Disclaimer: Ok ya I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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CHAPTER FOUR- No Time Like the Present

Later on that day, the group of companions had reached Kaede's village. They were all at Kaede's hut, just sitting around. Miroku and Sango were busily talking, Shippo and Kilala were sleeping peacefully in the shade of a small tree, and InuYasha and Kagome were outside. (InuYasha sitting in a tree and Kagome packing her things to go home.)

"InuYasha?" Kagome asked.

"What?" InuYasha asked from his perch in a tree.

"I'm leaving to go home now… Do you want to come with me? I'll be there for two or three days…"

InuYasha considered this. That might be kindda nice… jus' me an' Kagome… "Feh… Ya sure I'll go with you. You'll need me there later anyway 'cause you'll probably get in trouble and'll need my help…" he said this in his normal rude manner so that Sango and Miroku wouldn't think that he was happy to go with.

But Miroku still put on a happy face and waved as they left and said "Have fun you two!"

Soon after saying that Sango looked at him and said, "get those sick thoughts out of your head! …:sigh: Why'd I even marry you in the first place?"

"Because I'm just so adorable of course!" Miroku answered with a smile.

Sango rolled her eyes and playfully said, "heh.. ya… I guess you are…"

"Hey! What do you mean by that? I'm cute… aren't I?"

"Of course you are! Now go help Kaede sweep inside her house."

":sigh: yes dear…"

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Meanwhile InuYasha and Kagome had reached the well and had jumped down. Now they were in the present era. InuYasha let Kagome climb onto his back and then he leapt out of the well. Kagome got off of him and then they began to walk to her house. They were met half way there by Kagome's little brother, Sota, who was playing with a soccer ball outside.

"Kagome! InuYasha!" The 7-year-old boy yelled as he ran to greet them. He hugged his sister quickly and then he hugged InuYasha, who looked slightly uncomfortable being hugged by a small child.

"Come on, InuYasha! I wanna show you a new video game I got! Then I can show you my pokemon cards! I'll teach you how to play the card game for them and then I'll show you some other games I have for Gamecube! It'll be fun and—"

He grabbed InuYasha's hand and began to drag him in the direction of their home as he continued to ramble on and on. InuYasha was very confused by this point.

What the hell's a gamecube? He wondered.

"Sota…!" Kagome said trying to hold back her laughter. "Hold on! Let InuYasha go inside first! Besides, he probably has no idea what you're talking about…"

"You got that right…" InuYasha mumbled as Sota let go of his hand.

As they entered the house, Sota was still talking excitedly about what he wanted to show InuYasha. Mrs. Higarashi walked to the front door to see what was going on.

"What's going o—oh hello Kagome! I didn't know you were coming home today! And you brought InuYasha with you! How nice… Would you two like some ramen?"

Inuyasha's mouth began to water at the thought of eating ramen. Mrs. Higarashi smiled when she saw a wave of happiness appear on InuYasha's face. Kagome giggled. "Thanks Mom. That'd be great!"

She began to lead InuYasha upstairs. "Oh and is it ok if InuYasha stays here until I go back to the feudal era?"

"Of course it is! He can sleep in So—"

A look of horror spread across InuYasha's face. Oh God.. don't make me sleep in the little runt's room! He'll annoy the hell outta me!

"errr… he can sleep on the couch bed…"

A look of relief appeared on his face. Thank You!…. wait.. what's a couch bed?

"Kagome? What's a—"

"Alright Mom. Thanks! Call us when the ramen is ready, ok?"

"Alright dear."

Kagome grabbed InuYasha's hand and led him up the stairs and into her room. She began to put her things away and InuYasha went and sat on her bed and watched.

I like this room… It smells like Kagome…

Kagome's cat, Buyo, wandered into the room and saw InuYasha. He walked over to the bed and jumped onto it. He lazy curled up next to Inuyasha and began to purr. InuYasha lazily began to scratch Buyo's ears as he waited for Kagome to finish unpacking.

"Kagome why do ya hafta bring so much crap with you all the time?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "It's not 'crap' I need all these things."

"For what?"

"Well I need my homework… our food… blankets… a hair brush…"

"whatever…"

"Kagome? Why're you boring InuYasha to death?" Sota asked as he walked into the room.

"hey… it's not my fault he has a small attention span."

"Hey!"

"what? It's true."

"Ya? And your point is…?"

Kagome rolled her eyes again. "You're a real idiot sometimes…"

"Feh..."

"Kagome…! InuYasha…!" a voice yelled from downstairs. "Your ramen is ready!"

InuYasha immediately jumped up and ran to the door. He stopped and waited (impatiently) for Kagome. "Kagome….! Hurry up!"

"Hold your horses… I'm almost done just lemme put this in my closet."

"What horses?"

":sigh: nevermind….." --'

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After eating their ramen, Mrs. Higarashi left with Sota. They had to go pick up Grandpa and then meet some friends for dinner. Kagome didn't know the people they were going to go with and they only had a son that was Sota's age so she and Inuyasha decided to stay at the house. Mrs. Higarashi said she would say that Kagome couldn't come because she had a friend over. And so they left, leaving InuYasha and Kagome alone at Higarashi shrine. ((A/N: bow chicka wow wow))

It was about two hours later and Kagome and Inuyasha had just finished watching Aladdin ((A/N: the first one)) and InuYasha found it pretty funny. Especially when they say things in the backround. Like at the part where Jasmin is on the balcony with 'Prince Ali' and the tiger goes over to him and he's like 'Good kitty… nice kitty…' and then in the backround he says 'take off your clothes…' he found that funny and he began to laugh. Kagome didn't hear it and didn't know what he was laughing at.

It was getting late and InuYasha was getting hungry. So Kagome made him some more ramen which he finished eating in under a minute.

"So InuYasha," Kagome said. "Did you enjoy the movie?"

"Ya… it was good…"

Kagome got up from her chair. "I'll be right back… I'm gonna go put my pajamas on." with that said she left the room, leaving InuYasha all by his lonesome.

Inuyasha just sat there waiting for Kagome's return. when am I gonna tell her?

A few minutes passed and Inuyasha was still lost in his thoughts. He didn't notice Kagome come down the stairs and come up behind him.

"hey InuYasha…"

"HOLY—Kagome! What the hell! What's the idea of sneaking up on me!"

"Sneaking up on you? I wasn't trying to… You just weren't paying attention. Anyway, I'm going to bed so G'night."

"Feh… ya whatever…" InuYasha replied as he lay down on the couch. He didn't want Kagome's mom to get the couch bed out just for him. He probably wouldn't sleep anyway. He was used to staying awake all night, his demon powers kept him from getting tired. "G'night Kagome…"