Chapter 5-- Secrets to keep

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Chieko walked in to the room and tip toed to Inuyasha. She looked over to see Kagome sleeping with the adorable child in her arms. She sighed. 'Poor child. First a new change of life style now this?' She looked over at Inuyasha and smiled. 'At least she has him to help.' She decided to wake him up to tell him she was leaving.

She looked at his ears then grinned mischeviously (sp?) and tiptoed over to him by the door. She had to time it just right so she could escape if she needed to get out if he got hostile. She doubted it... Then again...He was a half demon. She reached over him careful not to lean to far and caressed an ear. She almost fell over giggling when she heard a purring sound. She gently tugged on his ear and he swatted the air. She heard him mummble. "Stop it Kagome." 'He thinks Im Kagome. How interesting...' She tugged on his ear more. Inuyasha's eyes snapped open and he stood up. He looked around frantically trying to find a source of danger. His eyes landed on Chieko and they narrowed. Finally he yelled. "What the hell were you trying to do?!?!? Trying to scare me to death?!?!? Why if you werent Kagome's..." Chieko slapped her hand over his mouth and scoulded him pointing to the bed. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome to see her shift and turn her back to them. Chieko pointed to the door and whispered. "Meet me in the kitchen."

He nodded and waited till she removed her hand. When she left the room he waited till he was sure she was out of earshot before he mumbled. "Stupid, freakin, goin 'round and scaring people wench.." A few seconds later she returned and popped him in the back of the head. He yelped not expecting her and glared at her. Chieko glared right back.

"I heard that" She left the room. ' How did she hear that?' He shrugged it off and decided to ask later. He turned around and saw Shippo move closer to Kagome. He smiled at them and walked over to Kagome. He bent down and kissed her forehead and then patted Shippo on the head. Both stirred and Kagome mummbled something about no school and five more minutes. Shippo mumbled "Daddy" and leaned back his head into Inuyasha's hand. Inuyasha smiled at this.

Little did he know that a certain aunt had been watching him the entire time. ' He loves them that much is obvious. OHHH they make such a cute picture.' She saw Inuyasha head for the door and she quickly ran back downstairs to the kitchen. She picked up a cup of coffee and sat down picking up the paper acting as if nothing happened. She heard the door open and a very groggy angry voice ask. "Okay so what did you wake me up for. I was sleepin." then mumbled under his breath. "Wench."

She glared at him and playfully smacked him on the nose with the spoon she was using to stir her cofee. "Hey what was that for." He rubbed his nose and glared more daggers at her.

"That is what you do to a puppy when it acts up." Inuyasha stared at her. "Kira explained to me a long time ago that you were a dog demon."

Inuyasha feh'd and got up. He walked over to the counter staring at the stuff. "Just because I'm a dog demon doesn't mean you have to treat me like one."

She pretended to sip her cofee but she was really grinning like a cheshire cat. Finally able to keep a straight face she replied. "Well then be a good puppy instead of a bad puppy."

Inuyasha feh'd and sniffed a container. "Whats this?" She looked over and got up."Thats cofee. Its very strong. It is like sugar but ten times more powerful." Inuyasha knew what sugar was. It always made Souta hyper and he got a little hyper also. So if it was ten times stronger than that than he had better not drink it. But Chieko had other plans. Before he could protest she had placed a cup in his hands. "Drink this. It will help you wake up. You look worn out." He sniffed it. Kagome drank this stuff when she was home. He knew because he finally placed the smell.

He eyed the cub and stuck his tongue in the black liquid. He yelped and jumped back. The cup almost shattered but he grabbed it. "Ugh. That is bitter!!! How can you drink that?" She looked at the cup.

"OHHH. I forgot to add sugar and creamer." She reached behind him and got two jars.He watched as she dumbed contents in his cup and sat down when the cup was thick enough to be mud. He watched as the cup changed to a pale brown. He sniffed it. It now had a sweeter scent and had a more vanilla scent. He sipped it and stopped. His eyes widened and he gulped the whole cup in five seconds. He held his cup out and asked. "More?" Chieko laughed and bent over holding her gut. Finally after about ten minutes she stopped and faced him again. "Hold on their. Drink anymore and you will have a bad experiance. Have you ever drank this before?" He shook his head no. "Then I suggest you what till later. It might have a bad effect on you." Little did she know how right, or wrong she was...

