Chapter 7

Kagome, after a long day at school, came home exhausted. She

got a literature assignment to memorize "The Raven" by Edger Allan Poe.

She thought to herself, 'I should be able to memorize it tonight

before I leave. I wouldn't want to be reciting it while anyone else is

around.'

She came in the door of her room. She dropped her bag on the

floor and then, crashed into her bed. She looked over at her clock.

4:23. She thought, 'I'm going to take a nap and then go talk to my mom,

eat dinner, and get ready to go back to the feudal era.' Kagome fell

asleep on her bed. A few minutes later, Kagome's mom came in her room.

She looked in through her door. She saw her dead asleep. 'Poor thing.

She has such a hard time. I'll wash her close for her.' she thought to

herself. She went into Kagome's bag. She pulled out Kagome's clothes.

Then, Kagome's diary fell out of the middle of her clothes. She opened

it to the last page that was written on.

Dear Diary,

I don't know what to do about Inuyasha.

He has been really weird, but yet sweet.

I think that he wants to be more than friends.

It seems kind of obvious since he kissed me.

That's O.K. with me. I don't know how my mom

would react. I'm going to ask her about it though.

For the first time in three months

I wasn't late or absent for school.

I got to finish my test in Mrs. Waterman's class, too.

This week has been the best ever.

Kagome's mom thought to herself. 'She's willing to talk to me

about that kind of stuff. I'm glad of that. She likes him. I'll let her

do what she wants.' Kagome's mom put her book back in the her bag and

took her clothes out to wash them.

Kagome woke up. She opened her eyes. The clock was right in

front of her. 8:42. The sun was almost completely down. Kagome got up.

She went to the bathroom and got a shower. When she got out, she went

down to the kitchen. Her mom had a bowl of rice on the table for her.

Kagome's mom was at the sink, washing the dishes from Sota and her

grandpa. Kagome sat down at the table. Kagome's mom turned around. She

jumped. "Kagome, you came in so quietly I didn't even hear you. You

scared me." she said. "I'm sorry, mom." Kagome said. There was a pause.

"Mom, I have something to talk to you about." Kagome said. "Yes

dear, what is it?" Kagome's mom asked. "Well, what do you think ...uh

... would happen if I kind of ...uh... got a boyfriend?" Kagome asked.

She was nervous. When she ask, she looked down, staring at the floor.

Kagome's mom said, "If you're asking permission you have it, as long as

you bring the boy by the house so I can take a look at him." Kagome's

eyes got wide. "Seriously?" Kagome asked. Kagome's mom smiled.

"Seriously," she said. Kagome hugged her mom. "Thanks." Kagome thought,

'Wait a minute! How is she going to react to Inuyasha and the way he

looks?' Kagome finished her rice. Kagome went up to her room. She began

to pack for the trip. She already had bandages, just in case. She went

to get her clothes. "Where did my clothes go?" Kagome mumbled to

herself.

Then, Kagome heard a voice behind her say, "Hi, sis. What's up?"

Kagome turned around to see her little brother, Sota. "Nothing much.

I'm just packing." Kagome said, still searching for her clothes. Sota

said, "You're leaving again?" Kagome said, "Yeah, but I have time right

now. What's on your mind?" "I was just wondering if you and I could do

something sometime. You know like brothers and sisters do." Kagome

asked, "Like what?" Sota shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Play a

game or go into town together." Kagome smiled. "That's fine. As soon as

I get back from this trip I promise we'll do something together."

Kagome gave him a small punch in the shoulder. Sota smiled. "Oh yeah,

by the way, mom told me to tell you that your clothes are downstairs.

She washed them for you." Sota went down the hall to his room.

She took out her literature book and started to reading "The

Raven." After she read it she thought, 'This is a freaky poem.' Then,

she started to recite it as she went downstairs and got her clothes she

went back up to her room. She put the clothes in her bag. She got to

the point in the poem where it says:

Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.

`Surely,' said I, `surely that is something at my window lattice;

Let me see then, what there at is, and this mystery explore -

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;

'This the wind and nothing more!'

