center A Dog-Eared Child /center
p Author note: Okay everyone this is my first FanFic so please send me a review discussing your opinions. Oh and if anyone knows the names of Kagome's three friends I'd like to know because I have no idea. If no one can tell me their names I'll just make up dumb names to call them. XP Thanks/p
p Disclamier: I do not own any of these characters... /p
Inuyasha sighed dramatically. It is so boring in the feudal era since Naraku was finally defeated and dead. Inuyasha gazed out at the undisturbed landscape of trees. No demon attacks today how disappointing he thought
"Hmm..." he mused. "I think I'll go see Kagome. She's late." Inuyasha jumped out of the tree he was sitting in only moments before and raced toward the well. I hope she'll be happy to see me, he thought sadly. They had been having more fights and arguments than when he had first met her. He reached the deserted well. With a final thought to himself he plunged into the eternal darkness...
"Kagome! Kagome wake up you'll be late for school!" Her mother called through the thick door. "Ugh..." Kagome groaned rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She sat up and checked her alarm clock. It read 8:15 A.M. " Oh shoot!" she moaned. "I'm going to be late for school! And we're having a test today too! Ugh! Why me!" She hastily got dressed and tumbled down the stairs. "Morning Mom" She snatched her lunch wrapped in a pink hanker chief and bolted out the door.
Kagome arrived at school five minutes late. Luckily no one noticed. "Phew," she breathed a sign of relieved and settled in her chair. The teacher rambled on but she tuned him out and for some reason her mind drifted onto Inuyasha. Does he miss me? Does he count down the time from when I will be returning? Kagome was so frustrated. They had recovered more than half of the Sacred Jewel but she still hadn't figured out Inuyasha's feelings toward her. Did he just like Kagome as a friend? Like Miroku and Sango? Or did he like her like he once did to Kikyo? Did he still love Kikyo? Or had he given up on her and found someone else? Who was this someone else? Or did he merely consider her as his play thing? Answers were so hard to grasp, yet questions just flew at you without waiting for the previous one to be answered.
" Kagome!" Kagome snapped back to reality. Her teacher was yelling at her for not answering his question. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"Kagome you really need to pay more attention since you are out so much!" The teacher returned to his place near the board and pointed to a mass of numbers. "Now Kagome what is the answer to this?"
Kagome studied the board carefully. It was a difficult problem, now she was really regretting missing so many days of school. Finally the answer came to her and just in time
the teacher was beginning to get real impatient. "43 square root," she stated.
The teacher slowly nodded, satisfied with her answer then returned to his lesson.
Kagome sighed. She really did like school but how could she enjoy it if she ended up missing half the year? After class her three best friends invited her to the mall to do some shopping since they didn't see her much. Kagome agreed and they left after doing a bit of studying in the school's library.
Inuyasha was wandering around town after checking Kagome's house and finding it empty. He wanted to do some exploring of his own without Kagome around. He wore a blue and red cap over his dog ears as to not arise suspicion. He found a few shops he took peeks in but found nothing to his liking so left. After wasting about an hour of wandering around he decided to go find Kagome. So the first place he checked was her school.
When he got to the high school it seemed deserted. "Well...maybe I should check anyway," he considered. He first looked in the library. No Kagome. Then the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat. Then after searching the entire building he found his way up to the 3rd floor and opened the Chemistry Room.
"Ooh! I didn't know they had one of these strange science labs here." He quietly shut the door behind him and examined the left outbeacons on the teacher's desk. He curiously sniffed them. Inhaling the unusual scent.
"Hmm...what is this?" Inuyasha gathered a few more scattered containers and placed them gently on the desk. " Should I? Or shouldn't I?" he asked himself. "I'm sure it won't do any harm." He randomly poured two of the beacons into another one, causing a puff of purple smoke. He coughed hoarsely then continued despite his growing fear.
After pouring ever container into another one he found two empty glasses. First he poured the two beacons into it and waited for a result. None came so he poured the other three beacons into the second glass. The liquid changed into an orangey color. "Hmm..."
Inuyasha wasn't sure what to do with the two glasses so he placed lids on them both then stuffed them into his red kimono. It was dark and at least past eight. Inuyasha leaped out the Chemistry window and headed toward Kagome's house. When he got there, the door was locked and most of the light's were off, except Kagome's bedroom window. He leaped onto the window sill and knocked lightly on the glass. A few minutes later Kagome had pulled aside the curtains and opened the window to let him in.
