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A/N Sorry for the wait, and thanks so much for all of your reviews! Greatly appreciated and they motivate me all the time to keep producing chapters! Haha, so much that I haven't updated my other fic in Zombie-Loan. Which I must get to, thus I won't be updating this fic for a little while till I've got the next chapter for my other one all done and posted. Sorry about that, but that's life! Anywho, enjoy this chapter!
Awakened Dead
Chapter 13. November 27th
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Being as impatient as always, Inuyasha had immediately swamped Kouga once class was over. As much as Kagome wanted to stay and speak with Kouga, she had been obliged to leave to go to her next class. Kouga had also told them that he had another course to cover shortly and needed to leave. If she remembered correctly he had actually said something along the lines of:
"Don't think you can intimidate me mutt face, besides I have a class to teach soon. Why don't you go sit outside like a good dog and wait till after schools over to talk?" He had grinned wickedly before leaving a gaping hanyou behind to proceed to the next classroom.
Kagome had resisted laughing ever since then. I mean really, mutt face? She couldn't have thought of that name even if she tried. Oh and fleabag? Looks like these guys knew each other way back. 'Which means he's a demon of some sort and wearing a charm.' She thought to herself as she stared boredly at her teacher.
"Stupid flea infested son of a bitch wolf cub—" Inuyasha continued to rant in a grumble as he sat on the floor next to Kagome's desk. He felt the need to remain near her, especially with the wolf demon now around and reeking up the place with his god awful stench, not that the humans could smell it… 'I'll tear him a new one, I swear it, if he touches my Kagome!'
"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed in a whisper, "Calm down." She really hoped no one noticed her whisper to the hanyou. She really really hoped no one was paying any attention to her.
"But-!" Inuyasha wanted to howl in frustration, but noticed the girl's very cold glares and quieted down, opting to cross his arms stubbornly and look away.
'Jeez, he needs to calm down before he accidentally flings something or breaks objects. Last thing I want is the students to thinks this place is haunted or cursed.' Kagome thought with a mild temper, discreetly eying Inuyasha every now and then until the end of the day.
She had later on waved goodbye to her friends, telling them that she just needed to ask a teacher a question before heading out.
"We can wait for you," Sango kindly offered.
"Nah, you two go on ahead," Kagome waved off, whispering discreetly into Sango's ear, "This gives you some good alone time with Miroku too. Maybe he'll ask you to the winter formal."
Sango had turned a dark shade of magenta, the colour easily matching her eyes, "Uh ah um… r-right see you later Kagome-chan!"
Miroku raised a brow but questioned no further as to what the girls had exchanged. He gave Kagome a half smile before walking off with Sango. Even with the good distance they had put between each other, it wasn't enough to muffle the echo of the slap Kagome assumed Miroku had received for groping Sango, again.
"He just doesn't learn," Inuyasha muttered with narrowed eyes.
"No, he just likes it too much," Kagome dryly replied.
"What, getting abused?"
"No, feeling her up of course."
"Oh."
"Let's go find Kouga-sensei. I think he might be upstairs or—" Kagome was cut off when Inuyasha nudge her into the opposite direction.
His nose was high in the air as he caught strong whiffs of the scent he hated oh so much, "The flea bag is this way wench," He somewhat grunted, stuffing his hands in either of his sleeves grumpily. He led the way to the wolf demon teacher, taking some twists and turns until they found an empty classroom with only Kouga standing behind a desk and gathering his things.
Looking up, he had shot Kagome a sexy grin, "So, found me did you?"
Inuyasha snorted loudly, "Cut the crap and start talking."
"You know, out of all the students here, you're the most beautiful I've seen. There aren't many girls these days with eyes quite like yours," He used another one of his sexy grins on her, something that would make most girls legs turn into jell-o.
"Fuck off Kouga! Stop hitting on my mate!" Inuyasha snarled, looping his arm around Kagome's waist and holding her close.
