The Library

By Anonymous Malink

Disclaimer, I do no own any Inuyasha like subjects in copyrighted form.

HAH, i updated. Beat that.

Part Two – Did I Mention it was Autumn

A few days had gone by quickly, each holding its own surprise. For some odd reason Inuyasha would spend his time to the last second with Kagome in the library. He was not hostile towards her at all, well at least for the most part. They were a strange pair of friends. During the day, having no classes with each other, they never saw each other.

Another thing that made them strange was their personalities. Inuyasha by nature was angry, violent, and quiet. He would always be in the background, never fighting with someone unless they started it… save for Sesshoumaru. Kagome was a kindhearted, spirited young girl with a vivid imagination. She was the kind who would help someone, but have inner struggles of her own to work out.

Kagome and Inuyasha made quick work of school work when together, having plenty of time to pass notes across the table to each other. The librarian did not seem to mind talking about school, but other un-related topics were one of her pet peeves. She was also in charge of detentions, and gave out demerits twice as fast as any other teacher before her. Just the more reason to use notes.

Another few days went by; about two weeks since we last left Sesshoumaru and Shippo, only a month and a half before the wedding of Sesshoumaru and Rin. Sesshoumaru had become quite popular at the Library recently, and often stopped by after work just to mess with Inu. However much he cared for Rin, he always seemed to have room enough for screwing around with Inu's head.

Before long it was only a month and two days before the wedding…

It's strange, how things always tend to work out.

"Inuyasha. Inuyasha wake up." InuTaisho knocked at the boy's head. He had apparently fallen asleep while studying with Kagome. He had been there for a while, and had almost finished studying for the test when he just sort of droned out and fell asleep.

Kagome sighed at the body and poked At Inu's sleeping form along with Inu's father. She had witnessed him the instant he fell asleep and jkust left him.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said softly and tenderly.

As if waking from a trance, Inuyasha's left eye opened first, than his right. He slowly looked up and rubbed his eyes with his index fingers.

"Well Kagome, it seems you know him better than I do," InuTaisho said jokingly. "Maybe I should use that tactic next time… not that I have that nice of a voice." Kagome smiled and nodded appreciatively.

Inuyasha took his books and packed them quickly and without much hesitation.

"Inu, one question," InuTaisho proposed. "How do you fall asleep while studying?"

Inuyasha took his backpack and slung one hitch over his shoulder and shrugged sarcastically. "I don't know, perhaps we were studying physics, and physics is such an interesting part of science."

InuTaisho and Inuyasha walked briskly out of the facility, after Inu said goodbye to Kagome quietly. InuTaisho was chuckling quietly to himself.

Inuyasha somehow made it to the car before beating the man senseless, however when it burst into maniacal laughter he had to hold his ears shut. Inuyasha just slid into the car next to his father in the driver position.

"You're a very bad liar Inu," InuTaisho said as he started up the car.

Inuyasha set his arm on the window's edge and sighed resiliently. "About what," he asked in response quite irritated. InuTaisho resumed laughing a moment later. Inuyasha moved the hair out of his eyes and scratched his hand nervously.

InuTaisho stopped; he noticed it was quite bothering to the other rider. "Well I understand the way Kabuto-Sama teaches Physics is not exactly… motivating, but I know you don't usually fall asleep during homework."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and a tinge of crimson began forming on his upper cheeks. "I was tired today." Inuyasha knew his father knew him all too well.

"Inuyasha."

"What?"

"Do you really not know why you fell asleep?"

"Well…"

"Boy, you're in for tough time when she becomes your girlfriend."

"Jeez dad, just because she's the only girl I hang out with doesn't mea-. " Inuyasha soon found the nestled evil deep within his wordplay and decided to just, stop talking. InuTaisho smiled and ruffled his son's hair.

"Fine I'll tell you."

Inuyasha braced for something that seemed like it was going to be a cruel sick joke. He braced for it, he concealed his rising anger… but something different came. Not a mock, but a fact.

