Disclaimer : I need to make this quick, they're having stare-at-the-wall-for-an-hour game ! I love walls now bahaha. Blah, I don't own Inuyasha, but can I .. with the walls ? Please, please =)

Note :The next few chapters might be a little longer than the rest. And WOW. Due to all the comments and questions and everything you guys gave me on your reviews, the WHOLE plot has been changed. I'm still struggling with a few things but bear with me. How about some last minute suggestions ? Kumiko/Inuyasha, Kagome/Inuyasha ?

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Inuyasha winced as pain shot up his fingers. These damn stickers were harder to pick off that he thought even with those long claws of his !

" So what were you guys talking about ? " The girl picking the walls next to him started casually, as she slid closer to the startled hanyou.

Inuyasha felt his face flush, but kept his voice strong. " What'd yah mean ? "

He felt Kumiko's shoulder brush against his own, indicating that she was shrugging. A darker flush washed over his face. When did she get so close ?!

" I mean, you and my grandmother. What was going on ? I felt like, major tension in the room when I walked in. And what were you doing with your han .. "

" Eh ! I got it off ! " Inuyasha interrupted happily as a thin piece of sticky paper floated onto Kumiko's bed.

Fortunately, it got her mind off asking questions .. for the moment. " Yes ! I knew I should've grown my nails ! "

" Yeah, but I'm a demon. I'm supposed to have long nails. " Inuyasha retorted with a hint of smugness in his voice.

" But you're also half human, " Kumiko corrected as she picked up the pieces.

Instantly, Inuyasha stiffened behind her. She felt it.

She whipped around, with an apologetic look on her face, " Sorry, I didn't mean it to come out offensive .. "

The suddenly cold hanyou cut her off, growling. " Where'd you hear that I was .. "

" Listen, " Kumiko quickly interrupted by placing her hand on his stiff shoulder, which relaxed the moment she made contact. Strangely. " Doesn't matter where I got that, but I don't mean it to come out like that. I .. " She tilted her head, looking onto the side. " Think it's cool that you're two, er, races. It's like, you can fit in both categories without problem, yah know ? '

Inuyasha growled again, and shrugged off her hand, ignoring the cold feeling that his shoulder suddenly felt. " Hah ! You have no idea how it feels to be half human, half demon do you ?! So shut the hell up and get working ! " he demanded tensely along with a dangerously low growl which he conjured up the next second.

Instead of shrinking back and turning to the wall, the young girl bolted up with an angry look on her face. " Hey ! I just met you, of course I don't know ! I'm just saying that's how I see it, I never said I was right ! Why'd you have to blow up like that, I didn't say anything wrong ! " the overly-heated girl shot back with a death glare.

Dropping his raised claw, Inuyasha turned to the girl with a cold look in his eyes that made her gasp. " If you don't know anything, " His eyes widened with fury, " Then don't say anything at all ! "

Getting up in the blink of the eye, the burning half demon stormed out of the room, leaving the stunned girl standing on her bed.

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With a terrifying accuracy, the little pebble shot right into the middle of the Goshinboku Tree, almost denting the bark. A sulking and seething hanyou, causing it.

What does SHE know?! He thought bitterly, as his dog ears flicked. She knows nothin' bout me and starts going on a rampage that ..

Obviously by his obnoxious attitude, anyone could tell he was in his sensitive mood right now. Too sensitive.

Wait, what was he thinking?! How could he allow someone like HER to send him crashing down into the dumps like that? Flustered, he sighed and stared down, trying to brush the thought away.

Inuyasha growled and mentally stuffed his angry into the next pebble he held, throwing it at maximum speed at the poor tree. Kagome had taught him once that killing and destroying everything around was not the key to relieve stress and anger. She always told him to store all his bad feelings into a little rock, then throw it to sea, along with everything in it.

Automatically, the corners of his mouth tugged upward. He could almost see her telling him ..

Right now, there was no ocean or a mass of water around him, so, he picked the innocent Goshinboku to pick on.

He reached for another stone, his thoughts not so as dark as before. Still, he couldn't to rant. In his head.

She thinks she knows everything. She has NO idea. She didn't live a life being shunned and ..

