(A/N)Thanks for all the reviews and advice everyone! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!

Disclaim, I'm not Tim Burton and I don't own Inuyasha. But I Own my Imagination

Chapter 3: First Night in Suburbia:

They carefully arrived at Kagome's home, but they suspected a few

neighbors to see, including the young newlywed couple and child that lived next

door to them- Miroku, Sango and Miroku's little step brother, Aaron, but his

nickname was "Shippou" He lived with them because both his parents had died and

Miroku's father didn't have time for him. Miroku's father was the son of a CEO

of a great software company, so his father helped him get a house so he could go

to Collage to become a Priest (Of what kind of Church is up to you) and take

care of Shippou. His wife, Sango, was in collage to be a Zoologist specializing

in big cats but also she was Kagome's best friend. She was only 4 years older

then her. Kagome was also Shippou's favorite babysitter. Inuyasha and Kagome

walked up the cobblestone path that led to the door. Inuyasha just stared at all

the beautiful houses with shinny cars in the driveways, kids playing down the

street, and the smell of someone having a cook-out. Kagome looked on the door

and there was a note from her mother-

Kagome,

I trust you got home on time. I have gone shopping for groceries

and I'm visiting Aiko for awhile. Souta is spending the night at a

friend's and Grandma and Grandpa went to Downtown to pick up their costumes for the festival. We will see you later this evening,

I love you, Sweetie,

Mama

"Well, Inuyasha, just looks like you and I for a while". She opens the door



and walked in, Inuyasha right behind her. It was a very lovely house with a



stairwell practically

right in front of the door. Before the staircase, on the left was the entrance to

the kitchen. On the right was the entrance to the living room. Back around the

staircase was a bathroom, a closet, the washer and dryer and the back door to

the back yard. Upstairs right in front of the staircase was the bathroom The hall

turned 180 degrees and had entrances to 4 bedrooms. Grandma and Grandpa had the

master bedroom, of course. "Make yourself at home! I'll try to make dinner, but

I don't know what hanyous like to eat...hmm, well, you think about it while I go

upstairs real fast." She said and smiled at him. He looked nervous and scared,

yet his eyes shimmered and were wide with wonder. After she went upstairs,

Inuyasha went into the living room. There was a bookshelf with books and DVDs, a

case that hung on the wall with little antique trinkets

from Japan, a large TV, well larger then he had before the house was deemed

"condemned" and the electricity was shut off, and a couch that looked really

fluffy and it had puffy pillows on it. He sat on it and sank in it. He bounced

on it a few times and smiled. He was never allowed to sit on any of the

furniture at the Professor's house. He was only allowed to sit in his assigned

chairs that were usually hard wood and very uncomfortable. Kagome came down stairs,

calling Inuyasha. She came into the living room and smiled when she saw Inuyasha

sitting on the couch, bouncing up and down. He stopped and twitched his ears.

Kagome giggled. He quickly turned around, "Kagome!" he said in shock and

embarrassment. She smiled and sat by him. She had changed her clothes to a

white shirt and a tan skirt. "Inuyasha, do you like it here?" He looked

around with his mouth slightly open and his eyes bright and shiny. He looked at

her, smiled and nodded once, "MMM!" She had a big smile on her face. "I can't

wait for my mother, brother and my Grandparents to meet you." Then she noticed

fear and nervousness in his eyes, "Oh! Don't be nervous! They are very good

people."

After about an hour of watching T.V., The doorbell rang. "Now I wonder who

that could be." Kagome said as she got up from the couch and headed toward the

door "And Inuyasha, please stay right here, okay?" Then she opened it. "Sango-

chan! Miroku-san!" "Konawa, Kagome-chan!" Sango said sweetly as she smiled.

"We saw you bring over a quite unusual-looking guest over here. We were

wondering if we could meet him." Kagome got a bewildered look and did that,

"Geeeh" thing, "A, actually, he's kind of tired and needs to relax an..." She

paused as she noticed they were looking beyond her. She looked back to see

Inuyasha standing there, staring at the young couple. Kagome looked at the

couple, then Inuyasha a few times then blurted out, "Anyone like some tea?"



"So you've been up at that castle almost 10 years?" Sango asked as she took a sip from her tea. "Yes, the professor left, but never came back." He said

sadly. Miroku and Sango looked at each other, sympathetically. "I couldn't

imagine being alone that long." Miroku said as he looked at Inuyasha with a

"listening" face." You are a very strong person, Inuyasha." Inuyasha's got wider,

'Person? He just called me a person?" Then Sango asked the question Kagome was

dreading. "Where did your ears and ect. come from?" Kagome looked directly at

Sango and put her hands on Sango's hand that was free of the tea cup, "Please,

you must not tell anyone, okay? And please don't be scared or anything, okay?

