Chapter 13
"Kagome! InuYasha!" Mrs. Higarashi called up to the sleeping pair. Ayumi had just called and wanted to speak with Kagome but the girl wasn't up yet so her mother told her that she would call back later. But her mother was curious to why neither Kagome or InuYasha had responded. So she went to investigate.
Knock Knock Kagome's mother gently rapped on the door, no answer…she then slowly let the door open a crack.
InuYasha shifted uncomfortably in his sleep, tightening his hold on Kagome ever so slightly as they lay in her bed, protection her from whatever could was comeing around. But he soon realized subconsciously that the scent was familiar and not at all threatening, so he relaxed a little but did not release Kagome. He then subconsciously nuzzled Kagome's hair and absorbed her scent, while in returnKagome leaned back into him on instinct, moving towards the warmth and security that the object or person was giving off.
Kagome's mother stood there in the doorway for a moment, many thinks going though her mind as she saw them there sleeping in Kagome's bed. After a second she smiled, and for some reason this smile touched deep inside her, a warmth filled her and she actually felt better watching them rest peacefully in each other's company. Her little girl was safe, protected, cared for, loved…yes her daughter had become upset at times at the half demon who was currently resting next to her but what she truly found in their relationship was friendship, compassion, trust, security…love, but most of all understanding…
InuYasha awoke slowly as he heard a door creak shut. "Mmmhhhm," he mumbled into Kagome's hair shifting his weight around a bit causing her to move as well. He then sat up yawning, his fangs poking comfortably out of his mouth. Kagome groaned as she woke up, squinting her eyes before she slowly opened them. Her slowly opening eyes caught golden ones, "morning Yasha…" she mumbled, he got a confused look on his face
"Huh? Yasha? Where did you get that?"
"Well I can't go around calling you INUyasha!"
"Why not?"
"Because, people will begin to wonder, if I keep calling you a dog…."
"But I am a dog…"
"That is beside the point"
"Nani?"
"Nevermind…." Kagome blushed, "uhhh InuYasha could you let go of me?"
InuYasha realized what position they were in, although it felt completely natural…(no not in that way all you perverts! Joe in particular!) "Uh oh…" he untangles his limbs from around Kagome's frame.
Once she was free Kagome got up and stretched, the brisk morning air biting at her exposed skin. InuYasha then followed suit and sat up stretching. InuYasha suddenly perked up, "Come on Kagome…I smell breakfast"
"Is that all you think about?"
"No…I think about Naraku too…bastard….grrrrrr"
Kagome laughs…"Ok dog boy…"
"I though you were stopping calling me a dog…"
"Only in public…you are still a dog…and I wouldn't want it any other way" Kagome breaks out laughing after catching her friends face…
"Nani?"
Then recovers, "race you downstairs!"
"Huh? Chot-to!" the inu hanyou yells back.
InuYasha easily wins and smirks, Kagome glares at him and is about to say something but her mother walk in.
"Oh, Kagome…InuYasha you're awake…good…ok, well, Ayumi called and she wants you to call her back…ok…something about doing something before we all leave…"
"K, thanks mom!" she verbalizes her gratitude for permission, then walks straight into the kitchen, InuYasha follows her and then goes straight for the pancakes while Kagome went to use the phone.
She dials the number quickly having done it so many times, "Moshi, moshi"
"Oh, hi, this is Kagome..."
"OHHH good! You called I thought maybe you wouldn't call…but whatever…"
"Why did you call? My mom said something about doing something before we leave tonight…"
"YEA! Do you want to come over and go swimming?"
"Swimming? Really?"
"Yea! We all want to see you before you leave and we figured it would be fun."
"Ahhh I don't know…Yasha cant swim, I don't think…and…oh if …is it just gonna be just us?"
"Well…ummm no….Eri and Yuka are here…they wanna meet Yasha…so yea…how do you hide his ears….?"
Well I can but not for very long…and that is the only I can hide…I don't have the experience nor the energy for anything else…"
"That is good we can explain the rest pretty easily…"
"Ok…are you sure? I mean,"
"K, see you in a few minuets..."
"ah!"
"Sayonara!"
click
Kagome hung up the phone, "Hey InuYasha do you like swimming?"
"You mean what you like to do in the river…what you did when you saved that kid from the village."
"Yea…"
"Ooook…."
"Ok come on!"
InuYasha who was halfway though a pancake glared at her as she dragged him back upstairs without his breakfast gone…
They passed Kagome's mom on the way up the stairs "be home by 6 ok…you will both need to take a shower…got that?"
"…."
"How-"
"I already knew honey…" she finished her descent down the stairs.
"Come on we have to get our swimsuits on!" the teenager pressed
"Kag-"
"Oh by the way, stand still." Kagome demands as she stops at the top of the stairs
"Huh?"
