Today I feel like writing, and drawing, and reading, and doing a lot of other things. I don't know why. I just want to do everything.
Tonight is a new InuYasha (English dub)... If I don't watch it tonight, I'll watch it in the morning. I missed the last one. Oh well... I'll watch it soon. If I don't watch it on TV, I'll watch on the Internet. Shh... Don't tell.
A Change in Our Future
Chapter
Eight: Kagome's Embarrassment
I led InuYasha down the street, everyone looking at him strangely. Of course they would, he has silver hair. But, I thankfully had a cap in my backpack, so he had to wear that.
"Are you hungry?" I asked InuYasha after hearing my own stomach growl.
"Yeah," InuYasha said, looking around and sniffing the air.
I smiled and looked around. I decided that it would be very good to get as far away from the Demon Hunter's headquarters as possible, without going to far to find food.
I looked around, and soon I saw a nice looking café on the corner of the next block. I led InuYasha across the street, away from the cars (InuYasha started growling at them) and into the building.
The inside of the café seemed to be western (or American) styled. It had black and white checkerboard tiles and hard, red fabric on the booth seats and the chair seats. It was really, really western. I couldn't say how western it was... It was just, weird. I liked it.
I led InuYasha to a booth and I sat down. He looked at the booth seat and I looked at it too. "You can sit down, you know," I said, looking back at InuYasha.
He sorta crouched a little bit and turned his body, but then yelped in pain as he turned to quickly and hit his leg against the table. I laughed a little bit and then got out of the booth. "Let's go sit somewhere where you can sit down comfortably," I said, even though I really liked the booth. I helped InuYasha out and we went over to a table, the chairs covered by the same red material on the booth. InuYasha was able to sit on these chairs just fine.
Soon a woman came by with two menus and gave one to each of us.
While InuYasha looked at the menu, trying to figure out what it was for, I looked through the food to see what looked the best.
"InuYasha, do you want a hamburger?" I asked, smirking.
"Huh?"
I giggled. "I'll take that as a yes. You'll like it," I said, looking around to see if there was a waitress.
A woman walked over and took our orders, and we waited for our food (two hamburgers and two Cokes, in case you're wondering). I heard a TV somewhere, and I turned around to look at it. It was on the news. Fun.
InuYasha looked at the TV carefully and blinked a few times. "It's one of those weird box things," InuYasha said quietly.
"It's a television, InuYasha," I said just before the waitress came over with our food. InuYasha sniffed his hamburger and I picked mine up and bit into it. Holy crap it was good. I looked around and saw a picture of an American man, who apparently was the owner of this restaurant. No wonder the hamburgers were so good. It was better than McDonald's.
"Is this all right to eat?" InuYasha asked.
I sighed. "I'm eating it, aren't I?" I picked up a ketchup bottle and put some ketchup on my plate, and then some on InuYasha's. Those French fries looked pretty good, too.
"The Demon Hunters have become a household name, and only a few short years after they've been established," said a reporter on the TV. I turned around and started to listen to what the TV said. InuYasha looked up too, chewing on a little bite of his burger.
"Recently there's been more and more demons, but the Demon Hunters have kept them under control, using their special collars to stop the demons from doing any harm. Today, the Demon Hunters released information stating that they had a new president, who could not be here for a statement today," the reporter said, standing in front of the Demon Hunter's building.
"I'll kill him!" InuYasha shouted, standing up, but wobbling a little bit.
"Sit," I said, and InuYasha fell to the ground. I picked up a few of my French fries and dipped them in the ketchup.
"What was that for?" InuYasha shouted. I just stared at him.
I sighed, shoving the fries in my mouth. "You need to rest, InuYasha. You may not realize it, but you're still very weak from what the Demon Hunters did to you. And you're making a scene," I said calmly.
InuYasha grumbled and sat down in his seat, shoving his burger into his mouth and taking a huge bite. I smiled a little bit, knowing he'd have a tough time eating that.
"InuYasha..." I warned, but he was already trying to eat that gigantic piece of food. I giggled.
I took another bite of my hamburger, and then grabbed on my plate for another French fry. I looked down and realized there was none there. I sighed.
InuYasha finally swallowed his piece of food and looked at my plate. "Have some of mine," he said, pointing to his untouched pile of fries.
"Really?" I asked, smiling. He nodded, and I took a few, dipping them in my ketchup. I ate them and said to him, "You should try them. They're pretty good. You like the burger, right?" InuYasha nodded. "Then you'll like the fries."
