Before I start I just gotta add something that I feel stupid about now. Sorry for how stupid her getting a job was. I know it's pretty corny that the one she couldn't read happened to be the guitar job. I don't know what I was thinking there. Oh, and for those who think this story is cute it won't be for long. MuAHAHAHAHA!

Chapter 9

Inu-Yasha woke up the next mourning early; he wanted to do a little training. So he changed into his gym clothes and set off for the training room. If he was lucky Sesshomaru would be there, but he wasn't so he would have to train by himself.

He set up a punching bag and immediately began to pound on it. He envisioned Koga's face right where he was hitting, it felt good.

He had gotten himself so worked up that he was drenched in sweat, it was gross really. Deciding that he didn't want to be smelly or gross he made his way to the shower room. He could hear the shower on, it must be Sesshomaru, it was the men's bathroom. Inu-Yasha didn't know why his father had insisted on having a girl's bathroom and a boy's bathroom both with more than one shower but he went along with it.

It was slightly fogged when he entered, the water must be hot. He smelled the air, it wasn't Sesshomaru's shampoo he smelt but it was his 'Why is Sess in my shower?' he though angrily. 'I'm gonna teach him a lesson.'

He flung the shower curtains open, "Holy Fuck!" it was Kagome. She screamed but he couldn't help but stare at her perfect body. Each curve placed just right and made all the more beautiful by her creamy skin.

"What are you doing?!" she screamed at him.

He jumped as if he forgot she was there but how could he when he stared at her that way. He blushed redder than he ever had and turned around. "I-I-I'm so sorry Kagome, I thought you were Sesshomaru, this is the boys bathroom."

She just stood there; she was a little taken aback by how he had stared. She didn't know if she should be flattered or disgusted, but deciding it wasn't his fault she said, "Can you hand me a towel?"

He dumbly nodded and handed her a towel, never once looking at Kagome or even close. "You can look now." She said but he didn't turn around, "Inu-Yasha? What's wrong?" she set her hand onto his shoulder.

"I-I-I-." he stammered, "I'm afraid that if I look... I might loose control." He knew perfectly well what his demon side might want to do. It was bad enough that at that moment he wanted to turn around and pounce on her, make her his.

She thought he was being silly so she walked around him and stood before him. She had wrapped the towel around her chest and it was a very short towel, barely covering the bottom.

He blushed and looked at the ground, 'He is cute when he blushes.' She thought to herself.

'She must hate me!' He thought angrily. She must have sensed this because she put her index finger under his chin and lifted it so she could look at him.

"Don't worry; it was a mistake, its ok, really." She gave him a warm smile.

Gods she was sexy, it took every ounce of his strength to control himself. But one little ounce must have escaped because he grabbed out for her and planted a kiss on her lips. It was soft and sweet at first but then became hungrier by the second. Soon Kagome found herself pressed up against a wall as Inu-Yasha explored her mouth.

He never wanted to stop, being like this with Kagome made his troubles and worries vanish in an instant, he just wanted to be with her. But he knew he had to stop then, if he didn't he would loose all control over himself and that could risk his exposure. He pulled away and stared into her eyes. From that moment on he knew he would never be able to let her go, she was his life, his everything, but for some reason he could not admit that he loved her, nor did he know if he did. He was afraid but didn't know why.

She was so excited! Her first job. But she also felt sick. She was terrified, her palms were sweaty and she found herself shaking a lot. She wanted to hide from her fears but then face them at the same time. She wanted this job more than anything. She had to move out no matter what it took. She didn't want to live at her mom's forever. It was bad enough that she still lived there in the first place. (sry if I offend those who still live with their parents...I do but I'm 14)

She pulled up into a nice yellow house. It had a cozy feeling and felt welcoming. It made her feel better about going. She knocked onto the door.

"Hello, you must be Kagome, come right in." said a woman with black hair. "I will go get my daughters." When she saw the surprise on Kagome's face she added, "You would be teaching the younger one, my oldest is protective of her little sister so she wants to be with her." Kagome nodded.

She left Kagome in what appeared to be the front room. After about 5 minutes of waiting the mother entered with 2 girls, one with black hair and one with white hair.

"This is my oldest Kagura and my youngest Kanna." The younger one called Kanna gave her the creeps; she just seemed to have a vacant stare.

