Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

Apology: I would like to say sorry. When I wrote chapter eight I was in a really bad mood and I think you can tell by my writing. Kagome gets hurt and I even kill of Kouga, plus on top of all that I didn't even make it as long as I should have. When I wrote that chapter I was stressed from school and work, I was sick, and Sara was being a bitch. So I'm really sorry. I hope y'all can forgive me.

Cindy : I'm glad you started reading my story. Your review made me feel loved : )

A lot of people have expressed their anger at Kouga's death, but I just wanted to tell everyone who is upset to wait ... he still has an important role to play in my story.

Chapter Nine

Kikyou stared at the plate full of food that was in front of her. It looked very appetizing, but she was too upset to eat. She had tried calling Kagome last night and for some reason couldn't. It was as if Kagome had disappeared.

"I'm sorry to bother you." The cook walked into the room. "But is there something wrong with the food."

Kikyou looked up at him, "No, nothing. I'm just not hungry." She pushed her food away and walked away from the table.

"Lady Kikyou." A servant walked into the room and bowed. "I have news that will cheer you up."

"What is it?"

"I was able to kill the demon you sent me after."

Kikyou smiled. That did make her feel better, at least something was going right. She turned to the cook who had started to clear her spot. "Never mind, I think I will have that food." She said.

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Inuyasha woke up in the morning and felt something heavy on his chest. He sat up an inch or so to see what it was, Kagome's head. He decided that she deserved to sleep in, so he tried not to wake her up.

Kagome only stayed sleeping for fifteen minutes longer then Inuyasha. She turned her head to the side so she was facing him. "Wasn't your pillow good enough for you?" he asked with a bit of sarcasm.

"I like hearing the sound of your heart beat." She closed her eyes and listened to it for a few more minutes then pushed herself up.

"Where are you going?"

"I have to go to school today." Kagome said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"How dose your ankle feel?"

Kagome looked down at it. She hadn't tried to put any pressure on it recently, so she carefully got out of bed. When she stood up a minor pain shot through her leg. It was getting better but it still hurt.

"See. You shouldn't go to school today." Inuyasha said. He didn't want Kagome going to school, he wanted to spend the day with her instead.

"Sorry Inu, but I don't have much of a choice." She limped over to her dresser that had a bottle of Advil on it and took some.

"Is that the 21st century pain killers you were talking about."

"One kind."

"There's more?"

"Yeah, lots. Now get out I need to change."

Inuyasha left the room, but he took as much time as he possible could. Kagome had to push him out during the last few feet from her door ( he was moving as slow as a snail.)

The door hit the back of his head a little bit, but he didn't care. "Good morning Inuyasha." Kagome's little brother walked out from his bedroom. "Is Kagome awake?"

"Umm, yeah."

"Good. Do you want to eat breakfast? My mom cooks the best stuff."

"Sure." Inuyasha followed him down to the kitchen. When he got there he was greeted by the wonderful smell of a homecooked meal and Kagome's mom.

"Good morning Inuyasha."

"Good morning." He wasn't used to eating at Kagome's house, so he didn't know where to go or what to say, so he made the safe choice of standing in the corner and waiting for Kagome to come in.

Kagome walked into the room and sat down in the chair she usually used. "You can sit here." She patted the chair next to her.

Inuyasha's face slammed into the tile floor. Everyone in the kitchen went silent. They had no idea what happened.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Inuyasha. It slipped out." Kagome jumped out of her seat and helped Inuyasha up.

"Kagome, what just happened?" Her grandfather asked.

"Every time I say -"

Inuyasha covered her mouth before she could say sit again. "Every time she says sit' I crash into the ground."

"Is that possible?" Kagome's mom asked.

Inuyasha and Kagome both sat down at the table. "Yeah." Inuyasha mumbled "Because of these stupid beads."

"Beads?"

Inuyasha started to eat the food that was set before him as Kagome told them the long story about the magical bead and how they ended up on him.

Kagome's grandfather took great interest in the beads. He reached across the table and grabbed them so he could have a closer look, causing Inuyasha to lean forward, practically into his food.

