Okay! I have taken my time with this chapter so i hope you guys like! Sorry but i seem to be going out of character with the two "lovebirds"! sorry sorry i try! ;; anyway...i love the ending to this chapter...it mkes me realise how attached i am to the series! okay well i might not get the next chapter up for a while...but i advise everyone who can to download the AMV (anime music video) Inuyasha - A girls heart. One line in the song (which i LOVE )iwill use in the next chapter...i dont own inuyasha...only the wonderful holy Rumiko Takahashi does!
Kagome walked in to her kitchen after placing her shoes outside the front door.
"Hellooooo!" she called out, "I'm HOME! Anyone here?" Kagome dropped her bag on the table and began pulling out all the garbage from the food she brought with her last time. She heaved out a pile of plastic wrappers and Styrofoam cups and dumped them in the garbage can. Walking into the living room she flicked on the television and changed it to the Japan music network. After dropping down on the couch she heard thumping footsteps coming down the stairs as her younger brother appeared in the doorway.
"Hey Souta!" She shouted standing up and holding her arms out for a hug. Souta obeyed and replied with, "You're home early sis!"
"I'm only home for tonight because InuYasha looses his demonic powers tonight…he turns human so I thought I'd bring him here!" Kagome said, happily bouncing. Souta looked at her; one eyebrow raised; Kagome stopped bouncing.
"Sorry." She said rubbing the back of her head. She had been thinking about their kiss and had become a little too giddy. The screen door slammed open and Kagome heard a familiar growl coming from the kitchen.
"Eeep!" She screamed.
"Woah!" Souta said rubbing his ear.
"KAGOMEEEEE!" InuYasha yelled from the kitchen.
"Eeep!" She screamed again hiding under some pillows on the couch. All she could see was black but she could hear everything; the TV and all the other sounds. Kagome heard the living room door burst open and she heard InuYasha sniff the room. Catching her scent he advanced on the couch. Kagome began to giggle uncontrollably. The pillow over her head muffled her laughing and to InuYasha it sounded like she was crying. He stopped.
"Kagome?" He called out worriedly, "I – I'm sorry. Did I scare you?"
"WHAT?" Kagome's head popped up and she was beat red from laughing. She giggled again.
"But…" Inuyasha's face went blank, "I thought you were crying!"
"Well I was…but only because I laughed so hard!" She said still giggling. Inuyasha's rage returned now that he knew she wasn't crying. He formed a fist, claws digging into his hand.
"Why the HELL did you sit me!"
"Because…you called me a wench! YOU THINK I LIKE BEING CALLED A WENCH!"
Souta stood in the doorway.
"She goes from laughing uncontrollably, to yelling at him." He said to himself shaking his head.
The argument continued for a very long time. No one dared enter the living room because InuYasha had threatened them not to, from which he received a sit in return for his "politeness". The only thing that made them stop arguing was when dusk approached and the sun went down transforming InuYasha human.
"This is stupid" Kagome said and heard everyone in the other room agree. It was 7:00 PM and the telephone rang loudly. Usually InuYasha would have covered his ears but because he had human ears he didn't have to. Kagome ran to the phone and answered it.
"Hai, Higurashi Residence." She said quietly for her voice was fading from all the screaming.
"KAGOMEE! It's US! How are you feeling?" Came the voice of her friends Yuki, Eri and Ayami.
Kagome groaned, "I'm perfectly healthy!" Then mumbled, "Except for my arm." InuYasha ran up and stood behind her looking at the phone over her shoulder. Yuki's voice came from the phone.
"Good! Since you are nice and healthy and it's not a school night we are coming to sleep over!"
"But I have InuYasha here! You-" Kagome started but was cut off by Ayami.
"He's there? Well that settles it! We are definitely coming over now!"
"But!" They hung up.
"Oh great! InuYasha, prepare to meet my friends! MAMA! YUKI, AYAMI AND ERI ARE SLEEPING OVER TONIGHT!" She yelled grabbing her throat as she yelled through the rooms.
"Come on!" Kagome said pulling him into the living room and seeing that the music network was still on she pushed him on the couch and told him to stay. Buyo tried to sneak around the couch unnoticed but InuYasha saw him and grabbed him instantly, playing with him like usual. Kagome ran in the kitchen where her mom and grandfather were having tea.
"Gramps do you have any old clothes that would fit InuYasha? Or mama, does Souta have any?" Kagome asked frantically.
"Well no honey, only Gramps' old priest outfit…what's wrong with what he's wearing now?" Kagome's mom asked.
"I don't think my friends will like his clothes that he has on."
