Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha. Happy now?

A/N: Sorry for not updating sooner but essays take me all day usually and after that I generally don't want to see a keyboard for a couple hours. Thanks to all who reviewed!!  Hope you all enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review if you read this! ^-^

Deamon Drama Queen: Simple I did it cause I was in an incredibly bad mood. But not anymore! Hope you like this chapter.

 Skitzoflame: YAY!!! *Throws confetti* I wouldn't kill them…just yet.

Allysono123: Yeah over a stupid thing like a gummiworm…lesson to all: don't be this petty.  

Puppkid: I made Inu get hurt because I thought it would be funny. It's like he escaped the first time but no such luck with the second. Heh heh heh…*feeble laugh* ^-^;; 

Chapter 16- We ARE Going Out, Right?

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~~Two Weeks Later~~

"Ahhh! It's good to be mobile!" Inu-Yasha exclaimed as he got up from the hospital bed and stretched. He had been there a few extra days to see if everything was totally healed and sure enough it was. To the doctors it was a miracle that he had healed in just two weeks. To him it was nothing, which was what always happened when he got hurt. He gathered his things and walked out of the room. It was bright, sunny, and warm outside and it had been for the past week. He had been dying to go out but couldn't.

However before he left the hospital building he had to do one thing. He walked down the hall and pressed 'up' on the elevator button. Soon the elevator doors opened, he got on it, and he pressed the number 4. The doors closed and he felt the elevator move up and a few seconds later he was walking down a corridor looking at the names outside the room.

When Inu-Yasha got to a room he looked at the name. Becker-Higurashi, Kagome was printed clearly on the name tab. The door was open but Kagome didn't see him because she was watching T.V. There wasn't much else she could do. He walked in the room and she still didn't notice, either that or she was ignoring him. Inu-Yasha wasn't surprised but still didn't leave. Eventually he muttered a "hey" and Kagome snapped her head up and in his direction.

"Oh hey. How are you?" Kagome asked

"Pretty good. I mean I'm mobile again so that's good. How are you though?" Inu-Yasha asked "You were hurt a lot worse than I was"

"The bone is back in its place and some muscle has grown back but the skin and some outer layers of muscle are still not grown in yet. Most of the time it burns" Kagome answered. 

"Ouch. Well here, it's basically to show how …well you get the idea" Inu-Yasha gruffly said. He reached into his bag and took out two huge bags of sour gummiworms. He set them on the table next to her bed. "I had my mom get it while I was in here so I would have it when I was fully healed"  

"Thank you Inu-Yasha! They're my favorite, how did you know what brand to get?"

"Well how could I forget when you nearly bit my head off because I took more than one"

"Good point, but when I found out you were hurt also all I wanted to do was go down there and laugh in your face. I would have too if not for the doctors saying I couldn't" 

"Gee thanks Kagome, I feel so loved" Inu-Yasha said sarcastically rolling his eyes.

"You are welcome" She replied very sincerely.

"You do know I'm being sarcastic right?" Inu-Yasha asked not totally sure if she got that he wasn't serious.

"Errr…what is sarcastic?" She asked. She blinked a few times as if dumbfounded.

"It's what Skye is always doing. She says something but isn't serious at all" He explained hoping she would catch on.

"oh, ok now I know what you are talking about"

"Well I have to go now but I hope you feel better soon" Inu-Yasha said as went to leave (OMG! He's being nice 0_0)

"Wait a minute, come here just for a second" Kagome said just as he was about to walk through the doorway.

"What?" He stopped and turned wondering what it was she had to say.

"Just come here!" Kagome said exasperatedly. Inu-Yasha walked over to her bedside and stood there. "Crouch down"

"What are you talking about? I'm not going to 'crouch down'" Inu-Yasha said

"Do it or I'll hit you with THIS!!" Kagome held up a mallet in her good hand.

"W-where did you get THAT?!"

"Just crouch down and no one will get hurt" Kagome said but then thought 'Or maybe they will'. Inu-Yasha just crouched down because he didn't want to feel the wrath of that big wooden cylinder. Kagome leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Inu-Yasha instantly blushed and stood up.

