Chapter 11: Cases Closed-and More to be opened!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

A/N: Hello again readers! I'll try to fit in a little more fluff and action between InuYasha and Kagome, ok? Oh yeah, I think I'll have some fluff between Sango and Miroku in the next chapter. P.S-the first part of this title isn't taken from detective Conan, it's just called that, and of course, there are more problems to be solved!

With Kagome and InuYasha

Kagome had somehow managed to outrun InuYasha home. She didn't care whether he had to smell her out or not; she just wanted to put as much space between the hanyou and her as possible.

Slamming the door behind her, she did not greet her relatives like she usually did; her feelings were too hurt for that. Instead, she rushed out of the dining room and locked her room door behind her. There, now InuYasha couldn't get into the room. Stifling a sob, teenage girl decided to get some homework done.

InuYasha had just entered the house. He had been running past all the other students on the way home, and he had ignored the amazed looks on their faces. As he entered the house, he ripped off the cap Kagome had told him never to take off and came through the front door quietly; he didn't want Kagome's grandpa throw more 'holy water' at him. I bet the old crone even peed in it to make it holy first, Evil InuYasha had complained, and InuYasha couldn't agree more for once.

Turning the knob of the door which Kagome had locked, he frowned as the knob wouldn't turn and let him in. He was about to lose his temper and break the door down when he remembered a handy trick Sota, Kagome's younger brother, had taught him during his stay. Grabbing what people from the future called 'coin', the hanyou cleverly picked the lock and let himself in.

Kagome looked up from her homework, startled at the sight of InuYasha. How had the demon let himself in without breaking the door down? Eyeing the coin in the hanyou's hand, Kagome gritted her teeth and swore that she'd have to kill Sota at dinner-time, even if it meant going to jail.

"Hey Kagome, what's up?" the dog demon asked in a false, cheery voice. He couldn't speak properly as Kagome's new sickly sweet scent was clouding the room again, but he didn't want to leave, not right now. Seeing that Kagome was pretending to not hear his question, the now emotional dog demon felt his heart break into a million pieces. How could he have betrayed his Kagome just like that?

Throwing himself upon his own stretcher bed, InuYasha suddenly had an idea pop into his normally obnoxious head. Tonight was the new moon, so he would be turning into a human. Putting himself in his favourite position, InuYasha folded his arms and began to think of how he would go about his plan.

In the sengoku jidai

Sango and Miroku were worried now. They still hadn't found Shippo, and it was nearly sun set. Soon they'd have to stop the search and get some sleep back at the camp.

"Where do you think Shippo is?" Sango asked the lecherous monk.

"How would I know? That little Kitsune idiot never told me, did he?" Miroku snapped, and groped Sango. Even thought Miroku was groping the demon slayer, his temper and language could get just as bad as InuYasha's when he lost all patience.

SLAP! A loud slapping noise echoed throughout the forest and at that moment you could have found a fuming demon slayer and a lecherous monk rubbing his cheek.

"It was worth the pain," the monk announced. Sango's eyes narrowed and she looked away, wondering what kind of torture his mother had gone through when she was raising her son.

"Well, anyways, let's go back to the campsite," Sango said wearily, avoiding Miroku's eyes, as they had taken on a puppy-eye expression. Grabbing their weapons, the two adults began to return to the campsite for the night.

In the Future

Night-time had fallen. InuYasha was now a human, and Kagome was still giving him the silent treatment. InuYasha was worried about his plan; even though Kagome could tell Sango and the others about how he had acted this particular night, it was the only way he could regain the teenage girl's trust.

Kagome felt bad about treating InuYasha the way she was treating him right now, but the hanyou had asked for it. Once again anger flowed through the young miko as she thought about the little incident that had woken her anger up.

She was about to climb into bed when she heard a sniffle come from the hanyou sleeping in the stretcher bed. Peeping up from her covers, she could feel InuYasha's tears come down like a torrential downpour. InuYasha had conjured those tears up by pretending that he really had lost Kagome permanently.

