Chapter 15
Stepping into the terminal, they were officially in the united states…Kagome was VERY excited, "This is my first time in a foreign country! And it's America!" she manages to squeak out as she leapt up and down with more energy than InuYasha though possible…but this was Kagome…
They showed their passports and continued though the airport, Kai (Mrs. Higurashi) was calmly taking to her brother-in-law (is that the right term for your sister's husban?)as they traveled though the airport.
InuYasha let out a huge yawn and stretched to loosen his stiff muscles, but in yawning he exposed his fangs…Kagome noticed very quickly and elbowed him in the ribs…hard. The hanyou doubled over to protect his exposed stomach, "what the hell was that for?" he growled softly at Kagome. She had finished looking around to see if anyone had and seen (no one did) and whispered back thought gritted teeth, "you cant yawn like that in public…its to easy to see your fangs.."
"You're paranoid"
Kagome made a face at him, "Am not…I'm just cautious…"
"Whatever…"
Kai was now talking to Souta and her father-in-law. Grandpa seemed to be the only one not smiling.
Robert looked back at the teenage pair behind him, they seemed to be quietly disagreeing…then InuYasha smirked and Kagome laughed then stuck her tongue out at him. InuYasha looked surprised and Kagome started laughing again.
Kai has told him to leave it alone…but something was…unnatural, he was so confused…those two…they were…different. He had know it as soon as he stepped onto the plane, he had sensed something then and it escalated as he moved closer to them, he was uneasy at first but once he found that she was his niece, he became curious…what was their significance? Why did the air seem warmer around then?
Souta ran to InuYasha jumping into his arms, "Inu-kun!" InuYasha jumped in surprise but caught him. "Mom said that you and Kagome should go get the luggage and she will meet us in front of the baggage claim doors…"
InuYasha smiled at him, "Ok, are you coming with us?"
"Can I?"
"Of course…come on, Kagome do you know where we are going?"
Kagome can out of shock, "Y-yea, follow me" then she smiled
Robert watched the kids till Kai pulled him outside, "come on rob…"
Kai and rob walked out to his car while Kagome's grandfather followed patiently, "thank you so much, you are really helping us out"
"Oh, no problem, its great to be able to help you guy out…oh, where are you guys staying?"
"Just at a hotel or something"
"You could stay with me, I'm sure that jenny would love to see you and so would the kids…Souta could play with Steven…they are about the same age…"
Kai's face brightened, "R-really? Are you sure it wouldn't be too much trouble, are you sure that jenny wouldn't mind?"
"No, its no trouble at all"
"Thank you so much, you have no idea how much I appreciate this, this is so great!" she then turned and hugged him, "Now come on, I'm sure that Souta is driving InuYasha crazy…"
"Oh there's one!" Souta yelled as the endless line of bags ran around the baggage claim. InuYasha grabbed it and with the help of the other two he was able to pry it away from the rest of the luggage.
"How many more of these are there!" InuYasha complained
Kagome laughed, "just one more…"
Souta was bouncing up and down calling them over again…as InuYasha had just put the last bag down in the pile of their belongings, they both walked over to him.
"This is the last one…" InuYasha asked
"Yup" Kagome answered smirking
Souta was already pulling on it, and by the time InuYasha got to him he was able to just pull it out…
"Alright, now all we have to do is to pull this stuff outside…"
"Great…" Kagome responded rolling her eyes.
InuYasha smirked and grabbed two bags carrying them outside, while the other two dragged a bag each after them, and after 2 trips everything was outside.
"You tired Souta?" Kagome asked
"No…" he argued as his mouth opened on its own accord and he yawned, "I'm not tied.."
"Sure…we believe you…" she smirked
"I'm not tired and neither is InuYasha…see"
Kagome laughed ask she caught InuYasha yawning
"Well I guess that makes you both tired…" Kagome then beckoned Souta onto her lap as he pouted…but he scrambled up anyway.
