Chapter 8: Changing Colors

Kagome POV

BBBEEEPPP! BBEEEEEEPPP! BEEPP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Ugghhh, shut up!" I yelled, pressing my pillow against my head. I continued to listen to the beeping coming from outside for a few more seconds before hearing someone bang on my door. 'Really?'

"Oh come on!" I groaned rolling over. "What?"

I watched my bedroom door slam open to reveal my little pest of a brother. I narrowed my eyes at Souta.

"Sis, mom said to go tell the guy that dropped you off last night to lay off the horn before the neighbors start to complain." He said folding his arms over his chest.

"Dang, I did forget about Inuyasha picking me up for school." I looked over at the little alarm clock on my night stand to see that it was two minutes til seven. Then I remembered why I didn't set my alarm clock last night as Souta finally left the room, shaking his head.

"Ugghhh, the idiot must of not known today was fall break." I groaned as the side of my cheek stayed glued to the soft pillow.

I heard loud speaking coming from down stairs, then a set of foot steps running up the flight of stairs as I sat up. As soon as I finished scratching my head, the foot steps stopped and my door swung open to reveal an irritated Inuyasha.

"Good morning." I said stretching while Inuyasha looked like he was having a panic-attack.

"Are you crazy wench. It's 7:01am and we need to be at school in nine minutes! Damn it, it's only my second day and-"

"Inuyasha." I said leaning back smiling.

"-I mean, I've never had a perfect attendance record-"

"Inuyasha." I said again, getting annoyed.

"-not only that though-"

"INUYASHA!" I yelled out, finally getting his attention.

"WHAT!"

I grinned. "We don't have school today."

He paused and stared. "Okay, you must be stupid because clearly my phone says Thursday, not Saturday." He said, pulling said item out of his jacket pocket.

I huffed at his comment. "It's Fall Break. Didn't anyone tell you yesterday?" I asked frowning.

He looked dumb-founded. "IIIII- no." I watched his ears droop down on his head and I felt bad.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you yesterday or last night. I kinda forgot myself." I told him. I honestly felt really bad for not thinking about telling him.

He shook his head. "Naahh, it's cool. Kinda pissed though that I had a chance to sleep in and didn't. Other than that though, it's fine." He said with a smirk. I could tell he was lying though.

"So, since I'm here and we got the day off, what do ya wanna do?" Inuyasha asked as his head tilted to the side and his ear twitched. It had to be a dog thing. It was too cute!

I quickly crawled under the covers and threw them over my head as I replied. "Sleep!"

A second later though they were yanked away and cool air hit my body making me groan. "Nooooo." I whined.

"Keh, get you ass up wench. You made me miss my sleep-in day, so you don't get one either."

My eyes snapped open and my head shot up. I was never a morning person. "What do you mean it's my fault! I can't help it I forgot and I didn't know you didn't know, so don't give me that crap!" I said glaring at the hanyou.

He stuck his nose in the air before going over to the window on the right side of my bed and sitting under it. "Keh."

I huffed and went over to my closet ignoring him as I realized something. "Hey, how the hell did you know I was wearing clothes when you ripped off my sheets? A lot of girls don't sleep in pants. What if I was naked below my pink tank-top?" I asked. It was a random thought, but hey I get hot and underwear is more comfortable than pants.

I watched him smirk as he arched an eye-brow. "Are you usually naked under them, and if so I wonder why?" A funny grin appeared on his face as he said it and for a moment he reminded me of Miroku.

I blushed. "No, and I'm not into that. Why do you have to make some naughty joke for?" I told him, puffing out my cheeks.

I heard him laugh as I walked into my closet ,closing the door slightly before quickly stripping and grabbing a pair of loose sweat shorts that were gray and a tight red t-shirt. Smiling at my comfy clothes, I walked out of the closet to see Inuyasha staring out the window looking bored.

"So, what do you wanna do?" I asked and went to sit on my bed.

He turned to look at me as I sat down and noticed my clothes. "Keh, doesn't look like you wanna go anywhere so I guess stay here." He said turning to look back out the window. I frowned.

