Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine, but I'll work on it

Chapter Ten: Home Again

Inuyasha woke up to the yummy smell of food cooking. He opened his eyes to Kagome pouring a huge amount of ramen into his bowl. Excited the dog boy jumped out of bed into the place right in front of his huge vat of noodles.

"I see your feeling much better," Kagome said cheerily, "That's good, because I wouldn't want to worry about you while I'm at home." His mouth had already consumed the noodles. Inuyasha exploded at her, spitting ramen remains all over the room.

"WHAT!!! WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO HOME NOW?" He just didn't understand her need for her family and school.

"Because fat head, I need to turn in some homework and take a few tests. Possibly visit my family?" she yelled back. "You don't have to thank me for saving you or anything last night either, jerk!" she spat running out the door. Why does he always have to argue with me? Why does he need to be with me...a blush made its way up her cheeks...what a minute, hold the phone. She completely made a one-eighty turn and jogged back to the hut. Don't worry, I understand Inuyasha.

She walked back into the hut to have the scene of Inuyasha chasing Shippo around the one roomed shack. They were to into playing, umm...or fighting to even notice her entrance.

"You little flea bag! You'd better not tell Kagome that!" Inuyasha yelled as loud as he could while running after the brat.

"Tell her what Inuyasha?" Shippo taunted the larger half demon. "That you..." The half dog demon had reached Shippo and started pounding him.

"Sit boy!" Down his head went into the floor smashing his face making the wood shape to his features. Shippo ran to his mother in a flash.

"Kagome! What did ya have to do that for?" Inuyasha grumbled.

"I don't think you should hurt Shippo for telling me the truth!" She retaliated loudly. The grumpy boy picked himself up and made a quizzical face toward his new crush.

"Why did you come back, I thought you were going home. Are you lost little girl?" he mocked the woman in front of him. He could see that she almost became up set from the comment he had just made, but her face changed into a calm, collected look and she slid over to him.

"No," she cooed delicately in the silver dog ear, "I just thought you'd want to see me off, would you please take me?" She pouted her bottom lip out and her eyes grew huge, not from fear or surprise, but with a request. Ah! How can I say no that face?

"Okay, I guess I can do that for you." He said reluctantly, but when he felt the black haired beauty throw her fair arms around his taut body and press her curvy frame against him, he knew it was going to be worth it.

"Can I come with too?" Shippo enthusiastically chirped to the couple.

"No, Myoga will go with you to Kaede's home in her village and Inuyasha will meet you there later." Kagome said back as she released the surprised silver haired boy. Shippo's face fell, but he agreed without a sound. The flea and fox started on their way back to Kaede. Inuyasha watched them trod of into the distance and felt two downy lips on his cheek. Startled, he turned his head and the amber eyes met deep brown oceans.

"Well, let's go!" Kagome happily said taking his hand in hers and dragging him toward the direction of the well.

"Ya know, it would be faster if you got on my back."

"Okay! No problem." She hopped on his muscular back and he felt her breasts press against his body through the two shirts. He ignored he's naughty thoughts and sprung off to the well that would take Kagome away. They reached their destination in less than ten minutes and Inuyasha watched as Kagome leapt into the bone-eaters well to her time and family. Even though he regretted seeing her go, he knew that she needed a break.

The gloomy half demon embarked on his way to Kaede's, but paused when he could swear that he heard the girl's lovely voice tell him good-bye. He smiled, all though still melancholy, and traveled to short distance to the old priestess's village. It took his legs longer to reach the stoop because part of his heart left with Kagome, so he arrived at the old woman's hut at about the same time Shippo and Myoga did.

"Hey Inuyasha! Have a nice time with Kagome?" the little fox commented, not trying to hide his hinting. POW! Shippo was flat on the ground with a huge bump on his head.

"That'll teach ya, ya little fuzz ball!" the assailant belted out before walking into the hut and plopping down in front of the fire where Kaede was already sitting. "Old woman, why is Kikyo back? I thought you said she had died?"

"Ah Inuyasha, ye have met the new Kikyo. I would have thought that she would come later." Old Kaede replied to the agitated half demon.

"What? You knew that she wasn't dead?" his voice showed that he was shocked that Kaede hadn't told them yet.

"Oh, ye think I should have told ye? Ye would have a hard time with it, and would have tried to find her."

"But what happened? She doesn't seem the same, and if fifty years have passed wouldn't she be old, like you? Plus, she hates me!"

"What I told ye before was true, she did die that day she pinned ye to the scared tree. Yet, she was revived by the demon Naraku some time ago, but only her soul because her body was burned so long ago. Somehow Naraku tricked a witch into making a full sized clay model of my dear sister Kikyo and the witch manipulated Kikyo's soul into possessing the clay and becoming somewhat whole again." Kaede started to tell Inuyasha, but he interrupted the old woman.

"Then what were those green...glowing...snake thingies?" asked the dog eared boy.

"Those are called soul stealers Inuyasha. You see, Kikyo needs souls to stay alive, particularly women's or girl's souls to keep her power. She can not survive with out these human souls." Kaede finished. She didn't want to talk about her dead older sister anymore, so before Inuyasha could say anything else, she limped over to where her food was and started a soup for later and the boy that sat in his lotus position picked himself up off the floor and left to be with his thoughts.