Early the next morning Ashley woke up to the sun shining onto her face threw her open bedroom window, she yawned loudly as she rolled over tossing her arm expecting it to fall upon the body of the man she had fell asleep with the night before only to realize he was gone. She began to dress and as she did Ashley looked out her window and saw Jeff standing near the very large old oak tree in the front yard, he noticed her glancing at him threw the window and motioned for her to come outside. She hurried down stairs noticing Inuyasha and Kagome were no where in sight. She walked outside and towards Jeff who was now leaning against the old oak tree.
"you know its rude to just leave in the middle of the night without so much as a goodbye." she stated as she walked up to him and slammed him against the tree and attempted to pin him down while she pretended to look angry.
"well you looked so peaceful sleeping I figured id let you sleep instead of waiting for Kagome to come barging in and ruin all the fun of our secrets." he chuckled as he softly kissed her pouting face.
"speaking of Kagome where is everyone?" Ashley asked curiously looking around.
"well Kagome and Inuyasha had to go to school and your aunt had work so its just me and you today." Jeff replied.
"oh hmm well what could we do for a whole day with the entire house to ourselves?" Ashley said with a sheepish grin spreading across her face.
"well I had a few ideas." Jeff said returning her grin.
"oh really and what ideas might those be?" Ashley asked expecting some perverted answer.
"well I figured I could teach you to control the powers you seem to be accumulating before you accidentally use them again and people begin to catch on to whats going on." Jeff said smiling.
"well that's not exactly what I had in mind." Ashley replied with a very blank look on her face all of the sudden.
"well what did you want to do?" Jeff asked completely oblivious to what she had been previously thinking.
"nothing forget it lets do this I do need to learn to control this crap." Ashley replied. So they began her training with explanations and exercises to limit her use of these new found powers on a regular bases.
(in the mean time)
Kagome and Inuyasha had arrived at school and had just made it to their first class where Miroku and Sango had already been waiting they took their seats behind the two. Kagome immediately turned around to speak with Sango.
"hey I feel like I haven't heard from you in forever where have you two been hiding?" Kagome asked curiously.
"well we could say the same about you, where have you two been I tried calling your house Kagome but your mom said you slept out." Sango asked curiously with her eyebrow raised.
"well..hmm." Kagome began to reply while blushing and glancing at Inuyasha.
"she stood at my house for a couple of nights and I stood at her house last night." Inuyasha said infuriating Kagome.
"you what?!" Sango exclaimed not believing what she was hearing. As Miroku gave Inuyasha a hi five under the table earning himself a slap from Sango. " I saw that you pervert." Sango growled before turning back to Kagome who's face was beat red with embarrassment and anger.
"well a lot happened and me and my cousin ended up staying with Inuyasha and his brother for a few nights while we figured things out." Kagome said glaring at Inuyasha. " you have to make it sound like were sleeping together you idiot." she said after smacking him roughly in the shoulder. Thinking back Kagome began to wonder what ever happened to Naraku after that night. She quickly turned to glance towards where he would normally be seated on the far end of the room only to see he wasn't there.
"COUSIN, Inuyasha you lucky dog." Miroku applauded earning a slap upside the head from all three of his colleagues.
" Miroku I swear you have a one track mind." Inuyasha said as he shook his head.
"well actually my cousin Ashley is going to be starting school with us next week and she seemed much more interested in his brother then anything their almost inseparable its so cute." Kagome said as she began thinking back to their previous weekend and all the time her cousin has been spending with Inuyasha's strange new brother.
"yea Jeff seems all head over heels for my cousin its actually adorable the way he looks at her I think their perfect." Kagome said giggling at the thought of her little cousin having little children with dog ears.
"awe man just as quickly as they show up they get snatched, you sure there's not another for me?" Sango sighed.
" Sango my love how could you." Miroku started to speak. " we only started going out yesterday and your already leaving me for a little puppy demon?" before he knew it Miroku had been hit with a barrage of attacks from every side.
"who the hell are you calling a puppy demon!" Inuyasha growled in annoyance.
" Miroku you idiot were gonna wait and surprise them!" Sango yelled as she held her hand which hurt from smacking Miroku.
