Ghost
Chapter 6: A lot of confusion on Inu's part.

Inuyasha stared at the girl lying in the coffin. 'That can't be Kagome! That would be too much of a coincidence.' Inuyasha kept backing away until he hit someone. He turned around to look at the person that he bumped into. "Sor-oh it's you."

"Sorry to disappoint. I guess you've seen the person in the coffin, judging by the way you are looking at me." Kagome replied sadly.

Inuyasha didn't like looking at her when she was sad. It made him feel sad. He had been feeling sad all day. Suddenly Kagome's face grew determined and she pointed her finger at him. "You better not look at me with those pity eyes! If you do I'll cut them out while you're sleeping! Then I'll put them in a jar and shove them up your ass!" Kagome's face then turned suddenly curious as she brought the finger, that was previously pointing at Inuyasha, to her mouth. "Kagome wonders: Where is Inuyasha going to sleep?"

Inuyasha looked at her. "What's with the whole 'mood change' thing? And why are you talking in third person?"

"Huh? Kagome cannot understand Inuyasha. Is Inuyasha trying to tell Kagome something? If so he should speak like Kagome, so that Kagome can understand him."

Inuyasha sweatdropped at the innocent tone that Kagome was using. "Fine! Inuyasha wants to know why Kagome is having these weirdo mood swings, and why she is talking-and making everyone around her-talk in third person."

Kikyou walked up behind Inuyasha tears in her eyes. (from the onions remember) "Why are you talking like a lunatic Inuyasha?" She asked, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. "My stupid little cousin used to talk like that, it's so annoying. Please tell me you don't do that often!" Kikyou nuzzled Inuyasha neck.

"I don't, you don't have to worry. I guess being around her must make one act like her. Come on, let's go. The expression on Kagome's face is really starting to creep me out." Inuyasha started to lead him and Kikyou out when she stopped.

"How did you know her name? I'm sure I didn't tell you, and I only left you for a second."

Inuyasha bit his lip and thought of a good lie. "Well, I heard one of those guys saying that they would miss Kagome and that they hopped she went to heaven-I just put two and two together, and. . ."

Kikyou giggled, "My, my, don't I have one of the smartest boyfriends in the whole wide world!" They started walking towards the main part of the house.

"'Smartest?' Right, and I'm the queen of England." Inuyasha was about to reply, but he remembered that Kikyou was still in hearing distance. (How hard would it be to forget? She's clinging all over him.)

"So. . ." Inuyasha asked. "Are you sure that I will be able to stay in Kagome's room?"

"Sure, why not? It's not like anything of hers deserves respect." Kikyou sneered. "And please refer to 'her' as her. I can't stand hearing that little witch's name."

"Ok. . ." Inuyasha said slowly. "Oh. . . Look, we're at the house already." He unlatched Kikyou's arms form his waist and walked into the house. On the couch, in the living room, sat Mrs. Higurashi. She wasn't crying any more but her eyes were still red and puffy. Inuyasha walked over to her and asked, "Hey um. . . since I don't have anywhere to sleep. . . couldIsleepinKagome'sroom?" He managed to say the last part as one word.

Mrs. Higurashi looked up and nodded. "This way. . ." she croaked. 'Just like that?' Inuyasha thought. They walked up the stairs and stopped in front of a door. "This is Kagome's room." With that she walked away into another door. (She opened it first.)

(P.S. Just so you know, they ate on the plane and it's already about 8:30 p.m. They caught a late plane.) "Well," Inuyasha said to himself. He puffed out his chest. "Time to face the unknown!" He whispered to himself. He prepared to open Kagome's door when. . . Kikyou walked by and kissed him on his cheek.

"I'll just be in the next room. If you get lonely or bored come and see me. Buh-bye!" And with that she disappeared into the door next to Kagome's room.

"Well now," Inuyasha started, totally deflated. "That ruined the dramatic moment." Inuyasha opened the door and looked around. "Not bed. . ." he murmured. He stepped in and locked the door while chanting the spell that let him relinquish his human form.

All of a sudden a wave of sweet air hit him in the face. "Must be Kagome's scent." Inuyasha closed his eyes and let his nose lead him to where her scent was most fragrant. He inhaled deeply, over and over. In about ten minutes he was drunk on Kagome.

"Why is your face pressed up against my under ware drawer?!" Inuyasha's eyes snapped open at the sound of Kagome's voice.

"Oh! Is this your under ware drawer?! I thought that it was. . .uh. . .an old man's under ware drawer! Yea! 'Cause that's what you smell like! Hahahahahahaha!!!!" Inuyasha replied Oh-so-smartly. At that moment he was standing up, pointing at her, and had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face.