10 minutes later she had the job. The mother left the room so that Kagome could start the lesson. The guitar that had been bought for Kanna was white with a tiny mirror on the edge. Kagome wondered why.

"Alright Kanna, are you ready?" there was no reply, Kanna just stared into space. Kagome wasn't sure what to do so she whispered to Kagura, "Is she listening?"

Kagura nodded, and replied, "I will explain later."

Kagome was a tiny bit scared of Kanna. She did what she was told but never took her eyes off the spot she had been staring at for an hour. Kagome didn't even see her blink. She had to hand it to her though, she was a fast learner. Kanna would be able to play almost Kagome's level in a month.

After the lesson was over Kagura escorted Kagome out. When they were safely outside Kagome asked, "So why is she like that?"

"About 2 years ago our father died. Ever since then she has been very quiet, very secluded, and she responds to no one except for me."

Kagome nodded. Kanna must have really loved her father to become like that. "So why put her in guitar?"

"We were hoping that she would find something she might like to do."

That inspired Kagome; she had to try to get this little girl to become normal again. "So I guess I will see you in 2 days then?"

Kagura nodded. Kagome ran down the sidewalk, hopped into her car, and drove away.

"Kagura! The phones for you!" yelled her mom.

"Coming." She grabbed the phone, "Hello?"

"Were ready." Replied the unfriendly voice on the line.

"But who is the target?" she whispered as she walked up to her room.

"A Kagome Higurashi and Inu-Yasha."

'Kagome? Couldn't be.'

"Ok and we still have a deal?"

"Yes, your sister will be free if we pull this off."

Then she hung up, there was no need for kindness, not to this bastard anyway. Besides, he was used to being hung up like that, she did it often, she didn't feel the need to say goodbye. It was never on good terms anyways. She Midas well say bad bye but that would just be stupid.

Inu-Yasha's

"So how was the lesson?"

"It was good, the little girl I am teaching has some problems though, I wanna help her." Kagome's mood about helping Kanna had not changed in the least. She was just as determined.

He was happy for her. She kind of glowed all night. She was in a very good mood and it was even more happy than usual. 'If anybody tries to fire her I'm gonna rip out their throats.' He found himself thinking.

That night they had a candle light dinner while they ate ramen. It was romantic anyways even if the food wasn't. It's not like the food was there for that long, Inu-Yasha ate at the speed of light which is probably a good thing because she wouldn't be able to listen to him gobble down ramen for 10 minutes. It would get really disgusting and annoying. But she had to admit that he was really cute how he always got a few noodles on his face and then how he didn't notice. She had a lot of fun with that.

"Inu-Yasha, come here." She had said to him. Obediently he walked to her, then she pushed him onto his knees. "You have ramen on your face." When he tried to take it off she stopped him. "Let me."

Slowly she put her hands onto his shoulders and leaned forward. The moment her face got close to his she felt his whole body tense. She only hesitated once before slowly licking the ramen off his face. A slight moan escaped her lips, he tasted good. Inu-Yasha still kneeled there, stiff as a board.

When she pulled away from him she found a wide eyed Inu-Yasha looking at her, blushing as red as a cherry. She couldn't help but laugh. He looked so cute.

Finally pulling his mind back to earth he advanced on her. He kissed her passionately, trapping her in the chair. He couldn't help it, he kissed her neck down to her collar bone and back up again. He wanted to make her his but he couldn't, he wasn't ready. And besides, he knew if he did his illusion would wear off half way through and what kind of shock would that be. He was sticking to his plan, he was telling her at Battle of the Bands.

He didn't know how to stop, he didn't want to disappoint Kagome. Luckily he wasn't the one who chose when to stop because at that moment Rin and Sess walked into the dinning room.

"Do that in your room." Sess said casually.

Startled, Inu-Yasha jumped away from Kagome and sat back in his chair. Kagome was blushing so red she might have glowed. Her whole face felt hot. She had to get away from Sess and Rin.

"Inu-Yasha, can you show me where the bathroom is so I can have a shower in the mourning without worry?"

Inu-Yasha nodded and followed. 'That was embarrassing.'

That night Inu-Yasha couldn't sleep, he wanted to hold Kagome. 'Why not?' he asked himself. 'If she doesn't like it she can tell me and I will leave.'

So he sprung from bed, redid his illusion and crept to Kagome's room. Carefully he slid the door open, it was a good thing he could see well in the dark or he would have tripped about a million times.

