Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha

Kagome's Strange Era

Ch. 5

Finally, Inuyasha and Kagome got home. It had been pretty tiring, what with school and all Kagome's friends chasing Inuyasha. They were both so glad to get back, in fact, that they went right to sleep, even though it was only 8:30.

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The next morning was a Saturday, so they didn't have school. Kagome woke up at 6:30 anyway. Inuyasha, on the other hand, didn't.

"Come on, Inuyasha, get up!" Said Kagome while trying to literally carry him down the hall. "We have to go."

Inuyasha, who was awake but barely, mumbled, "But it's Saturday. I thought today was the day we got to sleep in. Where do we have to go this early?"

"I've got news for you. You already did sleep in. It's already 11:00, so it's not early either. Well anyway, this should wake you up." She had finally succeeded at half carrying, half dragging him to the bathroom. Now she put him down in the bathtub, turned the knob to "shower", and turned on the cold water.

Inuyasha screamed loud enough so that everyone in the house could have heard if anyone but them and Sota had been home. "Why did you do that?!" Inuyasha yelled.

"To wake you up, of course," Kagome answered cheerily.

"Well why did I have to wake up? There isn't anything to do."

"Oh, yes there is. We have to take Sota over to his friend's hose. It's his birthday."

Inuyasha face fell. (A/N- Thanks Griffin D. Sage!) "You mean that's why you woke me up and poured cold water on me? To go walk that runt over to some other runt's house?"

"Yes."

"Well I'm not going. I'm gonna get some dry clothes on and go back to sleep."

Just then Sata popped his head in. "You think I'm a runt?" His lower lip quivered.

"No, kid, that's not what I meant, don't cry. Okay, fine, I'll go with you. Are you happy?"

Both Sota and Kagome jumped on him and hugged him, although for different reasons. Sota because Inuyasha had just been restored to his usual hero status, and Kagome because she impulsively thought it was the right thing to do.

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When they got to the party, Sota ran in to play with his friends. Kagome and Inuyasha sat down on the couch and waited for the party to be over. The mother of Sota's friend came over to them. "Would you like some coffee or anything?' she asked.

"Yes, coffee please," Kagome answered.

"And would your friend like some?"

"Um, sure. Right?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Yeah, sure."

When she came back, she handed them two cups of hot black liquid.

"Thank you very much, ma'am," Kagome said politely.

"What is this, anyway?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's really good stuff called coffee. Just make sure not to burn yourself."

Inuyasha drank it carefully, then said, "You know, this stuff isn't half bad. In fact, it's really good! Before I was half asleep, but this stuff really wakes you up."

As Inuyasha was finishing up his coffee, the party was ending. They said thank you again, and then left. They walked until they got home. When they did, Inuyasha asked, "Is there any more of that coffee stuff?"

"Sure, we've got some in the cabinet," Kagome said. She showed him where it was and how to make it, and then went up to her room to catch up on her mountain of work that she had to make up after being gone for so long.

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Hours later when she came down, she noticed that some things had been knocked over. She put them back, then went into the kitchen for a snack. She noticed the can of coffee on the table. Inuyasha must have left it out after he got a cup, she thought to herself. But when she picked it up to put it away, she realized that it was empty. That's strange, it was almost full.

Suddenly, with a sinking feeling, Kagome realized what must have happened. Inuyasha had drunk all the coffee! Oh no! Who knows what horror I've unleashed!?

Just then she heard a banging sound. She ran into the living room as fast as she could, only to see total chaos. A couch was tipped over, among several other things. And then she saw Inuyasha.

Most people have heard the expression "bouncing off the walls", but we never get to see people doing that literally. That was exactly what he was doing, along with running up and down the walls.

"C'mon, Kagome! Join me up here. You never have any fun. Carpe carpum, seize the carp! (A/N- I got that from Empress of the World by Sara Ryan, so I don't own that either.)

"Inuyasha, you had better get down here right now! You're in serious trouble," Kagome yelled.

"What? Sorry, I can't hear you!" Inuyasha yelled down, covering his ears.

He leaves me no choice, then. "I've got Ramen!

That got his attention. He ran to her and said, "Ramen? Where?!"

"In here," she said, leading him to the guest room.

As he looked around for the non-existent Ramen, she pulled out a coil of thick nylon rope.

"Why don't you sit down. I'll get it for you."

He did, and she came around behind him. Quickly and skillfully, she tied him to the chair.

"Hey, what are you doing now?"

"Believe me, this is for your own good."

"Yeah, I'm sure. As soon as I get out of here, I'll-"

Kagome just put a seal her grandfather had made over his mouth. They might not work to keep demons in or out, but they worked pretty as gags.

"I'll come get you when you've calmed down."

Then she went to clean up the living room and finish her homework.

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A/N- I think I might just write one or maybe two chapters after this one, because I'm out of ideas. Tell me what you think- if I should start a new story or keep going. If you want me to keep going, you're going to have to give me some ideas, because I really can't see anything else that I could make Inuyasha do. Anyway, review and tell me.