Disclaimer: i dont own Inuyasha...
Well I'm sorry about the late update but I have been busy and I am kind of banned from the computer right now so the only time I can get on is late on weekends and the computer just kind of broke for about a day and a half so I lost precious typing time. So sorry about the wait but here it is (but first a few A/N)
Morgan: Thank you for my first review and done worry I will but you'll have to wait a bit before it ends...
Madam Hisui: Well thank you very much and yea I go heavy on the detail and it will get even more so in the next few chapters, and yes I worked very hard to get the characters correct or as close to the original characters as possible so thank you. Yes I have written the next chapter...see below but yes I hope you like what I decided to have InuYasha and Kagome do on their first evening in Kagome's time...
Amy: Thank you VERY much...I hope you enjoy it
Hillary/Sesshomarusqueen: THANK YOU very much for doing that I appreciate it a lot!! And I will try as hard as I can to update as quickly as I can.
Kagome: thank you and yea finally ok well mi was arguing with a friend and she said it was with and "o" and I said it was with an "a" but I had some doubts about it so I just let her win but I will fix that (eventually) and write it like that from now on. Thanks again and did I spell Sota right? Or is it Souta? (I argued about that one too)
Lily: K I will try to write more...(right now I cant stop writing I'm addicted to it) and yea my first fanfic but hopefully not the last...
Luci: I will I will don't worry it may take awhile to update but I will still write and yea I hooked someone!! Yea, thank you!!!
Katsurinia: thank you, yea, that was the hardest part thinking of a story to write about but I finally thought of one and I went with it and now I'm totally into it!! Yea the personalities I purposely did as much as I could...it was difficult at some times to keep to it but I tried my best and most of it I just did out of force of habit, I have been watching the episodes so I try to take the personality and put it into my stories...and don't worry you'll know what happens soon enough.
Rhia: thank you and here it is read on...
Moonlit Day: I do feel lucky, thank you soo much!!! Yea thanks I tried really hard to keep them I'm character as best as I could...and I mean as best as I could I watched a few episodes and then I just went from other occurrences I remember and what I want InuYasha and Kagome to "bend" towards in the story. Thanks you again and here it is the second chapter!! Enjoy!!
X-With Stars: oh don't worry I wont KILL him...hehe, jk, I wont do anything to bad but If it all went perfect the story would be boring so I hope you enjoy what I decide to do.
RingWriath14: ok, ok, I fixed the bumps and now the flashback paragraph is more organized (it is now numerous paragraphs) and some sentences are better worded. Thank you and don't worry I will...
Writer of Light: thanks
Ryguy5387: hehe sorry yea that is my major down point so I may have a few more of those along he way...grammar and spelling aren't my best areas but my detail and all is better...I love to right. And so here is chapter 2!!
CloackedChaos: thank you yea my first...but defiantly not my last, yea it's gonna be funny and now you don't have to wait here is chapter 2!!!
XIcEyxToMbOyx: ok Michelle, miss jibberish... I could read it but I doubt that anyone else could...the only reason that I could is that I know you and I talk to you every day. But yea thanks, yes "Songo" is Sango, but yea ha I am not supposed to be on but I am anyway my mom can't stop me while she is sleeping. hehe in as bad as you... I do write a lot I have it written it is just typing it up that slows me way down...but yea ill make you wait...hehe jk whenever I finish typing ill have it up k? Get on soon so you can read!!!Later
Ok enough chat, onto the story!!! Enjoy!!!
Chapter 2 Dinner Time!!
InuYasha jumps out of the well and the second his feet touch the ground Kagome jumps out of his arms, grabs his wrist and runs across the yard dragging him to the back door. He blinked in surprise as Kagome took control and was now pulling him across the shrine where she lived. She pulled the back door open and yanked InuYasha inside then quickly shut the door behind her. While telling her mom that she was now home, "hey mom I'm back!"
Her mother had heard them come in and was almost to the back door when she heard Kagome yell. She then came around the corner and smiled as she saw InuYasha, "why hello InuYahsa I'm glad that you could make it and come with us.
InuYasha looked at her and then just Feh'd as usual. Kagome rolled her eyes and then elbowed InuYasha in the ribs again, which were still a bit sore from when Kagome had elbowed him just a few moments ago. While saying "oh loosen up a bit InuYasha this is going to be fun!" InuYasha just gave her a look and then turned to look at Kagome's mom who had just stared speaking.
"Hey, you two would you like to help me make some dinner? I was just about to start it when you came in." Kagome's mother asked.
Before InuYasha could say anything Kagome piped up, "sure we'd love to!!"
Her mom then said "oh good, could you and InuYasha start he fried rice for me and ill start he fish." also before InuYasha could interrupt to say he didn't want to help.
