Chapter 21: Expect the Unexpected

Kagome looked down at the red-headed boy and stroked his head. He was so cute.

"Um, Kagome, I should warn you that I have trouble keeping my transformation for a long time. I might turn back into a demon," he mentioned.

"Oh, come to think of it, you have accidently transformed in front of me. How long are your transformations?" She asked.

Shippo folded his arms and pondered. "I'm not sure. It could happen between 20 to 30 minutes and it also depends on the situation I'm in, if I'm under pressure and my mind becomes clouded, I can't concentrate so I revert back."

"Oh boy," she commented. "20 minutes isn't long, especially when we'll be eating supper together."

"Kagome, supper's ready come on down." She heard her grandpa shout.

"Okay!" She turned back to the boy and shrugged. "Come on, my idea just might work, lets go." Kagome opened her door and snuck the boy down the hall till she got to a door and knocked. "Hey, Souta? Are you in there?" She had hoped he hadn't run down already.

"Yeah, what is it? I'm in the middle of tough battle," he responded. She opened the door without his consent and closed it behind her and the kit that hid behind her legs. "Hey, you should have asked before entering like that, you just made me lose the match," he grumbled.

"Who cares about that? You can always redo it. Now, I need your help," she replied.

"What for?" He wondered facing her while seated on the floor.

She motioned to something behind her and the boy poked his head out from behind her legs. Souta relaxed when he saw the shy boy creep away from her legs and bowed.

"Who is that?" He asked.

"Souta, this Shippo, I met him a while back. The problem is that he has nowhere else to stay. So can you please tell mom and gramps that he's your friend?" She pleaded.

"Not that I mind, but why do I have to say he's my friend?"

"Souta, I'm 16; telling mom I'm friends with a 9 or 10 yr old is a bit strange," she answered.

"I guess you're right." Souta got up and walked over to the boy.

"Hi," Shippo waved.

"Hi Shippo. Now we're friends," Souta smiled, and shook his hand. Shippo gave back the same smile. Kagome was happy that two got along so quickly.

"Kagome, Souta, we're all waiting for you down here," their mother called.

"Oh!" The two reacted to and got ready to go downstairs.

"Souta, there's also something about Shippo that you should know," Kagome started.

"Can't we discuss this later? I'm hungry. He'll tell me anyway, right?" Souta responded looking at him. Shippo nodded. "Good, then let's go," he insisted, grabbing Shippo's hand and guiding him down the stairs rapidly.

Kagome stood at the top of the stairs and took a deep breath. "Oh, I hope this goes well."

The three made it to the table and seated themselves, Shippo between both siblings.

"Well it's about time you two made it. What was keeping you?" Their mother wondered then noticed the extra head. "Oh and who is this? I didn't know we had visitors." Kagome coughed, alerting Souta that it was his cue.

"Oh, sorry mom. This is Shippo, a new friend from school. I forgot to tell you he came over," he presented and Shippo bowed apologizing as well.

"That's alright, luckily I made extra tonight. It's very nice to meet you Shippo dear," Ms. Higurashi smiled. He nodded with a blush.

Everyone was served and began eating quietly until thier mother spoke up once again. "So how were you feeling today?" Referring to Kagome.

"Oh I was fine and I'm feeling much better now. I suppose it's because I didn't get enough sleep last night. I'll go to bed earlier. Not really, I need to add some finishing touches on the costume and I don't know how long it will take."

"Yes indeed, your school dance is tomorrow and I don't think you'd want to miss that out of fatigue," her mother agreed.

"Yeah," she nodded. Kagome peeked over to Shippo and watched as he ate like he hadn't had a decent meal for awhile. "Considering he's been living by himself; what has he been eating and how long has it been since he's been alone?" Shippo sensed her stare, looked up at her and smiled. She blinked then smiled in return. He turned back to his plate and continued.

"My Shippo, you have quite the appetite," Ms. Higurashi giggled.

Shippo had cleaned his plate and faced Kagome's mother, looked around at everyone else's half done plate and blushed. "I'm sorry," he bowed hiding his face.

"There's no need to be sorry, if you want more you're free to have," she responded.

"Yeah, Shippo eat as much as you want we don't mind," Kagome agreed. He looked back up at her. "Here let me fix another plate for you."