She wasn't really happy about being fought over like a piece of meat, but she would deal with it. She was actually quite content with being in Inuyasha's arms right now, 'But the truth is, I'm not really his mate. I mean aren't they supposed to have a mark on them or something? And it's not like we uh… slept together or anything…' Her cheeks flushed at the thought.
"Oh please, I can easily smell and see that she isn't claimed puppy. Nice try but without a mate mark she's still up for the taking."
"Why you—"
"Hey! Can we please settle down and talk seriously!" Kagome suddenly spoke up, "Mind telling me how you guys know each other and why you are here?"
Deciding to be the more mature one of the two, Kouga had cleared his throat and nodded, "Fine. But we should talk somewhere else, this place isn't safe."
They had relocated to the roof of the school where Inuyasha made sure no human was within ear shot of them. By the time he had settled back down next to Kagome, the wolf demon had already started to flirt again, causing the hanyou's temper to rise. If it weren't for the miko next to him, he was sure he would have jumped the Ookami by now and ripped him apart.
"Inu-Kuro and I go way back. To the Sengoku Jidai period in fact," Kouga began, "We met when we were brats and have been competing ever since. Either races or tests of strength, anything really." He chuckled at the fond memories.
"Don't forget that I kicked your ass in most of those competitions flea bag."
"Cheh, that's not how I remember it."
"Inuyasha!"
"…Keh!"
Kouga coughed, "Anyways, after this baka got his ass sealed away things got pretty boring and were always so serious. You see, I'm the prince of my wolf clan and I was put in charge of everything. Mutt face was my only form of entertainment aside from killing some weak demons here and there." He shrugged, "As the times went by, my clan began dividing up and leaving. The remainder of them set up an estate near the mountains that's strictly Ookami territory. For extra protection from humans, I went to Sesshy to get some charms to hide our demonic features."
"Sesshy?" Inuyasha's eye twitched, "He would kill you if he heard you say that."
"Nah, we're on some good terms. In fact he's the reason I'm here," He laughed.
"What?" Kagome blinked.
"Yeah, I kinda owe him a few favours. So since I'm a teacher and all, he figured I'd be the perfect demon to send out to watch you guys. That and I can see the dead, meaning I can not only watch you beautiful Kagome, but unfortunately his ugly face too." Kouga pointed to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha bawled his hands into fists, "I'm gunna—"
Kagome rolled her eyes and pulled him back easily, "How is it that you can see the dead? Sesshoumaru-sama couldn't…"
"I guess I was just born with it. That and wolves can be very spiritual creatures, they tend to be more in tune with nature and it's energies than any other animal. On top of that my powers are increased dramatically because of my demon heritage," He nodded, "I know that there are several from my clan who can see ghosts and others who could care less about them and so create a block in their spiritual connection that prevents them from seeing them."
"My brother doesn't give a rats ass about the supernatural, so that explains it for him. I know that I always could see the dead too, even if I'm not a wolf demon, my dog demon blood started acting up as soon as my mother died when I was a kid, and I was seeing spirits ever since," Inuyasha added to the conversation.
"Well, there are lots of stories about children seeing the dead or developing physic abilities because a trauma that has occurred when they were young." Kagome told them, "So then… Sesshoumaru-sama sent you here to watch us, why?"
"He's just concerned that you'll do something stupid, and that dog shit will loose his mind and go on a rampage like he did five centuries ago," Kouga sighed, "Either way, I'm stuck here until further notice."
"Well that's just fan-fucking-tastic. Now I have you to deal with on top of all the crap here!" Inuyasha growled in frustration, 'To make things worse, flea bag doesn't look like he aged much. He looks like a human in his mid twenties. As for me.. I still look like the same. Time hasn't affected me during my sealing. He's completely matured and may actually draw Kagome away from me.' He glanced at Kagome worriedly.
"Anyways, I have to get going. I have to meet up with Sesshy before heading home. I'll catch you guys later," He winked at the miko sexily and walked away towards the door. With one final look back, he was gone.
