This chappie was pretty long. It's about 23 pages long, give or take 1 or 2.
Tori: Is this better? I updated for you! No need to get down on your knees for dramatic emphasis, I got the point. lol sorry 'bout interrupting your flow w/ the poem 2. its all good!
InuyashaDreamGirl: This chapter tells why they were being chased by a Helicopter, don't worry
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On with the show…
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha! wish I could though...
Chapter 6
When they arrived at Kagome's house, she opened the door and said, "We're home!"
"Did you have fun in the city?" Kagome's mom said, sounding kind of serious.
"Um. How did you know that we were in the city?" Kagome asked her mother.
"If you want to know why, then ask Kinomi Atakira, the news anchorwoman." Mrs. Higurashi said, now quite angry.
"What on earth are you talking about?" Kagome questioned, while Inuyasha followed her into the living room. The TV was on and the news anchor was talking and playing something from a video camera.
"...Yet again you see the tape of the mysterious girl with a bow and arrow that jumped from an 80 story building. You can see that she shot the arrow straight into the sky. Unfortunately, the cameras followed the arrow that she fired, but not the actual girl. The cameras in the office buildings were filming the birthday party of the president of Nosy Entertainment Company. Our TV crew's helicopter was on the roof of the building at the time, so as they caught his film, they went to use their helicopter to track down the free falling girl. The crew could not find the girl for a while, until they discovered her jumping from windowsill to windowsill all over many buildings. The news copter discovered another mysterious person, this time a male. The two people were pursued by the news copter for almost ten minutes, chasing them on rooftops throughout the city. We will have more on this story as it develops. I'm Kinomi Atakira for JBC news."
All eyes moved from the TV, to the hanyou couple.
"What did we do?" Inuyasha questioned, trying to stand his ground.
"Inuyasha, the real question is 'what didn't you do?" Miroku told them.
"Well, we didn't go to the grocery store and get ramen like we planned to today." Kagome pointed out.
"This isn't a joke you two! Your lives were in danger back there. Don't just laugh it off like it was absolutely nothing!" Kagome's mom yelled, like she was punishing two four-year old children.
"But mother, it was absolutely nothing. Inuyasha was just training me, and teaching me how to harness my new powers. He's even going to teach me how to use the tetsusaiga." Kagome said.
"The what?" Her mom asked her.
"The tetsusaiga." Inuyasha said, drawing the tetsusaiga from its scabbard. He transformed it, and twirled it around, showing it off. Inuyasha tossed it to Kagome and watched her struggle to keep holding on to it. It was so heavy, that when she threw it over her shoulder, she fell backward onto the floor.
"Maybe I should have my own sword made." Kagome suggested.
"Shall I take a fang to Totosai?" Inuyasha asked her.
"I would be eternally grateful if you would." Kagome replied.
"It is only about 60 miles from here. It will only take me about 15 minutes if the wind is against me." He told her.
Everybody's jaw dropped except for Kagome's. They were all astounded at the fact that if you do the math, Inuyasha could travel about 4 miles a minute, or in plain English, really, really, fast.
"Um. But, I'm going to need one of your fangs first." Inuyasha said, pointing at her mouth.
"Oh, yeah. Right, that might help some." Kagome told him, walking over to a drawer for a pair of tongs. "Here you go." She said, handing them to Inuyasha.
"Open
wide." He said, "Um, you might want to close your eyes. This is
going to sting a little bit"
Kagome did as Inuyasha told and
closed her eyes and opened her mouth. There was a small popping noise
when Inuyasha pulled out the pointed fang. Kagome swished her tongue
around the place where her fang was supposed to be.
"Inuyasha!" Sango yelled, slapping him sharply on the back of his head, "You just yanked out her tooth!"
"SO! It'll grow back in a few days anyway." He yelled, running out the door. Inuyasha ran out the door and through the well.
Kagome put a hand to her forehead, "That big baby. He was just running away from my mother." She sighed, "I expected that."
"Well Kagome, now that Inuyasha has run away, I suppose that you can explain to me what happened. I'm going to tell you right now that I don't ever want you want you jumping around on the rooftops in the cities again." Her mother told her sternly.
"Yes maim." Kagome replied, with defeat in her voice.
"You could have been killed, or, or even been captured. Doctors could have dissected you or something like that. They could have even been put in a zoo or something."
"I seriously doubt that police would be smart enough to figure out our secret. They wouldn't even be able to catch us if they saw us." Kagome said with ease, as though she were Inuyasha.
"Stop joking around. I've already lost your father, I'm not going to lose my only daughter just because she was jumping around with her boyfriend on a roof!" Her mother yelled, now crying hard.
"Mother, I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm not even supposed to die for another 10,000 years." Kagome said, trying to calm her mother.
Everybody gave her a crazy look.
"10,000!" grandpa exclaimed, "That's ten millenniums!"
"Yeah, so. That's how long his kind lives, and that's how long I'm going to live." She said, still mad at her mother for yelling at her, "I'm going outside." She added, thinking of a way to get away from the others. Kagome walked to the door, and outside beneath the God tree. Everything felt so right to her when she was under it. All of her troubles just went away when she was under it. Kagome thought back to when she first met Inuyasha beneath the tree. She inhaled some of Inuyasha's wonderful scent on her clothes. He smelled like vanilla and cherries.
"I miss him already and he's only been gone for a few minutes." Kagome said.
"Well, you shouldn't miss me anymore. I'm right here." Inuyasha said, surprising Kagome.
"Where did you come from? I thought you were at totosai's." She questioned, burying her head in Inuyasha's chest.
"What in the world are you doing?" he asked her.