He checked if Kagome was asleep and she was, he could tell by her breathing. So he walked to the end of the bed and crawled in as carefully as he could manage. He didn't know if he should do it, what if she got really mad at him? He decided he would never get anywhere by worrying. He took a deep breath and did what he had come to do. He wrapped his arm around her small waist and pulled her into the curves of his body. He took in another deep breath but this time to smell her hair. Suddenly he felt very tired and fell asleep in an instant.

Not to long after that Kagome woke up. It had startled to wake up and find someone holding her. She knew it was Inu-Yasha though when she held his hand and felt his long nails. She wondered why he let them grow so long but couldn't come to a conclusion before she fell back asleep.

Meanwhile

"Are you sure that will work?"

"Yes, do you know how strong this stuff is? I've been testing it on demons. It can keep them out for an hour and since Inu-Yasha is a hanyou it should last longer."

"It better work Naraku or ill see to it that your killed. I don't want any slip ups." She absently tapped her fingers, "Did you contact the wolves?"

"They refuse to hurt Kagome, it seems there leader has become accustom to her so I told them not to bother to come."

It wasn't like she needed the wolves, they would just be for backup which she guessed she wouldn't need.

"But of course Kagura and Kanna are onboard?"

"Yes, I contacted them yesterday."

"I am going to crush him like the cockroach he is."

2 Days later at Kanna's

"Alright this is a C." she moved her fingers in the correct spot and Kanna mimicked.

Kagome was becoming more used to her vacant stare off into nothingness land.

As always, Kagura was sitting right next to her sister. She had never once left her side in any of the lessons. Kagome didn't mind, it was more comforting to have a responsive person there.

"Good job Kanna, your doing great, way better than expected." Still no response. "You know what Kagura? I think you should bring Kanna to battle of the bands. I'm playing there with my band. It was actually Inu-Yasha's idea that you guys could come."

Kagura just about dropped the drink she was holding. 'I have to kill her?'

She coughed once and replied, "We were already planning on going." Kanna didn't know what was down. Kagura hadn't yet told Kanna the targets so she was oblivious to the problem at hand.

"Great, I'll see you in 2 days, ok Kanna?" she shouldered her guitar and left.

Kanna sensed Kagura's worry. "Kagura, what wrong?" she said in her quiet, icy voice.

"N-N-nothing Kanna."

Inu-Yasha's 3 days later

"Common Inu-Yasha! We've been here for over 3 hours." Miroku whined.

"Just 3 more times through and you can go."

Miroku groaned. He was usually a patient man but this was just stupid. Practice was usually 1 and a half hours, not 4. But battle of the bands was in 6 days and they had to be ready. To Miroku's dismay, they had practice everyday until battle of the bands.

Nobody else was complaining so they figured that Miroku just wanted to get out of there so he could grope Sango. Stupid lecher.

"Ok, you are free to go." There was a little yell of joy from Miroku but everyone else just went about their business. "Remember, your back here tomorrow." And then a groan from Miroku.

With battle of the bands Kagome began to feel nervous. She constantly had butterflies and she constantly found herself going over the notes in her head to make sure she wouldn't forget them. She didn't think she could though. Not after so much practice. And besides, she had it memorized before her first practice playing it. It was etched in her brain.

She hadn't realized how tired she was. It was 9 and she could barely keep her eyes open. Slowly she walked to her room and then collapsed onto the bed. She didn't bother to change her clothes or pull the covers on.

"Kagome? Where'd you g-"he found her half rolled onto the bed and half off the bed. 'She's gonna fall off.' He though so he placed her back onto bed and crawled in after. He loved the feeling of her body so close to his, he had wanted to do it tonight but didn't know how to go about doing it. Lucky for him, she fell asleep before he had to ask.

Dun dun dunnnnnnn. That's chapter 9. Thanks for all the reviews. I got way more than 3! AhahA. I don't know how long it will take me to put up 10 because I have midterms this week so I have to study. I should have been studying yesterday and right now but instead I updated for you people. You should be grateful. :D Well anyways, review please and I will update as soon as possible. If someone tells me how to make my own website I will update so fast! I swear it. Oh and I want instructions for a free website and not a crappy one! So email me for this info to my email. You will be my best friend and I will read all of your stories and review so also send me your name.