"Didja hafta flirt with him so much wench?" Inuyasha suddenly accused.
The girl glared at him, "Excuse me? I didn't say a damn thing whenever he hit on me. Don't you go accusing me of anything!" She shouted.
"Keh! That flea bitten wolf was all over you and you didn't do a damn thing about it! That's just as bad as flirting!" He argued back.
"Uaargh! You are so unbearable!" Kagome yelled in exasperation, "Why can't you get that I—!" 'Whoa Higurashi, professing your undying love to a floating spirit thing is not the way to go. He can't, we can't ever be unless by some miracle…' She thought with a hint of blush.
"…That you what?" Inuyasha asked softly, looking down at Kagome calmly.
There was something about his eyes that the girl found completely alluring, she just felt her face inching towards his. And just when she was centimetres from his lips, she had snapped herself out of her trance, and just stood there staring into his eyes and feeling pretty stupid. 'Higurashi, speak! Say anything!' Kagome mentally yelled, " Uhhh."
'Oh that's intelligent,' A voice at the back of her head pointed out sarcastically.
"We should head back," Kagome practically whispered, still feeling a little overwhelmed with emotions.
"..Probably.." Inuyasha murmured, standing so still.
She knew that if he were alive right now, she would probably be feeling his breath against her lips. With that thought locked in her mind she had grudgingly moved from her spot to begin walking to the door leading to the stairwell. Her heart was pounding in her ears and she was so sure her cheeks were burning brightly with a humiliating blush. 'I can't… I just can't kiss him… I'm afraid…'
Meanwhile the hanyou still stood in his spot, staring at the place where the girl once stood before turning and walking away from him. 'That teaser..' A small grin worked its way up his face, 'Heh, soon Kagome, I won't let you get away with stuff like that.'
-X-
"You want me to what?"
"Hee hee, what a girl you are. It's simple, I want you to meditate while you are here to focus your powers. Miroku told me how your untamed spiritual powers are having affects on others around you. You need to learn proper control if you ever want to successfully become a priestess." Mushin explained.
Currently it was well past dark and Kagome had yet again snuck out to go to Miroku's along with Inuyasha. It was a bit of an awkward walk over, but they dealt with it. Kagome had come here with the intention of finding out how they were going to properly send the spirits off to the next world, however Mushin, Miroku's guardian, had other plans.
It seemed that he found her control over her powers to be quite poor. It was true that she was affecting others, like her brother, unintentionally awakening his spiritual powers because of her own. She didn't mean to, but it happened.
'Stupid miko powers from hell…' Kagome mentally complained.
"Focus my dear," Mushin ordered.
Kagome was now sitting in another area of the house that was courted off. It was a room with a Buddha statue, various candles spread around, and some mats to sit on to meditate. They were actually both currently sitting on some while the boys waited outside of the room patiently.
All in all this was a very peaceful and spiritual place.
"I was also told that you were trapped in a meditative state when you focused too hard on the locating crystal. That is also why we are doing this exorcise. You will need to at least do two hours of meditation a night at this rate to truly grasp your powers without loosing yourself in them like you did before," Mushin added.
'Back at the school, when that druggy was murdering all those students… I remember Inuyasha yanking me out of that state.' She recalled. No, she needed to do as he said and empty her mind. She couldn't really hear his rambling after that.
He didn't expect her to find her centre this night, maybe tomorrow, but certainly not tonight. You can imagine how surprised Mushin was to feel and see the glowing powers surrounding the girl and then watch as they actually twisted around and returned within her being. 'Hee hee, she is quite the powerful one. She doesn't seem to be aware of how strong she actually is. How interesting…' He thought, 'Though this aura of hers feels strange and unfamiliar…'
He decided not to actually worry about it until later on when they got to that point. For now he would meditate himself until he felt it best to tell the girl to stop. When that point did arrive, he wasn't surprised that he couldn't shake the girl awake like Miroku had said would happen. Again she was digging too deep when she focused too hard. He was obliged to go out and fetch Inuyasha to wake her out of her trance so that she could go home for a proper rest.