"WHAT you guys are dating how did all that happen!" Kagome exclaimed excited to hear all the details.
"well you guys disappeared off the face of the earth so I had no choice but to hangout with this lecherous jerk.. and well he can be sweet when hes alone you just have to watch out for wandering hands." Sango replied while resting her head on her hand and sighing. Finally the bell rang ending the period and everyone got up and left the room but just as Kagome and her group began to head for the door they were stopped.
"hey you four hold on one minute." their teacher said as he approached them. " every single day you all sit back their and pay absolutely no attention to my lesson and constantly disrupt my class with your constant screaming and abusing of Miroku, one more time and i'm going to have to split you all up and give you all after school detentions and if that doesn't work i'm going to request that two of you are transferred to another class. Do I make myself clear?" the teacher spoke loudly to make sure they all understood.
" yes sir" they all answered in union.
" and if Miroku leaves my room with one more bruise i'm going to start sending people to the principle." he said as a closing to his quick lecture on behavior as he walked away.
"thanks for defending me sir." Miroku mumbled with sarcasm as he rubbed his head walking out of the room earning a chuckle from the rest of the group. Sango and Miroku said goodbye and hurried off to their next class as Inuyasha and Kagome did the same. When Kagome and Inuyasha arrived in class they sat down near each other and immediately Kagome began to speak.
"Inuyasha do you know what happened to the demon that attacked me?" Kagome asked in a slightly nervous sounding tone.
"well not really when me and Sesshomaru arrived the demon was gone and it was only Jeff left." Inuyasha replied looking at Kagome curiously.
"well I didn't mention it before because it kind of escaped my mind to tell you guys but I know who the demon is." Kagome said
"who is it Kagome that could help us a lot Sesshomaru can find almost anyone around here." Inuyasha asked hurriedly wanting to know all she knew.
"well he shouldn't be to hard to find his name is Naraku and hes in most of our classes, although hes not here today." Kagome replied taking another glance toward the back corner of the room.
"Kagome you should have told us this sooner your positive its the same person?" Inuyasha pushed.
"mhm" Kagome mumbled while shaking her head up and down.
"ok well see if we can find out what became of him." Inuyasha reassured her while covering her hand with his. This caused her to blush slightly but he just looked forward and pretended to pay attention to the lesson. The rest of the day was quite up until history. Both Inuyasha and Kagome walked into class greeted Rin and took their usual seats near the back of the room. As class went on Kagome noticed Kikyo for the first time that day only because she wouldn't stop turning around and glaring at her. This is when Kagome got a brilliant idea. Much to Kikyo's dislike Kagome lopped her arm between Inuyasha's and leaned her head onto his shoulder and pretended like she had no idea Kikyo was watching.
"hey what are you doing?" Inuyasha asked startled at Kagome's sudden gesture.
" i'm aggravating your ex girlfriend who has a staring problem, just pretend to love me for once shit Inuyasha." Kagome replied in an annoyed tone but never letting Kikyo see the annoyance between the two.
"well that shouldn't be to hard since I love parts you of you." Inuyasha replied winking at her as he slightly leaned his head on top of hers. This caused Kagome to fake a giggle as she looked at him and whispered so only she and him could hear.
"when we get out of here and shes no where around i'm going to beat you into oblivion." Kagome threatened causing Inuyasha to seemingly shrink down to the size of a child.
" I might like it" Inuyasha replied really pushing his luck now. But instead of getting angry Kagome burst into laughter.
" you must really want me on top of you to sink that low Inuyasha." she winked at him causing him to blush. He was lost for words and this only caused Kagome to laugh more hysterically. So for the rest of the period Kagome leaned on Inuyasha and actually forgot about all the nasty looks she was being given from the front of the room and just spaced out into her own world. When the bell finally rang Inuyasha had to shake Kagome to get her to snap back to life.
"day dreaming about me?" Inuyasha chuckled as she quickly grabbed her things and packed up.
"in your dreams bonehead." she replied smiling as they headed for the door.
"oh you cant imagine the things you do in my dreams." he answered following close behind her.
