DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: This author has no financial or non-financial relation nor do they possess any right to "Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale" franchise. Full ownership of all characters is the sole intellectual property of Rumiko Takahashi.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Oh spookyfacelady you may be right. He may be crazy but it may just be a spoiler you're looking for. You may be wrong for all you know but you may be right.

Wherever You Will Go


"Do you want me to put something on that?" Kagome asked softly as she glanced up from her lesson plans and noticed him laying in the couch still playing with his wound. Furrowing his brow subtly, he shook his head and lowered his hand.

"It'll heal," he replied softly as he rolled into the couch and buried his face, "Just tired. Maybe that's it."

Kagome chewed her lip for a moment as she weighed letting him be or forcing the issue and ultimately decided that he'd say something if it bothered him. Wouldn't he? And she had always insisted on tending to his wounds even when he insisted he didn't need it. Maybe a bit of old normalcy would help the situation.

"I'm going to put something on it," she murmured affectionately as she scooted her chair back and moved towards the bathroom, "Couldn't hurt."

Collecting what she needed, she came back and gently tugged on his shoulder.

"I'm fine," he muttered even as his lips twitched upwards, "I'm not weak like you dumb humans."

"Well this dumb human is going to put a bandaid on it. It could get infected. You don't know," she teased back and she felt him chuckle softly.

"That's probably fair," he hummed as he sat up and scratched the back of his neck, "I always thought you might've had a point to be honest."

Kagome smiled softly as she gently tilted his head up and began applying some antibacterial cream on the still healing wound. It was strange that it wasn't healing. Usually it would've at least been somewhat puckered although usually that was reserved for more severe injuries.

"Has anything else not been healing?" Kagome asked quietly as she glanced down at his feet, "It didn't hurt you to run did it?"

Inuyasha shook his head and offered her a reassuring albeit strained smile.

"I'm sure it's nothing," he promised as she began wrapping a bandage around his throat, "Probably just not eating enough."

"Has that happened before?" she asked as she glanced at his face and he shrugged in lieu of a response. It hadn't but he wasn't going to worry her more than he already had been. The last thing he wanted right now was to her think he was falling apart physically too. The injury was probably just deeper than they thought. That's all. No need to put more thought into it than was already done.

"Let me know if it happens again," Kagome asked gently as she began putting her supplies away, "Bruises or anything where they shouldn't be, alright?"

Inuyasha snorted and rolled his eyes but didn't argue. He was still all for communicating - although he really was going to try to scale back. He was over sharing and he knew it. She didn't need to know how his mother died. Or any of the other horrible things of horribleness that had happened to him in his lifetime. Not when he was already slowly going insane and trying to...

"You will tell me," Kagome commanded softly as she gave him a look that was half-playful and half-serious. Laughing softly, he nodded and leaned forward to place a kiss on her lips.

"Alright, alright, quit whining and get back to your lesson plans woman," he acquiesced - giving her nose a little nuzzle before pulling back, "I'm just going to be a good boy and watch TV. No injuries for me."

Humming, Kagome gave him a quick peck before standing up and going back to her notebooks. Grabbing the remote and plopping back down, Inuyasha stared intently at the thing before deciding that the topmost button must be to turn it on. Which was correct and he felt a wave of weird pride from figuring it out on his own. Up and down made equal sense and he felt that same strange pride surge through him as he began channel surfing. There were so many different types of plays on this thing. Some rather boring if he was being honest but finally one caught his interest and adjusting himself amber eyes drank in the image of creatures that were both familiar and yet not familiar at all.

"Kagome what are these called?" he asked as he propped himself up to look over the couch and Kagome glanced at the movie before looking down again.

"Dinosaurs," she laughed softly, "They existed millions of years before demons but died out. Maybe you're related."

"How did they die?" he asked curiously as he sat up and Kagome shrugged as she continued scribbling.

"Some people think they got hit by a meteor. A rock from space," she clarified, "Some think it was disease. Or that the world got too hot or too cold. They don't know."

Inuyasha blinked once before seeming to accept that explanation and settling back down. Jurassic Park, as it turned out, was actually rather good but also bothersome. While he didn't understand a lot of what was being explained, he got the gist. A human doctor decided that he was going to make a hybrid frog dinosaur, put them in cages and it ended badly. Who would've guessed? He liked it though and part of him hoped it was based on a true story but unfortunately it wasn't. Or so Kagome said.

