Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha or any other characters that Rumiko
Takahashi created yada yada yada... oh yeah before I forget, I would like
to thank my friend LG for giving me a quick idea that I made for
chapter...uh...I think 3? Damn this is a long chapter!!
Last time:"I...I need some time to...to think. Dad, tuck Souta into bed it's late." Mrs. Higurashi muttered as she stormed to her room. They were all surprised at the amount of patience she had. Gramps took Souta to his room without a word but with nearly every step he glanced back at the hanyou couple who were still in the doorway.
Chapter 10
"Come on Inu Yasha... let's get you some food..." Kagome said with a heavy heart while choking back tears. It felt as though her throat had knot in it, like she had done something wrong. '...but I didn't do anything... I saved Inu Yasha's life and he saved mine... I didn't do anything...' she thought as she put some left over ramen into a container and put it in hte microwave.
She pushed a few buttons and the machine made a smooth humming noise. Inu Yasha came over to it and looked through the door. '...hmmm...' he thought as the machine spun the ramen around inside of it. Then the machine made a loud beeping sound that annoyed Inu Yasha's sensitive ears so he quickly covered them up and whined. Kagome went over to the contraption and opened the door, stopping the noise, and took out the ramen which was now a steamy bowl of spicy smelling noodles. She placed the bowl on the kitchen table and grabbed some chop sticks. She gave them to Inu Yasha who was hovering over the noodles basically drooling. He slurped up the skinny noodles and broth dangerously quick. Before he finished he glanced up at Kagome who was looking outside the window at the pouring rain. He picked up his dinner as he walked over to her and tapped on her shoulder. She glanced over at his saddened expression.
"Want some?" Inu Yasha said showing her a basically finished bowl of ramen.
"No thanks." She said in a strained and weak voice and looked outside again. Inu Yasha looked puzzled and leaned against the counter facing her.
"Kagome... they were gonna find out sooner or later... and like you said: it's not your fault..." he said in a soothing voice and he rubbed her back. When he got no response from this then he began to worry. '...she's so tense that she isn't even enjoying a back rub?' he thought and began to massage her neck and shoulders. He still got no reaction. Then he began to rub her soft silvery ears. She began to relax a little and managed a small fake purr. '...Okay so that's where I should rub to calm her nerves next time...' he thought and continued to rub her ears gently. Then she turned to him with an expressionless face.
"Let's go get some sleep... I want to wake up early tomorrow so I don't have to face my family again..." she said softly and began to walk out of the room. Inu Yasha watched her leave and he slurped up the rest of the noodles and ran upstairs to meet her. '...so she went into this door...' he said sniffing through all of the scents of Kagome's house. He looked at the door and remembered that you have to turn a knob to open it. He reached down and turned the handled and opened the door to a dimly lit room. Kagome was next to the dresser grabbing some fresh pajamas and undies and turned to the door to see Inu Yasha standing there.
"I'm going to take a shower... I'll be back." she said and walked passed him briskly when a hand grabbed her arm.
"Don't leave! I feel as if I get caught alone here your mother's gonna kill me! And I ain't gonna attack your mom!" he said nervously as he let go of her arm.
"Fine. Do you want to come shower or do you want to just sit on the toliet seat and talk to me?"
"What's a shower?" he asked innocently. Kagome sighed and explained what a shower was. "Oh... then I guess I should take a shower too. I feel pretty grimmy."
"Okay then come with me to the laundry room. You wouldn't like to get a shower then get back into dirty clothes would you?" she said and shuddered at the thought. She lead him to the laundry room and put the wet clothes into the dryer and pushed the 'on' button. It made loud noises and Inu Yasha flattened his ears. The she turned to face him. "Well? Are you going to give me your clothes or what?" she asked impatiently. He quickly reacted and pulled off his haori and his white meriyasushatsu. The white shirt was now tattered and torn so she just threw it aside. The he turned around as he untied his pants and Kagome handed him a warm, fresh towel to cover himself. Then he leaned the Tetsusiaga against the washer. As soon as they were ready, Kagome grabbed a towel for herself and headed upstairs.
"You should go first since you have nothing on." Kagome said as she turned on the hot water in the tub. Inu Yasha watched, intrigued at what she was doing. Then she pressed a button and water spat out of the shower faucet at the top of the shower. He jumped back when he saw this which made Kagome smile a bit, the first time in a while. "Now get in there... and NO DON'T GET THE TOWEL WET! grr... give it to me Inu Yasha..." she said as she wrung out the water, from the soaked end of the towel, in the sink. Inu Yasha stepped into the tub and instantly knew that he liked it. '...ahh... it's warm and it massages... I like this a lot better than the feudal era's way of bathing...' he thought calmly as he took the herbal soap that was next to him on a ledge. He couldn't help but smile when the herbal smell filled his lungs. '...this is great... I feel like I'm going to fall asleep it's so relaxing...' he thought as he scrubbed his body with the soap. Then he winced when he scrubbed the scar from the previous day. '...that damn Naoko... I'm surprised that we befriended the person who nearly pierced my heart with a spear...' he thought while reaching for the shampoo container. There were two this time, and he couldn't read the difference.
