A/N: Well the story continues as Kagome goes home to find out she forgot about an important event for her school. Read on to see what happens. (just a cute chapter)
Sorry I haven't updated sooner, life's been crazy:S
Chapter 2
The next morning Kagome awoke feeling fresh and new. It had been a long time since she slept in her own bed, waking up to the smell of breakfast downstairs rather then the smell of dewy grass. She stretched before putting on her housecoat and slippers as she headed down to the kitchen. She arrived home late the night before and hadn't yet talked to her family.
Sota was sitting at the table sneaking Buyo a piece of bacon. Grandpa was reading the morning newspaper while Mom was at the stove cooking eggs.
"Good morning sweetheart. Did you have a nice sleep?" her mother turned to ask. "Yes, I did." Kagome smiled. Oh how I missed this.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Sota always asked that whenever she came home. Inuyasha was like his hero; he always looked up to him and often asked him for advice.
Kagome rolled her eyes. Can't I come home without him every once in a while? She thought while spreading jam on her toast.
"Come on Kagome or you'll be late" Sota yelled into the door of the house. "Bye Mom." Kagome called as she darted out the doorway. She and Sota walked to the corner, where the two parted ways as they headed to school.
I wonder what everyone back in the feudal era is doing. Kagome let escape a long sigh, she would much rather be there, outdoors in the wilderness having adventures with Inuyasha rather then be heading to school. Another sigh escaped her as she waited at the crosswalk, but she didn't have to wait by herself long.
"Kagome!" her three good friends yelled. "Were so glad to see you're alright!" cried Eri with a look of worry on her face. "Tuberculosis right? How did you recover so quickly?" questioned Yuka. "How's your boyfriend?" Ayumi asked starry eyed, "Did he come to visit you? "
Kagome answered all of their questions along the way to school as best she could, dancing around the ones about Inuyasha. Sometimes I think it would have been better if I had never told them about him, that way I wouldn't have to come up with all these excuses.
Finally they came to the school. Kagome could hardly recognize the front entrance. There were signs and decorations put up everywhere.
"What's going on?" She asked her friends who only shook their heads. "Kagome, did you seriously forget about the Masquerade?" Yuka sighed in disbelief.
The Masquerade was a dance Kagome's school held each year to raise money for a charity. This year the money raised would be going to the local children's hospital. Everyone went wearing costumes and masks; part of the fun was being able to dress up and try to figure out who the other people were.
"I totally forgot!" Kagome exclaimed, clapping her hands to her cheeks.
"I bet Hojo is going to ask you to dance Kagome." smiled Eri. Her friends were always trying to get her to go out with Hojo.
"But Kagome won't will she, because she will have her boyfriend to dance with." Ayami gleamed, "Oh Kagome, It's so romantic. I can't wait until I have a date to go with to school dances. "
Kagome was surprised at the thought of Inuyasha even going to a dance. Inuyasha? I wonder if he would come? Oh who am I kidding, I could never ask him anyway.
"I know that look Kagome" said Eri, "Your boyfriend isn't taking you is he?" Kagome had to think quickly in order to come up with a good excuse why Inuyasha wouldn't be coming.
"He's not here right now; he's gone away for a few days so he won't be able to come." There she thought good job to me!
After school as Kagome walked home she tried to think of something to wear. She thought about wearing the costume she wore last year… but then she remembered her mother threw it out because of holes. It wasn't like she had anything really nice anyway. Since going to the feudal era, she hadn't gone clothes shopping in months.
She slowly trekked her way into the house feeling a little down. Her Mother, seeing her daughter's mood had dropped significantly since the morning asked what was wrong. Kagome told her of the dance, which was to be held a little over three hours from then and how all of her friends had expected her to be going.
"Well then you will just have to go and have a good time," her mother said, a smile appearing across her face.
"But mom, I have absolutely nothing to wear." Kagome felt sorry to be complaining about this to her mother. But little did she know her mother had planned ahead.
"Oh yes you do!" Her mother smiled. She told Kagome of how Hojo had come by the week earlier bringing a pair of shoes he said would help her new case of "foot bunions" so she could go to the dance. Knowing that her daughter was due to return sometime around that date, she took it upon herself to go out and buy a costume. Hearing of the foot bunion excuse Kagome felt a little disgusted. Couldn't Grandpa have come up with something else?
"I think you will be quite pleased with what I got." Mrs. Higurashi winked. Kagome couldn't thank her mother enough as she ran upstairs to start getting ready.
Meanwhile, back in the Feudal Era, Inuyasha was leaning against the side of the well. The old bone eaters well lay in the center of a grassy meadow, surrounded by the forest.