He tried some, and smiled a little bit. "They're good," he said, eating them quickly. I ate the rest of my burger as I watched InuYasha scarfing down his food.
"InuYasha, are you ready to go?" I asked him.
He looked up from his pop, which he was drinking rather quickly, and said, "Hm?"
"I'll pay for our meal, and then we can go," I said, getting some money out. I went to pay and we left the café.
I blinked a couple times, getting used to the sudden brightness of the sun, and then I gasped. "I forgot Hojo's bike!" I said, realizing what I did. "We'll have to go back and get it, InuYasha."
He still looked a bit worn out from his experience in the building, and I hated to bring him back there, but I had to. Though InuYasha complained, we went to go get Hojo's bike. Soon enough we found it and I got on it, getting ready to go. "Let's go bring this to Hojo's house, all right?"
"Fine," InuYasha grumbled. I smiled and got on the bike, and InuYasha sat right behind me. Good thing there was plenty of room, or else InuYasha would have fallen off. I started to pedal us to Hojo's house when I realized I didn't really know where it was. I knew in what general direction it was, but I didn't know where he lived... Well, I might as well just go to the school.
InuYasha was a bit impatient as I went towards our destination. But, he's always impatient. When we got to the school, I was startled to find that Hojo was still standing there, waiting for me.
InuYasha turned to look at him, and glared.
"Hojo? Why are you still waiting here?" I asked, slowing down and getting off his bike.
"I wanted to see if you would come back, so I waited," Hojo explained.
"Oh. Well, I brought your bike back. I'll see you soon, Hojo," I said as InuYasha got off the bike. He just glared at Hojo.
"Goodbye, Higurashi," Hojo said as he pedaled off on his bike.
InuYasha glared after him and growled. "Keh. It's a good thing he left. I don't like him," InuYasha said.
"InuYasha! Don't say that. You don't even know him!" I said as I started to walk home. InuYasha walked beside me, but soon he tripped over a bit of sidewalk and fell.
"InuYasha! Are you all right?" I asked, kneeling down.
"Yeah, just a bit tired still. Those Demon Hunters really did something bad to me," InuYasha said, pushing himself up. He looked a bit helpless, lying there on the ground. Once he got to a kneeling position I took his arm and put it around my shoulder and helped him up.
Though InuYasha was walking fine just before, I could tell that he was faking health and actually in great pain. I guess I didn't help him because he didn't, ask though. But now he was pretty much relying on me to be his legs.
I blushed a little bit as InuYasha stumbled a bit and leaned close to me.
"How much farther is your house, Kagome?" InuYasha asked me after walking for a while.
"Not too far. Are you getting tired?" I replied.
"No!"
"You don't have to lie to me, InuYasha. Don't worry, we won't have to walk to much longer, now. Just a few more blocks," I said, smiling a little bit.
InuYasha grumbled and muttered something under his breath. I glared and stopped.
I turned towards him and backed away as I asked, "What did you say?" I distinctly heard the word 'wench' in his mutterings.
"I didn't say nothin'!" InuYasha defended.
Suddenly he brought his hand to his head, looking a little bit dizzy, and started to fall again. I ran over to him quickly and helped him get his balance again.
"Sorry, InuYasha," I said, letting him lean on me again.
"What are you saying sorry for?" he growled.
"I let you fall..." I said, looking at the ground.
InuYasha glared at me. "No, you didn't. You caught me before I did fall. It's my fault I lost my balance."
"If I didn't get so mad at you..."
"If you didn't get mad at me then I would think something was wrong with you. You hate it when I call you 'wench'," InuYasha said.
I looked at him and then back at the ground. "I'm sorry, InuYasha... You always are there to protect me, but I can't do anything for you."
"What are you talking about, Kagome? You saved me from those demon hunters!" InuYasha shouted. I looked up at InuYasha and sighed.
"The only reason you were taken from the demon hunters is because I couldn't stop them," I explained.
InuYasha glared at me. "I couldn't even stop them! What makes you think you could?" InuYasha asked.
"I don't know... I just thought..." I said, looking ahead of me. I saw the shrine up ahead, not too far away from here.
"Kagome, quit blaming yourself for everything. You can't stop some things, and most the things you blame yourself for aren't your fault," InuYasha said to me. "Like Kane... You couldn't see him. It was an accident."
