Hello everyone. I finally got around to updating. I included some original
poetry of mine in the story, so I hope you enjoy that. (One of the poems
and various other lines have been posted on the internet before but don't
worry I didn't plagiarize since they are mine). Read on!
Chapter 9: Home
At last the party reached the well where Kagome had come into the Feudal Era. Inuyasha pretended to be attentive to Kagome as she explained her schedule to her friend.
"Make sure Souta is in bed by 9:00 and that you are done cleaning the dishes by 9:30. After that watch television until 10:30 where you should get ready for bed yourself. In preparation for sleep comb your hair, brush your teeth, and get into the green pajamas. Make absolutely sure that you are wearing the green ones because the blue set just went out of style and I told momma that they were really old. She would get suspicious if you wore the wrong clothes to bed. Oh and in the morning..."
"AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHH!!!!!! I get it Kagome!" Inuyasha finally screamed. "You don't have to tell me every little insignificant detail of your boring life!"
"My life is not boring! And if you are going to make a good performance you should be well informed on all the basics." Kagome retorted.
"THE BASICS!!!" Inuyasha cried. "You have me remembering minute facts that no one in their right mind would note! There is no way that I can remember what color pajamas to wear or exactly what time I'm supposed to perform some mundane task! I'll just improvise!"
"But Inuyasha. . ." Kagome stuttered.
"Maybe he's right Kagome." Miroku cut in. "He is doing you a favor after all. Perhaps you should cut him a little slack."
If stares could kill then Miroku would have been dead 10 times over. Uncomfortable, he suddenly found interest in the local scenery.
Kagome turned back to Inuyasha. "Ok you can make up things as you go along but for gods' sake please don't mess up."
Inuyasha gave Kagome a toothy smile and nodded. "Don't sweat it. It can't be too hard being you."
With a wave Inuyasha leapt into the well and was transported back to present day in a flash of light.
"Ugh." Inuyasha struggled to climb out of the deep pit. After a couple failed attempts he made it out of the well and, panting, he sat on the edge to think. "I wonder if I should just board myself up in Kagome's room all day." He thought. "The less time I spend with the family the smaller the probability of saying or doing the wrong thing." Coming to a resolution Inuyasha readied himself and walked into Kagome's house.
"Ah Kagome you're back from the feudal era." Mrs. Higurashi greeted her daughter. "How is your quest coming along?"
"It's fine." Inuyasha said shortly as he headed upstairs to Kagome's room.
Mrs. Higurashi stared after her daughter with confusion on her face. "Maybe she's tired." She thought to herself as she shrugged and went to prepare dinner.
At the top of the stairs Inuyasha turned to enter his room.
"Kagome!" Souta cried out happily as he went and hugged his sister.
"Get off brat." Inuyasha said before he could check himself. "Er. . . I mean good to see you too uh. . ."
The hurt expression was wiped off the little boy's face as he laughed, "Have you forgotten my name since you've been spending so much time with Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha flushed "No. . . It's just that I'm kinda tired from my trip to Feudal Japan. So I'll just go lie down for a while."
Inuyasha quickly walked to his room, closed the door, and leaned against it with a sigh. "Smooth Inuyasha. . ." he muttered to himself. "I've probably made them suspicious already. I knew this was a bad plan!"
With nothing to do Inuyasha turned to examine his surroundings. There was a bookcase against the east wall that was crammed full of books on various subjects from biology to fictional romance. There was a small desk and a dresser. Across from these articles was a tidy bed with pink covers. Lastly, at the head of the bed was the window. This was the portal that Inuyasha had entered Kagome's room before and it was to this opening that Inuyasha approached now.
Looking out upon the scenery Inuyasha leaned upon the sill and thought back to the day when he had first met Kagome. Various other memories flashed through his head as he analyzed the time that he had spent with the girl he loved. Saving her from the centipede demon, saving her from Yura, saving her from the Thunder Brothers. . . Inuyasha smiled. It seemed like every moment they were together Kagome was somehow getting herself into trouble.
KNOCK! Inuyasha snapped back to reality as he looked at the new alarm clock Kagome had gotten since Inuyasha had destroyed the first. He had been staring out the window for over an hour!