"Do you have time to go to the thrift store?"
"I can make some!" She said jumping up, "Just a sec!" Kagome ran to the phone and called back Ayami, Yuki and Eri asking them if they could come later because she had to go to the store for a little while. They agreed that they would come as soon as she called. She ran back into the kitchen and bent over her hands on her knees; breathing heavily.
"Okay! I got a lot of time now! … Can I have some money to buy him some clothes?" Kagome said trying to look as cute as possible. Mrs. Higurashi stuffed her hand into her pocket and pulled out 5000 yen for Kagome (about $50).
"Thank you thank you thank you!" Kagome shouted as she ran out of the room. Kagome ran into the living room and found InuYasha inches away from the TV screen. He was watching a make up band and every time the lead singer came on the screen he would poke at the earring on his left ear.
"InuYasha? What are you DOING?" Kagome asked loudly stepping forward. InuYasha flipped around.
"Can I have one?"
"What, an earring?" Kagome said. He's finally lost it!
"If you really want one…sure" she finished, sweatdropping. Then she remembered she was in a rush to go get InuYasha some new clothes. Kagome started to run out of the room and InuYasha watched her confused. She grabbed his hand and started to drag him out the door.
As he bounced on the floor he attempted to talk.
"WHERE…oomph…ARE…WE…ouch…GOING!"
"We're going to the store and you're coming." Kagome said still dragging him.
"STOP!" He yelled and Kagome let go. They were standing in front of the steps to go off of the grounds.
InuYasha stood up growling.
"Why do I have to come?"
"Because we are going because of YOU! And anyway…didn't you want an earring?" Inuyasha's angry face faded and he started down the steps. Kagome stood there for a moment and started to run down after him. She tripped and InuYasha turned around and caught her.
"Thanks!"
"Which way is the store?" InuYasha asked.
"That way." Kagome said pointing right with her good arm. InuYasha then picked her up, bride style. He ran down the stairs and in the direction she pointed. He ran a couple blocks until Kagome shouted for him to stop. They stood next to a little building with racks of clothes and a little cashier in the corner.
"Come on let's go in." Kagome said jumping out of his arms. Kagome pushed the door open and a bell jingled. She held open the door and InuYasha walked in.
Kagome walked quickly to a rack with jeans on it. She started flipping through the jeans and pulled out two pairs. Kagome shoved the jeans into his arms and walked over to the shirt rack. She pulled out a plain red shirt and a plain black shirt. She shoved the two shirts into his arms on top of the jeans and pushed him into the dressing room.
"Try these on and come out and show me." Kagome ordered taking one pair of jeans and one shirt out of his hands leaving the others.
InuYasha muttered, "Such weird clothes."
Kagome stood for almost 5 minutes before he came out, shirt on backwards. After straightening him and looking him over Kagome sent him back into the change room to try on the black shirt and some sandals she found while waiting. InuYasha came out with the shirt on right this time.
Kagome took off the tags to the clothes he was wearing and walked up to the counter.
"Is it alright that he wears the clothes out?" She asked the clerk who was a very short balding old man. InuYasha still stood in the change room.
"Hai." The clerk replied taking the tags from Kagome.
"InuYasha come here, and bring your kimono with you." InuYasha grabbed up his red pile of clothes and walked up next to Kagome. Kagome handed the clerk the money.
"Would you like a bag for those clothes?" the clerk asked pointing to the fire rat cloth.
"Hai please!" Kagome answered, "Thank you!"
Once outside the store InuYasha looked a little antsy.
"Oh yes…and now for the earring." Kagome said as she walked down the sidewalk. InuYasha followed.
"Will it hurt? Getting an earring?" InuYasha asked with a whimper.
"Well not really…it doesn't hurt as much as some of the things YOU have gone through…it barely hurts at all."
InuYasha walked and talked until they came to a tattoo parlor. This time InuYasha held the door open for her. Kagome walked up to the counter.
"He" she stabbed a thumb over her shoulder at InuYasha, "wants to get his ear pierced!"
The man behind the counter was unlike whom you would imagine a tattoo artist to look like. He was skinny and nerdy…but he did have a couple tattoos on his arms.
"Please sit down" the boy said pointing to a stool in the corner (InuYasha flinched when he said sit). InuYasha walked over and sat on it as the boy grabbed a piercing gun and walked over to where InuYasha sat.
"Which one would you like?" the boy asked holding out his hand which held four different earrings. One was a silver hoop like earring and another was a gold hoop. The last ones were a silver stud and a gold stud, rounded on the end. InuYasha pointed to the silver hoop and the boy prepared it in the piercing gun.
