Disclaimer: see chapter one. 'I don't own Inuyasha' is what you'll probably
find there.
(A/N: It's Sunday... I'm grounded... and I can't go see my friends. I hate my parents and I think I'm going to call Child Line because they're making me clean the house. It's Abuse! Anyway, since I have a lot of time on my hands I get to write - my favourite hobby ^_^.)
Two-Faced
The Introduction
Kagome sat on the bed, cross-legged as she combed her freshly washed hair repeatedly. She was bored... so she hadn't much else to do.
Her father was sitting at his laptop, half tapping out a letter and half chatting on the phone to one of his associates. Kagome sighed and continued combing her hair. Perhaps she'd be able to sweet talk one of bodyguards into buying her an ice cream tub from the restaurant downstairs... but one look at those guys and she reckoned she'd need much more than long lashes to get those lugs to leave her alone for five minutes.
Soon, faint whistling could be heard from outside and Kagome glanced towards the window and spotted a window-cleaner rising up on the scaffolding to clean their window. He waved cheerfully and carried on whistling as he set about sponging the glass.
"Thanks again - yeah... of course!... Bye now." Her father hung up the phone and sighed.
Kagome watched him get back to diverting his full attention on the computer before him and rolled her eyes. "Dad?"
"Yes, honey?"
"Do you really think it's a good idea to send a kid to look after me?" she asked, for what was probably the fifth time that day. "After what happened yesterday at the port-"
"Like I said - he's an unusual boy." Her father didn't even bother glancing round at her.
Kagome thought 'unusual' was putting it lightly. "He'll get blown up immediately! How will Mr Kosaka thank you for killing his son then?"
"He won't get blown up - don't be daft." Her father swivelled in his chair to face her.
"The last guy did." She pointed out.
Her father pulled a face. "He was incompetent."
"Nice to know you honour the dead, dad." She said frostily.
"Sorry, honey... would it make you feel better if you knew a little more about him?" he asked.
"No."
"Well, he's a little older than you-"
"I know that - but I think you're missing my point here-"
"Long white hair - half demon, you know."
"I know! What I'm trying to say is-"
"And an orphan."
"I knew that... wait... no I didn't..." Kagome frowned at him and set down her comb to lean forward. "How come he's an orphan if his father's Mr Kosaka?"
"I'm surprised you didn't know." Her father smiled teasingly. "His real father was a demon... not quite sure which one but a demon nonetheless. Married his mother and they had Inuyasha - and you know his mother."
"Mrs Kosaka - that famous politician." Kagome had never been a huge fan of politics. She'd never liked the fact her father's work seemed to occupy all of his time.
"Yes - and unfortunately when Inuyasha's father was killed by other demons, she eventually remarried to Mr Kosaka..."
"Oh... so he's his stepfather." Kagome realised and sat back.
"And then his mother was killed by demons... so you can understand how Inuyasha would want to help your cause?"
"To commit genocide?" Kagome asked sarcastically.
"He's more likely to embrace his human side, I assure you. He's been nothing but faithful to his step mother and step father." Her father ignored her remark.
"Dad - I don't need a new bodyguard." She protested and stood up, looking out the window that was still being cleaned. "I've only ever been attacked four times in the space of fifteen years."
"So what happens when it's the fifth time and I heeded your words and left you unprotected."
"That wouldn't happen. If there wasn't so much protection around me then people wouldn't think that I was something that needed protection and try to hurt me." She saw her father's blank look. "I suppose..."
"This isn't your decision, Kagome." He warned.
"Dad, I can't go anywhere and have fun... I don't WANT another guard!" she clenched her fists and turned away from him. "I know we've been through this before but you just don't listen to me!"
"Kagome! Demons are everywhere! They can disguise themselves as humans - they could be anyone! What you need is someone we can really trust to be faithful." He told her seriously.
"How 'bout that window cleaner?" Kagome smiled and waved at the happy whistler. "But then again... he could be a demon too, right?"
At her words the bodyguards present suddenly stepped in front of the window, blocking her from view, and got very puzzled looks from the cleaner. Kagome sighed and looked back at her dead sadly. "See? I can't even smile at anyone anymore..."
Her father took pity for once. "Ok... look... if you agree to having Mr Kosaka's son, then he'll be the only bodyguard you'll need. The others can go."
Kagome stared at him. "You mean that?"