"Kagome!" Souta yelled through the door. "It's time to eat! Come downstairs!" Soon thumps of feet on the stairs could be heard as Souta descended rapidly to eat.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. "Okay all I have to do is get through one meal without doing anything out of the ordinary and then for the rest of the trip I can barricade myself in Kagome's room until it is time to go." Inuyasha squared his shoulders and steeled his will as he reached for the door and traveled to the living room to eat with the family.
Upon entering the room Inuyasha almost lost his wit. There was a feast spread out on the table and the aromas assaulted even his weak human nose. Inuyasha began salivating as he stared at the gourmet dinner before him.
"Kagome take a seat." Mrs. Higurashi said cheerfully. "I decided to go all out today to celebrate yet another safe return. Look I even made your favorite!" She placed a plate before the hungry hanyou.
Inuyasha's face fell as he realized that Kagome's favorite dish was almost entirely vegetables. "Damn," he thought. "Just my luck that Kagome likes vegetables."
Out loud Inuyasha said "Thanks mom! You're the best!" Inuyasha swallowed hard and started eating the greenery that he was served. He managed to get through the course with a minimum of choking, and finishing, he greedily turned loose on the other more carnivorous servings available.
Through dinner there was some light small talk which Inuyasha tried to answer to the best of his ability around mouthfuls of everything.
When the meal was done Inuyasha leaned back and gave a happy little sigh. "That was a wonderful meal mom." He remarked.
She smiled. "Yes it does seem that you enjoyed your food a lot more today than usual. Perhaps you should take more variety back with you than just ramen."
"Wow you were a pig!" Souta yelled jokingly.
"I was just hungry I guess." Inuyasha replied embarrassed. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go upstairs." He got up and left the room making sure to deposit his receptacles in the sink for later cleaning as Kagome had said.
Inuyasha climbed to the second story of the house and entered his room for the time being. He fell back onto the bed and closed his eyes in pleasure. Soon he dozed off to sleep as an after effect of eating too much to rapidly.
Inuyasha's eyes sprang open. "What time is it?" He looked at the clock. It was 10:30.
Inuyasha sprang out of bed. "I have to get Souta ready for bed!" he said knocking himself in the head for his stupidity.
"Souta!" he said as he came downstairs. He checked each of the rooms and finally found Mrs. Higurashi in the family room watching TV.
"Have you seen Souta?" he asked her. "I was supposed to put him to bed at 9."
"Don't worry dear I've already done that." Kagome's mom replied.
"Oh ok. . .Oh the dishes!" he exclaimed as he headed toward the kitchen.
"I've taken care of those too." she said standing up and moving towards the bedroom. "Don't worry about the rest of your duties you just get a lot of rest tonight. You're going to need the energy for all the adventures you're going to have tomorrow."
Inuyasha stared after Kagome's mother and slowly returned to his room. "Ok. . . no more mistakes. Now how was I supposed to get ready for bed?"
Inuyasha went into the bathroom and brushed his hair and his teeth in the mirror. Afterwards he returned to the dresser and opened the drawers in search of the nightgown. He opened the middle one and froze as he stared at green and blue pajamas. "Damn it which one was I supposed to wear. I don't remember if she told me not to wear the green one or . . . Oh screw it!" Inuyasha grabbed the blue pair and as he was pulling it over his head he heard a small thump.
Looking down he saw that a small book had fallen from the folds of the clothes. Bending down to take a closer look Inuyasha read the cover Kagome's Diary.
Inuyasha scratched his head. "Why isn't this book in the shelf with the rest?" Curiosity overtook him as he contemplated the diary. Opening the book he leafed through the pages and stopped when he saw his name.
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Dear Diary, Inuyasha is such a jerk! He's so arrogant and stubborn and he just gets on my nerves! I don't understand what he sees in that Kikyo girl either! She's such a b***h and she even tried to kill him multiple times. How can he still like a girl that wants him to follow her to hell? I caught them together today. I had just come back through the bone eater's well to the feudal era. I was looking around for my friends when I saw Kikyo's soul stealers in the air. Following them I found the two embracing. Why does he do this to me? Sometimes I just want to die of grief. Inuyasha I HATE YOU! Yet, I can't lie to myself. I need him like food or drink. I need him like. . . O mom is calling me down for dinner I will write more later.