"Father." Kagome's mom said in a harsh tone, "It's rude to do that while he is eating."

Kagome stood up from the table and walked into the living room, she had to find her backpack. "Mom, have you seen my backpack?" she yelled out.

"It should be by the front door." Her mom walked into the room. They both headed for the front door, but it wasn't there.

"Well, I don't know where it could be." He mom said. "I saw it last night."

Kagome thought about it for a second than realized what happened. "Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed out.

In the kitchen all three of the men looked in the direction the scream came from. Shit Inuyasha thought she knows I took her backpack.

Kagome stormed into the kitchen, "Inuyasha where is my backpack?" her tone told everyone that she was willing to kill anyone who made her mad.

Inuyasha folded up his arms and closed his eyes. "I don't know. Maybe you lost it." Kagome's brother decided then that Inuyasha was the bravest person he had ever met.

"Inuyasha." Kagome grabbed his arm and pulled him to the front door. "It was right there last night."

"I have no idea where it is."

Kagome put her hands on her hips, "Listen. I know you took it, if you don't tell me where it is I'll activate those beads and make your face slam into the ground once for every year you're older than me."

"That's only 3 or 4 times. I can take that."

"Plus the 50 years you were under that spell."

Inuyasha had forgotten about that. "S-so, I could still take it."

"Plus the 1000 or so years between the time you were born and I was born."

Inuyasha's eyes got really big, he didn't think his skull would survive such a beating. "Fine." He had hoped that if Kagome didn't find her backpack she wouldn't go to school. "Promise you won't say sit."

"Yes."

"It's on the roof."

Kagome made fist with her hands and tried to hold herself to the promise she made with Inuyasha. "How am I going to get it down?"

"I'll get it." Inuyasha walked outside with his ears down. It only took him a few minutes to jump up on the roof and grab her backpack.

"Thanks." She said when he handed it to her. "I'm going to school now, alright."

Inuyasha whimpered a little bit so Kagome stood on her tip toes and kissed him on the cheek. "Don't worry, just find something to keep yourself busy." She turned and started to walk quickly down to the street.

Inuyasha sat down and tried to think of something he could do to pass the time, like Kagome said. But he couldn't think of anything. He wasn't used to this time or any of the activities in it.

"Hey, Inuyasha. Do you want to play a video game?"

Her turned around and looked at Kagome's brother who was standing in the doorway. "Don't you have to go to school?"

"Not for another hour."

"What's a video game?"

"Come on, I'll show you." Souta lead Inuyasha through the house and into the game room.

An hour later when it was time for Souta to go to school Inuyasha had lost 57 games. "I can hold my ground when it comes to demons, but I can't win a stupid video game." He complained.

"Don't worry, Kagome isn't all that good at it either. Of course, she wins once and a while."

"Souta. It's time for school. Get in the car." Kagome's mom said. Souta ran out of the room leaving Inuyasha to grumble over his dead man.

"Inuyasha. Why don't you come with me."

"Where are you going?"

She grabbed her purse that was sitting in the corner of the room. "I was going to go shopping for Kagome's birthday. Plus I need to pick up some stuff for dinner."

Inuyasha got to his feet. "Sure." It was something Inuyasha could do to take up time.

From the moment Kagome's mom started the car she knew it wasn't going to be an easy day. It took Inuyasha, with Souta's help, forever to put the seat belt on. Then when the engine roared he freaked out.

"Calm down Inuyasha. It's just the car."

The first stop was Souta's school. Inuyasha looked out the window at all the kids running around. "Buy Inuyasha!" he yelled out as he ran off to class. Inuyasha gave a little wave, but he was looking at the building.

"How is it possible to build something something so big?" he asked as they started to drive away.

"Technology has come a long way Inuyasha." She shook her head "You and Kagome should go to an amusement park or a movie tonight. You would probably enjoy it."

Inuyasha stared at Kagome's mom. "You look like her."

"What?"

"You and Kagome look alike. She has your nose and your eyes."

"You're the first person to say that. Kagome didn't get many of her looks from me or her father. I don't know who she looks like."

"Kikyou." Inuyasha responded.

"Who is Kikyou?"