"No, I'm fine really, ate enough thanks," he reassured.

"Okay, let me take your plate then,"

"Oh take mine too please?" Souta grinned, holding out his cleaned plate.

"Why don't you take it yourself?" She frowned.

"But, Kagome, I can't leave my 'friend' in order to do the dishes," he teased, unnoticed by their parents. She gave a phoney smile and trudged away with both plates leaving Souta with a bigger grin and Shippo alone with the family.

"So how long have you and Souta known each other?" Ms. Higurashi asked. The two looked at each trying to find out an answer.

"Uh…well we've—been friends for—since the beginning of the year," Shippo replied.

"Yeah," Souta nodded.

"That's nice to hear, Souta usually brings his new friends over for dinner a lot earlier," their grandfather mentioned.

"Oh that's because he gets real nervous visiting new families," Souta defended.

Shippo nodded then he felt a twinge and realized his tail. "Oh no I'm transforming back, I gotta get out of here."

They noticed him fidgeting uncontrollably. "There's no need to be so nervous dear, we are very nice," she reassured.

"Huh? Oh no it's not that I'm uh… going to help Kagome in the kitchen," he responded, standing up and walking backwards.

"That's very sweet of you, but there's no need-" But he was gone. "He's a strange little boy," she commented and Souta shrugged.

Kagome had just finished the plates and dried them off when Shippo slid in as his kitsune form.

"Kagome!" He called.

She turned around and faced the kit and gasped nearly dropping the plate, but she caught it. "Shippo, you changed. Did the others see you?" She asked, placing the plate on the counter and running over to him.

"No, I got away on time," he answered.

"Oh good, sorry for leaving you alone back there."

"It's okay, your family's really nice, I haven't felt this welcomed in a long time," he smiled.

"Aww Shippo-"

"Shippo?" A voice repeated. "The little guy sitting in your lap is Shippo?" The two of them looked up to see her little brother at the corner of the kitchen.

Kagome stood up and nodded. "This is what I wanted to tell you before; you have to keep it a secret from mom and gramps, for now at least."

Souta ran over to them with a large grin. "You should have said it from beginning when we first introduced ourselves. What is he?"

"He's-"

"A fox demon," he answered, before she could.

"A fox demon?" He repeated. "Cool."

"Cool? He thinks I'm cool? Something's just with this family, this is the second person who hasn't freaked out or made fun of me on the spot. I think I am going to like it here." Shippo smiled, wagging his tail.

Kagome practically read his mind and held him closer. "Poor Shippo, he must have been so tormented."

Later~

Shippo was playing with Souta in his bedroom leaving Kagome to work on her costume in peace. She was ironing, sewing and gluing without a moment's rest. "I want to have this done not half done; it's taking longer than I thought," she spoke, rubbing her forehead. "What time is it?" She turned to the night table where her alarm clock was and sighed. "Already 9:30, Oh! I have to tell Shippo to pretend to leave; it's late for someone his age." She got up but paused at the door when she heard her mom talking with the boys.

"Not that I mind Souta, but when is Shippo leaving? You both have school tomorrow and it's getting late," their mother mentioned. Kagome cracked her door open just enough to see them; Souta noticed her and glanced at her.

"I know that's the problem... Mom, can Shippo sleepover tonight? I forgot to ask yous" Souta replied, getting a good reaction from his sister.

"Of course, I just wish I knew earlier, so I could set up the guest room," she answered with a sigh. Kagome waved her hands to tell her brother to say no.

"It's okay mom, Shippo and I will sleep in the same room," he leaned forward and whispered. "He's afraid of being alone."

"Oh, okay then, but promise me you won't fool around all night."

"We won't," he promised, saluting her. She nodded and walked off.

Kagome stepped out of her room and winked. "Thank you, Souta."

"Yeah, yeah, but we can't keep this secret for too long, mom's gonna get suspicious. You know how she is," he reminded.

"Oh I know, that's why I trust you to watch Shippo as much as you can. You two really get to bed soon, mom will check back on you."

"Right." Then they entered their rooms.

