Chapter 3 - Pool Problems

In the morning, Kagome woke and opened her eyes. First thing she saw was a pair of golden eyes watching her.

"What did you do, watch me sleeping?"

Smiling softly, Inuyasha just nods his head. Stretching under his protective arms, Kagome realizes how sore her muscles are. She must of let on that she was sore because Inuyasha moved his arm so it wasn't laying on her but still over her.

"I think that after we eat, I'm going to go for a swim. It should help ease the tension from my back and shoulders." Speaking of shoulders reminded Kagome that she now had a bite mark at the base of her neck. That would definitely be hard to explain if someone asked her about it. Luckily she had packed a lavender turtle neck. One of those shirts that wasn't very long, just had sleeves and a collar.

"Kagome? What are we going to tell everyone when we get back? I don't think this is something we can hide from them.:

"Well. We won't hide it. Besides Shippo would be able to smell the mark anyways, right?" Inuyasha nods. "Then we'll just tell them the truth." Looking around for her clothes, Kagome sees that in her haste to get to the inn, she didn't grab any food. "I'm going to have to call up one of my friends so she can bring over some food for us to eat. Did you want to take a bath while we wait for her to get here?"

"Sure." Kagome rings up her friend and gives her the short story of why she was staying at the inn and got a promise from her that she wouldn't tell anyone she was here or what she was up to. Telling her that she'd meet her out by the pool, she hangs up the phone to put on her bathing suit and mock turtle neck.

Sticking her head through the bathroom door, she tells a half asleep Inuyasha she's going for a swim to kill the time. She grabs a towel and heads over to the swimming pool.

Kagome had been swimming for five minutes before she noticed that she was being watched. She turns to see who it is and comes face to face with some guy that she has never seen before.

"Hey honey, how are you doing? Do you want to come back to my place? I'll even cook you dinner, how about that?"

"No Thank You! If you don't mind, please leave me alone."

"Oh come on sweetie," he says and tries to grab her and pin her against the pool wall.

"Get your hands off her you piece of shit!" Looking up, she sees a very enraged, half naked, hanyou. When the guy didn't move Inuyasha stepped closer. "I said get your hands OFF HER, NOW!"

"You had your turn last night damnit, let me have a shot at her. I could hear you from two doors down you know. She sounds like a wild cat."

This was defiantly the wrong thing to say. Inuyasha grabbed him by his hair and pulled him out of the pool.

"Inuyasha! Please don't kill him. Please."

Inuyasha looks down at Kagome and tosses the man to the other side of the pool where he landed on the pool chairs. 'Looks like we won't be staying here another night. Sigh.' He reached a hand down to help her up. Taking it, she gets out of the pool and grabs her towel.

"Thank you Inuyasha. Let's go back to our room, we're going to need to get out of her fast. I think that that guy may call the cops on us."

"What about your friend?"

"I'll call her and tell her what happened while we get ready to leave."

Leading the way, Kagome feels kind of stupid for letting this happen. She is not some defenseless woman to let some guy man-handle her. She is a miko. They have their own powers for protection. 'I guess I kind of wanted Inuyasha to save me.'

When they got into the room, Kagome quickly heads to the phone and dials her friend's cell phone number. It only rang twice when it was answered. Kagome quickly explains what happened and tells her that she's just going to go home. It's time she tells her mother about certain aspects of last night.

When they get back home, no one is there.

"Inuyasha, do you think that Sango and Miroku could get through the well? I mean we never really tried."

"I don't know. Why?"

"Well, I was thinking that the only way my mother is going to except that I am your mate is if we actually get married. I mean it won't really be legal here in my era but it will make her happy. I would really like the whole gang her for that. Besides, I think it's time for Sango and Miroku to get together."

"Well let's go get them then… In awhile, we have the house to ourselves…"