Chapter Three: The Explanation
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Kagome screamed bloody murder. Inuyasha quickly fled to her side and covered her mouth. Kagome opened her eyes and peered up to find a silver haired dog- eared boy beaming down at her worriedly.
"Kagome, it's just me." Inuyasha said quietly to her to calm her down. He uncovered her mouth.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked suspiciously. She turned away from him almost blushing.
"I followed your scent. The ringing device on your wall said that you were on vacation, so I went to look for you." Inuyasha said to her. Kagome fiddled with her fingers.
"But... I thought that..." Kagome began.
"Thought what?" Inuyasha asked quietly.
"I thought that you and Kikyou were... oh... never mind. Just forget I said anything." Kagome said. Realizing that she was just in a towel, she pushed Inuyasha out of the room to change.
A few moments later, Kagome came out of the room with tight, black shorts on and in a loose, orange tank top. She had her hair in a messy, wet ponytail.
"Okay, Inuyasha. Let's go downstairs. I have to tell my family that you'll be staying with us for the week." Kagome then grasped his hand and led him down the stairs and into the living room where her brother sat intently playing his kung fu ninja fighting game.
"Souta, do you do anything but play video games?" Kagome asked him once they were both downstairs.
"Yep." Souta said uninterested in his sister.
"Well, do you think you could actually do something else for a change?" Kagome asked.
"Yep." Souta stated.
"Oh, yeah right! Like what exactly?" Kagome huffed.
"Yep."
"Will you say something else besides yep?" Kagome asked haughtily.
"Yep."
"May I please stuff spicy hamburgers down your trousers with macaroni and pied peppers?" Kagome said sarcastically.
"Yep."
"UHHHHHHH!!! What a dork!" Kagome whined and drug Inuyasha into the kitchen.
"Yep."
Once in the kitchen, Kagome ran beside her mother with Inuyasha in hand.
"Hey Mom?" Kagome said.
"What is it dear?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, turning to face her daughter.
"Inuyasha sort of followed us here, and he won't be able to find his way back, knowing him... so is it okay if..." Kagome was immediately cut off of her words.
"I guess I'll have to make some more pancakes, now, won't I?" Mrs. Higurashi stated chuckling lightly.
"Ummm... thanks Mom!" Kagome then ran off with the confused hanyou and went into her bedroom. She swiftly closed the door behind her and leaned back against it, closing her eyes.
Inuyasha watched her intently, wondering if she was really all right. Without her noticing, Inuyasha snuck up in front of her and gazed deeply at her features. Kagome opened her eyes to find his face right in front of hers, studying her.
"Inuyasha... umm... do you mind?" Kagome asked, blush creeping along her cheeks. Inuyasha backed away blushing as well.
"I wasn't doing anything you think I was doing!" Inuyasha said gruffly. "I was only smelling you to see if you had been crying." He looked at her from the corner of his eyes and saw that her eyes were glazing up with tears. "Kagome? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He began.
"No, Inuyasha... don't apologize. The only reason you came was to say goodbye for good, right?" Kagome asked him, tears flooding down her cheeks.
"What!? Where did you get that idea? I... I would never..." Inuyasha hesitated and was cut off of his words.
"Oh, don't play dumb with me! I saw you with Kikyou! I saw you embracing her! I saw that look on your face!" Kagome shouted at him.
"Look? What look? Believe me Kagome, that was not a look of happiness!" Inuyasha shouted back at her.
"Oh, yeah? Then what kind of look was it? Was it a look of love?" Kagome yelled at him. Tears flung off of her face and fell to the floor. Her face became red with frustration and sadness and her hair was sticking to her face with sweat.
"I... I don't... I don't love... I DON'T LOVE KIKYOU!" Inuyasha yelled at Kagome and turned away from her to face the window. The wind blew in form outside and swarmed around the two of them. They stood in silence for a moment when Kagome finally spoke.
"What?" Kagome asked, almost whispering. Inuyasha turned to face her.
"I... I don't love Kikyou anymore." He said and locked eyes with hers.
"Oh. I see. Well, breakfast is almost done. We might as well go back downstairs and eat." Kagome said.