"your such a perv." Kagome said rolling her eyes before being swept away in a quick spin to suddenly be face to face with one person she had hopped to never see again.
"hey hows it going my beautiful Kagome." Koga asked gripping her tightly and pulling her very close to him making Kagome extremely uncomfortable.
"uhm Koga can you please let me go." Kagome answered completely ignoring his question and quickly glancing around to find Inuyasha who was no where in sight until..she saw a single clawed finger tap Koga on his shoulder Kagome knew this was going to get very ugly very fast.
" I believe the girl asked you to let her go." Inuyasha insisted while standing directly behind Koga with a very displeased look on his face. Koga's head spun around quickly to see who had dared touch him. But before Koga could say anything one of his goons ran at Inuyasha from behind earning an elbow to the nose, knocking him down to the floor.
" I'll say it one more time let her go." Inuyasha insisted glaring directly into Koga's eyes now. Koga who took this as a challenge released the girl turning fully to Inuyasha now.
"and who the hell might you be dog breath?" Koga questioned with a smirk on his face. But before Inuyasha could answer Kagome jumped in between the two and hung her arms tightly around Inuyasha's neck.
" this is my boyfriend Inuyasha." Kagome blurted out not knowing what else to say. This caused a confused look to appear on Koga's face.
"boyfriend? This halfbreed puppy is your boyfriend?" Koga began laughing. " well I guess every girl goes threw her puppy phase before upgrading to the big bad wolf.
"more like mangy pack mongrel who cant stand on his own." Inuyasha chuckled. This was it Kagome knew what was coming next and could do nothing to prevent it this time. Koga lunged at Inuyasha throwing a powerful punch directly to his face which Inuyasha easily deflected but this was only a diversion Koga had expected it to be blocked and just as quickly as the attack was deflected Koga came spinning around sending a heel kick towards the side of Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha caught the kick with ease.
"see what I mean? You don't have a leg to stand on your own." Inuyasha laughed as he tossed Koga who was balancing on one leg to the ground. Everyone who had been watching erupted in laughter at Koga's embarrassment as Inuyasha turned with Kagome attached to his side an walked towards the cafeteria.
"that was pretty impressive Inuyasha." Kagome said smiling up at the half demon, " Koga is the toughest guy in school and hes been after me for years." she said with a sigh.
" pfft? That weakling the toughest guy in this entire school? that's laughable." Inuyasha responded with a chuckle. " by the way since when was I your boyfriend?" Inuyasha asked Kagome with one eye brow raised as they walked into the cafeteria Inuyasha's arm still firmly around Kagome's waist.
" well since I was trying to get that annoying jerk to finally leave me alone and I think you put on a great show today honey." Kagome giggled as she leaned up and kissed Inuyasha on the cheek causing him to blush a little.
" well you know now we have to act like were dating to keep appearances up." Inuyasha replied grinning as they sat down at their usual table and waited for Miroku and Sango.
" oh yea huh..well I guess ill survive some how." Kagome sighed.
" hey your an ass I just saved you and that's how you treat me!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
" just kidding gosh haven't you ever heard of a joke?" Kagome answered him giggling as she laid her head onto his shoulder. Just then Miroku and Sango appeared.
"well well well aren't you two getting along nicely, you almost look like a couple." Sango said as she sat down with a smile on her face.
" oh shut up Sango were pretending to be so Koga will leave me alone." Kagome answered her with a slight blush on her face while Inuyasha paid no attention at all.
" oh 'pretending'." Sango laughed.
" yes pretending this jerk could never be nice enough to make me like him but he is helping me get rid of that annoying asshole." Kagome said getting annoyed just thinking about him.
"whoa calm down Kagome I was just kidding." Sango chuckled.
" so whens the wedding?" Miroku asked pushing Kagome over the edge. "owe!" he screamed as she kicked him as hard as she could in the shin under the table. Threw all this Inuyasha sat there thinking of how cute Kagome looked when she was annoyed and pouting. 'Wait huh?' Inuyasha thought to himself.
" hey Inuyasha your awfully quit today maybe you like the idea of dating Kagome since you haven't said anything." Miroku joked causing everyone to look at Inuyasha.