" OWWWW !! "

" HUH ?! " The startled hanyou jerked his head up, and stared at his empty outstretched arm. Looking forward, he saw Kumiko, with a scrunched up face and hand over cheek. Below her, was the little pebble Inuyasha had used to throw at the tree. Guess she had gotten in the way. Now, her eyes were bright and shimmery .. as if she was going to ..

" WAIT ! DON'T CRY ! " the poor demon cried as he jumped up. OoOh noooo, he's in biiiig trouble now ..

Quickly, the girl brushed her sleeve over her eyes. " W-who said I was gonna cry ! I-I wasn't .. " Inuyasha could tell, she was denying it.

" Hmph, sure. " Inuyasha rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, and tried to look like he didn't care. But his flicking dog ears betrayed his concern. She was just soooo stubborn ..

" You, why'd you throw that rock at me ? " she demanded after she gained some of her composure, as she smoothened the creases in her clothing.

She had taken her hand off her cheek, and Inuyasha could see that a bruise was going to form. Her eyes weren't as bright anymore, but instead, held a very VERY deadly glint in them. Standing on her tiptoes and shoving her face and body up to Inuyasha's, she glared fiercely at him. " Why'd you do it ? "

" Um .. " Inuyasha was speechless. Even KAGOME wasn't as bold.

" Well .. " The girl had started tapping her toe, and was driving Inuyasha crazy. Speechless for words as tension rose once again.

So when he was nervous, Inuyasha did the only thing he would usually do. Yell.

He flung his arms up and sputtered, " How the hell am I suppose to know that you were standing there ! You were practically SNEAKING an .. "

" I was SO not SNEAKING, I was walking QUIETLY ! " she interrupted rudely as she poked him the chest like she'd always did. Though she would have slapped him if she could reach.

" Really, then why didn't you say anything ? You could've warned me before I threw that rock at you ! " he shouted back, sticking his nose right against hers.

" Ah ha ! So you WERE aiming at me ! " She yelled back with a smirk that was starting to tick Inuyasha off.

" ARGH !! WHAT DO YOU WANT ?! " Inuyasha had had enough of this. If she came just to start an argument, then he had no interest in ..

" I'm sorry. "

The half demon jumped. One minute, she was yelling her head off at him, the next, she was as quiet as a mouse. Her voice was so soft he could barely hear her.

" W-what ? "

Kumiko glared at him, her fists clenched. " I said I'M SORRY, yah don't have to rub it in my face. "

" I'm not. " Inuyasha snapped and crossed his arms. " Hmph, I don't even know why yer apologizing, there's nothin' you did. "

Kumiko looked thoughtful, and her fists had unclenched. " Yeah, I judged you, and assumed how you live just by looking at you .. and I should've apologized earlier instead of snapping at you. I'm sorry, I'm just like that. Stubborn, short tempered and know-it-all. That's just some things I wish I never inherited. Definitely not from Grandma or anything. "

Got that right. Inuyasha thought, amused. He was smart enough not to say it out loud, unless he wanted to start digging his own grave early.

" Soo .. " Kumiko had started rocking on her heels, and Inuyasha found it suddenly very uncomfortable now that they had nothing to talk about. Wonder why ?

" I ah, have to go back to school tomorrow 'cos it was just me, duh, who forgot that we had no school today. Um .. speaking of school, there's this boy who keeps following me, at school I mean. He's like a TOTAL nerd and I TOTALLY don't like him and uh, if it's okay, if you, I dunno, pick me up afterschool and .. " Quickly, she finished, " Pretendthatyouremyboyfriend. "

Through her whole babbling session, the hanyou wasn't really listening. Until the last part. " WHAT ?! " his jaw dropped in confusion.

His ears twitched, as his throat suddenly turned dry. " You want me to what ?! "

Now he could see Kumiko was down right blushing, with a dejected look on her face. " You don't have to if you don't wanna you know. You can tell me and I can have that stupid geek follow .. "

" I didn't say I didn't wanna. " Inuyasha gruffly cut off, to Kumiko's surprise. Instantly, she smiled.

" GREAT !! " She grinned and looked up at him with grateful eyes. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow. She was practically GLOWING.