"Kagome... why are there two different hair soaps?" Inu Yasha asked as he held the two bottles outside of the curtain.
"One is conditioner and one is shampoo. Put the shampoo in first then scrub out the knots with the conditioner." Kagome said calmly. Inu Yasha had never learned to read modern Japanese so he asked her which was which. With a small sigh, Kagome got up from her seat and went over to the shower. She looked at the bottles and grabbed the shampoo. She squirted a small amount on his hand and a little in hers and began to scrub. He did the same. He smiled when she massaged his ears. It was even more relaxing than the shower! He purred slightly and Kagome smiled. '...at least he feels fine...' she thought turning the smile quickly into a frown again. Inu Yasha looked up at her sad face and stopped smiling. '...she's so depressed... damn her mother...' he thought and gritted his teeth.
When she was done with the shampoo she advised him not to look down (again) until the suds were completely out of his hair. He actually listened this time and they did the same with the conditioner.
Once he was finished with the shower, Kagome reached in and pulled the button so the shower would stop and let just the faucet run. Inu Yasha pulled the towel off of the curtain and wrapped it around his waist. Then, nearly slipping, he stepped out of the shower and onto a dry mat. Kagome had already gotten undressed and there was a towel around her body too. She stepped in the shower, threw the towel over the curtian, and pushed the button so that the hot water would switch to the shower head. Inu Yasha waited outside the shower while sitting on the toliet seat. Then timidly he asked Kagome if he could wash her hair. '...maybe if I rub her ears she will calm down a bit...' he thought and awaited an answer.
"Fine..." was all she said and she gave him the shampoo. She turned around and let him help her scrub her hair. Then he gently massaged her ears. She smiled because she knew that Inu Yasha was trying to calm her nerves and that he cared a lot. She began to quietly purr so that he would think he was helping her, but inside, her heart was still in her throat. She rinsed out the shampoo and then the same with the conditioner. Then she dried off and wrapped the towel around herself and stepped out of the shower.
"Can I get my clothes now?" Inu Yasha asked Kagome who was stepping back behind the curtian to put her underwear and shirt on.
"Yeah just...grr... hold on..." She said hopping up and down on one foot. She hated putting on clothes after a shower; they always clung tightly to her body because of the dampness. '...or is it because of my new form?' she thought while looking down at herself. Her body had changed a lot since the blood entered her body. She was definatly more muscular, and obviously there was a tail, and her hair had lengthened considerably, not to mention change color. Then there were the ears, the small little triangle ears protruding from the top of her head, that were also silvery like her hair. '...that's right! My tail! No wonder my underwear won't go over my butt!' Kagome thought and she cut a small hole in them with her razor sharp claws. She pushed her tail through it and it seamed to fit nicely. Then she put her pajama shirt on and buttoned up the front. Then so she didn't get her pants wet, she stepped out of the shower and put her pants on. She cut another little hole in the back of them and fit her tail in. '...ah...fresh cotton clothing...' she thought and then looked at Inu Yasha. He was still in the towel and looked at her impatiently.
"Oh right! Come on.." she said in much more cheerful mood since putting on her modern clothing. Kagome looked in the washer and took out Inu Yasha's clothes. "They need ta be dried now kay? It shouldn't be more than about half an hour okay?" she said and put the clothes into the dryer with a garden-fresh dryer sheet. Then she sat next to Inu Yasha who had settled himself on top of the washer. They were very tired and nearly asleep when the buzzing noise said that his clothes were dry. Kagome took them out and handed them to Inu Yasha. "They're nice and warm don't ya think? I love the fresh-outta-the-dryer feel! And they don't smell to bad either!" she said happy that she had done something good for Inu Yasha. Especially since he had never had his clothes washed in modern Japan. He slipped off the washer and turned around to put his clothes on. He slipped into his pants and a smile crept over his face. '...I'm beginning to like this modern day stuff...' he thought to himself as he tied his pants around his waist. Then he turned around to see Kagome holding his sword up with the blade in the air. She marveled at it's beauty and sheen. Then a lightbulb clicked on inside Inu Yasha's sleepy brain. '...wait a second... THE TETSUSAIGA HAS TRANSFORMED?!' he thought and stepped back, wide eyed and gawking.
"H...how d-d-did you...?! How is this...?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Inu Yasha shouted still wide eyed.
