Doggy Back Ride

She was aware that they were drawing attention. She didn't remember drawing attention since the days of her youth when she had been a pretty school girl. Well, she was still pretty, but she sure wasn't a schoolgirl anymore. And no young men were carrying her down a street nowadays.

She fought back her blush when she saw a group of some girls giggling and looking at her. The young man carrying her was grumbling under his breath, probably able to hear what they were whispering to each other. Older people were usually just giving them shocked glances, noticing her wrapped ankle and assuming that the boy with a baseball cap and white hair was just helping the middle-aged lady in her time of need. Still, some were wondering why he didn't call a taxi, but decided to carry her himself and wondered at the oddness of the pair.

"Thank you for helping me," she said and patted the place on his shoulder where her hand was resting. "I wouldn't make it back home with a twisted ankle and all my bags," she said, glancing at her shopping hanging from her elbows and a piece of a string Inuyasha had made into a loop he could hang over his shoulder. The weight of the cargo on his back didn't seem to bother him at all.

"Feh, it's nothing," mumbled the boy she hoped was her future son-in-law.

"Oh, it's not nothing!" she exclaimed as he started to deftly climb up the shrine steps. From what she knew from Kagome's stories he was able to clear the stars in a leap or two, but she was grateful he was not doing that. She was afraid of heights and didn't mind being carried up the steps for once. "I must say now I understand why Kagome ditched her bike."

"Huh?" the boy turned his head to look at her from under his bangs.

"She told me you give her piggy-back rides all the time. Or should I call them doggy-back rides? Anyway that's so sweet of you and so cute," she beamed at the suddenly red-faced boy, who was doing his best not to trip on the stairs. She giggled at his embarrassment and patted him again. "Oh, hush, I will make you some tasty food as a thank you gift."

"Feh!" Inuyasha decided against voicing his opinion about her saying that he was doing anything that was remotely cute or sweet. Better not to make the woman who was willing to feed him angry with him.

A/N: Let's face it - we all would love to get a doggy-back ride from Inu/

Also check out my last story, When A Weary Hanyou Slumbers, it's an overgrown Barks chapter which I decided to post as an one shot