Kagome looked over her costume it was getting there, but still needed work and sighed. "Am I ever gonna get this done?" Before she walked to the table she turned on the radio. Satisfied with the channel she went back to the table and got to it. She pulled thread through the bottom humming to the tune soon quietly singing the lyrics to "She Wolf" from Shakira. Kagome had a knack of singing English songs in the right accent too and of course understanding the meaning of the song. It wasn't too long until the song switched to "Nobody" by the Wonder Girls. "Man, this song is so overplayed nowadays; it's even gotten to the Americans." Although she said that, she was quietly repeating the chorus. She was done sewing the extra pieces, stood up and slipped into the costume. She moved over to the mirror and took a long look soon she smiled in content. "It's great, now to finish off the crown then I'm done, yay!" She glanced at the time once more, "10:49, meh, I don't think I should force myself to finish it tonight, it's not that much. I want enough rest for tomorrow, it's gonna be a long day," she yawned. She stepped out of the costume and hung it behind her bedroom door, grabbed her nightwear and headed out for the bathroom.

Once the tub was filled, she tied her up and stepped into the warm drink then leaning her back against the tub. A content sigh erupted as the warm water hit her cold flesh, she closed her eyes to sink in it more. Once she did she saw 'him' flash past her and she gasped in shock fluttering her eyes open. She sat up and clutched her knees to her chest.

"Tomorrow's Halloween, anything can happen. Everyone will dress up as anyone, who's to say he won't show up? He could be standing right in front of me and I won't know. But it doesn't matter masked or not, I don't even know what he looks like." She was feeling so cold, not even the warm water could heat up the chill she suddenly felt. "What am I going to do? I can't believe it came to me now. How come I've never thought of it before?"

"Don't worry Kagome, I'll protect you."

"Huh?" She looked around for the voice, but realised it was just her imagination. "Inuyasha… He promised to look after me and he's been doing a hell of a good job at it. He saved me from those dogs last night and many other times. But could he really defend me from this nightmare? No, I can't start doubting him now; he's the only one I trust who can. I still don't want him to get hurt in order to protect me. How would he think I'd feel after? Not only that, why does he want to risk his life to save someone like me? We haven't known each other long, long enough for him to protect me so diligently." She settled down once more and looked up to the ceiling. "Oh Inuyasha, just who are you?"

Kagome was out, drying off and dressing into her pjs. She often did it in the bathroom so she didn't feel watched by her stalker. After that, she washed and brushed her teeth then finally headed to bed. Before that she tiptoed to her brother's room and took a peek inside. Both her brother and Shippo were fast asleep. Shippo was covered up to his neck so his small body wasn't revealed. She gave one satisfied smile and trudged to her room. As soon as she entered, she closed the door and dropped into her warm and comfy bed. She turned on her back looking up at the ceiling again. "Oh I just pray to God, tomorrow's gonna be okay."

Finally relaxed and ready to sleep she turned over, shut off her light and waited till sleep took over. She closed her eyes to help. Unnoticed by Kagome, a dark figure walked over to her side and looked down at her with a crooked smile.

"Pray all you want Kagome, nothing's gonna keep me from you." She sensed a presence over her and opened her eyes and was met with a dark smirk, she gasped. "Hello Kagome," he chuckled. She was about to let out a loud scream, but he held her mouth shut with his huge hands and soon she began to struggle under his grip. "Come now, don't be like that, I'll take very good care of you."

Kagome shot up gasping for air and looked around frantically. She searched for the lamp and switched it on, looking around once more. Nothing was in her room, just her costume hanging over the door. "Oh my God, not another one," she whimpered, turning to her clock which read 11:42 "Gees, not even an hour and he gets to me in my sleep." She turned to gaze outside the window, but there was nothing there. Catching her breath she relaxed her back against the wall and clutched her knees. "I can't sleep; I'm afraid to, I don't want to see him again. What am I going to do?" She sobbed silently. She just sat there thinking and thinking and glanced to her cell phone then grabbed it. "Maybe I should call Sango, although, I can't tell her the reason I'm upset and besides it's late she's probably asleep by now, lucky bum." She plainly scrolled down the list of calls until she fell on Inuyasha's from this morning. "Inuyasha…" Then she remembered him telling her,

"If there are any problems any at all, you can call me whenever you like."

