Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

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(And remember: I'm neither Rumiko Takahashi nor Kagome! Means: I don't own Inuyasha!)

Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

Chapter 9: New Identity

"Which time are you from? Sengoku Jidai?"
Kagome gulped. That was definitely not good! Her friends asking him about anything seemed to cause confusion in general. But asking him about the time he came from? He wouldn't get the meaning of it, would he? Well, after all he came from a different time. And Yuka had just hit the bull's eye.
She gave him a warning look, trying to remind him of what she'd told him earlier.
'Damn it, Inuyasha! Only this time, please, keep your mouth shut!' she pleaded. But before she could say anything to change the subject, the hanyou had already stopped his chewing and turned his head, narrowing his eyes on them in confusion.
"Sure that's what I come from, Kagome always says so. Though I'm not sure what 'Sengoku Jidai' is" he answered truthfully.
A moment of complete silence followed. Neither Kagome nor her friends managed to say something. Not that she couldn't have said anything, but she didn't want to make things even worse. And no matter how relieving a good old 'sit' would have been at the moment, it wouldn't help the slightest bit. On the contrary. So she did nothing else than lowering her gaze, staring at the carpet once again, this time with a very angry expression; trying to think of a way to get out of this pretty mess – without success.
'Great, Inuyasha! Really great! What shall I tell them now? They won't believe any of my excuses anymore…'
She looked up again in surprise when she heard a giggle escape Yuka's lips.
That was something she would never have expected! Her friends weren't shocked, they didn't even seem to be confused. They were just…laughing, or rather shaking with laughter, tears in their eyes.
She shot a quick glance at Inuyasha, finding he was just as confused as she was.
They…hadn't taken him serious, had they?
"Huh, Kagome. You-you never told us he-e is that funny, did ya?" Yuka asked, having a hard time suppressing her giggle for a moment.
"Guess I forgot about that" Kagome replied, trying to sound normal. She sighed in relief. 'That was lucky!'
Waiting for her friends to stop she sat down on the edge of the bed, starting to peel an orange for Inuyasha who had finally finished chewing on the unpeeled one. He watched curiously, completely ignoring the three other girls.
Just when the laughter seemed to ebb away it started all over again when the friends noticed how Inuyasha was watching Kagome peeling an orange.
After what seemed to be more than five minutes Ayumi finally managed to speak again.
"You-hu should have seen his face, Kagome!" she said, whipping a tear away.
"Don't pay attention to them, they don't want to annoy you" Kagome whispered to the hanyou beneath her, who growled slightly at her friend's comment. He immediately went quiet, taking the piece of orange she offered him.
"But in earnest" Eri began. "How come he doesn't know about oranges?"
"I…" Kagome immediately cut him off by pushing the remaining half of the orange into his mouth. Not deign to look at the choking hanyou she got to her feet and went over to her friends, a faked smile plastered on her face. "Could we please talk about this later? There will be enough time during the ride to that castle and I have to get ready now" she said, starting to drag them out of her room.
"Hey, wait a second, Kagome!" Ayumi said just when she'd reached the door. "We forgot to tell you something."
"You can tell me during the ride" she repeated.
"But we won't drive off before 10 am!" Kagome stopped dead in her tracks.
"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" she asked, slightly annoyed. "You didn't ask, did you?" Yuka replied, shrugging her shoulders. Kagome shot a deadly glance at Inuyasha who snickered at her short-haired friend's statement.
"How come?"
"I'm not sure, but I think Mrs. Yamaguchi said something about road-works. Guess something happened because of the thunderstorm yesterday night" Eri answered.
Kagome sighed. "And what are we supposed to do now?"
"Free time!" the girls said simultaneous, grinning hilariously. "We are going to meet with the others downstairs and celebrate that Mr. Yamamoto didn't catch us last night" Eri explained.
"You should come, too. After all you are the heroin who warned us."
"But we understand if you want to stay up here with Inuyasha" Yuka added teasingly.
"So? Do you want to come?"
"Of course I…" Suddenly Inuyasha stood in front of her.
"No way! I won't leave her alone with those guys! You lot can go now" he snarled, pushing the door open.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome protested, a threat in her voice. But no matter how often she would 'sit' him for this, he wouldn't let her go.
"No need to be jealous, Inuyasha! 'Those guys' are only friends of her. I swear that she wouldn't even dare to check one of them out." He blushed. Although he wasn't quite sure what 'check them out' was supposed to mean he could still tell that Yuka thought Kagome was his…"I'm not jealous!" he shot back. Kagome had just told them that they had been wrong, hadn't she? So why was she still thinking something like that?
"Yeah, of course. Anyways, why don't you come, too? You wouldn't have to worry about her then."
He shot a short glance at Kagome. She looked like she would have to let off steam very soon.
"Yuka! Why you…"
He couldn't help grinning. She wouldn't be able to get out of this. Even 'sitting' him wouldn't change anything. And if needs be, he had still his wish, hadn't he?
"Agreed!" he said calmly, watching a thunderstruck Kagome stare at him.
"What? But Inuyasha!" He just grinned at her, then turned back to the other girls. "Let's go!" Eri opened the door. Composing herself, Kagome quickly grabbed the sleeve of Inuyasha's shirt.

