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Recap:

"D-damnit! Fine, but don't be in there too long, got it?!" she exclaimed in hopes that he wouldn't notice she was still blushing. He quickly kissed her cheek and jumped up. The hair on the back of her neck pointed strait up and she was going to pass out from blushing so long. She ran out of the room and into the bathroom.

InuYasha looked at her in confusion. "Maybe she just had to go really bad?" he asked aloud.

Move On

Chapter 23

Guess Who?

InuYasha leapt from roof edge to balcony, taking his usual route to Kagome's house. He had gone there on countless occasions, just failed to pay a visit. He liked watching her draw. Her eyes would reach a whole new level of forever and you could see them grow deeper as she became more intense in her drawing. Her entire body seemed to just relax. Her lips would purse when she was concentrating extra hard. She was so serine and calm around her art that he couldn't bring himself to interrupt her, but he could never catch her sleeping; only occasionally walking out.

A grin tugged at his lips at the knowledge he would be able to see her sleeping; her in his arms all over again, sleeping deeply and beautifully.

As he approached her apartment, adrenalin began to build up in the back of his stomach, sending tingling sensations around his abdomen. She would be lying next to him as soon as he got her meds. He checked his digital watch, which read 2:48 am, 'That should be late enough…early enough to get in,' he thought happily.

He landed promptly in front of Kagome's window, which was still open. Crawling into the lightless room, he sniffed the air to see if there was anyone near or awake…no one was around…no one was even home. He lifted an eyebrow in suspicion. It…it smelled as if no one had been home since…well, since he and Kagome had left. He walked out of the room and into the living room slash kitchen place. He scanned the room in the dim light. He wasn't seeing a white bottle containing modern science's helpful tablet. He groaned…he stepped into the kitchen area to see if it was in an obscure place were he couldn't see very well. He smiled 'BINGO!'. There in a neat line up were Kagome's keys, her wallet, and a little white bottle of 100 tablets against the refrigerator side. He quickly placed Kagome's items in his pocket (she might want'em).

His ears perked up suddenly as he caught the sound of someone jiggling the door open. SHIT! He stepped back into the farthest corner of the kitchen and sat on the ball of his feet, incase he needed to get up quickly. As the door finally opened with the sounds of difficulty, the smell of alcohol swallowed up the room like a gas grenade. He covered his mouth and nose as coughs itched at his throat. Who would drink that much?! It was insane; the smell was so acute his eyes were watering shut. He heard the slam of a body. He stood up, no fear of the person doing harm to him…or even remembering him after the amount of booze that this guy had. He looked over out of curiosity to see… a woman resembling Kagome…only with shorter hair and, well, older and drunker. Little giggles seeped from the woman's mouth. They soon erupted into high pitched laughter, shaking shoulders and clench fist. The smell of salt lightly dusted the air (not much room for many other smells) as she began to turn her roaring laugh into howling sobs.

InuYasha looked through his irritated eyes and could only imagine how Kagome dealt with a drunk for a mother. He looked at her with disgust. Kagome had been gone for a whole week and this woman probably hadn't even bothered to call and make sure that her kid was okay. He scoffed at her, rage building up where the adrenalin would. But…. unfortunately from somewhere deep within him…she was the woman who bore Kagome…so he couldn't help but feeling sorry for the intoxicated woman.

He went over and tried to help her up. She immediately stopped her sobbing (her make up all over the carpet by now and smeared on her cheeks) and looked up at him. She smiled wide and broadly, pinching his butt. He held the instinct to jolt as she started talking.

"K-kagerme… I…" she paused to giggle, "I knew… I knew-er mi-my baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby would co-cerm and herlp…help her m-mommy," she garbled, giving him a sluggish kiss on the cheek. He twitched at the smell of her breath. 'THIS was how she acts with Kagome?!' he thought sourly. As he finished his thought she quickly bent over and started vomiting all over the carpet. He cringed at the added smell. He hurriedly dragged her to the kitchen sink and had her upchuck there. After her mouth was done, he dragged her around the apartment looking for her room and finally found it and put her to bed. He was so done with this woman. All he wanted to do was shower and go hold Kagome. As he turned around to leave, she grabbed his wrist. He slowly looked back at her. She was crying again. He silently sighed.

"Kome-kagome, don't l-leave y-you mu-mommy… I der-didn't lick to-day," she sobbed pathetically. He looked down at her and when he didn't make a move to sit next to her she began yelling, "KAGOME! I SID SIT! RIT NOW!"

He tried pulling his wrist away gently but she grabbed on tightly, digging her manicured nails into his palm. If his skin wasn't so tuff she would have broken the skin by now. He took his hand back forcefully and jumped out her window, he wasn't going to put up with her.

oOo

Kagome looked out the bathroom window. It was defiantly an odd hour to be taking a bath…but she was worried. It was bizarre to her, but she had this feeling that she forgot to tell InuYasha something before he had left. Something that was probably important.

She wrapped her digits around her hair and the towel, trying to squeeze all the water out. She sighed, throwing the towel over the pole that held up the shower curtains. She walked out of the bathroom wearing an oversized shirt and boxers, her hair dripping coolly on her shoulders.

