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Inu smiled at her and replied," Yeah, We're house mates. Sessy and I pulled some money together and bought this land. We had this house built from scratch. There are ten rooms. A few rooms are used for storage; stuff for the instruments, other instruments, etc. We built one room especially for parties or get together's. It has board games," Inu got out of the car with Kagome in toll behind him," and game systems with any game you could think of. Stereos with different genres of music, including my personal favorite: metal." He gave her a wink then got his guitar from the back seat. All Kagome could do was smile and wonder what the rest of the day would bring.

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Chapter 14
Record Straight

Inuyasha and Kagome walked into his house, guitar in hand, both lost in thought.. Miroku was chatting away, oblivious to the inattention given to him. Inu rolled his eyes at his friend's antics and continued to indulge himself in his daydreams. 'Kagome and I almost kissed; we spent two hours just talking in a small cafe, we work well together with music. We listen to each other. What more could a guy want?..' he paused for a moment,' No, I can deal without that for a while.'

Kagome, her daydreams bringing a blush to her cheeks, blissfully accepted any and all images flashing and playing in her mind, until Inu decided to interrupt them. "Do you want me to show you around more? Last time you were here, you never went past the kitchen or practice room." Kagome nodded her head with a bashful smile.

Inu returned a smile and began to move throughout the house, starting with the living room. The downstairs consisted of three full bathrooms, the living room, the kitchen with walk in dining room, and three small guestrooms. Walking up the stairs to go to the second level, Inu slipped his hand into Kagome's and entwined his fingers with hers. Kagome blushed heavily but continued to hold his hand. The second story had four medium sized bedrooms, each with a bathroom connected and walk-in closet, several hallway closets, and two full bathrooms. (A/N: You know, so guests can still go to the bathroom if the downstairs bathrooms were occupied without having to go into a bedroom.) Inu showed Kagome where Sango's room was, where Miroku's room was, and the game room, which had every game system and video system imaginable: X-Box, PS2, Nintendo-64, DVD player, VCR, even their own little theatre with movie reel. Kagome looked around and noticed several bookshelves, used to shelf movies and games. She looked at a few games and kept a mental note of which she would like to try out.

Inu took her along to the third level, which had his room, Sesshy's room, and an extra guestroom. Inu smiled at her curiosity and love for the well decorated room that he so enjoyed staying. Silver-metallic paint glimmered on the walls, a strip of red for the trim, along with a few symbols written in Japanese. All the doors and frames were painted black, a silver doorknob accompanied the silver paint. Inu had a 5-disk changing CD player, with built-in radio and AM/FM radio, sitting on a shelf attached to the wall. Below was many CD carrying cases, stuffed to the max with bought and burnt CDs. Plasma screen t.v. sat atop a curio cabinet; the cabinet filled with many knick-knacks collected over the years. Beside the t.v. sat a DVD player with a stack of movies placed on top.

A large, rusty sword hung on the wall above the head of the bed, still inside its sheath. Kagome looked at it with a grave interest. Something about the sword made Kagome want to touch it. Inu glanced at Kagome and noticed that she was looking intently at the sword. "Its name is Tetsuaiga." Kagome turned to look at him, ready for whatever story her was going to tell. "It's been in my family for thousands of years. My father passed it down to me when he died. Sesshomaru kept it put up until I was old enough to keep from hurting myself." Inu looked at the sword with an immense amount of pride.

Kagome squeezed his hand lightly. A clock on the bedside table read 3:10 p.m. and she sighed, lowering her head, knowing that she would have to go home and apologize to her mother for yelling at her, then leaving without a word as to where she was going or when she would be back.

"Are you ok, Kagome?" Inu asked worriedly.

Kagome nodded and looked at him, a fake smile plastered on her angelic face. Inu raised an eyebrow and asked. " Are you sure? You're not lying, are you? You know I can tell when you are, you know."

Kagome blushed lightly and said, "I just don't want to go home. I said earlier that my mom and I had an argument. I left with you and now we're here. I haven't talked to her all day."

Inu looked seriously into Kagome's eyes. "Do you want to call her, or stay the night here? You can have your pick of room. Speaking of which, I have an idea. Pick any room you want, decorate it, and when you need or want to stay, you'll have a room ready and waiting."

Kagome nodded and smiled brilliantly then said immediately, "I want the one next to this one."

Inu chuckled lightly and said, "Ok. It's yours." He looked deeply into her eyes and placed one hand on her cheek, gently stroking it with his thumb. He slowly started closing the space between them, continuing to look her in the eyes. Their lips were just centimeters apart when the bedroom door swung open with such force that if there had been no door stopper, the doorknob would have left a crater in the wall. "DAMNIT!" Inu straightened up with an annoyed/angered look on his face, his arms tensed by his side with his hands balled into fists. He looked at the intruder with the intent of murder written in his eyes.