"What do my clothes have to do with it. I'm fine leaving somewhere like this. If you want to do something just say so."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes before grinning. "Hey, when I was coming up here your mom said something about taking your family out somewhere and that they weren't coming back for a couple hours. So we got the house to ourselves, and I got these!"

I watched as he ripped out a bag of jolly ranchers. I rolled my eyes.

"I thought dogs couldn't eat sweets?"

"Keh, stupid ones. I could go get us a movie too if you want?" Inuyasha asked, unwrapping and popping a green rancher into his mouth. I quickly remembered then what Gramps said to me last night.

"Nahhh," I grinned evilly, "What do you know about shrines Inuyasha?" I watched as he looked at me uneasily.

"Not much. I know it's sacred land, that miko's and monks take care of, or whatever. Why?"

My smile only grew. "Because I have work to do around the shrine and your helping." I quickly jumped off the bed and grabbed one of his ears as he started yelling.

"What?! Wench I never agreed- Ouch! That hurts! Ouch! Kagome those are sensitive." He whined as I dragged him down the stairs. I let go when we got to the bottom.

"Sorry Inuyasha." I said giving him a sympathetic look before turning around toward the door.

"Keh, if you were, you would have let go sooner." I ignored him.

Slipping on my dark beige Uggs, I slid open the doors and breathed in the fresh air and sunshine. I absolutely loved being outside.

"It's such a nice day outside don't you think?" I asked him as I hoped off the stoop before walking toward the shrines shed.

"Sure, when the airs not being polluted, and I don't have to cover my nose and mouth to get a good breath. Why do we have to clean anyway? I thought we were on break? It's not like many people come to this little run down shrine any-"

'Smack!' I watched Inuyasha fall to the ground as I held the wood broom I grabbed that was leaning against the shed in my right hand. I cleared my throat. "I'm sorry, were you saying something Inuyasha?"

"Smufid mench." I heard as his face stayed implanted in the ground.

"I'm sorry, but I don't speak dirt." Lifting my nose into the air, I turned my back to him and walked into the shed as he heaved his body up. I walked into the shed to see dust and boxes that looked like they hadn't been touched in years. Great.

"Okay Inuyasha, my Gramp's needs us to take the boxes on the two top selves on the left down, and move them over to the door. Be careful though, the stuff's really- Inuyasha?" He was gone. "Inuyasha?"

Looking outside the door, the only thing I saw was his face print in the ground. "INUYASHA!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I heard a soft 'Keh' come from the side of the shed and walked around to see the dog-eared boy sitting in the God tree a few feet away. I glared.

'That lazy ass bastard.' I thought walking under the tree that was a couple feet away. "Hey!"

He didn't even look a me. "You need to come help me, I can't move all those boxes by myself." I pouted.

"Why should I? I've known you for what? A day? And all you are is a headache. If it's not my brother up my ass to do something, it's you. I'm my own half-demon you know, I don't have to go around being generous, but to be honest I would take your brain dead attitude over going home to my brother to hear him bitch any day. Sadly though, even so, I'm not in the mood to help you any more than I have. Go do your job yourself."

I gritted my teeth at his attitude, and by the end of his rant I wished I had demon powers too, so I could jump in that tree and knock his smart ass down! I had to admit though that it was my job, that I did push him into.

"Fine. I'm sorry. Okay? Happy? I'm always the one apologizing though, and I have no idea what your talking about! You haven't helped me in anyway since I've meet you! All you've done is make my life more complicated if anything!"

"You don't think I've helped you? Ha! Don't make me laugh. You would be dead right know if I wasn't around to help you. God, you bitch more then my girlfriend! I honestly don't get why I'm here trying to do something for you, but I think you'll be fine on your own."

Inuyasha jumped out of the tree and started walking to the stairs. Not even looking back as he spoke. "If I'm gonna listen to a girl bitch I rather it be my girlfriend. Maybe I'll see you around Kagome. Just don't come crying to me when your so called dreams of an evil monster become real."

I growled and watched as he walked down the steps. I heard a car door slam shut before the tires to his car started to screech as he drove away.

