It's been about three days since Kagome had left and Inu-Yasha began sulking. Really. How could that wench not come back yet?????? He swore if she didn't come around by noon, he'll go and get her himself. Just how many times did he have to go and GET her? Inu-Yasha sighed.
***
"Umm…Buyo, which shirt should I wear for my date with Hojo?" Kagome asked her cat, holding up two blue shirts of different shades.
"Meow…" Kagome sighed. What'd she expect? For her cat to TALK to her? This isn't feudal Japan, not with kitsunes and demons. Now that she's finally away from that stuff, she almost misses it. Kagome laughed at herself. Suddenly, she caught a fleeting motion near the Bone-Eater's Well. A unmistakable image of red. She was about to go look when the doorbell rang.
***
Inu-Yasha jumped into Kagome's room. She wasn't there, but two different blue shirts lay on her bed.
"Looks like she's dressing up for something," he thought. He looked around; the room hasn't changed much since he was here last.
No wonder. He hasn't quite given her time to come back, has he? His eyes fell upon the algebra book Kagome was studying from. A pang of guilt struck him. Maybe he had pushed her too hard? So this is all that she had time to do when she came back to her own time? Well, maybe…it isn't all THAT hard?
Inu-Yasha tried to make sense of it.
"What the heck? 'Pythagorean Theorem will allow you to find the distance?' Since when?" The door opened and Inu-Yasha jerked up from Kagome's bed.
"And this is my room. Hojo? You OK?" Kagome asked, surprised by Hojo's spellbound look.
"Who are you?" Inu-Yasha and Hojo asked in unison. Kagome started upon hearing Inu-Yasha's voice. Even though she had seen him near the well, she didn't think that he would be here-not that fast!
"Well, yeah, like as if! Inu-Yasha's fast with just about everything he does. A half-demon anyway," Kagome thought to herself. (If this were in anime, a sweat drop would have already appeared.)
"Uh…Inu-Yasha, this is Hojo. Hojo, this is Inu-Yasha." Hojo offered his hand to Inu-Yasha even though he was wondering what this boy, with dog-like ears, was doing on his date's bed. Evidently, Inu-Yasha doesn't think much of names because he definitely did not move to shake hands.
"Sure. Hojo, was it? Just WHO are you?" Inu-Yasha asked, scowling.
"Inu-Yasha!"
"What, Kagome?"
"Be nicer to Hojo! He's my date, OK?" Inu-Yasha's head jerked towards, away from Hojo for the first time since the door opened. Kagome blushed crimson.
"Excuse me?" Inu-Yasha said coldly. All feelings of guilt now vanished from inside him. So. While everyone else was waiting and injured, she was here enjoying herself! Who gave her permission to come back and go out on a date ANYWAY?
Kagome sensed a storm coming. She knew exactly what Inu-Yasha's thinking. He can go and enjoy himself with Kikyo and hold up everyone else, leave her behind but she can't go out on a date for the scarce time she is actually back in HER time? Who does he think he is? She left because of him in the first place. Hold on…no, she didn't!
"No. No. It's just the part about him and Kikyo, not the leaving part. Right, I can go out with Hojo 'cause he spends time with Kikyo. Nothing else," Kagome thought determinedly to herself.
"Hojo, is it?" Inu-Yasha asked. *oh ever so civilly ^_^* "Can you excuse us for a sec?" Inu-Yasha took hold of Kagome's arm and pushed him out the door and slammed the door in his face without waiting for his reply. Kagome fought out of his grip.
"What the heck are you doing? You know what he would think with you holding me like that?"
"Oh. You never flinched when you traveled on my back in the Warring States," Inu-Yasha replied coolly, even though his insides flamed with fury. "Well, you can't go on the date."
"What?" Kagome screamed, shocked. "Since when do YOU get to decide what I do?"
"Well…Sango, Shippo and Miroku are injured and we still have more shards to collect. We can't hold up and loosen the security because of you!"
"My. My. You're a half-demon and you've got the Tetsusaiga. I think that I'm right in saying that you are more than capable of protecting a self-defensive monk, a demon-slaying warrior and a kitsunes!" Kagome shouted angrily. "I've never went against you seeing Kikyo. Why should you get to decide that I can't go out on a date when I'm back in my own time, huh?" A sharp knock came on the door.
"Kagome, you need any help in there?" Hojo's anxious voice came through the door. Before she could reply, Inu-Yasha had already marched over to the door and grabbed Hojo. Kagome stood there, dumb-founded, until Inu-Yasha came back and locked the door.
"What did you do with him?" Kagome asked.
"Tried to flush him down that thing you humans call a toilet. Didn't quite work so I locked him into the bathroom."
