Ever wonder what happened to Souta's lil girlfriend? Me too! Well, I took the horrible matter into my own hands. Trouble is... can't remember her name so I hope I got it at lease REMOTELY right, I am calling her "hitemi" Anyway, on with the story!

Souta was having a thoroughly wonderful time with Hitemi. So wonderful in fact, that he failed to notice Inuyasha's sword leaning against the wall near the stairs as he got home.

"C'mon Hitemi! We can go up to my room, and maybe you can meet my sister, if she's here that is..." Souta beckoned for the young girl to follow him up the stairs.

Unfortunately, he never got to his room. Silence. Souta stared, Souta's eyebrow twitched "A- a- ano..." Souta was faced with probably the MOST disturbing sight for a boy his age. He was thoroughly grossed out! Before him, through the open bathroom door, he could see not ONLY a naked Kagome in the full bathtub, but also a very naked Inuyasha RIGHT next to her.

Souta twitched. He had to think fast, Hitemi was coming up the stairs. FAST, FASTER! Her steps were right behind him.

Thank kami for bathroom doors, especially the ones that open outward. Souta leaped heroically towards the doorway and the door closed just in time to hide the disturbing sight from Hitemi's eyes. Wiping a bead of sweat from his troubled face Souta let out a sigh.

"Souta-kun... Who was in there?" Hitemi wasn't stupid enough not to know someone had been in the bathroom. why else would Souta close the door so quickly?

"A- ano... watashi no niisan to..." (well.. My sister and..) Souta knew he should have left out the 'and' Now he either had to think of something good, or tell the truth.

"To?" (and?) Hitemi sounded intrigued.

"To... Buyo!" (and.. Buyo) He finished triumphantly, proud at his quick and wise thinking.

"Mao."

Souta twitched.

"Mi-rao."

One could almost see the triumph breaking in the air as Souta turned around with more of a horrified twitch then anything else. There, rolling happily on the stair below him, was a very innocent looking Buyo.

"But Buyo is right there..." Hitemi gave Souta one of those 'I-know-you- lied-to-me,-now-tell-me-the-truth-now-or-you-get-it' looks.

"Oh..." Souta laughed nervously, pulling at the collar of his t-shirt as if he wasn't getting enough air. "Well... actually her... boyfriend is in there with her."

"Oh..." Hitemi began. "OH!! Hehe... do you know him, is he nice?"

A boy could be amazed how fast gossip can consume a girl's mind. It could overcome some of the HUGESET things. After this, he would never... EVER crtisize the girl's need for gossip AGAIN.

"Uhhhh.. Kare no namae wa Inuyasha desu." (his name is Inuyasha) Souta was finally recovering from the sight. "Kare wa nichan ga suki desu.(he likes my sister) he likes her a lot too well obviously.. But they just told each other recently after hiding it from each other for SOO long."

"That's so sad! I'm glad you told me quickly!" Hitemi blushed, forgetting about the bathroom door incident. "What else about their relationship?"

Hitemi was in gossip mode, not one thing could stop her now from questioning ever aspect of their relationship. Though in third grade, Hitemi was already the center of the gossip network at the shyou gakko. (school, grades 1-6)

"Yeah, I think they are engaged, but I am not sure. I hope so because Inuyasha is the coolest! He'll be my real oniisan!" Souta was going to continue when the source of their conversation opened the door with a very content smile on his face.

"Ah, Kagome that was.." Inuyasha began, though Kagome, seeing the two children in the hallway and putting the pieces together; the door slamming, the blush on both kid's faces. Souta obviously had seen them in the bathtub together.

"Inuyasha, Osuwari." Kagome recited. As ordered, Inuyasha crashed to the ground, nearly flattening a very traumatized Buyo.

"Souta! Hitemi! Konnichiwa!" Kagome said with a big fake smile on her face, glancing down at Inuyasha who was struggling to rid himself of the spell.

Hitemi was stupefied by the hanyou that was now flattened on the floor, ran haori and all. When the spell finally wore off, Inuyasha peeled himself unceremoniously from the ground and brushed himself off angrily.

"Whoa..." Hitemi was still staring fixedly at the silver-haired, dog-eared man in front of her. "ARE THOSE REAL?!"

Hitemi was jumping up and down trying to reach Inuyasha's soft ears. Softly laughing, Kagome reached over to scratch one of them. As the massaged it, Inuyasha's tension slowly leaked away. He tried to stop it, yes he tried to stop this embarrassment, but it wouldn't stop. His left leg just wouldn't stop tapping as long as Kagome scratched his ear.

"Stop." He purred, though not wanting her to. Both children were watching the scene with amusement.

"Why?! You're enjoying it!" Kagome said indignantly.

"Are not." Inuyasha purred again.

"Are too."

