tank top on. The girls both went silent but neither of the boys were fazed by this.

"Good lord, Inuyasha! Get something on!" Kagome yelled. "You aren't the only one on this bus, you know!"

Instead of making a rude remark or even looking at Kagome, Inuyasha continued fumbling through his things while cursing.

"Ow! Damn it! I don't have time for this!" Inuyasha yelled as he crippled over grabbing his broken wrist in pain.

He had obviously bumped it on something nearby and none of the other people on the bus were interested in asking if he was ok. But that didn't bother Inuyasha one bit. All he wanted to do was get what he needed and get the hell out of there.

He quickly grabbed a red short sleeved shirt with Spider Man on the front and then grabbed some khaki Dickies jeans and pulled them on. Finally he found the card buried in a load of other stuff and was off. Out the bus doors in a flash.

Then there was silence. Everyone just stared at the doors Inuyasha had just run through. Finally Miroku spoke up.

"Um, does anyone know how he's going to get there?"

Everyone remained silent not wanting to offer the already disappeared hanyou any help. Finally Kagome let out a long sigh. This was going to be a really long day.

Kagome ran out the doors after Inuyasha who was already out by the street trying to catch a cab. But none stopped and probably for a good reason. Inuyasha did not look happy at all and Kagome doubted anyone wanted him in the same vehicle as themselves. She wouldn't either. But she would have to or Inuyasha was bound to do something extremely stupid if he didn't have supervision.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Kagome yelled coming up behind him.

No answer.

"Hello? Are you even listening to me?" she asked getting agitated. "Where are you going anyway? I thought you were supposed to be resting because of you arm!"

"Dear Lord, you ask a lot of questions don't you?" he snapped looking back at her. "It's none of your God damned business anyways!"

With that said Inuyasha turned back around and started to get into a cab that had finally stopped for him. Kagome was ready to beat him over the head with anything but instead quickly shoved herself in next to him. She heard Inuyasha gasp slightly when she pushed him further in.

"I'm going to," Kagome stated stubbornly. "I have a duty to monitor you since nobody else had the guts to do it. So you are just going to have to live with it. Got that!"

Inuyasha stayed quiet for a minute and was about to say something until the driver interrupted him and asked him where they were going. In turn, Inuyasha simply handed him the card that he had dug up earlier. The driver looked at it and then nodded handing it back to Inuyasha. Then he took off.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha suspiciously and watched as he folded the small card in half. What was that for anyway? Instead of asking, Kagome quickly tried to snatch while trying to carefully maneuver over his broken wrist. She failed miserably. Inuyasha hardly had to do anything to get it out of her reach. He knew that she wouldn't want to hurt his arm so he merely mover it slightly to the left.

"What do you want that for?" he asked slyly as he raised a brow teasingly.

"It says where we are going," Kagome stated simply with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "So I wanted to see it."

"You could have just asked you know," Inuyasha stated as he held the card out to her. "I…err... we, are going to my brother's house for a baby shower."

Kagome was about to grab the card until she heard him say where they were going. To his brother's house for a baby shower?

"Don't you have a gift or something?" Kagome asked looking around.

"I uh… Well, no, I guess I don't."

"You do realize that you need one don't you?"

"Why? It's not like it's a birthday party," Inuyasha said turning his head and crossing his arms.

"Inuyasha! It's just the way it is," she snapped. "Now tell the driver we need to stop by a shop or something!"

"No."

Kagome glared at him and gave him a 'fine I will' look before turning her attention towards the driver. She leaned forward and tapped his shoulder lightly waiting to get his attention. After she saw his eyes look back at her in the mirror she smiled before she said anything.

"Um, would you mind taking us to a shopping center of some sort?" she asked sweetly. "You see, my friend here needs to grab a present really fast for a party we are going to. So it would really help if you stopped."

The driver shrugged and turned into a shopping center a few moments later. Inuyasha was looking out his window pouting since Kagome had gotten her way. When the car came to a stop Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's should carefully and pulled him out. Reluctantly, he didn't fight back.

"So you'll wait right here?" Kagome asked the driver who once again nodded in reply. "Ok, now come on Inuyasha."

Kagome had to literally drag the unhappy man into a baby store before he finally just gave in and agreed to find something. So they walked through the store quietly and Kagome was the only one who really stopped to look at things. Every now and then she would say how cute something was or point out how adorable it was. Inuyasha just followed her around absent mindedly.

