Chapter 17: Lunch, Hospital, and a New Way Home

Kagome had convinced Inuyasha to come with her to her time and go out for lunch with her three school friends. He didn't want to do it because he thought that her three friends were crazy. But Kagome had shown him it was for his best interest.

Flashback

"Inuyasha you are going with me! We're going to meet with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi for lunch at Wacdonald's." Kagome stood with her arms crossed, glaring at Inuyasha who was glaring at her.

"What if I don't want to go?" He said

"Sit."

THUD

"I can do it again if I have to" Kagome looked at Inuyasha

He glared at her "I'm still not coming"

"Fine then" she smiled as he winced trying to get his muscles ready for the coming onslaught. "Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit and Sit!"

SMASH!

Inuyasha glared up at Kagome from a deep hole he had just sat himself into.

"Fine I'll go" he said through clenched teeth

"Good I knew you'd come around" Kagome smiled happily at him

End Flashback

Now here he was, sitting inside of Wacdonald's with Kagome beside him and Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi across from them.

"So this is him huh?" Eri said

"Yeah it is" Kagome said blushing

"This is that violent two-timing boyfriend you're always talking about?" Yuka asked

Inuyasha's ear twitched under his hat. "Mind explaining Kagome?" he said, his voice strained.

"Uh not right now Inuyasha maybe when we get home" Kagome said innocently

Inuyasha's eye twitched. He didn't like the tone of her voice. "I'm not violent" he banged his hand on the table and everyone in the restaurant looked at him.

"Yep he's violent" Eri gave him a look "Where did you meet him?"

"Uh…" Kagome thought quickly "When we went on vacation."

Inuyasha gave her a funny look and leaned over to whisper in her ear "You better tell me about this vacation in case they start twenty questions"

Kagome nodded at him "When we get home I'll tell you all about it" she whispered back "Until then I'll answer the questions and you just keep quiet"

Inuyasha nodded.

The three girls stared at them and Ayumi sighed "Aw young love! They're whispering sweet nothings in each others ears!" she had a starry look in her eyes.

Kagome and Inuyasha stared at her "Uh yeah…" Kagome said scratching the back of her head and smiling.

"I told you they were crazy" Inuyasha muttered loud enough for only Kagome to hear him.

"Be nice" she said as quietly as she could knowing that he could hear her.

"Hmph" he leaned forward and sucked on the straw that was in his triple thick milkshake. He sucked as hard as he could and was moving his mouth around trying to get some milkshake to come up the straw.

"We don't want to see you making out with a bendy straw" Kagome said dryly

"It's not a bendy straw!" Inuyasha said and tried again to get some milkshake to actually reach his mouth.

"Fine then don't be making out with a regular straw!"

"I'm not!"

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi just shook their heads at Inuyasha and Kagome. They remembered Kagome telling them that they fought a lot but not over a straw.

They turned their attention back to Kagome and Inuyasha.

"I am not making out with a straw!"

"You are too!"

Inuyasha put his index finger on Kagome's mouth to stop her. She struggled for a second then Inuyasha leaned forward and kissed her.

Eri, Yuka and Ayumi stared at the couple. "Wow he sure knows how to make Kagome shut up eh?" Eri said

"Aw true love is so wonderful!" Ayumi cried

Kagome broke away from the kiss and smiled softly at Inuyasha then nodded towards her friends to remind him that they had an audience.

Inuyasha scowled "Another time" Kagome promised

He sighed and went back to his milkshake.

"It's really nice that the hospital let you out for today Kagome" Yuka said to break the silence

"Oh yeah" Kagome said trying to remember what disease she currently had "They said that since I was being good and that nothing had come up that I was allowed to go out for the day."

Inuyasha looked at Kagome "wow your really good at lying" he whispered to her. She smiled at him

"So what time do you have to be back at the hospital Kagome?" Eri asked

"Oh um two o'clock"

"Its twenty to two now! We better get you back there right now!" Yuka shouted and the three schoolgirls grabbed Kagome and dragged her out the door with Inuyasha following behind them.

'Doc better be in when we get there or this is going to be messy' Inuyasha thought as he followed the girls down the street.

At the hospital Kagome was rushed through the doors and Yuka shouted, "She's on time! Don't get her in trouble! She still has one minute left!"