" Then, pick me up at 3 sharp. Er, better cover up your ears and I dunno, change into something more modern ? Well actually, you can keep your red thing if you want to and pretend you do karate or something. Ooh that's a good idea ! Show them that you're all 'core and stuff ! YEAH ! Actually, KEEP YOUR RED KIMONO .. eeeeee ! " she had started to squeal and was jumping up very excitedly in front of him, which nerved Inuyasha. " This is gonna be so cool ! That so call nerd's gonna flip when he sees you ! "

Suddenly, a little flag went up in his brain, and Inuyasha cocked his other eyebrow at the excited girl. " You mentioned a ' them ' ? Whose them ? " his eyes narrowed with a cunning sensation.

Inuyasha swore he saw Kumiko stiffen for a second, before continuing her little jumps. " Oh, " She waved her hand carelessly at him and looked the other way. "J-just some friends of mine. They always hang around the geek and try to hook me up with him. Grrr, I mean, darn them ! Can't they just take the hint that I would NEVER go for him ?! "

" Oh. " Inuyasha replied, satisfied with her answer. Strangely, he felt glad that Kumiko didn't like this ' geek ', and wanted HIM to tell him off. Even more strangely, he wanted to strangle the boy who was chasing her. Uhh, was it just him, or did he feel a wave of déjà vu ?

" Well, " the 15-year-old's voice cut through his confused thoughts, and he looked up at her, who was looking at him happily. " I gotta go now and do my homework before Grandma gets on my case again. I'll talk to you later, Inuyasha. Remember, tomorrow at 3 sharp ! Bye ! " Before Inuyasha could blink, the girl had flashed him a smile, a wave, and had darted inside the house.

Huh, she was a weiiiird girl.

First, things start off rough and bumpy .. with the usual, their daily arguments and the next thing, they're doing each other favours.

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During the afternoon, the sound of something wooden getting kicked woke a slumbering hanyou up. His ears flicked twice, before he uncrossed his arms and stretched, blinking a bit. Then he turned his silver head towards the house, where the sound of somebody sighing in an impatient manner. Then the sound of a drawer shelf rattling. Then obscenities being muttered. Followed by a grunt and more shelf rattling. A sigh, then finally ..

" Inuyasha ? "

A big blur of white and red darted inside and leapt into Kagome's mom's old room. It screeched to a stop in front of an elderly woman struggling to yank open a shelf in a drawer.

" What're you doing ? " the hanyou asked curiously, as he eyed the woman grunt and pull.

" Get this thing out will you ? The shelf's stuck in here ! " she gasped as she let go, shaking her poor fingers.

Smirking to himself, the half demon strolled up to the drawer. And in the blink of Kagome's eye, the shelf was out and sitting comfortably in Inuyasha's arms, who was blinking innocently at her. " Where do I put this ? "

Kagome couldn't help but smile. He was still as innocent as a little boy after all these years, minus the cursing and rude manners. " On the bed please. " he words brushed against his gentle ears.

Nodding, the hanyou dropped the shelf onto the bed, " Why do you want it out ? " Scrunching up his nose, he picked at the worn contents in it.

Kagome slapped the insulted demon on the hand, swatting it away. " Don't touch. I just wanted to sort things out in there. It's nothing but a big mess and since I have nothing to do today, I might as well clean up. "

Silence.

Kagome raised an eyebrow, not looking up. " Inuyasha ? "

Silence.

Now Kagome furrowed her eyebrows, and stopped from taking the things out of the shelf. " Inuyasha ? Are you .. " she froze at the second -

Kagome's eyes widened as Inuyasha turned to her with a blank expression on his face. In his hands, was the picture of everybody in the Feudal Era. Memories, 50 years ago played in her mind like a slide show without sound. How, she missed those times…

He peeled his eyes away from Kagome, who was looking at him cautiously. He turned his head to the photo and spoke in a quiet voice. " You still have this. "

Not really knowing what to say, Kagome just nodded. " Yes, I do. "

Inuyasha nodded once, and then slipped the photo back into its velvet pouch. He had a confused look on his face, and Kagome wondered.

