"Miroku," Sango said as she walked out of the bathroom, "you made reservations at the hotel restaurant right?"
"Of course I did," her husband said as he walked into the room, already dressed to go, "I'm just helping Shippo get his stuff unpacked. How long are we going to be here anyway? I need to find a job so we can afford this, especially since I never put in notice with Kagome's grandfather at the shrine, and I would feel bad not telling him or her mother that we won't be going back due to the fact that we want to stay in the states with Kagome."
Sango nodded, she understood Miroku's need to find a job in the states but she wasn't sure what kind of work he would be able to find. He was a monk, then a shrine keeper. Not a lot of places would take that as proper requirements for a job.
"Why don't you go back for a while," she suggested, "keep the job for a couple of months, and I can go find a job somewhere nearby. Maybe in the restaurant in the lobby, and you can save the money we need to get a apartment of our own?"
"Are you sure waitressing is something your comfortorable doing?" Miroku asked, "I mean there are a lot of strange people in a place you don't know and there are men who are sick perverts who might take advantage of you."
Sango laughed, "don't worry. I married the biggest pervert in Japan. I don't think I've got anything to worry about."
"Who'd you marry?" he asked feigning innocence, "I should hope you aren't talking about me."
"Of course she's talking about you," Shippo said as he walked into his parent's room, "I'm still a kid and I can tell you that you are a pervert. Especially the way you were always rubbing mom's but."
Miroku looked shocked, "I can't believe this. Now my son and wife are conspiring against me! WHEN WILL IT ALL END?"
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Kagome had spent a good amount of the afternoon cleaning the apartment while Souta sat on the couch and watched her with interest.
"You know sis," souta said with laughter in his voice, "he's not going to care that there are dust particles roaming around. Because that's about as messy as this place gets."
Kagome looked up at her brother, "it's a mess in here."
Souta laughed, "stand still, take a deep breath and look around. It's so clean it's almost sanitary."
Looking around, Kagome paled, "maybe it's too clean?"
"Leave it," the boy said, "and go take a shower and get ready. If he shows up… I'll test him out."
"You're the younger sibling here," Kagome said, "yeah. But if he's not good enough for you then I'm going to be the first to tell you."
"More like second," came a gruff voice.
The two siblings turned around to find InuYasha standing in Kagome's doorway.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Kagome asked.
"Not if it's unlocked."
"Right," she said before walking towards the bathroom, "you boys stay out of trouble. InuYasha you're leaving when James get's here."
InuYasha rolled his eyes, "whatever."
Kagome sighed and disappeared into the bathroom, locking the door behind her.
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James was a little early getting ready to go to Kagome's, so he went to his mother's for a while before he was to be there. He would leave half a hour before the date time, which was enough time to get there half a hour early.
"James," his mother said, surprised that her son was there to visit, "what brings you by?"
The man laughed, "I know it's been a while since I visited. Actually, I wanted to ask you a question about gramps."
"Sure," she said ushering her son into the living room, "shoot."
"Do you know anything about that human girl he claimed to have lost to a half demon?" James asked.
"I don't know a lot," she said, "daddy said that his tribe and Ayame's, your grandmothers, tribes merged after Naraku was defeated."
"I know," he said, "he'd told me the story, but all I ever knew about the girl was that he lost her to a half demon."
"Have you met a girl?" his mother asked.
"Actually I have," James said, "and of all things. I think history is repeating itself."
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"InuYasha are you still here?" Kagome asked as she walked out of her bedroom, dressed and ready for their outing with James. He was supposed to be there to pick them up at seven, and it was already 7:30
"I'm here," he said, "I agree with your brother. And he don't know James and he said that you two don't belong together."
Kagome laughed, "and what? You two think I should be with you InuYasha?"
InuYasha gave her a pointed look that stated 'yes.'
"Well I'm sorry," she said, "you and I always seem to have some drama. And until your ex get's it in her mind that you're done, I'm not going there with you."
InuYasha looked depressed, and just as he was about so say something the telephone rang.
"Hello?" Kagome said into the phone, "I see. Okay. No it's not a problem, I understand. I hope things go alright. Okay. Bye."
"Who was that?" Souta and InuYasha asked at the same time.
"James," Kagome said, "he can't make it. He went to his mother's today, and they started talking when she all of a sudden had a heart attack."
Souta was stunned, InuYasha on the other hand didn't look convinced.
"Are you sure he's telling you the truth?" he asked, but quickly regretted saying that.
"WHY WOULD HE LIE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" Kagome yelled, "THAT IS A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. SHE COULD BE SERIOUSLY HURT AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S NOT JUST DUMPING US?"
"SORRY!" InuYasha yelled back, "HE'S NOT RIGHT!"
Kagome laughed, "you're pathetic InuYasha."
The half demon stared at Kagome for a while before realizing she was grabbing her purse and her keys, "where are you going?"
"The hospital," she said, "I'm going to make sure James' mother is alright. Watch Souta for me."
InuYasha nodded, and watched Kagome as she left he room.
At The Hospital
"Kagome," James said, surprised to see the girl, "what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to make sure you and your mother were okay," she said smiling sweetly up at the man, "I brought you something."