The nurse stared at her "Uh ok… have you suffered any head concussions recently?"

Inuyasha smirked "Get Doc. He'll know what's going on."

The nurse smiled at him "Hi Inuyasha I didn't see you there."

"Hey Jenny" Inuyasha said "Hey doc!" he called noticing the doctor walking down the hall "Could you come here and tell these girls that Kagome is on time?" he winked at the doctor

"Oh sure Inuyasha thanks girls for getting Kagome back on time! Now she can go lie down and have a rest. She must be exhausted."

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi smiled at the doctor and walked out the door. "Phew! That was close! They almost found out" Kagome said "Thanks Doc for helping out there"

"No problem Kagome. How are things over there? I haven't seen you for awhile."

"Nothing too bad. We haven't had any fights for a little while. Just some scrapes, nothing to serious."

"Oh that's good. Well I must be back to work now. Good bye Kagome good bye Inuyasha"

"Bye" they both said and left the hospital

"Uh oh" Inuyasha said halfway down the street. "If we continue we're going to run into your crazy friends. They're just up ahead"

"Oh no" Kagome said "If they see us we'll have a lot of explaining to do as to why I'm not in the hospital right now." She gulped "what are we going to do?"

"Climb on my back" Inuyasha leaned down a bit so Kagome could get on. "I'll take you home the back way"

Kagome climbed on and wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck. "Alright just don't get us lost"

"I wont"

"Ok"

Inuyasha took off running down a side street. He crossed over to another street and kept running.

"How do you know where to go? I've lived here my whole life and I don't even know these roads."

"I don't like people staring at me and that's all they do on the main street. It really bothers me so I take the back roads."

"Oh, I never realized that so many people stare at you. I'm sorry,"

"What do you have to be sorry for?"
"I'm always dragging you here and making you go around other people."

"Its not your fault"

"Yes it is. I take full guilt for it"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Don't argue with me."

"Its not your fault ok Kagome?" Inuyasha stopped and set down Kagome and looked at her. "Don't feel guilty"

"But it is my fault and I do feel guilty." Kagome looked at the ground

Inuyasha put two fingers under Kagome's chin and forced her to look at him "Its not your fault Kagome and don't tell me it is."

"Fine it's not my fault."

"Good that's what I wanted to hear" Inuyasha kissed Kagome "now get back on and I'll take us home"

Kagome got back on his back "alright" she smiled into his hair then looked over his shoulder to see where he was going so she could possibly come home this way instead of the main street way.

"So when are we going to be home?" Kagome asked

"In about four and a half minutes"

"Oh ok"

Sure enough in four and a half minutes they arrived back at the Higurashi house.

"Wow I guess you were right"

"About what?"

"About when we'd get home"

"Oh yeah of course I was right"

"Sit"

THUD

"What was that for?"

"Don't get cocky"

"I told you before I'm not cocky!"

"Sit"

THUD

"What was that one for?" Inuyasha grumbled

"For arguing with me"

"Not fair"

Kagome smiled and walked up to her room

"When are we going back to the Feudal Era?" Inuyasha asked

"Soon"

"How soon"

"Not too long"

"We're leaving in the morning aren't we?" Inuyasha sighed

"Yep"

"Fine" Inuyasha sat down on the floor and watched Kagome gather her clothes and put them away in her closet.

"What are you doing?"

"Putting my clothes away then I'm going to have a shower. You can go do whatever you want til supper is ready"

"I'll wait here."

"Fine by me. Now don't come in the bathroom until I come back."

"Why?"

"Because I wont have any clothes on that's why"

'What's it matter? I've seen her without clothes on before' Inuyasha thought

"Promise you wont go in there?" Kagome prompted

"What? Yeah sure no problem"

Shortly after Kagome was in the shower Mrs. Higurashi walked in Kagome's room and asked Inuyasha to get a towel out of the bathroom.

"Can it wait? Kagome is in there having a shower and if I walk in she's probably going to sit me."

"Oh you'll be fine. Now I need that towel and she locked the door but the window is open and you're the only one who can get in."

"Fine I'll do it. But you owe me! and if I get in trouble its your fault."

"Ok I'll take the blame just get the towel."

