Special Moments In Time

Misunderstanding

Kagome placed the phone receiver back on its cradle, a lopsided grin on her face. She couldn't believe he was coming to visit. It had been so long since Kagome had seen him, the last time being when he moved away when they were only ten. Now he was finally coming back, it was just for a day but Kagome made up her mind to make it the best day ever…for both of them.

She skipped happily into the kitchen, to tell her mother the good news. Souta and gramps will be thrilled as well.

She couldn't believe he was coming back.

Kagome looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a black pleated skirt that came till below her knees and a short sleeved, baby pink top. Her hair was combed back to a shining perfection and a sparkling pink barrette was clipped through a few strands of her hair near her left ear. She smiled. It was the fourteenth of March, the day Kiseki was visiting.

She couldn't help the happy grin the found it's way onto her face; it had been way too long. Six years to be exact.

"Oi wench"

Kagome yelped, jumping slightly as she whirled around to come face to face with none other than her favorite hanyou. She narrowed her eyes at him, what was he doing here?

"What are you doing here?"

Inuyasha ignored her question in favor of looking her up and down. She looked amazing and he blushed slightly at the thought, but then narrowed his own eyes at her, "Where are you going dressed like that?"

"What?" she asked, immediately forgetting that she was supposed to be annoyed at him, "Does it not look good?" she twirled herself around slowly to find out what the problem was.

Inuyasha blushed harder, "N-no" he stuttered, "It looks alright"

Kagome cocked her head to the side slightly and the half demon just about melted into the floor right there, "Then what's wrong?"

"I meant, why are you dressed like that?"

"Oh" Kagome smiled sheepishly at him, "My family is going out today, for lunch"

"I thought you came back here to catch up on some school work?!" Inuyasha growled, he hated it when she lied to him.

"I did!" the miko replied indignantly, "That doesn't mean I can't go out with my family once in a while, I hardly get to see them as it is!"

"Keh" Inuyasha huffed, folding his arms across his chest and looking away.

Kagome's eyes softened on seeing him like that; she really couldn't stay mad at him for more than a few minutes no matter how hard she tried. The teenager sighed, "Inuyasha"

The only indication that he'd heard was his ears twitching on the top of his head and she giggled slightly. He could be such a baby sometimes.

"Would you like to come to lunch with us?"

His eyes widened as he turned his face to look at her. She was inviting him to come eat with her family? Did that mean she thought of him as part of her family as well? That particular thought sent a warm shiver through his spine as he fought the goofy smile that wanted to adorn his face, but couldn't stop his mouth from twitching upward at the corners.

"Keh" he snorted, "Whatever wench"

Buzzz

Inuyasha's ears twitched under the cap he was wearing. Kagome had forced it on him so that they wouldn't forget when they were leaving.

Buzz…Buzzzz

The hanyou growled.

Buzz

What the hell was that horrible noise?!

He was currently sprawled out on the couch watching T.V with Souta, something called Kyo Kara Maoh, Souta had said that it was made with moving pictures or something. He really wasn't a big fan of the couples in the show. At least it was funny.

"Kagome, could you get the door please honey" he heard her mother call out and he trained his ears in the direction of the entrance.

"Sure mama, it's probably Seki" she called back; he heard the thumps of her foot steps as she walked toward the front door.

Who was Seki?

His ears twitched when he heard the door slide open and a muffled yelp followed. The hanyou scrunched up his eyebrows at the strange noise.

"Seki stop! You're crushing me!"

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, what the hell?!!

He was off the couch in an instant and slid to a stop behind Kagome, growling the whole time, "Get off her" he snarled dangerously low. There was Kagome, trying to push a guy off her but, the half demon raised an eyebrow in confusion, was she giggling?

The guy let go of her when he heard Inuyasha and straightened up to stare at him, cocking his head to the side, "Who are you?"

Ok that was it, Inuyasha growled again. Who the fuck did this guy think he was coming here and attacking Kagome! And he actually had the nerve to ask him who he was!

"Funny, I was going to ask you the same thing" the hanyou bared his fangs at him.

"Oh!" Kagome exclaimed, abruptly breaking the growing tension in the air, "Seki, this is Inuyasha, my best friend"

The half demon's ears drooped a little at that.

"And, Inuyasha, this is Kiseki…"

"Her best man" the guy finished for her, draping an arm around her shoulder.

Inuyasha growled again, pulling Kagome away from Kiseki and shoving her behind him. Nobody touched Kagome, and definitely not so familiarly, well…except for him, but that was different.

This wimp was nothing but a stupid human, with his stupid black eyes and stupid short black hair.

"Oh" Kiseki said in much the same way that Kagome had, pulling something out from behind him. This caused Inuyasha to growl again, was it a sword?

"These are for you" he said handing Kagome a bouquet of white roses with a white bow around it, "for White Day"

"Wow" Kagome squealed, moving out from behind Inuyasha and taking the bouquet and smelling the flowers as was protocol, "They're so beautiful"

"Only the best for my Kags" He said flashing her a charming smile.

The hanyou growled…again and glared at the wimpy being in front of him. Who the hell did this guy think he was giving his Kagome flowers?!

"Uh…" Kiseki stared at him then leaned down to whisper in Kagome's ear, "Why does he keep doing that? Does he have a cold or something?"

Inuyasha snorted. As if a stupid cold could affect him. And did he think he couldn't hear him if he whispered? This human had a lot to learn and he'd be very happy to teach him. He cracked his knuckles.

Kagome laughed nervously, placing a hand over Inuyasha's to calm him down.