"I'm smelling you. You smell good. You smell like vanilla and cherries." Kagome replied.
"I do." Inuyasha questioned; he looked a little embarrassed.
"What? Did you expect a more tough, sweaty smell like Kouga?" Kagome said, "I hate that sweaty smell."
"No, I didn't. But I never expected to smell like vanilla and cherries. That's strange." He told her.
YAAWWWWN.
"I think it's about time to turn in, don't you think?" Kagome pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess so, I'm sleepy too." Inuyasha replied.
The couple jumped up to her window and climbed through. Kagome closed her window, and pulled back the blankets of her bed.
"I'm sorry Inu, but you can't sleep with me tonight. My mom might come in here and freak out, and she's already mad at us."
"Oh alright." Inuyasha said, finally giving her up.
"But you can sleep beside my bed if you'd like." She told him.
Inuyasha agreed with her and kissed her on the cheek. They exchanged their goodnights, and Kagome turned off the light. All you could hear was breathing, and all you could see was Inuyasha's eye opening occasionally to check on Kagome.
The sun rose over the Higurashi shrine.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The door to Kagome's room cracked open, "Kagome, are you awake?" Mrs. Higurashi said.
A moan-like mumble came from Kagome's bed.
Kagome's mom ignored her daughter's groans and opened her eyes wide.
"I'm getting the camera." She thought to herself. She returned a moment later with the camera and turned off the flash mode.
Click.
"There. That's done now." She thought to herself some more.
The picture will come out looking like this: Kagome was snuggled up in her bed facing Inuyasha. And Inuyasha was sitting beside her bed holding both his sword in one hand, and Kagome's hand in the other. Both of them were fast asleep.
"Kagome, are you awake?" her mom asked her again, walking over to her.
"Whaaaat?" Kagome whined sleepily.
"Kagome dear, it's time to wake up now." She shook her daughter's shoulder.
A low growl came from Inuyasha's direction.
Kagome's mom jumped.
"Kagome wake up, you've got to go to school today. And why is your boyfriend growling at me?"
"MOM! I've got school today? Oh, man. And Inuyasha is just trying to protect me."
"But Kagome, he's asleep."
"Yeah, I know. But, he's still very protective of me, and he can smell you in here too." Kagome said, getting out of the bed. "Inuyasha, wake up."
"Mmm, just five more minutes mom." Inuyasha said, still asleep.
Kagome and her mom laughed hard.
"Shh." laugh "mom" laugh "Be quiet" laugh "You'll wake him up." "Hey" laugh "Watch this" Kagome said, reaching over to Inuyasha's head.
Kagome twiddled with Inuyasha's ear and said, "Inuyasha, It's time to wake up now."
Inuyasha smiled and said, "Not now. Come back later." Inuyasha kept his eyes closed and crawled instinctively into Kagome's bed.
Kagome and her mother laughed hard yet again.
"Alright Kagome" laugh "time for school now" laugh "You need to get dressed."
"Yes maim, I'll be down for breakfast in a minute." Kagome told her mother.
"Ok Kagome, I'll see you at breakfast." Mrs. Higurashi replied.
Kagome got dressed in silence, being careful not to wake Inuyasha.
Too late. Inuyasha was bound to wake up sooner or later.
"What are doing?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, but I've got to go to school today."
"School." He whined, "Why?"
"Inuyasha, I don't belong to you. I can go other places you know."
"Yeah, I know, but I don't want you to go. I'm going to miss you. What will I do while you are away at school?" Inuyasha complained.
"I've got an idea. Why don't you just follow me to school, eat lunch with me, and walk home with me? Just don't go getting anyone's attention while school is in session." Kagome explained.
"Alright then, I'll walk you to school, wait for your lunch time, and walk home with you. Um, Kagome, what are you going to do about your ears?"
"Well, I think that I can get my mom to write me a doctors excuse to allow me to wear a hat on school grounds." Kagome said, situating a hat on her head that matches her uniform.
"And as for my fangs, I'll just file them down. They'll grow back while I'm sleeping. I'll do the same thing with my claws." She said, reaching for a nail file.
"That'll hurt. Your teeth I mean. Wouldn't that hurt?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"Yes it will. But I'm willing to have a little pain in order to keep this a secret. All of my friends at school will not know, neither will Hobo."
Scrape.
Scrape.
Scrape.
Kagome finished filing down her teeth and nails.
"Wow, that really does hurt." She said.
The two walked down the stairs and ate breakfast, Kagome brushed her teeth, and the two walked out the door to her house.
"Ahh!" Three girls screamed. It was Eri, Ayumi, and Yuki.
"Oh. Um, hi guys." Kagome stuttered.
"Um Kagome, who is this?"
"Well, this is Inuyasha. He is, um, uh, he's my boyfriend." Kagome replied.
Fortunately, Inuyasha being so tall, and Kagome's friends being so short, they couldn't even see over Inuyasha's head and ears. And his sleeves are so long that you can't see his claws.
"Your, your boyfriend?" Eri repeated.
"Group meeting!" Yuki exclaimed, Kagome's friends dragging her away from Inuyasha.
"Kagome, when did you get a boyfriend? You were just sick with hepatitis, and know you've got a boyfriend! Well, he is pretty cute." Eri said giggling.
Inuyasha perked up his ears. He acted like he wasn't listening, but he was listening to hear what those girls were talking about.
"I know he's cute." Kagome answered.
"But Kagome, what about Hojo? I thought you liked each other." Yuki asked her. Inuyasha listened a little bit closer.
"Well, Hojo still likes me, but I'm over him. Hojo is really nice, and brings me gifts when I'm "sick," but he'll find a nice girlfriend. I'm just mot made for Hojo." Kagome replied.