Sango gave Inu a 'do-not-touch-her' look and demanded, "Where have you been, Inuyasha?" Then with a sweet and innocent tone and look, she said, "Hi, Kagome. How are you?"

Inu narrowed his eyes and replied, "Why does it matter where I was? You and Miroku are still alive!"

Sango gave a sarcastic 'Ha' then said, "Yeah, after him groping me about fifty times and just as many slaps on his face."

Inu sighed and ran his hand through his hair, careful of the claws. "Look, Sango, I went to the park to work on some tunes. Ok?"

Sango lowered her anger level, but still harshly replied, "You still should have said something about where you were going."

Inu sighed again and looked down to the floor. 'Kagome and I just get together and yet, I cannot even kiss her. A simple kiss!'

Kagome looked back and forth between the two figures passing words to each other. She felt left out, like she didn't belong. She wanted to leave, but she didn't want to leave Inu behind, so she stayed. 'Maybe Sango will leave soon,' she thought hopefully.

Sango sighed and crossed her arms across her chest. "I'm going to leave now. Next time, leave a note or something. Some people in this house DO worry about their friends." She left and quietly closed the bedroom door.

Inu groaned and collapsed onto his bed. Kagome walked over to the bed and sat down beside Inu, looking down at him with sympathy. Inu grabbed her hand and said, "She's right. Some people do care about me. I do this shit all the time. Please don't get angry if I do it to you."

Kagome smiled at him and squeezed his hand gently. Then, letting go slowly, she stood up and walked over to the curio, looking at the DVD cases. Inu put his hands behind his head and watched her. Kagome pulled a DVD out from the stack and turned around to face Inu, holding the DVD up and a pout on her face. Inu nodded and said, "Do you want some popcorn or something to drink?"

Kagome said," I don't really like popcorn, but I'll eat some if you make it, and if you don't mind, a drink would be nice."

Inu smiled at her politeness and nodded while standing. Kagome moved over to the other side of the curio. Inu slowly stalked up to her, reached around her to get something and bring it back around for her to see. He smiled as she realized it was popcorn he had brung around. She chuckled lightly at his playfulness. Inu slowly turned around and walked over to one of the nightstands beside the bed. He knelt down and opened a door to reveal a mini-microwave, sitting atop a mini refrigerator. Putting the popcorn in the microwave, Inuyasha opened the mini refrigerator door and grabbed a Pepsi. He turned to look at Kagome and asked, "I have Pepsi, Mt. Dew, and Coca-Cola."

Kagome smiled and said, "Pepsi, please." Inu turned back to get another Pepsi while Kagome sat down at the end of the bed.

"Have you seen that movie before?" Inu asked as he spun around to face Kagome.

Kagome turned to him with an eyebrow raised. "Are you kidding? The Fifth Element is my favorite movie. I love it."

Inu sat on the side of the bed and rolled over to the other side, his side, with drinks still in his hand. He looked at her with a sheepish smile and placed the drinks on coasters, then picked up the DVD player remote and pressed play. When Kagome looked at him, he patted the space beside him.

The microwave signaled the end of the heating period. Kagome walked over to the microwave and removed the bag, careful of the steam, then crawled over the to sit beside Inuyasha and settled herself comfortably. Inu placed his arm around Kagome and snuggled up to her. Kagome laid the popcorn between, picked a few pieces from the bag, and popped them in her mouth.

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Sango paced impatiently while Miroku sat quietly, reading a book and listening to Sango's consistent babbling, at the barstool under the island in the kitchen. "They've been up there for almost 2 hours! What could they be doing?"

Miroku chuckled lightly and said, "My dear Sango, there's many things that they could be doing," Sango gave Miroku a death glare, which he saw from the corner of his eye, then added, "but I believe they are watching a movie." He put his book down and looked at Sango completely. "I was going to ask Inuyasha a question, but when I got to the bedroom door, I heard what sounded like a movie, and deep conversation about the movie."

Sango sighed and sat down in the barstool next to Miroku. "I just get worried. I mean, Kagome is an innocent young girl. We both know how Inuyasha get. I just don't want to see Kagome be hurt by Inuyasha… Especially with her mother being our record dealer. That and she's like the younger sister I never had."

Miroku laughed haughtily and said, "Sango, you worry too much."

Sango lightly punched Miroku on the shoulder and said, "Well, at least somebody around here does."

"You're not the only one, Sango." A deep, clam, spine tingling voice sounded from the door of the kitchen.

Sango and Miroku turned around and almost died of a heart attack. The owner of the voice was Sesshomaru. His girlfriend, Rin, stood slightly behind him. "Sesshy, you worry?"