" What's wrong ? "

Inuyasha looked up at her, as if startled that she could see he was troubled. " Nothing. "

Gently, Kagome laid her small hand over Inuyasha's and peered into his amber eyes. " You're thinking of Miroku, Sango and Shippou, aren't you ? "

Inuyasha slowly nodded, and looked at his lap. " And Kaede .. even wolf bag. I actually, " he laughed shortly and shook his head. " Miss them all. Not that stinky disgrace for a wolf, but everybody else. I miss it all. "

Kagome grinned, lines showing up on her delicate face. " I miss it all too. "

Both Kagome and Inuyasha looked up at each other, and for a moment, all their troubles were gone. Kagome's heart gave a flutter. Her mouth opened to say something, but she closed it. She knew this wasn't the right time. But deep in her heart, she really wanted to tell him that she missed it all. Especially when she and Inuyasha were together. When they were in love. But the look Inuyasha was giving her, Kagome wasn't sure, was it love ? Did he still love her ?

" Hey, " Inuyasha said, suddenly breaking the moment. Kagome smiled. But he wasn't uncomfortable. " Lets finish sortin' out your stuff. I'll help you, since I don't think I got anything else to do. " he quickly offered in case they got into another one of those deep conversations. But then again, he decided it would be best if they hadn't brought up about the past anymore.

Kagome cocked her head, surprise evident in her eyes. "You're right, it's getting late. A little past two thirty, I have to start shopping for dinner. But why would you want to help me ? "

The hanyou gave her an insulted look, but smiled in a boyish way, that sent the woman's heart to flip. " 'Cos I could look through your stuff and ask you questions to annoy you to death. "

" That sounds more like it. " Kagome replied sarcastically, as she rolled her eyes. " Come on. " she motioned for his assistance.

Both in a cheerful mood, they started sorting out Kagome's shelf, to Inuyasha's surprise, had a lot of junk in. And she was also getting on HIS case for being messy ..

They worked for about an hour, before Kagome had started on dinner. Inuyasha followed her everywhere, helping her when she needed. It was a good day for Kagome, better than she expected. She was glad Inuyasha had came .. she didn't miss anyone so much more.

When Kagome plopped in the roast into the oven, she wiped her hands and joined Inuyasha in the living room. He was flipping through channels with a bored expression glued on his face. Kagome rolled his eyes faintly and snapped her fingers in front of him. " Hey, you've been at that thing for half an hour. Get your lazy butt off the couch and go do something useful. " she laughed, "Save yourself before you turn into one of those what are they called.. ? Uhh whatever Kumiko always calls me when I get caught watching those soap operas?" she scratched her head, hinting for an answer. "Oh right, couch potatoes…"

Inuyasha didn't reply, but stopped on the discovery channel, that was currently explaining facts about dogs.

" Inuyasha .. "

The half demon just blinked.

Kagome's nostrils flared. So he wasn't going to listen to her eh ? In the corner of his eye, he could see her fuming with anger. Well .. Kagome was beginning to think… WHAT am I doing?! I sound like his mother… ugh, I hate it when I act old ! Okay that is it, it's time to live young again… well we can have a little fun right now. She made a dash for it up stairs leaving the lazy hanyou with his television set.

He sighed, perplexed, as his eyes watered from a fatigue yawn.

Immediately, he flinched when something smacked him in his face. A white and fluffy thing.. " HUH ? What the - ?! "

Kagome pounced in front of him with a pillow in the grasp of her hands, blocking his eyes which were once plastered to the television screen. " HEY ?! What's going on here … ? " Clueless to know, he wasn't impressed with the ' grandma's ' antics.

" Come on now ! You WON'T listen to me eh ? Well this better wake you up ! " she smacked the surprised hanyou in the face again as a fit of laughter escaped her mouth. Feathers flew in the air and scattered its way around the living room floor. Well, she did take note that she picked up the old and worn out ones. Some vacuuming after should do the work.

Finally, Inuyasha jumped off the couch and made a run for it as Kagome tried hitting him again, but missed as the couch took in the hit. " You can't get away from me that easily ! " she hissed and ran after the hanyou.

" What's goin' on woman ?! Can't I even watch some T.V. here without any interference ? " he raced up the stairs and made a dash for it to his bedroom. " That's it ! This means war ! " Needless to say, Inuyasha grabbed his pillow and froze when he came face to face with Kagome. " Awww man… "

" What is it ? "

" Y - … nevermind " he dropped his words and fell back onto his bed. He knew he shouldn't be picking a fight with Kagome, she was old. He didn't intend on harming her in any way.

" Oh come on, think I can't take on a little fun ? " she challenged the uncertain hanyou who was staring back with glassy eyes. Even she, was impressed with herself. So this was how it felt, to be a kid again – she thought, a slight depressed. Well heck, it felt great ! " Come on Inuyasha ! "

Inuyasha's ears twitched, her voice was taunting.