" yea sure Miroku." Inuyasha replied with out realizing what was said. This caused everyone at the table including Kagome to stare at him with their mouths hung open.
" what the hell is everyone looking at?" Inuyasha questioned as he quickly grew angry with everyone's gawking at him.
" do you realize what you just said?" Miroku began.
" not really I wasn't paying attention I was thinking about something why?" Inuyasha questioned still not aware of what he had just admitted to them.
" you said you wouldn't mind dating Kagome. " Miroku told him with a huge smirk growing on his face.
" oh fuck." Inuyasha answered out loud as he thought of how to fix this. 'If I say I wasn't paying attention and I don't like her at all then shell hate me and ill be on her shit list forever on the other hand if I say I like her things are gonna get awkward really fast.' Inuyasha thought to himself quickly.
"well Kagome's not so bad shes a hell of a lot better then Kikyo." Inuyasha replied hoping it was the right answer.
" well that's definitely true." Sango pitched in saving him.
" well of course i'm better then Kikyo everyone knows that but its about time you realized it." Kagome said with a smile. ' whew right answer' Inuyasha thought to himself. ' well i'm not so bad huh Inuyasha maybe there's some hope for him yet' Kagome thought to herself as a small smile spread across her lips.
Only Sango noticed this.
(in the mean time on the other side of the cafeteria)
" so you really think that would work?" Koga questioned.
" definitely, then we can both have what we want and all our obstacles would be out of the way." Kikyo said with an evil smirk spreading across her face.
"ok then we have a deal ill do my part just make sure you do yours." Koga answered before getting up and walking away.
After lunch Inuyasha and the gang went to their last two classes before heading home Miroku drove Sango home while Inuyasha drove Kagome.
" hey i'm gonna stop by my house to talk to Sesshomaru if that's cool you wanna hang out for awhile?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as he took off towards his home.
"sure why not." Kagome answered cheerfully, she had been in a good mood ever since lunch. They arrived at Inuyasha's house a little after Rin who welcomed them at the door Inuyasha quickly pulled Sesshomaru aside to discuss what Kagome had told him Sesshomaru said he would take immediate measures to find the demon responsible for the attack. And with that Inuyasha grabbed Kagome by the hand and headed for the stairs towards his room.
" awe look at these two finally getting along their so cute don't you agree Sesshomaru?" Rin giggled causing Kagome to blush lightly.
"why does everyone think were in love." Inuyasha yelled.
"No one mentioned anything about being in love little brother is there something you'd like to tell the young lady?" Sesshomaru egged Inuyasha on. This caused Inuyasha to blush and with a huff of annoyance and continue up the stairs. Rin burst into laughter as they retreated up the stairs.
"everyone around here is so stupid we cant just be friends without being in love." Inuyasha mumbled as he opened his bedroom door.
"well whats so bad about being more then friends?" Kagome asked blushing lightly as they entered the room and she took a seat on his bed.
" well nothing I guess but that's not us." Inuyasha answered as though it was obvious as he sat down next to her. This caused a slightly depressed look to come upon Kagome's face.
" so what you said at lunch today? Was that just a joke?" Kagome asked curiously.
"no I meant it I just.." Inuyasha stopped himself realizing how deep he was digging his hole.
" just what," Kagome asked getting more upset with every word he spoke.
" Kagome would you be my girlfriend?" Inuyasha blurted out unsure of why he did.
"uh.. I don't know Inuyasha this is very sudden and.." Kagome began taken completely by surprise by Inuyasha's sudden proposal to date.
" see that's why I never said anything about liking you and I always made it seem like I didn't because I knew you didn't feel the same about me." Inuyasha said looking out his window red with embarrassment. But before he could say anymore Kagome grabbed his face in her hand and kissed him. He didn't know what to do as her tender lips met his he let his arms wrap around her and pull her closer to him as he began to kiss her back.
" Kagome.." Inuyasha whispered as he caught his breath still shocked that she kissed him like that.
" I've always liked you idiot I've just been waiting for you to show me you had feelings for me to so I didn't make a fool of myself." she whispered with her head down.
