Disclaimer: (sigh) No, I don't own the adorable doggy…oh but what I would do if I did.

Kagome: Um…that sounds a little psycho….are you sure you don't have medication somewhere around here you're supposed to be taking?

            Hey! Just because I find him adorably cute doesn't mean I am crazy.

Kagome: Have you seen how mean he is?

            Oh…he's got his good points, and like you're one to talk.

Kagome: What is THAT supposed to mean?

            Hmm…what would you do if you got your hands on him? I would like to see that.

Kagome: I am just a kid still…I wouldn't know WHAT to do if I had him.

            Sure you wouldn't. (coughs) Teenage pregnancy (coughs)

Kagome: Aiee!! That isn't even funny!

Chapter 17

            He sniffed the air when he heard the front door open. Kagome. He leapt out of his bed and out the door as quick as he could go. He reached the stairs and heard her call, "I'm home." Taking the stairs in one bound, he reached her side before she had a chance to finish the sentence. Surprised at his sudden appearance at her side, she looked up into his honey-gold eyes, "Inuyasha?" She had absolutely never seen him look as he did right now, obvious excitement shone in his eyes.

            He grabbed her hands, dragging her behind him. Suddenly she realized he did not have his fire rat robes on, "Inuyasha, what happened to your clothes?" He wore a pair of gray sweatpants and a red t-shirt, seeing him in modern clothing unnerved her. He looked too good in the simple clothes; she had to remind herself to breathe.

            He shrugged, not answering. She must not have been moving fast enough for him, next thing she knew she found herself hoisted over his strong shoulder. "What are you doing?! Inuyasha put me down? What are you thinking?" The hanyou ignored her questions and continued carrying her up the stairs. "Ahh…SPEAK, Inuyasha." She hoped that would at least get him to tell her what he was doing.

            "Kami, I should have carried her like this, ages ago. Free access to her thighs."

            "AIEE!!! Inuyasha!" She began pounding on his back, trying to squirm from his grasp.

He reached his destination and unceremoniously dropped her to the floor. "Keh," he grumbled, "If you don't want to know, don't make me say it." He growled and turned to the closed door, growling. "Open it."

"It's a storage room, Inuyasha." She said getting to her feet. "Besides, SIT! My thighs? Since when have you ogled my body parts?"

Inuyasha looked up from his place on the floor, "Since I first saw you in the spring, that first day." Shit, she didn't even use the spell for that one. He braced himself to be further sat into the floor because of that comment.

"Sit!" Wham!

He couldn't help thinking about the fact that anyone would know his room, by the impression on the floor outside it. "Open the door, Kagome. It's not storage."

"Fine," She grumbled, turning the doorknob. She pushed the door open to prove that it was…not storage. "Inuyasha, what is this?"

He couldn't help smiling at her face. "My room. Your mom gave it to me this morning." Feeling the spell release him, he sat up in his personally shaped hole.

            So this is what he was so excited about. A place of his own. "Well, don't just sit there! Show me your room!" She smiled, reaching for his hand to yank him out of his hole and into his room.

"It's not much," he warned, thinking about everything she had in her room. "But your mom said she wanted me to pick out my own things."

Kagome smiled, knowing he didn't care if there was nothing in it at all. It was his room, and he had only a couple of items he could call his own; his fire rat robes, Tetsusaiga and his necklace. "We can go shopping tomorrow and get you some things to give it some character." She squeezed his hand, understanding his excitement. She could never thank her mother enough for doing this for him.

She walked around, taking in the red room. She smiled, noticing the pilfered photographs of her friends that had been put in frames on his dresser. Each of them her mother must have stolen from her photo album and had duplicates made of, for him.

A volume of popular manga sat on his bed, making her laugh. "Mom gave you that? Souta has been begging for mom to get him anything from this series for months now, she refuses. He's too young for it. I can't believe she bought it for you without you even knowing anything about the series. Don't let Souta get his eyes on this or you will never see it again. Guard your Manga with your life."

He smirked, the idea that her mother had gotten something she wouldn't get Souta amused him. He approached his closet, he needed her help. "I don't understand shoes. Your mom said I will have to wear some when we are out, but I have to choose a pair that fits."