"I don't know but it's pretty cool! Maybe it has to do with he fact that I have your blood in me!" she said beaming at him. Inu Yasha was still awestruck but then smiled. '...well I guess so...' he thought to himself and walked over to her.
"Come on... I think we should get some sleep like you planned..." he said and put on his haori. The white undershirt was too ripped to put on so he just left it where Kagome had thrown it earlier. He began to walk down the hall to the stairs when he smelt the faint scent of blood. He turned to see that Kagome had cut her finger on the blade when she was returning it to it's sheeth. She was shaking her hand wildly and her face was scrunched up from the inncident. Inu Yasha walked to her side and grabbed her hand. He looked at it then at Kagome with a cocked eyebrow.
"Whaddya do that for? Huh?"
"Whaddya mean 'Whaddya do that for?'? I didn't do it on purpose dumbass!" She said and squinted her eyes angrily at him.
"Heehee... you're cute when you're mad...oof!" he said and he clamped a hand over his mouth and blushed bright red. '...please say I didn't say that out loud!'
"You are one strange hanyou Inu Yasha...' she said as she removed his hand from his mouth and pecked him with a light kiss. "Come on... lemme put a band-aid on and we'll go to bed..." she said and she jumped off the washer and walked to the stairs. Inu Yasha stood there for a moment, then snapped back to reality and followed. She lead him to the upstairs bathroom and opened the cabnet and took out some band-aids. Then she put that aside and took out a crimper. Inu Yasha looked at the crimper perplexed at what the strange thing was. Kagome placed the band-aid on her finger and then plunged the crimper into the wall. Inu Yasha had seen band-aids before so he wasn't thrilled about that... but what he was really impressed by was the machine. Kagome saw Inu Yasha look at the crimper strangely and explained to him what it is.
"Oh..." he said and acted like he understood. Then Kagome placed the contraption in her hair and clamped down on one of the locks that framed her face. (like Inu Yasha's) When she released, her silver hair had valleys and peaks like that of a waves. Inu Yasha continued to watch as she did every strand. When she was done, her hair was a beautiful silver ocean covered in hundreds of silky waves. Inu Yasha gawked at her sureal beauty and she turned to face him. He quickly closed his mouth as she threw her head back and put it in a high pony tail. She looked back down and smiled at him.
"Well there has to be some way of telling us apart. Everyone around us thinks that they're seeing double! We have to look a little different don't you think?" she said still smiling and then turned to the mirror to check if her pony tail was decent. "Well, lets go then! I wouldn't want to wake up late and see my mom!" she said and walked down the hall to her room. When they got there, Kagome went in her closet and got out two, large blue sleeping bags. "My friends and I would do this when we were kids.." she said as she unzipped them and placed them on her bed. Then she walked over to to her closet again and took out five overly-stuffed, fluffy blue pillows. She placed them evenly around her bed; against the wall, at the foot, and at the head. Then she jumped on top of the bed and invited Inu Yasha over.
"Come on! You sleep with you're head down there and I sleep with my head up here!" she said while bouncing on the bed like a child. Inu Yasha hopped on the bed beside her and stretched out in his spot. Kagome smiled some more and jumped on his chest in mid-stretch. He gasped and smiled showing his fangs. He grabbed her shoulders and rolled over so he was on top of her.
"Haha! Pinned ya!" he said with his trademark grin, but then was flipped back over.
"Whoah Inu Yasha! Okay you win! Just keep it down my mom'll hear us an' we'll have to leave tonight instead!" she said and with that, she sat up and itched at her healing scar. It's hadn't fully healed yet but it didn't hurt. All it did was itch like hell. Inu Yasha grabbed her hand and stopped her from scratching.
"Don't scratch it dumbass... you'll just open it up again!" he said while grasping her hand firmly. Kagome looked at the hanyou and smirked a little.
"Well fine then... how do you expect me to stop? It itches like hell and as soon as you le'go I'm gonna start again. So there's no point is there?" she said and narrowed her eyes playfully at him. Her tail twitched and then lay next to her on the bed.
"Well if you're just gonna keep at it you'll itch yourself to death and there's no sense in that. Your mother would kill me and so would everyone at home... (meaning his home) ...so I guess I'll have to hold you until you stop the urge to scratch..." he said smirking back. With that, Kagome flipped the lightswitch next to her bed and the room went dark. She layed down and, still holding her hands tightly, Inu Yasha lay down behind her, embracing her body closely to his. He breathed in a deep sigh and sniffed her hair. '...damn she smells good after a shoowere or whatever... I wish we never had to wake up...' he thought as his thoughts drifted slowly away and deep sleep took over his body. Kagome fell asleep right away to the sound of his steady, smooth breathing.