"Just do it!" InuYasha did the best that he could to fulfill Kagome's request.
The young miko held her pinky and thumbs together then brought them close to her lower lip as she closed her eyes gently and muttered the incantations. As she opened her eyes his fuzzy dogears faded into the background. "Perfect!"
"Huh what happened?" he asked slightly confused.
"I turned your ears invisible…"
"What?"
"Well I cant very well let you go with ears to Ayume's with Yuka and Eri there, it isn't happening…you can't wear a hat in the water…it is only temporary it will last 12 hours…well it should unless I pass out form exhaustion…"
The hanyou wasn't happy…and as Kagome mentioned that she could pass out he became slightly worried, but he got over it as he followed Kagome to her room. As he walked past the doorframe a pair of red trunks flew towards his head. "What the?" he asked in a relatively surprised tone…
"Come on Yasha, I know that you know what trunks are…they are for going into the water with." She shot him a dead look
InuYasha smirked "I know that wench…" she started out of the room and paused…"Yasha?"
Kagome shot him a look, "we already went over this …I cant keep calling you a dog because…people may think it is really rude…so"
"Keh, its my name isn't it?"
"Well yes but"
"I don't care what you call me Kagome, I was just curious" with that he walked out to change into his swimsuit before she could respond.
Kagome blinked in surprise "Wha…what was that?"
"Race ya?" Kagome yelled as she tore recklessly down the street, weaving in and out of people as she sprinted the last leg of the walk to her friend's house. The hanyou laughed lightly and leapt steadily behind her.
Kagome panted heavily as she jumped onto Ayumi's doorstep, "Ha, I win!" she taunted the inu yourki, knowing full well that he let her win, she still thought it would be fun to pin him with it.
"Kagome! InuYasha!" The girl's friends yelled as they saw the pair of them standing in the doorway.
"Can we come in?"
"Oh, yea, gomen" Yuka answers sheepishly, backing out of the way.
InuYasha slowly followed his companion into the residence of her friend. Two of the girls followed him whispering excitedly. While Ayumi walked up next to Kagome and smiled, seems that the other 2 like him…then she laughed. Kagome scowled, she had a feeling that wasn't exactly good…
They reached the backyard and both dropped their stuff next to the other girl's supplies. Kagome decided to start the fun, "last one in is a rotten egg!"
She and 2 other schoolgirls ran to the poolside and quickly dove in for fear of being the "rotten egg." Although, InuYasha and Ayumi stood there on the deck and stared the girls, one amused, one utterly confused.
Ayumi smiled and whispered to him, "it's just an expression, don't worry…come on…you only have a few hours…" with that she to ran to the pool and splashed in.
InuYasha stayed where he was contently for a few seconds more, smiling at the girls antics. Then he to joined them in the water after a coaxing look from his companion.
They played around in the water for hours, InuYasha was very reserved at first but after countless reassurance from Kagome and a few rounds of water volleyball everyone was smiling. And while the hanyou didn't know how to swim when he got in the water, he picked it up pretty well, he couldn't be outdone by a human…
Time flew by without them even realizing it…and that was the problem. Kagome finally glanced at her watch when it read 6:25. She leapt out of the pool faster than a hot potato, this rush of movement surprised the young youkai and he looked to her just as Yuka bumped the ball to him…successfully hitting him in the head.
"Come on Yasha…we gotta go…my mom is gonna kill me…we are so late, and we still have to take a shower…" she informed him quickly
He jumped out of the water and caught the towel that was thrown at him, shaking off hurriedly (and inconspicuously) and rubbing the cloth on his hair to dry it off best he could. He then rushed out after Kagome as her friends giggled amused behind him.
"Sorry I'm late mom!" Kagome called as he tore in the door.
"I'm not the one who is sorry that I have 3 minuets for the 2 of you to take showers.." she responded.
'Crap' was the first thing in both of their minds as the fumbled up the stairs. "Wait, I have an idea…" she reassured him, but the look on her face did little of that.
Kagome grabbed her clothes and threw them out on her bed and summoned InuYasha into the bathroom with her. The hanyou placed his clothes on the counter next to the sink and hung his towel on the rack next to Kagome's.
"Ok…me and Souta used to do this when we were younger so that we could leave to go places faster…" Kagome began to explain as a blush crept onto her face.
InuYasha gave her a curious stare and nodded as Kagome started the water, "we have to do this as fast as we can…." She sighed and continued…" we'll take turns with the water and the soap…its simple…ill wet my hair first and than move out of the way so you can wet your hair while I put shampoo in mine then ill rinse my hair out while you wash yours…same thing with the conditioner," Kagome paused and it seemed to InuYasha that she was beginning to blush. "Then while you're washing your hair ill take off my bathing suite and wash off-" she was cut off by a VERY upset hanyou
"NO!…no hell no!"