"Wow Kagome, that was some speech." Ayumi answered.
Eri slapped her forehead, "Oh no, I forgot my geometry book at home. Will you two come with me?"
Kagome's three friends walked down the street toward Eri's house.
"Well, that was strange." Inuyasha said, as he and Kagome walked toward her school.
"One of your friends thinks that I'm cute." He gloated.
"Well, you are cute." Kagome replied.
"Hey, are we going back to the past tomorrow?" Inuyasha asked her.
"I suppose so, I would like to return to the feudal era and see the village again. Hey, you know what, your pretty lucky that Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka are short and couldn't see your dog ears." Kagome said.
She took off her hat, revealing her ears. "I could barely hear my friends talking to me, and it was getting hot under there." Kagome wiggled her ears to cool them off.
"It's going to be torture wearing this thing all day. It feels weird being a hanyou. If I ever told my friends about this, they would never believe me. Yeah, let me tell you, I used an ancient and powerful jewel to alter my blood to be a half-demon. This is Inuyasha, he is my half-demon boyfriend. I travel through an ancient well on my temple grounds to feudal Japan. I fight battle bloodthirsty demons alongside Inuyasha, a female demon exterminator, and a priest with a groping problem." She sighed, "I have a complicated life. Oh, and did I mention that since I am a hanyou, I won't die for 10,000 years? Yeah, I think that just about sums up my life." Kagome added.
A scream came from behind them. It was Ayumi; she had fainted down the street. Kagome and Inuyasha ran down the street in a hurry.
"Eri, what happened to Ayumi?" Kagome questioned.
"I don't know Kagome, she just fainted in the street." Eri replied.
"Don't listen to her Kagome." Inuyasha said, "They're lying. They were listening to our conversation up the street, and the girl fainted. They heard you talk to me about your being hanyou." Inuyasha said plainly. "I think that they're scared of us." He turned to the girls, "Aren't you?"
The two conscious girls backed up defensively.
"Stay back demon, I have pepper spray." Eri said.
"Inuyasha, stop doing that and hurry, I've got to get to school, or I'll be late." Kagome said, pulling his arm.
"Oh all right." Inuyasha said, following Kagome.
The two began to run down the street.
"I think we should jump on the roofs of buildings, we might be seen by people on the street if we continue like this." Kagome suggested.
"I suppose your right." Inuyasha replied, the two jumping up on a roof.
A few moments later, Kagome said, "Were a few blocks away from my school. Let's get down here."
The two jumped down from a rooftop and into an alley.
"I'll walk to school from here Inuyasha." Kagome told him, kissing him goodbye on the cheek.
"I'll see you at lunchtime then. I guess I can wait on a roof and get the rest of my sleep." Inuyasha joked.
"Goodbye Inuyasha." Kagome said waving, she walked off toward her school. When Kagome reached it, she was greeted by most, and the others just looked at her and whispered to their friends. The rest of the morning got worse by the minute. Beside the fact that Kagome had handfuls of quizzes, tests, and exams, but as the day went on, there were more fingers pointed at her from a distance. And, the whispers about her are getting louder. Kagome sighed, "Finally, it's lunchtime."
Kagome put her books in her locker, and got her lunch tray from the cafeteria. She told her friends, "I'm eating outside today."
Kagome walked outside, and sat at a table under the shade of a tree. Inuyasha smelled her coming, and jumped down from the tree to join her.
"Have you missed me?" He asked her.
"Oh yes, I've missed you all day. I have had the worst day so far. I had to make up my tests, and people were talking about me and pointing at me. I couldn't recognize what they were talking about because there were so many people doing it. It was horrible."
"Well, that's over now. It's lunchtime and I'm sitting here with you." Inuyasha sucked up. Kagome gave him a thank you hug. "Bonus points for me." He said.
Rustle.
Rustle.
Inuyasha reached his hand in a bush beside the table. He pulled out Eri, Ayumi, and Yuki.
"I thought I smelled humans around." Inuyasha said plainly.
"Inuyasha put them down." Kagome told him.
"Fine." He replied.
Kagome turned to the girls and asked them, "What is up with all the sneaking around? I thought you guys were my friends."
"Your not our friend." Yuki told Kagome. "Our friend is Kagome Higurashi, a sixteen year old girl who goes to an average middle school in Tokyo. You're not Kagome. Your an icky, disgusting, demon."
"Don't say that about me!" Kagome yelled. "Let me tell you something about me that sometimes even I don't believe."
Kagome began telling the lone and detailed story about how she came to know Inuyasha and her other friends in the feudal era. She told about being a reincarnation, and about Shessomaru, and the Shikon No Tama.
Kagome explained how she was never really sick, just in the feudal era gathering jewel shards. Her grandpa just used illnesses as excuses for going through the well. She told about Kaede, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. She told and told and told about the past year until she could not tell any more.
"Wow." Eri said slowly.
"I, I'm amazed." Yuki admitted.
"I'm speechless." Ayumi said.
Kagome gave a smirk and took off her hat.
"Whoo, I was starting to boil under there."
She wiggled her ears to cool, and put on a satisfied smile.
"That's better." She said.
Kagome jumped up in the tree to join Inuyasha, who had already jumped up there during her tale.
"Wait a minute. Hey Kagome, My mom was watching the news last night, and they were talking about this girl who jumped off a building. I saw the video tape, which was pretty cool, and the girl in the tape looked kind of like you." Eri told her.
"Well Eri, actually it was me. It was Inuyasha and I on the roof of that building."
"Feh. Kagome, why are you telling these humans about our life? I don't trust them. If it were up to me, I would have killed them on the spot. Just as soon as they started asking all those questions." Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha, you would have killed me the day I met you, but you didn't." Kagome told him.
