Chapter 10: Back on Track
The weekend has arrived, and Kagome has made a great recovery so far. She's about to eat more often, but must be careful not to sing a lot. It's early in the Saturday morning. She wakes up thanks to the sunlight shining down into her window. She stretches out her limbs, feeling refreshed from the night before, even from her evening shower. "I'm feeling excited about this." She said as she gets her robe on, and heads to the kitchen to get something to eat, as in she must have something in her stomach. She browses through the fridge. Looking around, she gets some orange juice and some strawberries. She pours the drink into a big glass and carries them upstairs to her room.
Inuyasha on the other head is already awake. He's working out in his personal gym on the other side of the mansion. He works on his upper body strength as well his speed. "So my little brother has a crush on a girl." Sesshomaru mocks him as he enters the room in his gym shorts and black muscle shirt, while Inuyasha is in red shorts and a white tank top on. "Says you. You have Rin." Inuyasha smirks back as he lifts 100 lbs of weights. Sesshomaru lifts the same weights by him. "So I keep on getting these text messages from that Kikyo girl." Inuyasha starts off a conversation. Sesshomaru shakes his head, "She's nothing but a whore." He comments about it so far. Inuyasha couldn't agree more. "Tell me about it. All she does is stalk me anywhere I go, no matter where it is." He states it down. Anytime Inuyasha goes somewhere outside of the school grounds, Kikyo would literally be about 50 yards close by. "At lease she doesn't have to get close to here." Sesshomaru adds as well. "That I'm grateful for. Thanks to the barrier around her. But I feel that Kagome's vulnerable." He said sadly in the end. How could he not see it sooner? Sesshomaru looks at him strangely. "How is she doing anyway?" He asks him. "She's getting better as we speak. She'll be well enough to get back to school. As a matter of fact, I promise to help her on her school work this afternoon." Inuyasha tells him happily. Sesshomaru can see how glad his little brother is. He pulls something out of his pocket. "Here, you should take this with you when you're going outside." He gives Inuyasha a capsule. "What is it?" Inuyasha asks as he takes the device. "Just place it at one corner of the Higurashi Residence, and it can protect Kagome from Kikyo." Sesshomaru instructs him. Inuyasha nods and stuffs the capsule into his pocket. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru finish their morning workout and leaves the gym to get rinsed off in their own showers.
An hour later, Inuyasha got dressed in blue jeans, a red hoodie over a tan shirt on. He makes his way to Kagome's place. Before he gets out, he pulls out the capsule the Sesshomaru gave him. "This will be good use." He said as he parks on the side of the street. He goes to the back of the house and places the object to the corner. "So this will protect her. With an invisible barrier." He stood on his ground and walks back to the front door. He rings the doorbell like the last time. A few seconds later the door opens to show Mrs. Higurashi. "Good Morning, Inuyasha. Are you looking for Kagome?" She asks politely to him. He nods with a smile. "Yes I'm here to help her on her school work." She smiles back, "That's quite thoughtful of you Inuyasha. Kagome should be in her room." She gestures him up the stairs after letting him in. "Thanks I'll be helping her out like no tomorrow. Besides I'm the best student in the school." He claims proudly to her. "Well I hope that you can help improve her knowledge." Mrs. Higurashi asks him with a winked eye. Inuyasha's cheeks turn pink and clears his throat. "Okay. I'll be off helping your daughter." He said as he disappears towards Kagome's room.