Well.

Guess he couldn't take the tension any longer due to the fact that he got up and smirked, sending Kagome the indication of ' Let the games begin. ' He brought his hand to mid air and motioned her to come forth or in other words, make the first move.

Kagome barged forward and stuffed the pillow in his face, causing them to both fall back on to Inuyasha's bed once more. That was it, he couldn't take it anymore .. he didn't want Kagome having all the fun.

It was his turn, Inuyasha flipped her over so he was on top and when he was about to give it to her, he noticed they came face to face as his amber orbs met her eyes which were raging in anticipation. Even for an oldie .. she had a lot of energy to spare. Inuyasha was pretty surprised.

" Kagome … " Inuyasha started as he looked into her eyes. Even through the mold wrinkles and creases in her skin, he could see her inner beauty. The girl who she once was a while back ago.

Kagome's face flushed a deep shade of pink as Inuyasha looked away. This, was their second intimate situation that happened since Inuyasha came to the modern era. The hanyou felt slightly awkward as his heart beat increased by a second or two. For heaven's sake, he was having a pillow fight with an old grannie… not that he minded… but it did sound strangely weird when it came to mind.

Kagome cleared her throat and grasped the thin bed sheet beneath them which Inuyasha took detect of. Things were getting oddly intense. Inuyasha froze, unable for words as his mouth gaped open slightly.

Suddenly, they both snapped out of their trance as the phone rang, caused the hanyou tumbling off the bed and crashing against the hard sheen, wooden ground. Talk about a perfect distraction. Kagome quickly got up and brushed a ' Are you alright ? ' before making a run downstairs, leaving the semi injured Inuyasha dealing with a sore bottom.

The hanyou groaned. I guess I hit the floor a little harder than I thought. Ow, ow, ow ..

" What ?! Are you sure ? " Kagome's voice floated upstairs. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow. The cheerfulness from her voice was gone, and now, she sounded concerned. Too concerned.

Something was wrong.

Quickly, the hanyou darted downstairs, despite his sore bottom, and spotted Kagome hanging up the ree-cee-ver in the hallway. Any normal person or demon with eyes could see that she was trembling. This was definitely not good.

Worry crept into Inuyasha's stomach as he slowly and cautiously made his way towards Kagome, who was still staring emotionlessly at the phone. This was starting to get creepy.

" Kagome ? What happened ? Are you oka .. " his voice alarmed with concern from head to toe.

" It's Kumiko, " she whispered, her voice hoarse.

Inuyasha almost felt his heart stopped as his complexion turned pale. " What happened to her ?! "

Then it hit him like a nice yet firm stab in the back. He had forgotten to -

Looking up at him, Kagome's shaking body escaped a sob, tears flowing down her cheeks freely.

" There's been an accident. "

A/N : Oh my god, I know I've been bad and haven't updated but I was totally stuck with this chapter for some reason. I was totally ' DUH ' and couldn't write a thing even though I knew what I was going to write ! Fortunately, I have my wonderrrrrful editor ( RED-RAIN69 ) who did a BIG part in helping me continue with this chapter. Not only editing it and carving it to the chapter you've just read, she's also helped me write a scene I was completely stuck on ( Pillow fight scene LOL, yes I call them scenes ) Blah, so Red-Rain69, thank you so much. I wouldn't have done it without you ;) Look out, cause Red Rain & I might even do a fanfic together ! Yup, that's right, that means that I ( or we ) are going to have a new fanfic posted up on both of our accounts ! Speaking of a new fanfic, that also means that THIS fanfic will be ending soon. I'm trying to aim for 10 chapters, as you can see, the rest of my fanfixes have only 10 chapters ( HEHE, aren't I clever ?! Sorta =S ) but, maybe there might be more. I dunno. Sorrrrry, the pace might be slow, cause SCHOOLS STARTING ( screams ) and well, I'm sulking over it =P Hehe, but it won't get into my way or writing, cause I would be thinking of YOU guys. Holy, I talk so much don't I ? Thanks for putting up with me, that's why I love you guys so much =D Well, review and HOPEFULLY you'll enjoy the rest of the chapters. Though I must say, this hasn't been my best work. BLAH, screw it all =T