Grounded

Disclaimer: Me no own. U no sue, got it?

Chapter 2: Escape

"Kagome, this is Takashi! He's my…." Started Kagome's mom ((I STILL don't have a name for her!))

"Your boyfriend?" finished Kagome.

"Umm…well, yes…" said Kagome's mother, stunned that her daughter would be able to guess it.

"Why haven't you told me?" asked Kagome.

"You haven't been home enough lately. Besides, you don't consult ME about your love life, so why should I consult YOU about my love life?"

"What love life?" asked Kagome, "I don't have a relationship with anyone. Inuyasha has his relationship with Kikyou STILL going on. Koga has Ayame. Hojo has whoever he wants, besides I don't like him. Miroku has Sango!"

"See, I wouldn't know that because you haven't told me about this type of stuff!" By now, the two girls were at each other's throats. Takashi had to step in to break up the immanent fight.

"Ladies, this is nothing to argue over. What is done is done. There is no way to change that that has already happened. If we could, then history would always be changing. People would be appearing and disappearing through time, but that is not so."

"That's debatable," muttered Kagome.

"What was that, Kagome?" demanded her mom.

"Nothing, mother."

"Good, now let's go to the kitchen and have some of your FINE oden!" exclaimed Takashi. Kagome's eyes lit up at the word "oden". Souta stepped strategically to the side as Kagome dashed to the kitchen for her favorite meal.

The group, now joined by Grandpa, ate in silence. Kagome didn't want to talk with her mom, for obvious reasons. Also, she was enjoying the food too much to talk. Souta was afraid of the danger of a fight, so he remained quiet. Grandpa didn't have much to say other than ancient history. Kagome's mom ((I'll call her Mama from now one unless Takashi is talking to her….)), didn't want to talk to her angered daughter. Takashi didn't want to get into this family feud. He wasn't part of this family…yet.

Dinner went pretty smoothly, as did the accompanying dessert. Mama didn't want to cause any more fights in the family, but there was important news to discuss in the family. And that included Takashi.

They started after dinner, when they headed to the living room, where they decided to drop the bombshell.

"Kagome, Souta, Dad, I…. we have something to tell you. Takashi and I, we are engaged." Takashi held Mama close as the "fireworks" went off. Kagome was hysterical. She couldn't make out a coherent word.

Souta was not as hysterical, but he was surprised. He would have a father once again. No more telling his friends about his real father that he barely could remember.

Grandpa was surprised, like Souta, but other than the fact that this was to be his daughter's marriage, he didn't show much disapproval. Sure, he wanted to break the two up, but that was the conservative side of him. He didn't want his current life to take a major change.

Kagome, after standing there dumb, ran up to her room. The demon barrier around her room was torn down, and she wished that Inuyasha would come. But, she knew that he would not. She knew that he was able to read, and the note was very obvious. No way could she run away now, either. If she was caught, she might be disowned. Especially since her mom had been acting very angrily lately. Usually, she didn't mine if Kagome missed school to spend time with her friends. Given, she didn't tell her mom the whole truth about the well, but she did know enough to know how important that the well was for history as it is today.

She cried into her pillow, not caring about how pathetic she looked. After ten minutes of non-stop tears, she had nothing left, and tried to go to sleep. Things were always better in the morning. Her forgotten homework lay on the other side of the room, and it was not to be picked up anymore that day.

Mama wanted to go upstairs and drag her daughter back down the stairs and make her apologize for her rude behavior, but Takashi stopped her. Kagome would eventually open up to him, he told her. There was nothing that she should worry about except for herself.

Souta went to play video games as Mama and Takashi went out to a movie. Grandpa was in charge of keeping Kagome away from the wellhouse. He placed a spell around the wellhouse, oblivious to the fact that it even if it was real, Kagome was a powerful miko who could easily decimate the barrier.

Kagome fell asleep, and stayed asleep until about midnight. She was wide-awake, unable to sleep, and too lazy to do her growing pile of homework. She mulled over in her brain every way to see her Inuyasha without her family finding out, and she opted with the easiest way—climb down the drainpipe and avoid all human contact. Then, in the morning, Inuyasha could bring her back to her room. The plan seemed foolproof. She put on some jeans and a t-shirt, and started down the pipe.

She started walking the short way to the wellhouse, when she heard footsteps coming from the stairs. She looked with horror as the two shadows of her mom and Takashi made out under the full moon. She had to hide a gag. It would blow her cover. She hid in the shadows as she waited for the two to head inside before she continued her journey to the well.

Finally, ten minutes after the discovery of the two, they headed inside because of the cool air. Kagome let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding.

She continued to creep to the wellhouse, this time with no more distractions, or so she thought. Following behind her was a small shadow, almost as stealthy as she. The shadow continued to gain on her, until she was tackled.

"Souta!" she whispered angrily. "What are you doing here?"

"What does it look like? I'm coming with you! Mom has been acting strange, and I would like to talk with you about it, but you are never home or in the talking mood. Besides, I want to see Inuyasha again."

"I can't bring you to the Feudal Era!" she exclaimed, still in a whisper.

"Why not?"

"I don't want you to have to see the horrors. Knowing you, you will either run at the first sight of a demon, or you will walk up to a dangerous demon and try to be it's friend."

"If you are concerned about my safety, then you must remember that you are a girl, and you scream at more things than I do!"

"I resent that," mumbled Kagome, "I guess you can come, but you have to remain calm, and do not talk to stranger unless I introduce you to them, k?"

"Whatever."

And with that, they snuck the rest of the way to the wellhouse. Kagome had to subconsciously tear down her Grandfather's pathetic barrier, and the two jumped down the well.

On the other side of the well:

Inuyasha was pissed. No, beyond pissed. He was super pissed. Kagome was banned from the Feudal Era, and from seeing him. He wanted nothing more than to break into her house and steal her away to his era, but that would not be the best for his beloved Kagome.

So, here he was, sitting in the boughs of the sacred tree. Sango and Miroku were asleep back at the village, but he could not sleep without Kagome. He never did, even when he knew where she was and why.

He smelled something from the well, and his heart missed a few beats. It was Kagome. She was back. He also smelled her brother with her. Whatever happened, it must have been important for her to bring the boy with her. He jumped out of the tree and headed the short distance to the well.

At the well:

Souta watched as the blue swirls engulfed he and his sister. Soon, he felt solid beneath his feet. He looked up, and the wellhouse was no longer there. Kagome started climbing the vines, and Souta followed, though very clumsily.

When they reached the lip of the well, Kagome felt a familiar presence. It was Inuyasha. It took all of her self-control to not jump him and explain her problems. As Souta got out, he looked happily to his one and only hero.

END CHAPTER

Yeah, I know, short…but come on! I am very lazy, and I have projects for school!

Sorry for any typos! I typed this in less than two hours! ((Which is really short for me!)

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