Nowhere To Go Chapter 8: Strike Two, an inuyasha fanfic

Dark Inu Fan – Yea I want to make Inu and Kagome's mom really tight because in the manga it really does seem that he treats her like a mom…thanks for the review.

InuKagPar4Life – Thanks again for the movie, and yea I really liked it too…I'm glad your enjoying my chapters and the fluffiness, and trust me more will come because I always LOVE reading InuKag fluff.

Akikusaalchemy – Glad you're enjoying my fic. Enjoy this chapter.

Avelyn Lauren – Hmm…maybe I'll let Kagome find out or not…hmm…you'll just have to find out yourself muahahha…as for the well and your other THEORIES of what will happen…just keep reading haha.

michik0 – YES of course their going on date…we can't have Shiori being single for the rest of her life right? Hehe glad your really suspicious about what's going to happen next, and yea I also liked my description of the 'Inu sacrificing himself for Kag' part…I really wanted it to be JUICY hehe…enjoy this one…its gonna be…

Danoo – YAYAYA…I love you danoo…and of course I wanted to scare you haha…so you'd keep reading lmao…and of course there had to be lots of DANGER in it…more action coming up later.

xxsugarsodaxx – Sorry I keep on forgetting about Shiori having such a motherly role…thanks for reminding me haha…I totally forgot about the hugging part…o well I'll just add it here…

(A/N – okay I can't figure out what Tsukaikishiba's real name is so even if I find out later what his real name is…I'm not going to bother to change it…cause then I'd have to go back and change everything…and I'm just too lazy…so its final…his name in this fiction is going to be Tsukaikishiba.)

Nowhere To Go

Chapter 8 – Strike Two

Last Time:

Shiori nodded and went towards the exit before she spoke again, "I'll be back here tomorrow morning so we can go back to the shrine…and Inuyasha? Don't touch anything that's around you." She smiled and left.

Inuyasha smiled back…keeping in mind that she was serious about not touching anything around him. He slowly closed his eyelids and let the sleep take over him thinking about only one person…Kagome.

The morning rays made their way through the blinds of a certain girl's window and slowly crept their way to shine on a raven-haired girls face. Her eyelashes fluttered and slowly opened, then closing them again from the brightness of the sun. She groaned and turned away from the sun, not being ready for the new day. She was just about the drift back to sleep when her room door opened.

"Kagome…how are you feeling dear?" Shiori walked into Kagome's room holding a tray with two cups of tea and a pain killer.

Kagome gave up trying to fall back asleep and gradually lifted her head off the pillow to face her mother. Shiori handed her daughter the pain killer for her neck and the cup of tea to swallow down with. When her daughter finished, Shiori started to take her first sip in the tea.

"I feel better now…the pain killers will help the cut on my neck…and it's nearly healed so it should be fine." Kagome said plainly looking out her window.

"That's good…I'm glad you're healing fast…" '…even though it's only physically.' She thought staring at her 'ill' daughter. A few moments later she sat on the bed beside her daughter and gave her a warm comforting hug. Kagome was shocked by this action, but just hugged back…her mom acted like the small injury would cost her life.

"Mom…I…can't…breathe." Kagome said between breathes. Shiori realized she was hugging her daughter too tight and let go, smiling back.

"Kagome, I'm going to bring Inuyasha back from the hospital, and then I'm going out for lunch to talk to…uhm…an old friend." Shiori quickly covered up, hopefully that would fool Kagome, but little did Shiori know that her daughter was much smarter than that.

Kagome eyed her mother suspiciously and just let the topic slide…for now. "Okay mom, I'll just hang around here for a while…and make sure Inuyasha doesn't go running off."

"Alright…but don't worry I'm sure he'll be running back to you to make sure you're perfectly fine." Shiori winked at her daughter and left the room, leaving Kagome blushing.

After Kagome's cheeks cooled down, she got up from her bed and went to the bathroom to have a nice long shower.

Shiori walked down the streets of Tokyo heading towards the hospital, thinking about her daughter's situation and the 12:00 tea/coffee time with a very good-looking doctor. When she reached the hospital, she headed straight towards Inuyasha's room, fully knowing where it is.