"InuYasha, is there something wrong?" Kagome asked, feeling uncomfortable.

"Sure, I'm fine, don't worry about me," the hanyou replied, and he added a sob at the end to emphasize about how wrong he was.

Kagome was about to fall asleep when she heard the hanyou cry again. Well, he did say that he was fine, she thought, but she still felt guilty about leaving him to cry.

Finally the teenager could not stand her friend's 'suffering' any longer. Sitting right up, she demanded, "InuYasha, tell me what's going on right now! Is it because of that Hojo incident and the one with Koiba...?"

"Both incidents tear my heart up," the dog demon replied softly, and gave a soft wail.

"Oh, please don't cry! It makes my own heart tear to see you like this!" Kagome cried, and hugged him briefly before turning away as a nice shade of red crossed her face.

That was when InuYasha took his cue. Hugging Kagome from behind, he turned her around and kissed her so swiftly and passionately that Kagome was in shock about what had happened.

Kagome soon recovered from her shock and kissed the mischievous hanyou back. She was very aware of her breasts, belly and thighs being crushed against his. The two came up for air before diving down for another passionate kiss.

InuYasha then decided to tease Kagome. He gathered her in his arms and eased his mouth over hers several times, and the teenage girl could only cling to the dog demon. In reply she nibbled on his bottom lip, asking for entrance. When he opened his mouth slightly, her tongue dashed in and mingled warmly with his own.

When they had broken apart InuYasha laughed, picked her up bridal style and put her down gently on her own bed before plopping down on his own stretcher bed.

"Aishiteru Kagome. I don't love Kikyo any more," InuYasha whispered, but Kagome had already fallen asleep and did not hear a word the dog demon had said.

Well now, how bad was that kiss? Not only did you regain her trust, you also stole a few kisses from her. Now wouldn't you like a make-out...? Evil InuYasha was blocked out by a furious punch to the head.

In the sengoku jidai

Shippo cowered as two huge figures loomed over him, their eyes blazing and fiery red. Sango and Miroku were not amused; Shippo had tricked them into thinking that he had run off for good.

"Shippo, tell me why you ran off and worried us?" Sango whispered in a deadly tone, and Miroku narrowed his eyes to emphasize the question.

Now Shippo had run off and play the 'three voices' trick on his elders. He had wanted so badly for Sango and Miroku to love each other openly, but apparently his trick had not worked. This reason was the answer Sango was looking for, but it wasn't like as if the Kitsune was going to tell anytime soon.

"Um...I ran off because..." Shippo couldn't think of a good excuse, and it was Sango's turn to narrow her eyes.

Shippo suddenly had an idea. This time this trick could fool everybody, he was sure.

Giving out a realistic shriek, Shippo pointed a paw behind his elders and squeaked, "There's a demon behind you!"

This, of course, made Sango and Miroku whip out their weapons and turn around, and Shippo made his big escape. Seeing that no demon was there, Sango growled and ran after Shippo, Miroku following hotly on her heels. That annoying Shippo would pay.

In the Future

Things were going well after the photo incident. InuYasha continued to be the love of girls and the envy of boys, and Kagome continued to be the envy of girls and the love of boys. Soon Kagome and InuYasha were both the two most popular people in the school, but that didn't stop the two hearts from wandering onto somebody else.

InuYasha passed with flying colours on his tests, and soon caught up with everyone else. It was believed that he was an exchange student from America and was staying for three weeks. It was also predicted (by some superstitious person in Kagome's household) that she would get sick with measles the same three weeks later.

The next day, however, disaster struck. InuYasha and Kagome were walking together hand in hand (aw...how sweet!) when a Kikyo look-a-like stood before them. She was so much like Kikyo that there was practically no difference, except that there was a mole beside the girl's mouth.

"Well now, if it isn't my favourite couple," she sneered. "Anyone would have thought you would've come from the sengoku jidai, Sasuke (A/N: I couldn't think of a fake boy's name for InuYasha and he can't go around addressed like that so sorry!). And why do you have that silly hat on anyways? Did you dye your hair?"

