Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

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(Think it's obvious, isn't it? I don't own Inuyasha!)

Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

Chapter 8: Conversations

WHAM!

The door flung open once again, but much more forceful this time, making him bolt up.
"INUYASHA! SIT!" screamed an obviously very annoyed Kagome as she stomped into the room, setting her arms akimbo. Her scream was followed by another 'WHAM', though it was slightly muffled since he hit the mattress instead of the ground, nearly braking the bed. He growled. "What the…"
"What the hell did you tell them?" she hissed, remembering that they were in a hotel and screaming at him as loud as she actually wanted to would cause too much sensation.
Though the way she was glaring daggers at him would have normally frightened even the mighty hanyou, he was consumed with such anger that he didn't even waste a second thought on it. How did she dare? He hadn't done anything. (Well, at least not this time.)
"What the hell are you talking about?" he hissed back, copying her. As soon as the spell started wearing off, he pushed himself up, glaring back at her. The cap had fallen off when he'd hit the ground, revealing his ears which were now twitching angrily.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about!" she shot back, pointing her index finger at him. She was really tempted to say her 'sit'-spell over and over again, but since it would be heard through the whole hotel…
"I know exactly not what you're talking about!" he replied, copying her again by pointing his right index finger at her as well.
She slapped his hand away. "Stop acting like that!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" He folded his arms, hiding his hands in the sleeves of his Fire-Rat robe. "I'm not…!" She fell silent when she noticed that he let himself drop back on the bed, glaring at her with a sulking expression on his face.
She huffed. Following his example, she stepped back and let herself slide down the wall, sitting down on the ground, her arms folded as well.
Several minutes of silent glaring followed until Inuyasha finally turned his head to the side.
Kagome gasped since she would never have expected him to end their silent battle.
"Err, Kagome?" he asked, blushing slightly after some more minutes had passed. "So, what is it? Why are you angry like that?"
"Eh?" Kagome blinked in sudden realization. "So you really didn't…" Her voice trailed of.
"Of course not, stupid. Why should I've asked otherwise?" he replied, staring back at her.

"Well, i-it was about Yuka, Ayumi and Eri…" she finally got out, feeling her cheeks flushing with a deep crimson red.
"Hey, that wasn't my fault!" growled Inuyasha. "After all you were the one who told me not to leave this room. And you were the one who didn't make sure the door was locked. So what are ya blaming me for?"
"Huh?" Now it was Kagome's turn to wonder what he was talking about. Of course she had been the one who forgot to lock the door and...
Suddenly realization hit her. 'Yeah, I nearly forgot about it...being angry with him for letting them know that he is here…I didn't even waste a thought on it, did I?' She shook her head then turned her gaze to the ground. (Hmm, nice carpet…much more interesting than looking at Inuyasha, especially if your face turns a deeper shade of red each second you spend looking at him…)
"No, that's not the problem. Just forget about it! It's not that important at all" she mumbled.

Suddenly he jumped off the bed. Unfortunately he squatted down right in front of her, blocking the beautiful view of the carpet.
"What's that, stupid? Can't tell me it wasn't that important after yelling your spell and glaring at me like that!" he snarled. He tilted his head to the side, trying to look into her eyes.
"So, what's your problem?"
She sighed, still avoiding meeting his gaze.
"I already told you! It's about the things you said…"
"Can't you just get to the point? What's wrong about what I said? I didn't insult them, did I? So, shouldn't I have told them where you were?" Inuyasha seemed to grow more inpatient each second. "Or…" She turned her gaze on him once again. He gulped when he saw the enraged expression on her face.
"Idiot! Don't try getting funny with me! Of course it's because you told them that we slept with each other!"

-

"Thank you again!" said Ginta bowing slightly. "Yeah, thanks" added Hakkaku, who already turned to leave. They had arrived short after Kouga had raced off again the night before. Usually they would have followed after him, but since they had run into the monk and that demon huntress, both friends of that Inuyasha-half-breed, and were offered a meal and a place to sleep... Besides their leader had told them to stay and protect his woman if he would have left when they arrived. And that village seemed to be a quite save place, too. After all there was a powerful, although old miko who protected it, and that hanyou's friends, too. So even without Inuyasha and Kagome around this was one of the safest places in this area.