I felt the sting of tears at the thought of Kane. Trying to avoid the subject, I looked at InuYasha's arm. "How's that wound?" I asked, referring to the bullet he took in his arm.
"It's fine. The Demon Hunters took out that bullet thing, and it's healing fast," InuYasha explained.
"That's good." I started to climb up the stairs to the shrine, and InuYasha leaned against me even more to help him climb up the stairs.
InuYasha... Did you mean all those things you said to me?
- - -
I yawned and looked outside. I had just finished my homework, and it was really late. I turned to look at my clock and gasped. It was almost midnight! I turned around to see InuYasha laying down on my bed, facing me at my desk. He had fallen asleep just a few minutes after he laid down, which was at about 8 o'clock. A little bit after dinner. He was so tired from what happened, I can't blame him.
Though, I was tired now, too. I'm glad tomorrow was Sunday. (A/N: Some/many Japanese schools have school on Saturday, but usually school usually lasts until noon or so then.)
I was too tired to change into anything different, so I just took off my socks and turned off my lamp. I walked over to the bed and crawled onto it and laid down, my back towards InuYasha's back. I stared at the wall for a few minutes, before dozing off.
- - -
I kept my eyes closed when I woke up. I didn't want to wake up or move. I was so warm. Though, I should get up.
I opened my eyes and felt my face heat up with a huge blush. I saw a bit of white hair and red, and I realized my head was tucked up under InuYasha's neck. I felt the blanket that we had both slept on was up over my legs, and my back, but not over the front of my torso. Under the blanket, InuYasha's hand was on my waist and his other arm was next to my back, sort of like an awkward hug. My left hand was up on InuYasha's neck, and I started to slowly move it back towards my chest with my other hand, but InuYasha started to move a little bit, so I stopped. I really didn't want to wake him up.
How did we both turn around? Our backs were facing each other when we went to sleep! I could feel my face getting even hotter. I closed my eyes and bit my lip, feeling my blush go up to my ears. Though, I was very comfortable lying there.
I didn't dare move anything but my head. I could only move that a little bit, because otherwise I'd just wake InuYasha up. Though, he was going to wake up anyway.
My breath slowed a bit, and I closed my eyes once more and tucked my head into InuYasha's neck, the top of my head barely touching him.
I waited for a while, slowly getting less patient and more embarrassed. InuYasha moved a little bit, moving his arm near my back closer to me, pushing me closer to him. My face heated up again, and I was almost sure that if I looked in a mirror my face would have been as red as InuYasha's haori.
I heard my door get pushed a little bit, and then felt someone get on my bed. I heard purring, and realized it was just Buyo... But what if someone else was coming? DAMMIT!
STAY CALM, KAGOME! I told myself, breathing deeply.
InuYasha's ear twitched and he yawned. He moved a little bit; I could feel his head move around.
"Hm?" he said, before looking down at me. "YOW!" he shouted before jumping off the bed. My hand fell to the bed where InuYasha's neck had been. I quickly sat up, my face as red as a tomato, and InuYasha's face looked as red as mine.
"Wh-what happened?" he asked me.
"Don't ask me! At least you woke up before anyone came in here!" I shouted, my heart pounding so loud I could hear it.
Sota walked into the room and looked around. "What's going on?" he asked.
"NOTHING!" InuYasha and I shouted together, our blushes still on our faces.
- - -
Breakfast was quiet; InuYasha and I still had a small blush on our cheeks. Mama, Sota and Grandpa were all looking at us carefully before going to talk about whatever.
"Oh, Kagome?" Mama said. I looked up from my breakfast. "Why were you and InuYasha home so late yesterday?"
I sighed. "Demon Hunters," I said. Mama gasped. "They were at the school and caught InuYasha."
"What happened?" Sota asked.
"Keh! I could have taken them if it weren't for those collars," InuYasha said, glaring at his food. "Kagome had to come get me from the building... I don't know what those damn Demon Hunters did, but I still feel weak."
I remembered what the bird demon said, the one that I gave food. "InuYasha, a demon said that the demons who fight against humans get injected with drugs and killed. I suppose they were testing on you before they were going to kill you..."
"WHAT?" InuYasha shouted, slamming his hand on the table.
I nodded sadly. "I even found Jinenji there, but I let him out," I said.
"They had Jinenji?" InuYasha asked. I nodded.
"I checked two whole floors before finding the right one," I explained.