He never did get his chance, at that moment Kagome handed him a strangely marked glass container and said, "Ok InuYasha, I want you to fill this with 4 cups of water and then get the minced vegetables out of the refrigerator, okay?"
InuYasha just stood there and blinked trying to absorb and make sense of everything that Kagome had just said to him. Kagome had her head in the pantry and was muttering something about where the rice was. InuYasha sighed and was about to say something when Kagome stood up again and looked at InuYasha, "what are you doing? Go get the water."
At first InuYasha just stared at her but then he said, "Kagome what is "4 cups" and what is this thing you gave me?"
It was now Kagome's turn to blink in surprise this time and then it hit her...'duh!! InuYasha doesn't know what a cup is and he defiantly doesn't know what a measuring cup is of how to use it...sorry InuYasha' "oh sorry InuYasha I forgot that you don't know about the modern era at all." InuYasha jut rolled his eyes and Kagome smiled she deserved that one. "Ok InuYasha" Kagome starts to explain, "this is a measuring cup" she places her hand on the top of the cup. "It measures how much of a liquid you have, see the red lines on the sides? Well those are measurements this is one cup" she said pointing to the line that has a one next to it on the cup scale. "And since we need 4 cups we need to go up higher to get to the 4 cups that we need ok?" InuYasha nods as he takes in what Kagome is trying to explain to him, then she continues "do you know were the 4 cup mark line is?" InuYasha thinks, using what Kagome had just told him and a little common sense he point to the 4-cup line. "Yea, you go it right InuYasha." Kagome praises him. "Now to properly measure you full the water up to were you think 4 cups is based on the line and then place it on the counter and wait for the water to get almost exactly calm and measure if it is not a 4 cups then add of get rid of water till you have 4 cups...it doesn't have to be exactly perfect but it has to be pretty close, ok?"
InuYasha nods to show he understands and then walks over to the sink were Kagome had told him to get the water from. Kagome's mother was currently working in the sink but smiles as she sees him walking over. InuYasha starts, "Kagome sent me over here to get water and asked me to get it while she get the rice out of the pantry-"
Kagome's mother smiled again and said, "I know dear, now come over here so I can show you how the sink works."
Kagome's mother had been watching Kagome and InuYasha the whole time and thought 'how sweet, she had mentioned something about him being "nicer" to her...ha Kagome you...' she let out a soft sight and smiled. 'So they are finally starting to get a bit friendlier to each other."
"Oh, dear" Kagome's mother said to InuYasha "this is what turns the water on and off as well as adjusts the temperature" she then gestures to the handle that came out of the top of the sink next the faucet. "You pull it up to get turn water on and push it down to turn it off, then if you rotate it to the right a little bit it heats the water up and if you rotate it to the left the water get cold. You have it dear?" InuYasha nods to show he understands as he fills up the measuring cup with cold water and Kagome's mother then goes back to work on the fish but not before tweaking one of InuYasha's ears. InuYasha groans but puts up with it.
He turns back to were Kagome is standing and places the water on the counter opposite from were Kagome is still struggling to pull the abnormally large bag of rice out of the pantry. InuYasha laughs and leans over and pulls the bag out with no problem leaving Kagome sitting on the floor panting. InuYasha places the bag of rice down next to Kagome and Kagome gives him an evil glare but then says "Thank you InuYasha" as InuYahsa helps her to her feet.
"Ok, we now need to pour enough of this rice into the pan over there to fill the bottom of it." She looked at InuYasha and then at the bag. "Hey InuYasha would you lend me a hand and carry the bag of rice over to the pan and pour it for me..It's a little bit heavy." InuYasha smirked and said "yea sure."
Kagome grabbed the stick of butter that was sitting on the counter and unwrapped it as InuYasha carried the bag of rice over to the frying pan. "Ok InuYahsa pour it nice and slow so I can tell you when that is enough." InuYasha nodded to show he understood and then start the pour the rice into the pan and when he had about the pan half full with a small pile in the middle Kagome told him to stop. He did so and she flattened the pile of rice out a little bit and then said, "This is perfect InuYasha you did a good job." She then dropped the butter into the pan and helped InuYasha put the rice away. On her way back to the frying pan she reached into the refrigerator and pulled out a small Ziploc bag of cut vegetables and put them in the pan as well. With InuYasha watching intently Kagome tuned on the burner under the frying pan and the pot with the 4 cups of water that InuYasha had measured earlier, Then started to fry the rice and vegetables until the rice was golden brown, once at that point Kagome took the rice and poured it into the now boiling water keeping the vegetables behind to cook some more.