***Kagome's Dream***
'Wait a second... where am I?' Kagome thought, her heart pounding and her ear twitching in every direction to find some sort of life. The sky was a deep purple-maroon and she was surrounded by dead trees and shrubs. She looked around to find someone or something that wound indicate where she was. Then in the distance she saw a silhouette of people in the distance. She ran to the figures and saw it was Inu Yasha and some other person. Then she saw that it was Kikyo. She stopped in her tracks when she saw them holding eachother tightly. She gawked as she saw Inu Yasha lower his face to Kikyo's and kiss her passionatly. She tried to run to him but she was stuck in her tracks. And when she tried to cry out to him no sound would come out. Salty tears began to form in her eyes when she knew she could do nothing to stop them. She held them back and continued desperatly to cry out to him.
Then she saw Kikyo's eyes open with sly hatred and she pulled a knife from behind her back. Kagome's eyes widened in shock and Kikyo looked over to her and smirked. Then she plunged the blade into Inu Yasha's chest and he jutted backward. His eye's widened and he spat up blood and without lifting his gaze from Kikyo, he fell to his knees. Kagome's heart skipped a beat when she saw him fall to the ground. She finally could move and fell forward onto the dead grass. She got up and sprinted over to Inu Yasha. His eyes were lifeless and he was motionless. Tears cascaded down Kagome's cheeks and she glared in the direction of Kikyo.
Kikyo looked down at her and began to smile. As she did, her appearance changed. Her hair that was pulled back turned curly and tangled. Her white and red miko robes changed dark blue and green. Her face changed into that of their enemy Naraku. Kagome gritted her teeth and lunged at Naraku but it was to late... he disappeared in a puff of purple and blue smoke. She sat back down next to the hanyou and looked into his dead eyes. His face was pale accept for the blood which was smeared and trickling out of his mouth. Kagome looked at him and her heart finally broke. She slapped him across the cheek and his head rolled limply back and forth. Then her tears became rivers and she wept loudly. Then, sniveling, she kissed his forehead and picked up his body and layed it onto her lap. She hugged him closely and he began to dissolve into nothing but dust that blew away in he wind. She closed her eyes and then it felt like she was falling. Then with a loud thud her body landed, then twitched and she let out a last small breath.
***End Dream***
Kagome sat up with a start, cold sweat dripping down her face and her heart racing. Inu Yasha rose up next to her and looked at her horrified face.
"What's going on? I thought you were asleep... I sure as hell was! What time is it? Should we go now or something?" Inu Yasha asked sleepily. Kagome stared at him, trying to forget the dream she had. Then from her drowzy eyes, tears began to emerge. Inu Yasha looked at her more puzzled than ever. "I didn't make you cry did I?" he quiried. Her eyes narrowed at him with hatred and she layed down sniveling. Inu Yasha cocked an eyebrow, but layed down next to her and put his arm over her. She pushed it away and then resumed her position on the bed. "Okay... what the hell did I do?" Inu Yasha asked for the third time, hoping for an answer. Kagome turned to face him with tears in her eyes and with a loud sniff she began to speak.
"Inu Yasha... over the past few days we've been having an amazing time together. We've cooperated, we've talked heart to heart, and we've even...well...kissed... and I guess my subconcious got the best of me tonight. Inu Yasha... what I'm trying to say is... well... what I want to ask is..." there was a long pause and she turned to look away from his gaze. "...if there were ever a time in your life where you had to choose between saving my life and..." another long pause. "...Kikyo's... who would you save? If she was alive I mean..." she spat out trying to ignore the lump in her throat. Inu Yasha's sleepy eyes widened into fully awake ones and his heart skipped a beat. '...oh my gods..why now?...of all the times to pop this question...' he thought trying to think of a good answer to this question. The long silence disturbed Kagome and she looked up at Inu Yasha's awestruck face. "Well it can't be that difficult! You should.... HEY! Buyo!" She turned over to see if the her obese cat was playing with her tail. She gasped when she didn't see anything but her tail there. It twitched uncontrolably and it wouldn't stop. She sat up lowering her brow with anger and tried to grab a hold of it. Inu Yasha leaned up against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. '...saved by the cat...' he thought but then sat up to see Kagome thrashing wildly at her tail. '...okay... maybe not the cat but what the hell else could it be?...' he thought and he sat up to get a better look. There was nothing there but Kagome grabbing hold of her tail and trying to keep it still.
"What the...*omph!*...hell is *aack!* going on here?" Inu Yasha said getting elbowed and kicked accidentally by Kagome who was wrestling her tail to the ground. He decided to help and grabbed her tail too. Instantly the tail stopped quivering and lay still.
"What the fuck?!" Kagome said and slapped his hand away. As soon as she did, the tail started up again. Inu Yasha grabbed her tail again and it stopped for a second time. '...okay this is too weird...' they thought at the same time.
