Chapter 26: A Favor
Once Inuyasha leaves Inutaishou's sight, the father grins as he digs into his pocket. "You didn't." Izayoi smiles as she fills the dishwasher with the plates from his breakfast. Inutaishou chuckles as he pulls out his son's watch while twirling it in his finger. "He didn't even notice that I wore Sesshomaru's clothes to convince him to believe it was him instead of me." He explains. All Izayoi does is shakes her head, "Honestly dearest, you never lose the trick. I feel sorry for Inuyasha." She smiles sadly. Inutaishou puts the watch back into his pocket. "Don't be. It's all in the matter of figuring out who's the real culprit." He assures her as he grabs his keys and goes into the garage to go somewhere.
Before he turns on the car, he raises his left sleeve to reveal a regular watch. With one click, his demonic figures. His long silver hair turns coal black, his purple strips on his cheeks vanished, the golden eyes turn wooden brown as well. His claws shrink into fingernails. "Just be careful." Izayoi calls out to him. Even though he looks human, his demonic abilities are still strong. "Don't worry. I'm just running a few errands." He calls back as he drives off.
Inuyasha lies back down in his bed with a frustrated growl escaping his throat. "Damn, without that thing, I can't go out. Dad made it clear that demons are not to be noticed out in public. The watch is the only thing we have to make sure we look human. If one human were to notice the slightest of demonic features, there's punishment that demons cannot escape." He talks to himself. So far only Sango, Miroku, and Kagome are the only ones who know about his secret. Then an idea popped into his head. "If I can't go out, I might as well invite them over. I just hope they're not busy." He grabs his cell phone and calls Miroku. After a few rings, a voice speaks, "Hello?" It asks tiredly. "Wake up Miroku." Inuyasha shouts into the speaker. Miroku screams as he pulls his phone away from his ear. "Geez, Inuyasha. You should know I'm still sleeping." He said annoyingly.
Inuyasha shakes he is head. "Just wake up and get over here." He gets to the point for the call. Miroku looks to his clock to see it's only 9:30 am. "Seriously Inuyasha. I'm still tired as it is. I'm not coming over. I've things to do on my part." Inuyasha smirks, "Oh really? What's your day? Groping other girls that pass by to piss off Sango. Nice try. Get your ass down here in an hour. If you do, I'll get Sango to come down to." He switches the tone from annoying to tempting. Miroku holds his chin. "I'll think about it. But don't get over your head. You have me so far, there's no telling what the girls are doing today." He advices over the phone. Hearing that made Inuyasha grin, "Don't forget that I have my ways to make them come over one way or another." He speaks smoothly, which freaks out Miroku. "Wait Inuyasha. Don't…" That's when Inuyasha hung up on him.
"Dumbass. Didn't even know what hit him. It's a good thing he's half awake." He laughs as dials Sango's number. Knowing her schedule, she must be up doing her daily exercises. After a ring, a voice speaks. "Hello?" It asks to Inuyasha. "Hey, Sango. What are you up to?" Inuyasha asks her. "I'm in the middle of my fitness routine. Afterwards I've got nothing." She answers him. "Did Miroku told you to call me in his place?" She asks a few seconds later. "Nah. Miroku is waking up from his beauty sleep. I just wanted to see if you wanna hang out at my place." Inuyasha offers her his invitation casually. "I don't know. I'll take me a while to get the rest of my routine done. Why not hang with Miroku?" She suggests.
"I can't. I don't have my watch on me. And you know the law. Demons have to blend in with the public. And without it, I can't even leave the house. That's why I wanted you, and Miroku to come over. I'm just bored as it is." Inuyasha explains the reason. Sango sighs, "Fine. I'll come with an hour. Did you call Kagome?" She asks curiously. "I don't have her number." He quickly answers. Sango groans, "Let me guess you want me to go to her place to see what she's up to because you're a sitting duck back home?" She gives up. Inuyasha nods back even though she can't really see him doing it. "Pretty much. I owe you one." He hangs up.
Sango stretches her sore body after going through thorough hand-to-hand combat training with her father. "Sango, you seem down. What's the matter?" He asks her as he gives her a towel to wipe the sweat off her face. "I just got a call from Inuyasha and he wants me to go to Kagome's house." She responds as she drinks from her water. Her father doesn't know about Inuyasha being a half demon. "Why can't he just do it himself?" He asks in a suspicious way. Sango knows better that she cannot simply tell her father about Inuyasha's secret. "He's in the middle of doing a science project and Kagome is his partner." She calmly lies to him. "And it has to be done at his place." Her father smiles. "He must be lucky that his partner is the only one who can help him out." He comments before leaving the room. 'Oh Inuyasha, you definitely owe me one.' She thought bitterly as she heads to her room to change into her regular clothes of a hot pink tank top and black shorts. After putting her hair up into a high ponytail, she grabs her purse and cell phone and heads out the door.
Sango walks down the street towards the Higurashi Shrine. The only thing is that Kagome doesn't know what's going on. The only option she can say to her is that Inuyasha can't leave the house at all. She finds the stairs and climb them up with ease. When she comes to the top, she can feel a soothing aura of the place. The house is in the far behind the shrine building. 'Okay Sango, stick with the plan. Get Kagome and bring her to Inuyasha's place.' She repeats her thoughts as she comes to the door.