When she entered the room, she saw Inuyasha sitting up on his bed looking through (to him) very sluttish looking women in a magazine. Shiori giggled at the sight of Inuyasha's eyes going wide when he saw what clothing women wore in this area.

Inuyasha heard giggling from the entrance and looked up. Blushing, he put the magazine away thinking, 'I'm glad Kagome doesn't where that type of clothing…or else all those other bastards would be flirting with her.'

"How are you feeling Inuyasha? You think you can come back to the shrine now?" She spoke, still trying to hold back her laughter.

Inuyasha nodded and stretched out his arms proving his point.

Shiori smiled at how quickly the hanyou healed, and turned around to look for Li, but quickly realized he was standing by the door staring back at her.

"Hello Shiori, ready to bring back home Inuyasha?" He simply asked.

Shiori nodded, and turned away blushing.

Li walked passed the blushing woman and headed towards Inuyasha's bed. He started to take off the patches and gauges and the wires attached to his body. He also checked the wounds on Inuyasha's body and saw nothing but a scar, amazed by this he started to examine the scar with his hands. Inuyasha felt sick suddenly and thought the man was gay, and quickly jumped off the bed and hid behind Shiori with a very scared face.

Shiori started to giggle again, "Don't worry Inuyasha…he's just checking your wounds to make sure you're fully healed."

"Of course I'm fully healed!" Of course Inuyasha didn't understand that the people in this era don't heal that quickly and would be amazed by his body structure.

Li started to laugh and went to the visitors chair to pick up Inuyasha's left behind Haori. He calmly walked over to Inuyasha and held out the old kimono. Inuyasha was hesitant at first, but thought it best if the odd man didn't touch his clothing, so he grabbed his Haori out of Li's hands quite rudely. Inuyasha walked towards the exit while dressing himself, leaving Shiori and Li to talk.

"I have some paperwork to finish up on Inuyasha, so then you can bring him back to the shrine, and then at 12:00 I'll go pick you up for lunch and coffee," said Li.

"Thank you Li, I would also like to talk to you about Inuyasha and my daughter…" '…and about you.' Shiori thought.

With the arrangements made, the two went their separate ways.

Back at the Higurashi residence:

Kagome started to settle down on her nice comfy couch when she heard noises at the front and sighed. She started walking towards the Shoji doors, and figured it was Inuyasha and her mom coming back from the hospital. When she opened the door she found three noisy girls and a timid boy at the back, and realized they were her 'friends'.

"Kagome!" They all shouted.

"Yuka…Eri…Ayumi…oh and Hojo too."

"Kagome, I heard you were involved in a shooting accident, and that your boyfriend got shot." Yuka stated.

Unfortunately, Hojo wasn't informed that Kagome had a boyfriend and he looked betrayed all of a sudden. Kagome noticed his head sunk low and ignored her three girlfriends to go speak with Hojo…in private. Kagome and Hojo walked towards the stone bench under the Goshinboku, far enough for any 'girls' to be eaves-dropping.

"Hojo I…" Kagome started but stuttered.

"It's alright that you already have a boyfriend…I just…sort of wished that you would have told me sooner, so I wouldn't look like a complete idiot." (A/N – which he is anyways haha)

Kagome smiled, "Thanks Hojo, I'm glad you understand…but we can still be good friends…without the gifts." She giggled, but then quickly changed her expression turning away thinking, '…even though Inuyasha and I aren't actually in a relationship.'

Hojo smiled back and agreed that they should still be close friends, but showed it with his actions. He cupped her cheek with his palm and caressed it for a few moments…he brushed his lips against her cheeks giving her a 'friendly' kiss, and then pulling her into a warm hug. Kagome hesitated at first by his sudden movement, but hugged back understanding that this was a friendly gesture.

The moment was soon ruined when she heard rustling in the tree above them.

Shiori left Inuyasha to walk back to the shrine alone, because she said she needed to do some shopping before she came back home.