Teaser: "Whaddya mean there's a battle!?"
Last time:"I...I need some time to...to think. Dad, tuck Souta into bed it's late." Mrs. Higurashi muttered as she stormed to her room. They were all surprised at the amount of patience she had. Gramps took Souta to his room without a word but with nearly every step he glanced back at the hanyou couple who were still in the doorway.
Chapter 10
"Come on Inu Yasha... let's get you some food..." Kagome said with a heavy heart while choking back tears. It felt as though her throat had knot in it, like she had done something wrong. '...but I didn't do anything... I saved Inu Yasha's life and he saved mine... I didn't do anything...' she thought as she put some left over ramen into a container and put it in hte microwave.
She pushed a few buttons and the machine made a smooth humming noise. Inu Yasha came over to it and looked through the door. '...hmmm...' he thought as the machine spun the ramen around inside of it. Then the machine made a loud beeping sound that annoyed Inu Yasha's sensitive ears so he quickly covered them up and whined. Kagome went over to the contraption and opened the door, stopping the noise, and took out the ramen which was now a steamy bowl of spicy smelling noodles. She placed the bowl on the kitchen table and grabbed some chop sticks. She gave them to Inu Yasha who was hovering over the noodles basically drooling. He slurped up the skinny noodles and broth dangerously quick. Before he finished he glanced up at Kagome who was looking outside the window at the pouring rain. He picked up his dinner as he walked over to her and tapped on her shoulder. She glanced over at his saddened expression.
"Want some?" Inu Yasha said showing her a basically finished bowl of ramen.
"No thanks." She said in a strained and weak voice and looked outside again. Inu Yasha looked puzzled and leaned against the counter facing her.
"Kagome... they were gonna find out sooner or later... and like you said: it's not your fault..." he said in a soothing voice and he rubbed her back. When he got no response from this then he began to worry. '...she's so tense that she isn't even enjoying a back rub?' he thought and began to massage her neck and shoulders. He still got no reaction. Then he began to rub her soft silvery ears. She began to relax a little and managed a small fake purr. '...Okay so that's where I should rub to calm her nerves next time...' he thought and continued to rub her ears gently. Then she turned to him with an expressionless face.
"Let's go get some sleep... I want to wake up early tomorrow so I don't have to face my family again..." she said softly and began to walk out of the room. Inu Yasha watched her leave and he slurped up the rest of the noodles and ran upstairs to meet her. '...so she went into this door...' he said sniffing through all of the scents of Kagome's house. He looked at the door and remembered that you have to turn a knob to open it. He reached down and turned the handled and opened the door to a dimly lit room. Kagome was next to the dresser grabbing some fresh pajamas and undies and turned to the door to see Inu Yasha standing there.
"I'm going to take a shower... I'll be back." she said and walked passed him briskly when a hand grabbed her arm.
"Don't leave! I feel as if I get caught alone here your mother's gonna kill me! And I ain't gonna attack your mom!" he said nervously as he let go of her arm.
"Fine. Do you want to come shower or do you want to just sit on the toliet seat and talk to me?"
"What's a shower?" he asked innocently. Kagome sighed and explained what a shower was. "Oh... then I guess I should take a shower too. I feel pretty grimmy."
"Okay then come with me to the laundry room. You wouldn't like to get a shower then get back into dirty clothes would you?" she said and shuddered at the thought. She lead him to the laundry room and put the wet clothes into the dryer and pushed the 'on' button. It made loud noises and Inu Yasha flattened his ears. The she turned to face him. "Well? Are you going to give me your clothes or what?" she asked impatiently. He quickly reacted and pulled off his haori and his white meriyasushatsu. The white shirt was now tattered and torn so she just threw it aside. The he turned around as he untied his pants and Kagome handed him a warm, fresh towel to cover himself. Then he leaned the Tetsusiaga against the washer. As soon as they were ready, Kagome grabbed a towel for herself and headed upstairs.
"You should go first since you have nothing on." Kagome said as she turned on the hot water in the tub. Inu Yasha watched, intrigued at what she was doing. Then she pressed a button and water spat out of the shower faucet at the top of the shower. He jumped back when he saw this which made Kagome smile a bit, the first time in a while. "Now get in there... and NO DON'T GET THE TOWEL WET! grr... give it to me Inu Yasha..." she said as she wrung out the water, from the soaked end of the towel, in the sink. Inu Yasha stepped into the tub and instantly knew that he liked it. '...ahh... it's warm and it massages... I like this a lot better than the feudal era's way of bathing...' he thought calmly as he took the herbal soap that was next to him on a ledge. He couldn't help but smile when the herbal smell filled his lungs. '...this is great... I feel like I'm going to fall asleep it's so relaxing...' he thought as he scrubbed his body with the soap. Then he winced when he scrubbed the scar from the previous day. '...that damn Naoko... I'm surprised that we befriended the person who nearly pierced my heart with a spear...' he thought while reaching for the shampoo container. There were two this time, and he couldn't read the difference.
