Chapter 14

The next morning Kagome woke up to a beautiful Monday morning. She looked over to the corner where the dog boy she had found on the streets was. She had found him when he was injured and terrified. Now his wounds have completely healed, super fast and unusual Kagome had thought, and he was coming out of his shell. Before he wouldn't even come out from under her bed, then he wouldn't go downstairs, now he has become braver and will go down them, albeit hesitantly but still.

When she looked over to his corner she couldn't help but smile. He had somehow acquired a small blanket, most likely her mother had come in and noticed him then put the blanket around him, and was snuggled up in the folds of it. His pillow he was more laying on instead of just his head, and he had a peaceful expression. He was so cute when he was asleep.

She wished she didn't have to go to school today. There was so much that she wanted to do with him today. He needed clothes for one, and she couldn't go to the store by herself, she needed his measurements. She also thought it would be nice to try to socialize him some, like taking him to a park or something.

Oh well. She would just have to wait until after school. With that Kagome got up, went to her closet, picked out some clothes to wear, and then finally headed to the bathroom. She made sure she was silent because she didn't want to wake up Inuyasha.

When she finished her shower she checked back into her room to see if Inuyasha had woken up, which he hadn't, though he did roll over to where he was now facing the wall. She then went in her room and grabbed her book bag. It had many shredded pieces of paper, something Inuyasha had done that she was a little irritated by; she hoped her teacher would still take it though. She then headed out of her room to head to school

"I'm off." She said to her mother as she passed by her out the door. Sota had already left and Mrs. Higurashi had been standing at the door watching him leave.

When she got to school she found her friends and headed towards them.

They had a short conversation and Kagome got the rest of the answers she needed for her homework then she headed up to the teacher to tell him about the shredded pieces of paper.

"Mr. Takeuchi I needed to talk to you about my homework." Kagome said. She had her back pack still on her back. She was at his desk.

"What about miss Higurashi. Did you complete it?" He asked.

"Well yes I did complete it, but you see we got this…this new dog."

"Let me guess you want to say 'my dog ate my homework'? Kagome I have to say I am disappointed. That is the oldest excuse in the book."

"Well he didn't eat it per say, but he did shred it. I brought back what I could salvage." Kagome said then pulled out the sheets of homework Inuyasha has shredded.

"Ah, I see." Mr. Takeuchi said. He pushed his glasses up then looked down at the papers.

"As you can see, I did do it. If you look I got the answers but then he got a hold of them. I didn't know he would get into them."

"Well I will let you off this time. It does look like you actually tried. Either that or you are very clever and fooled me. Just don't let it happen again. Keep your school stuff out of your new dogs reach."

"I will, thank you." With that she went back to her desk. Poor Inuyasha. I can't believe I had to refer to him as a dog. The poor guy was raised as one but that doesn't make him one. Kagome thought.

"Hey Kagome." Sango said as she came into class and sat next to her friend.

"Hey Sango How are you today?" she responded.

"I'm good so how is Inuyasha holding up."

"Oh he –

Kagome started but then she was cut off by Miroku.

"Hey Guys." Miroku said as he walked over to them.

"Miroku!" Sango growled out.

"Hey what did I do?"

"I was asking Kagome a question but then you so rudely interrupted."

"It's okay Sango" Kagome reassured.

"See my dear Sango, now what was it she asked you?" Miroku said.

"Well she just asked how Inuyasha was doing. Well he is okay. He actually came out and played soccer with me and my little brother. At dinner he tried to use a fork, he didn't growl at anyone. I think he is getting better. Though he is still eating super fast. He didn't choke this time though. He is opening up a bit more." Kagome responded.

"Well that's good." Sango said.

"What about your homework. Did the teacher take it or is he going to make you redo it?"

"Well I showed him the ripped up pieces of paper and told him my dog ate it." Kagome explained.

"And he bought that?" Miroku asked.

"Why wouldn't he? It is true we both saw it with our own eyes Miroku." Sango said.

"It is just that is an excuse that people use all the time." Miroku said.

"Well I bet most people don't bring in the actual work. I did. It had all the answers on it that I did. He just said don't let it happen again and keep it out of Inuyasha's reach. I doubt Inuyasha will do that again though. He looked so guilty when I confronted him about it. He even tried to say he was sorry." Kagome said.

"So he can speak?" Sango asked.

"No, he just showed me." Kagome said.

Miroku looked like he wanted to add something but then the teacher came up to the front and called for everyone to settle down. Class was beginning.

Throughout class Kagome had tried to pay attention but her mind was elsewhere. She kept thinking about Inuyasha. She kept wondering what he was doing, was he still asleep, and was he okay, how is he doing with her mother and gramps? To say the least she just couldn't stop thinking about him.

The poor guy had been abused she could tell. The way he shied away from people, and how he eats, and other small things he does. He doesn't even know any type of speech, well other than some weird animal one. She wished she could help him more. He seemed to be getting better but she was still worried. He belonged to someone. If anything his collar gave it away. Miroku talked a lot about him coming from the dog fights. The poor guy was raised as a fighting dog. Can't they see he is not a dog? Sure he may have some doggy features but still. She wished she could find who ever called themselves Inuyasha's owner and put them through what Inuyasha had been through. But then she knew that wasn't right. Nobody, not even that foul person deserved that. If at anything she wanted to find those fights and shut them down. Call the cops on them or something.