Inuyasha was surprised as he read. This book contained all of Kagome's personal thoughts! Inuyasha remembered very well the time when Kagome had caught him making his promise to Kikyo. That event had almost pushed her out of his life forever.
Feeling guilty Inuyasha returned to the diary. Flipping through the pages he skimmed through the text. Some of it was about school or Hojo or boring things that had happened during an average girl's day.
While looking through Inuyasha came across a very colorful page with three short passages on it. It was elaborately decorated with stars, hearts, and other miscellaneous shapes. The multi colored page must have taken a long time to garnish and Inuyasha knew that whatever information contained on this page had to be extremely important. He began to read the carefully written stanzas.
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Inuyasha can't you see! All the pain that you cause me? Sweet lips I long to taste. I barely check my haste. Desire burns in my soul. Without you I am not whole. Nothing that I can do, Will stop my love for you. I'd shout it from mountain heights. You should be mine by all rights. Kikyo! Kikyo! Why she? She wants death unlike me! I'll be there through all the years. I'll be there through all the tears. If he needs someone dear, I'll be close do not fear. If I could he'd never grieve. If he wants I'll never leave. If he wants I'll be here. A faithful friend always near.
You command my sun to rise. You seize my breath with thine eyes. You now have my heart to keep. You deprive me of all sleep. You make each day worth all the pain. You comfort me and keep me sane. To me you are so many things, My friend, My Love, My Everything.
My heart beats fast when he speaks. I've longed to tell him for weeks His golden eyes probe my mind. I am scared of what he'll find. My heart longs for his embrace. With his touch my pulse does race. With him everything is fine. How I wish he would be mine. If he asked I'd wear his ring. I would give him anything.
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Inuyasha sat stunned after reading the very insightful poetry. "From what I know about humans, they symbolize marriage with a ring. Could that possibly mean that. . . Kagome wants to marry me?" Inuyasha's heart was deeply gladdened by this new discovery as he cheerfully put the small book back in the drawer. He lay down in the bed and thought of the future that Kagome and he could lead. He arranged the covers around him and sweet dreams of Kagome in a white dress followed him to sleep.
I'll make this ending short. Hope you had fun. Will write more later. Got lots more ideas. And finally, go review!
Chapter 9: Home
At last the party reached the well where Kagome had come into the Feudal Era. Inuyasha pretended to be attentive to Kagome as she explained her schedule to her friend.
"Make sure Souta is in bed by 9:00 and that you are done cleaning the dishes by 9:30. After that watch television until 10:30 where you should get ready for bed yourself. In preparation for sleep comb your hair, brush your teeth, and get into the green pajamas. Make absolutely sure that you are wearing the green ones because the blue set just went out of style and I told momma that they were really old. She would get suspicious if you wore the wrong clothes to bed. Oh and in the morning..."
"AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHH!!!!!! I get it Kagome!" Inuyasha finally screamed. "You don't have to tell me every little insignificant detail of your boring life!"
"My life is not boring! And if you are going to make a good performance you should be well informed on all the basics." Kagome retorted.
"THE BASICS!!!" Inuyasha cried. "You have me remembering minute facts that no one in their right mind would note! There is no way that I can remember what color pajamas to wear or exactly what time I'm supposed to perform some mundane task! I'll just improvise!"
"But Inuyasha. . ." Kagome stuttered.
"Maybe he's right Kagome." Miroku cut in. "He is doing you a favor after all. Perhaps you should cut him a little slack."
If stares could kill then Miroku would have been dead 10 times over. Uncomfortable, he suddenly found interest in the local scenery.
Kagome turned back to Inuyasha. "Ok you can make up things as you go along but for gods' sake please don't mess up."
Inuyasha gave Kagome a toothy smile and nodded. "Don't sweat it. It can't be too hard being you."
With a wave Inuyasha leapt into the well and was transported back to present day in a flash of light.
"Ugh." Inuyasha struggled to climb out of the deep pit. After a couple failed attempts he made it out of the well and, panting, he sat on the edge to think. "I wonder if I should just board myself up in Kagome's room all day." He thought. "The less time I spend with the family the smaller the probability of saying or doing the wrong thing." Coming to a resolution Inuyasha readied himself and walked into Kagome's house.