"Kagome... why are there two different hair soaps?" Inu Yasha asked as he held the two bottles outside of the curtain.
"One is conditioner and one is shampoo. Put the shampoo in first then scrub out the knots with the conditioner." Kagome said calmly. Inu Yasha had never learned to read modern Japanese so he asked her which was which. With a small sigh, Kagome got up from her seat and went over to the shower. She looked at the bottles and grabbed the shampoo. She squirted a small amount on his hand and a little in hers and began to scrub. He did the same. He smiled when she massaged his ears. It was even more relaxing than the shower! He purred slightly and Kagome smiled. '...at least he feels fine...' she thought turning the smile quickly into a frown again. Inu Yasha looked up at her sad face and stopped smiling. '...she's so depressed... damn her mother...' he thought and gritted his teeth.
When she was done with the shampoo she advised him not to look down (again) until the suds were completely out of his hair. He actually listened this time and they did the same with the conditioner.
Once he was finished with the shower, Kagome reached in and pulled the button so the shower would stop and let just the faucet run. Inu Yasha pulled the towel off of the curtain and wrapped it around his waist. Then, nearly slipping, he stepped out of the shower and onto a dry mat. Kagome had already gotten undressed and there was a towel around her body too. She stepped in the shower, threw the towel over the curtian, and pushed the button so that the hot water would switch to the shower head. Inu Yasha waited outside the shower while sitting on the toliet seat. Then timidly he asked Kagome if he could wash her hair. '...maybe if I rub her ears she will calm down a bit...' he thought and awaited an answer.
"Fine..." was all she said and she gave him the shampoo. She turned around and let him help her scrub her hair. Then he gently massaged her ears. She smiled because she knew that Inu Yasha was trying to calm her nerves and that he cared a lot. She began to quietly purr so that he would think he was helping her, but inside, her heart was still in her throat. She rinsed out the shampoo and then the same with the conditioner. Then she dried off and wrapped the towel around herself and stepped out of the shower.
"Can I get my clothes now?" Inu Yasha asked Kagome who was stepping back behind the curtian to put her underwear and shirt on.
"Yeah just...grr... hold on..." She said hopping up and down on one foot. She hated putting on clothes after a shower; they always clung tightly to her body because of the dampness. '...or is it because of my new form?' she thought while looking down at herself. Her body had changed a lot since the blood entered her body. She was definatly more muscular, and obviously there was a tail, and her hair had lengthened considerably, not to mention change color. Then there were the ears, the small little triangle ears protruding from the top of her head, that were also silvery like her hair. '...that's right! My tail! No wonder my underwear won't go over my butt!' Kagome thought and she cut a small hole in them with her razor sharp claws. She pushed her tail through it and it seamed to fit nicely. Then she put her pajama shirt on and buttoned up the front. Then so she didn't get her pants wet, she stepped out of the shower and put her pants on. She cut another little hole in the back of them and fit her tail in. '...ah...fresh cotton clothing...' she thought and then looked at Inu Yasha. He was still in the towel and looked at her impatiently.
"Oh right! Come on.." she said in much more cheerful mood since putting on her modern clothing. Kagome looked in the washer and took out Inu Yasha's clothes. "They need ta be dried now kay? It shouldn't be more than about half an hour okay?" she said and put the clothes into the dryer with a garden-fresh dryer sheet. Then she sat next to Inu Yasha who had settled himself on top of the washer. They were very tired and nearly asleep when the buzzing noise said that his clothes were dry. Kagome took them out and handed them to Inu Yasha. "They're nice and warm don't ya think? I love the fresh-outta-the-dryer feel! And they don't smell to bad either!" she said happy that she had done something good for Inu Yasha. Especially since he had never had his clothes washed in modern Japan. He slipped off the washer and turned around to put his clothes on. He slipped into his pants and a smile crept over his face. '...I'm beginning to like this modern day stuff...' he thought to himself as he tied his pants around his waist. Then he turned around to see Kagome holding his sword up with the blade in the air. She marveled at it's beauty and sheen. Then a lightbulb clicked on inside Inu Yasha's sleepy brain. '...wait a second... THE TETSUSAIGA HAS TRANSFORMED?!' he thought and stepped back, wide eyed and gawking.
"H...how d-d-did you...?! How is this...?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Inu Yasha shouted still wide eyed.
"I don't know but it's pretty cool! Maybe it has to do with he fact that I have your blood in me!" she said beaming at him. Inu Yasha was still awestruck but then smiled. '...well I guess so...' he thought to himself and walked over to her.