She waited for him to get himself some tea she had made and sat back down. "Now Inuyasha, I know you might want to stay. I have no problem with that but you must help me. I will need it. You must watch Shippo and walk with Souta. I have to work and I dont know about Ichigo and Souta seems to like you so I want you to walk him and Kagome to school. Is that clear?" He nodded. It didn't sound that hard. " I also want you to help Kagome around the house. I pretty much want you to stay near Kagome at all times when you can.At night you will sleep in the spare bedroom. When Shippo gets better he will sleep in the bunkbed in Souta's room." He nodded and sat quietly. "Now I have to go to work soon okay? Souta has to be in school in an hour so please wake him up in ten minutes. Then walk him to school." Inuyasha nodded again.

He realized something. "What about Kagome?" She turned around. "Oh well she is to stay home. If anyone from her school askes for her tell them she has a cold or something. Lords know she will want to stay with Shippo not to mention that she is probably tired. So just let her sleep." She got up and grabbed her purse. "Bye see you at 5:30 tonight." She left and the house went quiet.Inuyasha got up and walked up the stairs. Kagome's aunt was right. That stuff, that 'coffee' worked. He was now full awake. He walked into Souta's room and proceeded to wake him up...none to nicely.

Inuyasha walked over to Souta's bed and poked him. "Hey kid get up. Time for school." Souta didn't move at all. He was alive. Inuyasha knew that, he could hear his heartbeat. He leaned over the bed and stared at Souta's closed eyes. ' This will be fun.' He snuck out of the room and got shaving cream. Kagome and Shippo had done this to him back in the feudal era.

He grabbed a feather from a pot of flowers in the living room. ' Oh this will be so much fun. Kagome might kill me but it will be worth it.' He tiptoed into Souta's room again. He walked up to the bed and sprayed the cream into Souta's hand. He stepped back and reached over to Souta's nose. Gently he flicked the feather across his nose. Souta just moved his hand in irritation. Inuyasha smirked. Just a little more. He tickled Souta's nose again. Souta's hand slammed against his face sending cream everywhere. Inuyasha bent over on the ground and held his sides as he laughed. Souta sat up in bed and glared daggers at Inuyasha. Finally getting up Souta ran into Inuyasha knocking him onto the ground. Inuyasha abrubtly stopped laughing and started to wrestle with Souta. After ten minutes Inuyasha got up and picked up Souta. "Hey kid. Get ready for school. Meet me down stairs in fifteen minutes." Souta moved to his bathroom and washed off the cream. Inuyasha walked downstairs to look for his hat. He walked by a miror and saw the cream was smeared on him. He grumbled and walked to the bathroom.

When he was done he saw Souta in the kitchen packing his lunch. "Hey kid. Have you seen my hat?" Souta finished getting ready and moved to get breakfast. "You left it in Kagome's room." Inuyasha moved up the stairs and got his hat. Taking one final look at Kagome and Shippo he left. He knew that orange haired kid would ask about her and he had promised not to fight. He was halfway to the door when Souta stopped him. "Inuyasha you can't go out there with your sword. The police here might take it." He walked up and grabbed the sword. He ran to the hall closet and stuffed it in there. Walking back he dusted off his hands and grabbed his stuff. "We can go now." Inuyasha feh'd and opened up the door.

He growled low when he saw who was on the other side. Ichigo had his hand raised and was about to knock when the door flew open to show the white haired kid and Souta walking out. His eyes widened then he snapped out of it and regarded the boy glaring at Souta. He had yet to notice Ichigo but Souta had. Souta said "Ichigo." In a nice but deadpan voice. He never really liked Ichigo. He only tolerated him to keep Kagome happy. She had been a little happy after she met him but now that Inuyasha was back she was exstatic. So he decided to tell him off...Nicely.

Ichigo finally talked. "Is Kagome home or did she already go to school." Souta mentally sighed. Ichigo reminded him of Hojo.

