(A/N: OMFG IT'S BEEN FOREVER AND A ONE HELL OF A HALF YEARS SINCE I'VE UPDATED!! and I know that you don't want to hear my excuses - not that I really have any - and that you would just love to get on with the story. Well? What's stopping you? Oh, and by the way SasukeLoverXD, I put in a line in the chapter and if you don't get it then I will slap you on Monday. But anyway, that chapter isn't going to read itself!)

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The Great Fry War

Recovery for Kagome was very slow, as to be expected. For the first few days, all she did was sleep. Still, Inuyasha came by every day and sat by her side. Miroku and Sango came by too, but didn't stay nearly as long as her new boyfriend. She would wake up from time to time, usually to see Inuyasha next to her. Other wise, Seruki was mostly in the room, and that made her incredibly uncomfortable about the way he sometimes looked at her. Still, he seemed too innocent and naive to try anything. He reminded her of Hojo. Seruki made sure to stay clear of the room unless he had some very important business while Inuyasha was there. And that was smart, for Inuyasha's overprotectiveness nearly doubled (and probably even he himself didn't know how that was possible.) Overall, things went smoothly and by the end of the first week at the hospital, she was able to sit up with little pain.

The doctors had to change her bandages less often too, seeing how everything was healing properly. It was going to leave a nasty scar (so much for swimsuit season) both on her stomach and back. Though, doctors and her friends were not only ones to visit. Toshiro and some C.S.I. people came to ask never ending questions and took many pieces of evidence and looked over her entire body (a women did this, Inuyasha made sure of that.) There were also some pale bruises still on her back and shoulders from where Naraku had last beat her up, not to mention she had broken a rib and fractured another one when he had thrown her up against the door. She couldn't remember anything like that, but then again, the whole weekend seemed like one giant blur. She only had bits and pieces of her memory, running through her mind like blinding flashes of light. The thing she remembered extremely clearly, the images burned in her mind, were of Naraku when he laughed at her, and of Inuyasha's yokai self.

She was sure, absolutely positive that Inuyasha did not murder her family, but she also knew that that face, that smirk, that evil laugh, would remain with her for the rest of her life. Just like the three other major points of devastation in her life, this one would be imprinted in her memory like after a volcanic eruption. New moss and soil can form over the cooled lava, and new buildings can be put up, but you always know that it was there. She could try, again and again to forget, but that is exactly like making a vow never to see your face again. It just couldn't be done. Whether it was from a window, or even the back of a spoon, something would always spark that memory and bring up that pain yet again.

It was nearly a week and a half into her stay at the hospital, she tried to stand and even walked a few feet from her bed. Inuyasha was always there, to catch her when she fell. She - and especially Inuyasha - didn't want Seruki or any of the other nurses to hold her in such a way. She was his, and only his, and he made sure the people who worked with her knew that. He didn't come out and say it, though whether it was a kiss or some specific wording, he always made it perfectly clear that she was not available for any doctors - and nurses - who apparently had very "promising" careers. To them, and Kagome knew this all too well, that all they wanted was more money and a beautiful trophy wife to show off that money. Inuyasha knew that she was smart, and even though he didn't want to admit it, - he really didn't want to - but that Kagome was smarter than him and won almost all of their little lover squabbles.

Along with helping Kagome move around, he also brought her homework every day. It had piled up immensely since the last time she had been in school. Inuyasha started taking really good notes and actually paid attention in class. Kagome more than appreciated his efforts. She means, who knows how much longer she would be cooped up in this hospital? It could be a whole two months before she even sets foot in her school again. Especially because of her broken ribs. It was nearly two and a half weeks when she was able to walk around her room without any help from anyone. This was a great accomplishment for her, knowing she didn't need to be in a wheel chair the whole time she wasn't on her bed or being carried by Inuyasha.

"Hey Kagome," Inuyasha greeted casually while he put his book bag down.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said excitedly while she jumped onto him, flung her arms around his neck and swung her legs around his waist. He was clearly taken aback in surprise.

"Kagome! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" he could feel the cast on her stomach hitting his own.

"Exactly what it looks like I'm doing," she answered sweetly, and innocent smile eating away at his anger.

"You could've gotten hurt! And didn't I tell you not to let anyone else help you get around besides me?!"

"But, no one helped me."

"Huh?" he answered stupidly as he looked behind her. She was telling the truth, they were the only ones in the room. "Then, you got up all by yourself and even jumped on me?!"

"Yes, Sir Points-out-the-obvious-a-lot."

"Feh."

She giggled as he walked over and set her back down on her bed, allowing himself to steal a kiss off her lips.

"So, what homework do I have to do this time?"

"The usual. Some math, science, English..."

"I'll be up all night doing this," she sighed sadly.

"Quit worrying so much about it. I'll help you through it."

"Thanks, Inuyasha. I don't know what I'd do without you," she said gratefully, her grin warm and childish.

"Uh, yeah," His cheeks were brushed with a light pink when he turned to get his book bag so she wouldn't see it. It actually didn't take that long before they were done, ending the homework brigade just before six-thirty.

"Man, I'm hungry," Kagome said, her brain a little fried from all the homework they did. Inuyasha nodded, very hungry himself, and picked up Kagome bridal style.

"Hey, where are we going?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha headed over to the window.

"Well, after two and a half weeks in the hospital, you've got to be sick of the food here. I'll take you out though I'm hardly worth your time."

"After all you've done for me so far, you're going to take me out to eat? How am I ever going to repay you?" she said, totally dismissing his latter comment. "But...I don't want to go out with these clothes on! I want to look at least nice. Where are we going anyway?"

"Don't get so worked up about it, we're just gonna go to WacDonald's," he said, then mumbled, "Besides, you look pretty no matter what."