"Give us ten minutes, ok? I want to change and Inuyasha still hasn't finished breakfast."
The girls nodded. "Ok, we're at Ayumi's room" Yuka replied. "Bye."
Dragging the hanyou back into her room Kagome slammed the door shut.
She took a deep breath, then remembered something. Quickly she opened the door again. Seeing that her friends were already at the end of the corridor she ran after them, leaving a startled Inuyasha behind.
"Ayumi! Eri! Yuka!" They stopped, turning round to face her.
"What is it Kagome?"
"I have to ask you for something" she said. She looked over her shoulder before continuing.
He wasn't standing in the doorway anymore. But since she wasn't sure if he would still be able to hear them, she decided to whisper. "Could you please not mention that Inuyasha is my boyfriend? Let's say he's, err… just a friend of my family. It's pure chance he stays at this hotel. And please don't say anything about him staying at my room and err… that he doesn't know some things. I'll explain it later, ok?"
The three girls nodded, each of them grinning. "You don't want Hojou to know, do you?" Yuka teased.
Kagome felt a slight blush on her cheeks. "I don't want anybody to know!"
"But you should really tell him" Eri said.
Not wanting to discuss any longer, Kagome agreed. "Yeah, as soon as necessary. See you later!" She said, running back to her room.

Drawing a deep breath of relief she closed the door behind her.

"What? Why are you looking at me like this?" she hissed when she noticed Inuyasha, who sat on the bed again, was staring at her.
"You-you aren't going to say it now, are you?" he asked. It sounded nearly fearful.
Smiling weakly she shook her head. "It wouldn't be any use now, would it?"
At once his lips formed a smug smile. "Well, I never thought you would ever be reasonable." She sat down on the edge of the(ir) bed again, sighing. "Inuyasha, SIT!" she said calmly.
Self-satisfied she felt how the mattress bent as her command took effect. She heard the hanyou behind her mumble something. It was quite inaudible, but she was sure that he tried to yell his "What was that for, wench?" again.
"Stop wailing, Inuyasha! It could have been a great deal worse for you." She turned to look at him, wondering how often she could say her spell without breaking the bed or leaving a well visible imprint of Inuyasha's body.
"I'm not wailing!" he bit out when the spell started to wear of and he was able to lift his head again. "Of course not. Anyways, we need to talk."
"Will that Hobou-guy be there as well?" he asked, ignoring her. She turned round in surprise, looking down at him. "You heard us?" A slight blush crept up her cheeks.