As she was about to enter InuYasha's bedroom, she felt a stare behind her. Inconveniently, she wasn't wearing her glasses and there were not contacts in her eyes, so she tried hard to see who it was.

"Why are you taking a shower at 3:30 in the morning?" came a suave voice from the blur. 'Sesshomaru,' she thought.

"Staying hygienically acceptable," she replied, rolling her blind eyes. He came closer to her and petted her head. She didn't move; she still didn't like people touching her.

"Do it at a more reasonable hour next time then," he stated simply before leaving her in the hallway. She wrinkled her nose, 'he acts like such a player, it must be genetic,' she thought. She turned around and entered the bedroom. She went to the nightstand and grabbed her glasses, placing them comfortably on her nose. There was no point in putting her contacts in. As soon as they were placed on her face, she had arms snaking around her waist. She jolted and looked around to see InuYasha. She smiled up at him; he looked kind of tired.

He placed her in his arms, her facing forward as he swayed back and forth, his chin lightly placed on her sodden head. She blushed; it was weird to have him toughing her… but she liked it.

"I-I'm getting you all wet…" she stuttered, looking at his hands as they began to rub against her arms. He gave her a light squeeze and laid a kiss on her noggin.

"Dat's okay," he mumbled out, sending volts of electric waves down her back.

"Uh…d-id ya get the…erm…things?" she asked hesitantly. She felt him nod, and then twisted her around so that she would face him. Something in his eyes seemed concerned.

"You okay?" he asked out of the blue.

"Uerm…shouldn't I be asking that? You were the one who snuck into my house…" she trailed off not seeing why he was asking her this.

"I mean, like, you're okay like nobody ever hurt you badly, right?" he tried explaining. She was getting confused at what he was aiming at.

"No, nobody's ever purposely hurt me," she said simply, looking up at him with her eyes.

"I mean, you can tell me. I jus-"

"What are you getting at InuYasha…?" she cut in, getting a little irritated that he wasn't providing her a straight explanation. He didn't answer her. This was starting to freak her out.

Then it hit her. It was Friday night, which meant…late night drinking. Her body tensed at the idea that he might have encountered her mother in a state of absolute drunkenness that she experienced when they moved. Her mother always drank more when they moved which made her afraid of being alone. Shitshitshitshitshit! She didn't care how, but she didn't want to be alone when that happened…that last time that had happened, Kagome had had to stay with her the whole night. In previous experience in dealing with her mother, she had gotten chased around the house. When her mother had finally got to her, she had pinned her down, letting all her weight lay on Kagome's limbs. It has horrified her to no end, but she had known then that if she had cried her mother would have gotten mad because she was hurt. Kagome swallowed hard at the remembrance of all those occasions; how could she have forgotten about that?!

InuYasha felt her body tense after she had spoken. She began to try and pull away from him and look him square in the eye. Her eyes searched his face for any information that it may hold before she spoke again.

"You came across my mother?" her voice chirped out. Nobody should ever see her mother in that state. Nobody was supposed to know about her like that. She felt like a traitor to her mother for not keeping it from everyone, even InuYasha. There were just some things that shouldn't be seen by partners, no matter how much she loved him. The fact that she loved him just strengthened the urge to keep him from her mother.

"Ya, she…got kind 'a sick when I was there," he said, looking over her head, still holding her middle. She looked at his chest incase he were to look down.

"I know…I…I should've gone," she pulled away from him completely now. "I should have gone, shit, I should' a remembered and I should've gone!"

"Why didn't you say anything about this?" he asked, the situation getting a little awkward.

"Because I completely forgot that it was Friday," she posed, placing a hand on her forehead and one on her hip. "Goddamnit! I can't believe I'm so stupid!" she said in a frustrated tone, her nails digging deeper into her side.

InuYasha stared at her, he could smell unshed tears, though he could see she was forcing them to stay unshed. Kagome frowned, standing still in front of him. He walked forward, not sure if she wanted him to touch her and placed his arms around her, letting them sit loosely on her tummy. He set his head on top of her head, her hair beginning to dry at the bottom but still saturated at the top.

She didn't really relax, but she put her hands on his arms in a way that said it was okay for him to do this. He sighed and she began to talk.

"I wish you hadn't seen that," she said, "you… shouldn't have had to deal with that…I'm so sorry…to have let that happ-"

"It's not your fault," he interrupted, "bu-but I wish you had told me that…your mom likes…her liquor strong." She twitched at him knowing that, it was an embarrassing fact about her mother that she didn't tell anyone.

He kissed her head and then her neck. She felt her heart beating faster and her face heat up at his sudden touch. He was at least trying to be sweet with her. She took a couple silent deep breaths as he laid his head on her shoulder.

"I'm still sorry you saw," she said. They stood in that position for a long time, even when there legs began to get heavy.

oOo

Sesshomaru watched from across the hall the display of love the two expressed to each other; them just standing and holding each other was, to him, a site he did not believe possible by modern teens with the over sexed culture that existed. He smiled, happy for his brother's accomplishment in toning down his hormones.

I updated faster this time cuz now I have time :3 be happy-.-

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