"INU-YASHA! SIT!" Inu-Yasha hit the ground, back recovered fast enough to stop Kagome from going to the bathroom.
"Well, I guess you only don't want to come back because I left you in that forest that day, huh? Well, stop being so selfish. Kikyo was in danger."
"S-S-Selfish?" Kagome had to choke out her words in anger. Selfish. Yeah, right. She's selfish. AS IF. He was the selfish one.
"Besides, we need you to collect the shards. We don't have time to loose."
"You know what? Inu-Yasha, you are absolutely stupid aren't you? Huh?"
"What?" Inu-Yasha asked, taken aback.
"You just need me for the sixth sense I have for the shards. But I am only a mere reincarnation of the woman you love. Go ask Kikyo. She can see the shards much better than me," Kagome said. "Besides, she can fend for herself and would just love to hang off of you every time you guys go somewhere."
"So this is about Kikyo? Really? She's already died once, I don't want to put her in danger again." Kagome snorted.
"Yeah, and I am just worthless enough that it's OK to sacrifice my safety? Well, I'm sorry but, I don't think among the same lines. But, if you get lonely waiting for me, this oughta help. Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"
"Wait!!!! Ow! Ow! Kagome!"
"Just a tip. You love Kikyo, so why do you hang around and annoy me all the time. Might make her jealous. She's got all and, maybe more, of the qualities I have. I am her reincarnation, after all." With that, Kagome closed her door and headed towards the bathroom without a backwards glance.
Inu-Yasha reflected on what she said. Kikyo did…ow…ask me about whether I loved Kagome. Ow. Could Kagome be right about Kikyo? But…ow…why do I hang around her so much? I know Kikyo can sense the shards, maybe better than her. Ow. Kikyo would help now that she knows the truth, but…ow…it just feels so natural to talk and work with Kagome. Kikyo seems like a dream. What happened 50 years ago merely seems like a nightmare. I forget that stuff…ow…when I'm with Kagome. She makes others feel so happy and light, but, with Kikyo, I feel burdened. I constantly think about Kagome's safety. But…ow…it can't be. She's right. She never interfered between Kikyo and me, why should I interfere between her and that Ho-person?
"Because, she doesn't belong with him," a small voice in his heart answered.
"Then where DOES she belong?" Inu-Yasha asked out loud. However scared he was of the answer, he knew what he wanted to say.
"…with me," he whispered softly. However, his wonderful flashbacks of Kagome's soft nature were cut short by the SIT's he had not yet complied with.
***
"Umm…Buyo, which shirt should I wear for my date with Hojo?" Kagome asked her cat, holding up two blue shirts of different shades.
"Meow…" Kagome sighed. What'd she expect? For her cat to TALK to her? This isn't feudal Japan, not with kitsunes and demons. Now that she's finally away from that stuff, she almost misses it. Kagome laughed at herself. Suddenly, she caught a fleeting motion near the Bone-Eater's Well. A unmistakable image of red. She was about to go look when the doorbell rang.
***
Inu-Yasha jumped into Kagome's room. She wasn't there, but two different blue shirts lay on her bed.
"Looks like she's dressing up for something," he thought. He looked around; the room hasn't changed much since he was here last.
No wonder. He hasn't quite given her time to come back, has he? His eyes fell upon the algebra book Kagome was studying from. A pang of guilt struck him. Maybe he had pushed her too hard? So this is all that she had time to do when she came back to her own time? Well, maybe…it isn't all THAT hard?
Inu-Yasha tried to make sense of it.
"What the heck? 'Pythagorean Theorem will allow you to find the distance?' Since when?" The door opened and Inu-Yasha jerked up from Kagome's bed.
"And this is my room. Hojo? You OK?" Kagome asked, surprised by Hojo's spellbound look.
"Who are you?" Inu-Yasha and Hojo asked in unison. Kagome started upon hearing Inu-Yasha's voice. Even though she had seen him near the well, she didn't think that he would be here-not that fast!
"Well, yeah, like as if! Inu-Yasha's fast with just about everything he does. A half-demon anyway," Kagome thought to herself. (If this were in anime, a sweat drop would have already appeared.)
"Uh…Inu-Yasha, this is Hojo. Hojo, this is Inu-Yasha." Hojo offered his hand to Inu-Yasha even though he was wondering what this boy, with dog-like ears, was doing on his date's bed. Evidently, Inu-Yasha doesn't think much of names because he definitely did not move to shake hands.
"Sure. Hojo, was it? Just WHO are you?" Inu-Yasha asked, scowling.
"Inu-Yasha!"
"What, Kagome?"
"Be nicer to Hojo! He's my date, OK?" Inu-Yasha's head jerked towards, away from Hojo for the first time since the door opened. Kagome blushed crimson.
