Home Sweet Home: by Sashi
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, and all other related characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
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"Mom, Sota, Jiichan, I'm home!" Kagome shouted from the back door. She walked through the small room where the family had kept their supplies and into the kitchen.
She saw her brother and Jiichan, sitting at the table and helping themselves to eggs from a plate. Her mother had her back to her and had been scrubbing at some dirty dishes when she heard Kagome's entrance.
"Kagome!" She shouted happily, throwing off her rubber gloves and running to her daughter. "We've all missed you so!" She said, embracing the young girl.
"Hey, Kagome!" Sota said loudly. "Have any more exciting adventures in the Sengoku Jidai?"
Kagome smiled. "Sota, everyday is an adventure there. Don't give me that jealous look; it's not so great. I'm beat!"
Sota pouted. "I'd give anything to do what you do everyday."
Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Now, now, kids." Jiichan said. "Kagome's just arrived and already you're fighting."
"Jiichan's right. Sota, is that any way to treat your sister?" Mrs. Higurashi asked sternly.
Sota just stuck his tongue out at his sister.
Mrs. Higurashi ignored. "Kagome, why don't you take a nap? You must be exhausted!" She said, holding a comforting arm around her daughter's shoulders.
"Thanks, Mom." Kagome said gratefully. "But I think I'm going to take a bath first. I've been dying for one."
As she passed her brother, still pouting, he muttered, "I've been just dying to go to the Feudal Era."
Kagome snorted on the way to her room. //Little brothers.// She thought.
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Kagome sighed as she sunk lower into the steaming hot bath.
"Nothing like returning home to the modern-day luxuries." She said softly to herself.
//You begin to appreciate these sorts of things when you're away from them so long. I'm looking forward to a nice sleep in my soft, down bed. // She thought to herself.
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Kagome wrapped the towel tightly around her body. She bent over to unplug the bathtub. Swirling the water around with her foot a bit to let the water drain faster, she almost lost her balance, but caught herself on the corner of the sink counter.
"That's all I need right now. To fall and break my head, not an hour after I return." She muttered to herself, a bit angry at her clumsiness.
Once satisfied with the condition of the tub, she reached over to the counter and plugged in her blow dryer and switched the tab to "on."
Feeling the powerful blast of heat against her skull, she dried her hair while thinking back to the scene with Inuyasha earlier that morning.
//Jerk.// She thought to herself. //I'll bet he wouldn't care one bit if I failed my entrance exams! //
//He only makes a fuss because he worries about you when he can't protect you. // A voice inside her head replied wisely.
Kagome snorted. //I'll bet he only thinks of me as a jewel shard detector.// Another nasty voice sneered within.
"No! We need you to detect the Shikon jewel shards!" the hanyou had yelled stubbornly.
Angrily, Kagome turned off the dryer and wrapped the cord around the handle.
"Maybe I'll just stay a while. The Shikon Jewel can wait." She thought to herself. She finished cleaning the washroom, and changed into some jeans and a tank top.
"I need a nap so bad." She muttered to herself, throwing her tired body into the bed's soft, tempting covers.
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Sota knocked lightly at his sister's closed bedroom door.
"Sis?" He called out gently. No answer. He quietly opened the door to see Kagome laying on the bed in a deep slumber.
"She really is exhausted." He said quietly to himself. "I'll just leave these here, then." He continued, walking over to her desk.
He lightly placed a packet of papers, notes for Kagome's classes which he had copied from her friends.
They had all been so worried about her "diseases" that they had been glad to help out. They would be excited to know that she was back.
Kagome was really lucky to have so many people care for her and try to help her keep up. Even if that Hojo boy was getting annoying.
Exiting the room, Sota laughed to himself when he imagined Kagome's reaction to the large pile of medicinal products given to her by the annoying teen, waiting in her closet.
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Alright, chapter 2 is finished! Review if you like, please!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, and all other related characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
*****
"Mom, Sota, Jiichan, I'm home!" Kagome shouted from the back door. She walked through the small room where the family had kept their supplies and into the kitchen.
She saw her brother and Jiichan, sitting at the table and helping themselves to eggs from a plate. Her mother had her back to her and had been scrubbing at some dirty dishes when she heard Kagome's entrance.
"Kagome!" She shouted happily, throwing off her rubber gloves and running to her daughter. "We've all missed you so!" She said, embracing the young girl.
"Hey, Kagome!" Sota said loudly. "Have any more exciting adventures in the Sengoku Jidai?"
Kagome smiled. "Sota, everyday is an adventure there. Don't give me that jealous look; it's not so great. I'm beat!"
Sota pouted. "I'd give anything to do what you do everyday."
Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Now, now, kids." Jiichan said. "Kagome's just arrived and already you're fighting."
"Jiichan's right. Sota, is that any way to treat your sister?" Mrs. Higurashi asked sternly.
Sota just stuck his tongue out at his sister.
Mrs. Higurashi ignored. "Kagome, why don't you take a nap? You must be exhausted!" She said, holding a comforting arm around her daughter's shoulders.
"Thanks, Mom." Kagome said gratefully. "But I think I'm going to take a bath first. I've been dying for one."
As she passed her brother, still pouting, he muttered, "I've been just dying to go to the Feudal Era."
Kagome snorted on the way to her room. //Little brothers.// She thought.
*****
Kagome sighed as she sunk lower into the steaming hot bath.
"Nothing like returning home to the modern-day luxuries." She said softly to herself.
//You begin to appreciate these sorts of things when you're away from them so long. I'm looking forward to a nice sleep in my soft, down bed. // She thought to herself.
*****
Kagome wrapped the towel tightly around her body. She bent over to unplug the bathtub. Swirling the water around with her foot a bit to let the water drain faster, she almost lost her balance, but caught herself on the corner of the sink counter.
"That's all I need right now. To fall and break my head, not an hour after I return." She muttered to herself, a bit angry at her clumsiness.
Once satisfied with the condition of the tub, she reached over to the counter and plugged in her blow dryer and switched the tab to "on."
Feeling the powerful blast of heat against her skull, she dried her hair while thinking back to the scene with Inuyasha earlier that morning.
//Jerk.// She thought to herself. //I'll bet he wouldn't care one bit if I failed my entrance exams! //
//He only makes a fuss because he worries about you when he can't protect you. // A voice inside her head replied wisely.
Kagome snorted. //I'll bet he only thinks of me as a jewel shard detector.// Another nasty voice sneered within.
"No! We need you to detect the Shikon jewel shards!" the hanyou had yelled stubbornly.
Angrily, Kagome turned off the dryer and wrapped the cord around the handle.
"Maybe I'll just stay a while. The Shikon Jewel can wait." She thought to herself. She finished cleaning the washroom, and changed into some jeans and a tank top.
"I need a nap so bad." She muttered to herself, throwing her tired body into the bed's soft, tempting covers.
*****
Sota knocked lightly at his sister's closed bedroom door.
"Sis?" He called out gently. No answer. He quietly opened the door to see Kagome laying on the bed in a deep slumber.
"She really is exhausted." He said quietly to himself. "I'll just leave these here, then." He continued, walking over to her desk.
He lightly placed a packet of papers, notes for Kagome's classes which he had copied from her friends.
They had all been so worried about her "diseases" that they had been glad to help out. They would be excited to know that she was back.
Kagome was really lucky to have so many people care for her and try to help her keep up. Even if that Hojo boy was getting annoying.
Exiting the room, Sota laughed to himself when he imagined Kagome's reaction to the large pile of medicinal products given to her by the annoying teen, waiting in her closet.
*****
Alright, chapter 2 is finished! Review if you like, please!