"Don't mention it!" the old priestess replied. She and the small kitsune stood in front of her hut. The monk, the two-tail and the demon slayer had left to look for Naraku in the early hours of the morning. Though it sure was no use. Even if they had been able to track him down, they were still way too weak to defeat him.
"You can stay longer, please stay!" Shippou pleaded. Even he could sense the danger, though it didn't seem to be as threatening anymore. But on the other hand, there was neither Inuyasha nor Kagome to protect him at the moment. And Sango, Miroku and Kirara had left as well, so there would be nobody but Kaede left, which would be really bad for him if Naraku really attacked. And even he could sense that whatever was going on had to be Naraku's doing. But then, why should their enemy attack the village while everyone was away?
Shippou shook his head. 'Why is everything that complicated? Well, anyways, no matter what happens, it'll be much saver if those two stay here…'
He looked at them again, this time with huge shining puppy-eyes. "Pleease!"

Ginta kneeled down in front of him and started patting his head. "Sorry, kid! But we already stayed too long. We really have to go now or we'll never catch up with Kouga again."
Kaede cleared her throat. "Ehem. If ye want to meet that Kouga as soon as possible you shouldn't leave yet, I guess."
"Huh?"

"What do you mean?" asked Hakkaku, who had already turned his gaze back on the old miko and the kitsune, not paying attention to the wolves that were already running off to receive their master.
"You'll soon find out by yourselves" she said, right before a whirlwind appeared right in front of them.
"K-Kouga! We were…" Ginta began. But Kouga cut him off with a small sweep of his hand.
"Hey, old hag! Tell me! Where the heck is Kagome?" he barked impatiently. Kaede remained calm. After all she was quite used to be insulted by Inuyasha, so why should it be any different with a full fledged youkai?
"Didn't Sango or Miroku tell you that she went back to her land?"
The young leader of the wolf-tribe growled. "Stop telling such nonsense! I got a whiff of her scent in that forest over there and followed it - only lead to an old well and then it was gone. Just like she disappeared or something. So where is she! Where is my woman? Tell me!"
As an exception it was Shippou who whacked Kouga's head (A/N: Hmmm, Inuyasha's educational methods seem to have a bad effect on Shippou…).
"Idiot! We were telling the truth! Kagome lives in a land beyond the well, but only her and Inuyasha can get there, so even if…WHOA, let go of me!" he cried, when the wolf demon grabbed his tail and lifted him up so they were face to face. "WHAT? Mutt face can go through that well?" he growled, his eyes flashing with anger. "If he dares even touching her…" He tightened his grip on Shippou's tail. "I'll find a way to go there, too, and finally kill that bastard!" Kouga announced before he let go of the kitsune and rushed off again.
"Hey, Kouga! Wait!" cried Ginta, trying to keep up with him. Hakkaku followed soon after him, waving goodbye to the old miko and the kid lying on the ground, who had a big lump on his head.
Shippou groaned, clutching his sore tail. "What was that all about? That stupid Kouga didn't even waste one word on what is going on. Why was he so angry? I always thought he wouldn't really care where Kagome was, as long as she wasn't in danger. So why is he acting like that all of the sudden?"
Kaede chuckled slightly. "I guess we know what happened to Inuyasha, now" she said, turning to reenter her hut. Shippou looked at her in disbelief. "Inuyasha? What has Inuyasha to do with this?" he asked curiously.
"Probably he's in Kagome's time at the moment. That's what Kouga is angry about. Maybe Kagome tried to reason with him and allowed him to stay with her for the new moon. At least that would explain his disappearance…"
Shippou nodded. "I think you're right. I just hope they'll come back soon and bring some sweets for me."