" well then I guess were both stubborn fools aren't we." Inuyasha chuckled as he held her chin up and kissed her again.
" I guess so but you better be a lot nicer to me from now on!" Kagome demanded as she pretended to pout.
" does that mean your saying yes?" Inuyasha questioned with a growing smirk on his face.
" maybe.." Kagome said jokingly as she reached up kissed him on the cheek and ran towards the door. But was blocked by Inuyasha before she could make it.
" maybe isn't an answer." Inuyasha demanded with a smile.
" well duh of course i'm saying yes I kissed you idiot not get out of my way so I can go tell rin you finally grew a pair." Kagome laughed at the look on Inuyasha's face as she shoved him aside and ran downstairs to find Rin making dinner in the kitchen. Kagome began shrieking loudly as soon as she saw her.
" he finally asked me out!" she screamed jumping up and down. Causing Rin to do the same and also start shrieking in excitement.
" now the only ones left are Jeff and Ashley Rin said as she put her finger on her chin and began thinking of all the things they could all do as couples.
"oh crap we left them two at my house alone all day!" Kagome shrieked as she realized what they had done.
"uh oh their might be little puppy dog babies running around by now Rin joked as Inuyasha who had been listening to everything came down the stairs.
" well we should probably go tear them two apart then shouldn't we?" Inuyasha chuckled as Kagome gave him a grotesque look.
" shut up that's nasty that's my cousin you perv!" she screamed as she slapped him. They both hurried into Inuyasha's car and headed back to Kagome's house.
( back at Kagome's house)
Jeff and Ashley had given up their training for the day because Jeff had sensed his brother and Kagome heading back in their direction so Ashley began preparing dinner while he leaned against his favorite tree outside waiting for them to arrive. He watched Ashley threw the kitchen window as she gracefully moved around the kitchen preparing their meal. He couldn't help but think about how beautiful she was until his thoughts were interrupted by Inuyasha obnoxiously honking the horn at him as they pulled up to the house. As they got out of the car Jeff walked up to greet them and walk into the house.
" hey hows it going Jeff?" Inuyasha began " we had to rush home to make sure you two weren't doing it you know you killed my fun." Inuyasha said grinning before being punched from both sides by Jeff and Kagome who proceeded to high five each other afterwards.
"This isn't right." Inuyasha mumbled under his breath as he rubbed his head and headed for the house following the other two.
" so what did you guys do all day?" Kagome questioned.
"well I stood watch outside most of the day, Ashley made me lunch and brought it out to me and she ate outside with me and we talked a bit before she went back in." Jeff answered completely lying threw his teeth with a perfectly straight face.
" hmm I think my little cousin has a thing for you Jeff." Kagome laughed as she chuckled and elbowed him in the ribs. This caused Jeff to smile a bit. But when they opened the door all laughing and smiling faded as they faced a very pissed looking little girl.
" just because your on the other side of the door doesn't mean I cant hear you!" Ashley scolded her cousin.
" i'm sorry i'm sorry!" Kagome pleaded but it was to late Ashley had already put her in a head lock and began giving her a nuggie.
"hey whats for dinner it smells great." Inuyasha complimented.
"were having beef tender loin cut into medallions and slowly cooked inside this spicy Portuguese sauce I saw on TV." Ashley said gleefully as she let her cousin go to brag about her cooking. So after a little while they all sat down to eat.
"mm its delicious Ashley." Kagome complimented as she quickly devoured the food.
"thank you Kagome." Ashley said pleased with how her meal came out as well the boys seemed to enjoy it to although they didn't say anything they were done in no time and fighting over seconds.
" oh yea Ashley I forgot to tell you what Inuyasha did today." Kagome said as she finished her meal and pushed her plate forward as she sat back in her chair.
" what did he do?" Ashley asked curiously not having the slightest clue.
" do you have to brag to everyone? I know i'm awesome but come on." Inuyasha smirked.
" well he asked me out today after school." Kagome said smiling then glaring over at Inuyasha.
" just because I said yes doesn't mean you have the right to be even more arrogant then you already are your lucky to have me." Kagome said sticking her nose in the air.
