Chapter 7: The Kit and the Playroom KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Inuyasha and Kagome stood awkwardly in Inuyasha's living room. Kagome attempted to break the silence with a, "Um…so?" but to no success. Inuyasha's mind seemed to be elsewhere.
"Why was she here?" Kagome asked aloud, another attempt to break the silence. This time it worked.
"Obviously there's something going on." Inuyasha answered, "I think you should be extra careful." Inuyasha tried not to sound too concerned for Kagome.
"I don't really care." Kagome said indifferently, "There's been something going on from the very beginning." She fumbled with something underneath her shirt, and then suddenly let go of it, turning towards the window, "I should get going." She says.
"Going where?" Inuyasha questioned, looking at her.
"Home, where else?" Kagome said smartly, turning towards the door.
"Kagome, I think you should stay at Sango's."
"No. I'm fine." She gave Inuyasha a weak smile and opened the door, stepping out into the bright sunlight.
Inuyasha stared at the door after she left. Why was she so… pushy? So ready to push his help away and go on like nothing's wrong. He thought about this for a moment, before deciding to follow her.
He opened the door and shut it quietly. He only had sniffed the air once to tell where she was off to. He decided to take the roof route, and jumped up onto the top of a building and continued along his way.
It didn't take long for his big leaping steps to catch up to Kagome's small strides. She wasn't headed home, Inuyasha noted, once she took a turn. This caused Inuyasha a bit of frustration, since she turned away from him. He jumped down into a deserted alleyway, and trudged through the crowd after Kagome. If he still couldn't smell her, finding her would have been hell.
Once Inuyasha succeeded in finding her again, in a quick movement, he jumped up top another building. It was easier to watch Kagome's movements from up there, and he thought he might have a less chance of getting caught.
She headed into an orphanage, which startled Inuyasha. He thought for a moment, deciding how he was going to approach this problem. He wanted to go inside and see what Kagome was doing, but then she would catch him, and surely she'd be angry that he had followed…
He decided to risk it.
Jumping down swiftly and quickly before anybody could realize what he had done, he headed off towards orphanage. He didn't go inside however, that was too risky. Every room had a window, right? He'd just have to follow her, and hope nobody was facing the window directly.
He peeked inside a side window, watching Kagome talk to the desk receptionist. Whatever she was talking about, Kagome was trying to sound convincing. He began to hear bits of the conversation, as he really focused.
"—His parents were friends of mine—why not? –Just for a short while!—Like a vacation!" Kagome said, her features becoming etched in frustration.
"You're not 18 years of age—Underage adoption is illegal unless the parents give you permission."
"I didn't say I was going to adopt him! I just want to take him out for a few weeks!" Kagome says.
The desk receptionist frowned at Kagome, "I see I'm not going to win this argument. You can take the child, but you aren't permitted to adopt the child without permission from your parents."
"I don't plan on adopting him." Kagome says as she begins to fill out some paperwork. The desk receptionist handed Kagome a piece of paper that from far away looked a bit like a map. The desk receptionist pointed to one of the boxes and said something that Inuyasha couldn't hear over the roar of the semi-truck that had just passed by on the main street not too far away.
Kagome was gone only a few moments, Inuyasha hardly had time to think about how he was going to follow her. She came back with a child in her arms—a kit. That's what Inuyasha saw. He wondered what Kagome saw. No time for wondering however, Kagome walked out door the kit still in her arms.
The kit was talking excitedly to Kagome, mentioning something about staying at her house and how fun it was going to be. Kagome was smiling kindly at the kit's excitement, and he continued on, until he was brought to a sudden pause. He saw the kit's eyes trail to his hiding place.
"Kagome, do you know a hanyou?" the kit questioned, not taking his eyes off of the place where Inuyasha was currently hiding.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Kagome questioned, a bit shocked by the sudden question.
"There's one around here." The kit answered.