They finally stopped in the clothes area and Kagome started to pick up a little white dress with an elephant on the little pocket on the front.

"Aw! This is adorable! Everything here is so small and cute!" she said holding the little dress in front of her eyes. "What about this, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha shrugged and said, "Its ok, I guess. Hopefully it's a girl then."

"Wait," Kagome paused and then looked over at him. "You don't know if it's a boy or a girl?"

"No, should I?"

"Well yeah!" she said waving the dress around now. "It's your brother's baby! You have to know these things! I can't… You know what? Never mind. I'm not too surprised about this."

She turned around quickly and put the dress back where it belonged. Inuyasha was a bit surprised at her sudden outburst and then how she just let it go. That was just weird. She never did that.

"Well, now what?" Kagome asked putting her hands on her hips.

"Uh… I don't know," Inuyasha said with a shrug. "Just get boy clothes. Girls can wear boy clothes. It's easier that way."

"No, that's so wrong. You can't do that. If it's a girl you get it cute girly clothes."

"There are rules?" Inuyasha asked a bit dumbfounded.

"Well, no. I guess not," she said making her way over to the boys clothes. "Let's just find something."

Inuyasha followed and started to look through the clothes as well. It became very quiet between the two and very awkward. Finally, Kagome had to break the tension.

"I've always wanted a little boy," she said cheerfully. "I've always imagined myself raising a little boy. I don't think I could handle a girl with all the drama, you know?"

"Um, I guess," Inuyasha answered with a more than surprised look on his face.

"You guess? Well, don't you want any kids?"

"I don't know. I never really thought about it," he said with a shrug. "I'm not very good with the ladies, unless you haven't noticed."

"Oh, Inuyasha, I'm sure there's a girl out there for you," Kagome said patting him softly on the shoulder. "Heck, she might be closer than you think."

"Oh?"

Kagome froze for a moment and then quickly went back to looking for a shirt or something of that matter.

"You know, maybe we should get a stuffed bear or something," she said putting down the clothes ready to go look in another section for a stuffed animal.

"Wow, you changed the subject real quick there," Inuyasha said narrowing his eyes at her. "What's up with that?"

Kagome just kept walking with a little blush appearing on her face. Of course it wasn't her who liked him more than just a friend. No, no. Not her. Or maybe she did? Who was she kidding? He obviously had no interest in her what-so-ever. They were constantly fighting and bickering. How could she fall for him? And how she wished he felt the same way back.

Before Kagome knew it she had a stuffed duck in her hands and was looking at it blankly. She could still feel Inuyasha's eyes on her. But she pretended that she didn't know. He would just have to drop it.

"You never answered my question," Inuyasha said plucking the fluffy little duck from her hands. "You know someone who is interested in me, Kagome?"

"I never said that," she said as she turned from him to pick up another stuffed animal.

"Then why are you acting so nervous about me wondering?" Inuyasha asked putting the duck back on a shelf. "I think you do know someone, but you're just too much of a chicken to tell me. But that's ok. I understand. I wouldn't tell you who liked you either. Although, I do have to say that he is a very handsome guy."

Kagome's ears perked up and she quickly turned to face Inuyasha. A smile crept across her excited features as he said this. Somebody liked her? She had boyfriends in the past and knew most of them ended up being jerks, but maybe this guy could help her forget about Inuyasha.

"Really! Who?" she asked still smiling.

Inuyasha smirked and shrugged as he turned towards the shelves of stuffed toys again. He picked up a big floppy lion and squished its soft body between his fingers. Now he had Kagome's interest.

"Oh, come on," she begged. "Tell me! Please Inuyasha."

"On one condition," he said throwing the lion back with its friends. "You tell me who has a crush on me. Then I'll have no problem in telling you who likes you."

"Inuyasha, come on," Kagome begged. "I'll just give you a hint. She... um… really loves daisies because they always manage to make her smile."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow curiously. So she expected him to go around with daisies until some girl smiled at him? He was about to object until he just shrugged and smiled. He then nodded accepting her hint.

"Ok," he said. "I'll give you a hint then. The guy who likes you will probably never admit it because you two hardly ever have a long decent conversation and the fact that he doesn't know you that well."

"Ok," Kagome said obviously confused. "No other hints then?"

Inuyasha shook his head and then picked up a spotted puppy from the rest of the stuffed animals. It was white with brown patches on it and was very smooth. It also had a little yellow bow on its neck so Inuyasha could make it look like he had put it there just for this particular event.

"Let's get going. I really don't want to be late."