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Chapter Eighteen: The Morning After

Kagome was the first, of the two of them, to wake up. She opened her eyes, blinked a couple of time, and tried to remember where she was. Then all the memories of last night came flooding back. She blushed and rolled over to look at Inuyasha.

His hair, eyes (though they were closed), fangs, and claws were back to normal. Or what Inuyasha would consider normal. She was breathing lightly, Kagome thought he looked so cute, so she reached over and rubbed his ears. He didn't wake up, but he smiled when she did that.

Kagome relaxed while listening to Inuyasha's breathing until she heard her footsteps outside the room. Shit! She screamed in her head over and over again when she realized all the things that would happen if her mom found her half-naked in bed with Inuyasha.

She gathered the courage to pull her covers away and searched for her cloths, Where are they she asked herself. She had no idea where Inuyasha had tossed them. As she grew further and further into a panic she decided to wear the white shirt Inuyasha usually had on. It fell just below her butt, but it was better then nothing.

Just as she pulled it on, someone knocked on the door. "Please don't let it be mom, please please." She kept whispering as she made her way to the door.

"Kagome!" he brother stood in the door that Kagome had opened. "Kagome. What are you doing!"

"Please don't tell mom." Kagome pleaded with him.

Souta stared at his sister for a few seconds. He had taken a health class and was well aware of what went on last night. Kagome looked really worried while waiting for his answer. He shook his head, "Fine. I won't tell."

"Thanks Souta. Is mom around?"

"No. She went shopping for more food."

Kagome turned and looked at the clock sitting next to the bed. 11:00 a.m. she hadn't realized it was so late in the morning.

"K-Kagome, maybe you should get dressed."

Kagome remembered that she was only wearing Inuyasha's shirt, so she patted Souta on the head and silently walked up to her room, trying to attract as little attention from her grandfather as possible. Of course not before grabbing the kimono that Inuyasha had given her, she planned on wearing it today.

When she got to her room she took a deep breath in, knowing she had dodged a bullet when it came to Souta. Then she started to get dressed. The second she had the kimono on she loved it, it felt like the softest cloth in the world flowing over she skin.

She tied her hair in a bun and headed to the kitchen for something to eat. Her grandfather was sitting at their table reading his newspaper. When she reached for a box of cereal her grandfather put a stop to it.

"No, Kagome." He said, "It's too late to eat breakfast."

Kagome smiled "But early enough to eat lunch."

Her grandfather smiled. He was proud of how smart his granddaughter was. "You know, when I was your age, I would wake up every morning at dawn to work and study."

Kagome rolled her eyes "Grandpa. I'm usually up fighting demons or traveling around looking for jewel shards, I don't get to sleep in very much."

"Sure."

Kagome laughed and started eating her food.

xxx Meanwhile with Inuyasha xxx

Inuyasha woke up when he realized that Kagome wasn't in bed beside him anymore. He felt the spot where she used to be, it was still warm. He sat up and was a little surprised to see Souta standing near the end of the bed giving him a very serious look.

"What do you want?" he asked, he rubbed his eyes a little bit.

"Inuyasha. If you break my sister's heart, I'll come after you myself." He said then walked out of the room, leaving Inuyasha very confused.

He shrugged it off and started to get dressed. He looked around for his white shirt, but couldn't find it. Kagome must have taken it he thought. He reached under the bed, grabbed Kagome clothing and walked out of the room shirtless.

"Kagome." He called out.

She walked into the room he was standing in. Inuyasha's mouth fell open. Kagome looked so beautiful in her new kimono. She giggled at the look on his face. "What do you need Inuyasha?" she asked.

He shook himself out of his thoughts. The somehow went from admiring how she looked in her kimono to how soon he could get her out of it. "I — I need my white shirt." He said, handing her the clothing she had on last night.

"Sure. It's in my room. I'll be right back." She dashed out of the room, Inuyasha's eyes following her.

"Young man!" Kagome's grandfather just walked into the room "We have a young lady in the house. I will not tolerate you walking around without a shirt on."

"Umm — Yes sir." Inuyasha mumbled. He walked into the guestroom to wait for Kagome. He considered it ironic that Kagome's grandfather didn't want her seeing him without a shirt on, considering all she had seen last night.

Kagome walked down the stairs holding Inuyasha's shirt. She saw her brother and grandfather in the kitchen making sandwiches for their lunch. They seemed to be talking about meaningless stuff.

