Chapter four

Inuyasha came into the apartment a while later, Shippou still in his arms, Kagome sat lying on the bean bag, her head hitting the floor in an uncomfortable position.

Sighing, Inuyasha set Shippou down in the cat's basket and walked over to Kagome, his footsteps soft and his breathing silent as he tried to not awaken her. She smiled in her sleep as he neared and shifted slightly.

Smiling softly, Inuyasha leaned down and lifted Kagome to his chest, snuggling her close to him as he inhaled her scent. Kagome shifted again in her sleep and her eyes cracked open and focused on his violet ones.

A shadow of a smile appeared on her face as she gazed into his eyes. She had come home, and after discovering he hadn't been home, became worried. After about an hour of worrying she'd eventually fallen asleep on the beanbag. Now that she was awake, she was happy to punish him.

Inuyasha yelped when her hand slapped across his cheek. "Ow!"

"That was for keeping me up all worried about you, you little bastard, where have you been?" Kagome snapped as she glared at Inuyasha, but her eyes were sparkling with unshed tears.

Inuyasha's guilty look was priceless as he set her down and looked at his feet, his hair falling across his shoulders to make a black curtain.

Kagome tapped her foot, waiting for him to answer her. "Well?"

"Sorry?"

Kagome growled and shoved him so he tripped over the bean bag chair and on to the floor. He yelped again as Kagome sat on his stomach, her arms crossed.

Her scowling face broke into a grin as she leaned down and rested her head against his chest, "I love you."

"Erm..."

Kagome snuggled against him and eventually fell asleep with a still completely bewildered Inuyasha blinking like a mad man.

That was totally weird.

He glanced at the raven-haired girl and wrapped his arms around her. There were many things he didn't understand about her, but he had all the time in the world to find out more about her.

Shippou snorted in his sleep as Buyo rested beside him in the basket.

The next morning was arisen with coughing and sniffles. Inuyasha moaned as he rolled out of the small bed he'd moved himself and Kagome to last night, after Kagome had awoken and complained about being uncomfortable.

Glancing at the said girl, Inuyasha noticed her coughing and the uncontrollable sniffles the poor girl had.

Yawning loudly, Inuyasha pulled on a shirt and glanced at Kagome again, patting her back he handed her some Kleenex.

Kagome, unable to talk, nodded her appreciation as she wiped her nose and hacked into the tissue.

"What time is it?" Kagome managed to cough out.

Inuyasha glanced at the watch on his left wrist. "Nine," he said, his voice louder than usual, since Kagome's coughing was very loud.

"Damn it, I'm going to (cough) be late for (cough) work," Kagome wheezed, she made a move to get up, but Inuyasha forced her down.

"No way, you're sick, Kagome," he said, his voice worried as he leaned down and felt her forehead. He flinched and drew his hand back slowly before sighing, "You have a fever."

"I don't care!" Kagome exclaimed and got up again, but was reluctantly pushed back down by Inuyasha.

"Kagome, you've been working too hard, you have to rest for now," Inuyasha pleaded, he was worried for Kagome, she was sick, and he cared for her, and let god smite him if she ever got hurt. "You're too stressed out."

"No I'm not!" Kagome half yelled half coughed out.

"Yes, you are!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"YES, and that's final!" Inuyasha said, "And I'll tie you to this bed if I have to, you are not getting out of this room until you feel better!"

Kagome glared and folded her arms across her chest.

"Much better."

"Well, what am I supposed to do? I have three jobs today!" Kagome screeched, her eyes flaming with anger.

"Look, Kagome, how about I go make you some tea, and we'll figure this out, besides, your first job isn't until twelve."

"I don't care!" Kagome whined, hating that she was losing this battle.

Smiling softly, Inuyasha tucked some hair behind his future wife's ear and ignored when Kagome tried to slap him. "I'll be right back."

"I don't care!" Kagome exclaimed angrily as Inuyasha walked out of the room. Glancing at the window, Kagome calculated how fast she could get dressed, hop out the window and get to her work without getting unwanted attention from Inuyasha.

Inuyasha made some tea and walked back into the room, just in time to see Kagome hop out the window, hacking away.

"Fuck!" Inuyasha yelled and set the tea down and grabbed a hat and scarf for Kagome, putting the two articles on him, he jumped out the window and chased after Kagome.

Well, he would have, if it hadn't been for the old lady that lived underneath their apartment. Why in all the hells was the old lady doing on the fire escape? She gasped as Inuyasha landed on her. During their time together, the old lady and her husband had come to hate Kagome and Inu- yasha because they kept them up at night, and had to make their arthritis worse as they banged on the ceiling with a broomstick.

"Stupid little boy, don't you realize that I don't get enough sleep with you and your little girl friend moaning all the time, and now your hopping on top of me? I don't know how much more I can take!"

Inuyasha blushed and muttered an apology as he chased after Kagome.

Stupid girl.
Kagome barged into the skate rink just in time; she had five minutes before the next skating session opened.

Grinning at her genius, she collapsed into unconsciousness; her sprinting away from Inuyasha had had an effect on her. A bad effect.

The door banged open and Inuyasha came running in. he scooped up Kagome and glanced at the other employees. Grinning sheepishly he darted from the room before they could tackle him and make him pay for entering the skate rink.

He ran with Kagome in his arms down the street and seemed to be running on the walls to get around people. Too bad he didn't realize when he ran into a security guard.

"Hey watch where you're going you ass…Hello!" Inuyasha said, trying to cover up the fact that he just insulted a security guard that was just as bad as a cop in Inuyasha's book.