-

He jerked away from her. His face was now even a deeper shade of red than hers.
"Wh-what did you just…Why should I tell them something like that?"
Yeah, right…why should he? Actually, she hadn't thought about it, yet. Even if Inuyasha had been in love with her, there was no reason to tell her friends something like that. And especially since it wasn't true. The Inuyasha she knew would have never done so. 'Makes me think of the time I got kidnapped by the lightning brothers… He even refused acting like we were a couple back then.' And that hadn't changed very much ever since. Of course he was more caring and always worried about her safety now. But no matter if he was happy or sad, he still tried to hide his feelings from everybody – which of course excluded telling anybody about his feelings for her, whatever they were like. He wouldn't even say something like that to vex Kouga. So why should he tell her friends?
But on the other hand…
"And why should they say of you that you told them if it isn't true?" she shot back, a little calmer and more unsure than before.
"I'm not Goshinki, am I? Since when have I been able to read people's minds?" he said, turning his head to the side and folding his arms in the sleeves of his haori as he usually did. He tried to act like his normal self, but just didn't manage to stop his cheeks from blushing. The whole situation was just too silly, wasn't it? Why had that damn friends of her made up a story like this? How had they even gotten the idea of telling Kagome something like that? How could they… He gulped when he remembered the exact wording of their conversation. He hadn't really paid attention to their questions, hadn't really cared. But now that he thought of it again… There had been a teasing note in the short haired girl's voice, hadn't it? Had she just wanted to make fun of him?
"Err, Kagome?" he began, his face getting even redder. "I-I guess it was only kind of misunderstanding…" She threw an unbelieving glance at him. "Misunderstanding? How can something like that be misunderstood?"
He growled slightly before he side-glanced at her. "Dunno. Think they just got something I said wrong…" he said, his voice trailing off when he felt a horrifying aura building up around Kagome. "Oh, is that so?" she asked sarcastically. "And what exactly did they get wrong?"
Inuyasha seemed to shrink at the way she looked at him, and drooped his ears. He had no idea what he should answer
"I-I…" he started, just when a knock at the door was heard. For once he was really happy her friends were that annoying.
"Hey, Kagome! Can we come in?" the girl with the hair-band asked. He remembered that her name was Eri.
Kagome started when she heard her friend's voice. "Uh, ju-just wait a second, ok?" she said, jumping to her feet. She was already half way at the door when she glanced over her shoulder. "You better keep your mouth shut, so they can't 'get something wrong' again!" she whispered threatening. "And do something to hide your ears" she added more softly. "Quickly!"
He decided it would be better to obey her this time. Not wanting to annoy her even more, he picked up that strange headgear called 'baseball cap' and put it on. His cheeks were still a slight shade of red, as well as Kagome's. After she'd made sure his doggy ears were well hidden, she opened the door. The three girls entered the room immediately.
"Hope we're not disturbing you" Yuka said, shooting a teasing glance at Inuyasha, who now sat on the edge of the bed again.
"Oh Yuka! Will you stop it! I already told you… " Kagome was cut off by Ayumi.
"Yeah, of course. Nothing happened!" Her statement caused slightly suppressed giggles from Yuka and Eri. "Well, anyways, it seems you left this downstairs in the restaurant" she added, handing her a small bag.
"Huh? …Oh, nearly forgot about that. Here" she said, throwing it over to Inuyasha who caught it easily. "Oi, Kagome? What's that?" asked Inuyasha.
"Breakfast" she answered terse, turning back to her friends after watching him picking an orange.
"You are really going to keep him prisoner up here the whole week, aren't you?" Ayumi asked jokingly.
"I'm not keeping him prisoner!" a sighing Kagome replied. "I just don't want…"
"The teachers to know he is here" Yuka finished for her.
"Hey! It's not what you think! I'm serious. What the hell did he do to make you think something like that happened?"
"Maybe he just told us?"
"Yuka! I think it's enough!" said Eri, poking her slightly. She had noticed that Inuyasha had started looking daggers at her friend. And since she remembered that they'd always considered he was violent until they'd met him, she thought it would be better not to annoy him. Sure he had acted completely different from what they had expected him to. But still she preferred not to find out if he could really get as angry as Kagome had told them.
"So you don't know? Haven't you asked Inuyasha, yet?" Ayumi asked, slowly starting to doubt that their assumption had been right.
"Was just about to ask him when you came. He just said that you've misunderstood him. So what did he tell you?"
"Why don't you ask him?"
"Oh, he would just hum and haw again. So?" Kagome asked.