"Well that's great now hopefully you guys don't kill each other in the mean time." Ashley answered laughing. So after awhile of talking around the dinner table Kagome and Ashley cleaned up and headed upstairs to shower and get ready for bed. While Jeff and Inuyasha discussed the demon that attacked Kagome that night.
" Kagome told me that demon is a student at our school, he wasn't in today but if hes there when you start you can not lay a finger on him in public no one can be around to see it understand?" Inuyasha warned with a very serious look.
" of course." Jeff responded understanding the danger of having a full scale battle inside a class room.
" his name is Naraku and supposedly hes in most of our classes Sesshomaru has people out looking for him as well so don't worry to much." Inuyasha said as he turned towards the bottom of the stairs in time to see Kagome stop on the bottom step in some very sexy shorts.
" me and Ashley are gonna go to bed so don't come upstairs you guys can sleep where ever you want." she said before hurrying up stairs and texting Sango the good news about her and Inuyasha.
Kagome: hey Sango guess what?
Songo: whats up Kagome?
Kagome: Inuyasha finally asked me out today after school! It was adorable.
Songo: about time I knew you guys had the hots for each other ;]
Kagome: well duh he just had to say it first that's what men do lol
Songo: I had to tell Miroku I loved him first -_-
Kagome: not uh really?
Songo: yup I think he meant well by saying he loves parts of me but he just couldn't get it right by saying he loved all of me lol
Kagome: i'm so sorry Sango XD
Sango: well I guess i'm stuck with him now but i'm gonna go to bed ill see you in class tomorrow kegs night
Kagome: ok goodnight Sango.
So Jeff went out to the roof Inuyasha crashed on the couch and the girls went to sleep in their respective rooms. After what seemed like hours Jeff finally heard the noise he had been waiting for he turned his head to see Ashley motioning for him to come in. he entered the dark room and sat on the bed next to his girlfriend.
"so Jeff whats the big deal about everything that's happening with me and you why do we have to hide it? Inuyasha and Kagome can tell everyone about their relationship." Ashley asked curiously.
"well its been a very long time since I've been in a world with humans and Sesshomaru sees me to be a little unstable and unsafe for people to be around..that's why he sent Inuyasha to guard over me." Jeff said while looking down.
" well I know you'd never hurt me." Ashley said smiling and pushing Jeff's head up in order to kiss him.
" yea but when the full moon is out something strange happens to me if I start fighting I change and I lose control so I don't know who i'm hurting." Jeff said still looking down .
" well maybe you just need someone to love you to snap you out of it I still don't think you'd ever hurt me." Ashley said smiling.
" thank you Ashley." Jeff whispered before allowing himself to be pulled into another kiss. After a couple of hours of cuddling and talking, Ashley drifted off into a deep sleep. Jeff snuck back out the window and closed it behind him because it was a chilly night. But just as he shut the window he heard a voice behind him.
" busted.." Inuyasha said with a smug smirk on his face.
" holy shit Inuyasha don't scare me like that." Jeff said leaning in his spot against the wall between the two windows.
" so what were you guys up to this whole time in there?" Inuyasha questioned.
" well she wanted to ask about the demon so I told her what I know and we talked a bit that's all." Jeff said hoping Inuyasha didn't push for anymore information and just left it alone.
" mhm." Inuyasha replied giving Jeff a very skeptical look. " as long as you have consent from her you can polish the old torpedo all you want." Inuyasha chuckled as he jumped off the roof.
" were not doin..." Jeff began.
" don't worry I wont tell Sesshomaru or Kagome just make sure shes ok with it things are a bit different here you cant let your instinct control you but I don't think you have that problem you seem to be in control." Inuyasha smirked as he walked back inside the house. 'if only he knew what this girl was capable of' Jeff thought to himself. The rest of the week went like this, Kagome and Inuyasha went to school and slowly started growing together. Jeff and Ashley stood at home and practiced Ashley's skills, while playing and flirting throughout the day. Kagome found out the Halloween dance was this Friday and devised a plan to get Ashley and Jeff into the party as well so everyone could be together. Jeff would go as Kagome's date and Ashley as Inuyasha's this way they could get enough tickets to get everyone in and they would switch off once inside.