"Kagome is Kikyou's reincarnation. She's almost identical to her, except for her nose and eyes."

"Reincarnation?" her mom laughed.

"Yeah." Inuyasha turned his head toward the window and looked out. "Kagome is prettier though."

Kagome's mom glanced at Inuyasha. He likes her she concluded How sweet.

It only took them a few moments to reach the mall. Inuyasha followed Kagome's mom through the first store. I was full of all kinds of clothing. He was astounded at all the different designs and wondered how it was possible to make them.

"What are we getting here?" he asked.

"This stop is for you."

"Me?"

"We need to get you a hat." She walked to the very back of the store that had thousands of hats hanging on the wall. "Which one do you like?"

Inuyasha stared up at the wall of hats, "Why do I need a hat?"

"To cover up you ears."

He reached up and picked a red one. "I guess this one."

"Alright." She took the hat from Inuyasha's hand and took it to the register and paid. "Lets go shopping for Kagome now."

Inuyasha put the hat on and followed her through the rest of the mall. He held his nose when they walked into a perfume store. All the different smells made him sneeze. "Do you think she'll like this one?" Kagome's mom asked.

"I don't know. Maybe."

She looked at Inuyasha. "Do you know what her favorite scent is?"

Inuyasha, still holding his nose, thought back to the other day. "She likes the smell of your lawn just after in rains."

"I don't think they have that one."

"Umm, what about wild flowers."

Kagome's mom looked around for a few moments. "Yes, they have that one." She grabbed a bottle off one of the shelves and looked at Inuyasha. She noticed that he looked really uncomfortable. "Inuyasha, are you alright?"

"Just — can't — breath." He had to talk between the breaths he was taking threw his mouth.

"Oh, you poor thing, your nose is probably killing you." Inuyasha nodded. "I'll pay for this then we'll go."

Once they were out of the shop Inuyasha gasped for fresh air. That was the worst bad smell experience in his life. He never wanted to go into another perfume shop as long as he lived.

Kagome's mom patted his back as he was bent over, trying to take in all the clean, perfumeless, air he could. "Are you alright? Do you need to sit down?"

"No. I'm alright." He stood up once he caught his breath.

"What do you want to give Kagome?"

"I already got her a gift."

"When?"

Inuyasha counted on his fingers. "I think 3 days ago."

"Oh, well if you see something else you'd like to give her tell me, ok."

"Ok."

They stopped in several different stores. One that they bought CDs in, one that they bought movies in, and one that had jeans in. "I think she would prefer these to the school uniform she wears to your time." Her mother said.

Inuyasha insisted on holding everything while she shopped. Might as well be useful he thought to himself.

The last place they went was a jewelry shop. Kagome's mom picked out different necklaces and bracelets while Inuyasha looked at some of their other things. His attention was caught when he saw a ring under the glass case.

It was gold with a diamond in the middle of it. On either side of the diamond were two emerald stone. Inuyasha thought the whole thing was beautiful.

"What are you looking at?" her mom walked up behind him.

"That." Inuyasha pointed to the ring.

"That's beautiful. You have a good eye Inuyasha." She waved down a person that worked there. After she was done paying for it she handed it to him "You could give her that along with the other gift you picked."

"Thank you Miss. Higurashi."

"Anytime." She looked at her watch. "Kagome should be getting home from school soon. Lets get something for dinner then go home."

Inuyasha put all the gifts in the back of the van then went to the passenger seat.

"Is there anything in particular you would like for dinner Inuyasha?"

"Ramen."

"Ramen, is that all?"

"Yeah, ramen."

When they were in the store Kagome's mom grabbed random things of the shelf. Inuyasha had a fun time trying the free samples. And when she put a gigantic box full of ramen packages in the cart his face lit up like a child in a candy shop.

"You really like ramen." She said.

"Yeah. But this stuff isn't bad either." He held up one of the samples a lady handed him. "I think it's called frozen pieesa."

"Pizza."

"What?"

"Its called frozen pizza."

"Oh."

"Come on, let's go."

When they got back to the house Kagome's mom started cooking dinner while Inuyasha hid the gifts in her closet. He put the ring in his pocket then decided to go to Kagome's room.