-

"So Inuyasha is on the other side of the well with Kagome?"
Shippou nodded. "At least that's what we think. We can't be sure, but in my opinion we can infer that it's true from that Kouga's behavior" Kaede added. "So what happened last night? It was Naraku's doing, wasn't it?" asked Shippou impatiently when Sango, who had just changed into her normal clothes, came out of the hut and joined them. She, Miroku and Kirara had returned soon after Kouga and his pack had left. As an exception they weren't injured apart from some scratches.
"Well, we don't really know what Naraku did. Unfortunately we didn't find him. He made sure we were always quite a distance away by erecting barriers every time we came near him" Miroku answered.
"The strange thing is that he allowed us to sense his presence, but never allowed us to come near" Sango said. She sat down near her friends, allowing Kirara to curl up in her lap.
"So ye think it was a trap?"
Miroku shook his head. "No, Kaede-sama. Though I'm not sure what he could have been up to. Nothing happened to us or Kouga, so how could it be one of his traps?"
"He simply vanished as soon as the sun began to rise" Sango explained. "I wonder what he is up to. We know that there are no more shards of the shikon no tama in that area. But maybe he was looking for something else? Do you know if one of the villages is watching over an
object that would be worth stealing for Naraku?"
Kaede thought for a moment. "Hmmmm. No, I think there's nothing like that. The only village he could be interested in is this one. And he didn't come near it, did he?"
Miroku nodded. "And besides, it wouldn't explain why he showed up himself and let us know. He could have sent one of his offsprings if he'd wanted to steal something."
"Whoa! Everything is so confusing!" Shippou whined. He had tried to follow the conversation, but all the 'could's and 'would's were really confusing him.
"Anyways, I wish Inuyasha was here" sighed Miroku.

"What do ye mean?" Kaede asked. "It was new moon last night. If Inuyasha had been here and Naraku had attacked… I don't even dare imagining what could have happened."
"No, I just wish he was here right now; and Kagome-sama as well. Maybe we would be able to follow Naraku's smell or the shikon shards"
"You know" Sango began. "Maybe that's the reason nothing else happened last night."
"Huh?" The others looked at her questioningly.
She blushed slightly.
"I-I mean… Maybe he didn't manage to do whatever he wanted to because Kagome-chan and Inuyasha weren't here."

-

"What? That's why you guessed we…" Kagome couldn't suppress her giggle any longer.
The three friends stared at her as if she was mad. "What's so funny about it?" Yuka asked.
"No-nothing. It's just…Inuyasha really didn't mean what you were thinking. He never gets much sleep on the new moon, you know" she answered. Looking at her friends' curious expressions she realized that she'd just opened her mouth too wide. "Err…Well, he has a… err…kind of trauma" she whispered, leaning closer to them. Her friends nodded in unison. 'I just hope Inuyasha didn't hear me…' She threw a glance over her shoulder, wanting to check if he reacted to her statement. She sweatdropped at the sight of him gnawing at the - still unpeeled - orange.
"Hey Kagome. That stuff tastes pretty awful! Don't bring something like that next time" Inuyasha said when he noticed she was looking at him.
"Idiot! It tastes awful because you have to peel it first!" she shot back.
Eri, Yuka and Ayumi had turned their attention to Inuyasha, too. They stared at him in shock.
"Ka-Kagome! What the hell is he doing? Is he mad or something?" Eri asked. "He seemed to be quite normal when we talked to him last time" whispered Yuka.
Kagome blushed. "Of course he's not mad! It's just that he hasn't eaten something like oranges before!" The three girls were even more confused now. "What do you mean?" Ayumi asked disbelievingly. "Never eaten oranges before? Is that true Inuyasha?" Yuka wondered. "Which time are you from? Sengoku Jidai?"

I'm really sorry I didn't update earlier. Actually I wanted to finish this chapter on Sunday. But it turned out to be a really terrible day! My brother woke me by storming into my room and telling me that my mum and our dog (Sammy) had been attacked by another dog! Mum was quite fine but our dog hadn't been so lucky and we had to take him to the vet. He's ok now, though. But I was just too concerned to think about the fic.
I hope this chapter wasn't too bad at all. Please review and tell me your opinion.

This one was supposed to be updated on Monday, but for some reason I wasn't able to upload the chapter. I'm sorry it lasted that long, but I wasn't at home for the last three days, so I couldn't try again.
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