"No. She got a cold. She cant go to school. She might not get to see you for many days. Now if you excuse me we have to go...Come on Inuyasha." They walked away leaving Ichigo standing there. He looked up and looked at Kagome's room window. ' Is this like her old school? Will she be out for days?' He decided to ask her later. He had to go to school so he just walked off.

As Souta and Inuyasha left the street and turned the corner Inuyasha leaned over. "So was that out of habit or spite. Do you hate him or are you use to lying about her diseases." Souta shrugged but kept walking.

"I guess it had to do with habit but mainly I just dont like him."

"You seemed to like him before? What changed."

"No I just tolerated him for Kagome. She had seemed dead to the world after our mom died. Then we moved here and met Ichigo. His mom died also so he knew what we were going through. So everyday since then they have hung out. She has a few new friends so she was happy. But when you showed up she has been so happy. I dont want Ichigo or anyone to ruin this for her. She deserves better. After all she has been through. " Inuyasha was speechless. Hadn't Souta been through the exact same thing and yet he was more protective of his sister's health then his own. ' Just like Kagome.' He smiled as he thought of all the times his Kagome had helped others even if she had to sacrifice.

They made it to Souta's school and Inuyasha watched him walk off. He turned around and walked back to the house but this time he used the roofs.

He walked inside and felt tired all of a sudden. (coffee crash. those suck.) He walked into the kitchen to see that there was still coffee left. 'One more wont hurt.' He grabbed a cup and poured the rest. (he grabbed a thermal mug and filled it to the top. Thats a whole lotta coffee) He looked around and found the sugar and creamer. Not sure how much Kagome's aunt had put in his ealier so he just poured about three cups of each. He took a sip and beamed. This coffee was better and sweeter than what the woman had made.

He walked to the living room and sipped his coffee. A few minutes later he was bouncing on the couch. "This is the best drink ever!!! I dont know why I couldn't have more. Now I see why everyone here drinks coffee." He decided to bug Kagome.

He bounced up the stairs and tip toed into the room. He watched Kagome sleep then decided to make his move. He leaned over and waited. When it had been ten minutes and she had not even moved he finally sighed. He shook her gently. "Kagome. Wake up. Please, I'm bored out of my friggin mind here." He whispered urgently. She rolled over and sighed. Shippo just moved closer to Kagome. He shook her again this time a little bit harder. Her eyes fluttered open to meet golden eyes staring at her. She looked at the eyes before realization hit her. "Inuyasha whats wrong? Did something happen to Shippo?!?! Oh my GAWD did something happen???" She frantically moved on the bed to look for Shippo. She finally found him and sighed. She looked back at Inuyasha. "Whats wrong."

He jumped off the bed and bounced. "I am bored. Can we go somewhere?" Kagome eyed him skeptically.

"Inuyasha did you drink coffee?" He shrugged. "Yea so?"

"How many cups." She hoped he didn't say..."About two or three."

"YOU WHAT!!!!" Inuyasha sat on the floor and put a finger to his lips. "SHHHH Kags. Youll wake up Shippo." Kagome got up and moved to the kitchen. Inuyasha followed her down stairs. She mioved over to the coffee pot and looked in. "OH man you drank all the coffee." Inuyasha looked down at the floor. "Sorry."

She sighed and went to the cabnet. "It's okay. I will wake up eventually. Want some cereal?" He shook his head no. "Alright then I will have some. So where is everyone?"

"Your aunt is at work and Souta is at school..."

"SCHOOL!?!?! I forgot." She jumped up and ran out of the room. Inuyasha ran after her and caught her. "Shh. Its okay. Your aunt said to let you stay home to care for Shippo and rest." She calmed down and walked back to the kitchen. Inuyasha asked the question he had asked earlier. "So can we do something today?"

"If I am to be sick then we better not. Plus Shippo is still asleep and can't be left alone not to mention..." She looked over to see Inuyasha crashed out on the floor dead asleep. "You had to drink coffee didn't you." She sighed and walked up stairs. Looking at the clock she noticed it was about 10:30. She wasn't tired so she turned on her tv and sat down cuddling Shippo.

' I better figure out a story to tell Ichigo. I have a strong feeling he will ask lots of questions...'

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