"No, he's fine. Let's get going shall we?" She asked, quickly changing the subject.

"But I just got here" Kiseki said, "Can't I come in?"

"She doesn't want you to come in so just beat it asshole!" Inuyasha snarled. He didn't like that this guy was making Kagome so nervous.

"Excuse me?" The boy asked, glaring at the hanyou.

"You heard me" Inuyasha grunted, "Or is the wimp deaf too?"

"Oh, bring it on jerk" Kiseki said, punching his palm with a fist, "I could take you right here, right now!"

"Stop it both of you!" Kagome was beyond irritated. Kiseki had come for a visit after so long and she sure as hell didn't want him fighting with Inuyasha, "Now you two will get along or we're going to the restaurant without you!"

Both the boys 'hmphed' as they crossed their arms and turned away from each other. The miko sighed.

This was going to be a long day…

Kagome sighed, for what seemed to be the umpteenth time that day, as she apologized yet again for Inuyasha's snarling and growling. This time it was to a couple who were out on a date, apparently that was his present to her for White Day.

"I'm sorry; he didn't mean to interrupt…ah…" Kagome blushed, Well, she should have expected this really, the emotionally constipated hanyou couldn't even accept the fact that there was co-education in her time.

Kiseki started snickering…again…at Kagome's lame apology and her embarrassed blush. She was still so innocent.

"Keh" Inuyasha snapped, "They shouldn't have been kissing in public anyway, what are they? Whores?

Mrs. Higurashi coughed into her soup and Kagome's ears went red, "Inuyasha!" she shrieked, "Stop it" she admonished in a quieter voice when most of the restaurant turned to look at her.

She then proceeded to spoon the rest of her soup into her mouth, concentrating really hard on the action and ignoring the two guys at the table who were having a glaring match yet again, for god knows what this time…

Suddenly, she just wanted this day to end as soon as possible.

The couple sitting at the table next to theirs, whom Inuyasha had previously offended, got up and the guy went over to the DJ to request a song and asked his girlfriend to dance once it started playing.

Kagome turned back to her empty bowl and found a hand held out under her nose, "Would you like to dance Kagome?' Kiseki asked, flashing her one of his dazzling smiles.

The miko giggled, before complying and placing her hand in his outstretched one and he lead her over to the dance floor.

The half demon glared after them, how dare that wimp ask his Kagome to dance. He snapped his gaze to her mother who was currently engrossed in a conversation with her son about some new movie. She turned to look at him when she felt his eyes bore into her head.

"Are you just going to let her go?"

She looked from her daughter dancing with Kiseki to the glowering hanyou in front of her, "Um…yes?"

Inuyasha threw his hands up in exasperation, how could her mother let her dance with strange men? He was surprised Kagome made it fifteen years without him around to protect her. He balled his hands into fists, his claws digging into the flesh of his palm.

The hanyou got up off his chair abruptly and stalked over to his bitch, he was going to get some answers from her and they better be good.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, when she saw him stop in front of them, "What is it?"

He didn't say anything, but grabbed her hand and lead her to a secluded corner of the restaurant.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he growled dangerously low, making the raven haired girl scrunch up her eyebrows in confusion.

"Is this why you asked me to come to lunch with you, so I can see you dancing with another guy?"

"But—"

"Or do you find it amusing to see me make a complete fool of myself in front of your whole damn family?"

The half demon was all but yelling now, he didn't care if people gave him strange looks, he wanted to know what Kagome was thinking. He had to know why she was doing this to him.

"Inuyasha I…"

"Is this why you got all dressed up? For him?" His ears drooped under his hat and he looked so broken and lost that it made Kagome's heart wrench painfully, she touched a hand to his cheek.

He looked up at her, his eyes staring intensely into hers and she could see all the doubts and fears swimming around in them and she had to try very hard to keep herself from throwing her arms around him.

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry"

She didn't know why that made the fear in his eyes more pronounced, "I'm sorry I didn't make things clear in the beginning"

Suddenly, Inuyasha didn't want those answers anymore, was she going to tell him that she liked someone else? Or worse, that she was leaving him…

"Kiseki's my cousin brother"

Inuyasha blinked once, then again…what? Her…brother?

"Y-your brother?" he stuttered out.

"Yes, he's my brother, his mom and my mom are sisters. He moved away when we were young and this is the first time I'm seeing him after that, that's why I got so excited."

The hanyou would have sung in joy right there if it wouldn't totally ruin his image. He was her brother! Her brother! He settled for doing a little happy dance in his head.

Kagome giggled, "Don't tell me you were jealous of Kiseki Inuyasha"

"What! No way wench, I just don't like wasting precious shard hunting time"

"Yeah yeah" Kagome waved him off, still giggling.

"Hey! I'm serious bitch!"

"Oh, they're playing one of my favorite songs" she exclaimed, taking his hand, "Let's dance"

"Well, you were right Aunty Sora, he is the perfect match for our Kagome"

"He sure is Seki, I can't wait for those grandchildren" Mrs. Higurashi grinned at her nephew.

He grinned back before turning his attention to the dance floor, where his cousin was teaching Inuyasha how to dance.

And I'm sure he'll make her very happy…

AN: - As you can see from this update, I am still very much alive and well, just extremely weighed down by school, this being my final year and all. This oneshot was supposed to have been put up in March, I'm sorry for the serious delay, but better late than never...right? Anyway, this was another great idea from my close friend kagomesbutterflyfeeling and I hope she as well as all you guys like what I've done with it.

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