InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions ❯ Chapter 16

 

Kagome jumped out of the well and rushed over to the main house. She burst in and engulfed her mother in a huge hug.

 

Mrs. Higurashi laughed. “Kagome, let me go. You're breaking my back! I guess all that training really is paying off.”

 

“Sorry, Mom.” Kagome let go and looked around. “Where is everyone? I would have thought that they would be here to welcome me home.”Mrs. Higurashi gathered the ingredients to make oden innocently. “They knew that you would be busy for a couple of hours with your tutor so they went to go visit some old friends of your grandfather's.” Actually, I shoved them out the door so they wouldn't distract you and Shuichi. I do want grandchildren someday…Well, baby grandchildren. Mrs. Higurashi thought, remembering the little fox kit that Kagome planned to officially adopt before she left the past.

 

“Oh. Are you making oden?” Kagome examined the ingredients on the counter excitedly before her mother's words sunk in. “TUTOR! I thought we would discuss this in more depth this trip. How are we going to explain why these lessons are only once for exactly a week every two months like clockwork? No one with half a brain will believe that my immune system is on that tight a schedule!” Kagome was beside herself thinking of some goody two shoes telling the school that she was faking being sick. Then they really would kick her out! She may have joked about it to herself, but she didn't actually want it to happen.

 

Mrs. Higurashi sighed, hoping that she could calm her daughter down before Shuichi got here. “I told him that you were living in a retreat for your various sicknesses. You come back once every two months for a week to visit us and your friends. I also explained this to the school. It is all taken care of Kagome.”

 

Kagome was very relieved. This was much better than all those excuses that Grandpa came up with to get her out of school. And it was closer to the truth. The past was like a retreat, especially Sesshomaru's palace, when she had time to enjoy it. She had extremely fresh air and was waited on hand and foot when she wasn't training. It was a good thing to, since she was always too busy to do anything else like cleaning her suite. “Thanks, Mom. I guess having a tutor isn't too bad.” There was still the matter of the Quadratic thingy.

 

Mrs. Higurashi heard a knock at the front door. She had gotten her daughter calmed down and agreeable not a moment too soon. “Kagome, honey, can you get the door? That is probably your tutor, Shuichi.”

 

Kagome jumped when she said the name Shuichi. It couldn't be the one that Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi talked constantly about when they weren't trying to set her up with Hojo. They were members of his fan club. She really hoped that this wasn't the same guy. She didn't relish being around someone who expected her to fall over him.

 

Kagome was on her way to the door when she felt something on the edge of her senses. She always dulled them when she came home, not wanting to be distracted by the stray youkai that flashed across them. But this youkai was close, right outside her door as a matter of fact. His youki was muted though, kind of like a hanyou's but a little like hers since she absorbed those youkai souls. She didn't feel any malevolence from him though, so she didn't feel threatened. He couldn't sense what she was and that was all that mattered. She smelled and felt just like a normal human, just as Guardian had said she would. Speaking of Guardian…Kagome rushed over to the storage closet and put the sword in it. Miko clothing she could explain; a sword she could not. Sorry Guardian.

 

Kagome rushed back to the door and opened it to reveal the guy that she had hoped that it wasn't. Kagome barely restrained herself from letting out a groan. This was all she needed. A beautiful tutor who was also a youkai and most likely so full of himself that he expected her fall at his feet and beg him to date her. At least now I know why he has that fan club. It's because of his unnaturally beautiful youkai looks. Luckily her lessons with Sesshomaru had taught her something, if only to disguise the emotions that she didn't want seen. “Hello, you must be Shuichi. I'm Kagome.”

 

Kurama was having trouble concentrating on what she was saying. She did not look like the sickly little girl that he had been expecting. She looked vibrant and healthy and…beautiful, in a wholesome way that somehow seemed to have a seductive edge. It had to be the hair and the sparkling sapphire eyes. Her hair looked like she had just gotten out of bed and not because she had been sleeping. Somehow he managed to get through the introduction without pouncing on her. Luckily Youko wasn't awake or he was sure it would have been much more difficult.

 

Did you want something?

 

Kurama groaned silently. No, go back to sleep. I'm just tutoring my mother's friend's daughter. Nothing to see. Unfortunately, Kagome chose that moment to lead him to the kitchen to introduce him to her mother, giving him, and thus Youko, a good view of her butt, not that he could see much of it given the miko garb that she had on, but what he could see made Youko extremely happy.

 

And you said that there is nothing to see. From where I am it looks like there is a lot to see. Not that there couldn't be more if you could find a way of getting her out of those clothes. I wouldn't stop you.

 

Youko, we just met her. It is a little too soon to be planning a seduction.

 

That is where you show your youth, Red. The very second that you meet an acceptable woman is the time to start planning. You're a strategist. You should know this.

 

Kurama came out of his conversation with the kitsune long enough to greet Mrs. Higurashi and agree to stay for dinner. Kagome excused herself to go change her cloths.

 

Now's your chance. Say you have to use the bathroom. Follow her up to her room and make your move. No woman can resist us.

 

She doesn't seem all that impressed. She didn't even bat an eye when she opened the door and saw me. Most girls would have grabbed a piece of my hair as a trophy by now.

 

I knew she was special. She isn't shallow, not to mention crazy, like those other girls. She is perfect.

 

You think anything with breasts is perfect.

 

I do not. Those fan club girls are scary.

 

Finally, we agree on something. Now will you stop teasing me about them? It's getting annoying.

 

Never. Just because I sympathize doesn't mean that I will let you off the hook.

 

You're all heart, Youko.

 

I wouldn't go that far. There is another part of my body-

 

Youko! I don't need to hear that.