Kagome is still in her pjs along with her robe. As she tries to figure out the assignments she has missed so far this. Trying to focus on a math problem, she just couldn't understand. "It's hopeless." She mumbles to herself. A knock on her door alerts her. "Who is it?" She asks. "I'm here to help you on your schoolwork, Kagome." Inuyasha said from the other side. Kagome opens the door. "Oh hey. You know you came in early than schedule." Inuyasha grins as he enters. "I just worked out this morning with a shower, and I had nothing else to do until our appointment. So where should we begin?" He asks as he pulls a chair out to sit beside her. "I'm having trouble on my math." She exclaims as she shows her struggle. Inuyasha looks it over. (I'm skipping because I'm not a math whiz.) A few hours later Inuyasha helped Kagome like the Miracle Worker. Kagome is a fast learner but she just needed a boast to catch up what happened. "So we have a science exam this Thursday?" She asks him. Inuyasha nods. "Yeah. If you want, I can get Miroku and Sango to study along with us. That way it'll be easy for you to remember the stuff." Kagome nods, "I'd like that." She replies as she unexpectedly leans onto him. Inuyasha widens his eyes, but soon smiles down to her. "You should rest Kagome. I'll be here again tomorrow if you want." He said nicely to her as he carries her to her bed. "I'd like that too." She said half asleep. Inuyasha moves a few strains of her bangs, and kisses the exposed forehead. "Sleep well." He said quietly and leaves her to dreamland.
Inuyasha makes it home by late afternoon, just in time for dinner. After closing the door behind him, he can smell the meat like crazy, thanks to his canine demon desire from within. "I'm home." He calls to his family. "Oh thank goodness you came." Izayoi said as she finished setting the table for dinner. Inuyasha smiles to her as he came around the corner, "I told you I'd make it back on time mom." He gloats. She just shakes her head. "It doesn't matter. I'm just glad you made it back. You know better than not to be late for anything you're scheduled for." She explains to him. Inuyasha rolls his eyes, "Alright enough of that. Let's eat." He changes the subjects as he takes an empty seat. As he is about to eat, "Uh no not just yet my son." She stops him when he just grabs a fork. "Oh come on. Why wait? The food will grow cold." Inuyasha asks impatiently. Izayoi smiles back, "We have to wait until your father and brother to arrive." She explains to her son. Soon the door opens and male voice speaks, "Someone said something about me?" It asks. "Speak of the Devil." Izayoi comments her husband's arrival. "Well I'm here and I'm starving my dearest." He said to her with a kiss on her cheek, with Sesshomaru right behind him. "Or sure Inutaishou. I bet you and your boys are gluttons for food." She said slyly punches his arms lightly, even though Inutaishou is a full demon as if that punch was nothing. "Ah you see my sons, my mate here thinks we're gluttons for her homemade meats." Inutaishou smiles as he wraps his arm around her shoulder and they all take their seats. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru look at each other like they're crazy. Seeing that look from Inutashou's eyes fives him a grin. "Sesshomaru you'd be like with Rin as I've witness from my office room." Sesshomaru raises an eyebrow with a blush on his face, which made Inuyasha snicker quietly. "Rin is indeed my mate. You have her father, but one other man here doesn't." Sesshomaru grins towards Inuyasha making him feel embarrassed. "Ah that's right Inuyasha, has Kagome capture your heart already. And it's not even spring yet." Inutaishou asks along Sesshomaru observation, with makes Inuyasha twitch his eye like crazy. Just seeing it just made the rest of the family laugh. "At least I'm just helping her with her schoolwork. That's it." He ended the subject, but it doesn't temp them enough. Sesshomaru leans towards him, "Are you sure? I can tell by the look of your eyes it's more than just helping Kagome out." Inuyasha gulps his food down his throat. Hearing all this from his family begins to annoy him. "I'm just helping her out because of her condition. She's been through a lot apparently because of her father's death and it's been hard for her to get over it. All we can do now is to help her recover." He said to them with a stern voice. After saying that gives him a sigh, "At least she's safe for now. I know that Kikyo Miko is after obviously for something, and I have a bad feeling about it as well." He tells his family. "What could she be up to then?" Izayoi asks him curiously. "I'm not sure mom. I'll make sure that Kagome's protected from her. Because I know for sure Kikyo is after her for some reason." He answers her thoroughly. Izayoi nods understanding him.
The rest of dinner was silent and they cleaned up after themselves and find anything for themselves to do. Inuyasha is already done on his homework because of his quality time with Kagome. So now he's left with nothing else to do. All he can do now is to get some sleep for school tomorrow.