InuYasha then leaned up next to Kagome and closed his eyes, Kagome looked at him curiously, 'What? He is acting…weird…what is up with him…' glancing over at his face, a vulnerable look rested comfortably on his face, Kagome blinked, surprised, that was an expression she had never seen before. She then smiled, waiting her family to come by.
Kai looked curiously outside, pointing her kids out, "over their" and Robert pulled over slowly parking the car and catching the kids attention to put the luggage away, letting them know that they could sleep as much as they wanted once they got to his house.
They packed up and piled into the van, beginning the trip home, Kai sat in the front with her brother while Grandpa sat in the middle. The 3 kids sat in the back, Souta in the middle, curled up between the other two sleeping soundly, but it wasn't long before Kagome drifted off and InuYasha laid his head back and rested, until Rob turned around to tell them they where there.
InuYasha roused Kagome, and after she opened her eyes she went to wake Souta but InuYasha stopped her, cradling him against himself and softly leaping out of the vehicle, following the others into the house.
"Hey Jenny, I'm home…guess who I found…"
Kagome's aunt walked into the hallway, "good I was getting worried-" jenny froze, "K-kai! Oh my goodness it is so good to see you!" she then ran past her husband and wrapped her sister in a very tight hug. "It's been so long! How have you been?"
Kai smiled, "Very well, and so are my kids..."
"Oh my gosh, is that you Kagome? You've gotten so big!
Kagome blinked, "huh, yea…oh" she smiled it's good to see you Aunt Jenny"
"Uhh, I hate to interrupt but Souta is getting kinda heavy…" the hanyou said bashfully
Kai apologized, "oh I'm so sorry…this is InuYasha"
The hanyou shifted Souta a little bit and extended his hand, and jenny shook it smiling, "it's nice to meet you…"
"You can put him on the couch for now"
"Thank you…" he then walked over to the living room and laid the kid down.
"oh my gosh, I am so rude…come in everyone…we can talk in the kitchen so we don't wake Souta" she then walked over to the back of the house
Following they all walked into the kitchen, "jenny I told Kai she could stay here and rest…do you have a problem with that?"
"Oh, no…I am so sorry I have not flown I awhile, I didn't even think about jetlag…well Souta is on the couch but he could sleep with Steven…that would leave the couch, and the guest room…I could set some sleeping bags on the floor if you would like…"
"Thank you so much.."
"I'll go bring Souta up…and you can decide who is going to be where…" InuYasha left the room with Robert who was going to show him where the room was…
"So who wants to sleep where?" Kai asked kindly
"I think grandpa should get the guest room, his back can take anything but sleeping in a bed…mom you can have the coach…I'll sleep on the floor with InuYasha…" Kagome mentioned
"Kagome…you shouldn't need to sleep on the floor-"
"Mom…its no big deal…I have slept on much worse then a carpeted floor…"
"Hey! I haven't made you sleep in that bad of conditions…" InuYasha interjected
Kagome laughed, "Yea, yea…but sleeping on a mattress every once and awhile is always nice…"
"Whatever…"
"Oh, InuYasha…you're hopeless" she sighed and then began to laugh.
"What?
"Nothing" she giggled as she started to help her aunt set up their make shift bed.
InuYasha yawned as he handed Kai a blanket, she smiled. "Tired InuYasha?"
He nodded, and then turned around to thank Kagome's Aunt.
"Your welcome…Kai could you help me with something?"
"Oh sure…" she then followed her into the kitchen.
Stiflingly another yawn InuYasha laid down, pulling Kagome with him. Kagome laughed quietly as he nuzzled her hair, tickling her. "st-stop" she begged
He smiled but did as she said…he was just so tired, he fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow under his head, Kagome wrapped in his arms.
'What is he doing? What if my aunt sees us?' Kagome slowly turned her head to say something, but stopped as soon as she saw his face. Deciding it wasn't worth is she just submitted to her exhaustion and fell asleep as her mother walked in.