"No, I would not have killed you. I was just stuck to a tree for fifty years, and I needed to stretch my legs." Inuyasha lied. He really would have killed her the day he met her, but he got to know the human he befriended.
"Inuyasha, your such a liar. You just kept me alive because I was a miko detecting the shards of the jewel." Kagome stated.
"I'm not answering that." Inuyasha said stubbornly.
"Oh, you big baby." She threw at him.
Inuyasha didn't say anything. He just jumped higher in the tree and relaxed in a branch.
"I don't know what I'm going to do with him." Kagome told her friends. Kagome started chewing on her lip.
"Ow! Oh no, my fans and claws are growing back. I didn't think they would grow back until tomorrow." She groaned.
"Kagome," Eri stated, "I speak for all of us when I say: were sorry."
"I accept your apology you guys." Kagome said.
"I think I'm going to get out of my school uniform, and into more comfortable clothes." Kagome added, "I'll be right back."
Kagome walked inside to the girl's bathroom and got dressed. A few moments later she came back outside to join her friends and Inuyasha. Her friends opened their eyes and stared at her.
"Hey Kagome, you look just like that Inuyasha guy." Ayumi said.
"I know, Inuyasha got these clothes made for me. They help bring out my true fighting potential. They help me to be quick and agile. Kind of like that stunt I pulled on the building. I was just training with Inuyasha, and a helicopter came after us. It was very strange." Kagome sighed, "I can't' wait to get back into the feudal era. With all that fresh air and clean water. Hey! I've got an idea. Why don't we bring you guys with us for a day?"
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, "What are you crazy? We can bring those humans back with us. They'll be killed in a matter of minutes. I'm not going to baby-sit them."
"Well, maybe I am crazy. They can just tell their parents that they're coming to my house for a sleepover. That'll work." Kagome assured Inuyasha.
"Alright, whatever. But if they get killed, your going to have to tell their parents why their daughter's souls were dragged off to hell because you wanted them to see my time." Inuyasha said.
"Ok." Kagome answered simply.
Ding. Ding. Ding.
"Oh no, we've got to get back to class in a few minutes. I'll see you after school Inuyasha." Kagome said, kissing Inuyasha on the cheek.
Kagome put on a smile and walked to her remaining classes. The rest of the day went pretty well. She learned to ignore to whispers about her.
"Students, the photography club will be meeting next Monday after school..." The Friday afternoon announcements said.
Kagome met Eri, Ayumi, and Yuki in front of the school.
"Ok, just ask your parents about it when you get home, and meet me at my house tomorrow morning. Ok?" Kagome said.
The girls agreed with Kagome, and said their goodbyes.
"Bye, I'll see you tomorrow." Kagome yelled at them, walking over to the tree Inuyasha was in.
"Inuyasha, school is over now. It's time to go home." Kagome said to the tree.
"Good. It was getting boring around here without you." Inuyasha told her, jumping out of the tree. "Lets go."
Kagome jumped to the roof of the school building and yelled, "I bet you can't catch me Inuyasha."
Inuyasha jumped after her, "Oh yeah, how much do you bet that I can't catch you?"
"I bet sleeping in my bed tonight that you can't catch me." Kagome said.
"Alright then, your on." Inuyasha told her.
Kagome began running quickly to her house, but Inuyasha was closing in on her. Kagome became aware of Inuyasha so close to her so she tried to speed up. Inuyasha was only just warming up, and got even faster then Kagome herself. He was running backwards with his arms behind his head and said, "Are you ready to give up yet?"
Kagome answered, "I'll never give in to you Inuyasha."
"I think I can change that." Inuyasha said, jumping at Kagome and grabbing her waist. Inuyasha tickled Kagome's ribs and Kagome could hardly breathe she was laughing so hard.
"Inuyasha! You're going to kill me!" Kagome laughed.
"No I'm not. I shall spare you from a death tickle." Inuyasha said.
"A... death... tickle?" Kagome questioned. She soon broke out into an uncontrollable laughter.
"That's so lame. Oh my goodness." She laughed.
"Hey, don't make fun of me miss 'let's poke Inuyasha while he's sleeping and see if he doesn't notice.' I heard you guys laughing at me. This is payback. I'm going to embarrass you until you apologize to me." He said smugly.
"Now," He said, tickling Kagome again, "apologize to me."
"Alright!" laugh "I'm sorry!" laugh
"Ok. Now that that's out of the way, I get to sleep in your bed tonight." Inuyasha demanded.
"Fine. I bet you my bed tonight that you couldn't catch me, and I lost so, you win Inuyasha." Kagome said, opening to door to her house.
"Mom, were home!" Kagome yelled.
"Mom! Mo- oh." Kagome stopped. She saw a note on the refrigerator that said,
"Kagome-
Your friend Kaede sensed danger in the village, so she and the others went to save it. They'll be back tomorrow. Your grandpa, Sota, Shippo, and I went to the fair. We'll be back around ten o'clock tonight.
Love Mom.
"It's a note from my mom. It says that Kaede, Sango, and Miroku went to save the village from something Kaede sensed. My mom, grandpa, Sota, and Shippo went to the fair, and they won't be back until around ten o'clock tonight. So, that means that we are going to be here all alone until the return." Kagome said.
"Good. I'm kind of getting tired of your mother. She is getting on by nerves. She's been yelling at me since I got here. And your little brother too. He and Shippo have been bugging me the entire time. You have been the highlight of this trip." Inuyasha complained.
"Oh stop being such a baby. It hasn't been that bad. I've been with you the entire time, and when you ran away to Totosai's, Mom yelled at me twice as much." Kagome threw back at him.
