A/N: Well, I finally saw Movie 3. And I have to say, I was VERY impressed. Sure, I was expecting a battlebattlefightfight movie since they kinda used up all the fluffiness in movie 2 (personal favorite…I LOVE Inu/Kag fluff!), but the undercurrent of the movie was really…sweet. Plus, there's SESS of course. They had to make it up to the Sesshoumaru fans that missed him in the last one, and they TOTALLY did. After all, ANYTHING with Sessy in it has to be good. Okay, enough rambling for today.
Chapter 2: Thoughts of Inuyasha
Kagome and Inuyasha climed out of the well and back into the Sengoku Jidai. The first thing she did once her shoes touched the grass was to close her eyes and enjoy the smell of the place. It was refreshing to just smell the wilderness, instead of the city and what she was used to. Going to the Sengoku Jidai was her escape from life a year ago, but now, going back to the modern world was her escape from this place. From all the danger she faced. It may be like a vacation sometimes, but others, it was a deathtrap.
"What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked. He seemed to have noticed she was lost in her thoughts again.
She shook her head. "Nothing. Just thinking how great it is to be back again."
He crossed his arms. "Keh! If it's so 'great' then why do you always want to go back to your time?"
"Cuz I got homework!" She stated.
"Oh," Inuyasha said. "So if you didn't have this 'hoomworke' you wouldn't have to go back."
Kagome glared. "Inuyasha, over there, I have family. I can't just leave them! My mom would probably freak and think I died or something!"
"Then tell them you want to stay!"
"But that's just it, baka! I like it here, but I also like it there!"
He rolled his eyes. "Keh! Just make up your mind!"
Like you're one to talk…But thinking of that subject made her remember the question her friends asked. Hmmm…I wonder if he would care…But I can't just come out and ask him! Boys…and hanyous…are so complicated…
"Come on, Inuyasha, lets go up to the village. I brought presents back this time!"
He brightened up. "And that food! Don't forget the food!"
She sighed. "Yes, Inuyasha, I have ramen. And you should know it, being right there when I packed it. If you're not careful, you're going to eat Japan's ramen supply." I take that back…he's not so complicated. All he thinks about is his stomach…
Inuyasha crouched down. "Well, come on! The faster we get to the village, the sooner we can eat!"
Kagome gave a small smile, But without that attitude, he wouldn't be my hanyou. And hopped onto his back as they set off for the village.
"Kagome!" Shippou yelled gleefully as Kagome and Inuyasha walked into Kaede's hut. With the mention of her voice, Miroku and Sango brightened up.
"Kagome-chan, you're back!" Sango said.
Miroku grinned. "Ah yes, it has been a loss since you left. Why Inuyasha missed you so much that he—"
The monk was cut off by a fist from a certain hanyou colliding with his head. "Shut up, monk." Inuyasha growled.
Kaede also smiled. "Welcome back, Kagome."
"So, what did you bring?" Shippou asked.
Kagome sat down in the hut and opened her backpack that was so full it was nearly bursting at the seams. "Well…" She said, opening it. "That…baka over there made me bring about ten cup noodles." She said, tossing one at Inuyasha. "And you better be damn grateful!"
He grinned, hugging the ramen. "Oh, I am!"
While talking, she handed the gifts to her friends. "Shippou-chan, I brought you some pocky, Miroku, here's some barbecue chips, Sango-chan, I got you a soda, Kaede, I thought you might like this sushi…" She paused. "Where did it go…oh! And Kirara, I thought you might like these cat treats. My cat Buuyo loves them!" She gave a few fish shaped treats to Kirara, who purred happily.
While they ate, Kagome smiled and reflected on how much she really had missed this time. Though she was born in the modern world, sometimes she felt that the Sengoku Jidai was where she really belonged. Instead of going away on a vacation, going back there was becoming more like coming home. It seemed that her responsibilities were in the modern era, but where she relaxed was in this place.
"So," Kagome asked. "Anything happen while I was gone?"
Miroku shook his head. "Nothing. Strange, isn't it? We've heard nothing for quite some time. Nothing from Naraku, and no youkai either."
"It's like they've stopped attacking." Sango replied. "But youkai can sense when something big is about to happen…"
There was a silence. They exchanged glances as they all thought of one word, Naraku. Kagome stared at the floor. He may be up to something… "Well, we don't know for sure if something big is about to happen." Kagome said. "But we shouldn't worry about it now, worrying only makes things worse."
Sango nodded. "Kagome-chan's right. Let's think about these things later. For now," She got up and stretched. "I feel like going in the hot springs, Kagome you want to come?"
Kagome smiled, standing up and taking her backpack. "You know it!"
Miroku had a lecherous grin plastered over his face. "Well, have a good time."
"Oh no!" Sango said, grabbing him by his ear and pulling him to his feet. "Houshi-sama, if you even think about looking at us, then I'm going to—" She whispered the rest in his ear. Miroku cringed and had a look of sheer terror on his face. He stared at her, in almost disbelief, but Sango glared at him. "Oh yes, I would."
He practically fell on the floor, and backed away quickly. His eyes were filled with the horror of Sango applying that punishment to him. "Yes, Sango, I'll be good!"
"What did she threaten this time, monk?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku didn't answer his question. All he said was, "That woman…is scarier than any youkai."
Sango cackled evilly and exited the hut with Kagome. "Remember what I said!" She shouted back.
Kagome stared at Sango. "What did you threaten him with? I've never seen Miroku-sama so scared before."