I never thought I would have been watching InuYasha get his ear pierced…this is like an odd dream.
The boy pushed Inuyasha's hair backand aligned the gun on his ear. With a small click the earring was in and InuYasha was screaming in pain.
"Like I said before, you're a big baby!" Kagome said being embarrassed by Inuyasha's foolishness. After he finished yelling InuYasha looked at it in the mirror. Kagome handed the boy the money and they started home.
"How's your arm?" InuYasha asked half way home.
"It hurts sometimes." Kagome noticed Inuyasha's head fall with guilt so she added, "but it's not that bad!"
When they got home it was 8:30. Everyone commented on how nice InuYasha looked as Kagome phoned her friends.
"Cool earring InuYasha! Mama can I have an earring?"
"No Souta…very nice InuYasha." Mrs. Higurashi added with a smile. Kagome walked in.
"They'll be here any minute. Come on InuYasha lets go to my room." Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's hand and he looked down at it for a moment then followed her up the stairs.
They entered the familiar room. Kagome's bed on the right and her desk on the left, a closet on the back wall and a window on the far wall. The window was very familiar to InuYasha because he had entered her room many times through there. Kagome sat down on the bed and patted a spot next to her so he would sit. After InuYasha sat Kagome started talking.
"If anyone asks you are 17 years old and you are my boyfriend!"
"WHAT! I'm not your boyfriend!" InuYasha yelled.
"You're also not 17! Please, my friends think you are my boyfriend…"
"Alright! But only for tonight!" InuYasha grumbled crossing his arms.
"This is going to be a long night." Kagome sighed falling back onto the bed. InuYasha fell back next to her. Kagome looked over at him and was shocked at how close their faces were. Kagome moved closer and quickly kissed him on the nose. Inuyasha's head snapped back.
"What the HELL?"
"Sorry! But it wiggled!" Kagome giggled.
Kagome's friends arrived a few minutes later and Kagome ran down the stairs, skipping them two at a time. InuYasha followed her very slowly, taking his time down the steps. Kagome greeted them each with a small hug with her good arm. InuYasha watched from the middle of the stairs behind a wall so no one could see him, yet.
As long as I stay here they wont see me…hopefully Kagome doesn't bring them to me.
"So Kagome where's this mystery man you've waited so long to show us!" Came the voice of Eri.
"Shit." InuYasha muttered to himself as he began to run back to Kagome's bedroom.
"Oh…I think he's in my room…but be nice he has a temper…oh and don't touch him…he's very sensitive about his ears." Ayami, Eri and Yuki grabbed their bags and started up the stairs.
InuYasha was found in Kagome's room lying on Kagome's bed both hands behind his head and his knees up. One leg was crossed over the other and his foot was bobbing up and down. His eyes were covered with his hair but you could clearly see that they were closed.
"Kagome is he sleeping?" Eri asked quietly.
"No." Came the low voice of InuYasha. Kagome blushed. He's going to try and act cool. That's when Kagome noticed that the Tetsusaiga was hanging off his waist.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelped and ripped the Tetsusaiga away, throwing it in her closet.
"HEY! Why the hell did you take that!" InuYasha yelled standing up forming a fist.
"InuYasha…" Kagome said nervously in an almost whisper, "Not now…" InuYasha growled and was silent.
"Kagome come here!" Yuki yelled grabbing Kagome's arm and pulling her out of the room. After closing the door the four girls stood in a huddle.
"Kagome! What are you doing? He's totally not your type!" Ayami whispered.
"And what exactly IS my type?" Kagome retorted.
"Well…the guy can't yell…" Yuki started.
"Yeah… but…" Kagome agreed.
"And they can't make fists at you…" Eri continued.
"Yeah but he can be sweet and…he protects me and…well I love him." Kagome said blushing profusely.
"But Kagome!"
"Stoppit, this is ridiculous!" Kagome yelled Standing up and going back in the bedroom where InuYasha was spinning in Kagome's chair.
"So done your little 'chat'?" InuYasha teased still spinning.
"Yes…we are!" Kagome moved up close to InuYasha and whispered in his ear, "Try to be nicer, just for tonight."
"Feh! …All right fine!"
The four girls stayed up and talked, and talked, and talked…and talked. InuYasha had to escape to Souta's room to keep sane.
"Don't worry InuYasha, eventually they will fall asleep." InuYasha ripped at his hair.
"When is that?" He asked frantically.
