Okay, had a spike in views last night! Made me very excited and got some review. :D Thanks for the input.

Thestarrider: I did realize I was rushing a bit and I will take that into more consideration. I've just always been a right to the point kind of girl so it is hard to drag things out.

Vampireinu95: I know Kagome is a little rough right now but see I tried to reverse the roles. Usually inuyasha is the rough one so I decided to make kagomes personality actually Inuyashas. If I write more stories you'll probably notice it's a back and forth kind of thing, I like to touch base on both of their inner personalities.

Anyway heres the next chapter! Enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Chapter Five: Thinking for a Life time

Kagome watched with a horrid look on her face as Inuyasha scoffed down two bowls of Ramen at once. If she wasn't hungry earlier she definitely isn't now.

Sango and Miroku were fighting over some movie while shoving the food in their mouths as well, but Kagome only sighed and pretended to eat the food for her friends sake.

'If I pretend to go to the bathroom I could probably slip into the kitchen and dump the food' she sighed. It's not like she didn't like ramen she just didn't want to eat. Earlier when she ate out with Inuyasha she felt very weird, she hadn't had an appetite all week and then suddenly she couldn't eat enough.

Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, the noodles hanging out of his mouth "Yo gnna eat tha?" He asked.

She had been lost in thought when he asked that, her mind was flooded with questions about the house and the apartment. It felt like Kagome was making a choice on where to stay for the rest of her life rather than a few years.

She smiled and nodded once Sango shot her a glare taking a few noodles and slurping them up. She loved the taste but the way her stomach turned told her she really didn't want to eat. Sango shrugged and went back to talking to Miroku but Inuyasha knew better.

He watched the girls face for a few moments, the way her smile had faded so quickly and how her eyes held pain told him she wasn't happy at all.

Kagome knew the same, she could tell she wasn't happy. She figured it was the divorce, but somehow that didn't feel like it was the full truth. She felt like there was another reason, maybe selling the house was the issue.

She didn't want to, but she also did want to. Maybe she should take some time like Inuyasha said.

When she looked up from her bowl of ramen she saw that he had been watching her, his eyes searching for hers. When their gazes met his cheeks turned a small hint of red and he went back to devouring his food.

She figured it was probably from what happened earlier when they were in the kitchen. She did admit she had gone a little over board tackling him, but he was constantly avoiding the subject of his hat. When she had tried to pull it off he only got angrier. Figures.

"Ugh! Are you crazy wench?" Inuyasha growled pushing her hands away.

"What are you hiding under there huh?! A bag of weed or something?" She yelled back making a grab for the hat again.

"Maybe! I have other clients to deal with other than crazy chicks needing apartments." He snapped trying to shove the girl off, but the way she used her legs to keep his spread made it hard to jerk her off.

"REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED! GODZILLAS GONE INSANE!" Inuyasha shouted.

Kagome gasped sending him a spiteful look. "Jerk!" She hissed making one more grab for the hat.

He sighed before grabbing her shoulders and shoving her off in an instant. Kagome yelped as her back hit the ground, not from pain but from shock.

Now Inuyasha was by her side his eyes wide and full of regret "Kagome shit! Are you okay?"

Kagome's head was spinning, when her gaze finally landed on Inuyasha she smiled and nodded her head. She wasn't in pain but she was definitely confused.

She had a million and one questions to ask him now, like about his strength. He was strong that was no doubt, his muscles made that pretty clear. But the way he shoved her off, it looked like he was pushing a bag of cotton. He didn't even have to move his arms much, he just sorta flicked her off like a fly.

He was talking to her now, fast, repeating questions and constantly touching her shoulder and back. Kagome hadn't even noticed until his hand touched her elbow. She winched and pulled away as the sharp pain echoed in her arm.

His head lowered his eyes not even bothering to meet her gaze. "Sorry" he muttered.

She shook her head "Don't be." she said giving him a weak smile.

Miroku and Sango ran into the kitchen, Sangos shirt was once again loose on her body and Miroku's pants were twisted to the right.

It was safe to say Kagome wasn't gonna let them leave the house alive.

"Well well well, you two look cozy." Miroku said giving a small chuckle. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow staring at the couple.

"Well what about you too?" He said. Sango covered her eyes releasing a sigh before hitting Miroku.

"Blame him" she yelled.

"Me?! Really? Your just as much a culprit as I am!" He yelled back at her.

"Oh really?! Because by the way you dragged me into the guest room i'd say-"

"Dragged?! Really? I dragged you in? With the way your hands were shoved in my pants I'd say I was more or less defending my pride!" He exclaimed throwing his hands up.

"Really now? Defending your pride?" She yelled.

"Yes! In fact.." He turned to Kagome "The guest bed squeaks way to much! I shouldn't have to defend my pride under these conditions!"

Kagomes shoved her fingers into her ears making a contorted face. "Holy shit!"