Inuyasha followed Kagome down the stairs and sat down in a chair next to her in the kitchen. Mrs. Higurashi turned to face them both with a big pan of steaming pancakes. She set the pan down on the table and began serving them.
"Souta! Grandpa! Breakfast is done!" Mrs. Higurashi called out to the rest of the family.
Just then, loud, running thuds were heard around the house and Souta and Grandpa stampeded into the kitchen and fought over the three pancakes left on the pan.
"Geese, Souta. I'm surprised you would actually come for breakfast considering the fact that you were so into that dumb video game of yours." Kagome huffed at her brother.
"Yep." Souta exclaimed through large slurps and chomps of food through his mouth.
"Uhhh... you're positively disgusting." Kagome stated and turned to face Inuyasha. "Isn't that right Inuyasha?"
"Yep." Inuyasha was doing the exact same thing as Souta.
"It's like living with a vacuum..." Kagome quietly said to herself and began eating her pancakes.
After breakfast, the family went out to the beach to play in the sand and the ocean.
Inuyasha had to borrow a pair of Kagome's grandpa's red bathing suits.
Kagome sat beside Inuyasha. She was wearing a green bikini and she let her hair down.
"So... Inuyasha. How do you like the beach so far?" Kagome asked him.
"It's nice. I like the ocean breeze and the sounds. It's really peaceful here." Inuyasha smiled and looked away from the ocean to peer at Kagome.
"I love the ocean. Our family has been coming here ever since I can remember. It's like tradition. We come here every year, once a year for a week." Kagome said and sighed. She arched her head back and closed her eyes, breathing in the ocean air. Her hair billowed behind her and tangled around her body.
'She looks so beautiful.' Inuyasha thought. 'And happy. Maybe I should tell her now...'
"Ummm... Kagome?" Inuyasha said quietly. "I wanted to tell you earlier... that ummm..."
"Yeah?" Kagome asked.
"I... umm... I..." Inuyasha was cut off of his words when Souta shouted to them.
"Hey Kagome! Inuyasha! Come in here! The water is so awesome!" Souta exclaimed.
"Coming!" Kagome called back. "C'mon Inuyasha!" Kagome grasped his hand and took him to the cool, refreshing ocean water.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Kagome screamed bloody murder. Inuyasha quickly fled to her side and covered her mouth. Kagome opened her eyes and peered up to find a silver haired dog- eared boy beaming down at her worriedly.
"Kagome, it's just me." Inuyasha said quietly to her to calm her down. He uncovered her mouth.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked suspiciously. She turned away from him almost blushing.
"I followed your scent. The ringing device on your wall said that you were on vacation, so I went to look for you." Inuyasha said to her. Kagome fiddled with her fingers.
"But... I thought that..." Kagome began.
"Thought what?" Inuyasha asked quietly.
"I thought that you and Kikyou were... oh... never mind. Just forget I said anything." Kagome said. Realizing that she was just in a towel, she pushed Inuyasha out of the room to change.
A few moments later, Kagome came out of the room with tight, black shorts on and in a loose, orange tank top. She had her hair in a messy, wet ponytail.
"Okay, Inuyasha. Let's go downstairs. I have to tell my family that you'll be staying with us for the week." Kagome then grasped his hand and led him down the stairs and into the living room where her brother sat intently playing his kung fu ninja fighting game.
"Souta, do you do anything but play video games?" Kagome asked him once they were both downstairs.
"Yep." Souta said uninterested in his sister.
"Well, do you think you could actually do something else for a change?" Kagome asked.
"Yep." Souta stated.
"Oh, yeah right! Like what exactly?" Kagome huffed.
"Yep."
"Will you say something else besides yep?" Kagome asked haughtily.
"Yep."
"May I please stuff spicy hamburgers down your trousers with macaroni and pied peppers?" Kagome said sarcastically.
"Yep."
"UHHHHHHH!!! What a dork!" Kagome whined and drug Inuyasha into the kitchen.
"Yep."
Once in the kitchen, Kagome ran beside her mother with Inuyasha in hand.
"Hey Mom?" Kagome said.
"What is it dear?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, turning to face her daughter.
"Inuyasha sort of followed us here, and he won't be able to find his way back, knowing him... so is it okay if..." Kagome was immediately cut off of her words.