"Well fine. It's not like I haven't done this before by myself anyway." I said, then frowned. "People are going to start thinking I'm crazy if I keep talking to myself. If anybody's crazy it's that half-brained idiot."

Walking into the shed again I put on a determined face and grabbed the step stool by the door. 'The faster I start, the faster I get done.' I thought, and began working.

2 Hours Later

"I can't do this." I panted, dropping to the ground by the door to the house. Gramps must have officially wanted to kill me. I had only moved five normal sized boxes in the past two hours across the shrine, but they were probably as heavy as me! Now I wasn't fat, but being I weighed about one-hundred and twenty pounds, at a height of about five-five, I was tired.

"What are in these boxes, rocks?" I pulled open the one sitting beside me that I had just finished moving and as I looked inside, my eye-twitched. Rocks. Little crystal multicolored rocks.

'That's what the Hell I've been moving all morning! Colorful rocks?' I felt my blood boil. God help the poor soul who comes across me and my anger at this moment.

"Miko."

I growled. I don't know how, but I did and I swear I probably spouted fangs too! I turned my head slowly to stare up at liquid gold eyes. "Sesshomaru."

He was wearing a tailored black business suit with his hair pulled back into a braid. He wore a silver tie over his crisp black shirt, and I watched him lift an eye-brow at me in question.

I glared. "What are you doing here Sesshomaru?"

"Where is the half-breed? I got a call that school was not in due to some break." I frowned.

"How did you know he was here then? You don't know, or, you shouldn't know where I live." I never told him, and I'm sure Inuyasha didn't, not after telling me to stay away.

"Hnn." He took a step closer. One more step and he would be right in front of me.

I slowly stood up and reached for the door handle behind me. "Ummm." I couldn't look at him.

"Do I make you uncomfortable Kagome." I gasped, and felt my heart start to race as an unknown fear made me start to panic.

Sesshomaru tilted his head as he took another step to me. I whimpered when he reached for me, lightly picking up a loose strand of my hair. "Kagome, why do you fear me? How is it I make you nervous and I don't even have to try?"

I clenched my jaw. Narrowing my eyes I met his stare head on. "I don't fear you. Yes, I'll be the bigger person and say you make me nervous, but that's it. I know I could purify your ass to Hell and back if I wanted. But, you still haven't answered my question. How did you know I lived here Sesshomaru?"

It took him a minute to answer as he pursed his thin lips. "I do not answer to those beneath me." He smirked. "But, I don't mind you being there in the least."

I blushed, even though I didn't really get it since we were standing, but a little voice inside me said it was dirty. Well, I got come backs too!

"Well to bad, I like my place above you better. I'm always on top and it will always stay that way." Ha-ha! I'm so smart. Or maybe not.

I watched as he growled and bared his fangs before grabbing a fist full of my hair and shoving me against the door with a snarl. He yanked my head to the side, making me cry out as he leaned down to my bared throat, razing his fangs against it.

"If I actually believed you knew what you were saying I would take you here and now. Lucky for you, I feel like prolonging our relationship a little longer."

He licked my neck and I had to bit my lip when a shiver ran through my body as he continued. "You are something that has caught my interest, and when I want something I get it. No matter what it is, and no matter what the cost. If you don't believe me, ask Inuyasha." With that said, he pulled away and was gone in a blink of an eye.

I stared wide-eyed in front of me as I fell back down on the stoop to the door. My lips were parted as I breathed heavily.

'Maybe Inuyasha was right after all. About everything. Dear God, what have I got myself into.'

A/N: MEERRRYY CHRISTMASSS! Here's your guys present. So sorry I haven't updated, but I've been enjoying my xmas break. I actually have been working on this chapter for like probably over two weeks though. :/ I've started on chapter nine already and I'm halfway through so yay. Might update later in the day since it's 1:38am here. My cousins laying next to me and is busy on her phone well now she's going to sleep, so I decided to finish this. YAYYYY! Okay idk what I'm even writing anymore. Oh, but this is the longest chapter I've everwritten for this story so far. :D REVIEW PLEASE!