"She has the same voice as your mothers…"

Upon arriving home, Inuyasha and InuTaisho were met by Izayoi preparing for a dinner of… five? Every week for the past three months this happened. Sesshoumaru and Rin were going to get married, and since Rin had no live family left, they went to the husband's family's house, so Rin could get to meet Izayoi and InuTaisho in a much more maternal and paternal way. She had already met Inuyasha a number of times, but the last time she saw Sesshoumaru's Parents was spring. And it was autumn.

Now, Sesshoumaru and Rin were late as usual, probably because Sesshoumaru had to stop at every yellow light he saw. And knowing Rin she was probably trying to hurry the poor man up using tactics I dare not describe to you.

Inuyasha tossed his pack into a corner and strummed through the foyer straight into the dining room where his mother was preparing it… rather quickly one might add.

"Hello, Inuyasha," Izayoi said. Halfway through her hello she had looked up to make sure she was about to say hello to the right person.

InuTaisho walked in behind his son and was about to ask is he could do anything but Izayoi beat him to it.

"No InuTaisho, you can just relax for a while, I'll call you when I need you." She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and then shooed him off toward the staircase to the basement.

Inuyasha silently followed his mother into the kitchen without being noticed. She was at the stove. Her mother worked so hard sometimes he thought sometimes she would die of exhaustion in her sleep. It was quite obvious that she wouldn't after living a few years… fourteen to be exact, Inuyasha could see her every day as she got up.

This also reminded him of Kagome. Kagome would always 'write' about how she would have a ton of homework, and yet she would also say that on her grade list, it was all A's. Imagine that. She would work so hard for them too; Inuyasha would look up at her sometimes and she'd be doing some extra credit assignment while he himself was still working on requirements. She was amazing, and stubborn...

This reminded him a day the week before. The librarian was fiercely sick with 'detentionitis' and didn't come in. No one else had the keys to the library, so it was closed. Inuyasha and Kagome, who both of which had to stay after school, needed to find a place to do work. Oh, did I mention it was damp, cold, and raining. Perfect timing isn't.

Now the school wasn't open to kids after hours, and the library wasn't open either. Kids who were there after school took the bus home. Kagome easily could have walked across the street home, but a. her brother would give her a long hard lecture, and b. she couldn't leave Inuyasha alone.

"Kagome seriously," Inuyasha pleaded for the hundredth time, his dark blue, zipper hooded sweatshirt saving him from rain falling on his head. They were standing right outside the library entrance; the doors were clear so they could see well inside. How warm it must've been in there, at least warmer than out in the rain. If only the doors would magically open suddenly, and allow them in.

"You cannot change my m-mind about this Inuyasha," Kagome said, her voice chilled and body shaking. He could understand, she was only wearing a long sleeve white blouse with a knee long green skirt, longer than what she usually wore but still pretty short.

He frowned and beckoned her closer. "Fine, but lets at least find somewhere not so moist.

Shelter was hard to find around the school campus, but around the right side of the library, facing one of the visitor parking lots were two trees that when together provided a small relief from the rain. The grass was still wet however, and the rain seeped through the leaves sometimes. They rested themselves against the wall of the library and sat down.

"S-so," Kagome began hesitantly. "What's up?"

Inuyasha looked at the girl as if she was insane. He leaned forward to scratch the back of his head and removed his hood in the process. He felt a few drops of rain hit his forehead and immediately regretted his decision. "Well," he commences with. "I'm sitting against the library, freezing my ass off, all the while begging my friend to walk across the street and go home to a nice warm cozy- ow, what was that for."

Kagome took the hand she just hit Inu with and covered her mouth as she coughed a few times. "No reason, just you were being a jerk." Inuyasha looked at her and noticed something. Her eyes had brightened, just a bit. "Oh, and thanks for calling me your friend."

Inuyasha smiled, he had just called her his friend. That made him a bit glad that he had admitted she was his friend. It was an achievement for his cocky self, one more thing to cross off his list.

"Yah well, don't be bragging it to all your little friends," Inuyasha teased her. Kagome giggled a bit before coughing some more.

"You ok," Inuyasha asked. His voiced was etched with concern, but not mock pity full of sarcasm, but genuine heed.