"It's what you want isn't it?" her father smiled sadly. "But you have to promise to stick by him and so on... no running away. He can protect you better than ten of these goons."
There he went again, talking like the bodyguards were just machines to dispose of as he wished. Didn't these guys have feelings too? She glanced back at their vacant expressions. Maybe they didn't even have brains...
"Ok... but just him - no one else." She nodded.
"Agreed." He swivelled back to his laptop. "Now, I really have to concentrate on this letter I have to finish - try not to make too much noise."
As if she was ever noisy. She'd been hushed up since she was a toddler, so that wasn't about to change. So she just sat back down on the bed and began to comb her hair all over again.
^_^
This was just to perfect. How many people had the opportunity to be SO close to her...
"So you're saying I should take the job?" Inuyasha frowned as he held the phone close to his ear and spoke quietly. "Even though she could kill me at any moment."
"I doubt she would do that if she thought you were there to protect her." Sesshomaru replied evenly. Even though Inuyasha couldn't see his expression, he thought it was safe to assume it was totally deadpan. "But make sure you kill her the first opportunity you get. We can't have her continuing to live, understand?"
Inuyasha just grunted a reply when he heard footsteps approaching down the hall. He didn't even say goodbye to his brother, he just hung up. Just then his father walked in with her personal assistant and his latest wife.
"Ready to go, son?" he asked Inuyasha with a big smile.
Inuyasha just rolled his eyes sullenly. "If I have to."
His father's assistant and wife went off ahead as Inuyasha followed them. He was pulled to an abrupt halt when his stepfather's hand shot out and grabbed his shoulder firmly. "If you mess this up, you'll have a lot to pay for."
"Meaning?" Inuyasha scowled.
"Meaning you will be civil and polite and do your job correctly! Mr Higurashi is one of the most powerful politicians in the government - if you screw about with his daughter it'll be my head on the block, got that?"
"Now there's a picture I'd like to see." Inuyasha shook him off. "Relax, I'm not an idiot. Do you know how much I'm getting paid for this?"
"More than I earn in a month I expect." His father grumbled and shoved past him.
"As if I'd want to screw around with that bitch." Inuyasha said quietly to himself.
^_^
Kagome tapped her fingers against her thigh nervously. She was all alone in her father's hotel room. Well... all alone except for the seven or so trained Neanderthals over there. But for the amount of conversation and company she got out of them, she might as well be alone.
Suddenly the door opened and she glanced up as her father entered with a happy smile. He turned to the bodyguards. "You're all dismissed."
'You're all fired' was another way of putting that and Kagome's dread increased. Out of her life went her current oppressors - and another one was about to come in.
Once they were all gone Kagome found she could breathe a little easier... but then her father turned back out the door. "Alright, show them in."
Kagome watched with a light frown as a few people she'd never seen before entered - probably business associates - followed by Mr Kosaka... and then the younger Mr Kosaka.
Her heart stopped momentarily, and she felt her face heat up the moment his gaze landed on hers. It wasn't that she was flushed or embarrassed... it was just the way that boy was looking at her made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Honey, this is Inuyasha Kosaka, the guy I told you about." Her father made her stand up. Kagome rolled her eyes, making a point to look away, as if she'd ever forget this guy with how much her father talked about him. "Inuyasha, this is my daughter Kagome."
"Pleasure." Kagome said absently and stalk out her hand. There was a long, LONG pause before someone nudged Inuyasha forward.
He rolled his eyes like she had just done. "It's all mine." He shook her hand bluntly.
Nice cool palms... slightly warm, Kagome noted. He didn't seem as nervous as she was about meeting each other. She dared to look up briefly to check out his profile and noticed he was also making a point to look anywhere except at her. She took the brief opportunity to take in his features, noticing how strange and different he looked from both demons AND humans... yet he seemed a fine enough specimen in either case.
His eyes snapped back to her and he scowled, making her flush and look away again. Anyone would think he despised her. But that was impossible, since they'd only just met and he was getting a LOT of money to guard her.
"As I was telling you before, Kagome," her father turned to his daughter happily. "Inuyasha has excelled at all levels of physical endurance. He can even lift... say... seven thousand pounds with each arm?" he glanced at Mr Kosaka who nodded proudly.
Kagome, feeling fed-up already, just flicked some lint off her sleeve and sighed. "I'm sure I've seen better."