"Even though he said that, would he mind now?" She pondered on it for a bit, but pressed call anyway. "I can't believe I'm doing this, oh I hope he won't get mad." She put the phone to her ear and waited until the ringing silenced then she heard his voice and held her breath.

"Hello?" She froze up and couldn't reply. "Hellooo? Who's calling me at like 12 in the morning? You're lucky I wasn't asleep, I would have been much angrier than I am about to be right now if you don't answer-"

"Inuyasha…" she finally spoke. "It's me…Kagome." There was a pause and she continued. "Sorry for calling you this late, I hope you aren't mad."

"No, no, it's okay, what's wrong? Are you alright?" He answered in question.

"Yes I'm fine; I'm home, in my room and just can't get to sleep."

"Why can't you sleep?"

She squeezed the phone and her knees tightly. "I'm scared to…"

"You're scared? Wh- is it because of-"

"Mm hm..." she responded, not wanting him to say it.

"Oh, what happened?" He asked sternly.

"I had a nightmare about him and he got me in my room," she whimpered, trying to keep her voice strong. There was another pause and she felt awkward. "Okay, I know it was a silly reason to call you this late, but I just needed to talk to someone until I felt ready to sleep again."

"No, I don't find it silly at all, it's a very serious matter in fact. I'm glad you called me. Do you want me to come over there?"

"You would? Even at this hour?"

"Of course I would. I'm never too tired or lazy to do anything for you Kagome," he answered sincerely.

"Inuyasha… he would seriously do that for me?"

"Do you want me to?"

"N-no, it's fine. I just need to hear your- a voice right now," she quickly corrected. "It's making me feel better already," she smiled.

"Alright, then I'll talk to you as long as you need."

"Thank you..."

The two of them talked about tomorrow and things that happened in the past. Kagome would laugh at his jokes and reactions to certain things and she would hear his soft chuckle whenever she giggled. The two of them kept at it and time was going by, but it didn't bother either of them. She suddenly had the courage to lie back down, but was still talking, until a yawn escaped.

"Oh! Looks like someone's ready to sleep again," he chuckled, and she returned it.

"No, I was just exercising my mouth."

"Yeah, I think our mouths had enough exercise to last us a while after we've been squabbling for this long."

"Hehe, I just don't want to stop hearing your voice," she admitted out of tiredness. She didn't even hold that back like she naturally would.

"You like my voice?"

"Mm hm, I like it a lot, it's soothing to my ears…" she expressed slowly.

"Heh, Kagome, you're dreaming."

"Maybe I am, but I prefer this dream than the other…" she smiled, and she heard him chuckle once more. "Inuyasha…"

"Yeah?"

"I like you…I like you a lot…" she confessed with a giggle.

He didn't make a sound, reason for that was because, he was blushing madly. "I like you too Kagome…"

"Good, I'm glad…" she yawned once more.

"Keh, you really are dreaming aren't you? I hope you realise it isn't one," he informed, but there was no response. "Kagome?" he called, but nothing, instead he was answered by her soft breathing and smirked. "Goodnight Kagome…" He paused to listen to her slumber then slowly hung up. There was no way she would get another nightmare, she was already half dreaming about him anyway, and she was content.

Kagome woke up the next morning with a smile on her face. She stretched and got ready for school. Once she got out the bathroom she descended the stairs and headed to the kitchen. When she got there, all she could do was stand frozen like a statue. Everyone was at the kitchen table served and eating breakfast; everyone meaning, her mom, Souta, her grandpa, Shippo and even Inuyasha. He was arguing with Shippo as usual, he had no clue he was over.

"You act like you know each other," Souta commented.

"Oh we met before, wasn't really a proper greeting," Shippo replied.

"Keh, I just want to know why he's here."

"He's here because I let him sleepover, he's my friend," Souta replied.

"Kagome!" Shippo squealed. All of them stopped talking and turned to her, making her step back.

"Hey Kagome, I can tell you slept well," Inuyasha spoke and she blushed.

"Uh…yeah, I did thanks," she responded.

Ms. Higurashi stared between the two and giggled. "Come on Kagome, dear, you're breakfast's going to get cold."

"Y-yeah," she nodded and walked over to the stove, served herself and searched for a spot.

"Well since I'm done, I'll go sweep the grounds," her grandfather stated, getting up and leaving a vacant seat beside Inuyasha.