"Well," Souta looked at the clock; "It's 12:30…so give them about half an hour." InuYasha let out a deep growl. Suddenly the three girls stopped talking; InuYasha waited a couple minutes before creeping into Kagome's room. Her friends were all snoring in their sleeping bags on the floor. Kagome sat in the corner knees pulled up to her chest and her forehead rested on her broken arm.
Is she sleeping? He wondered. He tiptoed over to her, stepping over legs and arms. Placing both hands on her shoulders he gently shook her. She did not raise her head but she mumbled.
"InuYasha, I'm awake…so stop shaking me." She slowly raised her head in a smug fashion. She looked into his eyes and once again found a comfortable place. InuYasha sat down to the left of her. After a few moments of silence Kagome fell over and leaned on Inuyasha's shoulder. InuYasha slid away.
"What are you doing?" He whispered deeply.
"I'mmm tired" Kagome moaned covering her mouth as she yawned. InuYasha patted her head.
"You know I never had fun with Kikyo…well not as much as with you."
"InuYasha…please, please don't go back to her!" Kagome whined on her knees her hands clasped together.
InuYasha smiled and leaned forward. InuYasha kissed her on the tip of her nose. Kagome grabbed her nose.
"Sorry, but it wiggled." He laughed.
"You dare mock me!" Kagome said a little louder. InuYasha, being the dumb one he is, actually thought that Kagome was mad and cowered for a moment. Kagome giggled.
"Grr, when can we go back?"
"Well we'll wait till just before sunrise, then we'll sneak out. I'll tell my mom to tell them," Kagome pointed at her three friends, "that I had to go to your house," Kagome pointed at him, "And I wont be back for…a while, maybe a week?"
InuYasha agreed. Kagome told him to change back into his kimono. At 3 am Kagome suggested that they should get going.
"You go on down, I'll catch up because I need to write a note for my mum." InuYasha stepped over the three girls once again and headed down the stairs. Kagome grabbed a pen and a piece of paper. Kagome wrote:
Mom,
We had to go, please tell my friends that I will not be back for a while, not that I'm sick, I'm on a trip!
Love Kagome.
After slipping the note under her mom's bedroom door she snatched her jewel shards and her bag. Kagome ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. InuYasha had his kimono shirt filled to the brim with ramen cups.
"What are you doing! Are you trying to steal my ramen?" InuYasha started to run towards the door.
I'm going to regret this! "SIT BOY!" She whispered fiercely. Luckily the floor didn't break through but the house made a huge booming sound. InuYasha pried himself off the floor and STARTED RUNNING AGAIN! The ramen cups were completely crushed yet he still ran.
"InuYasha SIT!" He was outside by this time. Once again InuYasha pulled himself up and started running. What's he doing? Kagome sweatdropped.
"Sit…sit…sitsitsitsit!" InuYasha lied on the ground but this time didn't stand.
"InuYasha are you okay!" Kagome ran to him.
"What'd you do that FOR!" he yelled jumping up and into her face.
Very calmly Kagome replied with, "You were stealing my ramen." she yawned. InuYasha growled deeply.
The sun started to break over the surface of mount Fuji. InuYasha pulsed. His hair bleached white, his ears went back to his normal dog-ears (except the earring that glinted in the sun), his teeth grew to fangs and his nails grew to claws.
"Omigosh!" Kagome heard and Inuyasha's ears twitched. Kagome flipped around and saw Eri staring out her window.
"EEP! InuYasha run to the well!" Kagome yelled pointing. Oh crap! We forgot the Tetsusaiga in my closet!
"Pass through the two dimensions I'll catch up!" Kagome yelled after him as she made a break for her bedroom. In the door, up the stairs and quietly into her room. Kagome was instantly noticed by Eri, the other two were sleeping.
"What are you doing?" She asked crossing her arms.
Think Kagome think…what to say…uh I'll try pretending it's a dream world!
"I'm going to, the magic world, of Kagome…yeah" Just liked she hoped Eri played along.
"Can I come too Kagome?" Eri asked with a big yawn.
"Nope only I can get there…so if you'll excuse me…" Kagome opened the closet door and grabbed the sword, "I'll just be leaving!" And with that Kagome darted out the door.
Soon she was outside and on her way to the well house. She slammed the door open and saw InuYasha was already gone. Skipping all the stairs Kagome leaped and landed in the well. The blue light engulfed her and she looked up. The well house was gone; it was a beautiful day in the feudal Japan.
She started to climb up which proved to be hard with a sword and a backpack both hanging off her good arm. After a little while she gave up trying to climb and hung there waiting for help. She was looking up at the blue sky when the familiar Kitsune face appeared.
"Kagome!" Shippo squealed.