Kagome was explaining everything that she did to InuYasha so that he would understand...the only thing he knew from the modern era was how to add hot water to instant Raman. She laughed at this thought and InuYasha took a break from his thinking to look up at her and growls since he didn't want to be disturbed while he was thinking so hard, "what now wench?"
Kagome just laughed and then said, "That is another thing we have to work on, your vocabulary...I don't want grandma to think your from the Stone Age" InuYasha glared at her and Kagome realized what she had said, "oh sorry InuYasha I didn't mean it like that its just that grandma wont be able to tell the difference between the stone age and the feudal era."
InuYasha feh'd just as the buzzer went off and Kagome yelled, "Rice is done mama!" Then her mother came into the room and said yes the fish is done too, now will you to be good and go get Sota while I finish cooking the rice with the fish?"
Kagome responded first, "k mom ill go get him, is he up in his room?"
"Yes Kagome" her mother retorted.
Kagome then walked out of the room with InuYasha following her and up the stairs and then walked to just outside Sota's. Kagome stepped up to the door and knocked softly, "Hey Sota dinner is ready, and mom wants you to come eat with us."
"Ok Kagome, tell mom ill be down in a minute, I'm in the middle of a math problem." came Sota's reply from within his room.
"K, I will Sota" and with that Kagome started to walk back down the stairs with a now boarded hanyou following behind her.
Kagome and InuYasha both helped set out the silverware and the food, and as they were all about to sit down Sota walked in and looked around the kitchen, then saw InuYasha, "InuYasha! Awesome you finally brought InuYasha home with you sis!"
"Yea Sota I brought InuYasha with me," she smiled smartly "how else would he be able to go on our trip with us?"
Sota's jaw dropped "he's coming with us?!" Kagome nodded. "WOW, awesome!!! Yes!!" Sota then turned to look at InuYasha, "great, it is going to be so fun hanging out with you InuYasha!"
InuYasha just sighed and rolled his eyes up into his head, "that's great kid"
Sota was slightly discouraged by InuYasha calling him kid but he just smiled and said, "my name is Sota you know"
InuYasha ignored him and said "yea whatever" as he walked over to stand next to Kagome.
Kagome smiled and said "yea and I had InuYasha cook dinner, what do you think of that Sota?"
Sota's eyes widened in surprise, "You cooked? Wow I bet it tastes great!" he responded as his face broke out into another grin.
Kagome smiled "yea I hope so," she says to her little brother. "Hey mom, are you ready for Sota to go get grandpa?"
"Yes can one of you go get him?" Her mother responds.
"Ok mom, I will" Sota calls back as he runs out of the room.
Kagome turns to InuYasha "I wonder what my grandfather will do when he sees you?" Kagome wonders aloud.
InuYasha just eyes her and says, "Feh, what do I care? All he ever dose is yell and throw those scraps of paper at me."
Kagome inwardly rolls her eyes and sighs knowing that InuYasha was right, all her grandpa ever did around InuYasha was yell about him being a demon and throw his scrolls at him...which InuYasha was greatly annoyed by. Kagome sighs as she hears sota return with her grandfather and braces for the explosion waiting to take place as her grandfather and sota come around the corner.
Kagome's grandfather looks up and sees InuYasha, "DEMON!!!!! Get away from my family you evil being!!!!" he yells as he reaches into his robes and grabs his scrolls. "Demon begone!" he chants as he throws his scrolls all over InuYasha.
InuYasha gives him a dead look and stares at him with a murderous glare for a few seconds until finally saying "and what was that supposed to do besides annoy the hell out of me?!"
Kagome sighs as she looks at her grandfather, "hey grandpa please don't throw your scrolls at InuYasha anymore, it doesn't effect him and it gets him a crankier mood." she pleads.
InuYasha gives her a dark glare and responds, "I am not cranky!"
Kagome sighs and grabs InuYasha's arm as she pulls him into the kitchen calling back to everyone else "come on or dinner will get cold." She sits down and InuYasha plops down next to her, now in a sour mood. Kagome just smiles as the rest of her family sits down to start dinner, her grandfather still glaring at InuYasha. "Please pass the fish," she asks her little brother as he finishes serving himself. Kagome scooped some of the rice onto her plate and then slid a portion of fish onto her late next to her rice, she then went on to serve InuYasha who still had a sour look on his face but once the food was on his plate her dropped the look and started to eat.
After a bit sota spoke up, "wow InuYasha, you did a good job on this rice."
InuYasha looked up in surprise, and Kagome's grandfather all but dropped his fork.
"InuYasha...cooked...this?!" Kagome's grandfather stuttered in disbelief.
Kagome had been watching the conversation waiting for a time to enter and here it was, "Well InuYasha didn't do all of it, I helped him and mom cooked the fish, but yes InuYasha did cook the rice."