"Of course he does," Kagome grumbled, sat down and began eating.

"Morning Shippo, how are you this morning? How was the sleepover?" She asked.

"It was fun, thanks, but now Souta and I gotta get going," he replied nudging him.

"Yeah," Souta agreed. The two of them got up and carried their dishes to the sink. "Alright, mom, see you later."

"Have a good day you two," she smiled. Ms. Higurashi, Kadoka, was at the sink washing the dishes and slightly watched the two eat quietly. "My, why are you two so quiet this morning? Is it because I'm around? Then I'll leave right away."

"Oh! Mom, no, it's okay, don't-" Kagome spoke, trying to get her to stay, but she was gone.

"Don't get carried away; don't want you arriving to school late," she added then silence. The only sound made were the chopsticks scrapping the plate.

Kagome cleared her throat and broke it. "So what brought you over this early?"

He took a sip of orange juice before answering. "Was checking up on you and I'm here to bring you to school."

"Check up on me?" She repeated.

"Yeah..."

*Flashback*

Inuyasha walked into her room and quietly closed the door. He had told Kadoka that he was heading to the bathroom, but it was lie. There she was sleeping soundly and still had her cell under her cheek. He smiled and walked over to her bed and took a long gaze at her. He then took her cell phone, closed it, and put it on her night stand and then knelt beside her. She was so beautiful. He didn't hold back and lightly stroked her soft cheek. Kagome made a small movement still in slumber land. She placed her hand on his and rubbed it. His ears twitched and his cheeks heated up.

"Damn, now what am I going to do?" He was afraid if he pulled his hand out she would wake up. Soon he found a way out and backed away. He turned away from her to snap himself out of it and inspected her room. He first checked the window. "Anyone would be able to sneak in this way." He had to figure out how to make it open for her and closed from the outside. He grunted then turned to the door to head back out. He twisted the knob carefully and slid out of the room. He let out a deep breath he was holding and headed downstairs.

*End of flashback*

"You went into my room?" She frowned, understanding what he meant. "Ugh, I can't believe you. I was asleep and you could have done anythin! Oh!"

He glared. "What's that supposed to mean? You thought I was going to take advantage of you? Kagome I thought we've been through this, I thought I made it clear to you that I will never hurt you."

"I know, I know, I'm sorry, I can't help it," she apologised.

"You know, you always act this way in the morning whenever I see you. In the morning, you act like you have nothing to do with me yet later on during the day, you're the exact opposite," he stated.

"I do? I'm just not a morning person I guess. I apologise for offending you in any way then, you finished?" She asked, picking up his empty plate along with hers and carried them to the sink. "Look okay," she started, not facing him. "I'm worried about you know who. You're with me morning, noon and night; wouldn't he know that there's something up?" She revealed. He was about to say something, but she added. "And don't tell me, not to worry; I have every right to be worried and scared."

"I think you're giving your stalker too much credit. I still can't see why you're doubting me," he responded.

Kagome zipped around not leaving the sink with a scowl. "Oh come on Inuyasha be real! What reason do you have to protect me like some sort of superhero? We haven't known each other that long. Why would you endanger your life for the sake of mine? No one's that perfect, you act like a character out of an action movie. I've been alone all this time and you suddenly come out of nowhere saving me whenever I'm in trouble like Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon," she ranted wheezing. Finally she calmed down and spoke one more time, looking down. "It's just too unreal." It came out as whimper.

"Kagome…" He stood up and walked up to her. She met with his amber eyes and relaxed a little.

"It's just…You know so much about me and I don't know a thing about you. So it scares me. Just who are you and why do you care about me so much?" She demanded politely.

He placed a hand on her cheek. "Kagome I'm-"

"No wonder I heard yelling, you two still here? You better head to school now; I don't want to hear you getting another detention," Kadoka spoke, startling them.

"Oh it's already that time? we better get going Inuyasha," Kagome reacted, pushing him back and leaving his sight. Not a moment later and the two were out of the house. No one talked except for 'heres' and 'thanks.' They hopped on the motorcycle and headed off for school.

It was lunch time and Kagome was surrounded by all her friends and they were all talking about the dance later tonight.

