Chapter 13
Mrs. Higurashi is absolutely confused. "I'm sorry, dear. But what do you mean that you're someone's mate? You're only in Highs School." She said to her daughter. Kagome frowns. "Mom. I was not even in dating to begin with. You know that right?" Kagome said as she looks into her mother's warm brown eyes. "Yes. I know for sure, Kagome. Even when you were in Sakura Hills, that boy keeps thinking that you're a couple." Sango nods. "That's true for sure. I'm even against that idea because he doesn't really love. He's just a player."
Mrs. Higurashi sighs. "Sango. With all due in respect do you have any proof about this person who claims to be my daughter's mate?" She asks her daughter's best friend. Sango obeyed the request and pulls out her phone to show a few photos of the person. Mrs. Higurashi doesn't change her emotion. "Well. I have to admit that this someone is Inuyasha Takahashi. From the looks of this guy, he's quite the handsome young fellow." She smiles fondly. That made Kagome blush at the comment. "Which school does he attend?" She asks her daughter the next question to know about him. "He goes to Shikon High. Turns out that he's my escort there. He picks me up from here, and drops me off." Kagome spoke back.
"But this whole 'mate' thing. What does that mean?" Mrs. Higurashi asks her curiously. "Inuyasha is a half demon. And according to his father who is a demon, they have an instinct that tells him that I'm his mate. No matter what." Kagome explains as simply as she could. "So, like an engagement?" Mrs. Higurashi assumes calmly after sipping her tea.
Kagome shakes her head. "Not really. It goes beyond that. Marriage isn't something demons do either." Mrs. Higurashi understands it so far about that. "I hope I can meet him. And maybe his parents." She said to her. Kagome and Sango look at each other before turning their sight back to the older woman. "Maybe when he thinks it's safe for the both of us to do. But for now, he's not really feeling well, and that's why I was at his house yesterday to look after him. Even though it's not official, I somehow feel that I need to do it." Kagome said to her mother seriously.
The mother smiles back. "As long as you're safe with him, the least you should do is tell me." She prefers Kagome to give her a reminder the next time something like this happens again. Sango stands. "Ok, Kagome. I have to get back home. I'll see you later." She waves farewell and heads out the back door. "I'm just curious about this Inuyasha. You said that he's a half demon. I'm wondering if those ears on top of his head are real?" Mrs. Higurashi asks as she puts away the tray. Kagome blushes at that part. "Yes. Those are akita ears so he's a dog demon." She answers her. "Does that mean he can turn into a dog demon?" The mother presses on. "I'm not sure. This is all I know for now." Kagome responds to her.
"Ok dear. I've pushed my boundaries to ask you these questions. I'll leave you alone." Mrs. Higurashi places her hand onto Kagome's shoulder before leaving the kitchen. Kagome sighs in relief and retreats to her bedroom. After much of that time, she hoped that her mother would just drop the subject. She takes off the Shikon High uniform and gets into her green tie dye t-shirt and long pink floral pj pants. She decides to take a nap. 'all that for a guy I just met.' She thinks to herself before dozing off.
Inuyasha is awake after that much needed rest as well as having Kagome in his presence. But his mother didn't want him to leave the house until Toga says it's ok. "Mom. I'm bored." Inuyasha complained as he tries to find something to do other finishing his homework. Izayoi is his bedroom collecting any dirty clothes that she wanted to launder. "Did Miroku give you the assignments for today's lessons since you can't go?" She asks him.
Inuyasha opens up the laptop and goes to the page of his school and looks for any missing assignments. From the looks of it, nothing has shown up. "There's not a one." Inuyasha sighs as he goes through his phone to see if Miroku left him anything school related. Nothing. No calls or messages. "Why don't you go downstairs and blow some steam off?" Izayoi kindly suggests him.
Inuyasha can tell that being in his room all day is getting on his mother's nerves. Even though she seems nice, there's a point that she would just have to say or do something, he has no choice but to obey. As such, it scares him. Inuyasha goes to his closet to get a black muscle shirt and red basketball shorts. "I'll be in the gym." He tells her as he grabs his phone and towel from his bathroom. Izayoi smiles proudly. Happy to see him getting out of his room for once.
Inuyasha goes into the finished basement and knows where his gym is. He, his father and Sesshomaru go in here to get some stress out of their system when troubles them. He pulls out a hair thing to pull his hair back so that it wouldn't be in the way. He sees the weights and decides to do some lifting. Before he does, he stretches his limbs and legs. He picks up a 50 lb dumbbell and begins the routine. It doesn't take long until he feels the sweat forming from his body. "Funny. I don't usually sweat this early." He comments to himself as he looks at his phone and sees that it's been only a minute has passed. He places the dumbbell back onto the rack to see his hands sweating like crazy.
"Are you feeling the burn, little brother?" Sesshomaru teases him as he leans onto the door frame. "Ha ha. It's too soon for me to sweat this much. I just did a rap of 50 pounds of lifting weights." Inuyasha scoffs at him as he uses the towel to wipe off the sweat. Sesshomaru silently observes the scene unfold. From what his father told him about the potential mate, to almost transforming until Izayoi gave him the Tetsusaiga to calm it down. And now seeing him sweat like a pig on a humid day. It could only mean one thing. "Kagome's having a nightmare." Sesshomaru tells him.
Just hearing Kagome in the middle of something horrible, Inuyasha looks at his brother to see if he's kidding. All but serious in those cold golden eyes. "Excuse me." Inuyasha said as he passes by and goes upstairs to get the Tetsusaiga and leave the house. "Oh no you don't." Toga intercepts Inuyasha at the garage door. "Dad. Don't try and stop me." Inuyasha protests his father as he still wants to get to Kagome's house.
"No this is just a side effect." Toga takes hold of Inuyasha's shoulder to calm him down. Inuyasha jerks the hold and leaps in the direction of Kagome's house. "Father. It was bound to happen eventually." Sesshomaru comes from behind. Toga on the other hand isn't liking this one bit. "What did you see?" He simply asks his older son. "Inuyasha was in the middle of his workout and then all of sudden, so much sweat was forming all over him. He doesn't do that easily. This is just a guess but maybe Kagome is having a nightmare." Sesshomaru gives his father details for what he witnessed Inuyasha was doing in their gym. "So it has begun." Toga sighs in disapproval. "Too soon." Sesshomaru adds in as they look in the direction that Inuyasha took.
Inuyasha remembers where Kagome's house is whenever he picked her up to escort her to school. It doesn't take him long enough to make it. He lands at the bottom of the stairs. Seeing how high the staircase goes, Inuyasha just leaps and lands on top of the stairs to be on top of a property of the Higurashi shrine. Inuyasha looks around carefully, not to be spotted in such sacred grounds. He groans as he feels more sweat is forming on his hands. He sniffs the area to locate Kagome. He tracks it to a modest home in the back of the shrine grounds. He sees the bedroom window open. He runs to it, and can tell that Kagome's scent is coming from it. He smiles and jumps onto the ledge of the windowsills. He softly lands into the room to see Kagome asleep. Inuyasha looks down to her to see her asleep peacefully. 'So much for a damn nightmare.' He shakes his head and is about to leave the room.
"Inu…yasha." Her voice stops him. Inuyasha tuns to see her murmur in her sleep. Inuyasha looks to see her one hand out of the comforter, sweating. Without thinking, Inuyasha places his own sweaty onto her own. "Don't leave me." Kagome murmurs one last time before Inuyasha somehow loses consciousness.