"Ah Kagome you're back from the feudal era." Mrs. Higurashi greeted her daughter. "How is your quest coming along?"
"It's fine." Inuyasha said shortly as he headed upstairs to Kagome's room.
Mrs. Higurashi stared after her daughter with confusion on her face. "Maybe she's tired." She thought to herself as she shrugged and went to prepare dinner.
At the top of the stairs Inuyasha turned to enter his room.
"Kagome!" Souta cried out happily as he went and hugged his sister.
"Get off brat." Inuyasha said before he could check himself. "Er. . . I mean good to see you too uh. . ."
The hurt expression was wiped off the little boy's face as he laughed, "Have you forgotten my name since you've been spending so much time with Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha flushed "No. . . It's just that I'm kinda tired from my trip to Feudal Japan. So I'll just go lie down for a while."
Inuyasha quickly walked to his room, closed the door, and leaned against it with a sigh. "Smooth Inuyasha. . ." he muttered to himself. "I've probably made them suspicious already. I knew this was a bad plan!"
With nothing to do Inuyasha turned to examine his surroundings. There was a bookcase against the east wall that was crammed full of books on various subjects from biology to fictional romance. There was a small desk and a dresser. Across from these articles was a tidy bed with pink covers. Lastly, at the head of the bed was the window. This was the portal that Inuyasha had entered Kagome's room before and it was to this opening that Inuyasha approached now.
Looking out upon the scenery Inuyasha leaned upon the sill and thought back to the day when he had first met Kagome. Various other memories flashed through his head as he analyzed the time that he had spent with the girl he loved. Saving her from the centipede demon, saving her from Yura, saving her from the Thunder Brothers. . . Inuyasha smiled. It seemed like every moment they were together Kagome was somehow getting herself into trouble.
KNOCK! Inuyasha snapped back to reality as he looked at the new alarm clock Kagome had gotten since Inuyasha had destroyed the first. He had been staring out the window for over an hour!
"Kagome!" Souta yelled through the door. "It's time to eat! Come downstairs!" Soon thumps of feet on the stairs could be heard as Souta descended rapidly to eat.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. "Okay all I have to do is get through one meal without doing anything out of the ordinary and then for the rest of the trip I can barricade myself in Kagome's room until it is time to go." Inuyasha squared his shoulders and steeled his will as he reached for the door and traveled to the living room to eat with the family.
Upon entering the room Inuyasha almost lost his wit. There was a feast spread out on the table and the aromas assaulted even his weak human nose. Inuyasha began salivating as he stared at the gourmet dinner before him.
"Kagome take a seat." Mrs. Higurashi said cheerfully. "I decided to go all out today to celebrate yet another safe return. Look I even made your favorite!" She placed a plate before the hungry hanyou.
Inuyasha's face fell as he realized that Kagome's favorite dish was almost entirely vegetables. "Damn," he thought. "Just my luck that Kagome likes vegetables."
Out loud Inuyasha said "Thanks mom! You're the best!" Inuyasha swallowed hard and started eating the greenery that he was served. He managed to get through the course with a minimum of choking, and finishing, he greedily turned loose on the other more carnivorous servings available.
Through dinner there was some light small talk which Inuyasha tried to answer to the best of his ability around mouthfuls of everything.
When the meal was done Inuyasha leaned back and gave a happy little sigh. "That was a wonderful meal mom." He remarked.
She smiled. "Yes it does seem that you enjoyed your food a lot more today than usual. Perhaps you should take more variety back with you than just ramen."
"Wow you were a pig!" Souta yelled jokingly.
"I was just hungry I guess." Inuyasha replied embarrassed. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go upstairs." He got up and left the room making sure to deposit his receptacles in the sink for later cleaning as Kagome had said.
Inuyasha climbed to the second story of the house and entered his room for the time being. He fell back onto the bed and closed his eyes in pleasure. Soon he dozed off to sleep as an after effect of eating too much to rapidly.
Inuyasha's eyes sprang open. "What time is it?" He looked at the clock. It was 10:30.
Inuyasha sprang out of bed. "I have to get Souta ready for bed!" he said knocking himself in the head for his stupidity.
"Souta!" he said as he came downstairs. He checked each of the rooms and finally found Mrs. Higurashi in the family room watching TV.