"What are you doing here?" she asked quietly. She returned to her desk to continue working on her difficult homework.
"What do mean? You were taking forever. How much longer are you going to stay here?" Inuyasha was slumped against the wall, his sword neatly laying in his lap.
"Well, I told you I wanted to be home for a couple days." A small smile appeared on her beautiful features. "Do you really miss me that much?"
Inuyasha couldn't hide a faint blush at that. The truth was he really did miss her. It was so lonely without her in the feudal era right now. Miroku and Sango were at Sango's village with Kohaku since he was freed from Naraku's clutches. Shippo was busy visiting his father's grave back in the area where he used to live. Inuyasha didn't exactly have anywhere to go. "N-no," he mumbled, uncomfortable.
"Well then you'll have to excuse me while I finish my homework which is due tomorrow," Kagome said. She turned around, facing her desk and began working intently.
Inuyasha remembered the two concoctions he had in his kimono and pulled one out. He uncapped it and sniffed it. It smelled wondrous. With a twist between sour and sweet and a mix between spicy and bitter. Like an unknown flavor never created before. He inhaled another whiff of the miraculous liquid. He just had to take a sip. One little sip couldn't hurt anything could it?
So he tilted the jar up to his mouth. He opened his mouth wide, ready to swallow the orangy colored liquid down his throat, but was cut off by Kagome's hand knocking the drink across the room.
"Hey what'd you do that for!" he demanded, angry for the disturbance.
"What is in that drink?" Kagome asked. She walked over to the spilled fluid, slowly soaking into the pale carpet. She picked it up and examined it carefully. "Is this a new type of drink you found? Or did someone give this to you?"
" Uh...no I made it," Inuyasha said proudly.
"You idiot! where did you make this?"
"Uh...your scientist room."
" WHAT! And you were actually going to drink this?"
Inuyasha sadly nodded. "Yeah...maybe...What's the harm in that?" Inuyasha was confused. What was wrong with drinking a glass of colorful juice? Didn't these people do it all the time?
"The harm is you have no idea what you just made! It could be toxic for all you know and you were just about to swallow it all down without a second thought!" Kagome was clutching the jar tightly, her knuckles slowly turning white. Her face was an angry crimson and her eyes were such slits he could barely see her pupils. Gosh does she look scary or what? he thought silently.
"Does that mean I can't have a sip of that?" Inuyasha asked in a subdued whisper.
" NO! You can not have a sip of this am I clear!" Kagome growled whirling on him with such fury you could almost see the fire reeling out of her mouth.
"Uh-uh...okay," he mumbled.
Kagome stomped out of the room, slamming the door loudly behind her.
"Oh my god I can't believe that guy!" Kagome howled thundering down the stairs. "Can I still eat this possibly poisonous liquid? Can I still feed it to someone and watch them suffer? What is with him! Is he that much of an idiot! Gosh I have never met someone so thick-
headed in my entire life! Not even Grandpa is that stupid! Grrrrrr!" Kagome made it to the last step then stomped into the kitchen which was empty since her mom, Grandpa, and Sota went out for the night.
She dialed her friend's number and waited anxiously until the answering machine picked up. "Hi I guess your not home call me back okay, thanks, bye!" She's hung up and slouched down at the table.
"What the hell did I do!" Inuyasha grumbled. Woman, you'll never understand them. How could I have possibly known that my drink was poison? Huh? It's not like their labeled or anything...
Inuyasha watched out the window. It was past nine o' clock and nothing to do. Not that he was tired or anything, just bored...
"Man I'm so hungry!" he complained loudly to himself. His stomach let out a loud rumble of agreement.
"I really want that glass! It smelt so good! There's no way it's poison if it smells that good! I must have it!" Inuyasha made his way to the door then stopped. "Wait what about the other jar I have, maybe that ones edible!" He pulled out the other concealed jar and opened the lid. He sniffed it curiously waiting for the scent to rise up to his sensitive nose.
"Yuck!" he gagged. "This smells so bad! Ugh! Now this is poison!" He threw the useless glass to the floor and bit his tongue. "How am I suppose to get this disgusting taste out if my mouth?"
