Onto Chapter 5!


Two days later, Kagome awoke in her own apartment at 6:30a.m. (O.o…I had to wake up at this time to go to school…garr stupid school…) She smashed the off button with her fist and kicked off her sheets. Sitting up in bed, she picked up her phone and dialed Inuyasha's number. He picked up the phone with an annoyed growl.
"Kagome what the fuck?" Kagome yawned and retorted,
"Look I'm just as tired as you are okay?" She sighed and continued, "Look I have to go to school today, and I obviously can't leave Shippou alone. I doubt he would want to sit in class with me for eight hours, so I was wondering if I could have my friend Sango and Miroku look after him today." Inuyasha sat up in bed.
"Wait, did you say Miroku"
"…Yeah, you know him"
"He's my best friend! And Sango's his girlfriend right"
"Yeah! They're both my best friends! I can't believe you know them"
"How come I've never heard of you then"
"How should I know, I haven't heard of you either"
"Well, I don't trust Miroku with my kid, but I do trust Sango." Kagome grinned.
"Great then! She'll be over there at 7:30." Inuyasha lay back in his bed.
"Keh, whatever." he said, and hung up. Kagome scrunched her face at her phone and dialed Sango's number. After a couple rings she picked up, and Sango agreed to take care of him.
"I knew I knew him from some where! I guess I was just too tired when you called to remember, ha-ha." Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Listen can you put Miroku on the phone real quick"
"Sure, hold on" After a few seconds a cheery voice was heard.
"Ah, my dear Kagome, what do I owe this early morning pleasure to"
"How come you never told me that you're best friend needed a nanny! I was looking for a whole week straight, eating nothing but baloney without a job, and you had an opportunity waiting the whole time?" Miroku scratched the back of his head.
"Ah, well, you see, it was in the back of my mind, but my Sango, she had me working like a dog, and well it just slipped he-he." Kagome sighed.
"Oh well, I already have the job so there's no point in arguing over it.
"Well, you see, what I was meaning to tell you wasn't the fact that he needed a nanny, but the fact that he needed a girlfriend." Miroku smirked, and Kagome blushed.
"A-Are you crazy! There's no way I would like him!" Miroku pouted, "Why not"
"Just because! Whatever I'm going to be late for class"
"Just consider it Kags, you've been alone since high scho"
"Just drop it okay!" She slammed the phone on the hook, grabbed her towel and slammed the bathroom door behind her. She climbed into the shower, letting the warm water soothe her nerves. She closed her eyes. She couldn't erase the dream that she had while she was at Inuyasha's house. Every time she remembered it, her stomach wrenched.
'It's been two damn years and he still won't get out of my head' she seethed. Twenty minutes later, she head out the door for her class at Tokyo University.
Sango Takaya knocked on Inuyasha's front door at precisely 7:30 a.m. Inuyasha opened the door in nothing but boxers and smiled.
"Morning Sango!" Sango eyed Inuyasha.
"You could at least put some pants on," She said pushing past him. Inuyasha followed her inside.
"Aw come on, you could at least give me a hug. Sango rolled her eyes and poured herself a cup of coffee, sitting at the kitchen counter.
"So, how has Shippou been?" Inuyasha sat next to her with his own cup of Joe and replied," Good, real good. Kagome's been helping him with his homework; I'm hoping he gets his grades up"
"And how have you been doing"
"Same as always, "he said, looking anywhere but at Sango.
"Inuyasha, come on. Its been four years, I mean, I know you love her but sometimes people just have to let go and move on." She said gently. Inuyasha shook his head.
"It's not that easy. Especially since, you know." He looked down in shame. Sango eyed her friend once more.
"Inuyasha, are you still selling that shit?" putting down her coffee.
"Come on Sango, you think with the kind of salary I'm getting, I would be able to feed Shippou and keep a roof over his head"
"Inuyasha that's dirty money okay! Its called getting another job, single mothers and dads do it all around Japan, I'm sure you can too!" Inuyasha turned to face her.
"It's not that easy Sango, this way I won't have to be away from Shippou as much, and its easy cash!" Sango shook her head and stared straight into Inuyasha's eyes.
"Those two guys weren't the ones that murdered Kikyou, the business did. If you hadn't been selling it, she would still be here!" Infuriated Inuyasha rose up from his chair, slamming the mug in the sink.
"Don't you think I have to live with that thought every day of my life! That if I hadn't been doing what I'm doing I would still be waking up to her next to me, every morning! That I could share Shippou's accomplishments with her, and have a family still! But let's face it, Sango, life's not a fairytale, and you gotta do what you gotta do, so just forget about it." Sango calmly put her cup into the sink also and forced Inuyasha to look at her once more.
"Okay, alright, so you made that mistake. Just don't drag Kagome here and make it once more time. I didn't know Kikyou all that well, but Kagome is like a sister to me. If you drag her into your dirty game somehow, you better be sure you're taking damn good care of her." Inuyasha scoffed.
"I'm not dragging that kid into this okay? She's my babysitter nothing more." Walking into his room, he changed quickly for work and headed out of the door. Sango sighed. 'I've only been here for half an hour and already I'm exhausted'
It was now 8:00 p.m. and Kagome was finally out of class. She sighed as she lugged her backpack full of lab supplies and books and made her way out of the University. She could barely concentrate in class that day. She kept thinking back to last night. Inuyasha came home early, saying that, because they had started early that day they finished work quickly. He was unusually cheery, and offered to take Kagome and Shippou out to dinner.

-flashback-

"Thank you Inuyasha but I think I should head home." Already grabbing her car keys. Inuyasha pouted.
"Aw come on, Kagome, you don't have any plans tonight do you? And I bet you're starving from taking care of this runt all day." He ruffled Shippou's hair and Shippou grinned "Yeah! I tire you out you said so yourself!" Kagome smiled and shook her head once more.
"I'm not tired, you came home early remember?" Inuyasha noticed something was off and sent Shippou off to take a quick shower.
"Kagome, is everything okay?" She looked up, concern written all over his face.
"I'm….great, really Inuyasha thank you but I've got to go home." She made her way to the door but Inuyasha stopped her.
"Something's up, tell me what happened." Truthfully, Kagome was still bothered about the dream she had the night before, but she wasn't about to tell Inuyasha about her private life just yet. She sighed and looked into his eyes. 'God, they're beautiful'
"I'll tell you, when the time is right." Inuyasha looked back into her eyes. Something was missing. Almost as if they were, empty.
"Actually, yeah, I do want to go to dinner," She perked up, and the look went away from her eyes. Inuyasha smiled and yelled for Shippou to hurry up.

-end flashback-

She shook her head and made her way to her apartment. Once she got home she checked her messages. A mechanical voice read the date, and time that the message was received, and then the persons phone number. It was Inuyasha's cell phone.
"Oi, Kagome I'm going to be off tomorrow, but I could still use your help cleaning up the house. It's a mess again. Hope your classes were splendid!" He said in a fake cheery tone as the message ended. Kagome rolled her eyes. Great, my day off from school, and I still have to work. She made her way to her bed and crawled in, not bothering to change her clothes. Yawning, she switched off the light. The last image in her head was a pair of golden eyes before she drifted off to sleep.


Well, there goes the fifth chapter! Kind of boring again, anyways I hope you liked it! Please keep reading and never ever forget to review! Pleasee! -puppy dog eyes-