"What did you do that for?!" He exploded

"Well we ARE going out, right?"  Kagome pointed out.

"I gotta go" Inu-Yasha said and ran out of the room, down the hall, in the elevator, down four flights, and from there he ran all the way out the hospital doors. Unfortunately he had to walk home because no one could pick him up. Not even Sesshomaru because he was with Sango.

~~Two Hours Later~~

Inu-Yasha walked up the driveway to his house and got out his key. He thought he heard the quick pattering of feet on the pavement but then it stopped so he didn't think anything of it. He was turning the key in the lock just as Emily and Bry came rushing up behind him with baseball bats. 

"You shall die Inu-Yasha!!" Bry shouted as she leapt into the air and brought her weapon down over the head of her opponent. Emily bashed him in the back with hers.

"You know that really doesn't hurt at all" Inu-Yasha said just standing there as both girls beat on him. In reality the bats had been foam bats that didn't hurt at all. 

"Oh yeah? How bout THIS!! And THIS!!" Bry shouted as she bashed him in the stomach and on the head again.

"Are you guys done yet?" He asked yawning. 

"Umm..Yeah" Emily said as Bry went crazy.

"Retreat!! Retreat!! The enemy has taken over the operation! I repeat, RETREAT!" Bry ran around the front yard screaming on the top of her lungs. Then she ran across the street and slammed into her own front door. Then scrambled inside and quickly shut the door. A minute later she was seen at the window of one of the front rooms watching the 'enemy'. 

"Anyway, how was Kagome?" Emily asked turning away from her house to face Inu-Yasha. 

"She said her arm still hurt but other than that she seemed fine. I only saw her once the whole time but I did say I was sorry" Inu-Yasha blushed and hid his face underneath his silver bangs at the remembrance of the next event that took place.

"You only saw her once? Why didn't you go to see her everyday?" Emily asked a little crosser

"I was in the hospital myself for two weeks, remember? I broke three of my ribs trying to get to the hospital as fast as possible to see how Kagome was doing" Inu-Yasha pointed out. 

"Really? I didn't know that!" Emily said. She was not as cross as before

"Where do you think I've been all this time?" He asked

"I don't know. We didn't have school last week and I just assumed you were sick this week"

"Why didn't we have school?"

"The seniors had an event of some kind that involved other schools and the use of our high school"

"Oh, well see ya" Inu-Yasha whirled around and walked into his house. He then closed and locked the door. He went up to his room that was as dirty as ever and lay on his bed. He didn't feel like doing anything at the moment and he let his bangs settle over his eyes making it impossible to know if he was awake or not.

~~Four hours later: At The Hospital~~

'When the hell can I go home?!" Kagome thought as she flipped through the channels trying to find something interesting on. Of course there never was anything on and she was doomed to be bored for the rest of the time here. 'At least I now have gummiworms' she thought looking over to the huge bag that she got one of the nurses to open. She picked one up and started to eat it slowly. 'It's so much more fun when I can stretch it and squish it but I can't cause of this goddamn arm!!' she looked over to the large white cast. 

A doctor and her parents then walked into the room and Kagome shut the T.V. off. She looked over to the doctor as he turned to speak to her. "You can go home later today. Your arm is at a stage where you can have just an arm cast and be able to function. We just need to run some x-rays to be sure. It will take a few hours but you will go home today" The doctor left and four nurses came in. They moved her from her bed to a stretcher and were going to leave when Kagome shouted out.

"Wait! I want my gummiworms!" Her mother went over to the table and gave them to Kagome.

"Where did you get this much?" Her mother asked

"Inu-Yasha gave it to me earlier today" Kagome explained as the nurses wheeled her away before her mother could ask any more questions.  

A/N: heh heh heh! Ok! Well chapter done! It's going to move a little quicker right after next chappie…don't forget to Read and Review! See the purple blue button down there in the left corner? It's begging you to press it! Thanks for reading! Aufweidersehen!