Inuyasha's eye caught the door to Kagome's room. "I've got to get that glass!"
He quietly snuck out of her room and tip-toed downstairs. He sniffed the air and located Kagome's scent. She was obviously busing herself in the kitchen. He also smelt something cooking, burning was probably the word. Jeez is that Kagome's cooking? Something smells like it's burning!
He soon located the heavenly smell of his drink and searched the hallway for a distraction to get it. His eyes layed upon a cheap vase further down the hallway. Perfect!
He gently knocked it over, the glass shattering everywhere. Now he just waited until Kagome came rushing out so he could sneak into the kitchen. He hid behind the banister waiting impatiently.
Kagome stirred her soup slowly. Then slipped it out of the pot and licked at it calmly. Hmm...needs a bit more spice. She dumped a teaspoon of a bland of spices into the soup and began stirring some more.
A loud crash disturbed her. She dropped her wooden spoon, which clattered noiselessly to the floor and dashed out to find the brief interruption.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome sprinted over to the fragmented vase. After that he bolted into the kitchen retrieved the glass and leaped out the kitchen window.
"Oh crap! Mom's vase! Buyo is going to be in a lot of trouble!" Kagome screeched sweeping up the remains of her mother's favorite vase.
"What is she going to say? Oh that's okay Kagome, you just weren't watching the cat and you let him go and destroy my favorite vase. The one that Grandpa gave me for my birthday last year. The special antique one. The one that I must display to every passer byer just so they can see my favorite vase with beautiful roses on it." Kagome sighed deeply.
"She'll be really mad over this. Maybe I should just go to bed and get up early in the morning to finish working on my homework. I won't have to face her tonight then. Yeah that's a perfect idea!" Kagome dumped the broken shards into the trash then went back into the kitchen.
She turned off the stove and piled the soup into a tupper ware container, placed it in the fridge then cleaned off the pot.
She mounted the stairs and opened her bedroom door. It was empty. Strange...she thought, closing her bedroom door.
"Inuyasha?" She called. No answer. "That's weird I know I left him in this room. I told him to stay in here til I got back...didn't I?"
She stripped into her pajamas then climbed into bed, shut off the light and pulled the covers up over her head. Oh well he's probably just sulking over our fight. I'll probably see him in the morning, not to mention my angry mother. Oh joy I'll be so looking forward to waking up, Kagome thought sarcastically, drifting off into an awkward sleep...
Inuyasha leaned against the tree branch in the Sacred Tree. He twirled the jar around in his hand impatiently.
Finally Kagome's bedroom light went out and he caught the glass and twisted off the lid.
Inuyasha slouched against the tree trunk and tilted the jar to his lips. He poured the mystifying liquid into his mouth and swallowed the heavenly drink. He let out a satisfied belch and tossed the empty glass onto the yard.
"See Kagome, you worry too much. Nothing went wrong you just over exaggerate." Inuyasha whispered to himself.
He didn't even realize his vision slowly became blurry nor did he notice his eyes slowly droop. He couldn't fight the sleep over taking his exhausted body. So he let himself tumbel into a peaceful sleep without a care in the world.
He also overlooked the strange transformation he was slowly going threw, he was just too tired to fight...
" Beep! Beep! Beep!"
Kagome rolled over and snapped off the annoying alarm. She pulled the covers off her head and climbed out of bed. She changed into her school uniform and headed down for breakfast.
There was still no sign of Inuyasha , though, and Kagome was getting just a little bit worried. Where could he possibly be? What is he doing right now? What is he thinking right now?
Kagome couldn't get rid of the growing panic in her stomach. He should have been back by now...shouldn't he?
She ate her omelet nonchalantly, picking at it with her fork. Her mother, growing irritated, rushed her out the door and she walked to school with her three friends, still trying not to think about Inuyasha's disappearance.
Kagome made it to school with more than enough time to spare. She decided she'd study for her up coming test, pulled out her history book , flipped to her marked page and began reading it attentively.
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Inuyasha stirred. He opened his eyes, the blinding sun causing him to tightly shut them again. Wh-where am I? He looked around dazed. Then his memory flooded back to him and he realized he was up in the Sacred Tree.