"Hey Shippo! Could you help me get out?"
"Sure!" Shippo jumped into the well and fell past her all the way to the bottom. His plan was to transform into the balloon type thing and float them both to the top.
"TRANSFORM!" The bottom of the well filled with Shippo when they realized they were both stuck now. Kagome looked down and laughed a little. It looked like a pink bouncy castle, she thought about dropping but then Shippo turned back to his normal self.
"Shippo go get someone because I know you aren't strong enough to pull me out." Shippo blushed. He climbed up and out of the well. Kagome's arm was shaking trying to hold her up. She couldn't hold on any more. She let go and someone grabbed her wrist. Kagome looked up and InuYasha was scowling as he held her tight. He lifted her out easily.
"Why didn't you but the bag on your back…or give it to me before I left! If you did I probably wouldn't have had to save you!" Kagome didn't answer; she only giggled.
"What are you laughing at!" Shippo was standing behind InuYasha. He has transformed into a very crude version of InuYasha and was imitating him.
"Shippo you forgot one thing!" She pointed out. Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's ear dragging him along with her. Kagome showed the InuYasha-Shippo his silver earring.
"What's that thing?" He asked as he transformed back to himself with a pop.
"It's called an earring." She explained. InuYasha growled and stormed off.
Kagome walked with Shippo back to Kaede's village. They met up with Sango and Miroku in a small hut and Kagome began to explain yesterday's events.
Meanwhile Someplace in Naraku's Castle
Naraku called for his minion, Kanna, "Kanna! Come in here."
"Yes Naraku." Replied the emotionless girl as she walked in the room with mirror in hands.
"I need entertainment. This castle becomes very dull. Show me someone happy, maybe I could ruin their life." (He's so evil )
Kanna's mirror started to show pictures of people in which Naraku would disapprove of. Finally her mirror stopped on Kagome. Naraku recognized her face and chose her as his victim.
"Yes, I'm going to play a very good trick on Kagome, and while I'm at it I will take her jewel shards! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
Kagome talked with Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kaede for a very long time and before she knew it, it was dinnertime. InuYasha still hadn't come back so Kagome went out looking for him.
InuYasha sat in his tree, occasionally sniffing the air to see if it was dinnertime yet. He sniffed the air one last time and to his delight smelled Kaede's cooking. He hopped down from the tree and sniffed the air again.
"Wait, I don't only smell Kaede's food…I smell, Naraku!" Inuyasha's hand shot down to grab the handle of Tetsusaiga but before his hand could reach it a barrier trapped him around the torso.
"Damn it! I can't move my arms!" InuYasha fell to the ground. After a lot of struggling he stood up and slowly began walking to Kaede's hut.
Kagome walked for a little while calling Inuyasha's name quietly. The dark and spooky atmosphere was making her jumpy. She remembered that he liked to sit at the sacred god tree so she headed in that direction. Kagome walked through the forest for a little while until she neared the sacred tree. She looked around the tree and there she saw InuYasha talking intently to Kikyo.
What's he doing, I thought he…he promised he'd never go back to her, HE PROMISED! Kagome felt sick but she still couldn't look away.
It's just like last time I caught him with her, but he promised.
That's when Kagome remembered what Inuyasha said to her a while ago. "She is more important than you'll ever be!"
No he apologized for that, and maybe he's telling her that he decided to be with me. I hope.
InuYasha continued talking to Kikyo but Kagome couldn't make out what he was saying.He placed both hands on Kikyo's waist and then pulled her into a deep kiss, tongue and all.
He, he…but he promised!
Kagome started to run away and as soon as she was in a clearing she fell to her knees. Kagome felt sick to her stomach. She was so shocked she couldn't even cry; she gasped at the air like a fish out of the bowl. Kagome put her hands on the ground and pushed herself up. She started running again; not to Kaede's village or to the bone eaters well, just to where ever.
InuYasha struggled and then the barrier just vanished, as did the smell of Naraku. "Damn it what the hell was that?" InuYasha muttered aloud as he quickly ran back to Kaede's hut.
Everyone was eating quietly.
"Oh InuYasha, did ye run ahead of Kagome?" Kaede asked as she handed him a bowl of soup.
"No I haven't seen her. Where is she?"
Miroku lifted his head and looked at InuYasha, "She went out to find you."
DUM DUM DUM! Will Kagome ever find out if naraku was playing tricks on her...and before she does will she push inuyasha out of her life? All these questions and more answered...later...Review and i'll not only give you cookies but i'll give you...an ELEPHANT! (i love elephants...and ZEBRAS!)