James was about to argue when Kagome produced a bag of donuts and coffee.
"Thank you," he said, "I've been here for a few hours. I went over there, planning on leaving to go to your place, and I guess around two or so she collapsed."
"I understand," Kagome said, "my grandfather had a heart attack a while back. He claimed to be attacked by a Noh mask."
James laughed taking Kagome's hand in his own, "thank you for coming."
"It's no problem at all," she said with a smile, "have you been able to see her yet?"
"Earlier," he said, "but they've been running tests. So I'm waiting here to see what happens."
Kagome nodded, just a doctor walked into the waiting room.
"Mr. Wolfe?" he asked, James nodded, "well your mother would be better. But apparently she had high cholesterol and high blood pressure, so we're going to have to do a bypass surgery. If you want, go home with your girlfriend tonight, and you can return to be with your mother before the surgery tomorrow morning."
"She's not my girlfriend," James said, looking down at Kagome, who was still clutching his hand.
"I'm sorry," the doctor said with a wink, "I just assumed." Kagome laughed.
"Kagome you don't have to stay here," James said after the doctor left, "You've brought me food, and coffee. I'm all set."
"I know I don't have to stay," she said, "but I don't want to leave a friend in distress. Besides, with this kind of thing, you need someone to be here with you. It'll eat you alive if you don't talk to someone."
James nodded, and sat down with Kagome.
"So what were you guys talking about that made your mother have a heart attack?" she asked.
James blushed,
"Nothing really," he said, "mother was just talking about how much I remind her of my grandfather, and then she just kinda… I don't know what happened."
Kagome nodded, he was a lot like Kouga. She was almost certain that he was the reincarnation. But she wasn't going to tell him that.
For the rest of the night, Kagome and James talked about random things that would help him not worry about his mother as much. For the most part, Kagome was doing a good job. He was a little more calm, after about the 30th time she assured him that the surgery would be fine.
"Kagome," James said looking down at the woman who currently had her head resting against his shoulder.
"Hmm," she mumbled, snuggling closer to him.
"Want me to take you home?" he asked, "or maybe I can go get your friend Miroku and have him take you home in your car?"
"No," she said sitting up, "I'm going to stay here with you. I would feel terrible if I left you here, I'll leave when the doctor says the surgery was a success."
James nodded, before realizing that Kagome had fallen asleep again against his shoulder. Sighing, he picked her up bridal style and carried her to the couch that had a blanket on the end. As he set her down, Kagome sighed and rolled over, snuggling closer to the inside of the couch. James smiled at her, not understanding his feelings for this woman. He figured that it was just infatuation,
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At Kagome's, InuYasha had finally talked Souta into going to bed because Kagome might be gone late. But around midnight, when Kagome still wasn't home, InuYasha started worrying. So he called her cell phone hoping she would answer him.
came a groggy voice on the phone."Kagome?" he asked almost unsure it was her.
she asked, waking up a little bit more."It's InuYasha," he said, "where are you?"
she replied,"No" he replied, "are you coming home tonight?"
she said,"Right," InuYasha said, making sure she heard the disdain in his voice, "I'm taking your brother to my house. I don't feel comfortorable staying here in your apartment alone. Pick him up at my place."
she said,"I can't sleep in your bed Kagome," he said, a smile on his lips.
"Why?"
"Your not in it."
she said,James could hear the entire conversation that Kagome was having with InuYasha and he didn't like it.
"Hey Kagome," James said, walking over to the girl who was still on the phone, "I'm going to go downstairs and get something to drink. Would you like something?"
Kagome looked up at him almost bewildered, "sure. If there is a coffee machine here can you get me one of those?"
James smiled, "yeah. I'll leave you to your phone conversation now."
"Thanks."
InuYasha asked."No," she defended herself. "I fell asleep, he was asking me if I wanted a drink."
he said with sarcasm, "he's a demon. He was eavesdropping on us a minute ago. That's why he butted in.""InuYasha," she said smiling, "your paranoid. We're not together anyway, neither me and him, nor me and you. So it doesn't matter. Go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow."
he asked."You had that chance," she said, making sure he knew how tired he was making her, "5 or 500 years ago. Depending on which of us counts. Now you've got to wait like I did."
he said."And you think I liked it?" she asked, "I wasted tears on a boy who didn't pay attention to me. I pay attention to you InuYasha. Now it's your turn to get hurt. GOOD BYE!"
Kagome turned off her cell phone. She was more than angry, she was pissed.
"He had to bring that up didn't he?" she asked herself, "after everything he did to me. All the pain I suffered for him. I almost died to stay with him, and he's being this way?"
"Kagome are you alright?" James asked when he got off the elevator and found her, rolled up in a ball on the floor.
"What?" she asked looking up, "no. I'm just tired of his attitude."
James knew in that moment what she was talking about. And his mother's suspicions were right. Kagome was the girl from his grandfather's past. Before he knew what he was doing, he had her wrapped in his arms in a tight embrace.
A.N. I hope it's long enough… well, it took me long enough to write so it better be. I hope you like it! Cya!