Hot Dog

Kagome entered her house and sighed, breathing in the cool air inside. She wasn't sure how hot it actually was outside, but she felt as if the air was boiling. She went to the kitchen to put bags with all she bought on the counter for her mother to put away.

"Hi, mom," she smiled to her mother who was stirring something smelling suspiciously like ramen. "Is Inuyasha here?"

"Hello, darling. Yes, he's helping grandpa with chores," the woman smiled widely. "Your friends came to visit, I told them to wait for you in your room."

Kagome smiled and went up the stairs, glad that her grandfather was taking care of the trouble attracting hanyou. She could relax and spend a while with her friends before being dragged to Feudal Era. Kagome stopped before the half-opened door to her room because she heard Eri's excited squeal.

"See?"

"Oh, goodness, he carries the box as if it is nothing!" Ayumi's voice was full of wonder. Kagome gulped and stormed in - no one of her three friends noticed her, all three of them pusing their faces against the glass of her window, their eyes trained on something outside. Kagome came to stand behind the trio and looked outside herself, standing on her toes to look above Yuka's head.

Inuyasha was walking in the direction of a pile of chests and boxes he had brought out the shed. He had a huge box on his shoulder, balancing it easily while walking, his head turned back to talk something to her grandfather who was following him with a broom in his hands. Inuyasha bent down to put the box on top of an old chest, but pause at something her grandfather said. Still bent he took a step to the side and lowered the box on the grass. Kagome swallowed.

Her favourite hanyou was wearing a bandana to cover his ears and keep his hair from falling over his shoulders. So there were only his forelocks to obscure the sight. It seemed the heat of the day was bothering him because he had left his robe and white kosode hanging from the opened door of the shed. Mesmerized, Kagome was watching muscles moving under tanned skin of his back when he was straightening his back. Of course she had seen him only in his hakama many times, but usually he was drenched in blood and had multiple wounds she had to take care of. Now there were no injures, no blood, only golden skin and muscles stretching under it. There was a predatory grace in his movements when he was walking back to the shed, unaware of four girls watching his every move, every swing of his silvery mane, gesture of his hands when he was talking with the old man beside him, frowning at the tall youth.

"Oh, Kagome!" Yuka looked up only when they both disappeared inside of the shed. "You're back!"

"I'm back for a while now," Kagome said dryly, scowling at her friends, who were now looking at her more or less embarrassed.

"We totally understand why you keep him around," Yuka said with a wink. Eri giggled.

"We... Um..." Ayumi smiled ar Kagome. "We came to see you."

"Yeah, I noticed," Kagome sighed. It was not like she was annoyed that they had been staring at Inuyasha and drooling... Eri glanced in the window and almost pushed the glass off.

"Guys! He's back!"

Kagome chuckled when she approached the window once again to look with her friends at the silver-haired man. Her chuckles died down when she saw Inuyasha running from the shed, an old katana in his grip. He lightly jumped at the pile of boxes, laughing at the old man running after him, still holding his broom.

"This is a priceless family heirloom, give it back!" Kagome's grandpa's scream was easy to hear even through a closed window. Inuyasha threw his head back, laughing like a vile youkai. Kagome slid open her window, almost squeezing Yuka's fingers.

"Inuyasha!" she called Inuyasha immediately turned to face her, his eyes lighting up as he spotted her among her friends. When Kagome's grandfather swung his broom the hanyou didn't duck his head and...

Crack! The broomstick broke while the hanyou yelped and fell off the pile of boxes. Kagome cried out and ran donwstairs to rescue him.

A/N: I know it isn't much. I'm trying to write despite feeling pretty shitty.
I must warn you that new Barks chapters can become less frequent as I am trying to focus more on Adorable Curse and Forest Spirit. I have a few ideas for Barks saved, so I will try to write them down and post in some near future, but I don't promise I'll be fast.