"Excuse me?" Inu-Yasha said coldly. All feelings of guilt now vanished from inside him. So. While everyone else was waiting and injured, she was here enjoying herself! Who gave her permission to come back and go out on a date ANYWAY?
Kagome sensed a storm coming. She knew exactly what Inu-Yasha's thinking. He can go and enjoy himself with Kikyo and hold up everyone else, leave her behind but she can't go out on a date for the scarce time she is actually back in HER time? Who does he think he is? She left because of him in the first place. Hold on…no, she didn't!
"No. No. It's just the part about him and Kikyo, not the leaving part. Right, I can go out with Hojo 'cause he spends time with Kikyo. Nothing else," Kagome thought determinedly to herself.
"Hojo, is it?" Inu-Yasha asked. *oh ever so civilly ^_^* "Can you excuse us for a sec?" Inu-Yasha took hold of Kagome's arm and pushed him out the door and slammed the door in his face without waiting for his reply. Kagome fought out of his grip.
"What the heck are you doing? You know what he would think with you holding me like that?"
"Oh. You never flinched when you traveled on my back in the Warring States," Inu-Yasha replied coolly, even though his insides flamed with fury. "Well, you can't go on the date."
"What?" Kagome screamed, shocked. "Since when do YOU get to decide what I do?"
"Well…Sango, Shippo and Miroku are injured and we still have more shards to collect. We can't hold up and loosen the security because of you!"
"My. My. You're a half-demon and you've got the Tetsusaiga. I think that I'm right in saying that you are more than capable of protecting a self-defensive monk, a demon-slaying warrior and a kitsunes!" Kagome shouted angrily. "I've never went against you seeing Kikyo. Why should you get to decide that I can't go out on a date when I'm back in my own time, huh?" A sharp knock came on the door.
"Kagome, you need any help in there?" Hojo's anxious voice came through the door. Before she could reply, Inu-Yasha had already marched over to the door and grabbed Hojo. Kagome stood there, dumb-founded, until Inu-Yasha came back and locked the door.
"What did you do with him?" Kagome asked.
"Tried to flush him down that thing you humans call a toilet. Didn't quite work so I locked him into the bathroom."
"INU-YASHA! SIT!" Inu-Yasha hit the ground, back recovered fast enough to stop Kagome from going to the bathroom.
"Well, I guess you only don't want to come back because I left you in that forest that day, huh? Well, stop being so selfish. Kikyo was in danger."
"S-S-Selfish?" Kagome had to choke out her words in anger. Selfish. Yeah, right. She's selfish. AS IF. He was the selfish one.
"Besides, we need you to collect the shards. We don't have time to loose."
"You know what? Inu-Yasha, you are absolutely stupid aren't you? Huh?"
"What?" Inu-Yasha asked, taken aback.
"You just need me for the sixth sense I have for the shards. But I am only a mere reincarnation of the woman you love. Go ask Kikyo. She can see the shards much better than me," Kagome said. "Besides, she can fend for herself and would just love to hang off of you every time you guys go somewhere."
"So this is about Kikyo? Really? She's already died once, I don't want to put her in danger again." Kagome snorted.
"Yeah, and I am just worthless enough that it's OK to sacrifice my safety? Well, I'm sorry but, I don't think among the same lines. But, if you get lonely waiting for me, this oughta help. Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"
"Wait!!!! Ow! Ow! Kagome!"
"Just a tip. You love Kikyo, so why do you hang around and annoy me all the time. Might make her jealous. She's got all and, maybe more, of the qualities I have. I am her reincarnation, after all." With that, Kagome closed her door and headed towards the bathroom without a backwards glance.
Inu-Yasha reflected on what she said. Kikyo did…ow…ask me about whether I loved Kagome. Ow. Could Kagome be right about Kikyo? But…ow…why do I hang around her so much? I know Kikyo can sense the shards, maybe better than her. Ow. Kikyo would help now that she knows the truth, but…ow…it just feels so natural to talk and work with Kagome. Kikyo seems like a dream. What happened 50 years ago merely seems like a nightmare. I forget that stuff…ow…when I'm with Kagome. She makes others feel so happy and light, but, with Kikyo, I feel burdened. I constantly think about Kagome's safety. But…ow…it can't be. She's right. She never interfered between Kikyo and me, why should I interfere between her and that Ho-person?
"Because, she doesn't belong with him," a small voice in his heart answered.
"Then where DOES she belong?" Inu-Yasha asked out loud. However scared he was of the answer, he knew what he wanted to say.
"…with me," he whispered softly. However, his wonderful flashbacks of Kagome's soft nature were cut short by the SIT's he had not yet complied with.