"I'm so excited; I got my costume ready. Oh I just can't wait," Eri squealed.

"I know me too. Soon I get to miss the rest of school since I volunteered to help decorate the hall," Ayumi noted.

"Oh yeah? Do you think they'd mind if another one came?" Yuka spoke.

"Yuka, I told you that if you were interested in decorating the hall to sign your name, but you never did, if you came along you're only doing it to skip school. A person apart of the student council, I won't let you do that," she replied making her pout.

Eri giggled and faced Kagome. "How about you Kagome? Are you all set for tonight?"

"Uh…yeah, can't wait," she replied with a smile.

"So um…" Yuka coughed.

"Yeah?"

"Has a certain one asked to escort you?"

Kagome felt a blush spread across her face. "Huh?"

"Don't play innocent. Has Houjo asked you to the dance?" Yuka wondered.

"O-oh, yes he did," she answered calming down. Her friends gasped.

"Oh my God, for real? What did you say? You said yes of course. That's why you sound so nervous about the dance," Yuka beamed.

"Uh…no, I told him no; I explained why and he understood," said Kagome. All of them groaned and looked away from her.

Eri reappeared in her face with a pout. "Kagome, how could you say no? I thought you liked Houjo. It better not be because of that Inuyasha."

"Uh…of course not, what makes you say that?" She stuttered.

"One, you're stuttering two, he's always around you I'm surprised he's not with you now," Eri answered.

That being said Kagome subconsciously began gazing around the school grounds not finding him. Where was he? "Oh why am I worrying about him for? I don't need to know where he is every five minutes," she snorted to herself folding her arms.

Sango who was sitting with Miroku listening to the conversation couldn't help but wonder where Inuyasha was and turned to ask him, seeing that he knew whatever his friend did. "Hey Miroku, you were with Inuyasha before, do you know where he disappeared to?" She asked.

Miroku turned to her and nodded. "Yeah, he has detention with Ms. Ikeda; remember yesterday?"

Sango thought back to yesterday and remembered the little battle Inuyasha had with Ms. Ikeda before the trip. "Oh true, I guess she was serious about those detentions."

"Ms. Ikeda never jokes, when she says you have a detention you have a detention," Kagome spoke suddenly.

Sango chuckled and faced her. "Kagome weren't you talking with the others, what made you decide to listen to our conversation instead?"

She flushed. "I was talking to the others, but once I heard his name my mind switched to Sango's."

Sango and Miroku laughed. "Gees, even by the sound of his name you go gaga," Sango chuckled out loud.

Kagome gasped. "Sango!"

Detention Room-

Inuyasha was sitting in front of the class directly in front of the teacher. Of course he did not want to sit in that spot, but he had no choice in the matter the teacher ordered it and he had to obey. "Damn, this is ridiculous. Why the fuck am I doing sitting in detention when I should be sticking by Kagome's side? I didn't even get to at least sneak out her eyes were already daggering at me," he thought with an inside growl. He turned to the window resting his cheek on his palm. "At least Miroku is there, but still I want to be the one there beside her. Who knows if Kouga comes along and attacks her or even worse Kurasaki. No, he wouldn't show up in front of Kagome not in front of so many people. But how do I know if he's not sitting beside her waiting until she was alone." He began bouncing his knee in irritation.

"Inuyasha, why do you enjoy wearing caps so much? I've never met a student who doesn't abide by the rules. Sometimes, well actually it always feels like you're hiding like you're afraid to reveal something."

"Keh, does it matter?" He snorted.

Ms. Ikeda stared for a moment then looked down at the sheets in front of her. "You know, a long time ago, I had very close friend; she was a great person, but a little weird," the teacher randomly started.

"Oh great, she's going to tell me her life story. It can't get worse than this," he thought with a grumble still staring outside.

"We've gone through so much together; we met during our early high school years. She always had a fascination with strange things-"

A deep, annoyed sigh interrupted. "I'm sorry teach, but why are you reciting your life story? It doesn't have anything to do with school, detention or me," he spoke, now facing forward when she looked up at him.

Ms. Ikeda took another strong look at him and nodded. "I'm getting there, it would be a total coincidence should it be true."

He raised an eyebrow. "Is what true?"