"Well, if you could search better you mighta found me faster!" InuYasha shouted, folding his arms and looking slightly smug.
I glared. "Hey! I didn't expect you to be on the dangerous demon floor! You could have been on the dog demon or half demon floor!"
"Well--"
"WELL NOTHING! SIT!"
InuYasha's face slammed into the floor and the house shook a little bit. I forgot that I shouldn't sit InuYasha in the house.
I stood up angrily and stormed outside, scaring off anyone who looked at me. I sighed and went to the sacred Go-Shinboku. I rested my hand on the tree and looked at the scar where Kikyo's arrow hit the tree.
"This is turning out to be a swell day," I said, resting my head against the tree.
I looked over to the well house and walked over to it, the dirt crunching underneath my feet. "I wonder how Sango and the others are doing back there? They must be a bit worried. Seeing as how I left after..."
I stopped talking. I didn't want to think about him. Not after what I did. It was a horrible experience. It was worse seeing a Feudal battlefield.
I wish...
I wish that had never happened.
It wasn't supposed to happen.
But I couldn't think about that now. Now I needed to think about the Demon Hunters, and how to get rid of the demons in my era. Otherwise, what was going to happen here?
I turned around and walked back into the house, ignoring my family's stares.
I walked to my room and opened a window, letting the fresh air enter the room. I looked over to the bed and blushed. I don't know if I'll ever get over that. I went over to the window and sat on the ledge, hanging one leg on each side, so I wouldn't fall.
I closed my eyes and rested there, letting my thoughts float away from me.
"Kagome?"
"AHHH!" I shouted as I almost fell off the ledge. I felt someone catch me before I fell, though. I looked up and saw InuYasha. He stood on a tree branch near my window, holding onto me tightly, but without hurting me. InuYasha lifted me up and set me on the tree branch with him, where I sat down, as did he.
I caught my breath as my heart slowed and InuYasha looked at me carefully.
"DON'T DO THAT!" I shouted, holding my hand to my heart. His ear twitched and I sighed. "What did you want to talk to me about?" I asked, my tone of voice sounding like I was dreading this conversation.
He cleared his throat and blushed. "Um... About this morning..."
"Oh." I felt my face heat up.
"Uh..."
"..."
"Well..."
"Yes?"
"Kagome, I..."
"InuYasha, if there's something you need to say, just say it."
"Well, first... Why didn't you move?"
"I didn't want to wake you up," I said, blushing a little bit.
"And... Uh... Why didn't you want to wake me up?"
I blushed some more. "I wanted to let you sleep... It's only polite."
"Oh." InuYasha scratched the back of his head.
"Did you have to jump so quickly? It startled me."
InuYasha blushed more. "Well..."
I looked away. "And I was... comfortable," I said, my face turning redder.
InuYasha blushed too. "You... were?"
"Weren't you?" I asked.
He paused for a second. "Uh... Yeah."
"OK."
"What?"
I looked at him and sighed, but then smiled a little bit. "I'm glad we got this over with. And I'm happy that we talked about it."
InuYasha looked at me with wide eyes. "Y-you are?" InuYasha asked, startled.
"Yes, I am," I said, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. I smiled. "Besides, we need to talk about things like that. It makes me happy that you feel you should talk to me about stuff."
InuYasha smiled a little bit, too. "I suppose we should get down from here," InuYasha said, standing again. He helped me up and then jumped down with me in his left arm.
"InuYasha... Thanks for talking with me," I said, walking towards the house. I stopped in front of the door and turned towards InuYasha.
"Tomorrow we're going to go to the Demon Hunter's main headquarters again. I'm sure you'll be all healed up by then. We can finally confront the president of that 'company' and we'll get rid of him," I said to InuYasha. He nodded and we walked inside, getting ready for our day tomorrow, and getting our energy up.
You know what? The part with InuYasha and Kagome in bed was based on a dream I had last night. Weird, right? Well, the dream had something to do with this lady who wanted to marry InuYasha because somehow he got a lot of money and a huge house, and then somehow she got the house, and kidnapped InuYasha and Kagome's three kids, and then at the end Kagome and InuYasha saved their kids with the help of Sango and Miroku and then they snuggled up and stuff because they were so exhausted... it was weird.
Anyway, hoped you like the chapter.
Next Chapter: Kagome and InuYasha go to the Demon Hunter's headquarters again to find the president of the company. But there's a surprise when they get there. Who is the new president, and what's so special about him?