"Come on... I think we should get some sleep like you planned..." he said and put on his haori. The white undershirt was too ripped to put on so he just left it where Kagome had thrown it earlier. He began to walk down the hall to the stairs when he smelt the faint scent of blood. He turned to see that Kagome had cut her finger on the blade when she was returning it to it's sheeth. She was shaking her hand wildly and her face was scrunched up from the inncident. Inu Yasha walked to her side and grabbed her hand. He looked at it then at Kagome with a cocked eyebrow.
"Whaddya do that for? Huh?"
"Whaddya mean 'Whaddya do that for?'? I didn't do it on purpose dumbass!" She said and squinted her eyes angrily at him.
"Heehee... you're cute when you're mad...oof!" he said and he clamped a hand over his mouth and blushed bright red. '...please say I didn't say that out loud!'
"You are one strange hanyou Inu Yasha...' she said as she removed his hand from his mouth and pecked him with a light kiss. "Come on... lemme put a band-aid on and we'll go to bed..." she said and she jumped off the washer and walked to the stairs. Inu Yasha stood there for a moment, then snapped back to reality and followed. She lead him to the upstairs bathroom and opened the cabnet and took out some band-aids. Then she put that aside and took out a crimper. Inu Yasha looked at the crimper perplexed at what the strange thing was. Kagome placed the band-aid on her finger and then plunged the crimper into the wall. Inu Yasha had seen band-aids before so he wasn't thrilled about that... but what he was really impressed by was the machine. Kagome saw Inu Yasha look at the crimper strangely and explained to him what it is.
"Oh..." he said and acted like he understood. Then Kagome placed the contraption in her hair and clamped down on one of the locks that framed her face. (like Inu Yasha's) When she released, her silver hair had valleys and peaks like that of a waves. Inu Yasha continued to watch as she did every strand. When she was done, her hair was a beautiful silver ocean covered in hundreds of silky waves. Inu Yasha gawked at her sureal beauty and she turned to face him. He quickly closed his mouth as she threw her head back and put it in a high pony tail. She looked back down and smiled at him.
"Well there has to be some way of telling us apart. Everyone around us thinks that they're seeing double! We have to look a little different don't you think?" she said still smiling and then turned to the mirror to check if her pony tail was decent. "Well, lets go then! I wouldn't want to wake up late and see my mom!" she said and walked down the hall to her room. When they got there, Kagome went in her closet and got out two, large blue sleeping bags. "My friends and I would do this when we were kids.." she said as she unzipped them and placed them on her bed. Then she walked over to to her closet again and took out five overly-stuffed, fluffy blue pillows. She placed them evenly around her bed; against the wall, at the foot, and at the head. Then she jumped on top of the bed and invited Inu Yasha over.
"Come on! You sleep with you're head down there and I sleep with my head up here!" she said while bouncing on the bed like a child. Inu Yasha hopped on the bed beside her and stretched out in his spot. Kagome smiled some more and jumped on his chest in mid-stretch. He gasped and smiled showing his fangs. He grabbed her shoulders and rolled over so he was on top of her.
"Haha! Pinned ya!" he said with his trademark grin, but then was flipped back over.
"Whoah Inu Yasha! Okay you win! Just keep it down my mom'll hear us an' we'll have to leave tonight instead!" she said and with that, she sat up and itched at her healing scar. It's hadn't fully healed yet but it didn't hurt. All it did was itch like hell. Inu Yasha grabbed her hand and stopped her from scratching.
"Don't scratch it dumbass... you'll just open it up again!" he said while grasping her hand firmly. Kagome looked at the hanyou and smirked a little.
"Well fine then... how do you expect me to stop? It itches like hell and as soon as you le'go I'm gonna start again. So there's no point is there?" she said and narrowed her eyes playfully at him. Her tail twitched and then lay next to her on the bed.
"Well if you're just gonna keep at it you'll itch yourself to death and there's no sense in that. Your mother would kill me and so would everyone at home... (meaning his home) ...so I guess I'll have to hold you until you stop the urge to scratch..." he said smirking back. With that, Kagome flipped the lightswitch next to her bed and the room went dark. She layed down and, still holding her hands tightly, Inu Yasha lay down behind her, embracing her body closely to his. He breathed in a deep sigh and sniffed her hair. '...damn she smells good after a shoowere or whatever... I wish we never had to wake up...' he thought as his thoughts drifted slowly away and deep sleep took over his body. Kagome fell asleep right away to the sound of his steady, smooth breathing.