Kagome felt the dog demon stiffen up beside her, and she shuddered. How could this girl tell? Had she gone through the well herself...?

"And my, Kagome, you look just like the priestess Kikyo does in books I've read. Is it because...you're the reincarnation of her? I can tell that there's a big similarity between you two.

It was the Kagome's turn to stiffen up, and before InuYasha could reply something nasty, the bell rang, signalling their next class.

Phew, saved by the bell! Kagome and InuYasha thought in unison, relieved that the girl hadn't said anything more about them.

In the sengoku jidai

Shippo panted, but pure fear kept him from stopping, as there were two angry people coming after him. He did know, however, that he couldn't run like this forever.

Stopping in a clearing, the little Kitsune looked around for a hiding place to sleep in. He studied his surroundings. In one corner a hollowed out log lay to his right, and brown paint, two paintbrushes and some paper lay to the left. Wait; paint, paintbrushes and paper? Shippo eyed the combination with delight. He could paint the paper, put it to the log's entrance and pretend that it was a normal log!

Quickly and expertly painting the log the way Kagome had taught him to, Shippo hurriedly fitted the 'new door' to the log's entrance after he himself had stepped in. Suddenly remembering that he had left his help outside, Shippo darted out of the log's other entrance, grabbed all his equipment and stepped back inside his new sanctuary.

Not very long after Shippo had cleverly concealed himself did his pursuers noisily emerge from the huge clump of trees, swearing like crazy. Not only had Shippo managed to outwit them, they had also swerved off the wrong path. How did they know this? Well, let's just say that Shippo stepped on a twig and swore so loudly that our dear humans found out.

"Where the hell is that Kitsune?" muttered Sango angrily, cracking her knuckles. "I feel like I want to punch him...until the end of time!"

Miroku, who was pretty angry now, decided to soothe his frazzled nerves-by groping Sango.

"Man-that hand of yours," Sango snapped and slapped the monk hard on the face. "I never want to work beside you ever again."

Of course, this set the monk off, as he had gotten the wrong idea. Backing away from the demon slayer, he ran off into his own little world, and in the process he could be heard muttering a language that was unknown to human kind.

"Oh great, now hoshi-sama gets the wrong idea and runs off. I guess it's just me alone now," Sango muttered, and sat down to cry. "Why did I have to fall for that man...why?"

In the Future

It was time to go home, and our two lovebirds were both sulking. Apparently InuYasha had seen Kagome hugging another girl and got the wrong idea (laughs). Kagome had convinced him that she did not love that particular girl, but InuYasha had pretended that he still did not believe her. They were nearly home when three robbers jumped out. Two grabbed at each InuYasha and Kagome, pinning their arms together, and the third, which was the leader, advanced on his captives.

"Give me your money, or I'll slit your throats open," he threatened as they all dragged their captives into a narrow alley.

"No, an' let me go!" the hanyou roared, and twisted the arm of the one holding him down. "Iron reaver, soul stealer!" the dog demon yelled, and ended up slashing off one's arm and slitting the other one's stomach open. Kagome, on the other hand, vomited as her attacker's blood and stomach organs spilled out onto her nice, neat uniform.

"Kagome, are you alright?" InuYasha rushed to his love, the one who had kept him company ever since they had met.

"Sure...I'm fine," the girl replied, but lost consciousness as soon as she saw blood all over the place.

"Kagome, don't worry, we'll get you help as soon as we can..." the dog demon looked her body over and quickly swiped off all the insides of the man killed before jumping away and to Kagome's house.

In the sengoku jidai

Shippo listened to Sango crying, and he wished that he could comfort her. It was very tempting to do so, but the moment he revealed himself, the demon slayer would give a cry of triumph and begin punishing him. He did, however, know which choice would make his relationship better with the taijiya.

Sending a quick prayer to Kami, the little Kitsune removed his log door and walked out. The taijiya, who was still crying, did not notice Shippo's presence until he placed a tiny hand on her shoulder.