The teacher coughed and continued. "My young friend found a good man, but I could always sense something was strange about him. He just had this vibe that didn't seem normal. I asked my friend about it but she thought I was crazy, maybe I was, but I knew there was something she was hiding from me. A few years passed by and I learned that her fiancée disappeared and she wound up pregnant. In a depressive state she told me everything that happened and everything about him, and I mean everything," she paused. "I shouldn't be saying this, but she told me her late fiancée was a supernatural being. At that moment I couldn't believe her, nothing like that could exist in the world, but deep down I knew it was true."

Inuyasha still didn't see where this tied to him, but listened, the word supernatural caught his attention.

"Nine months later her child was born; it was a boy, I was the first and only one to see him completely. The baby boy had about the same features from both side of his parents his eyes were soft like his mother, but had the same colour as his father. He was so cute and innocent, even though he wasn't like any normal baby and giving him that was just as abnormal," Ms. Ikeda laughed. "Like I said, Izayoi was always a strange person, I guess she got what she wanted."

At that moment Inuyasha's heart accelerated at that moment. "Did she just say Izayoi? No, it absolutely can't be...Although, she did say the son was different."

Ms. Ikeda didn't notice his reaction as she continued her story. "And can you believe what the son's name was, once you walked into my classroom and found out your name to be Inuyasha, my mind was pondering hard on it. I had heard the name before, and it clicked today as I sit in front of you. It's the same name as Izayoi's child." His breathing increased, he turned away to look somewhere else. Ms. Ikeda realised that immediately and smiled. "But it would be crazy to believe that the same boy would be you now would it? Especially when such a name is rare to come by. Would you like to know what made the boy different from any other?" She peered. His leg was bouncing up and down much faster than it had been and he didn't even take one glance at her; he could feel sweat form on his forehead. "He had these funny little white dog or cat-like ears right at the top of his head. I believed Izayoi once she revealed them; he was a half-demon." As the teacher said that, his hidden ears twitched.

Most of the evidence were there, Ms. Ikeda was friends with his mother, but just out of curiosity he asked, "What happened to them after?"

The teacher was shocked that he actually posed a question, but looked back down sadly. "Sadly enough Izayoi and I had gotten into a fight and haven't spoken to each other. As little years passed by her boy was growing up more quickly than the average child he was 3 and not only that he looked, but he was mentally like a 5 to 6 year old. I knew this stuff because I've bumped into them on occasions and once he spoke I couldn't believe it. I was in the Early Childhood program; studying to become a grade school teacher. Yes eventually I turned into a high school teacher," she added in. "Anyway, a few weeks later I got a call, and that call will stay in mind for the rest of my life. Izayoi was robbed and murdered by a young thief on a beach while her son was there."

Inuyasha could tell she was hurt by the way her voice changed. There was nothing left, it was a positive answer, Ms. Ikeda was related to him, not by blood of course. No one else could imagine what it was like when he saw his mother die that day. He looked down as his bangs covered his eyes. "Do you know what happened to her son?"

Ms. Ikeda shook her head. "Not so much, as a good friend I felt the urge to take him in and care for him as a favour, but it never worked out. I'm guessing he was sent to an orphanage and had hopefully found a nice family, but the way he was how could he?" The hanyou re-called his old memories and went completely silent as did the teacher. She looked up at him once again and coughed. "When I re-called your name, I thought about it for a moment, he couldn't just be in high school, the way his mind was functioning, he must be would be in early university by now." She then frowned curiously. "I did mention in the story that the son was mentally growing faster than the others, he could have or should have been bumped up a few grades." He gasped, slightly looking to her. "And as I look at you now, your face resembles to that child, Inuyasha are you-"

The first lunch bell rang cutting off the question he knew she was getting at. He flew up from his desk and was heading out the door, but stopped. "Ms. Ikeda, if you were going to ask the question we both know we're looking for, I am not the child you're thinking of, good day to you," he bowed and continued out the door. The history teacher took one long stare at the empty door and then giggled to herself. "Mystery still hides as to why you're wearing caps in school and everywhere you go."

Inuyasha walked down the hallway reflecting on what happened in detention. "Shit! What am I going to do now? If I know Ms. Ikeda she's not going to believe the lie I told her and tease me pretending to have believed me. That doesn't make much sense, but it's something she would do," he thought.

