CHAPTER 14: Planes

(Bear with me please, I have not been to an airport in like 8 years…which would make me 7 or 8…k so yea (although that does not mean I don't know how a plane works… ' I love aviation . )

The airport was crowded, loud, bright, smelly, and busy…all in all totally overwhelming the hanyou's senses. Kagome dragged him along though lines and around people and flashing signs. It has been crazy enough just getting to the airport, let alone navigating inside it. At the moment they were stand calmly in line while other people around them fidgeted impatiently.

InuYasha turned his head upward as a booming voice called over the intercom system, his invisible ears twitched, catching the sound as his eyes swiveled around to glance at Kagome and then to the next thing that jumped out and grabbed his attention.

Kagome was watching amused, glad he was taking to the situation so well, he was looking around like a little kid and he was confused, but that was to be expected even after all they did to get him used to the era, he was doing exceptionally well, granted he was here a week, giver or take a few visits to pull her back down the well. Kagome let out a small giggle at the idea of the tables being turned, now she was the one dragging him off to a strange place he knew nothing about. Her laugh was lost in the array of noise but InuYasha caught it regardless and looked down at her curiously, but that was to be expected his hearing was far superior to hers.

"What?" he questioned

"Huh? Oh nothing…"

He gave her a look but did not push the matter, they were betting close to the front of the line and he did not even want to risk an argument as he had a 7 hour flight ahead of him, one which Kagome would be sitting next to him and he would have to either put up with her aggregated glances, totally ignoring him or feeling stupid and having to apologize so he would go crazy sitting still doing nothing for hours on end…all of which did not sound well, it wasn't worth getting into and argument over.

InuYasha let out a sigh as the first of their party emptied their pockets onto the tray and attempted to walk though the scanner. The machine buzzed and Kagome's grandpa walked back through and grudgingly dropped his wallet in the tray before passing through with out a problem.

Next Kagome's mother walked though the scanner buzzing as she passed. She looked confused and the security guard pointed to her ring, gesturing her to remove it. She looked down at it and back to the man shaking her head protecting it, covering it with her other hand and holding it close to her heart. The guard nodded and pointed for her to step to the side so that others could continue to go though as they waved the wand over her.

This hit InuYasha hard, reminded again that Kagome and her brother had to grow up without a father. He knew what it was like and how much it hurt, for everyone. He was also grateful that they still had someone to look out for them, again he felt indebted towards Mrs. Higurashi, for all she had done, and all she had given up. A small smile slipped onto his face as he thought about how much they still had and how Kagome would always have a home with her family no matter what. This comforted InuYasha, know she would always be safe, regardless of whatever happens…

Next Souta trotted though, happy as a clam, no problem, besides a passport he had nothing on him.

Kagome emptied her pockets and took off every thing but the jewel that was currently clasped securely around her neck. But the device still went off as she slipped though, she did this a few times until she slowly took the jewel off her neck and reluctantly placed it on the try. She then held her breath as she passed again and followed the jewel as well. She passed though with no problem and quickly took hold of the Shikon no Tama putting it safely around her neck again.

InuYasha nonchalantly slide in after Kagome and regrouped with the family as they started down the airport to the terminal they needed to be at. Their belongings had already been checked, and Kagome and InuYasha had an interesting time hiding the Tetsuigia from…everyone, but they managed to slip it in…and crossed their fingers that it would not be found in the US.

They now all relaxed a little bit not that they were at the right terminal. It was an hour till their flight so Kagome suggested that she and InuYasha went for a walk since they would be sitting for 7 hours. Her mother agreed and she slowly led InuYasha away.

He watched her curiously as she strode thought the loud crowded place. His transparent ears were flat against his head in an attempt to smother some of the noise, the hat was also helping but it still did next to nothing. What did do something was Kagome's spell, his hat was knocked off so many times there was no was that his ears wouldn't have been seen. He was going to have to be careful on the plane though, Kagome didn't have the energy to have them invisible all day…and the plane was the safest time.