"Alright"

"Thanks dear" Mrs. Higurashi walked out the door. "Bring it to the kitchen"

"Ok" Inuyasha jumped out the window and went over to the bathroom window. 'please don't sit me Kagome' he thought and jumped in the bathroom

Kagome had just turned off the water and climbed out of the shower when Inuyasha jumped in.

"What are you doing in here!' she said shocked that he had gotten in

Inuyasha pointed at the window and grabbed the towels and handed one to Kagome.

"Thank you I think." Kagome was blushing, she forgot that she wasn't dressed and Inuyasha was standing in front of her.

"No biggie I figured you wouldn't want me to see you naked again"

"Again? You mean you saw me naked before?"

"Yeah… oh please don't sit me! Your mom just sent me in here to get her a towel. Don't hurt me!" In his worry of her sitting him Inuyasha dropped the towel he was getting for Mrs. Higurashi.

"Fine since you were helping my mom I wont sit you"

THUD

"Oops. Sorry Inuyasha!"

"Yeah I'm sure your sorry"

"I am!"

Inuyasha stood up and Kagome wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do that!"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome. 'Oh god she's hugging me with only a towel on, ah! Don't think pervertedly, you are not Miroku! But she's only wearing a towel for god's sake!' Inuyasha shook his head trying to stop those thoughts from racing across his mind.

Kagome looked up at him "Uh Inuyasha? Are you ok?"

"What? Oh yeah fine" Inuyasha broke away from her "I uh, gotta get out of here, your uh, oh yeah! Your mom wants her towel so I better go give it to her!" Inuyasha picked up the forgotten towel and jumped out the window.

Kagome stared after him. 'Weird' she thought

She quickly got dressed and went into her room where she found Inuyasha pouting on the floor. "What's wrong?"

"Your mom didn't need a towel she just wanted to see what would happen if I went in there while you were naked."

"Did she tell you that?"

"No I guessed because I gave her the towel and she said she didn't need it anymore, and when she first asked for it she said she really needed the towel right away."

"Oh" Kagome sat down beside Inuyasha "So she just wanted to amuse herself by getting you to come in the bathroom when I was in the shower huh?"

"Yeah I guess so. Your mom is really mean"

"Not mean just sneaky"

"Well I don't like it"

"Inuyasha don't pout"

"But it's not fair, your mom always tries to get me in trouble with you. Or tries to make me see you naked, she doesn't play be the rules"

Kagome chuckled; she knew perfectly well what her mother was trying to do. "Oh Inuyasha your fine"

He leaned over and put his head on Kagome's lap "I am not fine. Your mom is working against me"

Kagome sighed "Inuyasha what am I going to do with you?"

Inuyasha rolled over on his back, still on Kagome's lap, and looked up at her "I don't know, scratch my belly, rub my back, and tell me everything is going to be ok?"

Kagome laughed, "Do you really want me to do that?"

"No I want you to rub my ears, scratch that spot on my back I cant reach, tell me everything is fine and that your mom isn't working against me, and finally give me a kiss good night after supper"

"Wow specific enough?"

"No but will you do it?"

"Fine I'll do it" She rubbed his one ear and he closed his eyes and smiled softly.

By the time that Inuyasha finally let Kagome stop rubbing his ears supper was ready.

Mrs. Higurashi called up the stairs "Supper's ready guys! We're having steak!"

"Coming mom!" Sota called from his room

"Coming Kagome? Inuyasha?"

"Yeah coming mom!" Kagome called

Sota, Kagome and Inuyasha raced down the stairs and into the dining room. "Oh yum! That looks good!" Kagome said and sat down.

Inuyasha and Sota sat down on either side of her and dug in. "Oh wow mom this is really yummy!" Sota exclaimed

"Yeah" Inuyasha said with his mouth full "This is great!"

Kagome sighed, "You never compliment my food."

"But this is really good"

"And what? My food isn't good?"

"N-no! That isn't it! Its just that-"

"Sit" Kagome glared at Inuyasha

THUD

"Oof! Ow Kagome I'm trying to eat!"

"Too bad"

"Aw Kagome I'm sorry I said that. Your food is good too, why do you think I eat it so fast? Because it tastes really good"

Kagome smiled at him. "All right Inuyasha that's enough sucking up I forgive you"

"Are you still going to scratch my back and tell me everything is alright and the rest of the list?"

"Yeah I guess so"

"Oh boy!"

To be continued