He liked being in her room, it was filled with her scent. He looked at the bottle of Advil on her dresser and wondered if it really worked. Sometimes all the gadgets that Kagome had from her time didn't last as long as he assumed they would.

He moved from her dresser to the desk she had near the window. There was a text book that she didn't take to school with her, it said Biology on it. What the hell is Biology he thought.

Eventually he decided that whatever Biology meant, it wasn't important. He opened one of the drawers and saw a little brown book. It didn't have a title on it, so he grew very curious.

Inuyasha reached down and grabbed it. When he opened it he was surprised to see the whole thing was filled with Kagome's hand writing. She had written letters to someone named Diary'.

He was about to open it and read it, but he heard the voices of Souta and Kagome down in the living room. He tossed the book back in and ran as fast as he could down the steps.

"Kagome?" He walked into the living room.

"Hi Inuyasha. Were you bored?"

"No, I went with you mom."

"Where?"

"Shopping."

Souta tugged on Kagome's sleeve. "Guess how many times I beat Inuyasha in our game."

"How many?"

"57"

Kagome bent over with laughter as Inuyasha scowled. "It's not that funny." He complained.

"What's going on in here?" Kagome's mom walked into the room.

"Nothing." Souta said.

"Souta, is your homework done?"

"No."

"Well," she said in a stern by still kind voice. "I guess that means you're going to do it then."

"Yeah." He took his school books and disappeared to his room.

"What about you Kagome, do you have homework?".

Kagome, who was still holding her sides, shook her head. "No mom."

"Alright then. Dinner will be ready in an hour." She walked out of the room and back into the kitchen.

When she was gone Inuyasha sat down on the couch and waited for Kagome to stop laughing, which took longer then he thought. "Thanks Inuyasha, I needed a good laugh."

"Glad to help." He said sarcastically.

Kagome walked over to the couch and sat down next to Inuyasha. She kicked off her shoes and turned the TV on. She rested her head on his shoulder and watched the news till her mother came in and told them it was dinner time.

Inuyasha was really happy to see a big bowl of Ramen sitting in his spot.

"Kagome. I was thinking " her mother said halfway through the meal " I think Inuyasha would enjoy a trip to the amusement park tonight."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, he hadn't paid attention to anything they said. "Sure." She reached over and scratched Inuyasha behind the ears. "Sounds like fun."

"What sounds like fun?" Inuyasha like the way it felt when she did that.

"We'll leave after dinner." She told her mom

"Sounds good."

Inuyasha helped Kagome's mom clear the table when the phone rang. Souta raced with Kagome and ended up reaching it first. "It's not like any cute girls will be calling you soon."

Kagome walked over and helped her mom clean the dishes until Souta said "It's for you Kagome."

She stuck her tongue out at him after grabbing the phone. "Hello? Oh, hi Hojo."

Inuyasha stop cleaning and listened to what Kagome was saying. It was bad enough knowing Kouga liked Kagome, he didn't want to have to deal with another guy.

"Sorry, I already have a date for tonight. Yeah. Bye." She hung up the phone. "That man never gives up."

"Who's Hojo?" Inuyasha asked.

"Just a guy from school." She remembered how jealous Inuyasha could get.

"What did he want?"

"He wanted to take me to the movies tonight." Inuyasha looked down at his feet.

"Don't worry," Kagome said. "I turned him down so I could be with you."

That news did make him feel a little better. When everything was done Kagome took a little more Advil, for her ankle, and left with Inuyasha.

"Kagome, what's a date?" Inuyasha asked as they walked down a side walk to the park.

Kagome tried to think of the best way to explain it to him. "When two people like each other, the go on a date. To the movies, or to dinner, or to an amusement park."

"So we're going on a date."

"I guess so."

Inuyasha put his arm around Kagome's waist as they were walking and decided that tonight would be the night he told her in person that he loved her.

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How do you guys like this chapter . I'm feeling really blue right now, so I need a lot of reviews to make me feel better.

p.s. Someone asked me (in a review) how Kikyou got a castle. I just wanted to let you know that it will be explained in later chapters.