Live for Tomorrow


The next morning Kagome awoke to her mother placing a hand on her forehead, checking her temperature. "How do you feel, honey?"

"Groggy." Kagome replied, "Tired, hot, cold, weak, sick." In truth she felt much worse than she had the day before.

"Poor baby." Her mother cooed. "I really hate to, because your father's out at some priest convention and you'll be all alone sick, but I've got to go to work. Mrs. Taisho should be over very soon to pick you up and bring you to her house."

Kagome didn't think she'd be able to get up. "Go?" she repeated.

"Yes. So she can watch you." Mrs. Higurashi replied. "I've got to go, Love." She put the phone on Kagome's bedside table. "The phone's going to be here if you need something before Mrs. Taisho comes, okay?" Her daughter nodded weakly. "Alright. See you later tonight. I'll come pick you up."

Kagome heard the sound of her mother's footsteps go out of her room, down the stairs, and out the door. She sighed. Well at least she'd be in good hands. Inuyasha's mother was guaranteed to give her better care than her own. It was just the kind of woman she was. Always worrying over someone, yet always happy.

The minutes ticked by and Kagome lay in her bed. Sometimes she would drift off to sleep and then wake up, expecting to see Mrs. Taisho. She was never there. Kagome wondered how much time had passed.

The fourth or fifth time Kagome woke up she noticed that someone was sitting next to her bed, reading a book. The person looked up. It was not Mrs. Taisho, but Sesshoumaru. "I don't know why they make you read this book Catcher in the Rye. What a pointless book it is."

Kagome laughed quietly. "I agree." She said.

Sesshoumaru stood up, moving the chair he had been sitting in back to her desk. "Get up." He instructed. "Mother told me to pick you up. She had to go somewhere this morning. Don't change your clothes. I've got your coat. You'll just put it over what you're wearing."

Kagome managed to do what she was told, teetering a bit when she stood up. Sesshoumaru placed a hand on her shoulder. "And don't fall over." He added. "I'm not going to carry you."

They made their way out of Kagome's room and down the stairs slowly. Finally they reached the door. Sesshoumaru handed Kagome her coat. She put it on.

"My car's in the shop so we're walking." Sesshoumaru told her.

"What happened?" Kagome asked as they walked across the shrine's courtyard.

"Inuyasha really did put a scratch in it this time."

They were silent as they went down the steps to the shrine. By the time they reached the bottom, Kagome was out of breath and feeling even more miserable than before. Sesshoumaru let her rest for a moment before urging her on. "It's cold out." He said, "You're going to get sicker." Kagome continued to walk. It wasn't long until they'd reach the house now and luckily Inuyasha's house was in front of the hill so there were no more steps to climb.

Sesshoumaru abruptly stopped. Kagome almost fell over, only staying up by the demon's firm grip on her shoulder. Sesshoumaru slowly turned his head to look behind him. Seeing a person, he let go of Kagome and turned around to face the little girl around seven. She had just run into him. Her clothes were dirty. Her pants had holes in them and her shirt was torn in several places. I was obvious she lived on the street.

"S-sorry sir!" the girl said quickly. "I didn't mean to b-bump into you. It's just that I-I'm being chased a-and I wasn't looking. S-sorry."

Sesshoumaru looked beyond the girl to see a group of raggedy boys, just as grungy as the girl, running towards them. He took a step in front of the girl. The boys stopped a few yards away.

"Hey mister!" one of the boys in the front yelled. He looked about ten. "Shove over and let us at the girl!"

"And why should I?" Sesshoumaru asked him in his usual calm, cold voice.

"Because she was in our territory and she's gonna get it for being there!"

"Well that is my house." He told the boy, "So that makes this my territory. Leave or I'll call the cops."

"You wouldn't do that." The boy said.

"And why not?"

The boy pulled out a knife. "You won't get the chance."

Kagome's eyes widened, but she wasn't really scared. There was no way that Sesshoumaru would be brought down by a kid with a knife. She shivered. All this standing around outside was not good for her at the moment.

Sesshoumaru smirked, pulling out his cell phone. The boy charged at him. He was stopped when Sesshoumaru put out a hand, placing it on the boy's forehead. As much as the kid tried, he could not reach him with the knife. "I still have a free hand." Sesshoumaru pointed out, "I can call the cops right now and still keep you at bay. I suggest you leave right now."

"No way mister!" the boy growled, "We're gonna leave when you hand over the girl."
Putting his phone back in his pocket, Sesshoumaru placed on poison claw on the boy's arm, letting enough poison into his skin just to make it hurt.

He jumped away. "What the hell was that!"

"Leave." Sesshoumaru repeated.

"You're scary mister." The boy said, looking at the demon one more time before he ran away. The rest of his group followed.

Sesshoumaru turned back to Kagome and the girl. "Come on." He stepped around the girl and took a hold of Kagome's shoulder again. They started walking again. A second later, they stopped. This time Kagome didn't almost fall over. Sesshoumaru turned back to the girl. "Are you coming?" he asked.

"Y-yes sir!" she said jumping up and hurrying over to them "Thank you!"

A minute later the three walked into the Taisho house. Emily was waiting for them. "How are you feeling?" she asked Kagome. Her reply was to sneeze. Emily laughed. "That bad, huh?" her eyes caught on the little girl. "Who's that?"