Inuyasha's distaste for Kagome was growing by the second. "Have you ever tried to lift seven thousand pounds before?" he scowled at her.
"Can't say I have..." Kagome smiled placidly back.
"Let's just say it's like lifting two elephants - one on each arm." He smirked.
Kagome didn't let the surprise show on her face. She really hadn't been impressed... until he'd put it in lamen's terms for her. Instead she just quirked a smile and looked away. "I'm pretty sure a monkey in the same clothes could do the job just as well." She told her father.
Her father smiled but mentally was banging his head against a brick wall. They hadn't been together five minutes before they'd been making jabs at each other... this didn't look promising.
Mr Kosaka on the other hand was feeling much better. Chemistry! Was what he concluded was going on between the two.
"So after what happened yesterday, Inuyasha, I've decided it's necessary for my daughter to have some special protection." Mr Kosaka said tightly. "I'm sure you'll do fine."
"Oh yeah... the car bombing incident." He smiled lightly at Kagome. "Pure genius who came up with that plan."
"Not really, seeing as the moron failed to kill me twice." Kagome tossed back, using anything to disagree with him on.
The other adults in the room watched with their own mixture of growing dread and anxiety. At this rate they were going to be more worried about whether or not they would survive each other's company rather than any assassination attempts.
"Well..." Mr Kosaka concluded. "I think we should leave you two to get to know each other better. Inuyasha - you're first assignment can be to escort Kagome to her room."
"Yeah, like that would be hard." He snorted and started to lead the way.
"You'll have no idea." Kagome muttered as she bade goodnight to the business people and idly followed Inuyasha, deliberately going slowly.
When Inuyasha noticed she was lagging he turned with annoyance to face her. "What's the problem?" he asked impatiently.
"Blisters..." she sighed loudly. "I walked a whole five metres by myself this morning and look where it got me..."
She was only messing him around... damn... and his father was worried that he'd be the one doing it to her.
"Would you get a move on? I don't have all night." He folded his arms impatiently as she gradually caught up and moved ahead of him. He followed her, making sure she didn't go off course. It occurred to him that she was less than a metre away from him... all he had to do was reach out... then he'd be a hero to thousands.
Way to be obvious though. It wouldn't look good if she was mysteriously strangled after being ten minutes alone with him. And after the introduction back in there, there would be no way he would get off free for it. He could be patient and wait. But right now he was fast losing his patience with her speed.
"Could you be any slower?" he hissed angrily and placed his hands on her shoulders to get her moving. Kagome genuinely flinched.
"What the hell do you think you're doing! You can't touch me!" she yelped, twisting away from him quickly.
"Watch me." He grabbed her arm and started to haul her along faster. "Which is your room anyway?"
"Back that way." She grinned and jerked her head back the way they'd just been. "We missed the turn about five minutes ago."
"Oh for the love of..." he dragged her back along the corridor.
"You can't treat me this way!" Kagome half-cried out, but secretly she was just doing it to make him squirm. "I could have you done for abuse!"
"Which room number?" he asked bluntly.
"Eight, four, two." She said simply.
He pulled them to a stop outside her hotel room and held his hand out for the card. She handed it over grudgingly and watched him open it for her. Then she noticed that he was expecting her to walk through the door first.
"What?" she looked at him expectantly. "You don't expect me to walk in there first, do you? What if there's a mad axe man waiting behind the door to kill me?"
"I can only hope." He remarked before shoving her through the door.
Of course there wasn't going to be anyone in there, but Kagome made a point of looking around just in case, since it didn't seem to be high on Inuyasha's list of priorities. His priorities included the television and the sofa. Kagome just rolled her eyes as he made himself comfortable. He really had some cheek about him...
"I'm going to bed." She remarked pointedly and flounced off.
"Scream if anything happens." He called after her absently as she slammed her door.
^_^
It must have been the middle of the night - just when Inuyasha was beginning to drift off to sleep after watching three hours of a German soap. He didn't fancy seeing much more of Hilda and Hans stealing babies from the hospital.
Inuyasha's eyes were just about falling closed when a piercing scream jolted him from his doze. He was up in flash and had barged through Kagome's door before he was really awake yet. "What?"
"Oh go away!" she growled. "I was just practising."
Maybe he should rethink this whole idea of agreeing to be her bodyguard.
