Inu Yasha looked around as he brought Kagome to her house. He'd been here many times before, but something about this time always intrigued him. Oh well... he could explore more later... he was here for a reason.

He looked down at Kagome as he mumbled, "What the HELL is your mom gonna do to me..."

She looked up at him with a worried expression on her face. "What happened, puppy? Why's mama gonna be mad? I don't like Mama mad..." Kagome started to rub her but with one hand. "It hurts when Mama gets mad..." She stopped and looked back at Inu Yasha.

"Will you get spanked? It doesn't feel good..." She finished.

Inu Yasha perked an eyebrow and replied, "No, I don't think she would spank me. I don't think she would or even could... anyway, let's go, Kagome."

"Okay!" Kagome yelled as she ran up to the front door of her house.

When Inu Yasha caught up to her, he started mumbling again and searching for something on the door. "Now where's that damned 'doorbell' thing Kagome keeps yelling at me to use..."

A pudgy hand pushed a white button just right of the door, interrupting his search. When he looked down, he saw Kagome grinning wildly up at him.

"Showoff..." Inu Yasha growled at her.

Suddenly he heard a voice coming from inside along with a loud crash and boom.

"Sota! Behave! And no, you can't use last year's fireworks for Show-and-Tell. Don't put them down by the candles!"

Inu Yasha pushed Kagome behind him just as her mom appeared in front of him.

"Oh, hello, Inu Yasha! Why, where is Kagome? Is she alright?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"Um, well, you see... Kagome... oh, look." Inu Yasha stuttered and pushed Kagome in front of her mother.

Ms. Higarashi's face was filled with pure confusion for what seemed forever. When who the girl was started to register in the woman's mind, her face became emotionless.

"Kagome?" She asked towards the little girl.

When Kagome heard her name, she looked up with curiosity. "Hmm? Hi Mama! Is puppy in trouble?" She had a face full of pure worry when she asked the last question.

Ms. Higarashi went entirely pale. She looked to Inu Yasha as she asked, "What happened?"

Inu Yasha came into the house and told Kagome's mom pretty much that something had happened to Kagome, but it was only temporary. The entire time she stared in disbelief at Kagome as she climbed around on Inu Yasha.

"But for now we're gonna leave her with you. Since you did raise her and all, we figured you could take better care of her until we can figure... I mean get her back to normal." Inu Yasha finished and looked up at Ms. Higarashi.

She wasn't as pale as before, and she looked a whole lot calmer.

"Uh, Ms. Higarashi?"

She looked up at him, snapped out of her thoughts, and said, "Hmm? Yes. I think I understand. So, I just need to watch her for a while and you'll come back and cure her?"

"Uh, yeah, something like that..." He replied as he pulled Kagome from his arm.

Kagome's mom didn't look up for a moment. When she did, she was smiling. "Well, I believe you! I know you would always do your best to keep my Kagome safe!"

When she had finished, Kagome ran over to her and sat in her lap as she gave her a hug.

Inu Yasha's stomach churned as he remembered what Sango had said about not bringing Kagome back.

"Well, I'll come back later..." he said as he got up and stepped towards the door.

Kagome's eyes filled with fear and she ran up to Inu Yasha. She clutched to his leg as she asked, "Are you leaving, puppy?"

When she looked up, he saw that she had tears in her eyes. "Don't go away Inu..."

Inu Yasha looked up at Ms. Higarashi and saw that she was just as bewildered.

He crouched down and put his hand on her head. "Don't cry, Kagome. Fine, I'll stay for a few hours. Okay?"

Her face lit up as soon as he said it.

"Okay, Inu!" She said with glowing eyes.

Kagome's mom stepped up and picked up Kagome as she said, "Well, let's put you in some better fitting clothes! It's a good thing I still have some of your old clothes!"

Ms. Higarashi climbed up the stairs towards her room. Inu Yasha couldn't help but smile when Kagome looked over her mom's shoulder and crossed her eyes playfully at him.

She sure was odd as a kid. Come to think of it, she was kind of energetic. When he had been telling her mom what was going on, she wouldn't stop using him as a living jungle gym.

After about ten minutes of waiting Kagome's mom appeared. Following her down the stairs was Kagome. She was wearing a purple kimono with golden stars, balls, and ribbons on it. Her hair was a ponytail on the side of her head.

It was funny to watch her run down the stairs. At the last step she looked up at him and tripped over her dress.

Inu Yasha waited for her to sit up and start crying, but instead she looked at him and started giggling. She brushed herself off and ran to the front door.

When she got there she looked back at Inu Yasha a laughed. "What's wrong? Is doggy to chubby to run fast?" She pointed to his baggy pants and laughed again.

"Chubby?! Why you!" Inu Yasha jumped towards her but missed her as she shot out of the house laughing and screaming "Chubby Doggy. "

After Inu Yasha ran after her, Ms. Higarashi stood in the doorway and thought to herself, 'Maybe this time she won't go through what she did last time. It tore her apart so badly when she... when we lost him...'