"Oh is there?" Kagome didn't seem to doubt the kit. She knew only one hanyou… "Inuyasha, sit!"
Inuyasha cringed as he was suddenly slammed into the ground. Caught.
Kagome seemed satisfied with the sound, and approached Inuyasha's hiding place. "Inuyasha, you were following me, weren't you?" Surprisingly, her voice wasn't angry.
Inuyasha let out a muffled, "…Yeah."
The kit made what sounded like a 'tsk, tsk, tsk'. "Boys really shouldn't be stalking girls." He informed Inuyasha.
"I wasn't stalking," Inuyasha defended himself, "I was just wondering where Kagome was going that she had to leave so quickly."
Kagome turned a light shade of pink, "No really, Inuyasha, why were you following me?"
"None of your business, wench."
Twitch. Back to the rudeness. "Sit boy!"
Inuyasha sat, and the kit giggled in delight.
"Inuyasha, this is Shippou. Shippou, this is Inuyasha." Kagome introduced.
"Keh." Was Inuyasha's muffled response.
"Hello Inuyasha!" Shippou said in a cheerful voice.
Inuyasha muttered something about stupid pipsqueaks. He hadn't taken a liking to Shippou at all. Once the spell released, he jumped up and started jogging away. To his surprise, Kagome followed him.
"Look who's following who now." Inuyasha sneered.
"Inuyasha, I have to go this way to get my house."
"…." He didn't have a reply to that.
How could Yura have failed to take down a simple hanyou and steal the miko! It was pathetic!
Kagura was so revolted, she didn't even think about sending someone else after the pair. Now that the hanyou had interfered, the miko had much more protection. Not to mention the hanyou had a monk and a youkai exterminator on his side.
They would prevail. But they had to have a spy… someone that could easily get in with Kagome and Inuyasha… someone they could trust.
And the answer came to her. It was obvious. They were in the same grade and everything.
Ookami Kouga.
Kagome had long forgiven Inuyasha for following her to the orphanage, much to Inuyasha's surprise, she asked him to come to her house for awhile.
Inuyasha agreed readily, although he made it sound like he didn't really want to.
"Good. I expect it's about lunch time." As if on cue, there was a maid setting out some lunch on the table—two plates stacked with sandwiches, two bowls of different kinds of chips, and three bottles of root beer on the table.
"You can ask for something different." The maid reassured Shippou. He asked for Coca-Cola, and the maid hurried off to get it.
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou sat down to eat. "Inuyasha, why did you follow me, really?"
"I don't know. It was just a hunch. What if you get attacked again?" He said the last sentence quietly, so only Kagome could hear.
"What about it?" Kagome whispered back just as quietly.
"You can't defend yourself against Naraku's minions, you almost got killed by Yura of the Hair. She's probably one of the lesser youkai if she was sent first."
This made Kagome a bit angry, "I can take care of myself, thank you!"
"Didn't look like it." He shot back.
"Stop being so difficult, or I'll 's' you." She warned.
Inuyasha shut up, and took a bite out of his sandwich.
The rest of the meal was fairly silent, besides a few times Shippou began chattering, but soon fell silent again.
"Its time I go." Inuyasha said finally.
"Do you mind… staying a little longer?" Kagome questioned. She had already picked up Shippou, and was walking towards a part of the mansion that Inuyasha hadn't been to yet.
"I guess so." He said gruffly, and followed Kagome. Secretly he was pleased. She wanted him to stay, even after he had followed her this morning. He was already becoming a bit soft for her.
Kagome came to a stop at a door and opened it, revealing some sort of playroom. She put down Shippou, who automatically went off, examining everything.
Inuyasha seemed to be thinking about something. And whatever it was, it was painful, because Kagome could see that he was about ready to cry. But once he caught Kagome looking at him, the look disappeared.
Kagome wanted to ask him about it, decided this wasn't the time. Maybe he'd tell he her his own time…
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….This chapter is done.