Sesshomaru chuckled lightly and said, "Of course I do. I just don't let anyone know about it."

"Yeah, no kidding." Miroku muttered under his breath.

"I heard that, Hentai." Sesshomaru said in a dangerously low voice.

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After the movie, Kagome and Inuyasha sat on the bed, facing each other, and talked about any and everything that came to mind. Inu found Kagome's ticklish spot and continue to torture her. Kagome, laughing hard with tears in her eyes, got the hiccups. They had to stop playing for a while, but continued to talk. When Kagome looked at the clock again, her mood quickly diminished. Inu frowned and said, "Kagome, you don't have to go home. You can stay here."

Kagome nodded her head and said, "I know, but if I don't, my mom will get angry."

Inu said, "You're old enough to take care of yourself."

Kagome heaved a sigh and said, " I know, Inu, but I think I need to go home. I don't want my mom to distrust me."

Inu nodded and kissed her lightly on her forehead while wrapping his arms gently around her waist. "Ok, Kagome. I'll take you home. Just remember, if you need me, I'm here. Sango's here, too. She'll help you out whenever you need it." Kagome nodded against his chest and took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.

The two walked out of the room and to the kitchen where the rest of the house guests were. Miroku greeted Kagome with a warm smile, down on one knee and her hand is his. "My Lady Kagome, would you do me the honor of…"

Before he had time to finish his infamous pick-up line, Inuyasha had hit him on the head with his fist, knocking him unconscious. Inu crossed his arms a humphed, looking down with a sneer. "Watch it, hentai. You touch her and I'll rip your hands off."

Miroku just continued to lie on the floor with a bruise forming on his head.

Kagome said her goodbyes to the group and left with Inuyasha. The ride to the Higurashi Shrine was quiet with both passengers lost in thoughts. When Inuyasha stopped the car in front of the long flight of stairs, he looked at Kagome caringly. "If you need me," he reached over to the glove compartment and pulled out a pen and piece of paper, then wrote something down, "this is my home and cell number. My cell is always on. I wrote Sango's number on there, too. Just in case you need a female to talk to." He gave her a wink and handed the paper to Kagome. Kagome smiled and nodded.

Kagome opened the car door and put one leg out the door before hesitating. She looked at Inu once more, leaned over and gave him a quick, gentle kiss on the lips. " I really enjoyed being with you today." She smiled sweetly and got out of the car, closing the door softly, but securely.

Inuyasha sighed and put his head on the steering wheel. He stayed for a few minutes, trying to calm his racing heart and flushed face, before he slowly drove off.

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Kagome timidly walked through the door to her house, looking around nervously before continuing into the house. She heard water running and banging coming from inside the kitchen. She walked towards the sound and looked around the corner of the doorway. She paused, still hidden from the view of the occupants. Her mother stood at the sink washing dishes while Scott, her mother's new "boyfriend", stood behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist. Kagome blinked back tears and tried to steady her breath while pushing back memories of her parents together. When she was confident that she looked decent enough for her mother not to worry, she took one last breath and entered the kitchen, clearing her throat to gain the attention of her mother and Scott. Kagome's mother looked at her, worry, pain and anger filled her eyes. Kagome mentally flinched. She found it hard to look her mother directly in the eye. Scott gave Kagome's mother a light kiss on the cheek before walking out of the room past Kagome. Kagome kept her eyes in front of her, never taking a second glance at Scott as he passed by. Kagome's mother continued to wash the dishes, not once looking back at her daughter. Kagome sighed and said quietly, "I know I overreacted this morning," she paused to watch her mother, "but what would you have done in my shoes?"

Kagome's mother turned around slowly while drying her hand on a dish towel. "Kagome, I'm not upset at your outburst this morning about the news. What I AM upset about is the fact that you never called. Not once while you were out did you call to tell me where you were at or when you would be home. You've been gone since six-thirty this morning and it's almost five-thirty now."

Kagome nodded her head, knowing her mother, like all sad, worried, frustrated mothers, would give her one of the biggest guilt trips of her life. She wished that she was still with Inuyasha, watching movies, singing songs while playing the guitar, having a good time. She let her mind go free, her mother still talking to her.

"Kagome, why did you react the way you did with Scott?" Her mother asked seriously.

Kagome just looked at her mother. 'Why DID I act like that? Was I jealous? Was I hurt?'

"I don't know, Mom." She replied softly, but seriously.

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A/N: oOOoo… A cliffy… Wonder what happens next. You'll just have to wait and find out. Sorry for the long awaited update. School's finally out, but I'm still lazy. LoL… Anyway. I promise to update as much as I can. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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Next time: Inu and Kagome meet up with the rest of the group. What's this? A gig? Finally. A chance for Kagome to show off her talented voice. But what happens on stage?

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