The grass was lush and green and scattered throughout the field grew small yellow flowers. As a breeze blew it stirred up their scent. This reminded Inuyasha of the sweet scent he had been longing for all day. Kagome…
He knew that right about this time Kagome would be coming home from school. Maybe I should go see her. Just to make sure everything is all right.
Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted as he saw Sango emerge on the village path from the forest.
"Hi, Inuyasha." Sango was walking out of the woods carrying her haraikotsu. "I was just going to practice my throwing arm a little and thought here would be the best spot, since around the village would be a little hazardous."
Inuyasha nodded. He may not have needed practice for slinging around Tetsusaiga, but Sango was human and had no spiritual powers. He understood how weak humans could be, since every new moon he was changed into a pathetic human himself, becoming no stronger then a normal man completely vulnerable to his enemies.
Sango began to throw the haraikotsu, each time she did it came back to her. She caught it with ease just as it was about to pass over her head.
"Hey Inuyasha" she grunted as she threw her weapon once more. "...You want to go see Kagome don't you."
Inuyasha scowled and looked away.
"You can't hide it from us; why else would you be coming here every hour on the hour."
"WHAT! What do you mean by US?"
"Well really Inuyasha, with Kagome gone do you think Shippo has anything better to do but spy on you? And what past-time do you think Miroku has since he knows anything perverted will result in a good beating." Giggling, Sango jumped to catch her weapon. "I threw that one a little high didn't I."
Furious, Inuyasha yelled out, "SHIPPO, MIROKU! WHEREVER YOU ARE YOU BETTER GET LOST REAL QUICK!"
Squealing in surprise, Shippo jumped from a bush near the edge of the forest and ran back towards the village. "You traitor!" yelled Miroku to Sango as he got up and followed the path Shippo had taken.
Sango laughed once more before turning to Inuyasha. "You know it's alright if you go? I know Kagome wouldn't mind."
"Yeah, sure."
Looking over at him she wasn't sure if she had him completely convinced, but she could tell he was contemplating the idea. She changed the subject to the weather and then to the events past on their last journey. Subtly making comments and hints about Kagome to keep him thinking about her until some time had pasted and she thought he was stirred up enough.
The field was getting darker as the sun had begun to set and the ground where Sango was practicing had been thoroughly torn up by her feet and a few mishaps where she missed her catch and the haraikotsu had slammed into the ground leaving deep imprints.
"Well then that's enough practice for one day." Catching her weapon, Sango turned to head back the way Miroku and Shippo had left some time before. "See you later Inuyasha"
She walked into the forest and quickly hid behind a tree, meeting Miroku and Shippo to see if their plan had succeeded. The three watched the half demon for a long time seeing no change in his stance.
"This is boring." Shippo yawned.
"Kaede will be having dinner ready soon, we might as well go back. " Just as Sango had spoken those words they finally saw some action coming from the mound of red and white sitting by the well.
Inuyasha stood, looked at the well and then looked around to see if anyone was watching. He then bounded off into the forest on the other side of the meadow.
"Well what a waste this has been." said Miroku, "I thought for sure that Inuyasha would take advice from you Sango."
The three spies thought for a moment that their plan had failed, until a shocked Shippo saw the half demon return. The three laughed as they saw their comrade bound across the field and dive straight down through the well.
"I think it was worth the wait to see him do that" laughed Miroku, "and to think we almost missed it!"
"You've got to hand it to Inuyasha, he may not have good social skills but he certainly has good timing." Sango joked as the three made their way back to the hut, thinking that perhaps he would realize his feelings for Kagome before long, with a little nudge from them pointing him in the right direction.
Inuyasha landed, his bare feet on the damp earth of the well. He was still unsure if he was making the right decision by coming. As he walked out of the shed, which held the old well on the Higurashi shrine, he looked at the Sacred Tree. It still stood, just as large and strong as it ever had been, even now so many years into the future.
He made his way across the shrine, smelling the supper being cooked from inside Kagome's house. Yuck, not that nasty spicy green stuff again. He thought as he caught the scent of curry.
He walked around the corner of the house to Kagome's window. Peering up he saw that the window was left open a crack. Was she expecting me to come? He thought as he leaped up to the window, pushing open the glass. "Kagome!" he called as he climbed in. But she wasn't in her room. He looked at her desk and saw the usual pile of books and paper; pencils and eraser shavings scattered across the top.
Then he noticed something sitting on a table in front of a mirror that he had never seen before. It was some sort of contraption with a long metal cylinder attached to it. From the other end there was a rope or something that plugged into the square on the wall. All around this device was small shiny flecks of something and all kinds of tubes and cases of colored stuff. Letting his curiosity get the best of him, Inuyasha walked up and picked up the contraption.