Espeacially you, Miroku-san." Then Miroku and Sango nodded at the same time.

"Okay Inuyasha, tell them." He gulped, "Go ahead," Sango smiled. "Well, I'm a

hanyou, my mother was a human, and...Ah...well, my father was an Inu-youkai"

Sango looked at him, both with their eyes big and their jaws dropped. "I know

Inuyasha meant '"Dog Demon"', but I didn't expect it to be true- well, half

true." Miroku, being a Seminary student felt awkward, the look on his face

showed half awe and half fear. But Kagome came to the rescue, "But the term

"youkai" doesn't necessarily the kind of demon you are probably thinking. You

both lived in Japan for most of your lives, I'd think you'd know that a youkai

can be evil or good- in this case, he's a good...half...Youkai!" She nervously

smiled as she took a sip of tea. It looked as if Miroku and Sango felt a bit

more comfortable. "Inuyasha, do you need some clothes, cause I think you can

borrow some of mine for now," Miroku said generously as he looked at the torn to

shreds, barely hanging together, harori Inuyasha was wearing. "That would be

nice," Inuyasha said with a smirk" Then Miroku smiled, "Okay! I'll bring some

over tomorrow", "That would be great, Miroku-san!" Kagome exclaimed politely.

"Great!" Miroku said, smiling back a Kagome.



Miroku and Sango left just before the sun went down. Kagome smiled at

Inuyasha, "Looks like, you've made more friends Inuyasha!" He had calm

excitement about him as he smiled back at her. Then he yawned. It made Kagome's

heart stop a moment as he revealed his white, long and sharp fangs. But all the

intimidation went away as Inuyasha sad sleepily, "I'm tired, Kagome." She smiled,

"Okay" She led him upstairs into Souta's room. He had a red racecar waterbed. "This my little brother's room. He's sleeping over at a friend's house tonight,

so you can sleep in here, ok?" Inuyasha touched the bed. It waved while making a

"sloshy" noise. But them Kagome looked at Inuyasha's outfit. It was shredded and

dirty and only God knows when the last time it had been washed." Hold on,

Inuyasha, Don't get into bed quite yet, okay? I'll be right back." She left poor

Inuyasha staring at the door. She rummaged through her dresser and closet. She

found her huge grey sweatpants that had a draw string around the waist. She

liked her sleeping clothes to be nice and baggy. Then she found an x-large tee-

shirt that had "Seattle" On it with the Space Needle and the Science Center on

it (A/N- My mom used to own this tee-shirt, lol). She came back into Souta's room

to find Inuyasha playing with some of Souta's "Hot Wheels" toy cars. She laid

his bed attire down on the bed. "You are only about 3 inches taller than me, so I

thought you could fit into these. Tell me after you change, okay?" He smiled as

she closed the door. He looked at the strange clothes, but managed to put them

on.

After he called Kagome back, she came in to find him sitting cross legged sitting on the bed. She was dressed in her night clothes, pink cotton draw-string

shorts and a matching pink baby-tee that said "Precious" on it. She also had a

brush in her hand. Inuyasha saw the brush and asked, "Why do you have that?" She

smiled, "I'd figure you'd want to brush your hair before bed. With long,

beautiful hair like that, I would think you'd take better care of it!" She

handed out the brush to him. He just looked at it blankly. She put her other

hand on her hip, "Do you want me to do it?" He just looked at her blankly as she

crawled behind him, the bed waving them both around. She sat behind him cross-

legged and began at the bottom. She did it so nice and gentle that Inuyasha

sighed. Kagome thought, 'I've never felt hair like this! It's softer than silk!

it's also incredibly thick!' She was finally able to brush from the top of the

back of the head to the end. "How do you like being here with me?" He sat up

straight and blushed. "Uh, it's great! I love it here." Then he whispered, "Thank

you" She stopped and he looked back. She had a surprised, curious look on her

face. He smiled and said, "I've never been accepted before, never liked, never

live in a nice environment, but you... What kind of person are you?" She smiled

and he turned back around to continue having his hair brushed. She worked her

way at the top, but had trouble brushing around his ears. He looked up at her.

She blushed and smiled, embarrassed. "Okay, your hair is nice and brushed, let's

get you into bed, okay?" After he got up, she turned down the covers. He climbed

into the wavy bed. Kagome was giggle on how wobbly it was for him to get in.

After he managed to get in, Kagome covered him. "Where do you sleep?" He asked,

"Well, Inuyasha, I have my own room with my own bed." She got up and turned off

the lamp. "My room it right next to mine, so if you need anything, I'll be right

there, ok? Goodnight, Inuyasha." He slimed, "Goodnight, Kagome" She left and he

snuggled in. Within a few minutes he was asleep.