"So you are saying that you like going around sniffing old men's under ware drawers?!" Kagome shrieked. She put her hands up to her mouth in mock surprise, but she was just trying to hold in her laughter.

"Shut up!" That sent Kagome over the edge with laughter. "I said: Shut up! Didn't you hear me?!"

Kagome's face was red from laughing. "I heard you alright! But, you know how it is. . . When someone tells you not to do something, you have to do it!"

Inuyasha was about to scream at her when there was a knock at the door. "Inuyasha? Are you ok?" It was Mrs. Higurashi. Inuyasha heard a clicking sound and knew that she was unlocking the door to Kagome's room. Inuyasha started saying the spell as the doorknob twisted. He knew that he didn't have time to finish the spell before the door opened, and if he did she would catch him in the middle of transforming. The door opened and there was a gasp.

(A/N: I was considering ending the chapter here, but my Chinese friend Aileen got out the metal bar that I keep in my room and threatened me that if I ended the chapter here she would hit me over the head with it and tie me to a cement block then dump my body in the Pacific. So I think I'll keep writing.)
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Shippo was staring at the little drops of water coming down from the kitchen faucet. "I'm so bored. . ."

Instantly Sesshomaru was be hind him. "Well, if you are so bored. . . Come and help me!" Sesshomaru grabbed Shippo by his shirt collar and started dragging him through the door. "You are the perfect size to help me fit dresses for the dolls that I'm making for Rin! She'll finally go out on a date with me! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" He stopped because he needed air, then, "MAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Shippo screamed as he clawed at the ground. "The torture! The pain! Someone, anyone, HELP ME!" Shippo's screams went out to deaf ears.

Mrs. Inu sat in the living room next to Mr. Inu. "Dear, do you think that we should help Shippo?" Mrs. Inu asked while she filed her nails.

"No. . . Sesshomaru won't hurt him too much."
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Inuyasha closed his eyes tight. There was some mumbling about "ears" by the door. He waited, and waited. Damn, he was caught and she wasn't even doing anything! He opened one eye. She was still standing there looking at his ears. "Aren't you going to do something to me?"

Mrs. Higurashi looked a little startled for a moment. "I-Inuyasha? Um. . ."

"What?" He opened the other eye.

Suddenly Mrs. Higurashi was inches away from him. "Your ears! Are they real?!" Inuyasha flinched back as she grabbed his ears and started pulling and tugging them this way and that way.

"Stop it! That hurts!"

"They're so soft!" She finally let go of his ears and stepped back. Mrs. Higurashi giggled. "You and Kikyou make the PERFECT couple." There was sarcasm dripping form her voice as she said that. She left the room laughing.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "What was that all about?"

There was a sound of someone falling down onto a bed behind him. He turned around and looked at Kagome. "That is a simple question. Ever since Kikyou was little she said-Oh! Wait! First you have to know that she is a miko. Anyway ever since Kikyou was little she said that she wanted to rid the world of quote, "All youkai spawn, and anything with their evil blood." That is what my mother meant."

"Oh. . ." Inuyasha was still a little confused, but oh well. "So, tell me, how did you die?"

"Huh? Why do you wanna know?" Kagome asked.

"Just wondering."

"Ok, well, I killed myself."

"Why?"

"I was depressed."

"Why?"

"Because of depression."

"Oh. So why are you haunting my house?"

"Because I didn't do anything bad in life, except kill myself. So they said that haunting your family's house for 100 years would be my punishment."

"Punishment?"

"For killing myself. Duh."

"So if you are haunting my family why do you pick on me all the time?"

"'Cause you can see and hear me and other people can't. Plus, when I fell you laughed at me."

"That was a week ago!"

"I hold long grudges."

"You're weird."

"You're normal."

"Bitch!"

"Bastard!"

"Grrrrrrrr. . ."

"Meow."

"What?"

"Meow."

"That doesn't even make sense."

"Yes it does. You growled at me and I did the opposite, I meowed at you." There was a long silence after that one. "I think that I'm gonna get dressed for bed and go to sleep."

"Oh really? Where are you gonna sleep tonight?"

"On my bed."

"No, I'm gonna sleep on your bed tonight."

"No I am."

"I get the bed. You don't need to sleep, remember, you're dead."

"Oh, gee, every time I wanna do something that I wanna do you bring that up and shove it in my face!"

"What did you just say. I didn't understand a word of it."

"Oh! Sure! Likely excuse!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Like you don't know."

"I don't."

"I'm so sure you don't."

"Could we drop the subject?"

"Oh, now that I'm winning the argument, you want to stop and forget it."

"Um, I'm really confused."

"I bet." Kagome got up and went to her dresser, pulled out some p.j.s, and walked into her bathroom, slamming the door behind her.