"Hey," She added, "Would you like some ramen? We've got eat something for dinner."
"Hell yeah. I'm starving." Inuyasha said.
"I would have guessed that." Kagome snickered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Oh nothing. I just mean that you are always hungry for ramen noodles." Kagome replied.
"So." Inuyasha said stubbornly.
"Lets just get our ramen and go to sleep, Ok?" She interrupted.
"Alright. Hey, where are you going to sleep tonight since I'm going be sleeping in your bed?" He asked her.
"I'm probably going to be sleeping on the couch tonight. It's not as comfortable as my bed, but it's still pretty nice." Kagome said.
"Ok then. Are you sure your going to be all right? You're going to be all the way down here, when I'm going to be upstairs. And don't forget that once I'm asleep, I'm asleep for a long time." Inuyasha confessed.
"Yeah, I know, I've been with you for a year. I think I would know." She said, "Hey, you need to take a shower."
"A what." Inuyasha asked.
"A shower. It's like a bath, only you stand up." She answered.
Kagome led Inuyasha into the bathroom and explained the 'complexity' of taking a shower. There were some bumps along the way.
"What's this?" he asked.
"That's called soap. You wash yourself with it. It makes you clean." She answered simply.
"Well then, what's this?" he asked.
"That's called shampoo. You wash your hair with it. It makes your hair clean." She replied.
"What's this?" Inuyasha said, holding up something that looks like pack of sugar.
"That's called a tampon." Kagome said, not paying attention. "Your use it for- Hey! Where in the world did you get that from!" she yelled.
"I got it from inside the cabinet thing you told me about." Inuyasha said, ducking his head because he felt that Kagome was about to smack him a good one.
"Ok, breathe." Kagome said to herself.
"Inuyasha, maybe you shouldn't be going in the cabinet anymore." Kagome said, this time talking to Inuyasha.
Kagome moved on to explain the shower itself.
"You lift up this thing right here to turn it on. Then you need to turn it this way to make the water cold, and you turn it this way to make the water hot." She explained. "I'll keep my eyes closed do you don't have to worry about me looking at you."
"Ok then." Inuyasha said, untying his sword.
Inuyasha got all of his closed off and Followed Kagome's instructions.
"Remember what I told you about how hot or cold the water can be." Kagome said.
"Alright, whatever." Inuyasha replied, a little embarrassed.
The sound of water running became apparent. Soon the shower came on. It was followed by a shout.
"Ahh!" Inuyasha yelled, "Why is it so damned hot?"
"Well, make it colder." Kagome yelled back at him.
"Ahh!" He yelled again, "Now it's cold!"
Kagome sighed, "Here, let me do it."
With her eyes closed, she reached her hand in the shower and adjusted the heat to be just right.
Kagome mumbled under her breath.
"You wouldn't last ten minutes in the modern times without me."
"Hey," He said, "I heard that."
Inuyasha threw out a handful of water at Kagome. She let out a scream.
"I'll get you for that Inuyasha!" She yelled.
Inuyasha laughed.
There was a loud beeping noise.
"Oh no." Kagome exclaimed, "I forgot about the ramen!"
She quickly ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. The ramen had boiled over onto the burner. Moments later Kagome returned to the bathroom to find that Inuyasha had already gotten dressed.
"What was that all about?" Inuyasha said as Kagome came in.
"Oh yeah, our ramen boiled over onto the stove." Kagome replied.
"Oh." He said, walking out of the bathroom.
"Hey, smart guy." Kagome said. Inuyasha turn around only to have Kagome squirting water in his face. Inuyasha wiped the water off his face and saw Kagome holding up a strange colorful-shaped thing with water in it.
"That's payback for earlier." She said. Kagome threw one of those things at Inuyasha.
"It's called a water gun." Kagome explained.
She ran into the bathroom to refill her water gun. She ran downstairs and out the backdoor. Inuyasha felt he had no choice but to follow Kagome. He shrugged his shoulders and took off after her.
"I'll get you Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Oh yeah, you just try and get me." Kagome yelled in returned, squirting water in his direction.
"I don't have to try to catch you." Inuyasha smirked.
"Hey, I'll get you for that Inuyasha." She yelled at him.
Kagome squirted water in Inuyasha's ears.
Inuyasha yelled. "Hey!"
Inuyasha finally figured out how to squirt the water from the gun.
"Take that." He said, returning the water in the ears Kagome had given him.
"Ahh! That's torture!" she exclaimed.
"Well it comes pretty easy to you though." Inuyasha mumbled.
"I'll get you!" She yelled.
Kagome jumped at Inuyasha, squirt gun in hand. Inuyasha dodged her attack, making Kagome trip over his leg.
"Ha! I win." Inuyasha bragged.
Kagome took notice to his bragging and lunged at Inuyasha. He took off running into the trees. "Don't run away from me. I'm going to sniff you out anyway." Kagome yelled.
"Kagome?" A female voice yelled.
"Oh, Hi Eri. What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to get here until tomorrow."
Eri emerged from the steps of the Higurashi shrine. She was soon followed by Ayumi and Yuki.
Inuyasha jumped behind Kagome and squirted her in the ear.
"Can you hold on for just a second you guys? I've got to take care if Inuyasha." Kagome stated.
Kagome jumped after Inuyasha, and they were both hidden by the trees and brush surrounding the shrine. For a moment, there was complete silence.
"Ow!" Inuyasha yelled, his yell echoing across the shrine.
Kagome emerged from the brush smiling. Inuyasha followed close behind her, holding his head.
"What the hell was that for?" He yelled.