"But-"
"NO!"
"Inu-"
"NO!"
"Yash-"
"NO!"
She was finally getting fed up and the time was ticking…she didn't want to do this at all but…at this point it could not be helped. "sit…" she muttered under her breath.
The youkai gravitated to the floor and growled
Before he could yell at her she spilled out an explanation, "We HAVE to, there is no other way to get there on time! And all we have to do is be careful…I'll have my bathing suite on most of the time…I only need to wash off and get out…ok…I really need your cooperation with this InuYasha…"
The hanyou growled softly but submitted to the human against his better judgment, 'this can't end well….' InuYasha peeled himself off the tile and frowned.
(Don't ask me how no one in the house heard this….oh, they were busy packing and weren't paying attention yea that's it .)
Kagome finished fixing the shower and pulled her over-shirt off and slipped into the shower becoming the hanyou in behind her. InuYasha glared but trudged over and got in as well.
Kagome was already wetting her hair, she then turned to him and told him to do the same as she carefully slipped past him to the dry half of the tub. 'Wow, this was a lot easier when me and Souta were little...did this shower get smaller?'
Although (and thankfully) Kagome couldn't see him, InuYasha was blushing as he moved over, trying not to come in contact with her skin, it almost worked till his arm brushed hers.
Kagome ignored the contact and began to lather her hair with shampoo, it didn't take long till she was rubbing conditioner in her hair. 'This is where it is going to get interesting….' She slinked over and rinsed her hair out, the shower had gone smoothly since the arm brush at the beginning.
InuYasha blushed as he soaked his hair with conditioner, 'Crap! Why did I even put myself in this position! Baka, baka, baka!'
Kagome once again switched positions with her companion, feeling her face heat up. She slowly began to pull the skin-tight material off her shoulders and down her stomach. She paused and began to scrub her torso and arms, white foam beginning to cover her figure.
InuYasha tried to ignore the fact that Kagome was behind him, wearing less than she should have and just rinse out his hair out. With a sigh he tilted his head back, only to have it come in contact with Kagome's. Reflexively, he jerked his head back and stuttered an apology. "S-s-sorry"
"It's ok" she replied as she unfroze herself, continuing to wash off.
She then peeled her suite the rest of the way off, sudsing the rest of herself, cleaning the chlorine from her skin. She then began to move in time with InuYasha, switching spots with him. All was well until she slipped, with a small squeak she fell back to back with the hanyou. InuYasha froze, 'Fuck! Why the hell couldn't I just listen to myself! Why!'
Kagome's breathing was erratic and fast, her heart was beating as fast as she thought it could go. She couldn't move, she was too nervous, she was waiting for InuYasha to whip around and yell at her…it never came. Instead the weight she was leaning on shifted and pushed her back firmly on her feet and then finished moving over.
Kagome finally came back to reality, and rinsed the soap off, leapt from the shower, wrapped her towel around herself and fled to her room.
InuYasha finished his shower, slowly and disconnected. He turned off the shower and leaned against the shower wall, letting out a sigh of relief, 'that was WAY to close."
InuYasha then got dressed, and slowly made his way to Kagome's door, raping softly.
Kagome was becoming worried, 'what is taking him so long?' a soft know on the door yanked her out of her trance.
"Come in" she replied out of habit.
InuYasha crept in and closed the door behind him, a soft blush still colored his face, although Kagome was no better off. "Sorry" InuYasha apologized quietly
Not quiet enough though because Kagome heard it, looking up sharply. 'D-did he just apologize?'
Because of a lack of response from Kagome, InuYasha turned to go, but was stopped when a small hand caught his, holding him. He glanced back, Kagome smiled weakly, "no, I'm sorry…thanks"
"…huh…"
"Come on…my mom is gonna kill me!" Kagome yelped as she sped out of her room, youkai in tow.
A/N: Ok…first of all I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! Between my sceduel, my computing getting a virus, getting sick, and writers block…I just COULDN'T finish this chapter…but to make it up to you I made it nice and long…lol yea…I will the next chapter up soon…the next few should just flow…this one I just couldn't write…it was driving me crazy…I knew what was sopposed to happen I just couldn't get it to come out…grrrrr do I hate that…lol well they will ge on the plane next chapter and they should be in the US by chapter 15…lol they you get to meet the first of my OC/family member… lol by the way with the shower thing..i used to do that with my sister when I was like 5 or 6…for all you weirdos…I was 5…anyway hope you enjoyed that…oh THANK YOU ALL MY FAITHFUL READERS! Again I'm sorry…
Lunar-kun