"Wench, listen you need to wake up," Inuyasha was crouched in front of her still frame, noting how he didn't feel the usual tickle of her spiritual powers flaring about.
'Inuyasha…?' The name had randomly come to mind, stirring Kagome.
"Wench."
Only he would call her that. So it must be him. 'I did it again… wonderful… Two points for the untrained miko.'
Since she wasn't waking up yet again, Inuyasha had decided to use the other tactic that had come in handy last time the girl was too deep in concentration, "So, now that your guard is down, this would be a good time to uh, get revenge for that tease earlier, wench." He purred, leaning closer to her.
'That stupid soon to be grovelling puppy dog was doing it yet again to her. He was trying to take advantage of her while she was—he was going to pay—that infuriating bakayaroooo—!' Her eyes had snapped open just like they did last time, crystal blue eyes filled with a wild madness, "Eat carpet." She seethed, despite him leaning so closely to her, she decided to take the blow like a youkai and sat him anyways into her lap. "Sit!"
It was quite painful to say the least. Having a head as rock solid as his slam into her lap due to the beads of subjugation. It hurt. Still, she bit back a yelp and took the pain, and when that was over she had shoved him off her lap and into the mat she was on and sat him again.
'He deserved that one, cha!' That little voice at the back of her head cheered.
'So did,' Kagome mentally agree, walking out of the room and past a very nervous looking Miroku who kept his hands up and to himself.
Once Kagome was out of the hearing range, Miroku had entered the room and crouched down to Inuyasha's form, "You can get up now, she's just about out the front door and I bet you want to follow her home, don't you?"
"Damn bitch," Inuyasha pulled himself up and glowered at the monk, "Of course I'm gunna walk her home. Why the hell wouldn't I?"
"Right well you better get going then," The monk remarked dryly, pointing back to the doorway. He sighed deeply once the ghost had dispersed and received a pat on his shoulder from Mushin. "Those two are meant for each other."
"You've got that right, hee hee!"
-X-
The next day was Friday. Finally the weekend was here!
"Let's start with a mall trip!" Yuka piped.
"We can pick up all that we need for facials, mani's and pedi's!" Eri squealed.
"And a really good movie…" Ayumi sighed dreamily.
Oh dear god she had forgotten about these plans…
Due to Kagome's mild break down the day before yesterday, Sango had suggested a girls night in, she however did not say she was going to tell the others about it.
'I bet she regrets it now,' Kagome thought as she exchanged and equally nervous look with Sango. There was no way they could get out of this one, not when those three girls were team attacking them like this. So off to the mall they went, grabbing the essentials to have a really good girls night in. Even Inuyasha was beyond horrified by the girl's actions and almost opted to leave when Kagome shot him a dangerous look that clearly said you-leave-you-die.
'Damn woman wants me to suffer with her..' The hanyou mentally whined. He stuffed both hands in either sleeves and eyed the three overly energetic girls ahead of the group. He sure as hell was thankful that they couldn't see him at all.
"So Kagome-chan, are you still seeing that no good temperamental guy?" Yuka asked.
Sango raised a brow, "What guy? You never told me about him."
"Uh ah," 'Of course this would happen. Gods, I hope he doesn't get any ideas..' Kagome shot a look at the hanyou who just grinned back. 'It's enough he tried something when I was practically unconscious!'
"They're talking about me, aren't they?" He withdrew a hand from within his sleeve to hook it around Kagome's waist.
The girl blushed and looked at the questioning girls ahead, "K-kinda, l-listen it's really complicated—"
"What guy is this Kagome? Bankotsu-san?" Sango continued being left in the dark about Inuyasha and was beginning to get a little impatient.
"No no, not him. We're talking about the guy who kissed our Kagome-chan," Ayumi giggled.