"Are not" "Are too" "Are not" "Are too" "Are not" "Are too" "Are not" "Are too"

While the two had been arguing, Hitemi and Souta had escaped to his room

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Kagome sat forlornly at the table, legs crossed haphazardly and both elbows resting on the table.

"Okaasan?" Kagome called to her mother who was washing dishes at the sink.

"Hai?" The woman responded, pausing with her scrubbing so she could hear better.

"Can we talk about me and Inuyasha?" Kagome sighed deeply, diverting her gaze to an insect that was hovering over the fruit bowl in front of her.

"Go ahead, I'd be happy." Her mother smiled on of those warm motherly smiles that can make you feel like a diamond.

"This whole thing is kinda going fast... not that I mind, I love him more than anything in the world." She paused to look out at the Goshimboku tree. "It's just that... I'm not so sure I'm ready to leave this world entirely quite yet. I WAS born here after all and that must count for something."

"I think you were really meant for that world, but I also think you were meant for this world. You shouldn't have to give up either one for any reason. I do think that you seem to get along better in the other time." Her mother was now sitting at the kitchen table with Kagome.

"Arigato, Okaasan." Kagome smiled, looking out the window to see none other then her Inuyasha sailing towards the tree outside of the shrine.

He stopped in one of it's thick branches in a crouch, momentarily distracted by a small insect that buzzed lethargically past him. He swatted at it playfully before it flew, escaping his sharp claws. One of his ears twitched slightly and he brought his foot up to scratch it. Kagome couldn't help but bursting out in laughter, realizing how much like a dog he really was. Flinging open the back door she jogged out to his tree calling his name lightly.

Jumping down in a swift motion, Inuyasha was next to Kagome before she could even reach the base of the tree.

"Yo, koibito." Inuyasha whispered, affectionately nuzzling her neck.

Kagome giggled, since when was Inuyasha this nice?! A little voice whispered back to her 'Since we were on the roof!'

"Can we go back and look for some more shards?" Inuyasha voiced hopefully.

"I guess so, I miss it a lot and we've only been here for 3 days." She whispered up to his fuzzy ear.

When they were on the other side of the well, big yellow bag and all, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome gently and leaped out the well. Little did either know that they had quite an audience. Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara all were on their feet as Inuyasha landed lightly.

"Inuyasha!" three voices chorused (Plus one mew from Kirara.) Everyone exploded at once with excuses as to why they were waiting at the well.

"You see, we were walking, and there was the well..." Sango started.

"...we knew you two were in Kagome's time so we decided to wait here." Shippo scratched his head thoughtfully.

"I was meditating near here, and I thought I felt an ominous presence close to the well." Was all that could be heard of Miroku's explanation.

"Gah, everyone urusei!" (shut up!) Kagome squeaked, genuinely trying to listen to everyone at once and not succeeding.

"You probably just didn't feel very safe without me around to protect you, huh." Inuyasha stated sarcastically.

"Well.. You see..." Everyone started, but were cut off by Inuyasha.

"Save your breath, lets get back to the hut. It was hard enough getting Kagome to haul herself back, damn wench." Inuyasha coughed sourly, hoping Kagome wouldn't sit him.

Everyone except Kagome departed to the hut. She stayed right where she had been standing before, frozen in disbelief.

"Of course I can't expect him to be nicer to me around THEM. It was too good to be true. Him and his damn pride." She mumbled to herself. "How could he be so nice to me when we're alone, and then have it change completely when we're around people."

Sango was the only one who noticed Kagome-chan's absence from the group and she swung back a little to see what was amiss. When Sango reached the well, Kagome was just swinging her big yellow bag over her shoulder halfheartedly.

"Everything ok?" Sango asked worriedly.

"Hai, Hai." Kagome said, using a tone that said quite the opposite.

"You sure..." Sango asked, getting a good look in Kagome's eyes.

"That damn baka," Kagome said monotonously. "Him and his god damned pride. His pride is the size of the Goodyear blimp that those Americans have!"

"Ehh? Good. year.. Blimp.? O well, Kagome, I am sure he didn't mean it... you know he never means any of the things he says." Sango said, though not remember any particularly nasty insults from Inuyasha.

"We had sex, Sango. On the roof of my house. We kissed and kissed. I thought he had gotten nicer to me, but it was just 'cause we were alone."

Sango stared in shock. They did WHAT on Kagome's roof?!

"Whoa whoa whoa... you had SEX?!" Sango said disbelievingly. "You mean to tell me that you got him on the roof of your house with HIM and had SEX?!"

"Yup."

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Gomen ne! I have to go to Virginia tomorrow and I thought I would post this much anyway, gomen again for the fact that I did not have time to write more. I won't have much time from now on to write, so I figured I should just get what I had posted right away. Wish me luck in Virginia when I compete in the National USCCA rock climbing competition!

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