He gazed down and saw the empty glass jar. "Wasn't my drink in that? Oh yeah! I drank it last night! Hehehe...see Kagome I'm not dead. It wasn't poisonous I'm perfectly fine!"
He tried to move and hop out of the tree but he was tangled in his red kimono. What the crap...? He lifted up his sleeves which hung limply past his arms. His pants were tangling from the tree yet they were still covering his lower half. Am I hallucinating? Or still dreaming? Wait! I didn't know I could dream...
He pulled his kimono pant legs up so they were shorter than his legs then did the same to his sleeves. Soon he was slowly climbing down the now enormous tree. When he reached the bottom he curiously glanced up. The tree appeared to stretch up and reach the sky.
I think I'm losing it. Maybe that stuff made me sick and now I'm hallucinating from it... crap! What am I going to do? Should I go to the well?
Inuyasha started running off in the direction of the well. Yes! I'll go back, maybe Kaede will know what to do.
He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, but still ended up tripping himself. He stumbled blindly his overly large kimono covering his face.
Ugh! Dammit what is wrong with me? He staggered all the way to ancient well, threw open the doors and precipitated harshly into the well.
Kagome packed up her school bags and exited the classroom. Her three friends had already left and she was the last one to leave the classroom.
I wonder what Inuyasha is doing right now, is he thinking about me?...Is he still mad at me? Does he even wonder what I'm up to? Or does he just not care? Kagome left through the main doors and walked slowly home. Her thoughts clouded around her.
She entered her home and was greeted by her mother.
" Welcome home Kagome! How was school?" her mother cried cheerfully. She led her inside and beckoned her a seat at the small, wooden table.
She was serving some warm rice balls. Kagome's mom placed them in front of Kagome and sat down next to her, with a rice ball infront of her too.
"Well, it was okay I guess. Just a few tests and I'm sure I passed all of them," Kagome paused and took a bite of her afternoon snack, chewing hungrily. "Well Mom, Inuyasha and I had a fight. And I haven't heard from him all day, have you perhaps seen him?" Kagome gazed over at her mom anxiously.
Her mother looked thoughtful, then sadly shook her head. "No honey, I haven't seen him all day."
Kagome sighed. "Oh well maybe he'll turn up." She took another bite of her rice ball.
"Oh! Kagome last night, when I got home I couldn't find my favorite vase. Have you seen it? You know it was my favorite one too."
Kagome nervously munched into her rice ball. "Well...uh...ya see Buyo was kinda playing on the stairs and he accidentally knocked it over. I didn't make it in time to stop it from shattering I'm really sorry, I should of been watching him. I cleaned it all up, though." Kagome bowed her head in shame.
"It's okay Kagome don't blame yourself that cat always knocks things over, so it's not the first time, thank you for letting me know." She stood up and went into the kitchen to start up supper.
Kagome ascented the stairs and shut the door to her room behind her. Still no sign of Inuyasha. I wonder where he is... she thought quietly staring blankly out her window into the evening sky. The sun had long since set and the moon was high in the sky giving off a luminous light, stars twinkling. Its beautiful out tonight, too bad Inuyasha couldn't have joined me, I really miss his company, she thought glumly.
She continued to gaze thoughtfully at the sky, still thinking about Inuyasha's whereabouts.
Inuyasha had a difficult time climbing out of the well. He seemed to have gotten shorter if that was possible.
He trailed through the forest searching for Kaede. When he came across her village he was stopped.
"Who would ye be?" a village man asked suspiciously poking a rather sharp weapon at his chest.
"Don't you remember me you fools! The one that terrorized your village when the Sacred Jewel was whole?"
"In-Inuyasha!" the man gasped.
"Duh! Who else would it be?" he snarled.
"But ye don't look like Inuyasha. Ye much too small." the man pointed at him confused.
Then Kaede approached from within a house. She stared at Inuyasha quizzically. "And who might this be?" she asked curiously.
"Kaede! Its me! Inuyasha! What the hells wrong with you people? Don't you recognize me!" he glared angrily at Kaede.
"Inuyasha? Is that really ye? What happened to ye?"
"What do you mean what happened to me? I just feel really tired and I think I'm hallucinating, that's all."
"Come along Inuyasha. There's something ye need to explain to me."