Sango's face had turned ghost white, Inuyasha was currently gagging over the sink, and Miroku was praying for his life.

Mainly because of the glare Sango was giving him.

"Kagome are you even listening to me?" Sango said tapping the zoned out girls shoulder.

"Wait? Wha..?" Kagome said looking at Sango.

She shook her head, putting her hands on her hips she turned to Miroku and cocked her head to the side before turning back to Kagome. "I said Inuyasha is leaving so me and Miroku are gonna go too. Okay?"

Kagome's head shot up looking around for the white haired man, he was leaning against the wall his hands dug deep into his pockets. She raised her eyebrow at him but he just shrugged.

"I got work tomorrow, I hadn't even intended to stay as late as I did." He said.

"Another day as a real estate agent." Miroku snorted raising the beer glass to his mouth "Sounds fun."

"Funner than being an accountant." Inuyasha replied. Miroku shot him a glare before shrugging.

"If it gets the bills paid." He said with a solid smile.

"Oh please, we all know Sango's pay check is bigger than yours. If you guys have a kid we know for sure who would have to be the stay at home mom." Inuyasha said before looking at Sango who only nodded in agreement.

"That so isn't true." Miroku said looking at Sango.

"Of course baby." She said before walking over and giving him a peck on the cheek."See ya tomorrow Kaggy" She said before shoving her nagging husband out the door.

There was a moment of silence as Kagome stood up to put the bowls away, Inuyasha was shrugging his jacket onto his shoulders watching her "I think he'll make a good house wife one day" He said.

She smiled and nodded "He certainly is needy and clingy like a house wife." (NO OFFENSE INTENDED)

Inuyasha smiled at the girl before walking over to help her, she shook her head trying to take the bowl from him but he pulled away "Let me help. It gives me an excuse to stay longer."

Kagome looked up at him her eyes widening a bit, his face turned red as he stammered to get the next sentence out of his mouth.

"I m-mean ya know? There,..probably fighting in the driveway right now.." He said his eyes avoiding hers.

She nodded hearing the deception in his voice. "Your right" She said dropping the topic. She pushed past him into the kitchen, he watched her for a few seconds before sighing.

Even if it was a little white lie, lying to her felt harder than lying to his mother.

"Ugh, that was rough." Kagome said throwing herself onto her bed. Most of the room was packed up except for the dresser, whose drawers were poorly taped closed. "They're so fired."

She rolled over onto her back staring up at the ceiling. 'White' She thought 'why must ceilings always be white?'

She rolled her eyes and sighed, putting her hands under her head.

"I don't know anything about dogs, or about living on my own!" She shouted throwing her arms out. True she had been on her own since the divorce but she wasn't really living. When the week day came she shoved herself into what ever clothing she could find and trudged on to work.

It isn't like she didn't want to go to work, it was actually the opposite. She loved seeing all her bright students work on their art projects. She was just a regular art professor at Cunninghams Univerity for Gifted Artists.

She did have to admit some of the students gave her a hard time. Like Shippo what-ever-his-last-name-was. She tried over and over to remember it, but he was always changing it when ever his mother got a new boyfriend. She never bothered to look it up, figured playing guess-my-name was funner.

He was a bright student, when he wasn't trying to flirt with Kagome.

Most of her students were very well behaved, they had seen Kagome's painting of a flower made out of peacock feathers. It wasn't the most creative painting but the way her brush strokes were and the colors she used made anyone gawk at it.

At least Inuyasha did. She moment Kagome left his office he looked the girl up on his laptop, photos, paintings, and even poetry came up instantly but nothing intrigue him more than the flower.

Of course he probably wouldn't tell her that.

Kagome turned onto her side propping her head up with her hand, her tv was unplugged and the remote was missing. "Bastards" she seethed before turning back onto her back.

She would have to go to work in two days which meant she was stuck with Sango and her sex-addicted husband tomorrow.

'Maybe Inuyasha would drop by' she raised her eye brows at the thought 'why do I care?'

She sighed leaning over to turn out the light.

She already knew tomorrow would be a long day.

When the phone rang at 9:30 in the morning Kagome knew who ever was calling was either on heavy medication for thinking it was a good idea to call her before 12:00 or had a death wish.

None the less she crawled out of bed and onto the floor reaching up for the phone on the fourth ring. She shook the phone in her hand for a second before finally speaking "Hello.."

"HEY SIS!" Souta yelled into the phone. Kagome cringed pulling the phone far away from her ear.

"Hi Souta, what's up?" She asked her voice groggy.

"Mmm nothing. Mom just wants to know your doing, grandpa also wants to know where Kouga moved too." He said a smiled wide across his face.

"Why does grandpa want to know that?" Kagome said picking herself up off of the floor.

"I don't know, but I saw him sharpening knives in the shed yesturday.." Souta trailed off.

"Souta, there's a lot of things wrong with that sentence..."

"Like what?" He interjected.

"Like the fact that grandpa is near the knives." she said

"Oh come on sis, he isn't actually gonna do anything!" He exclaimed, once again Kagome found herself keeping the phone away from her ear.

"That's what you guys said after Hojo broke up with me for Yumi. But before I knew it he was following Hojo around threating to hose his body down with bleach! And he even had a bottle of bleach with him!" Kagome sternly stated.

"Yeah but he didn't do it!" He defended.

"Because I came after him screaming that I would throw him in a nursing home if he did!" She retorted.

"Oh right" Souta said "Anyway mom wants to know if you'd like to come over for dinner this week? Maybe thursday?"

She sighed, no matter how much she loved her mother she couldn't stand the look in her eyes when ever she saw her. Pity.

"Uh, i'll think about it Souta."

She could hear him sigh into the phone "Okay, we miss you Kagome." He said his voice hinting at a feeling of being upset.

"Yeah I miss you guys too." She sighed "Listen Souta I have some packing to do and-"

"You found an apartment!" He shouted. 'note to self, never answer the phone in the morning again.'

"Yeah but-"

"Mom! Kagome found an apartment!" She heard him yell. She heard her mom yell something back that she couldn't make out. Now she had done it.

She could hear her mother yelling for Souta to give her the phone "Hey Souta I'm really sorry but I have to go! Love you guys bye!" She hung the phone up quickly looking around the room. Okay she could've handled that situation a little better, but she didn't feel like hearing her mother tell her how sorry she was.

She stood up looking around the room, Souta's yelling had jerked her body right awake and she wondered if she should even attempt to go to sleep again.

When she fell on the bed completely passed out she knew it was worth it.

The next time Kagome woke up was at the sound of her door slamming and stomping. Crap, she forgot Sango was coming over. When she looked at her phone sitting on her nightstand flashing the '4 missed calls' sign she knew she was dead.

"KAAAGOMEEEE!" Sango shouted dragging an upset Miroku behind her.

Kagome quickly jumped out of her bed, Sango was stomping up the stairs which gave her exactly 10 seconds. So what did Kagome do?

She hid in the closet.

Looking around the dark cramped closet Kagome wondered why she hardly used it, it had enough room for her to hang some dresses. Of course that would make sense if she had some.

Dresses just didn't cut it like jeans and shirt.

Now she could hear Sango at the bedroom door huffing at the empty room, Miroku was complaining about Sango's grip. Kagome chuckled at his nagging 'such a house wife' she thought.

Then came the swinging open of the closet door and that bright light Kagome couldn't stand. She hissed at Sango covering her eyes who only smirked.

"Serves you right for trying to hide from your loving and compassionate best friend!" Sango yelled. Miroku let out a huff from behind her rubbing his hand.

"Yeah, right." He muttered under his breathe. Sango turned to look at him her eyes blazing with anger.

"Ooooohhhh your in troouuble" Kagome said laughing to herself.

Sango gave her a look and Kagomes mouth clamped shut.

"Now why didn't you answer my phone calls huh?" Kagome rolled her eyes at Sango.

"Lighten up It was an accident. I left my phone on silent. Besides I think it was a little crazy for you to call 4 times!"

Miroku chuckled in the back ground, Sango rolled her eyes and flicked her hand at him.

"I'm sorry but when Souta called saying you hung up abruptly I thought i'd call. Why is it that your phone wasn't on silent when he called huh?" Sango asked.

"Because one Souta called the house phone and two even if he did call my cell and answer I would've put the phone on silent immediately."

Sango nodded "Now Miroku about your comment from earlier..." turning back to Miroku who, surprise surprise, was no longer in the room.

"Oh that lecher! When I find him i'm gonna-"

"Hey whoa! Leave the poor guy alone." A masculine voice called from the doorway. Kagome poked her head out of the closet slightly looking at the man leaning into the door frame.

"Inuyasha..?" Kagome said at a lost for words.

He smiled and looked at her "Figured you'd need saving from Sango and Miroku today."

Kagome blinked looking at the man with wide eyes "I thought you had work..." she muttered.

He laughed a bit looking at her then taking a deep breathe "I lied."

Sango looked back and forth between Kagome and Inuyasha before escorting herself out of the room. Inuyasha smiled at Kagome and walked over to her "I thought you were in the closet" He laughed.

She smiled slightly looking up at the silver haired man, he was dressed more casually this time, wearing a black t-shirt that showed his muscles off perfectly, with tight blue jeans, and black sneakers. When Kagome saw Inuyasha's face flushed she gasped.

She shoved him out of her room quickly before slamming the door. How could Sango let Inuyasha come in the room with her dressed in only a tang top and panties?!

None the less, someone was gonna pay for it.

And Kagome knew just who it was.