(A/N: I promise the whole prophecy thing will be explained better in later chapters ^_^)
(A/N: It's Sunday... I'm grounded... and I can't go see my friends. I hate my parents and I think I'm going to call Child Line because they're making me clean the house. It's Abuse! Anyway, since I have a lot of time on my hands I get to write - my favourite hobby ^_^.)
Two-Faced
The Introduction
Kagome sat on the bed, cross-legged as she combed her freshly washed hair repeatedly. She was bored... so she hadn't much else to do.
Her father was sitting at his laptop, half tapping out a letter and half chatting on the phone to one of his associates. Kagome sighed and continued combing her hair. Perhaps she'd be able to sweet talk one of bodyguards into buying her an ice cream tub from the restaurant downstairs... but one look at those guys and she reckoned she'd need much more than long lashes to get those lugs to leave her alone for five minutes.
Soon, faint whistling could be heard from outside and Kagome glanced towards the window and spotted a window-cleaner rising up on the scaffolding to clean their window. He waved cheerfully and carried on whistling as he set about sponging the glass.
"Thanks again - yeah... of course!... Bye now." Her father hung up the phone and sighed.
Kagome watched him get back to diverting his full attention on the computer before him and rolled her eyes. "Dad?"
"Yes, honey?"
"Do you really think it's a good idea to send a kid to look after me?" she asked, for what was probably the fifth time that day. "After what happened yesterday at the port-"
"Like I said - he's an unusual boy." Her father didn't even bother glancing round at her.
Kagome thought 'unusual' was putting it lightly. "He'll get blown up immediately! How will Mr Kosaka thank you for killing his son then?"
"He won't get blown up - don't be daft." Her father swivelled in his chair to face her.
"The last guy did." She pointed out.
Her father pulled a face. "He was incompetent."
"Nice to know you honour the dead, dad." She said frostily.
"Sorry, honey... would it make you feel better if you knew a little more about him?" he asked.
"No."
"Well, he's a little older than you-"
"I know that - but I think you're missing my point here-"
"Long white hair - half demon, you know."
"I know! What I'm trying to say is-"
"And an orphan."
"I knew that... wait... no I didn't..." Kagome frowned at him and set down her comb to lean forward. "How come he's an orphan if his father's Mr Kosaka?"
"I'm surprised you didn't know." Her father smiled teasingly. "His real father was a demon... not quite sure which one but a demon nonetheless. Married his mother and they had Inuyasha - and you know his mother."
"Mrs Kosaka - that famous politician." Kagome had never been a huge fan of politics. She'd never liked the fact her father's work seemed to occupy all of his time.
"Yes - and unfortunately when Inuyasha's father was killed by other demons, she eventually remarried to Mr Kosaka..."
"Oh... so he's his stepfather." Kagome realised and sat back.
"And then his mother was killed by demons... so you can understand how Inuyasha would want to help your cause?"
"To commit genocide?" Kagome asked sarcastically.
"He's more likely to embrace his human side, I assure you. He's been nothing but faithful to his step mother and step father." Her father ignored her remark.
"Dad - I don't need a new bodyguard." She protested and stood up, looking out the window that was still being cleaned. "I've only ever been attacked four times in the space of fifteen years."
"So what happens when it's the fifth time and I heeded your words and left you unprotected."
"That wouldn't happen. If there wasn't so much protection around me then people wouldn't think that I was something that needed protection and try to hurt me." She saw her father's blank look. "I suppose..."
"This isn't your decision, Kagome." He warned.
"Dad, I can't go anywhere and have fun... I don't WANT another guard!" she clenched her fists and turned away from him. "I know we've been through this before but you just don't listen to me!"
"Kagome! Demons are everywhere! They can disguise themselves as humans - they could be anyone! What you need is someone we can really trust to be faithful." He told her seriously.
"How 'bout that window cleaner?" Kagome smiled and waved at the happy whistler. "But then again... he could be a demon too, right?"
At her words the bodyguards present suddenly stepped in front of the window, blocking her from view, and got very puzzled looks from the cleaner. Kagome sighed and looked back at her dead sadly. "See? I can't even smile at anyone anymore..."
Her father took pity for once. "Ok... look... if you agree to having Mr Kosaka's son, then he'll be the only bodyguard you'll need. The others can go."
Kagome stared at him. "You mean that?"