"She ran into to me on the way here." Sesshoumaru replied. "A bunch of children were chasing her. One had a knife. I brought her with me."

"Will your parents approve?" Emily asked.

He shrugged. "Mother will adore her. I do not know about Father."

"Well Kagome, you should go up and get into bed." The maid instructed. "I got the guest room next to Inuyasha's ready for you. I'll go with you." She turned to the girl. "As for you missy, I think you need a bath." Emily took the girl's hand and they made their way up the stairs. Kagome followed. She was really getting wobbly now.

Somehow Kagome made it to her room, falling onto the bed, her head spinning. She pulled off her coat and shoes, dropping them on the floor and crawled under the covers.


A while later Kagome woke up again, feeling a little better. Yawning, she turned her head to see a little girl sitting on the floor of her room. She was clean now, her hair pulled into a pony tale. She was wearing what looked like some of either Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru's clothes from when they were her age. They were a little big, but not by much.

The girl looked over at Kagome and grinned. "Miss Emily told me I should watch you." She said grinning, "And get her if you need anything."

"What's your name?" Kagome asked.

"Rin. Miss Emily told me that your name was Kagome and that you had the flu."

She smiled. "That's right."

"I had the flu once." Rin declared, "But my mama took care of me till I got better. Do you live here?"

"No." Kagome replied, "I live next door at the shrine. Isn't your mom wondering where you are?"

Rin shook her head sadly. "My parents are dead." She said quietly, "I was living on the street."

"Was?" Kagome questioned.

The little girl nodded, looking a bit happier. "Sesshoumaru said I could live here! He said I could have the other room for myself!"

The older girl laughed. "That's really nice of him." She said, "Usually he's pretty cold towards everyone. He must like you. I don't want to disappoint you, but it's really up to Sesshoumaru's dad if you stay or not."

Rin frowned. "I really hope he says yes."

"When Sesshoumaru's mom gets home." Kagome began, "Say hi to her. She'll love you. If you win her over, you've got a good chance of staying. But don't worry. Sesshoumaru's dad is a pretty cool guy."

She nodded. "Okay."

Emily came into the room, holding a tray with some soup on it. "So you're awake." She said smiling. "Do you think you can get through some chicken noodle soup and crackers? It's lunch time."

"I think so."

"Good. Sit up." Kagome did. Emily put the tray on her lap.

"Can I have some soup too?" Rin asked.

"I think we'll all just have lunch here, how does that sound?" the maid asked.

Rin grinned. "Yeah!" she said happily.

"I'll be right back with another tray then." Emily walked out of the room.

"She seems to like you." Kagome commented, "I think you've got a good chance of getting to stay." Rin cheered.


Later on during the day Kagome was jerked out of her light slumber by the sound of pounding feet on the stairs. She looked over to the small chair, which Emily had brought into the room for Rin. Rin was there, looking at a book full of pictures of classical art. The footsteps on the stairs were too heavy to be hers anyway.
The footsteps moved off the stairs and into the hallway. A second later Inuyasha opened up the door. "Hey." He said, "How are you feeling?"

"A little lousier than yesterday, but better than this morning." She replied.

"I brought you your homework." Inuyasha told her, walking over to her bed and handing her a yellow folder. His eyes caught on Rin who was still sitting in the chair. Her eyes had moved from the book to Inuyasha's ears and she was staring open mouthed. "Who's that?"

"Rin." Kagome answered, flipping through the papers in the folder.

"And where'd she come from?"

"Your brother brought her in from the street."

"Sesshoumaru?"

"Yeah."

"No way."

"Yes way.

Inuyasha looked from Rin to Kagome to Rin again and then back to Kagome. "But Sesshoumaru's a cold hearted jerk who wouldn't care if the human population died out in front of his eyes!" Kagome shrugged. "That's it." Inuyasha said leaving the room, "The world's ending."


How long until Shippo and Inuyasha meet face to face?
To tell you the truth I really don't know.

Will Sango pay Kagome a visit?
What kind of friend would she be if she didn't? We all know that Sango's one of the best friends a person can have. Of course she'll visit!

I thought Kagome was going to have some strange disease or something.
I think that's what Inuyasha thought too. You're not alone.

Catcher in the Rye is a great book! It's a classic! How dare you dis it?
That's what everyone told me when I talking about reading it this summer. I did and I found it to be completely pointless, yet entertaining. So don't think I didn't enjoy it. Please don't kill me.

Sesshoumaru's calling Inuyasha's mom, mom? What's up with that?
Let's think about this for a second. Inuyasha's a junior in highschool. That makes him 16. So Inuyasha's mom has been the 'mom' of the house for atleast 17 years. If Sesshoumaru's in college, let's say first year, that makes him 18. So Sesshoumaru was only 1 when Inuyasha's mom came into his life. He's definitely going to be calling her mom too.

AAAAHHHH! SESSHOUMARU'S BEING NICE TO A HUMAN ON HIS OWN WILL! INUYASHA'S RIGHT! THE WORLD'S ENDING!
o.o
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Right... This is Rin, remember?

Where's Jaken?
I'm working on it.