Kagome groaned, "You will hate them, sorry." She sat down in front of the pile of them her mom had bought and began to sort through them. "Sit down and give me your feet. We need to try on the shoes, my barefooted hanyou."

He obeyed, taking a seat next to her and putting his feet on her lap as she began to test shoes. "Oi, did Miroku really leave a book behind?"

"Two in fact. I should have given them for you to look at while I was at school, sorry. What we did in the past," She paused, yanking a too small shoe off his foot. "It is legend today because of one of the books Miroku left behind for me. Nobody knows the Kagome in the story was not from there, he left that out to protect me. The other book only my family and Miroku's descendents had access to for the past 500 years. It was specifically left behind for me, in part to make sure I found you when the time came, I think."

"Miroku's family?" He winced as she rejected yet another shoe.

"I have a teacher who knew everything. Apparently, he even knew the fact that you had pinned yourself to a tree. He is a descendant of Miroku and Sango; I just recently discovered this. He claims that he has a few things to give you." She smiled, finally finding a shoe that fit his big feet. "He asked to bring them by tonight; he will be by about seven."

"What? Do you trust this guy? How do you know he is what he says he is?" He glared as she pulled him to his feet so she could check the fit of the shoes while standing. Watching as she poked on the shoes to her satisfaction.

"He knows too much, Inuyasha. If I hadn't been there myself, I honestly think he could have been there.  He didn't know everything, but enough." She stood and looked him over from head to foot, giggling.

"What?" He demanded glaring at her.

"Nothing," She giggled at the fact that he had modern clothing and shoes on right now, a sight she was not used to at all. He almost looked like a typical teenager, except for his demon features. She wouldn't trade those for the world; they were her favorite part of him. "I am just so glad you're here." Kagome grinned, grabbing him around the neck to hug him. "I missed you."

"I was only gone a couple of days, wasn't I?" He asked, wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her close.

"It felt like forever."

"Three days felt like forever? Try three months." He growled. "Can I take these things off yet?"

"The shoes? I told you, you won't like them."

"I hate having them on my feet."

"You can take them off; you only need to wear them in public. When we go shopping tomorrow, is a good example." She released him from her hold before pushing him back to his bed to sit down. Laughing as he kept his hold on her, bringing her down on top of him. "You are supposed to let go."

He smirked, "Never." Placing a brief kiss on her lips before demanding, "Now get the shoes off me."

She grinned, climbing off him. "I'm not your slave. Learn to do it yourself." She sat down a couple of feet away from him on the floor. "Now this should be entertaining. Go on…try it."

She watched as Inuyasha attempted first to pull the shoe off his foot, and failing miserably. "Untie them first Inuyasha." She offered and flinching at his efforts before screeching. "No, not your CLAWS! Inuyasha!"

"What? I got them off didn't I?" He held the offending shoes in the air before dropping them on the floor.

            She could only bury her face in her hands, shaking her head. "You are quite the piece of work. We have a long road ahead of us, getting you acquainted with the future." At his sad look, she changed the subject. "Let's go see what mom is cooking for dinner. I bet Souta is dying to see you again." She grabbed his hand, pulling him to his feet before kissing his cheek. "I am so glad you are here." She whispered before turning and walking out the door.

            He smiled and followed after her.

            After dinner with the family, the pair found themselves in the living room playing Tekken on the playstation. "I hate this game." Inuyasha grumbled as Kagome defeated him yet again. "If it was me fighting these guys, I would be wiping the floor with them."

            Kagome rolled her eyes at the hanyou, he was the only person she knew who could claim that and it be true. "Maybe we should download you into the game so I could beat you."

            "What's download, Kagome?" he asked as Kagome selected a new character to play with.

            "It's just a way to get information into a computer; we could never actually do it. But if I could download images of you and Tetsusaiga with your strengths and weaknesses, you could have a pretty strong character to control." She explained, before adding. "But you would have to learn to control yourself or I would still wipe the floor with you as I have these past four times. Even playing as yourself wouldn't help you."

            "What? Are you trying to say I suck at this game?"

            "You can't play it to save your life." She laughed; she had almost defeated him a fifth time as they argued. "See, I am going to beat you yet again."

