Chapter Four

"i'm home..!"

Kagome took off her shoes and entered the house. She glanced back and saw Inuyasha standing behind, looking awkward and embarrassed. "Inuyasha? Come in, make yourself at home." Inuyasha gave a faint nod and followed suit.

Suddenly, a small boy ran out and froze. "INUYASHA?" Souta, Kagome's younger brother looked at Inuyasha and gasped. "What happened to you?"

Kagome gave Souta a warning look to shut him up. Inuyasha raised his eyebrows and looked at Souta. "Who is this?"

Kagome gave a sigh and answered," He's my brother, Souta..." She shooed him to his room, and turned back to Inuyasha. "Just, make yourself at home. I'll go make ramen..."

"RAMEN? Man, I love that..." He grinned from ear to ear. Kagome smiled gratefully. Inuyasha liked that too... She went into the kitchen and made lunch. After a few minutes, she placed the bowls of ramen on the table and Inuyasha grabbed a bowl and started eating it hungrily.

"Wow, you seemed really hungry. Didn't you eat lunch just now?" Kagome said, her head resting on the table. Inuyasha stopped and with a mouthful of ramen, he replied, "hoopid girls..." He swallowed the ramen and continued, "They were bothering me. Fancy tagging along with me whenever I go. One even followed me into the toilet!" He stopped and noticed that Kagome was giggling. "What's so funny?" He glared at Kagome.

Kagome sighed and replied, "Nothing... "She stopped and gave a yawn. Inuyasha looked unconvinced, "Just spit it, won't ya? Keh, girls."

Kagome knew better that she should not argue, or it will never end. She merely gave a shrug and said, "Well, Inuyasha, I'll be going up to my room for a short nap. Souta will entertain you. I'll come down in a short while..." She stood up and hesitated. "And... don't come into my room." She gave a soft smile and went up the stairs.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome leaving the dining table and glanced back at his bowl of ramen noodles. "Higurashi's a weird girl, but at least she makes good ramen."

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Kagome threw herself on the bed, gave another yawn and stretched her limbs. She laid on her pillow and thought, " Inuyasha... I wonder if you can remember about this place? I'll bring you to the shrine later... " And soon enough, she fell into deep slumber.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha finished his three bowls of ramen (Kagome made three bowls, for Souta, herself and Inuyasha, but apparently, Souta seemed to have disappeared and Kagome went to her room without eating) Inuyasha knew his manners, surprisingly. He took the bowls and placed it in the sink. "Hmm... I wonder what Higurashi is up to now.."

Suddenly. Souta burst into the kitchen and ran towards Inuyasha, tugging his jeans. Then, Souta started bombarding Inuyasha with endless questions.

"Inuyasha! What happened to you?"

Inuyasha looked at Souta quizzically.Great, here he goes again..."What do you mean by what happened to me? I'm perfectly NORMAL..." He glanced at his reflection in the water in the sink, quite uncertain as Souta sounded convincing.

Souta pouted and pointed to his hair. "Why is your hair so short? DId you cut your hair? And why is it black at this time? Its supposed to be silvery white!" Inuyasha stopped him.

"What do you mean? I'm supposed to have long silvery white hair? You call that normal? Why are you describing ME as some sort of FREAK?"

"Well.." Souta paused and scratched his head, " why are you calling yourself a freak? Inuyasha, you're hanyou, with dog ears!" Souta was oblivious to the tense atmosphere. He grinned and pretended to rub the dog ears in the air and started to imitate Inuyasha's Iron Reaver Soul Stealer.

Inuyasha stood there, not knowing what to say. This is getting out of hand. First, Higurashi, then its Miroku. Now this kid. He took a step backwards and said nervously, "I do not know what you're talking about. I've been LIKE this the whole time...I'm off." He decided to go upstairs to inform Kagome he's leaving.

He approached the room, which was the only door that was closed. He opened the door quietly, and saw Kagome sleeping on her bed, the room was spick and span. He entered and wanted to tap Kagome on the shoulder to wake her up, but he turned and looked at her desk. Something caught his eyes.

Instead, he went to her desk and saw a shiny gold locket, and a few photos upside down. He took the locket and opened it, gasped when he saw the contents. He peered at the picture of the freak that Souta described. The freak in the picture looked exactly like him! He noticed the sharp canine teeth, the long silvery white hair and the two dog ears the person in the picture has. He quickly closed it and placed the locket back on the table. This is ridiculous! How can some freak look exactly like me? He hesitated again, and took the photos and saw more of the freak-looking guy and Kagome together. Suddenly, he heard Kagome stir in her sleep. He quickly placed the photos back and looked at her.

"Inu..yasha..." Kagome mumbled audibly.

Inuyasha stared at her as she mumbled his name. What is she dreaming about?

Kagome frowned in her dream and repeated, "Inuyasha... please... don't die. don't leave me.." Inuyasha stared at her incredibly. This time, Inuyasha was freaked out and firightened, which seemed to be the first time in his life. What is going on? And who is that freak who looked like me? No...

Inuyasha opened the door forcefully and ran down the stairs. Meanwhile, Kagome suddenly woke up from the noises Inuyasha caused as he stormed down the stairs. She noticed that her door was open. Inuyasha.. he.. came in? She quicikly got out of bed and saw the photos and locket on her desk, not at their original positions. He saw them...

Kagome quickly ran down the stairs and looked out of the door, and saw Inuyasha running away down the road. Her heat sank as she realised that Inuyasha may not be able to accept this. Gomen... Kagome said, as she watched Inuyasha disappear into the sunset...

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A/N: I'm really sorry if this chapter is too short! And thanks for the reviews again. (:

Also, thanks to jon58840 and NeuroticallyDignified for answering my question about the Shikon No Tama.

I'll try my very best to update soon, with a new chapter. What will be Inuyasha's reaction when he meets Kagome in school the next day? Stay tuned. (: