Chapter 6 – Gift Number Two – Part One

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It had been a week since Kagome had last received her first gift from Inuyasha and she was impatiently waiting for Inuyasha to give her the second gift. "Sango, do you know where Inuyasha is?" ask Kagome while checking the door to the hut again for Inuyasha.

"Not since this morning. Why? It's not like he won't be coming back. You're acting as if he might not ever return," stated Sango, who was watching her fidgeting friend.

"It's not that," said Kagome slightly disappointed. "It's just that he's been gone all day and I can't wait for much longer."

Sango was confused by Kagome's statement. It wasn't unusual for Inuyasha to disappear for hours on end and she knew that Kagome knew that little fact as well, but she was currently starting to pace the floor of the tiny hut like she was going to jump on Inuyasha the moment he walked through the door.

"Why are you so concerned about it? You've never done this before when Inuyasha left."

Kagome looked at her friend, whom she consider a sister, and gave a little smile. "I know, but he's…" Kagome stopped, not sure if she should tell Sango what was up.

'Inuyasha never said I couldn't tell anyone so I there's no harm in telling Sango.'

"Okay so what I'm going to tell you, you cannot, I repeat, cannot let Inuyasha know I told," said Kagome with the utmost seriousness.

"Of course. You have my word."

"Well, last week Inuyasha gave me a present and…" Before she could finish Sango interrupted.

"He what? Since when does Inuyasha give anyone a gift?" asked Sango thoroughly confused.

"I'm getting to that. So as I was saying, he gave me a gift and then told me that it was only the first part. He said it was all for my birthday and that every week, which was two weeks then, I'm going to get a present and as of today it has been one full week and I'm so excited to see what he gets me that I can't wait to see him."

"But why is he going to so much trouble with three gifts?" asked Sango still not understanding the full extent of what Kagome was saying.

Kagome stood still for a minute and thought it through. "You know what, I don't even know why. He never said. He just said that it was all for my birthday."

Before Sango could ask any more questions, Inuyasha and Miroku walked through the door.

"Hey Kagome. Didn't you say that you needed to go home for some more supplies and ninja food?" asked Inuyasha.

"Since when are you more than willing for Kagome to go home Inuyasha?" ask Miroku.

"Since it's none of your fucking business monk!" stated Inuyasha.

Before any more questions could be asked, Kagome picked up her bag and dragged Inuyasha out the door and down the path leading to the well.

For a great deal of the walk, Inuyasha and Kagome had not said a word to each other. Inuyasha had been looking off into the trees, while Kagome kept her eyes focused on the path below her feet.

"Umm, Inuyasha?"

"What do you want wench?" asked Inuyasha as grumpy as ever.

Kagome was slightly taken back from his short out burst, but said what was on her mind. "I was just wondering why you wanted to go back to my time. You're not usually so willing to let me go."

"Who said that I was letting you go by yourself? Besides, you want your second present don't you?"

"I do, but why do I have to go home?" asked Kagome not seeing Inuyasha's logic behind the entire thing.

"Keh! What do you think I was gone so long wench? I had to get everything ready."

Kagome was surprised by Inuyasha's confession, but was thrilled for what a waited for her on the other side of the well.

The well came into view shortly after their little conversation and without a second thought or word; Inuyasha picked Kagome up around her waist and jumped straight into the well.

As the blue light faded away, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou stepped out from the cover of the bushes into the clearing.

"What was that all about?" asked Shippou, while looking over the lip of the well to make sure Inuyasha and Kagome were really gone.

"I don't know for sure Shippou, but I think Inuyasha is actually using his head for once," replied Miroku, who was also looking over the lip of the well.

Present Time

Once Inuyasha and Kagome had hit the ground on the other side of the well, Inuyasha pulled out a blindfold from with in his haori and put it around Kagome's eyes.

"What are you doing Inuyasha?" ask the now blinded Kagome.

"Just wait and see Kagome or you're going to spoil your surprise," said Inuyasha.

Inuyasha picked Kagome put from around her waist again and jumped to the top of the well. He lead her out of the well house and to her house. As Inuyasha opened up the door, Mrs. Higurashi came out from kitchen to take her daughters hand and lead her up the stairs to her room.

"Mom? What's going on? And when can I take this blindfold off?" ask Kagome who was growing slightly concerned.

Mrs. Higurashi just smiled at her daughter as she took the blindfold off of her eyes. Kagome had to blink a couple of times for her eyes to completely adjust and was confused as to why she was standing in her own room with Inuyasha nowhere to be seen.

Mrs. Higurashi saw the look on her daughters face and knew that she needed a little reassurance. "Don't worry about it Kagome. Inuyasha just had a few things to finish up, but you don't have a lot of time yourself," she said with her smile grow just slightly bigger. "Now everything you need for tonight is on the bed. Just don't worry about a thing, all right. Inuyasha went through a lot of trouble to do this for you, so just enjoy yourself." With that said she turned her daughter toward her bed and walked out of the room while closing the door.

Kagome look at everything that had been placed on her bed and smiled at what she saw. There lay her favourite yellow sleeveless, knee length dress and blue short sleeved sweater. She stilled didn't have a clue what was going on, but didn't bother worry about it as her mother instructed. 'Inuyasha had to have asked my mom for help. He wouldn't know the first thing about fashion even if it was staring him right in the face.' She giggled at her own thought and continued getting ready to go.

She brushed her hair out, but left it down as always and applied only a bit of black eyeliner and mascara. To top it all off, she put on a clear lip-gloss and a pair of two inch strapped sandals.

Once she was ready, Kagome left her room and went downstairs. When she got to the bottom, she went into the living room where she saw Inuyasha, in his human form, sitting on the couch and in modernized clothing. He was wearing a pair of loose fitting, black, casual pants, a red, short-sleeved, button up shirt that was left un-tucked and unbuttoned, with a white t-shirt underneath, and a pair of black running shoes.

Kagome was speechless. She would have never thought Inuyasha would wear clothing from her era, let alone shoes. She stood there, staring at the handsome figure standing in front of her, with her mouth opening and closing, hoping and wishing that her mind and her mouth would just work.

Inuyasha began to blush at the site of Kagome. She looked absolutely amazing, but her reaction to him was more than he could take. 'Well are you just going to stand there and stare at her all night or are you actually going to give her the rest of the present?' asked his conscious.

"Wow!" was the only thing that could come out of Inuyasha's mouth that was remotely close to sounding like a word.

"Wow yourself, Inuyasha," said Kagome finally being able to function properly. "You look amazing. I can't believe you're actually wearing shoes."

"Keh! Your mom said that I have to in order to take you out for the night."

Inuyasha walked toward Kagome, took her hand in his and walked out the front door hoping that Kagome would enjoy their night out.