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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.

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I Don't Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

16. Back Home

As soon as I got through the door I fell onto my face, already half asleep. I hadn't slept all night. We had been running around fighting monsters and evil older brothers for hours. I really needed to rest.

"Kaori! What's the matter?" Shippo shouted, running up to me.

"Tired.. Older brother.. sword.." I answered, my brain too tired to put together a sentence. "Kaede-onee-chan.." I whined looking up at her.

"Yes? What is it Kaori?" She replied, bending over beside me.

"I'm gonna go back.. to the.. uh my home for while, kay? I need a vacation." I sighed, stumbling to my feet.

"Okay, Kaori." She said, handing me my black backpack from the corner. I took it greedily and walked from the hut after saying good-bye to them both. Inuyasha hadn't followed me into the village, so I didn't have any idea as to where the hell he was, but I didn't care. I was still upset by his sexist remark earlier.

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I opened the door to the shrine and dropped my bag in the hall. "Mom.. I'm back.." I called. Suddenly loud thumping noises sounded through the building and the clatter of scrapping chairs and pots clattering into the sink, told me where the family was.

Seconds later, my mother followed by Kagome, Souta, and Jii-chan came running down the hall and stopped a few feet from me. They stared at me with shocked expressions. Seconds ticked by and nobody said anything. I didn't understand what their problem was.. I was here.. alive..

My mother shrill scream pierced the silence, and she grabbed onto my shoulders shaking me slightly. "Oh my! What happened to you! What happened to my Kaori!? Who did this to you!? Tell me right now!"

"Um.. What?" I was bewildered by her panics. What was she talking about? Who did what to me?

"Your hair! Your ears, tail!" She shouted. My ears pinned themselves to the back of my head in pain, and she yelped in surprise. I had forgotten about my change. Of course they'd be freaked out. This wasn't normal.. at least not in this era it wasn't.

I felt someone grasp into my tail and I blushed. I looked behind me to see Souta tugging on it slightly. "Is it real?" He asked. "It's so soft."

My mother pulled at my ears. "Why won't they come off!? You shouldn't have dog ears!"

Kagome held my hair in her hands. "Did you dye it!? Where did you, what did you use!? I love this colour! It feels better then before you dyed it!"

I pulled away from them and jumped to the other side of the hall. "Stop it!"

Jii-chan slapped a piece of paper between my eyes. Muttering something about youkai's and exorcisms. I pulled it off and examined it. It was one of those fake ofuda he carried around. I rolled my eyes, ripped it up, and walked away, leaving them gawking at my new form.

"Now you hold it right there young lady!" My mother snapped. My body went rigged and I slowly turned around, nervous about the outcome, she was even scarier then Sesshoumaru at times! She grabbed my arm and pulled me toward the bathroom. "First you're going to have a bath! After that I want answers, and good ones at that!"

She pushed me inside the washroom, and threw in my bathroom bag after me. I sighed, and ran the water.. She was only mean to me.

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I came out about an hour later. I was clean, refreshed, and smelling wonderful. With my shiny blue hair tied into pig-tails, and my black silky tail with the snowy white tip brushed for the first time, I ran down the stairs and into the living room, where my confused family awaited me.

I sat down on the couch and wondered where to begin. Should I start at the beginning.. or with my transformation? They each stared at me, blinking, waiting for me to speak. I didn't know how they recognized me. I looked so different.. sounded different.. I had changed but still they knew who I was.. even though Inuyasha hadn't.

I started at the beginning. From when I left the house until I walked back in today. I explained every scene in full detail, but left out some important facts like when I lost my first kiss, but I think Kagome had figured it out by the way she looked at me.

It took me an hour to get everything out, but when I finished, I felt a lot better. I had been lying, avoiding, and abandoning them for over a week, they did deserve to know the truth.

My other sat across from me, staring blankly at the cat. She was thinking. Coming up with a verdict.. my punishment. I fidgeted as Kagome silently brushed my hair and tail again, while we waited for my mother to speak.

Jii-chan looked as though he might explode any second, having been saddened about the truth of his ofuda, I had to explain that they didn't work, and angry because I hadn't shared my knowledge of spiritual powers with him sooner.

Souta was the only one amazed by it. He had kept bombarding me with questions since I had started talking about the Feudal era, and more so when Inuyasha came into the story.

My mother sighed, and everyone turned our heads toward her. The house was quiet, and we each barely breathed as we waited for my doom.

"I have thought about this.." She started, taking a sip from her tea, "and I think it would be okay if you continue to go-"

"YAY!" I shouted, jumping to my feet. The cat hissed and bolted from the room. My mother looked at me sternly and I sat back down, my face hot.

"It would be okay if you continue to go, but.." She said. Uh oh.. there's a 'but'. Buts were never good. "but I want you to visit home at least a few days a month and during those days I want to to continue with your studies.. at least until I can get you home schooled."

"Is that it! Okay I agree!" I jumped to my feet again and ran toward the door.

"Wait!" My mother called, stopping me dead in my tracks. I turned around to face her.

"Yes..?"

"I would also like a word with this friend of yours.. Inuyasha." She said.

"But why!?" I whined. Why did she want to talk to him? I don't think hes done anything wrong, and if he did it's not really any of her business for she doesn't know him..

"I'm sure you think he's fine, but from what I just heard he has quite a violent personality."

Oh no! She's gonna do the.. the Dad test on him!? The one every dad gives his daughter's boyfriend!? Oh no! He's gonna fail miserably! Then I'll never be aloud back to the feudal era!

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I sat in front of the fan, humming into it. "Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h"

"Kaori.. What are you doing?" I looked up to see Kagome standing over me, wearing our school uniform. "We're supposed to be leaving for school."

"Are we?" I questioned, switching off the fan. Our school uniform was a dark blue plaid skirt, a black jacket, black knee-high socks, black mary-janes, and a dark blue and silver tie.

"Yes, we are. Honestly, you can really be out of it sometimes." She said making her way toward the front door. "I'll meet you outside."

I groaned in protest and dragged my feet along the way to my room. I didn't want to go to school, when there was a whole different world just down the well. But I had made a deal with my mother.. and unless I never wanted to go back to the feudal era, I might as well go.. it's not like I'll get to go anyways.. Inuyasha will fail the personality test, made up by my mother, and then she'll forbid me of ever going back.

I quickly threw on my uniform messily, tied a black bandanna over my ears, and wrapped my jacket around my waist to hide my tail. I frowned into the mirror. My tail was still showing, the bandanna was unconformable, and muffled out sound. I had to curl my tail, until it was covered, which felt awkward.

I left my hair out, and opened the window. It was a lot easier to open now that I was stronger. I spotted Kagome wandering by the Goshinboku with Souta, nobody else was outside.

I slung my backpack now packed with school books and supplies, and leapt from the window landing beside my two siblings. Kagome and Souta yelped in surprise.

"Cool! Did you jump from your window!?" Souta exclaimed as we walked down the stone steps. I nodded and he stared at me, amazed. These were the same steps I had run down after Inuyasha, when I had been determined to force the truth from him.. if I had known then what would happen after I wouldn't have.

I blushed at the memory and quickened my pace. It was in the past. It had been a misunderstanding. It was time to move on and forget.. just like he had.

End Of Chapter 16

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