Inuyasha reached the bottom of the shrine steps when he smelt Kagome's friends and a boy…Hojo. He started to growl at the foul stench of that weak human Kagome always hangs around with, he already met Kagome's other friends and only found them annoying, but that boy was always too close around Kagome. Inuyasha growled even more at that thought and quickly jumped over all the shrine steps, while making sure that his toque was still on. Li gave the toque back to Inuyasha before he left the hospital, making sure that no one else saw his canine-ears.

Inuyasha quickly leaped into the Goshinboku without a sound to be heard, and saw Kagome and Hojo walking towards the stone bench under his tree. Instead of confronting Kagome, he decided to hear what the two were going to talk about so 'privately' that made Kagome leave her three other friends.

"Hojo I…" Kagome started but stuttered.

"It's alright that you already have a boyfriend…I just…sort of wished that you would have told me sooner, so I wouldn't look like a complete idiot."

Kagome smiled, "Thanks Hojo, I'm glad you understand…but we can still be good friends…without the gifts." She giggled, but then quickly changed her expression turning away thinking, '…even though Inuyasha and I aren't actually in a relationship.'

'What the fuck! Kagome has a boyfriend!' Inuyasha's face started to turn red in furry at the thought that Kagome was already taken even if it wasn't Hojo. He clenched his fist so tightly that he nearly pierced his palm with his sharp claws. He was fully aware what a boyfriend meant in this era, and it turned his insides out at the thought of another boy courting Kagome.

(A/N – sorry for this author's note but just to let you know, he really doesn't know what a boyfriend means in the manga or else he'd be asking Kagome so many questions why her friends thought that he was Kagome's boyfriend.)

That moment was enough to put Inuyasha on edge. It was bad enough that Hojo kissed her on 'his' Kagome's cheek and hug her, but Kagome hugged him back. Inuyasha didn't give enough time to think that this would only be 'friendly' since she had another 'boyfriend', all he was thinking about was to rip the boy off of Kagome and possibly do even more damage to him. He quickly jumped of the Goshinboku, letting the leaves rustle.

Kagome broke away from the hug when she heard rustling in the tree. When the two looked up to see what it was, they found themselves both staring at a certain hanyou's angry eyes.

"Inuyasha!" She said in surprise. 'Oh crap. I better get Hojo out of here before Inuyasha goes crazy again.'

"Kagome who is this?" Hojo asked confusingly.

"Your worst nightmare." Inuyasha said roughly and started to charge after the innocent boy.

"INUYASHA SIT!" Kagome yelled out of reflexes.

"GUUAAAAHHHHHH!"

Kagome turned her attention from Inuyasha to Hojo, "Hojo I think you should leave, I have important manners to deal with. Tell Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi-chan that my boyfriend and I are perfectly fine and that we didn't get seriously hurt."

Hojo nodded and quickly left, not wanting to be killed by that crazy red figure. He didn't think too much about how that man fell down all of a sudden, he was more concerned about his life. He didn't want to leave Kagome by herself but she seemed able to take care of herself.

The prayer beads spell started to ware off, and just as quickly Inuyasha got up from his body printed hole.

"What the fuck was that for Kagome! That bastard was all over you!"

"SIT BOY!" She yelled again.

"GUUUAAAAHHHH!"

"Since you're on the ground let me explain…DON'T call Hojo a bastard as you so bluntly put it. He's my good friend, and he was only giving me a friendly hug. So don't get so jealous because of something like that!"

When the spell wore off again, Inuyasha slowly got up from his even more deep hole and yelled, "Then who is your boyfriend that Hojo was talking about!"

Kagome blushed and turned away from Inuyasha.

"Well?" He pushed.

Kagome couldn't say that Inuyasha was her boyfriend; he would just get mad that she clarified him as that. So she ignored the raging hanyou and started to walk towards her house, still blushing.

"OI KAGOME! DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME! OI WENCH!" He was going to find out who was her boyfriend one way or the other.

"SIT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" She yelled from the house. 'That should get him to shut up.'

Kagome stomped off towards her room, not planning on doing anything but cry. Inuyasha was being so unreasonable, and making it so much harder for her emotions right now. Why would he get so jealous if he still loves Kikyo? Kagome thought about this through her crying sobs, trying to come up with a reason why he's always giving her hope and then crashing it when she sees him with Kikyo.

