Hello again, here is a new chapter for you. I hope you enjoyed the last one and have read Kirara's Adventure (I) such that you are ready for more^^
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Home alone.
Kirara sat irritated on a piece of paper, still covered in blood and other things. Kagome's mother had an angry and displeased look on her face. Souta was staring at the floor, looking both shameful and embarrassed. Kagome and Inu Yasha sat together on the sofa, laughing and giggling while grandpa just rolled his eyes behind the newspaper he unsuccessfully tried to read.
"Souta!" Mrs. Higurashi began with a dangerously deep voice. "What have I told you about watching adult movies?"
"I am sorry mom." Souta squeaked.
"You better be!" Inu Yasha managed to say between his giggles. "I have never heard anyone scream with such a high pitched noise in whole my life. Hehe. Even Kagome screams more manly than you!"
"I don't scream." Kagome protested gleefully.
"Yes you do," Inu yasha insisted, "But nothing like your brother."
Souta sent the half demon a glare and mumbled "Shut up!"
"Souta!" Mrs. Higurashi scolded. "As a punishment for seeing that movie, and for disturbing Kirara while she ate, you are going to clean up inside the well house tomorrow before you go to school."
"Cleaning up all the blood and… the other things will take ages." Souta whined.
"True," His mother nodded, "Therefore you must begin early and that is why I want you to bed right away," she said and pointed towards the stairs. "In bed with you!"
Souta's head hang down "Geez, okay mom," he said, turned around and left for his room.
Kagome and Inu Yasha watched the boy leaving quietly before Mrs. Higurashi addressed Kirara;
"I hope you don't mind taking a bath before you start walk around in the house, I am afraid you will leave some unfortunate marks on the furniture the way you are now."
Kirara wagged her tails and stomped her tiny paws on the piece of paper. Being the neat, tidy and clean creature she was, a bath would absolutely be welcome now. She knew most cats hated bathing almost as much as they hated lice, but fortunately, she didn't mind it too much. Perhaps she was related to tiger demons, because tigers really enjoyed a bath.
It was Kagome who took her for a bath a few minutes later, the priestess, washed off the worst the mess in the bathroom sink.
Kagome grinned at her furry little friend as her hands skillfully rubbed her, "There, I got the worst out of your fur. But I would still like for you to take a bath with me if you don't mind. I can clean you better in there and use a delicious smelling shampoo that will make your pelt shine and then I can comb you."
The cat creature stared up at her, looking somewhat uncertain, she needed to avoid unusual smells if she wanted to hunt. But then again, that was something she didn't need to worry about around here in Kagome's time.
"Oh, I didn't explain the indoor bathtub to you properly last time," Kagome said as she began filling up the bathtub with warm water. "It may not be as large as a real hot spring, but it sure will do well for your body. The plumbing take care of our warm and cold water, and of course there is shampoo, towels and hairdryers..." She said with dreamy look in her eyes before she added, "And privacy from staring eyes…"
"HEY, I am so not staring at you when you bathe! It is only Miroku who will do that!" Inu Yasha's voice rang through the wall from her bedroom.
Brutally torn from her short moment of daydreaming, Kagome yelled; "SIT" and listened to the crash that followed in her room.
Kagome sighed and stripped off her clothes, took Kirara in her hands and let her slowly sink into the tub, enjoying the feeling of the warm water that gently soaked her skin. "Oh, Kirara, when is he ever going to learn?" she said and petted the wet feline who sat and purred on her stomach.
"Mew," Kirara replied and rubbed herself against Kagome's bare stomach, tickling her.
Kagome laughed, "I guess you are right, boys will be boys no matter what species they are or how old they grow. Why don't we see how embarrassed I can make him?" Then she flung her hand hard against the wall, giving it a powerful knock and spoke with a loud voice back to Inu Yasha, "The least you can do whenever you come looking is to appreciate it!" Kagome giggled for herself, listening to the overwhelming silence coming from her room when suddenly her brother's sly voice rang from the opposite wall;
"Do you mind keep it silent sis, I am trying to sleep here…!"
"Eeehh!" Kagome squeaked, blushed red as a tomato and sank deep into the bathtub. Now, the silence from Inu Yasha became even more deafening. There was no doubt in her mind that he had caught Souta's remark: Inu Yasha – Kagome, one – zero. It didn't got any better when the only sound aside from the running water was that of Kirara chuckling devilish at her.
The early next morning saw Souta on clean up duty while Kagome prepared for school with Inu Yasha hang over her, annoying the girl to no end.
"I will be off to school now Inu Yasha" Kagome said when she finally was ready to leave.
"And when will you be back?" Inu Yasha asked, crossing his arms.
"Just after school," Kagome answered while she put on her school sack and heeded to the door, "And don't forget that Eri will come home with me today. Bye Inu Yasha," she said, looked around and gave him a quick hug. "See you later," and ran out the door.
Inu Yasha stood still for a long time, lost in his mind and didn't noticed Kagome's mother walked up behind him.
"She will be back before you know it." Inu Yasha spun around and saw the woman smiling sweetly at him, holding Kirara in her hands.
"Yes, I know I know. I will have the cap ready." He mumbled.
Mrs. Higurashi kept on looking at him with her motherly smile…. "Ok, what do you want?" He finally said, knowing she would find something for him to do either sooner or later.
"I was wondering if you could help Souta getting rid of the last parts from the carcass. It isn't much to do really, he has cleaned up most of it but have to leave for school now. Could you be so kind and hide the rest of it in the forest behind the house. I have a shovel ready for you if you can?"
"Ok," grunted Inu Yasha, having nothing better to do before Kagome came back with her friend.
As it turned out, Souta had done a good job, he had managed to get rid of all the blood, bones and body parts, putting them into five full buckets and washed the well house clean enough to prevent any unpleasant smell. Inu Yasha let the shovel balance on the top of his shoulder and picked up the buckets to avoid taking more than one trip. He didn't walk far into the little forest before he found a nice spot, dug a shallow hole in which he emptied the buckets and laid a thin layer of dirt upon it. Job done. Then he strolled back to the house to keep his four legged friend company, the sofa!
Watching the dog demon getting comfortable on the sofa, and the fat house cat getting equally comfortable under it, Kirara wondered about what to do. With the siblings at school, their mother gone for work and their grandfather tending the shrine grounds, there wasn't much interesting going on. So she decided lie down and rest, she knew Kagome wouldn't be back for some time yet.
The day crept slowly forwards while Mrs. Higurashi found herself looking at her watch quite so often. She would go straight home after work as she knew Inu Yasha and the old man were alone together…. a potentially reason for worry.
Inu Yasha was dozing on the sofa, but he wasn't entirely lost to the world, the sound of someone approaching him made his ears twitch and he peeked through his eyes. It was the old geezer. He shut his eyes again pretending to be in deep sleep. But….
"Hey Inu Yasha," he heard him say. "Wake up, I got something for you to do and don't pretend you are sleeping, I saw your ears move."
Inu Yasha let out a low growl that was promptly ignored, but a loud dunk made him open his eyes. "What is that?" he said and looked at the strange red box the old man had set down beside him.
"I want you to clean the living room while you are here."
Inu Yasha gave him his most infamous stare, "You want me to do what!?"
"Now, listen her boy," the man said and petted the red box, "This thing is called a vacuum cleaner and I want you to clean the living room and the hallway for me."
"And why would I do that?"
"Because I am saying so young man, besides I will be leaving very soon, and I want this place shining when my daughter-in-law comes back."
"No way am I going to…" but the old man wouldn't listen to him, he stuffed a sandwich into his mouth and continued.
"But before you begin with that, I want you to move those three and plant them between the house and the shrine," he mumbled and pointed at something outside the window which Inu Yasha couldn't see.
Inu Yasha groaned, so much for a peaceful time for himself, "Alright I will do it," he said, knowing the human wouldn't leave him alone before he said yes and the sooner he finished, the sooner he could go back to the sofa."
"That's the spirit," the old man grinned and gave Inu Yasha a pat on his back before he ran to the door. "See you later!" then he slammed the door after him and disappeared faster than his age should have allowed him to.
Inu Yasha sighed, left the sofa and walked out to see what he had to do. He stopped at the door and let his gaze sweep across the courtyard, what in the world did the old man meant by plant those three between the shrine and the house? He scratched his head, but seeing nothing in particular, he went over to the living room window to see if he could understand what Kagome's grandpa had pointed at.
A slightly confused half demon stared at his surroundings, "What in the world did he mean? The only things you can see from here is the storehouse and the forest." Inu Yasha stared harder, "Oh! That must have been what he meant!" he exclaimed for himself and walked toward the trees standing behind the little building, past the three barrel-shaped flowerpots half hidden along the storehouse wall. He stopped and gritted his teeth, "Alright, let's move this!" laid his arms around a large tree, set his claws into the tree trunk and started pulling, uprooting the entire thing…
Sweaty and dirty, Inu Yasha entered the house again a while later, finding the red box the old man had called a vacuum cleaner. Curious, Inu Yasha crouched down to inspect it. The red box was made of that plastic material Kagome said everything was made of these days, and in one end was a long snake like tube connected. It was far from the first time he had seen it, Kagome's mother was often busy walking around the house with it as if the thing was her pet. But then it made a horrible noise. This time however it was completely still and lifeless.
