The third chapter!
"…and that's pretty much it!" Inuyasha nodded and looked to the half asleep Kagome. He eyed her for a second and then said, "Do you want some coffee or something? You look like you're a bit tired…." Kagome shook her head and glanced at the clock.
"Oh! Its 7:16, shouldn't you be heading out?" Inuyasha nodded and picked up his jacket.
"One more thing, follow me." Kagome wondered what it was as she followed him into a room. She looked around and sighed. She remembered that part of her duties was to clean up the house. She could tell this wasn't going to be an easy task. There were shirts and boxers all over the floor, and the bed was unmade. It was dark, the shades were down, and the walls were painted a deep maroon color. There were empty ramen bowls and soda cans all over the dresser.
"Hey! Listen up!" Kagome shook her head and made a mental note of not daydreaming so much and paid attention.
"You see this chest?" Inuyasha pointed to a small box that looked almost like a jewelry chest. It had a lock on it. Inuyasha looked straight into kagome's eyes and said, "No matter what, don't let Shippou near this. He's stronger than he looks, and I'm sure he can break the lock." Kagome nodded and asked, "If you don't mind me asking, what's in there"
"I do." Kagome looked confused.
"Wha"
"I do mind you asking." Inuyasha put the chest back into a drawer and closed it.
Kagome closed her mouth and frowned. She followed Inuyasha out to the front door.
"well then, I already showed you where all the food is, told you what he likes and doesn't like, I left the number of the construction site where I'll be at on the fridge in case you need anything." He paused and looked around. "If you can tidy up a bit, I'd appreciate it, but if you can't, whatever." With that, he turned and closed the door behind him without letting Kagome say goodbye. "Bye," Kagome whispered to herself. She turned around and took in her surroundings. She decided to check on Shippou. When she made sure he was still fast asleep, she set out to explore the house. She had already been in Shippou's and Inuyasha's room, but there was still on room left. She opened the door and walked in. there was a lone bed in the corner, but that was it. It had no bedding, just one pillow. The room was absolutely empty. Kagome shrugged and backed out of the room, closing the door behind her. She made her way to the small closet where Inuyasha had showed her earlier where the cleaning supplies were and pulled out a broom and dustpan. With that, she set to work. She picked up all the toys from the living room floor and threw them into Shippou's toy bin. She then picked up a couple of Inuyasha's shirts that he had left on the couch, and a pair of jeans. "Geeze cant he keep his clothes in his own room?" She muttered to herself. Next, she grabbed the broom and started sweeping the floor. After she was through sweeping, she set to mopping. She returned to the closet to get a duster and then commenced on removing the dust from the TV, play station, and windowsill. She got the glass cleaner and cleaned the window. As she looked out onto the street, she noted what a beautiful morning it was. "I think I'll take Shippou out to the park, Inuyasha said he doesn't get out much…" She said to no one in particular. She smiled to herself, proud of her great idea. Pulling down the curtains, she blinked a bit, surprised by the rush of sunlight. 'I wonder why he always keeps the house so dark…' Taking the curtains to the laundry, she set them to wash. Walking back out to the living room she was surprised to find herself a groggy looking Shippou rubbing his eyes. "Kagome? Where's daddy?" He yawned and rubbed his eyes. Kagome smiled and walked up to Shippou." He went to work, but he'll be back tonight." Shippou looked disappointed. After a whole day of spending time with his dad yesterday, he was seriously missing his dad. Kagome noticed this and said "How would you like a special breakfast? And then maybe after that we can go to the park. Would you like that?" Shippou's face brightened and he nodded running into the kitchen and pulling himself up to the counter. Kagome followed in suit and opened up the fridge. Inuyasha said that his favorite breakfast was scrambled eggs and bacon, and kagome was grateful. She didn't really know how to cook anything else. "So Shippou how about scrambled eggs and bacon"
"Yeah!" Kagome giggled and pulled out eggs and the bacon. In ten minutes, she had Shippou's breakfast ready on his favorite Spiderman plate with his matching cup filled with orange juice. Shippou took a bight. "Well, what do you think?" with a mouth full of eggs he smiled and said"Ish great!" Kagome laughed and served herself a bit. She sat next to Shippou and began eating. After a bit kagome asked, "So Shippou, do you have a mommy?" Shippou took a sip of orange juice and shook his head.
"Daddy said she died when I was two, so I don't really remember her. I remember she had long black hair, like yours!" Kagome smiled sadly and asked, "Do you know what happened?" Shippou finished his plate and slid it forward into the sink. He then turned to kagome giving her his full attention. Kagome almost giggled. He barely acted like a 6 year old at all.
"Daddy said that some bad men came one night and took her away. When I asked him what happened he just said that she didn't come back. Sometimes I wonder what happened to her, but every time I used to ask daddy about it he would tell me the same thing." Kagome shifted her food around in her plate. 'Bad men? What could that mean'
"Did you know her name"
"Kikyou. Daddy was sad for a long time after she went away. He cried a lot, and sometimes I still hear him at night. Then I just go and crawl into his bed. I know I make it all better!" he gave Kagome a toothy smile, proud of himself. Kagome smiled and said,
"I bet you do!" Shippou got up and walked into the bathroom, saying he had to "go."(Potty of course ha-ha) 'That's so sad; I can't believe Inuyasha was married! He doesn't seem like the sentimental type…' Kagome sighed to herself and got up washing her plate and Shippou's. Then she wiped down the counter, put away all the pots and pans, and left the kitchen spotless. She made a quick check on Shippou, and asked him if he needed anything. He shook his head, engrossed in his Saturday morning cartoons. Kagome resumed her cleaning duties once more, making her way to Shippou's room. His room wasn't all that dirty, a couple toys here and there, but not much. She made his bed neatly and pulled down his curtains also, putting them in a pile with all the dirty clothes she found strewn across his room. She swept and mopped the floor, placed his figurines on a shelf in random poses, and made her way out of his room with the dirty laundry. After throwing them in with the curtains that were already in there, she made her way back to Inuyasha's room. "Good lord" she whispered. She sighed and headed straight to work. Pulling all his clothes in one big pile, being wary of the boxers, she basically did the same thing she did in Shippou's room. After she finished making the bed, she walked out for a trash bag, checking quickly on Shippou. He had turned on the ps2 and was playing what seemed like an exciting game. Making her way back into the room she threw away all the candy wrappers and empty ramen bowls in the bag. Heading over to the dresser, she pulled all the bills and papers on it into a neat pile and carried them over to his nightstand. But as she picked them up however, something crashed onto the floor. The sound of shattered glass was heard as Kagome gasped. She set down the papers and bent down to see what she had carelessly broken. It was a picture frame. "Oh my god" she whispered. In the picture was a beautiful woman she guessed was Kikyou. She had the same exact hair as Kagome's. In fact, almost everything was the same. It was as if Kagome was looking at a picture of herself. Kikyou had a soft smile in the picture. Instantly guilt shot through Kagome. "I just broke probably the only picture he has of her"
"Kagome?" She heard a gruff voice and gasped.
'Oh no'
Dun dun dunnnn! The ever clumsy Kagome broke the only picture Inuyasha had of Kikyou! Will Inuyasha be furious? Or understanding…read the next chapter to see! (It's like I'm a TV show announcer...