Inuyasha was still stuck in the ground when Kagome left to her room. When he regained consciousness from the sit command, he didn't bother to go after Kagome, because he knew what she would say. Instead he cursed a few words under his breathe, and ran towards the well house back to his own era to 'think'.

In the Warring States Era:

Inuyasha jumped out of the well, roughly threw his toque off of his sensitive ears back into the old well, and started walking gruffly towards the Goshinboku, muttering curses and complaints about a certain girl. He didn't notice that a very bored demon was watching him.

"What is there to do now? Now that Naraku is dead and all of my brothers and sisters are gone, there's no fun anymore." The demon was sitting on a tree thinking of something to entertain himself, when he heard an annoying voice from below…recognizing who it was right away. He leaned over the branch a little to listen carefully to what the hanyou was saying.

"Hmm…this can prove entertaining." He said evilly and flew away on his paper crane.

500 years in the future:

Shiori returned home 15 minutes before 12:00. She opened the shoji doors and headed straight for her room to change. A few minutes later she came out wearing a blue blouse with a dark blue long skit. She headed towards her daughters room to let her know that she was going out.

Kagome was resting on her bed with stained tears still on her cheek. When she heard a knock on her bedroom door, she quickly wiped away any trace of her crying and called for whoever to come in, praying that it wasn't Inuyasha.

"Kagome, I'm going out now. Are you going to be okay at home? Or are you going to visit your friends in the Warring States Era?" Shiori spoke from the door, only showing her face and hiding the rest of her outfit from her daughter, so it won't give her daughter any ideas of what she was up to.

Kagome eyed her mother, "I think I'll just stay at home." 'Mom is up to something, and I'm going to find out what it is.'

"Alright dear, there's food in the fridge if you get hungry." Shiori closed the door gently and left to go outside.

When Kagome was certain that her mother had left the house, she quickly got up from her bed and started to follow her mom a good distance away.

Around the corner of the house, Kagome spotted a black BMW drive up in front of the Shrine steps, and saw her mother get into the passenger's side of the vehicle. Curious about who was in the car, Kagome started running to catch up with the fast car.

Shiro and Li reached to a very nice restaurant to eat their lunch. They both settle down on a small table near the window. Li was the first to speak,

"So Shiori, tell me about Inuyasha and how he was able to survive this long up until this era?"

Shiori briefly explained her daughter's adventures with the hanyou since her 15th birthday and Inuyasha was actually from 500 years in the past, but only he and Kagome were able to travel through time.

"Wow, I can't believe you were able to keep this type of secret for this long. But don't worry my lips are sealed." He smiled.

Shiori smiled back and both started to eat their meal quietly, both discussing their past life and about what Shiori's husband was like. Even though it brought back sad memories, she was more concerned about her daughter during this time.

"I'm just really worried about Kagome, lately she's ended up in the hospital many times, and not even a week has passed. I just pray that it won't get any worse." Shiori spoke softly at her last sentence; feeling very upset at what her daughter was enduring.

Li took the hint, and laid his hand on top of hers, comforting her in any way possible.

"Don't worry; I'll make sure your daughter won't get into any more serious trouble." He smiled.

They both shared a very touching moment, just staring into each others eyes. Sparks were flying everywhere between the two, both feeling the same way for each other. Without realizing what they were doing, Li and Shiori's lips came closer until they touched sharing a passionate yet graceful kiss. When they broke apart, they smiled even more. Shiori was about to say something like that was a nice kiss, but something caught her attention at the corner of her eye. When she turned around she saw Kagome with a shocked face from outside the window staring at what she saw not too long ago. Shiori gasped in confusion, hoping that her daughter won't be upset by this. Li caught onto what Shiori was seeing and was thinking the same thing, or else Kagome could have an emotional breakdown.

Kagome couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her mother was keeping a secret like this away from her. She wasn't ready for another man in her house; this was too much for her to take. She was angry at her mother, upset with having a replacement for her dead father, so she ran as fast as her legs could carry her towards the only other place she can go…through the well into the Warring States Era.

Wow this one took me forever to write. I was starting to have a writers block, but then I just forced myself to write haha…PLEASE REVIEW!