"So, you like insulting your protectors?" the guard asked. The guard had been having a very bad day, and this had finally made him snap, why not scare the little tripe with the dead girl in his arms?

Wait, dead girl?

"Say, Mister, why the hell is there a dead girl in your arms?" the guard asked, not bothering to sugar coat his question.

Inuyasha blinked and looked at Kagome, "Oh, she's my girlfriend."

"...Why don' you and I have a little chat, downtown?" the guard asked as he started pounding his nightstick into his fist in a menacing manor. The only problem was that the security guard didn't have that power unless the boy walked into the restricted area he was guarding. He was so busy with Inuyasha; he failed to notice that a bunch of boys, bent on getting drunk, were already happily entering the area.

"As much as I'd like to, I have to get home," Inuyasha said softly, realizing that all this loud talking could wake his Kagome up.

"And I care?"

"Don't make me angry?"

"Oh, are you going to turn into the incredible hulk now? Oh no, I'm going to die," the cop-wannabe made a choking sound that was supposed to be a laugh, finding his little joke extremely funny.

"I don't have time to mess with guys like you," Inuyasha sighed and started to walk down the street.

"Oh no you don't," the security guard made a grab for Inuyasha, but he quickly ducked from the hand and did a little backwards roll under the man.

"Look, I really have to go, now I can make this easy for you or hard for you, and I would really like to get home so if you don't mind picking the first one," Inuyasha stated as he shifted Kagome in his arms.

"Look buddy, you can't just come and knock me down, kill your girlfriend and expect me to let you walk away," The cop-wannabe stated.

"Listen," Inuyasha leaned forward and read the nametag, "Bob? Well, listen Bob, I don't have time for this."

Bob made a dive for Inuyasha, who quickly dodged it to the left.

This carried on for a few minutes before Inuyasha shifted Kagome onto his shoulder like Tarzan and climbed up the streetlight. Holding onto the metal pole with one hand he leaned forward and grabbed the little balcony extending from the building near the streetlight.

"Well, its been great Bob," Inuyasha stated as he rested his thumb in front of his ear and his pinky in front of his mouth, "Call me."

He then leaped off the balcony and landed gracefully on a park bench before dancing around some pedestrians whom were in his way.

As he passed an arcade, he did a lopsided bow and a grin to a DDR machine, "You have taught me well, I salute you!"

Noticing that people were staring, he grinned and waved, "Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week, but now I got to go." Inuyasha noticed Bob running towards him, getting over his shock at Inuyasha's cool moves as he called them, "Bye!"
Kagome moaned as she was awakened by a throbbing headache. All she remembered was passing out at the skating rink. She shot straight up when she realized that she was once again in her apartment. She groaned when she realized that Inuyasha had caught her.

The said boy sat down next to her, offering a soft smile as he felt her forehead. "Did you sleep well?"

"No."

"Kagome, stop being so stubborn," Inuyasha said crossly as he brushed some hair away from her face, "I love you, and I want you to feel better."

Kagome quieted, realizing that her stubbornness was taking a toll on Inuyasha. He looked tired, probably from staying up and watching her and probably from chasing after her.

"What time is it?"

"Around ten," Inuyasha informed, "You've been asleep all day." He glanced at the dark sky outside and Kagome groaned. "What?"

"I'm so going to be fired," Kagome whispered.

"I already called your work place, Kagome, they know you'll be out for a while."

"Oh."

"Get some sleep, Kagome," he whispered softly and kissed her cheek, "I want you to get better soon."

"Ok," she said as her eyelids began to droop, she hadn't even realized how tired she was until he mentioned sleeping…
The next morning, before Kagome awoke, Inuyasha once again called the places Kagome had to work. She needed a day to recover, if she was feeling better, it wouldn't matter, his mom always told him that you should wait twenty four hours after you get a fever.

Telling the bosses she would be out was fairly easy, they were all very friendly. It was the last one, Kagome's newest job, that annoyed him.

Yesterday he had spoken to Naraku, Kagome's newest boss, and had decided he was a bastard. He spoke about Kagome like a sex slave, and had no respect for her. He even failed to notice that he was speaking to her boyfriend!

Sighing, he dialed the number.

After the fourth ring it was picked up, "Naraku speaking." What a cocky bastard, he doesn't even say hello? He doesn't even bother to say the name of the restaurant, how was someone like Inuyasha to know if this was the right number?

"Yes, I'm calling on behalf of Kagome," Inuyasha stated.

"Oh is Mrs. Higurashi still sick, the little vixen," Naraku drawled out and made Inuyasha's blood boil.

"Yes, my fiancée is still sick and won't be coming in today."

"Ah, what a shame, I shall have to do the beauty's work for her. That's just the kind of guy I am, I shall do the work for my employees if they are sick. Without me, the restaurant would go under, I hold it together, and I am the foundation." Inuyasha felt like groaning at the stupidity of this man, how could one man be this cocky? True, he had once been like that, but that was before he met Kagome, he was still a little cocky, but not this cocky.

"Well," Inuyasha said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "Good to know that you're such an ASS-hang on a second-" Inuyasha leaned away from the phone and coughed loudly, "-SET to your company. You truly are an inspiration."

Silence greeted Inuyasha and he grinned at his own personal victory.

Inuyasha: 1

Naraku: 0

Inuyasha hung up the phone and proceeded to congratulate himself by making some ramen for himself and some chicken noodle soup for his Kagome.

Kagome coughed in the background.

The old woman knocked her ceiling, their floor, with a broomstick.

The two cats meowed before falling off the cough.

Shippou snorted at the idiocy of his family while playing with a game cube.

All was right in the world.