            He growled, lifting a brow at the screen as he watched his character get taken down by a girl. "I don't think so, wench." He lunged for her on the other side of the couch. He missed; she had anticipated his move and dropped to the floor. He watched as she crawled away, giggling, before getting to her feet and running for protection behind the couch. He grinned evilly, displaying his fangs to perfection. He leapt across the couch as she took off running. "Get back here, Kagome." He yelled, chasing after her as she giggled. He easily caught her right outside the door, wrapping his arms around her waist.

            She turned around in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck, just then the doorbell rang. Inuyasha growled, annoyed at the interruption. "Stop, I will bring them in here. Wait for me." He nodded, suddenly nervous about someone outside of Kagome's family seeing him in his true form, nothing hidden.

            Kagome headed for the front door by herself. She opened the door to reveal that Sensei Hikotaki had not come alone. He had two college aged students along with him. "I hope you don't mind, the refused to be left behind tonight." He explained, indicating the two young men with him. One was obviously his son, the violet eyes reminded her of Miroku. It wasn't only the color though; the glint of mischief and wisdom within the eyes warned her that he was definitely from Miroku's family. The other was not from the family he had dark auburn hair and sparkling green eyes. "Higurashi Kagome, this is my son, Makoto and his friend…"

Her teacher was interrupted by Inuyasha's sudden voice behind her. "Shippo. I could smell you as soon as Kagome opened the door."

Kagome turned in surprise to the hanyou, "What?"  She turned to the kitsune, "Shippo, is that really you?" She couldn't help gaping at the young man, he was gorgeous. She realized both of the Hikotaki men gaped openly at Inuyasha. "This is Inuyasha. Inuyasha this is sensei Hikotaki and his son Makoto."

"Kagome!" The kitsune yelled, jumping into her embrace. She hugged him back; she was excited to see- "Aiee!!!" She screamed feeling his hands and her behind. She pushed back and slapped him. She heard the unmistakable unsheathing of Tetsusaiga behind her.

"What the hell do you think you're doing runt?" Inuyasha demanded, dragging Kagome behind him as he advanced on the kitsune. Shippo turned and ran, laughing at Inuyasha who chased after him. "Get back here Shippo! I have to kill you." The three humans watched the interaction with amusement. Inuyasha had chased Shippo in to the Goshinboku tree.

"It's your fault, Inuyasha!"

"My fault? How the hell is it my fault you groped Kagome? She was like your mother and you are now GROPING her?"

"You left me ALONE with MIROKU! What else did you think I would learn?"

"It was KAGOME!" He yelled; the two of them chasing each other around the limbs of the tree. Suddenly Shippo threw an acorn in the air, sending a waterfall of them on Inuyasha's head knocking him to the ground.

Inuyasha jumped back into the tree, getting his hands around Shippo's neck. He dragged him to the ground, the kitsune squirming. It was not as easy as when Shippo had been a kid, he was as tall as Inuyasha now. It didn't take long before he squirmed out of his grasp.

"Multiply!" He yelled, throwing a handful of acorns into the air. Suddenly Inuyasha found himself surrounded by 15 Shippo's.

He swiped at them, trying to find the real one. "Fine, you don't want to play fair." He lifted the sword and attempted to find the wind scar.

"Inuyasha, stop it!" Kagome yelled. The hanyou didn't listen to her. "Inuyasha, heel!" He found himself dragged to her feet by the command, cursing her the whole way.

Shippo began to laugh hysterically, "Heel? Her new command is heel?"

"You don't need to kill him!" She said to the hanyou at her feet. "I can handle him myself." She helped the hanyou to his feet before yelling at Shippo. "Behave yourself or I will commission you a necklace myself, Shippo. I can't believe you would do that to me!" She motioned for everyone to follow her inside; they had a lot to discuss.

There….a little shorter of a chapter than of late, but I had trouble doing this one. Hopefully the next will be better.

Shippo: You brought me back!

            Yes, and you should prove to be entertaining. You are both an adult and know which buttons to push with Inuyasha.

Shippo: Is there anyone else coming back?

            Hmm…you will have to wait and see.

Inuyasha: It's bad enough having you back. I don't want anyone else to come.