"I guess I'll have to make some more pancakes, now, won't I?" Mrs. Higurashi stated chuckling lightly.
"Ummm... thanks Mom!" Kagome then ran off with the confused hanyou and went into her bedroom. She swiftly closed the door behind her and leaned back against it, closing her eyes.
Inuyasha watched her intently, wondering if she was really all right. Without her noticing, Inuyasha snuck up in front of her and gazed deeply at her features. Kagome opened her eyes to find his face right in front of hers, studying her.
"Inuyasha... umm... do you mind?" Kagome asked, blush creeping along her cheeks. Inuyasha backed away blushing as well.
"I wasn't doing anything you think I was doing!" Inuyasha said gruffly. "I was only smelling you to see if you had been crying." He looked at her from the corner of his eyes and saw that her eyes were glazing up with tears. "Kagome? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He began.
"No, Inuyasha... don't apologize. The only reason you came was to say goodbye for good, right?" Kagome asked him, tears flooding down her cheeks.
"What!? Where did you get that idea? I... I would never..." Inuyasha hesitated and was cut off of his words.
"Oh, don't play dumb with me! I saw you with Kikyou! I saw you embracing her! I saw that look on your face!" Kagome shouted at him.
"Look? What look? Believe me Kagome, that was not a look of happiness!" Inuyasha shouted back at her.
"Oh, yeah? Then what kind of look was it? Was it a look of love?" Kagome yelled at him. Tears flung off of her face and fell to the floor. Her face became red with frustration and sadness and her hair was sticking to her face with sweat.
"I... I don't... I don't love... I DON'T LOVE KIKYOU!" Inuyasha yelled at Kagome and turned away from her to face the window. The wind blew in form outside and swarmed around the two of them. They stood in silence for a moment when Kagome finally spoke.
"What?" Kagome asked, almost whispering. Inuyasha turned to face her.
"I... I don't love Kikyou anymore." He said and locked eyes with hers.
"Oh. I see. Well, breakfast is almost done. We might as well go back downstairs and eat." Kagome said.
Inuyasha followed Kagome down the stairs and sat down in a chair next to her in the kitchen. Mrs. Higurashi turned to face them both with a big pan of steaming pancakes. She set the pan down on the table and began serving them.
"Souta! Grandpa! Breakfast is done!" Mrs. Higurashi called out to the rest of the family.
Just then, loud, running thuds were heard around the house and Souta and Grandpa stampeded into the kitchen and fought over the three pancakes left on the pan.
"Geese, Souta. I'm surprised you would actually come for breakfast considering the fact that you were so into that dumb video game of yours." Kagome huffed at her brother.
"Yep." Souta exclaimed through large slurps and chomps of food through his mouth.
"Uhhh... you're positively disgusting." Kagome stated and turned to face Inuyasha. "Isn't that right Inuyasha?"
"Yep." Inuyasha was doing the exact same thing as Souta.
"It's like living with a vacuum..." Kagome quietly said to herself and began eating her pancakes.
After breakfast, the family went out to the beach to play in the sand and the ocean.
Inuyasha had to borrow a pair of Kagome's grandpa's red bathing suits.
Kagome sat beside Inuyasha. She was wearing a green bikini and she let her hair down.
"So... Inuyasha. How do you like the beach so far?" Kagome asked him.
"It's nice. I like the ocean breeze and the sounds. It's really peaceful here." Inuyasha smiled and looked away from the ocean to peer at Kagome.
"I love the ocean. Our family has been coming here ever since I can remember. It's like tradition. We come here every year, once a year for a week." Kagome said and sighed. She arched her head back and closed her eyes, breathing in the ocean air. Her hair billowed behind her and tangled around her body.
'She looks so beautiful.' Inuyasha thought. 'And happy. Maybe I should tell her now...'
"Ummm... Kagome?" Inuyasha said quietly. "I wanted to tell you earlier... that ummm..."
"Yeah?" Kagome asked.
"I... umm... I..." Inuyasha was cut off of his words when Souta shouted to them.
"Hey Kagome! Inuyasha! Come in here! The water is so awesome!" Souta exclaimed.
"Coming!" Kagome called back. "C'mon Inuyasha!" Kagome grasped his hand and took him to the cool, refreshing ocean water.