***Kagome's Dream***
'Wait a second... where am I?' Kagome thought, her heart pounding and her ear twitching in every direction to find some sort of life. The sky was a deep purple-maroon and she was surrounded by dead trees and shrubs. She looked around to find someone or something that wound indicate where she was. Then in the distance she saw a silhouette of people in the distance. She ran to the figures and saw it was Inu Yasha and some other person. Then she saw that it was Kikyo. She stopped in her tracks when she saw them holding eachother tightly. She gawked as she saw Inu Yasha lower his face to Kikyo's and kiss her passionatly. She tried to run to him but she was stuck in her tracks. And when she tried to cry out to him no sound would come out. Salty tears began to form in her eyes when she knew she could do nothing to stop them. She held them back and continued desperatly to cry out to him.
Then she saw Kikyo's eyes open with sly hatred and she pulled a knife from behind her back. Kagome's eyes widened in shock and Kikyo looked over to her and smirked. Then she plunged the blade into Inu Yasha's chest and he jutted backward. His eye's widened and he spat up blood and without lifting his gaze from Kikyo, he fell to his knees. Kagome's heart skipped a beat when she saw him fall to the ground. She finally could move and fell forward onto the dead grass. She got up and sprinted over to Inu Yasha. His eyes were lifeless and he was motionless. Tears cascaded down Kagome's cheeks and she glared in the direction of Kikyo.
Kikyo looked down at her and began to smile. As she did, her appearance changed. Her hair that was pulled back turned curly and tangled. Her white and red miko robes changed dark blue and green. Her face changed into that of their enemy Naraku. Kagome gritted her teeth and lunged at Naraku but it was to late... he disappeared in a puff of purple and blue smoke. She sat back down next to the hanyou and looked into his dead eyes. His face was pale accept for the blood which was smeared and trickling out of his mouth. Kagome looked at him and her heart finally broke. She slapped him across the cheek and his head rolled limply back and forth. Then her tears became rivers and she wept loudly. Then, sniveling, she kissed his forehead and picked up his body and layed it onto her lap. She hugged him closely and he began to dissolve into nothing but dust that blew away in he wind. She closed her eyes and then it felt like she was falling. Then with a loud thud her body landed, then twitched and she let out a last small breath.
***End Dream***
Kagome sat up with a start, cold sweat dripping down her face and her heart racing. Inu Yasha rose up next to her and looked at her horrified face.
"What's going on? I thought you were asleep... I sure as hell was! What time is it? Should we go now or something?" Inu Yasha asked sleepily. Kagome stared at him, trying to forget the dream she had. Then from her drowzy eyes, tears began to emerge. Inu Yasha looked at her more puzzled than ever. "I didn't make you cry did I?" he quiried. Her eyes narrowed at him with hatred and she layed down sniveling. Inu Yasha cocked an eyebrow, but layed down next to her and put his arm over her. She pushed it away and then resumed her position on the bed. "Okay... what the hell did I do?" Inu Yasha asked for the third time, hoping for an answer. Kagome turned to face him with tears in her eyes and with a loud sniff she began to speak.
"Inu Yasha... over the past few days we've been having an amazing time together. We've cooperated, we've talked heart to heart, and we've even...well...kissed... and I guess my subconcious got the best of me tonight. Inu Yasha... what I'm trying to say is... well... what I want to ask is..." there was a long pause and she turned to look away from his gaze. "...if there were ever a time in your life where you had to choose between saving my life and..." another long pause. "...Kikyo's... who would you save? If she was alive I mean..." she spat out trying to ignore the lump in her throat. Inu Yasha's sleepy eyes widened into fully awake ones and his heart skipped a beat. '...oh my gods..why now?...of all the times to pop this question...' he thought trying to think of a good answer to this question. The long silence disturbed Kagome and she looked up at Inu Yasha's awestruck face. "Well it can't be that difficult! You should.... HEY! Buyo!" She turned over to see if the her obese cat was playing with her tail. She gasped when she didn't see anything but her tail there. It twitched uncontrolably and it wouldn't stop. She sat up lowering her brow with anger and tried to grab a hold of it. Inu Yasha leaned up against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. '...saved by the cat...' he thought but then sat up to see Kagome thrashing wildly at her tail. '...okay... maybe not the cat but what the hell else could it be?...' he thought and he sat up to get a better look. There was nothing there but Kagome grabbing hold of her tail and trying to keep it still.
"What the...*omph!*...hell is *aack!* going on here?" Inu Yasha said getting elbowed and kicked accidentally by Kagome who was wrestling her tail to the ground. He decided to help and grabbed her tail too. Instantly the tail stopped quivering and lay still.
"What the fuck?!" Kagome said and slapped his hand away. As soon as she did, the tail started up again. Inu Yasha grabbed her tail again and it stopped for a second time. '...okay this is too weird...' they thought at the same time.
Teaser: "Whaddya mean there's a battle!?"