Afterwards, what happens then…
Chapter Four
Morning came faster than the two would wish for, and was surprised and furious about who had been the one to wake the sleeping couple. Kagome's mother had returned home late the night before with a sleeping Souta in her arms and a grandpa almost in the same state that Souta was in. She had brought Souta up into his room and tucked him good night, and then said her good nights to her father. She was curious if Kagome had come home or not so she checked for her daughter in her room. What she found was quite unexpecting, but at the same time it pleased her to know that the two confessed their feelings once and for all. But really in the real truth, nothing of what Kagome's mother thought had happened did.
She didn't want to wake the two, but knew she had too if Kagome didn't wish to be late for school. Kagome's mother shook her daughter calling her name. After a couple of minutes had passed by and she had noticed that her way of waking up her daughter wasn't working, she opened the blinds on her window and let the sun peak through the room. This caught Kagome's sleeping form's attention and slowly woke up. Kagome's mother smiled and silently walked out of her daughter's room, making sure not to slam the door on her way out.
Kagome took her time in opening her eyes. The sun was strong to her sensitive eye lids and she hadn't realized what day it was yet. Finally her eyes were open and she sat up in her placed. She yawned as she stretched her arms and looked at the form next to her body. Inuyasha was still sleeping with surprised Kagome, because she had never woken up before the hanyou before. He must have been sleeping very soundly for his senses not to show that Kagome was up and her mother had checked on the two. Kagome carefully lifted herself off the bed and looked at the clock. It was six fifty.
The time played through her thoughts for a while until she realized what day it was, Monday. She had school today. She panicked.
Darn it! I totally forgot about school and it's already so late. Where's my uniform…
Kagome looked all over her room from her bed, to her closet, to her dressers, and to each counter in sight and she still couldn't find her uniform for school.
Maybe I should check the wash…
With that last thought, Kagome opened the door careful of not to wake the hanyou on her bed and headed downstairs for the laundry room. Just as she had guessed her clothes were folded and neatly on top of the washing machine.
She walked back into her room, and shut the door silently. She looked over where the hanyou still slept and went into her closet to get changed for school. It didn't take her long to change and once she was done she went to go pack her backpack. That was when she realized she hadn't study for the test that day and she started to panic. She need to study and study fast for the test was in her second period class. She grabbed her books and the text book that the study notes were in and ran out of her room for the kitchen.
I'll just let Inuyasha sleep while I go to school. Hope he doesn't mind, but I really need to get there on time so I can study at least a couple of minutes for the stupid test.
She passed the kitchen and ran for the door until her mother stopped her. Her mother was in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the family and caught the sight of her daughter.
"Good morning dear. I made oatmeal if you'd like some. I came back late last night and I was glad to see you had fallen asleep. You two looked so peaceful I didn't have the heart to wake you last night."
"Good morning mom."
Memories of how Kagome and Inuyasha were sleeping went through her memory and a light blush reached the presence of her cheeks.
"Uh…ya mom about that…"
"Oh no dear its ok, I'm just glad you two told each other how you feel."
"Uh, mom nothing like that uh happened. He just fell asleep waiting for me and I kind of fell asleep next to him."
"Oh, well dear please tell the boy how you feel. I know that he feels the same and is in the same position you are in."
"Ok mom I will sooner than later, but I really need to go so I won't be having any breakfast this morning."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to try to get to school on time and cram in what I need to know for my science test today. I kind of dazed out last night and fell asleep."
"That's ok dear I know how busy you are, but try to do your best. School is important."
"Ya I know mom, I know. Well I'm going to go. Bye mom, see you after school. And if Inuyasha asks where I am, tell him the truth and that I said for him to wait until I come back."
"Ok dear. Love you and good luck!"
With that last sentence that had come from her mother, Kagome slipped on her shoes and opened the door. The fresh breeze of spring blew in her face and passed her as she walked out of the house and shut the door.
Chapter Four
Kagome sighed as she looked down at her test paper. All of the equations and letters and words that she didn't have a clue about what they meant. She sighed and tried to do her best on the test, but already knew her grade. She only had twenty minutes to complete the test, and she wished she had studied for it so the time that she had would be all that she needed. After twenty minutes had passed and about twenty sighs had been released from Kagome did the teacher go around the room and collected the papers. She handed her paper in and sighed once again.
She slammed her head on the desk and looked over at her friend, Eri.
"So how do you think you did Kagome?" said Eri.
"Uhg, I don't even want to think about it. I totally bombed that test." Moaned Kagome.
"Well you should be able to take it over for you weren't here for most of the notes. You were mostly sick. By the way how have you been feeling?"
"I feel much better thanks Eri."
"So how's the two-timer?"
"Huh?" said Kagome.
Kagome picked her head off the desk and faced her friend with a confused look.
"You know what I mean. That Inuwata or Inuwasha guy…"
"His name is Inuyasha and he's not a two-timer really…" Kagome stuck up for the hanyou.
"You're still with him huh?"
"I never said that." Kagome denied it.
"But you are in love with him, that I know."
"How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"It's obvious girl. I got to meet him one of these days. He sounds really interesting."
"Ok you can, but make sure that the other girls don't come. Pleeease." Begged Kagome.
Eri just laughed at her friend.
"You bet Kagome. I know how they'll get. They'll ask all these questions and probably end the relationship with you and this Inuyasha."
"There is no relationship!"
"That's what you say Kagome, but every time you say it I'm never going to believe it until I see it myself."
"Fine. Come after school Thursday this week and I'll show you him. But this is only to prove to you that he's a good guy."
"Ok Kagome."
The bell rang.