"To tell the truth," Kagome said. "I'm not sure. I came down with a fever a few days ago, the reason I wasn't at the Library on Tuesday. It w-went away so quickly I wasn't s-sure if my body was immune or, it just s-settled a bit before coming back out." She had said it in less than one breath.

It wasn't long before she felt Inuyasha's hand press against her forehead. He then sighed, measuring it up against his own. "You definitely have a fever, you should really go –"

"Home? Not without you in one piece within a car, or somewhere secure." It was her turn to be concerned. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall. No sooner had she done this than she heard a zipper, and then felt her body being pushed forward.

Inuyasha put his sweatshirt around her shoulders, and then allowed her to slowly ease back against the wall.

"T-thank you," she said, her voice chilled with surprise.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and leaned back himself. "Well, don't tell anyone I did this and we will still be in good terms tomorrow."

She smiled at him, and then noticed something. He was shivering. Being Inuyasha, he couldn't be cold, and yet being Inuyasha while around her, he seemed to be fully capable of it. She had seen him walk in, freezing rain with just a t-shirt on, so she knew it had to be either really cold, or he was comfortable around her.

She lowered the hood and shifted closer to Inuyasha, moving his arm around her and then hugging her arm's around his chest. "We don't have school tomorrow," she said, leaning her head on his shoulder.

Her sudden movement shocked him. "W-what are you d-doing?"

"I noticed you were cold, we can't have that." Inuyasha's face was certainly not cold anymore, but with Kagome around him, his body seemed to warm up quite fast.

The rain didn't show any signs of stopping, and Kagome and Inuyasha just seemed to sit there next to the other, having a normal conversation as if none of it had happened, or was still happening.

"Alright now," a man said. The man was sitting across from Sesshoumaru on the couch in Sess's apartment. He was wearing a dark violet polo with black pants. He had black hair that was tied in a dragon tail and held tightly behind him.

Sesshoumaru scratched at his nose; he was both irritated, and nervous. The man's name was Miroku and he was a specialty 'wedding advisor,' basically a planner, but more like a helper. He was also one of Sesshoumaru's patients.

"You sure you're going to go through with this," Miroku asked; insecurity framing his voice.

Sesshoumaru took a deep breath and nodded. "Yes, I'm sure."

Miroku smiled forcefully and nodded. "I'm not sure how far you are going to take this plan of yours, but I do suggest finding the key ingredients first. I.e. do you even know how to-" A ringing interrupted his comment and Sesshoumaru instinctively reached in his pocket.

"And your mobile goes," Miroku said getting up. "I'll be thinking over some policies in your kitchen if you don't mind me." He briskly walked out of the room while Sesshoumaru leaned back and flipped his mobile open.

"Hello," he said calmly.

Pause.

"Oh, it's you Inuyasha."

Pause.

"You're where?"

He got up and looked out the window; sure enough it was raining hard without it showing too much of a sign to stop. "Yah, they said it was going to be fierce today, why don't you stay in the library until- you're kidding. I'll be right there younger brother."

Inuyasha was standing, soaking wet in front of the library where the payphone was. Kagome was right next to him, equally soaked, the hood was down. Inuyasha took her back under the cover of trees and allowed her to get close again.

Now, of course you're wondering why Inuyasha didn't use the payphone immediately. Well, now that I think about it you probably don't care, but I shall say it anyway. He had no money before spottingthe fifty yen token on the ground in front of the tree.

In any case, before too long a time had passed, and after both Inuyasha and Kagome fell asleep and had been asleep for at least a few minutes, lights shone through the fog produced by the raised dirt the rain was causing, and Inuyasha without delay woke up.

He shook Kagome awake and together got up and walked toward the Toyota. Both got into the back two seats and Sesshoumaru looked back at them a moment, concern, anger, and confusion written on his face.

"What in all of… what were you…" was the stuttering that came from Sesshoumaru. He gripped a fist and slowed all his anger there. "Alright. What were you two thinking?"

Inuyasha shut his eyes. "I told her to go home. She lives right across the street."