"Well, that's for squirting water in my ears. Now I've got to wait until it all comes out." She replied
"Whatever." Inuyasha said, jumping into a tree branch.
Kagome ignored him, "So guys," She said, turning to her friends, "Why are you here so early anyway?"
"We wanted to surprise you." Ayumi told Kagome. "Our parents said we could stay the entire weekend."
"That sounds like fun." Kagome answered.
Kagome noticed that the sun was setting over the Higurashi shrine.
"Let's head on inside. It's getting dark out here." She said.
The four girls walked inside Kagome's house when Yuki said, "What about Inuyasha?"
Kagome replied, "Oh he's fine. He'll come in when he feels like it."
"Is he always this stubborn Kagome?" Ayumi questioned.
"Most of the time, yes." Kagome answered.
"Hey Kagome, are there really deadly demons in the feudal era as Inuyasha says there are?" Eri asked her.
"Yes, there are deadly demons, but Inuyasha and I will protect you from any danger." She said.
Inuyasha finally spoke up from outside, "I'm not protecting any humans from anything. Just let them get eaten by bloodthirsty demons. I've been waiting for some excitement." Inuyasha yelled from his tree.
"Inuyasha, you ended up protecting me from bloodthirsty demons, and then you fell in love with me." Kagome threw in his face.
"Hey, that's dirty." He yelled back.
"Well, so are you." She exclaimed.
Inuyasha was quiet after that. Kagome, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuki ate their dinner, and prepared for bed. Kagome's friends rolled out their sleeping bags on the floor of Kagome's room, and Kagome and her friends climbed in their beds. They exchanged their goodnights, and Kagome turned off the bedroom light.
Kagome heard her family come home from the fair, and Shippo came to sleep in Kagome's bed with her. When Kagome was sure that everyone was asleep, she opened her bedroom window. She climbed out her window, being careful not to wake anyone. Kagome closed the window a crack behind her and jumped down to join Inuyasha in the god tree. Inuyasha was fast asleep in a branch. Kagome jumped up and snuggled beside Inuyasha. She wrapped her arms around his chest and fell asleep almost instantly. Inuyasha woke up to see Kagome snuggled up with him. He noticed Kagome's leg dangling from the branch and picked it back up and placed it beside her. Inuyasha resumed his sleepy position, except this time his arm was wrapped around her waist. They slept together in the god tree, with the sounds of insects making their beautiful music throughout the night.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, its breakfast time." Kagome's mom yelled in the god tree.
Kagome mumbled something in Inuyasha's chest sleepily. Inuyasha heard her speak and opened his eyes. He stretched his arms out and let out a long yawn.
"Good morning." Inuyasha said. Kagome cracked her eyes and plucked herself from Inuyasha.
"Hello, did you sleep well?" She asked lazily.
"Yes." He answered simply.
"Kagome!" The girls yelled from the foot of the tree. Inuyasha and Kagome decided that they were going to have to get up sooner or later, so they jumped down to greet the girls. Well, Kagome did anyway. Inuyasha still had his doubts with those girls. Kagome's mother came outside with two muffins.
"Here Kagome, since you guys are going to be leaving soon, here's breakfast for the road." She said.
Kagome thanked her mother, and stuffed a muffin in Inuyasha's mouth.
"Here Inuyasha, eat this, It's good." Kagome explained.
Inuyasha tool Kagome's advice and ate the muffin.
Shippo popped out from behind Eri's leg.
"Hey Kagome, how come you never told us about this cute little guy?" Ayumi asked.
"I guess it slipped my mind." Kagome answered.
Kagome and Inuyasha ate their muffins as Shippo entertained the girls with his foxfire and illusions. After that, they prepared to take their leave. Kagome packed her big, yellow backpack, and her mother walked out to the well house with them.
When Kagome was preparing to jump through the well and wait for everyone else, her back door opened and Grandpa and Sota came out.
"Wait Kagome, we want to go with you!" Sota yelled.
"Well alright," Kagome thought for a moment, "As long as Mom comes with you."
"I would be glad to come with you guys." Mrs. Higurashi said.
Right then. I'll jump on the other side of the well and wait for you guys." Kagome said.
She jumped through the well and disappeared.
"Alright, who's next?" Inuyasha asked.
"I want to go next!" Sota exclaimed.
Inuyasha helped Sota over the edge of the well and made sure he jumped through. Shippo followed close behind.
"I suppose we'll go next." Mrs. Higurashi said, taking Grandpa's hand. They walked to the well and jumped through as though they have done it before. All who remained were Inuyasha, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuki. The three girls took a deep breath, and made their way to the well. They let out a scream on the way down, but they managed on their own. Inuyasha let out a long sigh, and closed the well house door. He jumped on the side of the well, and then through it. When he arrived on the other side, he jumped up see once again the feudal era.
Kagome took a deep breath to take in the clean, fresh air. The newcomers looked around in awe.
"So," Kagome said, "How do you like it?"
Kagome received positive results from the group. Shippo climbed on Kagome's shoulder, and Inuyasha grabbed her backpack.
"Let's get going to the village." Inuyasha suggested.
The large group started off toward the village, everyone looking excited, especially Grandpa. On the way, Kagome suggested that they take a short break. They just so happened to be in front of the god tree, so Inuyasha took his place back in his branch. Kagome jumped up to join him.
"What's wrong?" she asked, burying her head in his chest.
"Nothing." He replied flatly, lying at the same time.
He kept going, "I just don't like all these people around."
"Your such an antisocial." She said.
Inuyasha became depressed at the sound of her saying that. Kagome didn't mean for it to come out like that, so she tried to make it sound better by saying, "You may be an antisocial hanyou, but you're my antisocial hanyou."