Sango had a malicious grin. "Oh, nothing."
Kagome decided she didn't want to know.
When the reached the hot spring, they stripped down and sank into the hot water. "Oh…I missed this…" Kagome said.
Sango smiled. "Nothing like a hot spring to just relax in."
"You got that right." Kagome replied, closing her eyes and enjoying the steam. I love being back here, so why do I leave? She sighed. Right. Inuyasha. Sometimes, I leave because we have a fight, and other times, I feel like I'm hogging him or something. I mean, we're not boyfriend and girlfriend. Do I even have a right to be with him this often?
"Kagome-chan?" Sango asked. "What's wrong? You look troubled."
"Uh, no. I'm not…" Kagome denied, but Sango could tell she was lying.
"Kagome-chan, tell me, what's troubling you?"
Kagome sighed. "It's Inuyasha."
Sango stared. "Inuyasha?
Kagome nodded. "I don't know Sango-chan, its just…sometimes…I do wonder what I mean to him…"
"What do you mean?" The youkai slayer asked.
Kagome sighed. "Sometimes, I think he does care…and other times, its like he just wants me to go away…"
Sango blinked. "Are you saying that you are worried about your relationship with him? I mean, you shouldn't worry too much, you guys are good friends—"
I kind of want something more than friends… "I'm beginning to wonder if that's enough…" Kagome muttered before she realized what she said.
"Huh?" Sango asked, her eyes round with curiosity. "Are you saying you want to be more than friends?"
Kagome felt a blush creep over her face. She turned around sharply to hide it. "No, no! Did I say that? All I meant was that sometimes I wonder…that's all!"
Sango stared. She didn't fully believe Kagome's excuse.
Deciding it was time for this conversation to be over, Kagome got out of the hot spring, grabbing her towel. She grabbed her backpack, but when she picked it up, the flap opened and the remaining boxes of ramen and her clothes fell out.
"Damn." Kagome said, bending down to pick up her clothes.
"Kagome-chan, what's that?" Sango asked, looking at the blue kimono.
Great…now I'm going to have to tell her what's bugging me…why did my friends have to make me start thinking about this?
Kagome sighed. "It's my birthday kimono."
"Birthday kimono?" Sango asked. "That must mean that your birthday is…"
Kagome nodded. "It's in two days…but, I'm not sure I'll be here for it…"
"Why not?" Sango asked, pulling on her clothes.
"I'm…just not sure if anyone would care…" Kagome said, as she slipped her shirt over her head. "I mean, I missed my birthday last year because I was here, but…I think I'll just go home for it…"
"But why not stay here?" Sango asked.
Kagome looked up at the starry sky. "I've been thinking…about Inuyasha lately…I know he misses me and tries to protect me and stuff…but I wonder if he would care at all about my birthday. I mean…it's just a birthday. He's had plenty of them, I'm sure. As proven earlier, most of the time, all he thinks of me is a ramen provider and a jewel shard finder. What do I really mean to him?"
Sango raised an eyebrow. "And you think he won't care about your birthday?"
"He's never seemed to care about these sort of things before, should I expect him to care?"
Sango patted her shoulder. "Kagome,-chan I think he will care. He's not always like this, you know, you should see him when you're not here, he really misses you."
Kagome sighed. For what reason? The ramen…or does he really miss me…I hate to admit it…but sometimes, I miss him, right down to his attitude…
Kagome gave a fake smile at Sango. "Oh well, what am I worried about? After all, it's just a birthday, and no big deal, right?"
Sango definitely didn't believe her. "Kagome-chan, if you're upset—"
Kagome stood up. "I'm not upset." You liar. She picked up her backpack. "Come on, we should be getting back—" She stopped when she heard a sneeze somewhere in the bushes.
Sango started shaking in anger. "You. Are. So. DEAD! HOUSHI-SAMA, REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, CUZ I'M GONNA DO IT!"
"….AHHHH!" Miroku's figure darted from the bushes and ran like hell down the path.
Sango darted after him, screaming things like, "YOU PERVERT! I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW ANY MERCY EITHER! I THOUGHT YOU WERE SMARTER THAN THAT!"
Kagome ran after them. "Sango-chan, wait—" But because she wasn't looking where she was going, she ran right into something tall and red. Kagome looked up into the face of Inuyasha. "Uh…Inuyasha?" Her face started turning red.
For a second, she thought he blushed too, but then he said, "Have you seen that lecher? He threw one of Sango's stink pellets at me after I told him I wouldn't let him out."
Kagome regained her voice. "Yeah, Sango-chan's chasing after him, bent on giving him whatever punishment she threatened him with."
The hanyou snorted. "Keh! She probably threatened to tie him up next time we're in a town with beautiful women…"
She raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure about that? Miroku-sama seems a bit hung up on Sango-chan."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Once a pervert, always a pervert."
She looked away towards the path where Sango chased Miroku, where now screams of pain were heard. Well Inuyasha's right. Miroku-sama may still be lecherous, but at least he seems to have picked one girl. But Inuyasha…I just wish…that he could tell me if he liked Kikyou, once and for all…
A/N: I also forgot to mention the main reason I liked movie 3, INU-PAPA! In practically died from excitement, when he went, "KAZE NO KIZU!" And blew up the front door of the palace. I also think it was kind of cute at how Inuyasha finally got to see his father after all that time…What can I say, I was an exited fangirl. I also squealed when I got to see Baby Inu. The flashback scene made my day!