Chapter Thirteen: Break From Normal

"So let me get this straight," said her mother as Kagome was sitting at the table, covered with mud and had bits of leaves and twig in her hair. "After the electrical fire at school, you ran outside and decided to skip the rest of the day? That doesn't sound like you Kagome."

Yes, after the lights had gone out and the smoke that had filled up the cafeteria, the whole incident was blamed on an electrical fire. However, no one seemed to take into account that there wasn't any trace of a fire or that the fire alarm never went off. Kagome was the only one who knew what, or rather who, had caused the smoke screen.

Kagome nodded to her mother. "I'm sorry mom," she said serenely. "But after I finally got outside, I guess that I just assumed that school was out for the day and…"

"You just had to skip," her mother said shaking her head. "But you had a good reason for skipping so I can understand. But why do you look like you had spent several days sleeping in the forest?"

"I decided to do some more research on Half-Moon Cove," Kagome said almost mechanically. "So I headed over there by bus and I was taking notes when…"

"When you tripped and fell?" her mom finished.

Kagome put her arms up defensively, "I said 'I'm sorry!' It won't happen again!"

"Ok, Kagome," her mom said as she stood up from the table. "I'm not mad. It's just that this isn't like you. And that fire thing at school… you know something? Some of the firefighters were swearing that it wasn't a fire at all! That someone had started it. Ha! Who would do something like that? Think maybe it was a student wanting to get out of a test or something?"

Kagome smiled. "Wouldn't surprise me. Or maybe it was… oh I don't know… someone trying to get a friend out of class and give them a break from a normal life?"

As her mother laughed, Kagome thought back to that afternoon.

*Flashback*

"Inu-Inuyasha?" Kagome croaked.

"Yours truly," Inuyasha whispered. "Ready to go?"

And without waiting for an answer he put his arms around her as the smoke gave them the perfect covering. Immediately, Kagome felt her knees go weak and would've fallen if the vampire didn't pick her up into its arms, bridal style.

Kagome shrieked and instantly wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck for balance. As he held her closer to his chest, Kagome felt her heart pound, and she wasn't sure if it was just because she was scared... or something else.

All of a sudden, Inuyasha began to run at an inhuman pace to who-knows-where. "Inuyasha?" Kagome yelled as the wind continued to whistle pass her and everything was a giant blur, it was actually not that bad. It was refreshing, actually, "Where are we going?"

"You'll see," Inuyasha said calmly back.

In no time at all they were clear of the smoke and were outside. Kagome was able to get a better look at Inuyasha's face for the first time. His slightly tan face, a broad jaw with the hint of a smirk, gold eyes shining with amusement… she had never seen someone as handsome as him…

"Is there something you find interesting with my face?" he asked her.

Kagome blinked several times before saying, "I always thought that vampires were pale-white and icy cold."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Humans… always exaggerating things."

"So you can come out in the day?" Kagome asked as she looked around at the gloomy, clouded sky.

"Only on days like today," he said. "But we can talk more later."

"But…" Kagome began before she was interrupted.

"Ready, Kagome?" Inuyasha walked back three giant steps and firmly held her tightly.

"Ready for what," she said almost inaudibly as she buried her face into Inuyasha's shoulder scared of what was about to happen.

"Just hold on tight. I'm going to leap for the building right in front of us," Inuyasha started to run towards the street. Kagome held on even tighter.

Without another word, he took off and began to run like the wind. Kagome kept her arms wrapped around his neck in case he slipped up and dropped her, but could she honestly say that she hated this?

She turned her head so that she could see the world rushing by almost like she was in a tunnel. Being this close, Kagome could smell the vampire scent. She couldn't quite describe it, but it smelled like the darkness. Like the time when you come out at a clear night and smell the fresh air, seeing the moon and stars above. It was comforting and Kagome held on close.

'I can't believe this is happening,' she thought to herself.

Inuyasha sprinted off the building and was soon in midair. In the next second, Inuyasha landed with ease on the rooftop. "You okay so far?" he asked. The shaken teen nodded.

"Y-yeah, just keep going," Kagome stammered slightly, that is until a thought came back to her. "Where we going?"

"Just around the city," he answered.

*End of flashback*

"Kagome," her mother said shaking her head. "Well, as long as you didn't do anything that would get you into trouble everything else is fine. I trust you. Now how about you go up and clean yourself up?"

Kagome nodded gratefully. The number one thing that she loved about her mother was that she never could stay angry for long… she tried but she just didn't have it in her.