They finally made it to a more secluded and quiet section of the airport, Kagome let out a sigh and sat down on one of the planter they had lining the glass walled hallway. Smiling she looked up at InuYasha-who was still standing-and let out a small laugh.

InuYasha gave her a strange look, "w-what?" he asked as he leaned over onto his leg.

"Nothing…it is just nice to catch a breather for a few moments…even if you have to go out of your way ten minuets to get there…" she laughed again.

The hanyou snuck a strange look at his companion, 'what is with her? She's all…'

Happy…

'Ye- wait! No, no, no! Don't you dare come back again and bother me!'

Touchy, touchy…I was only finishing your thought…

'Shut-it'

Fine…

"InuYasha…InuYasha…hello?"

The youkai returned to the present and shook his head

"N-nothing" he stuttered, embarrassed. Kagome just smiled and pulled him down to sit next to her, resting her head on his shoulder.

After a few minuets Kagome stood up, a true smile plastered openly on her face. "Come on…we better get back, my mom will get worried."

InuYasha nodded and followed silently.

When they returned the loudspeaker blared, "Terminal 6 flight #27688 from Tokyo, Japan to Los Angeles, California the United States of America will be boarding in 15 minuets"

Kagome smiled, "perfect timing…" she then continues to jog over to her awaiting family. InuYasha followed her more slowly as he watches the human grin at her family and then laugh. Her grandfather was still complaining about having to travel on a plane, and her brother was to excited for words he was jumping up and down holding his sisters arm a grin spread across his whole face, her mother was softly wondering if Buyo would be ok, with Hojo watching him he should be but she was still worried.

InuYasha smiled, maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all…

Passports checked, and tickets checked, they pulled their carry on items into the plane, Kagome had a backpack full of things to do, cards, paper, pencils, pens, a book, travel games (she had taught InuYasha how to play a few of them.), Souta also had a backpack, but it consisted of a gameboy, accessories for it, his CD player (Kagome left hers in her baggage because she knew she wouldn't need it) and a handful of CDs, and some colored pencils (Kagome had the paper and pencils), grandpa was carrying a bunch of wards and spell books, (Kagome and her mother both tried to persuade him otherwise but it wasn't going to happen) and Kagome's mother was carrying all the other necessities that they may need once they got into the new country, money, some maps, so forth InuYasha had lightened Mrs. Higurashi's load by taking the bag that had a spare change of clothes for everyone in it, she would still be carrying it, but InuYasha wouldn't let her have it back, so she finally gave in and let him carry it.

Their seats were at the front area of the coach, they were split up, Kagome and InuYasha were sitting closer to the wing, a few rows behind the rest of the family. InuYasha put the bag of clothes above where everyone else was staying, leaving room for whatever luggage the passenger that was sitting next to them had.

Kagome sat down calmly in the seat next to the window, and InuYasha flopped down next to her. Kagome laughed at his action, gaining her a look from the hanyou. Just as InuYasha was about to ask her 'what was so amazing' whena voice cut into their conversation.

"Is this seat taken?"

Both heads moved to see the speaker, he looked like a foreigner. "No, not that I know of." Kagome answered kindly.

The man smiled good naturedly, "thank you, well since we are going to have a long flight why don't we get to know each other a bit, what are your names?

Again it was Kagome who answered, "my name is Kagome and this is InuYasha." She pointed to her friend next to her.

He acknowledged and responded, "My name is Robert, nice to meet you, do you live in Tokyo?."

"Yup."

"I wish I met you on the way out here…could have given me a few pointers on things."

"So, you are a foreigner?"

"Yea, I'm from the US, I'm getting back from vacation."

"We are going to see family..."

"Where does your family live?"

Kagome laughed, "All over, we are taking a road trip…"

"What!"

This got inuyasha's attention, he glanced quickly over to the stranger "are you really?"

Kagome nodded, "yea really, we are traveling around to see everyone."

"By any chance is your last name Higurashi?"

Kagome blinked confused, "yea…"

He laughed and smiled kindly to her, "hi, I'm your uncle Robert"

Kagome froze, "w-what?"

InuYasha sniffed the air suspiciously and was surprised to find his scent resembled hers, not directly but it was close enough to prove he was a relative.