He sat up, shaking his head. "Nope" he lied. "I can smell him. You met him, didn't you?" The tone of his voice was reproachful. She sighed. "I met him in the restaurant, is there anything wrong about it?" He 'feh'ed in response.
"Anyways, I don't know if he'll be there or not and I don't really mind. But we have to discuss some things if you want to come with me first."
He tilted his head in wonder. "Didn't you want to change?"
"Later. It was just an excuse" she said, shrugging her shoulders.
"So what is so important to talk about that you even lied to those friends of yours?" he asked cynically.
"Well, we have to think up a story about you. Nobody must know who you really are and where you are from" she replied, ignoring his commentary.
He looked quite confused. "And why is that so?"
"Even you should know that traveling through the time is not usual, Inuyasha. And I already told you that in nobody knows about demons in my time. They're just legends, myths, ferry tales. Nobody would believe you if you told them that you're a hanyou."
"But I could prove it!"
"You shouldn't. I guess it would be really bad if some people found out. It would be a scientific sensation or something if the existence of demons was proven. They wouldn't allow you to go back to your time." She hadn't really thought about something like that before, but just now she needed a reason to quickly convince him. He 'feh'ed condescending.
"Do you really think that mere humans were able to keep me prisoner or somethin'?" he sneered. Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure, but there are mighty weapons in my time and I think even you couldn't withstand some of them. Anyways, I don't know what would happen if you revealed who you really are. But I don't think we should take that risk.
Ok, your ears are already hidden, you don't wear your old-fashioned clothes anymore, the next thing to worry about are your demon-senses. You mustn't tell anybody if you smell, feel or hear something that humans normally wouldn't, did I make myself plain enough?"
He nodded morosely. "Good. You also have to make sure nobody sees your fangs. And try to hide your claws, too." She thought for a moment. "There are many things you don't know about this time. Since Eri, Yuka and Ayumi already think you're half you should just act like your Japanese isn't that good and you don't know the word, if there's anything you don't understand." She paused at his puzzled look. "Do you understand me?"
He shook his head. "What's 'half' supposed to mean?"
(A/N: Kagome's friends call him 'half' in Vol. 34. It's a Japanese slang for…well, let Kagome explain herself…)
"It means you're half Japanese and half foreign." He nodded.
"You shouldn't mention the shikon no tama, too. Don't say anything about our quest or that I'm a miko or that you know a taijiya and things. Err…just don't say anything about things or persons with spiritual powers."
"I don't mind!" he said with a pout. Then his face lit with a smirk. "Hey, Kagome! Does that mean you won't use your spell in front of other people?"
She gulped. Of course she shouldn't use it in front of other people from her time. She had already yelled her 'sit' on him on many occasions while he was in her time, though. Well, nobody had had the chance to guess that her cry was connected with the following 'thud', yet. "I guess so. But I'll make it up as soon as they are out of sight, so don't even think of annoying me. You'd be sorry for it!" she threatened. He scowled, but he grinned inwardly.
What would it matter if she 'sat' him later? He would have the chance to take advantage of her as long as her friends were around. And even if she'd 'sit' him later, it would probably be worth it. Though he wasn't quite sure how he'd use his new-received advantage yet.
Kagome went on. "Anyways, we need a story to tell them who you are."
Inuyasha side-glanced her. "Didn't you just say that you don't want them to know who I am?" he asked suspiciously. She groaned. "Of course we'll have to lie to them! We couldn't tell them that you came…well, into my life just like that, could we?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Why not?"
She sighed. "I see, it's pointless. Ok, listen." She stopped and thought about it for a moment, then continued. "Your mother was Japanese, you father…err…don't know, just say he was from Europe. You lived in Europe with your parents when you were little…but you can't remember that time well" she quickly added, surprised how easily she managed to make up that story.
'Maybe I should make up my own excuses for not being able to school instead of letting gramps tell everybody that I got all kinds of strange diseases…'
Seeing the impatient expression on Inuyasha's face, she hurried to continue. "Your parents died when you were…hmmm, maybe seven? Yeah, I think that sounds ok. Err…you had to move to your grandparents who lived here in Japan…and that's where you learned Japanese. Well, your grandparents live in a shrine in the mountains, that's why you haven't been to the bigger towns that often and you only speak old-fashioned Japanese, like your grandparents do. And that's why you don't know many modern words. Err…my grandpa and yours are friends and that's how we met!" she finally finished, proud of thinking up a story like this. Inuyasha just yawned, obviously bored. "Will you be able to remember everything I just told you?" she asked angrily.
"Yeah, o' course. It sounds quite stupid, though" he replied, yawning again. "Can we go now?" he asked impatiently.
Kagome shook her head. "I already told you that I want to change first" she said, getting up and heading for the bathroom. "Whatever" he replied. "Err, Kagome?" he added.
"Huh? What is it?" She had just been about to close the door, but decided that it would be better to turn around and listen to what he wanted to say.
"Does that mean you… want me to stay here?" he asked hopefully.
She sighed. "I guess there's no way to make you return to your own time now, is it? You'd even stay if I wouldn't allow it. And I'm just not in the mood to argue with you at the moment." She shrugged her shoulders. "But make sure you behave, ok?" She winked, then closed the bathroom-door behind her, leaving a relieved or rather happy hanyou behind.
'We'll see how long he'll stand it. Guess he won't be able to not be himself for one day. He'll definitely not like that I can't stay with him all day…' she thought while she took her clothes of.

Hey, I just cooked up a story about Inuyasha's past in the past! It wasn't as hard as I thought, though. Well, anyways, in the beginning of this chapter Inu says that he doesn't know what 'Sengoku Jidai' is. Don't take it amiss, but he really doesn't know, does he? It sure wasn't called 'Sengoku Jidai' until some years (decades, maybe centuries) after it ended. Though I'm not that sure at the moment…
If you don't think so, just tell me.
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