"It's what you want isn't it?" her father smiled sadly. "But you have to promise to stick by him and so on... no running away. He can protect you better than ten of these goons."
There he went again, talking like the bodyguards were just machines to dispose of as he wished. Didn't these guys have feelings too? She glanced back at their vacant expressions. Maybe they didn't even have brains...
"Ok... but just him - no one else." She nodded.
"Agreed." He swivelled back to his laptop. "Now, I really have to concentrate on this letter I have to finish - try not to make too much noise."
As if she was ever noisy. She'd been hushed up since she was a toddler, so that wasn't about to change. So she just sat back down on the bed and began to comb her hair all over again.
^_^
This was just to perfect. How many people had the opportunity to be SO close to her...
"So you're saying I should take the job?" Inuyasha frowned as he held the phone close to his ear and spoke quietly. "Even though she could kill me at any moment."
"I doubt she would do that if she thought you were there to protect her." Sesshomaru replied evenly. Even though Inuyasha couldn't see his expression, he thought it was safe to assume it was totally deadpan. "But make sure you kill her the first opportunity you get. We can't have her continuing to live, understand?"
Inuyasha just grunted a reply when he heard footsteps approaching down the hall. He didn't even say goodbye to his brother, he just hung up. Just then his father walked in with her personal assistant and his latest wife.
"Ready to go, son?" he asked Inuyasha with a big smile.
Inuyasha just rolled his eyes sullenly. "If I have to."
His father's assistant and wife went off ahead as Inuyasha followed them. He was pulled to an abrupt halt when his stepfather's hand shot out and grabbed his shoulder firmly. "If you mess this up, you'll have a lot to pay for."
"Meaning?" Inuyasha scowled.
"Meaning you will be civil and polite and do your job correctly! Mr Higurashi is one of the most powerful politicians in the government - if you screw about with his daughter it'll be my head on the block, got that?"
"Now there's a picture I'd like to see." Inuyasha shook him off. "Relax, I'm not an idiot. Do you know how much I'm getting paid for this?"
"More than I earn in a month I expect." His father grumbled and shoved past him.
"As if I'd want to screw around with that bitch." Inuyasha said quietly to himself.
^_^
Kagome tapped her fingers against her thigh nervously. She was all alone in her father's hotel room. Well... all alone except for the seven or so trained Neanderthals over there. But for the amount of conversation and company she got out of them, she might as well be alone.
Suddenly the door opened and she glanced up as her father entered with a happy smile. He turned to the bodyguards. "You're all dismissed."
'You're all fired' was another way of putting that and Kagome's dread increased. Out of her life went her current oppressors - and another one was about to come in.
Once they were all gone Kagome found she could breathe a little easier... but then her father turned back out the door. "Alright, show them in."
Kagome watched with a light frown as a few people she'd never seen before entered - probably business associates - followed by Mr Kosaka... and then the younger Mr Kosaka.
Her heart stopped momentarily, and she felt her face heat up the moment his gaze landed on hers. It wasn't that she was flushed or embarrassed... it was just the way that boy was looking at her made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Honey, this is Inuyasha Kosaka, the guy I told you about." Her father made her stand up. Kagome rolled her eyes, making a point to look away, as if she'd ever forget this guy with how much her father talked about him. "Inuyasha, this is my daughter Kagome."
"Pleasure." Kagome said absently and stalk out her hand. There was a long, LONG pause before someone nudged Inuyasha forward.
He rolled his eyes like she had just done. "It's all mine." He shook her hand bluntly.
Nice cool palms... slightly warm, Kagome noted. He didn't seem as nervous as she was about meeting each other. She dared to look up briefly to check out his profile and noticed he was also making a point to look anywhere except at her. She took the brief opportunity to take in his features, noticing how strange and different he looked from both demons AND humans... yet he seemed a fine enough specimen in either case.
His eyes snapped back to her and he scowled, making her flush and look away again. Anyone would think he despised her. But that was impossible, since they'd only just met and he was getting a LOT of money to guard her.
"As I was telling you before, Kagome," her father turned to his daughter happily. "Inuyasha has excelled at all levels of physical endurance. He can even lift... say... seven thousand pounds with each arm?" he glanced at Mr Kosaka who nodded proudly.
Kagome, feeling fed-up already, just flicked some lint off her sleeve and sighed. "I'm sure I've seen better."