Kagome heard it anyway and blushed at the compliment. "Still, isn't this supposed to be considered our first date?"

"I was, uh, actually thinking that, um, I would, you know, take you out tomorrow."

"Really? Our first date! I'm so excited!"

"You really think it's wise to be so hyper in your condition?"

"Oh, come on. Can't I be a little excited?!"

"No."

She pulled lightly on his ear. "Get the stick out of your ass and have a little fun!"

"I do not have a stick up my ass!"

"Fine! Then you're the stick in the sand."

"I am NOT an ass stick!"

She laughed hard at this. "I didn't mean it like that!"

"Feh. It sure sounded like it."

Kagome laughed harder as he landed easily in front of WacDonald's. He set her down gently, then wrapped his arm around her waist and she hooked her arm around his neck for added support. They walked casually to the back of the restaurant, where he dropped her off then went to go order the food. They were alone, sounds of something frying a soft chatter at the back of the building were the only things that filled the otherwise almost eerily silent restaurant. Soon, those too disappeared as the workers came over to tell them that they were going out for a quick errand (the workers being a girl and a boy, Inuyasha and Kagome didn't ask).

"Wow, I've eating that hospital food for so long, I've forgotten what real food tastes like!"

"Slow down, you baka. You'll get a stomach ache if you eat too fast."

She hmph-ed at him. "You eat like this all the time! You're such a hypocrite!"

"Yeah, well I also don't have two broken ribs, now do I?!"

"You're going to get two broken ribs if you keep acting like a little bit a food's going to kill me." she said threateningly.

"I was just making sure you didn't hurt yourself! Stop acting like you scarfing down this food is my fault!"

"Well, it is because you brought me here in the first place!"

"You could have said no!"

"I didn't because I wanted to spend time with you!"

"Well then, maybe you made a mistake!"

"Well, maybe I did!"

"Feh," he answered as he crossed his arms and looked away. Her words stung, even though he knew that she didn't mean them. He flinched in surprise when a fry hit his nose.

"Stop sulking, Inuyasha. I didn't mean what I said, just it's your fault for getting me so angry."

"It's not my fault!" he said as he flung a fry, which hit her in the nose also. She looked at the thing she used for smelling at first in surprise, then grinned evilly.

"If it's a war you want, then a war you shall have!" she made her declaration as she flung more fries at the already infuriated hanyou. He growled and mirrored her firing of poor fries who never had a chance. Suddenly Inuyasha grabbed her hands and made her stop.

"What, you admit defeat?!"

"Never!" he replied arrogantly as he ran to the counter. He looked quickly behind the it, then, seeing no one, jumped over it and started taking the pre-made fries.

"Inuyasha! What do you think you're doing?!" Kagome hissed at him.

"Nothing..." he said as he placed some money on the counter to pay for the fries. Kagome, deciding what the hell, made him split up the fries evenly. They glared at each other at the middle of the deserted restaurant, then quickly made their ways to opposite ends of the building (Kagome gripping the tables to help her).

"Okay, General Potato. Your troop will be infiltrating the enemy, Dog-Boy's front lines. I'm counting on you!" Kagome whispered to a couple of her fries. She had twisted them together so it looked like a badly drawn stick figure, gluing him together with ketchup. She imagined them as her miniature army and her being the commanding officer.

"AMBUSH!" she heard 'Dog-Boy' yell. She quickly grabbed General Potato and duck under a table, narrowly missing getting hit by the rambunctious fries of enemy troops.

"HA! You're crazy if you think that'll stop me! General Potato, NOW!" she shouted as she launched her troops through the air at Dog-Boy. It soon became a frenzy, pieces of fried potato going everywhere and anywhere. They army-rolled, dived, ducked, missed, got hit, dodged, eluded, sidestepped, evaded, and all of the above in their battle of The Great Fry War. Somehow, as they lay panting, all out of ammo, Inuyasha had captured Kagome's general.

"No! General Potato!" she huffed as she attempted to wrestle him out of Inuyasha's grip. He held him just out of her reach.

"I declare that I am the winner of this war!" he declared as he stuffed half of the fry-man into his mouth, while still managing to smirk at her. Kagome looked at him in horror before suddenly an evil grin placed itself on her lips. She put her hands on his chest, looking him in the eye. His smirk failed him for a moment, uncertain about what she was going to do. She stood on her tiptoes as she leaned in and bit the other half of General Potato that was still sticking out of his mouth. She didn't kiss him - even though he leaned expecting one - but rather pulled back, taking half of her fry general with her.

"We tied," she said simply while swallowing the fries. Inuyasha smirked and bent down and got that kiss he wanted. His ears twitched, catching the sounds of the two workers returning from the back entrance. There was no way he and his Kagome were going to clean this up, so he picked up his girl and bolted for the entrance, just as the workers came back (looking rather tousled up, he may add).

"We should do that again some time," Kagome said once they were a few buildings away.

"I'm not sure that they are going to let us back in," he replied while smirking down at her. She giggled.

"Let's see, that's what, two food fights we've been in slash started? That's awesome!"

"Not to the people who have to pick it up."

"So true. So, this ends The Great Fry War."

"What are you talking about? That was one battle of The Great Fry War!"

"Sounds like fun!"

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haha I crack myself up! I hope I made you laugh as hard as I did! And, I am also very proud of myself because I put absolutely NO angst in there! (Besides poor General Potato.) And SasukeLoverXD, that line was in there...and if you didn't find it...rawr. Other readers, do not be afraid, she knows why, and I would in no way (seriously) hurt my bestest buddy! On a side note, I have a new story out called Your Guardian Angel and I would really appreciate it if you read it! :D?

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