"Have you seen Souta?" he asked her. "I was supposed to put him to bed at 9."
"Don't worry dear I've already done that." Kagome's mom replied.
"Oh ok. . .Oh the dishes!" he exclaimed as he headed toward the kitchen.
"I've taken care of those too." she said standing up and moving towards the bedroom. "Don't worry about the rest of your duties you just get a lot of rest tonight. You're going to need the energy for all the adventures you're going to have tomorrow."
Inuyasha stared after Kagome's mother and slowly returned to his room. "Ok. . . no more mistakes. Now how was I supposed to get ready for bed?"
Inuyasha went into the bathroom and brushed his hair and his teeth in the mirror. Afterwards he returned to the dresser and opened the drawers in search of the nightgown. He opened the middle one and froze as he stared at green and blue pajamas. "Damn it which one was I supposed to wear. I don't remember if she told me not to wear the green one or . . . Oh screw it!" Inuyasha grabbed the blue pair and as he was pulling it over his head he heard a small thump.
Looking down he saw that a small book had fallen from the folds of the clothes. Bending down to take a closer look Inuyasha read the cover Kagome's Diary.
Inuyasha scratched his head. "Why isn't this book in the shelf with the rest?" Curiosity overtook him as he contemplated the diary. Opening the book he leafed through the pages and stopped when he saw his name.
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Dear Diary, Inuyasha is such a jerk! He's so arrogant and stubborn and he just gets on my nerves! I don't understand what he sees in that Kikyo girl either! She's such a b***h and she even tried to kill him multiple times. How can he still like a girl that wants him to follow her to hell? I caught them together today. I had just come back through the bone eater's well to the feudal era. I was looking around for my friends when I saw Kikyo's soul stealers in the air. Following them I found the two embracing. Why does he do this to me? Sometimes I just want to die of grief. Inuyasha I HATE YOU! Yet, I can't lie to myself. I need him like food or drink. I need him like. . . O mom is calling me down for dinner I will write more later.
Inuyasha was surprised as he read. This book contained all of Kagome's personal thoughts! Inuyasha remembered very well the time when Kagome had caught him making his promise to Kikyo. That event had almost pushed her out of his life forever.
Feeling guilty Inuyasha returned to the diary. Flipping through the pages he skimmed through the text. Some of it was about school or Hojo or boring things that had happened during an average girl's day.
While looking through Inuyasha came across a very colorful page with three short passages on it. It was elaborately decorated with stars, hearts, and other miscellaneous shapes. The multi colored page must have taken a long time to garnish and Inuyasha knew that whatever information contained on this page had to be extremely important. He began to read the carefully written stanzas.
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Inuyasha can't you see! All the pain that you cause me? Sweet lips I long to taste. I barely check my haste. Desire burns in my soul. Without you I am not whole. Nothing that I can do, Will stop my love for you. I'd shout it from mountain heights. You should be mine by all rights. Kikyo! Kikyo! Why she? She wants death unlike me! I'll be there through all the years. I'll be there through all the tears. If he needs someone dear, I'll be close do not fear. If I could he'd never grieve. If he wants I'll never leave. If he wants I'll be here. A faithful friend always near.
You command my sun to rise. You seize my breath with thine eyes. You now have my heart to keep. You deprive me of all sleep. You make each day worth all the pain. You comfort me and keep me sane. To me you are so many things, My friend, My Love, My Everything.
My heart beats fast when he speaks. I've longed to tell him for weeks His golden eyes probe my mind. I am scared of what he'll find. My heart longs for his embrace. With his touch my pulse does race. With him everything is fine. How I wish he would be mine. If he asked I'd wear his ring. I would give him anything.
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Inuyasha sat stunned after reading the very insightful poetry. "From what I know about humans, they symbolize marriage with a ring. Could that possibly mean that. . . Kagome wants to marry me?" Inuyasha's heart was deeply gladdened by this new discovery as he cheerfully put the small book back in the drawer. He lay down in the bed and thought of the future that Kagome and he could lead. He arranged the covers around him and sweet dreams of Kagome in a white dress followed him to sleep.
I'll make this ending short. Hope you had fun. Will write more later. Got lots more ideas. And finally, go review!