Kagome walked up to the bathroom, feeling ridiculously slow after riding around with Inuyasha. The truth was, she spent most of the day on Inuyasha's back as he shown her the city. And they also spent most of that time asking each other questions…

*Flashback*

"Inuyasha?" she cried out over the roar of the wind, "Why are you taking me for a ride?"

Inuyasha gave her a thoughtful look before answering, "Dunno. I guess I thought that you needed a break from a normal life."

"A break? Please, my life has been nothing but supernatural since I met you," Kagome called back. "Speaking of which, I thought that vampires burn up and turn to dust when they went out in daylight. I mean… aren't you going to get hurt by the light?"

Inuyasha laughed as he landed lightly and started running across the top of a bridge. "Please… like I said, humans are always exaggerating things. The light can hurt me a little bit. But, it can't destroy me."

"It hurts you?" Kagome repeated starting to panic, worried about Inuyasha's wellbeing. "Then you shouldn't be out here! And besides, what if anyone sees us? What do we do when…"

"Kagome? Haven't you noticed how fast we're going?" he asked as if she was dumb. "We're going too fast for the human eye to see. And its cloudy… I don't need to worry. But if it really worries you…"

Inuyasha leapt off the bridge, Kagome holding onto him tighter than ever, landed on the ground and started running towards where a forest preserved was. They didn't speak again until they were under the cover of the trees, "The light is annoying, and it does sting, but it won't actually kill me. Only the sun and any lights that shine directly on my whole body hurt."

"Oh," Kagome said quietly, "Any light?"

"Yes. Well except moonlight and black lights," Inuyasha answered, "They won't do anything to me."

Kagome looked forward, her eyes clouding over with thought. So light would only hurt Inuyasha, not kill him, but how much could he take? Inuyasha's voice broke through her thoughts.

"For some reason, light will only weakened me, but not destroyed me. I won't just about to burst into flames like every human thinks. Being hit by light just doesn't work like that."

"That must suck," Kagome said. She looked up at him as he looked down at her, and they both started laughing.

"Hey," he muttered as he started to pick up speed. "You want to see how fast I can really go?"

Kagome thought about that for a moment before a wicked grin fell over her face and she held onto his shoulders. "You're gonna show me even if I said no."

"Damn right," he said and they were suddenly merging with the wind.

*End of Flashback*

'Just a few minutes alone. That's all I want,' she thought

Kagome picked out PJ's and headed off to the bathroom. She filled the tub with water and got in, while throwing her dirty clothes into a basket at the door. The water was warm and soothing so the stiff muscles in her body slowly relaxed, taking away the hurt and stiff feeling there. She sighed contently as she began to wash her hair.

After her bath, she walked into her room and sighed deeply. Kagome shut her door and leaned against it. Closing her eyes, the teen slid down the door and sat on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest. She slowly shook her head as a long, drawn out breath was released from her mouth. All she wanted was a few minutes to herself and think about what she was going to do. I mean, she had a vampire for a friend and that meant that this could only end in trouble.

Or was this actually the beginning of something wonderful? Could this be fate drawing her and Inuyasha together? Would she be doomed to wonder this world knowing that she and Inuyasha were in two completely different worlds? And yet would they still try to make it work?

Maybe mom was right and she was reading too many vampire/romance books.

She suddenly realized that she was shivering. Reluctantly, Kagome lifted her head from her comfortable position to see the window had been opened.

'Did… did I open that?' Kagome thought tiredly.

The teen stood up and crossed the room to her window, located next to her desk. The breeze blew in again. She shivered as the cool air once again penetrated the warm air of her room, making goosebumps on her arms and freezing her, still wet, hair.

Kagome looked up, intending to close the open window. She never got around to it, because a pair of eyes was staring back at her.

And it wasn't her reflection.

"Hey, Kagome," Inuyasha said smiling. "Nice night?"

Kagome blinked several times before she smiled back. "What are you doing here?"

"Is that any way to treat a guest?" he asked with raised eyebrows.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome said, half fondly, half warningly.

The smile faded from Inuyasha face as his grip tightened on the windowsill. "Ah, Kagome?" he said slowly. "I have a favor to ask you."

Kagome gave him a confused look before asking, "What is it?

Inuyasha seemed to be struggling with the words, "I-I well I…"

"Come on Inuyasha, out with it," Kagome said getting a little irritated.

Inuyasha gave her a sad look before he took a deep breath and asked, "Can I… can I taste your blood?"

(Sorry for taking so long. but my writers block is a cursed thing and i couldn't think of anything good.) Review Please!