"Kagome? Mom? Dad?" Kagome's mother called. Both Inuyasha and Kagome were fast asleep. She put down her keys and groceries on the table. The house

was quite so she thought she would just head up straight onto bed. She peeked

into Kagome's room. Of course Kagome was fast asleep. Then on her way to her

bedroom, she spotted a lump in Souta's bed, 'Hmmm, Souta must have gotten sick or

something.' She slowly walked into the room. "Souta?" She whispered. "Souta?" She

touched the lump's shoulder. "Huh?" Inuyasha said as he woke up. Kagome's mother

noticed the dog ears and long white hair, "What the..." Inuyasha looked at her,

heavy-eyed and yawned, of course Kagome's mother saw the fangs,

WhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Her mother started screaming at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha, startled, clawed

the mattress. Leeks sprung up like mini fountains everywhere, Inuyasha was

soaked then the women started throwing stuff. A lamp, some of the toy cars, a

pencil box. "GET OUT YOU MONSTER!!!!!!!! GET OUT NOW!" Inuyasha started making a

noise of his own, but it sounded like snarls and growls. Finally Kagome raced

in., "Mama!" "Kagome! get out of the house! NOW!" "Mama!" "Kagome!" Inuyasha

yelled in desperate need of assistants. Finally Kagome managed to restrain her

mother. "Wha..wha... What is that thing? Kagome went over to Inuyasha and helped

him up "Mama, I'd like for you to meet Inuyasha." Her mom just stared at the wet

mass of white hair, till he cleared it from his eyes. Her mother saw his claws.

"Kagome? What is he doing here?" "Mama, I'll explain everything" Kagome turned

on the overhead light. Kagome's mother saw a boy, but yet he wasn't a boy. "Don't

worry, Mama, He won't hurt you." Then Inuyasha started to shiver. Kagome went up to

and took him by the shoulders, "Come on, Inuyasha. Let's get you all dry".

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Kagome's mother just stood there in shock.

Inuyasha sat in the living room with a towel draped around his waist,

(A/N- Don't drool, Keyboards are expensive ;) ) Waiting for his clothes to dry

in the dryer. He was playing with the cat, Buyo. Kagome sat in the kitchen with

her grandparents and Mother. "How sad!" Kagome's mother said after hearing the

whole story. "Please let him stay here. He needs a family." But Grandpa said,

"It's bad luck to keep something with demonic background in the house. Our home

will be cursed." Kagome stood up fast and pounded on the table, "How dare you

say something like that!" Inuyasha was listening to the whole conversation, but

his ears tweaked when he heard Kagome, "He is not some evil spirit out to

destroy humanity! He's a person, with a heart and feelings! He had no choice to

what he is! Because of that, he has been alone all his life! I can't..."

"Kagome!" Her mother said in shock, due to the heart her daughter has and her

outburst. "Grandma Kaede?' Kaede looked down, "I don't know what to say, Your

grandfather is the head of the household." She looked at her bewildered

grandfather and said, "I wanted him to have love, friends, and a family. No one

should be denied of that!" Kagome stomped with tears ready to come out from her

eyes, Her Grandfather was speechless, but sighed and said, "If there is any

bad luck on this house, he has to leave." Her eyes lit up as she ran to kiss her

grandfather on the cheek. "Thank you!" Meanwhile, in the Living room, "Kagome!

She actually fought for me? defended me? What is this girl? She's not like any

human I've met... I'm getting a new feeling I've never had before...my heart

feels ...warm."

"Okay Inuyasha, You can sleep in here" Kagome's mother said as on of the

couched in the living room had a pull-out bed. "I'm sorry," Inuyasha said, "For

what?" Her Mother asked, "...I didn't mean to scare you like that..." " ... Oh!

Don't worry about it! It's all in the past!" She smiled warmly at him. "Now, you

can watch T.V. and if you read, there are some good books on that book shelf. If

you need anything, Kagome and I are upstairs, okay?" He smiled as he climbed

into bed. "Goodnight" He said. "Goodnight, Have good dreams," She said with a

smile as she left. He laid there, staring out the window. It was a half moon. '

I've waited so long for a family...and friends... and' He thought about her face.

The beautiful face of what he was almost convinced was an angel. "Kagome" He

whispered

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heheheh- a longer chapter- A few familiar Edward Scissorhands scenes:) Well, I took the spacing advice, I think it's easier to read now too!:) Keep those reviews a comin'!This next week July 1rst -5th, my sis and best friend are going to be here so I dunno if I'll update must- if at all. But I soooooooooooo thank you for the reviews! they make me all warm and fuzzy inside! LOL

Oh and if you think the brushing the hair was sappy, I kinda saw it as when peg does Edward's make-up.... In a weird...U dunno way..... Sorry I thought it was cool, LOL

Next chapter- Encounter with Kagome's Friends!