All of a sudden, there was a tapping on Kagome's window. Kagome

jumped because she was already scared from the poem. Kagome thought,

'It's probably just the wind.' She went to the window and drew back her

curtains. She was shocked to see someone at her window. When she looked

at the person she recognized that it was Inuyasha. Kagome opened the

window. Inuyasha came in.

Inuyasha started, "Kagome, I need to talk to y..." He was

interrupted by Kagome hugging him. Kagome was shaking. Inuyasha was

very confused at this point. 'Why is she shaking like that?' He hugged

her tight as to comfort her. Then, Kagome hit him upside the head. It

wasn't that hard. "You scared me to death." Kagome said. Inuyasha had

a odd look on his face. 'What the heck did I do?' he thought. Kagome

asked, "How long where you at the window?" Inuyasha said, "Since your

little brother entered your room. I didn't think that he would ever

leave. That kid is weird." Kagome said, "He's not weird. He just

thinks of you as a hero since you saved us from that mask."

Inuyasha sarcastically mumbled, "Lucky me." Kagome smiled to herself.

"So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Inuyasha

rubbed the back of his head where Kagome hit him. "I don't know. I

can't remember anymore." Inuyasha said. Kagome laughed and shook her

head. "I'm sorry for hitting you and for yelling at you earlier."

Inuyasha said, "Don't worry about that. Either way I still don't

remember." Inuyasha knew that he made up an excuse just to come

see her.

All of a sudden the door opened. Inuyasha jumped out the

window. Sota walked in. "Kagome, have you seen the remote?" Sota asked.

Kagome got frustrated. "Sota, have you ever heard of something called

knocking?" Kagome yelled. Sota said, "Why? It's not like you were busy

or anything." Kagome picked up her literature book. She flipped through

it until she saw a page with a lot of hard words on it. "I'm not busy.

Take a look at this." Kagome said. She showed Sota that page. He

gulped. "I'm sorry, Kagome." he said as he shut the door.

Kagome went to the window. Inuyasha was clinging on to the

gutter, trying to get back on the roof. Then, he just let go of the

gutter. Kagome gasped thinking that he fell off the roof. Inuyasha

grabbed the gutter and then pulled himself up while laughing at

Kagome's reaction at the same time. Kagome was a little mad, but she

knew it was a joke so she didn't say anything. "What was it that you

showed that brat to make him go away?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome threw

the book to him. Inuyasha sniffed the book. Then, he bit into the book.

"What are you doing?" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha said, "What is that?"

Kagome said, "It's a book." Inuyasha said, "What's a book?" Kagome

said, "You know, something that you read out of." Inuyasha said,

"Read?" Kagome gave Inuyasha a look. "You don't know how to read?"

Inuyasha shook his head. Kagome thought, 'I can't believe this.'

Inuyasha said, "I don't need to." Kagome was very surprised to the

fact that Inuyasha had no clue how to read. She thought, 'Now, I have

teeth marks in my literature book.'

Kagome looked out the window. By this time, the sun was almost

completely down and the moon was out. Kagome said, "It's a full moon

tonight." "What did you just say?" he asked. Kagome said, "There's

going to be a full moon tonight." Inuyasha thought, 'Crap.' Kagome

could tell that he was worried about something. "What's wrong?"

Kagome asked. The sun had gone completely down. "That's what!"

Inuyasha said. Kagome looked at Inuyasha. Then, she realized that he

was worried about being in his human form. The transformation had

already occurred. Inuyasha was sitting in the same spot on the roof

except now he had black hair, his eyes turned brown and the dog ears

disappear. Now he had normal ears and human fingernails instead of

claws. Kagome thought, 'This is perfect. I should have my mom meet

him while he is in this transformation.'

Kagome pulled Inuyasha into her room. "Hey, will you do me a

favor?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha gave her a look. "It depends on what it

is you're having me do." Inuyasha said. Kagome said, "All I want you to

do is meet my mom." Inuyasha said, "Do what?" Kagome said, "Only this

once." Inuyasha said, "Yeah right. You want me to meet your mother."

Kagome said, "Please Inuyasha. I'll do anything." Inuyasha thought,

'What could I have her do? I can't think of anything. I'll just tell

her she owes me one.' Inuyasha sighed. "Oh, alright."