"Hey Inuyasha, how was detention with our history teacher?" Miroku casually asked, coming over as they met at the lockers.

"Scary," he replied shivering.

"She actually made you scared? She hasn't tried to pull the 'moves' on you has she?"

"No Miroku, can't you ever get your mind out of there?" He snorted.

"I try, I try," he sighed.

"Did anything happen out there?" He asked, thoughtfully changing the subject.

"Nah, nothing but girl talk, like what'll happen at the dance later on tonight."

"The dance, right, almost forgot. I know I won't enjoy it, you know how much I don't like those kind of things," he groaned.

"Yeah, but maybe it will be different," he shrugged.

"How so?"

Miroku looked at him. "Well Kagome's going to be there of course."

This made Inuyasha fumble as he was pulling out his books. He couldn't believe it, his mind was so occupied with what happened in detention that Kagome wasn't on his mind much; which was a bad thing for him. "That damn teacher."

"Inuyasha, you sure you're okay?" Miroku asked, shutting his locker.

"I'm fine, let's go," he replied, closing his. Miroku didn't say another word as they left and headed to their final class.

School was over and Inuyasha was already giving Kagome a ride home. He didn't pay much attention in class as his mind was still stuck thinking about Ms. Ikeda. "I don't know what's going to happen in the future. I can't have Kagome and everyone else figure out what I really am. If they do, it will happen all over again," he thought deeply, pulling over as they reached the shrine. Kagome slid off and pulled the helmet off her head and handed it to him. There was silence and Kagome bit her lip.

"Hey, I can't help but notice how quiet you've been after that detention. Did something happen to you in there? Was Ms. Ikeda hard on you?" She asked worriedly.

Inuyasha reacted to her voice and turned to her. "I'm making this too obvious. No, I guess I'm just tired. That being said I should get going so I have enough energy for tonight," he answered.

Kagome didn't buy much of it, but nodded nonetheless. "Okay, I guess I'll go then, I'll see you later."

"Yeah, let me know when you're ready."

She gave another nod and turned away heading up the stairs. Inuyasha kicked off the breaking stick and drove off. She turned back and watched him disappear down the street and sighed. "He's never honest with me ever." With that thought she continued up the stairs irritated.

Inuyasha's Residence-

He had already gotten home and was busy rummaging through his house looking for stuff he had kept for years. It was true, he hated the fact that his teacher was familiar with him, but that teacher knew his parents including his father. He has never heard a thing about his father. Was his father still alive? If he was still alive, how come he left his him and mother? Did he know Izayoi died? Did he even know Inuyasha existed? If he did how come he never came looking for him? The only person who knew about his father was Sesshormaru his half brother, but he was not going to confide and demand him to tell him who he actually was.

"Shit!" He cursed, beginning to give up, tossing a book he pulled to get out of his way. A few moments, later he gave in and sat down in the arm chair. "Why do I give a fuck anyway? I've done better without my good for nothing father. My mother was strong enough to take care of me until I was more than enough ready to take care of myself," he grunted. "We never needed him. Mother always told me he was a great demon. If he was so fucking great how come he disappeared when she needed him the most? My father sounds like those stupid teenage-boys having sex with a woman then abandoning them when they learn they're pregnant. He seems more like the greatest pathetic demon of all time." He stood back up kicking anything in his way which was a book.

He took a quick glance at the book he kicked as it flopped open and turned around cursing some more. A flash of something caught his attention; he turned back to the book and walked over to it. He picked it up and took a gander at it. It was photo album, of you could guess what. Him and his mother. He slumped onto the floor and flipped through it. His tone changed to a saddened one and spoke to himself once more.

"If he stood by her side like a good man would, she'd probably still be alive. If I know about my inheritance, the need to protect the thing that's closest to me would have come from my father. We're dog-demons after all; dogs have their instincts to protect anything or anyone that are dear to them. My father would have protected her from that bastard; she wouldn't have had to die or if I've been stronger I could have..." He felt his insides rumble as a growl was trying to break through. Komaru came walked over to him and flopped beside him. Inuyasha's anger dissipated and he rubbed his head as he continued flipping through the old album reflecting on broken memories.

Chapter End Notes:

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