"Kai, are you comfortable with them sleeping in the same room?"
"Huh…oh, Kagome and InuYasha?"
"Yea…I could move one on them into another room…"
"Oh, no it's alright. Number one I trust both of them, they wont try anything…and number two they both wouldn't sleep at all if they weren't in the same room, those two kids have been though more than they should have…" Kai explained, fading out at the end.
"Ok…" Jenny apologized.
"It's alright"
"Would you like anything to drink?"
"Oh, no nothing…I think that I'll go to sleep now…I am exhausted…"
"Ok…"
They walked back into the living room to find the teenagers fast asleep comfortably settled in each other's arms. Mrs. Higurashi looked shocked, and Jenny almost asked a question, Kai answered it before she could vocalize it.
"I-I've never seen him so relaxed…he is always alert…always watching, looking out for everyone, always used to always having to watch his back…" she barely chocked out before tears began to roll down her cheeks, "he was always so strong…never backing down.." she laughed half-heartedly "he was always so stubborn…now, now look at him…he looks so-so vulnerable…so trusting…" Kai smiled…"he finally found a home…for the first time in his life he had found people who accept him and love him..."
Jenny watched her sister, what had happened to her since the last time she saw her? It had only been a few years…
Emotions still evident on her face Kai turned to her sister hugging her securely and wishing her a goodnight before falling asleep on the coach.
Slowly padding back to the kitchen she sat down, not able to go do anything but think with that running around in her head.
InuYasha woke a few hours later, eyes blinking open at the sound of footsteps on the stairs, satisfied with the sleep he got, he almost got up but remembered the girl in his arms and stayed where he was. He laid back down, thoughts swimming around and around in his head.
By noon Kagome woke up too, she blinked, yawning, awake now she turned her attention to the hanyou to check if he was up yet. By the way he yawned behind her she figured that he was.
"Hey InuYasha?"
"Mmmmhhh"
"I wanted to ask you something…"
"What?" he asked curiously
"Why were you being so…nice...to my brother?"
"Huh?…oh…"then he fell silent
"InuYasha…"
"I've been so blind…I never realized it before…"
"What-"
"I should have seen it…I went thought it too…you, all of you…you all have grown up without a father…I didn't realize it…I was so ignorant, I didn't see it because I didn't want to…I tried to pretend it wasn't there because I reminded me of my past…"
Kagome just looked at him before smiling, "Thank you.."
InuYasha blinked, "Huh? For what?"
"For trusting me I guess, for feeling that that you can tell me things..."
"I…I realized how stupid I was being…I fighting off the only people who have ever cared about me…" InuYasha whispered ashamed.
"Hey…you have full right to try to protect yourself…you have been though so much…"
"No…it is no excuse…I have known you all long enough that I shouldn't have to protect myself from you…I'm just pushing you all away, pushing away the only people who have ever cared about me…and you have been thought so much as well…I have no right to complain…" the hanyou growled out becoming more and more aggravated with himself…
"InuYasha!" she said very sternly "listen to me…you may have don't some things that…weren't very productive…but…" her voice softened, "you can still make it right…"
haha…lol wow..that was more fluff and drama than I planned on but…whatever… lol anyway…THANK YOU ALL MY REVIEWERS!
By the way the family they are goingto see is from kai's side...and"grandpa"is fromher husband's side...k...I still havent figured a name out forhim...hmmmm better get on that...
Well first of all…yes I would have been harder…but I don't know how to get a passport so that kina killed it…so I just "got" the passports…lol and yes Jessica…I am in honors classes…active in both boy scouts and girl scouts…overly active in my church…and a "Nerd"…and damn proud of it! lol but that is no excuse for not updating for over 2 and a half months…oh well…well this is your Easter present…a new chapter… lent is over I can play DDR again… lol anyway thank you all! PLZ REVIEW! THANKS!
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