Kagome's grandfather managed to croak out, "demon food..."
Kagome and her mother scowled at him, "grandpa InuYasha did a good job and I think that you should give him a brake...I mean he may be a demon but look at how he has protected me for these last few years, I'm still in one piece and it all thanks to him." Kagome almost growled at her grandfather.
Kagome's grandfather was taken aback but recovered, "well he is still a demon and should not be trusted." He argued.
Kagome shot him a look that could kill and yelled "GRANDPA" at the same time as her mother, and her mother had the same threatening tone in it so that was enough to shut him up, for awhile at least.
InuYasha was completely surprised by this, 'is Kagome defending me?...What is going on?...Am I imagining this?...no Kagome was always kind to me it was me who pushed her away...What?! What am I thinking "pushed her away"!?!? Wait I'm arguing with myself...I'd better stop or ill drive me insane...'
Kagome continued the conversation by saying; "I hear the sota is going out with some friends tonight"
Once her mother heard this she seemed to remember something, "oh I almost forgot, Kagome I have to go out and take sota and his friends out, and we wont be back until late." Her mother then looked to Kagome's grandfather to continue but her was in a bad mood from losing to Kagome and her mother about InuYasha to notice what was being said. So her mother continued for him, "and your grandfather has some errands to run that need to be done tonight, so in short you and InuYasha will be here by yourselves until late."
Hearing "you and InuYasha" along with "by yourselves" Kagome's grandfather sprang back to reality. "Those don't need to be done tonight I can stay and watch Kagome"
Kagome's mother scowled and said very sternly, "yes they do need to be done tonight"
Kagome cut in, "I don't need to be babysat by you grandpa I can take care of myself"
Her grandfather had been waiting for this, "You I trust, him I don't" he said gesturing to where InuYasha was sitting. InuYasha scowled. But her grandfather continued, "I don't want that boy alone with you Kagome, he's-"
Kagome cut him off, "I have been alone with InuYasha loads of times...yea I mean we are usually with Sango and Miroku but I'm alone with InuYasha often enough." she finished as she gave him a look to stop while he was ahead.
Kagome's grandfather shot InuYasha a look knowing he was defeated, but would never admit it.
Kagome just then remembered something, "oh mom InuYasha doesn't have any clothes except for his kimono."
Her mother looked puzzled for a moment and then said we need to go shopping tomorrow anyway so just write up a list and well add it to the one we already have.
Kagome nodded and said, "k mom, InuYasha and I be excused?"
Her mother nodded, "of coarse, and just leave your plates in the sink I'll get to them when I'm done"
InuYasha picked up his long finished plate and followed Kagome out of the dinning room and into the kitchen where she put her plate into the sink. InuYasha followed doing the same. When Kagome walked back into the dinning room her grandfather was arguing with her mother, and when her grandfather spotted her walk in he glared at her and said, "He's coming isn't he?"
Kagome blinked in surprise and then remembered that he didn't know yet, "oh sorry grandpa I forgot you didn't know, well yea he is so you'll just have to learn to get alone with him," she turns around to face InuYasha, "that goes for you too."
InuYasha glares and then says "feh" but the look on Kagome's face made him say "whatever"
Since that was the best answer that she knew that she would get out of him in that mood she settled with that and didn't push it.
She then sprinted out of the room before her grandfather could say anything else and stopped in the living room to wait for InuYasha to walk in and then she stared up the stairs, InuYasha still grumbling from the goings on of downstairs.
Kagome smiled and said, "well that went well" as an attempt to lighten he mood.
InuYasha just said in a very annoyed tone "is he that irritable?"
Kagome sighed and said, "fraid so, with you at least."
"Why me" InuYasha wondered out loud.
Kagome smiled as she opened her door to her room letting the hanyou pass her and walk into the room before walking in and closing the door behind her to keep her grandfather or any other member of the household for that matter from disturbing them.
Kagome walked right over to her desk and opened the second drawer. She reached in and pulled out a pad of lined paper.
InuYasha watched her as her sat down cross-legged on her bed, thinking to himself 'if the rest of this trip is anything like dinner, it is going to be a long few weeks...'
Then Kagome came over and sat next to him saying, "ok lets get started on this packing list of yours..."
A/N: ohhh what will InuYasha think when they start to make a list of things that he hasn't even heard of? And how will the hanyou learn to get along with Kagome's grandfather?....In the next chapter of Family Trip!!! Ok what do you all think of chapter 2? Did I keep in good character? How was grandpa? I had trouble with his character since I don't really know much about him...or sota of her mom for that matter...but oh well what did you think of the plot? REVIEW!!!