"#$&$$! KAGOME! WHAT THE HELL?"
Sota rushed through the door. Inuyasha stood, licking his hand where he had touched the metal piece of Kagome's curling iron.
"Inuyasha! What are you doing here?" Sota was so pleased to see his idol, even if his current state was less then admirable.
"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. He was less then pleased. What the heck is that thing?
Sota walked over to unplug the iron. "She went to the dance or whatever at her school. She made me help her curl her hair so she wouldn't be late, I didn't think that a person could use so much hairspray!" he exclaimed before looking at Inuyasha's hand. "Don't feel bad, I burnt my hand on that thing too." He showed Inuyasha his hand, covered in band-aid's.
Just as he was showing Inuyasha his hand, Mrs. Higurashi was walking into the room. "Oh Inuyasha I thought that was you." She said with a smile on her face, one that the half demon noticed was very similar to Kagome's. "Oh dear, I'll be right back." Mrs. Higurashi said when she saw he had burned his hand.
She returned a moment later with some salve and a bandage. Inuyasha was a little hesitant at first, but after she assured him this would help he allowed her to dress the burn.
"Wow it feels better already! What is that stuff anyway?" Inuyasha couldn't believe how much the salve had calmed the irritation on his hand so quickly.
"Medical treatment for such things has improved greatly since your time Inuyasha." Kagome's mother smiled at him. "People can be healed from all sorts of illnesses and injuries. Why I believe it was in the news today that a man had been treated and released in the same day after he received a stab wound."
Inuyasha thought that was amazing, of course it was nothing for him to be stabbed or wounded because he would heal soon enough. But he could remember a number of times when Miroku or Sango was wounded and everyone feared that their lives were hanging in the balance.
Then he remembered his whole purpose for being there. "Where's Kagome?"
"She went to the dance." Sota replied, flicking glitter off of his sleeve. "She left about an hour ago."
"She went outside by herself at this time of night!" Inuyasha could hardly contain his outrage. "What if something happened to her? Where is this dance at?"
"Well, her school but…" Sota barely had a chance to finish his sentence because Inuyasha was already out the widow. "… It's only six p.m."
Kagome's mother laughed. "It's a good thing that this is a costume dance." She told Sota as she peered out the window to see Inuyasha running down the street. "Inuyasha forgot his hat."
Kagome was having a wonderful time at the masquerade. She forgot what it was like to have a night out as a normal 15-year-old girl. The school's gymnasium was decorated from top to bottom with streamers and in the center of the ceiling hung a large disco ball. It reflected little bits of light all across the room, giving it a dreamlike feel. Nearly everyone was wearing masks and costumes.
Her friends Eri, Yuka and Ayumi were dressed as the three blind mice from the childhood nursery rhyme. They wore masks with no holes so they could barely see and bumped into each other on the dance floor more then a few times. Their costume idea had turned perilous so they decided it would be best to remove their masks. Kagome couldn't help but laugh when she looked at them; their large white mouse ears attached to headbands in their hair reminded her of a certain someone.
They watched for a moment as a seventh grader ran up behind a group of girls and began to poke them in the back with his plastic sword. He was dressed as a ninja, and had been "stabbing" girls all night.
"Kagome? Is that you?"
Kagome turned to see Hojo, who had an astonished look on his face. "Yes Hojo it's me." She replied watching as his face as it blushed furiously. Hojo was dressed as none other then Prince Charming, the fake gold crown on his head glittering from the lights.
Just then a slow song came on; blushing more Hojo asked her "Kagome, would you like to dance?"
She wasn't at all sure what to say, but she really didn't have to try and think of an answer before her friends had pushed her out onto the dance floor.
Inuyasha had arrived at the school. Who does that Kagome think she is? Running off to some stupid dance or whatever. What if Naraku showed up or I needed her to help me find the jewel shards? I would have come here leaving the others in danger only to find out she wasn't home. He let out a deep growl as he entered through the school doors. What the heck are these people wearing anyway?
He knew everyone in the room was human because he could smell their human blood. But they were all dressed so crazy and he couldn't see any of their faces. Where the heck is she? Inuyasha walked inside the gymnasium trying to smell her out. There were a lot of scents around of girls but none were Kagome. He came towards the dance floor and saw her three friends.
Ayumi saw him and called him over, ignoring the obvious nervousness of Kagome's other two friends, knowing Kagome was out on the dance floor with Hojo. "Where's Kagome?" He asked as he looked around the room.
"Please don't be angry with her," cried Yuka, "we pretty much made her dance with Hojo anyway!" Seeing the look on Inuyasha's face she had no idea why she told him. "Why would I care if she danced with some guy?" Inuyasha asked wondering what this stupid girl was babbling about. "Whatever just point in her direction for me."