"I'm just saying no one knows what happened to demons," Inuyasha laughed playfully as he flipped the piece of steak over the frying pan, "Maybe there was an island. They never opened that park in the movie. For all you know there's an island out there no one knows about and so they made a movie as a way to expose it."

Kagome snorted as she rolled her eyes. Ah, so he was a conspiracy theorist now. About Jurassic freaking Park. But also yay seeming to understand movies and television without having a melt down. If that didn't spell out progress, she wasn't sure what did.

"Just wait until you watch Godzilla," Kagome teased, "Then you'll see. It's all make believe."

"What the hell is a Godzilla?" Inuyasha snorted as he took the frying pan off the burner and used the spatula to put the meat on a plate.

"A giant lizard that tears down the city," Kagome explained smugly and Inuyasha gave her a patient look.

"A giant demon then and you want me to believe that doesn't exist," Inuyasha challenged playfully and Kagome shrugged.

"Demons aren't around nowadays," Kagome countered, "And Tokyo has not been plagued by giant lizards recently so yeah, it's made up."

"I bet you my right arm that Godzilla exists somewhere," Inuyasha countered under his breath as he put the frying pan in the sink, "Just like dinosaur island."

"Whatever you say," Kagome laughed as she sent him a smug smile and tweaked his ear. He merely gave her an amused look.

"You going to finish that rice or what?" he asked bemusedly as he washed his hands and wiped them off. Moving behind her and resting his chin atop her head as he swayed gently with her pulled against his chest.

"It'd be easier if you didn't do that," she countered although she didn't struggle to escape his hold and merely kept doing what she was doing, "Besides I can't really do anything. It's in the cooker and I'm making salad right now so..."

"We don't need vegetables," he purred as he moved to nibble her ear, "I'm hungry for something else now."

"Inuyasha we've got to eat first," Kagome countered breathily and he ignored her as one hand moved to cup her breast.

"No, we've got to eat. We just made food," Kagome argued and finally Inuyasha sighed. Resting his forehead atop her shoulder, she could almost feel his pout when he pulled away.

"Well hurry up then," he groused as he glared impatiently at the rice cooker, "Make it go faster."

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Lesson plans finished and Inuyasha quietly napping fully sated, Kagome took the opportunity to clean up a little. Wiping down the counter. Washing the dishes. Sweeping up. Tomorrow would be interesting but hopefully uneventful. He seemed to be almost normal today. More than normal. It was a welcome relief from the hot mess that had been the last few days. Up until now it seemed like everything she had done had been wrong. But then today he'd been playful and somewhat happy. Sure he wasn't healing like he normally would but he obviously wasn't well and that made sense that his body wasn't in its usual shape. Once he got back into the swing of things, that'd go away and be back to himself. She just needed to be patient and accept the good days along with the bad. Not once today had he mentioned going back. There had been no meltdowns or emotional whiplash events. He hadn't flinched when she spoke and seemed to be breathing easier. Maybe it really had been just culture shock. Just an adjustment period.

God that would be nice if that's all it was.

Sniffing once as she glanced around, she felt satisfied that the house was as good as it was going to get tonight before heading to her closet to pick out a work outfit. Teaching was both a blessing and a curse. She enjoyed it fully and found it very fulfilling. A part of her wondered whether she would feel differently about going into the classroom now that the entire purpose of her studies had been satisfied.

Humming, she shook her head and shrugged at herself. It didn't really matter in the end. She had a job so she could provide. Inuysha was here and doing better. It was going to be alright. Everything was going to be fine.

Outfit successfully picked out, she changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. Amber eyes cracked open and a groggy smile greeted her before he scooted closer and draped one arm around her waist.

"Hey," he whispered thickly.

"Hey."

"I'm glad I'm here ya know," he yawned before pressing his nose against her shoulder, "Sorry for..."

"No need to apologize. You're here. That's all that matters," Kagome comforted as she rolled to face him and he hummed happily as he dragged her closer.

"I love you," he muttered as his eyes drooped and his muscles relaxed.

"Love you too."

It was such a sweet moment. Peaceful and normal and perfect. Like the calm before a storm.