Chapter 21: What to Do
It doesn't take Inuyasha that long to get back to his apartment. For he's lucky because his brother is still going after the fake that is imposing as Kagome's father. He gets to the door of his apartment and opens it once he unlocks the door. He turns around to see Kagome dead asleep. 'Whoa. Even after all of that, she's out cold.' Inuyasha thought to himself as he takes Kagome to his bedroom.
Inside the bedroom is dark, but thanks to Inuyasha's demonic sense of sight, it's no trouble for him where the bed is. He gently places Kagome onto the bed and covers her in the blanket that was nicely folded at the foot of the bed. He can see how fatigue Kagome is still, even after being carried to safety. Her angelic face of a peaceful slumber made Inuyasha's face flush with blush on his cheek. He shakes his head quickly to get rid of it. He heads back to the door and closes it quietly, not to wake her up.
The next morning, Kagome wakes up to find herself somewhere else. She slowly sits up to look around to find herself in a guy's bedroom. Like any other teenage guy, their bedrooms would be a complete pigsty. Dirty clothes all of the floor, to the unmade bed, and possible empty cups of drinks of soda and some empty dishes of discarded food.
She spots a picture of Inuyasha as a child with an older woman. "That must've been Inuyasha when he was a kid." She said to herself as she gets herself out of the bed. But not Inuyasha. He must've been strictly ordered by his mother before she passed away, that whenever Inuyasha leaves the house, his bedroom has to be very tidy otherwise Izayoi would've thrown a fit at him. He bedroom is really tidy that's for sure. The bed is at one of the corners of the room so it can be spacious for him to move around. His closet is neatly stacks with boxes of various stuff. The hangers have a few nice outfits on the rack, including his school uniforms and his dresser has drawer for a different article of clothing. He has nice posters of various stuff as well. His desk has a laptop and a bulletin board with a calendar on it as well.
The door opens up and it's just Inuyasha coming with a glass of water and a bowl of ramen. "Hey, I see you're up." He said as he set the items onto the nightstand beside the bed. "Morning. You have a nice place here." Kagome smiles at him as she takes the glass of water. "So is it just you who lives here?" She asks after she places the half empty glass down. Inuyasha sits in the desk chair since Kagome is sitting on his bed. "More or Less." He simply answers her. Kagome gets confused. "What do you mean?" She asks him. Inuyasha sighs, "Even though I live here alone, my older brother has to come about 3 times a week to check up on me. I'm not too thrilled about it ever since my mother passed away."
Kagome nods, "Oh. Well I guess that's what happens when you lose your mother at a young age, the only one to look after you is the remaining relative in the family." She comments as she sits on the bed. "Sorry." She quickly speaks after for what she just said. Inuyasha shrugs his shoulders, "Don't worry about it." He assures her. "Where is my family?" Kagome asks the boy who brought her here. "So far, Sesshomaru is looking for your parents. And Ayame has your little brother and grandpa at her house." Inuyasha answers her so far.
Kagome widens her eyes, "Your brother is looking for my parents?" She asks him. Inuyasha nods. "Yeah, your mother was looking for your father awhile ago and she hasn't gotten back yet." Kagome looks down in confusion. "What could've happened to her?" She asks to herself, than to Inuyasha. A few minutes pass by until Inuyasha speaks. "You may not believe this, but it turned out that your father is an imposter." Inuyasha looks to her sternly.
Just hearing that, made Kagome look down to her hands with her bangs covering her eyes. "I should've known. How could I be so naïve?" She murmurs. Inuyasha widens his eyes. "You were aware of this? And you didn't do anything about it?" He sits next to her. Kagome weeps. "I was, but I didn't want to provoke him, because if I did, I wouldn't stand a chance against because I was still recovering from the Barrier Spell." She explains to him.
From what she said to him was sincere. Even from she said she couldn't do anything to her father to recovering from a spell that drained her energy. "If we can get Sesshomaru to give us some information about your parents' whereabouts, you might be able to get to the bottom of this." Inuyasha gives his idea. Kagome nods. "But there's no telling how long it's going to take him to find them. If you what you say is true, I'll have no choice to face them personally." Kagome speaks her mind.
Just when Inuyasha was going to say something, his cell phone goes off. "Excuse me for a minute." Inuyasha stands up and goes into the living room where his cell phone is. Inuyasha picks it up. "Hello?" He speaks to the unknown caller. "Hey Inuyasha it's Ayame." Ayame said to him. "Oh hey. Listen, are Kagome's brother and grandpa okay with you?" He asks to her worryingly. "Rest assure, they're fine. They're not suspicious about my background." Ayame smiles back despite it's a phone and not skype. "Okay, that's good to hear. Kagome is doing okay for now. The thing she told me was that she was aware about the person who was imposing her father for awhile." He whispers to her. "Okay. Well just wait till your brother returns with whatever he finds out about Kagome's parents. There's no telling for what is going on with them." Ayame suggests to him before hanging up.
Inuyasha rolls his eyes. 'Thanks a lot.' He thought sarcastically. He puts his cell back to the table where he answered it. 'But she said to me is true. I have to wait till Sesshomaru comes back.' He looks outside the window to see the skies becoming dark grey color. "Looks like a storm is coming soon." He said as he goes back into the bedroom.