"I'll see ya in third period. I got to go though. You know how Kenny is for math."
Eri said as she ran out the door.
"See ya!" screamed Kagome.
The rest of the school day went by fast for Kagome only thought about her last encounters with Naraku. He had collected almost the whole jewel shard and was only missing the few pieces that Kagome held within her possession. She had also noticed that Naraku hasn't been attacking them as much as before. She wondered why, but never figured out a reasonable answer. Also something else that she was happy to have noticed was that Inuyasha seemed more calm and protective of her since he found out that she had the last of the jewel shards and the only way to get the rest was by destroying the being that deceived him in the passed, Naraku.
Once Kagome made it home she sniffed the air and the sweetest smell that had ever reached her nose came across it today. It smelt exactly like the sugary sweet that her father used to bake for her when she was little, but now it smelled even better.
She dropped her bag by the front door and started to walk over to the kitchen to see who and what was cooking.
Is mom cooking? I didn't know she knew how to make dad's secret recipe…why didn't she tell me…
Kagome's thoughts were interrupted as she stood in shock in the entrance of the kitchen doorway. The image in front of the young miko was her mother hovering over Inuyasha looking at the sugar sweet in the palms of Inuyasha's hands. He had oven mitts on and it looked as if her mother had taught him how to bake her dad's secret recipe.
Inuyasha noticed Kagome as he placed the treat on the table facing her form. Her mother jumped in shock, for she was not expecting her daughter to be home so early.
Flashback
While Kagome was in school…
Mrs. Higarashi went upstairs to check on the sleeping hanyou. She had come up with the idea of him doing something special for Kagome to get them closer than they were. She knew both of their feelings and wanted them to express them to each other. She opened the door quietly to make sure that if he was still sleeping not to wake him up, but was startled by what had happened next.
"I'm not sleeping Mrs. Higarashi, you can come in."
She opened the door all the way to find Inuyasha sitting on the open window sill.
"Hey Inuyasha, I have some plans for us today."
She walked over to the hanyou. He jumped off the window sill.
"What kind of plans…"
"Plans for you to get the attention you want from my daughter." Mrs. Higarashi put on a bright big smile and giggled a little as the Inuyasha's cheeks turned bright pink.
"Come on." Mrs. Higarashi said and pulled the young boy out of Kagome's room and down the stairs into the kitchen. Inuyasha just had a confused face on when he walked into the kitchen full of different smells and objects that to him looked like weapons, but he remembered when Kagome told him that they were tools for cooking. He still went with his instincts and didn't trust the cooking tools.
"You're going to make Kagome a dessert that will make her want to kiss you on the spot." Mrs. Higarashi said and turned her back to the glowing red hanyou to set up the place for him to work.
She turned to him once she cleared a spot and was finished getting everything ready for the boy.
"Don't worry Inuyasha, I'll help you. It's her father's secret recipe."
Inuyasha noticed the sadness through Mrs. Higarashi's scent when she said her father. He wondered why, and this time his curiosity got the better of him.
"Um, Mrs. Higarashi?"
"Yes Inuyasha?"
"Why…why are you so sad when…well, when you mention about Kagome's father?"
Mrs. Higarashi just stood in front of Inuyasha speechless.
"What I mean is…well…what happened to Kagome's father. She's never mentioned him…I'm sorry I was just wondering. You don't have to tell me."
Mrs. Higarashi shook her head to protest.
"No, no it's ok Inuyasha. Sit down and I'll tell you about her father."
Inuyasha took one of the seats around the kitchen table and sat down watching Kagome's mother do the same seconds after he did.
"Kagome's father was…well he was different. I found him one day while I was walking home from a friend's house. I ran into him on the side walk and we just stood there and talked for what seemed to be like hours. He asked to see me another time so I gave him my number. Since that day we had dated and soon to be married. Kagome was my first born. Her father was my first husband. She was a beautiful young girl, but unfortunately her father died when she was still young front poisoning. It is still a mystery of who did it. Then I married Souta's father and had him. Shortly after the birth of Souta we got a divorce. He ended up dying six months later from a car accident. They probably don't mention about their father's, especially Kagome, because they were young and didn't know much about them."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
Mrs. Higarashi looked up at the now depressed boy and decided to change the subject.
"Don't be sorry. Now let's make this dessert…"
End of Flashback
Kagome stood in at the entrance of the kitchen still in shook. Inuyasha had cooked, for her! She took a couple of steps towards the kitchen table still in shook. Once she was in place standing next to Inuyasha she looked down at the dessert and up to Inuyasha, over to her mom, then back down to the dessert. Finally she said something.
"Oh my gosh. Inuyasha did you, did you make this…for me?" She said as she now looked into the golden orbs of the hanyou who was blushing from her glare.
"Feh."
She knew what that meant and literally jumped on him for a hug. Her mother smiled and left the kitchen for her room upstairs. She wanted the two to have time for themselves.
Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting at the table eating Inuyasha's meal afterwards. It surprised Kagome because Inuyasha's way of cooking her dad's meal was better than how her dad did it. She had the biggest smile on as she ate each piece slowly and preciously.
"Inuyasha…"
He looked up from his plate into her chocolate brown eyes.
"Thank you. This means a lot to me, more than you can imagine."
"It's no problem."
Kagome just smiled more and got off her chair. She walked over to where the hanyou was sitting and once again he picked his stare from the food he was eating into her stare. She bent down and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks."
Inuyasha blushed like crazy and didn't want to show that he loved her kiss, so acted stubborn.
"Like I said wench, no problem."
Kagome smiled and went up to her room to get changed for bed, leaving a very happy hanyou behind in the kitchen.