Inuyasha cheered up after hearing that. Kagome saw his change in attitude, and gave him a hug.
"I love you Inuyasha." She said.
"I love you too Kagome." Inuyasha quietly replied.
While this was going on, Kagome's friends and family were busy resting and being entertained by Shippo.
Kagome broke the romantic silence by saying, "Where shall we live?"
Inuyasha replied with, "I've got it all figured out, don't worry."
"And what do you have figured out?" She asked.
"Don't worry, It's a surprise." He smirked.
"You can't give me a hint?" Kagome pestered.
Inuyasha laughed.
"I'm not going to tell you until the time is right." Inuyasha said.
"Aww. You ruin my fun." She joked.
Inuyasha and Kagome talked and laughed in the god tree, until Inuyasha stopped abruptly.
"What's wrong Inu?" Kagome asked.
"Shh. Listen. Don't you smell it?" He whispered.
"I don't smell anthi-" She stopped.
A small breeze passed over them.
Kagome sighed, "Oh no, not her again."
"Yup," Inuyasha said, "It's Kikyo again."
Just the sound of that name gave Kagome a shiver down her spine.
"Ugh, what does she want now?" she said.
They jumped down from the tree to warn the others of Kikyo's presence. They decided that they should continue their walk to the village, and then take care of Kikyo when the time came. She was actually three miles away, but the hanyous' sharp noses could smell her from there. Kagome jumped ahead of the group to greet Kaede, Miroku, and Sango.
Sango greeted her close friend from the future with a welcome hug. Kaede and Miroku gave a simple, "Hello Kagome."
Kagome returned the hellos and tilted her head toward the forest edge at the exact time that the others emerged from the forest.
Kagome introduced her friends from school. The three from the past gave their salutations, as did the people from the future. Since you all know Miroku, you could at least figure out what he was going to do. Miroku, a highly honored Buddhist priest, asked all three of Kagome's friends to bear his children. It was closely followed by a sharp, slap in the back of the head by Kagome and Sango.
Inuyasha and Kagome soon became serious as Inuyasha gave Kagome a look of readiness.
"Are you ready?" He asked her.
"Yes." She simply replied.
As Kagome and Inuyasha began to jump off toward the forest, Kagome's mom stopped them.
"Kagome, where are you going?" she asked.
"Oh, um, uh, where going to uh... What were we going to do?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sighed, "You forgot already? We were going to kill Kikyo."
Kagome smacked him in the chest.
"Were not going to kill her!" She exclaimed.
"Well, she's already dead. Why can't we just get rid of her?" He asked.
Kagome sighed and jumped off toward the forest. Inuyasha followed close behind.
Meanwhile, back in Kaede's village, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuki started walking toward the forest.
"Where are you three going?" Miroku questioned them.
"We were just going for a walk. We wanted to explore the feudal era some more." Ayumi lied.
"You guys wanted to spy on Inuyasha and Kagome didn't you?" he asked.
"Well Miroku, I don't necessarily blame them. I too am curious to see if Kikyo was really around or if it was an excuse to get away from all of us and be alone." Sango pointed out.
All of them agreed that they were going to quietly follow Inuyasha and Kagome, and set off to do it. Sango, Kagome's mom, and her three friends rode on Kirara's back. The rest of them rode on Shippo who had transformed into an enormous bird.
Kagome and Inuyasha arrived at the place that they expected Kikyo to show up. They stood silently, waiting for her.
A purple streak of light came heading toward Kagome's forehead. Inuyasha caught the light and snapped it in two.
It was an arrow that the undead miko had shot. Kikyo's soul skimmers emerged from the woods in front of a levitating Kikyo.
"Kikyo." Inuyasha said smugly.
Kikyo wasn't paying attention to Inuyasha though. She had her sights set on Kagome. Kagome growled defensively, taking a step toward Kikyo. She stopped growling to say, "What do you want Kikyo?"
"I want nothing of you but my soul, wench." Kikyo replied.
"Don't you dare call her that!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Do not interfere Inuyasha. This is between me and my so-called reincarnation." Kikyo said cold and emotionless.
Kagome got angry after hearing that.
"If you want me Kikyo, come for me." Kagome threw at her.
Kikyo readied another arrow in her bow. Kagome outstretched her claws to signal that she was prepared for Kikyo's worst.
Rustle.
Rustle.
Rustle.
Inuyasha jumped over to the brush to investigate the noises. Kagome and Kikyo did not move an inch. Inuyasha stuck his head in quietly to find everyone staring at him.
"Um, hi Inuyasha." Sango mumbled.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He yelled. "Were trying to fight Kikyo out here!"
Kagome broke free from her fighting trance and directed her attention toward the group. Kikyo had done the same thing as well. An evil look appeared in Kikyo's eyes. She had an Idea. Why go through the trouble of killing Kagome when her boyfriend can do it for her?
Kikyo had directed her arrow toward Inuyasha instead of Kagome. Kagome had realized Kikyo's intentions of firing the arrow at Inuyasha and tried to warn him.
"Inuyasha, look out!" She screamed.
As Inuyasha turned around to see what he had to look out for, Kikyo fired the arrow straight for Inuyasha's chest. He tried to catch it in the process, but unfortunately, he was too slow. Kikyo's arrow had pierced straight into Inuyasha's chest.
Inuyasha let out a shout of pain and tried to remove the arrow from the wound. An eerie, purple energy surrounded the arrow and prevented Inuyasha from removing it. As a result of trying to remove it, Inuyasha was shocked with the purple energy. He rose from the ground unwillingly and sank back to the ground a moment later. Inuyasha opened his eyes and they glowed bright red. Kagome couldn't understand it. His eyes were red, but he wasn't undergoing the metamorphosis. She looked back at Inuyasha, who had just ripped the arrow out of his chest. Inuyasha lunged at Kagome, and Kagome only just realized that Inuyasha was attacking her.