Kagome turned a lovely shade of red and looked up nervously at Inuyasha who's grin had dropped somewhat. 'He can't remember doing that to me…'
"Kissed?"
"Listen, Sango-san it's a bit of a story—" Kagome began.
Eri had yanked Sango ahead and decided to fill her in while Kagome walked a bit sluggishly behind them.
'Oh man… I just knew this was a bad idea..' Kagome mentally groaned. She then felt her side being rubbed affectionately and had again lifted her eyes to look at Inuyasha. He seemed to be comforting her…
"Look, don't worry about them. Just try to have a good time," He muttered, giving her a side-glance, "Okay?"
She felt his clawed hands continuously making circles around her side, just like he did back when Miroku had first shown up in her room. 'He's being so affectionate… I…'
"Kagome-chan!"
The girl had snapped her head back to the girls and laughed nervously, "Huh yeah?"
"We're going to go into this place first," Yuka pointed to their first store.
"Okay, sorry for spacing," Kagome apologized, following them in.
-X-
"Isn't this the life?" Eri sighed happily, munching on low in fat chips while listening to music in one ear and speaking with the others. She, like the other four girls, had a green mask on with cucumbers on her eyes. They also all sat in their own chair with each a table in between that would hold their drinks and snacks as they relaxed. Even Souta wasn't around to be loud and make fun of them. He was at his friends' house, much to Inuyasha's annoyance.
'The kid just had to be gone today. Why not tomorrow?' The hanyou though miserably. He was sitting next to Kagome's chair feeling a little antsy with all these women around. He would be just fine if it was her and Sango doing their frilly girl thing, but this? He huffed, wondering why the hell all their faces were green and why they had vegetables on their eyes. He'd never seen this type of thing in the feudal era. Were they trying to frighten others away? This time was just so confusing for him.
He suddenly felt fingers on his head gently brushing his hair and giving his ears a scratch. Looking up, he smirked seeing that Kagome had taken off the cucumbers and was giving him a little attention while the others didn't know it. 'This feels kinda.. nice..' He thought, letting out a small growl of satisfaction.
"Girls, does anyone need any more lemonade?" Kagome's mother asked as she walked into the living room with a carton of lemonade. She looked around the room and then her eyes rested on Kagome questionably. "Kagome?"
'Uh oh... Mama's giving me a weird look...' Kagome thought, looking down at Inuyasha quickly. 'Oh crap! To her my hand is floating and... scratching nothing...'
"I'll have some over here Mrs. Higurashi!" Sango said, lifting her glass while the cucumbers were still on her eyes.
"Alright," Kagome's mother smiled, walking over to pour her another glass. "Any one else?"
"No thank you," Was the over all answer.
"Alright, I'll leave you girls to your fun," The mother smiled warmly, giving Kagome another look and smile before leaving.
Kagome sighed in relief, and looked down at Inuyasha, only to find him looking after her mom. 'Inuyasha?' She thought.
"I'll be back, stay here okay?" Inuyasha said, and before Kagome could say anything he then added, "Don't worry nothin's wrong. Just stay here." He stood and had disappeared quickly and reappeared in the kitchen where Kagome's mother had just put the lemonade away in the fridge.
Mrs. Higurashi had moved to the sink to wash some dishes when she stopped to look at the hanyou and smiled tenderly, "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see you there."
"So you can see me, huh?" Inuyasha confirmed, simply standing and staring while his ears twitched occasionally to any sounds.
She tilted her head and stared at him, "Oh dear, I'm afraid I can't hear you."
He looked surprised, "Wha? You can see me but you can't hear me?" He pointed to himself.
"Gomen nasai, I know it takes a fair amount of spiritual powers to see the supernatural. I never trained mine and let them fade. You're hardly visible to me to begin with." She shook her head, "Anyways, you should go back to Kagome. I'm sure she's worried about you."