She walked to the guestroom door and knocked lightly. Inuyasha, still shirtless, opened the door quickly and pulled Kagome inside. He closed the door and pushed Kagome against it in a kiss. She was a little surprised at first, but enjoyed it none the less.

"You look wonderful today." He said while nuzzling her neck.

Kagome closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side as Inuyasha's hand moved lower and lower on her back. "Wait Inuyasha." Kagome finally brought herself to push him away. "Everyone's waiting for us. We need to go."

Inuyasha licked her ear, causing her to shiver. "They could wait a little bit longer."

Kagome took a deep breath, "Inuyasha. We can't."

Inuyasha made a puppy face, but it didn't work on Kagome. She just laughed and pushed his white shirt against his chest. "Hurry up. I'm gonna get ready." She kissed him lightly on the lips then walked out of the room.

"What were you doing in there?" Kagome grandfather asked.

"I was giving Inuyasha his shirt."

"What were you doing with his shirt?"

Souta and Kagome glanced at each other, "He got a stain on it last night, and I — umm — cleaned it for him." She said.

"Alright."

Kagome was relived. She had almost blown her cover. She walked to her bedroom and started putting food, medical supplies, and her schoolbooks in the yellow backpack she always carried around.

"Are you ready?" Inuyasha was standing in her doorway.

Kagome smiled at him and nodded.

"Do you want to wait for your mom to get home, or something."

"Umm — no. I hate having to tell my mom I'm leaving."

"Ok. Let's go." Inuyasha grabbed her backpack for her and started to walk down the stairs.

xxx In Inuyasha's era xxx

Sango sat with Miroku outside of Kaede's house. "I thought Kagome would be back by now." She mumbled.

"Does your life revolve around her?" Miroku asked with a smile on his face.

Sango punched his shoulder lightly. Shippo came running up to them from out of the woods. "Look what I found!" he yelled happily. When he reached Sango and Miroku he held of a white lily. [Do lilies grow in Japan? I've never thought about it before]

"Wow Shippo, whose it for?"

"I'm gonna give it to Kagome. Do you think she'll like it?"

"Yeah." Sango stood up. "Why don't you and I go to the well to wait for her."

Shippo smiled and jumped on Sango's shoulder. She started walking and only paused for a second when she got to the tree that Kouga was sitting in. "Why do demons hang out in trees?"

"We get a good view of what's going on all around us." He responded.

Sango laughed a little bit and made her way to the well. They were both, almost there when she saw Inuyasha and Kagome hopping out of it. "Kagome!" she yelled out while waving. Shippo jumped of her shoulder and ran towards Kagome.

"Kagome. Kagome." He yelled out.

Kagome and Inuyasha saw him running. "I'm gonna head for Kaede's house, I don't like leaving Kouga alone." He whispered in her ear.

"See ya." She whispered back as he walked off.

"Hey runt, nice flower." Inuyasha said as he walked past Shippo.

"T-Thanks?" Shippo was surprised Inuyasha had paid him a complement like that. He shrugged it off and started running again. He jumped into Kagome's arms and hugged her.

"Kagome, I missed - " he cut himself off and looked at Kagome with a sour face.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked. Sango walked up to the two of them wondering why Shippo was making that face.

"You smell like Inuyasha." Shippo said. Kagome's face turned bright red and Sango's mouth fell open. It only took a few moments for that open mouth to turn into laughter at Kagome's embarrassment.

"Kagome, where did you get that kimono?" Sango asked, "You look beautiful."

"Inuyasha gave it to me. Come on. Let's go." Kagome started to walk towards Kaede's house.

"What's up?" Miroku asked. He saw Sango laughing, Kagome's red face, and Shippo's scrunched up nose, and wondered what the hell had happened.

"Nothing." Sango and Kagome said at the same time.

Kouga jumped down from the tree and walked over to Kagome. He frowned when he smelt Inuyasha's scent all over Kagome.

"Kagome. I have a flower for you." Shippo held up the flower.

"Thanks." Kagome took it from him and put it in her hair, "Does it look good."

"Yeah." Kouga said.

Kagome's smiled faded a little; she didn't like the way Kouga said that.

"Well." Inuyasha walked out of Kaede's house "If you are all ready, I think we should go after that demon Kouga was talking about."

"Alright." They all said, then headed off, being lead by Kouga.

xxx end of chapter eighteen xxx

I'm really sorry. I think this chapter is the shortest out of all of them, but I really need to go and get ready for my trip. Don't worry I'll make it up to you.

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