Eri pointed out on the dance floor, but what she had pointed at wasn't anything Inuyasha had expected.
Kagome was wearing a ball gown, which was white and silver and had butterflies of the same colors attached all over the skirt, glittering in the light by the shimmering silver beads that covered them. Her hair was up with soft curls hanging all around with a small silver butterfly clip strategically placed on one side of her head to hold it all together. She wore a white mask in the shape of a butterfly with that glitter stuff he remembered seeing all over her table. He was completely mesmerized. He had never seen anything so beautiful, watching her as she spun in a circle.
Inuyasha was knocked out of his daze when suddenly someone had blocked his view. Hojo had stepped in front of Kagome and was holding her as they danced. It wasn't as though he was holding her close or suggestively, but seeing that guy with her gave Inuyasha a pain in his chest.
Furious that someone else was touching her, Inuyasha stomped his way across the dance floor, wanting nothing more then to rip Hojo apart.
He was about to break the two apart when something caught his eye. Someone was coming up fast behind Kagome, carrying a sword. Quick as a flash, Inuyasha grabbed the seventh grader by the wrist, wrenching the plastic sword away from his hand and throwing him on the ground. "Don't you EVER come near her again" he growled. Trembling with fear the young boy got up and ran off.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" Kagome had turned to see the half demon abusing the seventh grader. "What did you do that for?"
Annoyed Inuyasha growled "He was about to hurt you, duh! And why the hell are you here? Why would you go off somewhere and not tell me. What if something happened!"
Kagome was furious that he was making such a scene.
"And who do you think you are?" Inuyasha growled at Hojo, who was completely taken off-guard by Inuyasha's sudden appearance. " Who gave you the right to touch Kagome."
Hojo was shocked at being confronted by this guy he had never seen or heard of before. "What do you mean?" he asked, a little confused to what exactly Inuyasha was asking him.
"You know what I mean, I think you better take my advise too!" Inuyasha threatened, standing tall and glaring right into Hojo's face. "Stay away from her or else I'll…"
"Sit boy!"
WHAM. Inuyasha face planted straight into the floor.
"Thank-you very much for the dance Hojo but I'm afraid that we must be leaving." Kagome called back to the rather shocked Hojo as she walked across the room and headed out the door. Cursing, Inuyasha got up and stomped after her.
As Inuyasha exited the building he was in a rage at how Kagome had treated him; after all he was just trying to protect her. He was thinking of all the things he was going to say to her, but as he saw her standing by the metal fence in the school yard, glistening with beauty from head to toe in the street light. All his anger left him. The only thing unbecoming about the way she looked was the frown she wore on her face, visible underneath her mask.
"Inuyasha, I can't believe you would act like such a jerk. That boy was just acting dumb and Hojo didn't deserve to be threatened like that." Kagome glared at him, waiting for his rebuttal comments, but none came. "You know, I've known Hojo a long time, much longer then I've ever known you and there was nothing wrong with him touching me, we were only dancing you know." Kagome tossed more words of disapproval, noticing that Inuyasha made no effort to combat her. He just stood there; avoiding eye contact with her. Finally she asked him again "Inuyasha, what are you doing here?"
He looked at her, not entirely sure how to answer her question. He knew he should say something, but apologizing was definitely not one of his strong suits. "I just didn't want any other guys touching you."
Any "other" guys? Kagome thought, What does that mean? She looked up at those eyes of his, knowing that he didn't mean for her to be so upset with him. She felt a twinge in her chest as he gazed down at her. It's a good thing I have this mask on, she thought. I must be blushing underneath like crazy.
"Come on Kagome, Let's go home." He said as he picked her up and placed her on his back. He leaped into the air, landing with a gentle thump on a neighboring rooftop. Kagome loved the feeling of flying through the air, a breeze gently tickling her skin as they bounded from rooftop to rooftop.
As they came closer to her home, Inuyasha stopped to look out over the lights of Tokyo. " You don't see lights like this in my era." He exclaimed before he bounded for a rooftop once more.
Remembering her thought the night before about the stars in the night sky of the feudal era, Kagome smiled. "Inuyasha…I'm glad you came to get me." She sighed as she buried her face into his thick hair, not noticing as a grin appeared across the hanyou's face.
A/N: Well I'm not entirely sure what everyone is going to think about this chapter. Its quite long I know. But I think it helps to build on Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship. I could just hear the music from the anime that plays everytime Kagome goes home. It reminded me of a cute episode I saw one time...anywho, I'm going start scheming quite a bit from here on out and I'll be waiting to seeif anyonethinks they know what is going on, so please leave me a review.