"Uh... r-right..." He blinked, deciding to walk out of the kitchen instead of dispersing. She didn't seem too freaked out about him like the kid was. But still... 'Kagome's powers are still too unstable and powerful. She's even affected her mother's very dormant abilities. She needs to do something about them before she accidentally wakes up the other bloodline hunter...' He frowned in concern, reaching the living room and sitting back down.
Noticing the little chill in the air Kagome had stood up quickly and placed her cucumbers on the table next to her chair. "Well, time's up for me! I'm just going to go wash off this mask now!" She announced earning mumbles of acknowledgement from the other girls. She quickly made her way to the washroom, closing the door and running the water to wash up. Once the mask was completely off she had called Inuyasha to the washroom while keeping the water running to create some noise to muffle their talking.
"What was that?" She hissed.
"What was what wench!" He hissed back.
"Where did you go, and why are you so frigid!" She said in a sharp whisper as she scowled at him, "I swear you are bi-polar!"
"What the hell does that mean?"
"Grah! Nothing! Just tell me what's wrong." Kagome sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.
Letting out a breath, the hanyou had slumped a little and then leaned up against the washroom wall, "You need to find some time tonight to meditate for a couple hours."
"I can't, the girls are sleeping over. And what does meditating have to do—" Kagome noticed his serious look and froze, "Are my powers hurting you? Gomen nasai, gomen, gomen, Inuyasha." She suddenly kept apologizing, taking a step back from him in hopes of lessoning whatever pain she assumed she was causing.
His ears perked at her wavering voice and the sudden apologies she was blurting out, "Kagome, didn't I tell you that I'd be fine? You're not hurting me or anyone else... Just... You're brother can see me right?" At her nod he continued, "Well in short he isn't the only one you've affected now. Your mother can see me, apparently not completely though."
"She wha..? Oh no! If mama knows about you—"
He rolled his eyes and grabbed her shoulders, "Oi wench! She isn't frightened in the least. She said something about ignoring her powers for a long time then said that she couldn't hear me. Either way, she's okay with me, so far." He added, "Besides, even if she wasn't, there'd be no force alive or dead that could tear me away from you." He nearly snarled, tugging her towards him and embracing her tightly.
Well that was a sure way of calming her, she had relaxed almost instantly in his arms. "...Inuyasha..." She mumbled into his chest, returning his embrace, "I don't know where I would be... if it weren't for you..." She wished she could hear his heartbeat. Feel any kind of warmth from him. But unfortunately, she couldn't.
"Keh, you'd be dead if it weren't for me," He said softly, resting his head on hers. "You're lucky I'm here."
There was a knock on the door, causing the couple to jump a little. Kagome had brought her hands up to his chest and turned her head to look at the door with a little temper.
"Kagome! Are you done yet? The others took over the bathroom upstairs to wash their masks and I have to pee!" Sango complained, "Kagome!" She called again.
The miko giggled and looked up at Inuyasha with her sparkling blue eyes before turning around and shutting off the water. She snatched one of his clawed hands then opened the door only to see Sango with a pleading and now thankful look. It was priceless really. "Need the bathroom?"
Sango glared, "Don't tease, I really need to go."
"You shouldn't have had that extra glass of lemonade," Kagome laughed and walked out while dragging a bewildered hanyou with her.
The rest of the night was going pretty smoothly. The girls had watched their movie and talked about all kinds of things while doing their nails, and even picked on Sango for a little bit about the winter formal, rendering the magenta-eyed girls to a nervous blubbering girl. As always, each time they got together they always talked about Sango's relationship issues, or lack there of between her and a certain monk that Kagome knew.
"So he asked me to the winter formal yesterday, I don't see the big deal!" Sango nearly shrieked.
Again they were a piled into Kagome's room, something that seemed oddly familiar to her. Looking to her side, Inuyasha was sitting beside her on her bed and leaning up against the wall much like her. 'It's just like then... almost a month ago since our last get together, except that Inuyasha wasn't here for it.' She looked down at their linked hands, a faint dust of blush on her cheeks. 'I wonder if what I'm doing is such a good idea.. I shouldn't be encouraging any relationship beyond friendship with him. He's already so attached to me and I him, this can't possibly be healthy...'