A couple hours after Kagome left Inuyasha woke up to Buyo rubbing his head against his furry white dog ears. His ears twitched by themselves when the cat touched them. Inuyasha buried his head deeper into the blankets and pillow. He was still half-asleep. When he didn't get up the cats started to paw at him. Inuyasha just moaned.

'Come on pup, wake up.' The cat meowed at the dog boy while still pawing at him.

Inuyasha didn't move.

'All right fine I guess I am going to have to try something else.' The cat said. He then walked around to get a better angle at the inu ears. He then reached his head up and bit down hard on Inuyasha's ears.

"AHHHHHHHH" Inuyasha shot up and yelled. 'What was that for you stupid cat? That hurt.' Inuyasha growled out. He glared at the cat. He was sitting up now on top of his blanket and pillow. He was also holding his hand up to his injured ears, rubbing it trying to get the pain to go away.

'Finally.' The cat meowed. 'If you would have gotten up when I first told you then I wouldn't have done that. God pups these days.'

'Feh'

'Kagome's mother is making lunch and since you decided to sleep through breakfast, I thought you would want to eat. Also I need you to go and open the door pup. I can't open it and I have been stuck in here with you all day.'

'Feh' yawn 'you just are mad because you had to miss breakfast too. You just want food. No wonder you're so fat.' Inuyasha yawned again.

'I thought I told you to watch your mouth. Stop calling me fat, pup. If you want to do the name calling then fine, you are a scrawny little mutt.' He meowed and hissed back.

'Oh yeah, well you're a ugly fur ball.'

'Stupid flea bag'

'Asshole'

They just kept on shouting insults at each other and growling.

Finally they heard a rustle at the door. Someone was opening the door. They still kept glaring at each other as if nothing had changed. Their growling hadn't ceased either.

"All right, all right, break it up you two." Kagome's mother giggled.

When Inuyasha heard giggling he flinched then turned his head towards the sound. He saw it was the woman he found he wanted to please. He didn't want to make her angry, and for some reason he felt the need to behave. He felt as if she was his own mother and should be treated with respect. Problem was that he never was treated with respect so he didn't really know how.

"Well I came up because I kept hearing constant barking and meowing, not to mention growling. I just want to make sure everything is okay." She said.

'All she said, mutt, was that she heard us bickering and decided to come make sure everything was okay.' Buyo meowed.

When she heard Buyo meow she bent down and picked him up. "Now I bet your hungry, huh?" She asked Buyo. "You have been cooped up in here all day. I was surprised when you missed breakfast." She then turned to Inuyasha. Inuyasha had his ears laid back and was looking up at her; he was still on the floor.

"Are you hungry Inuyasha?" she asked him.

Buyo translated.

Inuyasha nodded and licked his lips.

"All right well lets head downstairs and eat shall we."

Inuyasha got up from the floor and followed Mrs. Higurashi down to the kitchen. When they got there she pulled out a chair and motioned for Inuyasha to sit down.

Inuyasha raised his nose to the air sniffing away. He could smell the sweet scent of those noodles that Kagome had given him not to long ago. His mouth started to water.

"Here you go Buyo." Mrs. Higurashi said as she laid down a can of wet cat food down for the feline. She walked back over to the counter and put the noodles she had made in a bowl for Inuyasha. She put the seasoning in, stirred it a bit then headed over to the dog boy sitting at the table. "And here you go Inuyasha. Kagome said you liked these noodles and since they are easy to make I decided why not."

Inuyasha didn't understand anything the nice women had said but he still looked at her then smiled. He still wouldn't touch the food yet, not until she told him it was okay. He gave her a pleading look.

"Oh go ahead dear eat up." She said as she pushed the bowl closer to him. "Here try this." She said as she picked up a fork.

Inuyasha looked at the offered utensil. He recognized it from last night's dinner but also realized he wasn't that great at using them. Since he didn't want to make the women mad he grabbed the fork at stuck it into the noodles. He couldn't quite remember how to use them correctly from when Kagome had showed him last night.

Mrs. Higurashi saw him stab the noodles and decided to help him like her daughter had.

"Here, let me help you with that." She told him. She grabbed his hand and made him hold the fork the correct way. "Good, see it's easy."She said and patted his head.

Inuyasha blushed. He could tell she was praising him and it felt so different from what he was used to. He tried out the way she had showed him and started to eat. He still ate super fast but it was more out of habit than out of fear. He didn't think she would take the food away but he still couldn't help but to wolf it down, it tasted so good.

After lunch Inuyasha finally noticed the absence of a certain school girl. He had left the table once he was finished and headed back up to Kagome's room to see her. He got a big surprise when no one was in the bedroom. He sniffed around a lot to try to follow her scent but was having trouble.