"But you never let me explain myself fully," Kagome explained. "Not only was I not about to leave you, buy my brother has an away game and the rest of my family will be gone for the rest of the week. It'll be me and my brother for the rest of the week, and I was going to stay at the school until ten waiting for him."

Inuyasha took a very elongated and deep breath and glanced at the clock. 6:21. "Sess, just take us to your pace so we can crash in peace. We're cold, damp, and I don't know about Kagome but I'm starved." Inuyasha surprisingly felt a head on his shoulder. "Rin's there right?"

"Thank you." She murmured this so softly he could've sworn she'd fallen asleep.

"She'll be there by the time we get back," Sess almost whispered.

Sess smiled and mouthed two words. 'how sweet.' Inuyasha would've flipped him off then and there but he didn't want to disturb Kagome who was resting serenely on his shoulder. Instead he silently cursed him off for payback and gave into sleep himself, resting his head on Kagome's.

"Hello, Inuyasha!" He snapped out of his fantasy with a smack across the face from his mother. "Oh thank god you're alright. You were just standing there staring into to space for a while, I was getting worried."

Inuyasha pulled a hand over his face in order to grip up and feel his face for color. He was sure there was a small layer of light red above his cheeks but couldn't feel much warmth.

In the next moment of time, he noticed his mother was no longer in the kitchen with him. He turned to exit the kitchen when he heard the phone ring.

Inuyasha sighed and turned toward the sound. "Could you get that Inuyasha," he heard Izayoi say from the kitchen.

"Fine," Inuyasha grumbled as he reached for the phone.

Sesshoumaru was sitting in his car, Rin beside him, caught next to an accident and taking a long detour through the countryside.

"Hello, Inuyasha?"

Pause.

"Yes I'm calling from my mobile. I was calling to say I'm going to be a bit… a tad, late."

Pause.

"Please try to not to scream so loud, especially not in the phone."

Very long pause.

"You know what Inuyasha, if I had ever been allowed to hold a gun, I would-"

Pause.

"I know, mom works very hard…" Sesshoumaru made a gesture with his hand and made it gun shaped, raising it to his head. "Just… I'll be there when I'll be there. I canceled my patient so I could come to this stupid family thing, so shut up and tell mom I'll be there soon!" He slammed his cell down and growled deep within his throat.

"I believe that someday, I will murder that young boy," Sesshoumaru said, his words feeling no emotion at all as he said it. Rin smirked and looked ready to laugh.

Inuyasha held up his hand defensively as his mother pelted him with anger as he recited the news that Rin and Sesshoumaru were stuck taking the back roads through the country. "For the love of Amaterasu, so I spent all that time with dinner for no reason? My word, and what were they doing all the way out in Kyoto anyway."

"When I was last talking to him- in person- he said something about seeing a patient and going to Kyoto so he could see his patient who was also niftily his wedding planner." Inuyasha's explanation calmed Izayoi a bit but it didn't help.

"Let me see a moment," Izayoi said to herself, and indirectly to Inuyasha. "He announced his marriage to the family-"

"-You mean I announced it for him to the family-"

"-About six months ago and now he decides to do this planner thing. That boy waits till' the last second on everything. I mean for god sakes Inu, It's autumn." Inuyasha looked at her with a scared look in his eyes and slowly backed away from the crazed lady that was his mother.

But that was the truest statement made all through the chapter. It was autumn, and he proposed in the spring.

A.N. Alrighty hey. It seems that i did indeed update. That means i have done what i have almost never done before. Oh well. And Kagome and Inuaysha don't like each other... yet. There will come that day soon, but now it was just a friendly awkward moment. Heh, reminds me of two people in my school who are very much the kind that do that kind of stuff, the huggign and the embracing and the... ehhh'. it was alright the first few times, now it makes people kinda dreary. and sick...

Me and my friend who is indeed a girl, quote un quote, don't go publicly doing that crap, not privately either. we respect each other's boundries evry well... except she does invade my special personality bubble sometiems but... who doesn't

-Anon Out, With the next set date being March 17th, 2006, Next thursday.