She glanced at her companion and he nodded, her mouth fell open.

Luckily the surprise was broken as the intercom went off, all passengers please fasten your seatbelts, we will be taking off momentarily.

Kagome buckled the belt across her waist and the other 2 did the same.

Her uncle turned back and smiled, where is my sister in law? I didn't see her earlier."

"Oh, mom is up in the front more with Souta and Grandpa."

He smiled, "after we take off I'll have to go see her"

Kagome smiled and glanced at InuYasha, who suddenly looked nervous to her.

"You ok?" asked softly

He barely caught what she had said, buts still did and nodded but continued to seem anxious.

The plane began to move, this did not help InuYasha in the least bit and by the time the plane was leaving the ground he was sinking into his seat.

After much persuasion Kagome got the hanyou to glance out the window, of course by now only water was below him. "Feh, what is so good about that?" but he couldn't stop his stomach from turning upside-down. Settling uncomfortably back into the seat, he noticed the seat next to him was still empty, 'Kagome's mom and uncle must like to talk…'

Kagome interrupted his thought when she yawned, it was around 11 and it had been a long day. She then made a move to pull up the armrest and lean on his shoulder but he shook her off and pulled her into his lap and she moved over to her seat so he could also lean on the side of the plane. Kagome blushed but didn't object, knowing both of them slept significantly better this way. Within minuets she was lulled to sleep by InuYasha's steady breathing.

Feeling his bladder contract, Robert slipped out of the conversation and made his way to the bathroom at the back of the plane. As he passed the pair of teenagers he glanced at them, doing a double take he raised his eyebrows and made a point to ask about that when he got back.

"How close are Kagome and InuYasha?"

"Huh"

"Your daughter and …"

"Ohh, they are pretty close, why?

"Are they married?"

"What? No, what makes you think that?"

"Kagome is sleeping on InuYasha's lap…"

She smiled, "they have been sleeping like that for some time now…I trust both of them, I have no problem with it, they are closer than anyone would realize. And they have been though a lot together…lets just leave it at that."

"H-"

"Just leave it alone…"

"Alright, so…"

The plane lunged, InuYasha tightened his hold on Kagome, his hat falling off in the progress.

The intercom sounded after the plane copied its earlier movements, " this is your captain speaking, we are experiencing some turbulance, please fasten your seatbelts and remain calm."

InuYasha's eyes opened slowly and he looked around. 'huh? What is going on?'

He woke up immediately as the plane jolted, and glanced down an Kagome who had too woken up from the disterbance. She looked around wildly and jumped when her name was called. "Kagome! InuYasha! You both need to buckle in, now!"

Kagome scrambled out of his lap and into the seat next to him.

"What is going on?" she asked her now present uncle.

"The captain just says its some turbulence, but its still safe to buckle up.

With that the pair bucked and then turned to look at each other, Kagome could tell he was worried. "You know that nothing is going to happen right?"

He nodded but still seemed uneasy, he was tense and his ears were twitching…his ears were twitching! CRAP! Kagome quickly located the fallen hat and thrust it onto his head glancing around worriedly, but everyone was still nervous about the turbulence to notice, Kagome let out a breath and relaxed gaining a strange look from both men, "what?" she asked defensively

InuYasha backed off calmly, and Kagome laughed

"This is your captain, I would like to inform you the flight is coming to an end, the turbulence should end soon so everything should be ok, but it would be good to stay in your seatbelts because of the landing, thank you for your cooperation."

"See," Kagome says smiling

InuYasha sighs and smiles, "yea whatever."

With that the landing went find and although InuYasha complained about his ears feeling funny on the way down, the plane ride was fine.

With that Kagome, InuYasha, and Uncle Robert went up to meet with the other 3 and enter into the airport.

A/N: Sorry…I kinda crashed and burned last night…got home at 8 and stayed up late enough to eat but that was it…and I laid down till I got food…so I was dead till the world…lol, anyway, k…next chapter they will officially be in the US…lol, fun!

K, lol, ttyl! Enjoy…sorry if it seemed a little awkward…