"Inuyasha!" She yelled, "What are you doing?"
Inuyasha did not speak. He just continued to attack Kagome. She shot a look of suspicion toward Kikyo. Kagome felt that Inuyasha's weird behavior had something to do with Kikyo. Apparently, Kagome had been thinking too hard. She had become distracted and Inuyasha cut a huge gash in her leg. Kagome let out a yelp of pain and fell to the ground. Feeling a little dizzy, Kagome arose from the ground and said, "I will not attack you. I know that my Inuyasha is still in there somewhere. Your still in there somewhere, I know it..." She trailed off. Kagome collapsed on the ground, but she hadn't passed out.
Kagome's friends and family had been watching the entire thing occur right in front of them.
"Kagome!" Her mother screamed. "My child!"
"Kagome, you must get up!" Sango yelled. "Kikyo is controlling Inuyasha's movements!"
Kagome heard Sango's statement and struggled to get up. She closed her eyes and summoned all of the energy inside of herself. With a burst of light, Kagome shot toward Inuyasha, and unsheathed the tetsusaiga. She transformed the giant fang and lunged toward Kikyo. Kikyo defensively forced Inuyasha to chase after Kagome, but Inuyasha refused. Inuyasha had regained only enough control to refuse to fight, but he could only refuse Kikyo's power for so long. That didn't matter anymore though. Kagome had reached Kikyo and held her life in Kagome's hands. Kagome decided that she did not want this to happen again. With a quick swing of her arms, Kagome sent the tetsusaiga straight through Kikyo's heart.
"You may survive off of the souls of innocent people, but you're still mortal." Kagome said to the dying miko. She drew the tetsusaiga from Kikyo's heart, and quickly sliced her in two.
Kagome fainted from exhaustion, and Inuyasha return to his normal state. He identified the blood on his claws as Kagome's and shivered in disgust.
He could not believe that he had done that to the one person he loved the most. Kagome's mother emerged from the bushes and ran to check on her daughter.
"Kagome!" She yelled.
Inuyasha had the same idea. He jumped over to check her pulse and confirmed that she would be fine. Inuyasha checked Kagome's leg and wrapped a piece of cloth he had torn from his clothing around it to stop the bleeding.
Kagome came to when she felt Inuyasha wrapping her leg up.
"Inuyasha?" She mumbled.
"Yes." He answered.
"Where's Kikyo?" She asked, sitting up.
"You killed her five minutes ago." He said.
Sota pushed himself through the small group of people until he reached Kagome.
"Wow Kagome, that was cool!" He exclaimed.
Kagome and Inuyasha laughed.
"Let us head back to the village now." Miroku suggested.
They all started off toward the village. Inuyasha carried Kagome in his arms the entire way, being careful not to hurt her injured leg. Everyone else rode back the same way they came. They arrived at the village almost fifteen minutes later, and Kagome was fast asleep in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha brought her to Kaede's hut and laid her down on the mat. Kaede put some herbs on Kagome's wound while she slept.
Inuyasha assured Kagome's mother that Kagome would be all right. He brought her family back home to the future, and then returned to Kagome's bedside afterward.
Ayumi, Eri, and Yuki got to know the rest of the village, while Shippo played with the village children. Sango went for a peaceful walk in the woods, and Miroku, being his pervert self, decided to follow Sango.
"Lecher!" Sango yelled from the middle of the woods.
Inuyasha stayed at Kagome's bedside for hours. He knew that Kagome would be all right, but he stilled worried about her more than anything. He too fell asleep, tired from the fight. Kagome woke up. She felt more comfortable in Inuyasha's arms, so she crawled into his arms. Kagome winced with pain when she crawled to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha woke up and brought his hand to Kagome's.
"Feeling better?" He asked.
"Yes, actually I am. I'm just really tired." She yawned.
Inuyasha picked up Kagome's blanket and wrapped it around them. Kagome was asleep again in no time. So was Inuyasha.
This time, when the sleepy couple awoke, it was in the afternoon. Kagome was becoming restless, and Inuyasha was awoken by her restlessness. "Sleepy." He mumbled, falling over on the floor from their sitting position.
Kagome giggled at this.
"Inuyasha, It is the afternoon, it will be getting dark soon. I think we should get up now." Kagome told the sleepy hanyou.
Kagome stood up on her wobbly leg. It was completely healed, but it still hurt a little.
Inuyasha decided to face the facts and sat up.
"You're walking again." He said.
"Yup, it's all better now." She told him.
"Good." He replied.
"Hey, I want to talk to you about something." Inuyasha said.
"What about?" Kagome asked.
"About that surprise." He said.
"Yes?" Kagome questioned.
"I would like to take you there tomorrow." Inuyasha told her.
"Where exactly is this place anyway." She asked.
"It is actually about thirteen miles away from here." He said.
"You might as well give up Inuyasha. I know it's as house." She teased.
"Oh. Well, that's all you know about it though. You'll just have to see it tomorrow." He answered.
Inuyasha decided to lay down and sleep tonight instead of sitting up, and Kagome didn't object the idea. They both lay quietly, spooning on each other. Kagome was purring quietly in her sleep, while Inuyasha slept with his face buried in her soft, black hair. He woke up later in the night to find Kagome shivering beside him. Inuyasha took off his haori, and laid it over Kagome. She was still asleep, but in a way, she was thanking him. Inuyasha lay back down and fell asleep facing Kagome.