Inuyasha's distaste for Kagome was growing by the second. "Have you ever tried to lift seven thousand pounds before?" he scowled at her.
"Can't say I have..." Kagome smiled placidly back.
"Let's just say it's like lifting two elephants - one on each arm." He smirked.
Kagome didn't let the surprise show on her face. She really hadn't been impressed... until he'd put it in lamen's terms for her. Instead she just quirked a smile and looked away. "I'm pretty sure a monkey in the same clothes could do the job just as well." She told her father.
Her father smiled but mentally was banging his head against a brick wall. They hadn't been together five minutes before they'd been making jabs at each other... this didn't look promising.
Mr Kosaka on the other hand was feeling much better. Chemistry! Was what he concluded was going on between the two.
"So after what happened yesterday, Inuyasha, I've decided it's necessary for my daughter to have some special protection." Mr Kosaka said tightly. "I'm sure you'll do fine."
"Oh yeah... the car bombing incident." He smiled lightly at Kagome. "Pure genius who came up with that plan."
"Not really, seeing as the moron failed to kill me twice." Kagome tossed back, using anything to disagree with him on.
The other adults in the room watched with their own mixture of growing dread and anxiety. At this rate they were going to be more worried about whether or not they would survive each other's company rather than any assassination attempts.
"Well..." Mr Kosaka concluded. "I think we should leave you two to get to know each other better. Inuyasha - you're first assignment can be to escort Kagome to her room."
"Yeah, like that would be hard." He snorted and started to lead the way.
"You'll have no idea." Kagome muttered as she bade goodnight to the business people and idly followed Inuyasha, deliberately going slowly.
When Inuyasha noticed she was lagging he turned with annoyance to face her. "What's the problem?" he asked impatiently.
"Blisters..." she sighed loudly. "I walked a whole five metres by myself this morning and look where it got me..."
She was only messing him around... damn... and his father was worried that he'd be the one doing it to her.
"Would you get a move on? I don't have all night." He folded his arms impatiently as she gradually caught up and moved ahead of him. He followed her, making sure she didn't go off course. It occurred to him that she was less than a metre away from him... all he had to do was reach out... then he'd be a hero to thousands.
Way to be obvious though. It wouldn't look good if she was mysteriously strangled after being ten minutes alone with him. And after the introduction back in there, there would be no way he would get off free for it. He could be patient and wait. But right now he was fast losing his patience with her speed.
"Could you be any slower?" he hissed angrily and placed his hands on her shoulders to get her moving. Kagome genuinely flinched.
"What the hell do you think you're doing! You can't touch me!" she yelped, twisting away from him quickly.
"Watch me." He grabbed her arm and started to haul her along faster. "Which is your room anyway?"
"Back that way." She grinned and jerked her head back the way they'd just been. "We missed the turn about five minutes ago."
"Oh for the love of..." he dragged her back along the corridor.
"You can't treat me this way!" Kagome half-cried out, but secretly she was just doing it to make him squirm. "I could have you done for abuse!"
"Which room number?" he asked bluntly.
"Eight, four, two." She said simply.
He pulled them to a stop outside her hotel room and held his hand out for the card. She handed it over grudgingly and watched him open it for her. Then she noticed that he was expecting her to walk through the door first.
"What?" she looked at him expectantly. "You don't expect me to walk in there first, do you? What if there's a mad axe man waiting behind the door to kill me?"
"I can only hope." He remarked before shoving her through the door.
Of course there wasn't going to be anyone in there, but Kagome made a point of looking around just in case, since it didn't seem to be high on Inuyasha's list of priorities. His priorities included the television and the sofa. Kagome just rolled her eyes as he made himself comfortable. He really had some cheek about him...
"I'm going to bed." She remarked pointedly and flounced off.
"Scream if anything happens." He called after her absently as she slammed her door.
^_^
It must have been the middle of the night - just when Inuyasha was beginning to drift off to sleep after watching three hours of a German soap. He didn't fancy seeing much more of Hilda and Hans stealing babies from the hospital.
Inuyasha's eyes were just about falling closed when a piercing scream jolted him from his doze. He was up in flash and had barged through Kagome's door before he was really awake yet. "What?"
"Oh go away!" she growled. "I was just practising."
Maybe he should rethink this whole idea of agreeing to be her bodyguard.
(A/N: I promise the whole prophecy thing will be explained better in later chapters ^_^)