'Damn girl, her scent is everywhere I can't find the trail.' He said out loud to himself. He was on all fours with his nose close to the ground sniffing vigilantly for the girl's new scent. He just kept sniffing himself in circles until finally gave up and went to look for the cat. 'He had been in the room also when Kagome must have left; he should know where she went.'

He left the room and headed back down to the kitchen where he last saw the fat cat.

'Hey cat' He barked out when he got to the entrance of the kitchen.

No reply.

He looked around and couldn't spot anyone in the kitchen. He sniffed the area to try to find the cats scent but found that it smelt like fruit and water. The mother had been doing dishes and had mopped up the floor. She had washed away the cats scent.

Damn my luck. Can't find anyone. Inuyasha thought to himself.

He walked around aimlessly not really paying attention to where he was going until he ran into a short old wrinkly man carrying small sheets of paper with writing on it.

"Excuse me I didn't—" The old man started but was cut off when he noticed just who had bumped into him. "Demon." The man yelled when he saw the dog boy.

Inuyasha stepped back at the yell.

The man, who was a little crazy, took him stepping back as something entirely different. He thought the boy was getting into a fight stance ready to attack. He grabbed one of the pieces of paper and slapped it onto the boy's forehead.

Inuyasha was startled at first but then started growling when the man slapped the paper onto him. He was really starting to dislike this man.

The old man was horrified his sutra didn't work and the demon had started growling. "Be gone demon my sutras will purify you to hell" He yelled as he slapped another sutra onto the boy.

This time the boy had seen the paper coming for him had the chance to duck out of the way but it still managed to get stuck into his hair.

Inuyasha's growling increased this time as he raised his claws. He knew he couldn't fight him for two reasons. One was that he knew from last nights dinner that Kagome would be mad possibly sad if he killed him and then he would end up being kicked out, and the second reason was his collar. He knew his masters weren't around to control it but he still couldn't take the chance. He was trained to fight only when the collar was off and never when it was on. He had taken many beating for fighting with the collar on, and had become seriously injured other times because he couldn't fight back if the collar was around his neck.

Feh. May not be able to fight this old coot but I can sure as hell scare the shit out of him. He doesn't know the rules about the collar. Inuyasha laughed to himself growling to the man and even taking a step forward cracking his claws and bearing his fangs, this time actually getting into a fighting stance.

"INUYASHA!"

Inuyasha immediately stopped growling and snapped his head to the sound of someone yelling his name. It was only then did he notice the woman running towards him and the old man. He looked back to the man for a second who was looking in the direction of the woman then turned his head towards her again this time crossing his arms with a pout on his face.

Someone always ruins the fun. Inuyasha thought to himself still pouting.

"What's going on here?" The woman, Mrs. Higurashi, asked to both males. She had heard her father yelling, not able to hear the words, then loud growling. She knew that it wasn't Buyo growling and immediately was scared as to what was going on.

He wouldn't attack one of us would he? He seemed so darling, no something must have happened. Mrs. Higurashi thought to herself as she ran into the kitchen. The sight that she saw shocked her. Her father had a sutra raised ready to throw at the dog eared boy, and Inuyasha had his claws at the ready with fangs bared looking like he was about to attack.

"Father?" she asked the one she knew she would get a response out of.

"The boys a demon I tell you. He was about to attack so I threw my sutras at him." He yelled while pointing the sutra in his hand at the boy who was giving him a death glare.

It was then that the mother Higurashi noticed the two sutras in the boy's hair. One was in the back and the other was all tangled up in his bangs. Both of them looked like they were sticking to him from some kind of sticky paste most likely glue.

"Father he is not a demon and what did you do to the sutras?"

"I added a new paste I created. It is supposed to fry them from—"

"Alright that's enough." Mrs. Higurashi cut him off when she knew he was going to start to ramble on and on. "You need to apologize to Inuyasha and promise not to through anymore of your sutras at him. He is not a demon Father he is just a boy who is staying with us and probably doesn't appreciate you through stuff at him."

"But he's the one—"

Inuyasha getting tired of standing there not understanding anything started to growl to get attention.

"See he's going to attack I know he is." He yelled

"Alright, alright that's enough young man." Mrs. Higurashi said as she walked over to the dog boy and held her hand up to signify to stop growling.

Inuyasha stopped growling but continued his glare towards the old man.

"Why don't you go outside and put those sutras away Father while I tend to him?" She told her father.

"Alright Sweety but be careful with him, he could turn on you." He said then walked out the door and went into his old warehouse that held all his old ancient artifacts.

"Now what am I going to do with you?" She said as she turned around to face the pouting, glaring Inuyasha.

Inuyasha looked to her confused.

"Look at this mess in your hair. I hope we can get it out with soap. I would hate to have to cut your beautiful hair." She said as she fingered the sticky, gluey sutra attached to his bangs.

Poor Inuyasha was going cross eyed as he watched her mess with the sutra. He shook his head to show he was getting annoyed with her messing with it. She dropped her hands getting the point. He then grabbed it himself and started yanking.

"No, no dear." She said when she noticed him just pulling his hair out and yelping some. She grabbed his hands and pulled them down. "Come on lets try to wash them out before Souta and Kagome get home." She then pulled him along to the bathroom.