"But it is! Don't you see he's in love with you?" Ayumi sighed dreamily. "You two are such a cute couple."
"C-couple?" Sango choked out, "I certainly am no—"
"Oh come on, you totally know it. You like him too." Yuka grinned, "You really should admit it to yourself already. We all know and see it."
"K-Kagome-chan, help me out here." Sango craned her head back to look at her.
Said girl looked down at the blushing Sango and blinked questioningly, "Sorry, what were we saying?"
"Hn?" Inuyasha looked over to Kagome, "The hell has you so out of focus? They're talking about the monk and the bloodline girl being a couple," He informed.
"Heh? Kagome-chan, are you feeling okay?" Yuka asked.
"M-me? Oh yeah! Totally! Sorry, I spaced again haha! You were saying something about Miroku-san and Sango-chan, right? You two are pretty cute together, I admit." Kagome inwardly laughed nervously but kept the fake bright smile she had anyways.
"H-hey, you're supposed to be on my side." Sango complained with a pouty face.
"Sorry, but they're a little intimidating when together." Kagome mock whispered to Sango, "I have to agree with them if I want to live."
"Hey! We're not that bad!" Eri tried to defend.
"Yeah!" Ayumi said confidently, then she deflated slightly, "Are we?"
"Of course not!" Yuka bursted into an evil laughter in which the other two had joined in on almost automatically.
Their combined laughter sent chills up Inuyasha's spine, and he was a half demon. Why Kagome was friends with these humans he had no idea. Again he was thanking the gods that they couldn't see him. Hell Sesshoumaru would even be quivering in his boots if he ever met these three girls. "Remind me never to haunt these crazies," He told Kagome flatly.
'Sure thing..' The miko mentally replied.
That evening, while all the girls slumbered, Inuyasha had carefully woken Kagome up with a soft nudge. He had noticed within seconds when Miroku had come up onto the shrine grounds and knew he was waiting for them outside. "K'gome, wake up."
"Mmm not now.." She mumbled back, nuzzling into her pillow.
"Alright, up we go," Inuyasha lifted her out of her bed and shook her gently, earning a furious frown from the groggy girl. Before she could even shout at him, he had silenced her with his hand and pointed around her room. "You have an army of women in here, it's one AM and I really doubt you want to wake them up."
Grudgingly she had nodded, and motioned for them to get out of the room, "Fine," She whispered.
He brought them downstairs where he had gathered her jacket, shoes, keys and phone before leaving through the front door as quietly as possible. They met up with the monk outside in front of the house and nodded to him.
"I'm sorry to disturb you so late but Mushin wouldn't stop badgering me about your meditation session." Miroku said with a hint of a grimace.
"I have—"
"A girls night, I know. I told him which made things worse," Miroku messaged his temples, "He said that it was essential for you to meditate tonight on your powers. So I'm here to escort you back to my place for a couple hours then you can come back."
He really didn't like this, the girl was tired and needed her rest. And three times now she had trapped herself within her own mind leaving him with the ugly task of retrieving her each damn time. "Kagome if you don't want to I can go knock some sense into the drunkard," Inuyasha offered.
"No no," She held up her hand to stop him, "This is important, I get it. I should go."
"Well then, let's hurry back. It's a little cold out here." Miroku joked lightly, and the three had hurriedly walked off the shrine grounds to go to the monks home.
Just as Kagome thought her luck couldn't get any worse, it just had. A pair of magenta eyes had narrowed in watch on the couple that was leaving, a hint of suspicion and anger reflecting in them.
"Now where are you going, Kagome-chan?"
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A/N Voila, toute finit! I'm glad this is up, and apologize for not updating for a while. Haha, oh and Kouga is so going to be way more in the next chapter as well as Sango, hint hint. It'll be real good. Can't wait till I start that one.. Anywho, R&R!