To Shippo's surprise the demon exterminator put a hand on his own and looked up at the sky, still crying. "Thank you, little one," she whispered, her voice almost as mystical as Kikyo's. "Thank you for aiding me in my troubles."

Turning around, she hugged the little Kitsune, picked him up and went off in search of Miroku.

In the Future

To the hanyou's surprise, Kagome had healed almost as quickly as if she had just received two very shallow cuts. Before he knew it she was up and about, healthy and acting like as if nothing had gone wrong. Her friends, of course, had been a nervous wreck when she hadn't gone to school the next day, but apparently they had calmed down the moment their friend had returned the following day.

One day Kagome was coming home from school when she spotted InuYasha in a spot of trouble. He was surrounded by harmless school wanna-be bullies, and the hanyou was having a hard time controlling his youkai side.

"Hey, give us your money or we'll punch you!" one joked in a Naraku-like voice and all his cronies laughed cruelly.

"Look, if you shut up then I'll leave you alone," the dog demon tried to make himself more dominant, as that was the way all dog demons behaved.

"Oh, little hat-boy is trying to be dominant! What is underneath that hat, and why do you always wear one?" a short boy said, and tried to pull the hat off. InuYasha, to Kagome's relief, was out of reach. This did not stop the other boys from trying to pull off InuYasha's hat.

Growling, the hanyou could not reveal his secret. Jumping his highest, he landed neatly beside Kagome while all the other bullies stared at the dog demon like as if he was Super Man.

"Who in the hell...?" the leader whispered. The teenage girl finally had enough. Grabbing InuYasha's hand, she quickly walked off.

"What the hell was that about?" she hissed to the hanyou when they were out of earshot.

"I don't know, they just came up to me and began pissing me right off," InuYasha whispered back, just as mad.

Right now the teenager felt like sitting her friend, but now was not a good time. She decided that she'd have to sit him when they got home, but she didn't even get the time.

Her mother was cheerful just as usual, but her normally round face was a little pale.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Kagome waved a hand in front of her mother's face, and InuYasha stared awkwardly at his 'temporary mother'.

"A man called Naraku said he'd like to see you two...and he came from the well," Kagome's mother whispered, and the two teenagers stared at each other with plain horror showing on their faces. Naraku had caught them in the place where they were most vulnerable.

In the sengoku jidai

Kikyo sighed and tapped her foot, waiting for her Naraku to return from the well. He had said that he'd be back in a flash, yet he still wasn't back. Looking at what she had stolen from her stupid reincarnation (a stopwatch), she pocketed it and began tapping her foot impatiently again. Kagura and Kanna were both standing beside her, also waiting for Naraku's return as well. Kanna was still silent, emotionless as ever, but Kagura was getting annoyed at the miko's foot-tapping. Could she mercifully stop it?

Finally the wind witch could not stand it any longer. "For goodness sake, could you please stop it?" Kagura snapped, her pupil-less eyes flashing dangerously. "You are so loud that you are making the people in their dead graves stir!"

Kikyo sighed at the woman she hated most in Naraku's castle. It was either a smirk or a scowl that played across her enemy's face. It was probably because she herself wanted to be Naraku's lady.

"Kagura, I am sure that you have forgotten that Naraku wants you to obey my orders and not complain against me, isn't that right?" the priestess turned her cold eyes to Kagura and her eyes, too, flashed dangerously. "Or shall I call your heart to me?"

Kagura shuddered, remembering that Naraku had taught Kikyo the power of how to control his feisty worker's hearts. Kanna, on the other hand, refused to help her 'sibling'. Instead, she stayed silent, quiet as ever.

That was when a thoughtful expression crossed Kagura's face as she wondered: Poor Kanna, I wonder whether she has any feelings for anything at all, as she doesn't express her feelings about what she wants all the time.

A/N: Yes! I'm finally done, and the result was eight pages on word! Yay! Oh well, I don't think this was my best work as its night time and all, but whatever. Please review!