"And how does this stupid thing work?" he held the snake's mouthpiece in his hand and shook it, "Nope. Still dead, let me think, what does she do to make it come alive?" Inu Yasha lifted the red box to study it and found nothing until…, "Of course, didn't she pull out this rope and attached it to the wall somewhere?" he said and pulled out the cord. "Now, there should be a hole in the wall somewhere. Where could it be…" and with the cord in his hand, he walked around the room until he found one and plugged it in, happy with himself. But happiness soon turned into disappointment and then to frustration when nothing more happened. "Hey, come on you stupid thing, you are supposed to work now," he grunted to it while turning the box upside down over his head.
From her place on a soft armchair right beside him, Kirara watched amused. She had absolutely no idea of what the thing was or what half demon was trying to do with it, but it was obviously he didn't knew so much about it either. "Would you mind stop laughing at me Kirara," she heard an irritated Inu Yasha say. "I should really like see you trying to make this thing work." Kirara just snorted but kept staring at him. The half demon somehow managed pulling off the snake's mouth end, revealing a gaping hole. Now he had probably managed to break it too. He muttered a couple of colorful words and threw the front of the snake like thing up into her chair, giving Kirara a close look while he struggled to attach the other end back.
Being just as curious as the rest of her fellow felines, Kirara crept over to it to see for herself. She laid a paw gently on top of it, pushed and rolled, looked inside and sniffed it.
"ATCHOO" she sneezed and shook her head, the inside was full of dust. Quickly losing interest with the thing, she turned away when she suddenly heard the half demon shouted a triumphal "Aha!" followed by a roar and an infernal noise.
All Kirara had time to notice was the gush of a strong wind and …swoop… she was abruptly pulled backwards and got firmly stuck in the snake's maw with her tails inside. She wheezed, spat, and dug desperately her claws into the armchair, trying to hold on as Inu Yasha laughed at her. The sucking sound from the machine grew more and more intense from the lack of air because of the small demon's unwillingly blockage. Kirara stared furious at both him and the red monster…
…and then hell broke loose.
Eri walked together with Kagome back to her home, wondering for herself how her friend had managed talking her into this. Well honestly, she didn't exactly knew what to do. She was going to witness in court, something she had never done before and was a bit nervous about it. She casted a discrete look at Kagome. The girl had said she would like to help her through the whole ordeal, especially when it came to her official statement. Kagome would no doubt tell her what she thought would be best to say in court. Not that she believed she had any experience from that, but more like making it sound more… believable.
"Eh, Kagome," Eri began. "Are you sure about this. I mean getting involved in this and everything. Are you not afraid you will put yourself in danger?" Eri didn't mind her friends tried to comfort her, on the contrary, she was immensely relieved when all of her best friends came to her support, but Kagome had been quite insisting on bringing her home with her today, saying she had something she would show her.
"Nope," her friend chirped with great confidence. "If there ever is anything, Inu Yasha will come for me."
"I am still not sure about him, from the bits and pieces you have told us, my impression of him is rather…"
"Eehh, forget about what I have said," Kagome said and waved with her hands in front of Eri. "Inu Yasha is really a nice guy, he just have a bad temper sometimes and can say the strangest things. But all boys are like that, aren't they?"
Eri gave her friend a questioningly stare, "Hojo isn't."
"Oh, never mind." Kagome said, "How is it going with the preparations…? To the court I mean."
Eri let out a sigh, "Honestly Kagome, I do not know what is required of me in there. I have seen a couple of movies though and it seem simple enough in them."
"What kind of movies?" Kagome asked.
Eri though for a moment, "You know that sort of movies where bad people are in and out of court and jail."
"Don't tell me you have been watching gangster movies." Kagome said flat as both girl put their feet on the first stair up the to the shrine.
"Hey, they were based on true events!" Eri told her.
"Eri, a movie is a movie; they make the stories far more exciting than what happens in the real world."
Eri gave her friend a smug look, "And that is what all this is about, making my story seem more… real?"
Kagome's face froze, but just for a fraction of a second before she tried to downplay it, "I wouldn't say so. But sometimes, it is better to tell what is more likely to have happened, than what really happened."
They walked up the last of the stairs to the shrine and Eri couldn't help but stare at the strange sight in front of her, "Does it happen to you sometimes?"
Kagome sighed and buried her face in her hands, "All the time..."
Have any of you ever felt worried when leaving somebody alone home perhaps?
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