 

Just…Oh, God.

 

What?

 

Look at the stairs.

 

Kurama did as he was told and promptly wished that he hadn't. Why did this have to happen now? It had been bad going through puberty with a horny, very experienced kitsune sharing your body, but this was a hundred times worse. During those days it had just been a feeling with no particular direction to it. He hadn't ever actually felt desire for another person in his human life. None tempted him even though many constantly threw themselves at him. This was bad. All the feelings that he had denied all his life were focused on this particular girl. He thanked God for his legendary control. Kagome had on a really short sundress that allowed him to see her lovely long legs. He had thought that her butt was tempting, but it was her legs that were about to drive him crazy, although the butt would not get neglected if he ever had the opportunity. He could imagine those incredible legs wrapped around him as he-

 

“Shuichi? Are you ready to get started?”

 

You have no idea.

 

Youko! I'm having a hard enough time without your commentary on the subject.

 

`Hard' being the operative word.

 

Just shut up.

 

Mrs. Higurashi looked up from the oden that she was preparing. “Kagome, why don't you take Shuichi up to your room where you can work in peace? Who knows when your grandfather and Sota will get home. It would be less disruptive if you studied there.”

 

Kagome shrugged. “Alright. It will be easier to work at the desk anyway. Shuichi, grab a chair from the table. I only have one in my room.”

 

“Don't do that dear, I already thought of that. There is an extra one sitting against your wall.”

 

Kurama couldn't believe these women. What were they thinking of? They didn't know him. He could be the kind of person that would take advantage of their privacy. He wasn't all that sure that he wasn't. Being that close to her near a bed…He would need all his control and cool headedness for this.

 

Kagome led him up the stairs to her room. She opened the door and realized that she had forgotten her pack downstairs. “Shuichi, I forgot my backpack downstairs. Make yourself comfortable while I run down and get it.”

 

Kurama nodded and looked around the room. It looked like a girl's room which made sense seeing as how it was a girl's room. But it wasn't sufficatingly girly. He walked over to look out the window and noticed an herb garden below the window. Someone was quite the gardener. There were species of herbs down there that he had been sure were extinct. There was also…What the hell?! Is that a death tree from Makai? He had to get it before he left. There was not telling who it would hurt, even if it was too small to do much more than burn its victims. Luckily it had taken on the appearance of a regular tree so no one was curious about it.

 

Kagome came back with a huge yellow pack that by all rights she shouldn't have been able to carry. She must be much stronger than she looked. “I guess the retreat is working.”

 

Kagome looked confused for a second before light dawned in her eyes. “Oh! Yes, the fresh air does wonders for me. The air is a lot fresher and cleaner there.”

 

“Where exactly is this retreat?”

 

Kagome thought fast. “In the middle of nowhere, far from any cities. It has no phones so I can't call my family or anyone when I'm there. That is why I insist on coming home for a visit, even if it isn't good for my health. A week doesn't make too much of a difference.”

 

Kurama nodded and decided to get on with the studying. He needed a distraction. The plants had worked for a while but she was back in the room now. “So, what subjects do you need the most help with?”

 

“Math.”

 

“Not surprising. Most people are not fond of math. Which one do you need help in? Trig?”

 

“All of them.”

 

“All of…You must understand some of it.”

 

“Just the basic stuff that they teach early on. After that, I'm lost. It's all Greek to me, although I don't think Greek would be as difficult as math.”

 

Kurama couldn't understand how someone could get this behind. If she was this clueless about math, how bad was she at everything else? “What else do you need help in? What about history?”

 

“No, history is my favorite subject. I have no problems with it. Even though I'm never in history class, I'm still leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else. I do need help in English though. Especially the grammar part. What exactly is a semicolon used for?”

 

“We will cover that later. Is there anything else?”

 

“Most sciences I can get by in. Botany I excel in. I'm really lucky that my school offers botany as a science. That I can do. Literature I'm pretty good in. My reading comprehension is great. It's just that I'm not there enough to get most of my assignments so I get an incomplete most of the time. I was in the top thirty in most of my classes at my middle school before I started getting sick. My mythology class is so easy it isn't even funny. I should get to exempt it. Grandpa told me all the myths that they discuss in class when I was barely out of diapers and hundreds more since. I live at a shrine for God's sake. My home economic class…certain parts of it I can do. Sewing, I have figured out how to do, but I can't figure out how to work a stove. Boiling water is the best I can do and sometimes I even mess that up. If they let me grill I would be fine. I can bake great cookies, but that is about all the baking I can do. Mom could probably help me with that, but I really have no interest in learning to cook anything except oden. The rest of the time I could order out, grill out, or just heat something up. Home Ec is not something that I'm worried about failing. I don't think that anyone has ever failed it even when they didn't do a thing. I had a B in that class and I wasn't there but maybe five days out of the whole semester.” Kagome thought for a minute. “I think that's about it. Just math and English, but especially math.”

 

Okay, not as good as he could have hoped but better than he expected after her first comment about math. He started her off with some simple problems in order to figure out where they needed to begin. She hadn't been lying. She new the very basics of algebra, but after that, nothing. He could actually take his mind off of her legs and teach her. After a while, they moved on to English and made significantly more progress there. It was hard to learn a language when you were never at class long enough to hear the words that you were supposed to be learning. He was just giving her a list of vocabulary words to learn and some problems to do when Mrs. Higurashi knocked on the door and informed them that dinner was ready and Kagome's grandfather and brother were back.

 

Before they went down the stairs, Kagome stopped him. “If my grandfather throws a piece of paper or some dust at you and yells `Demon be gone!' ignore him. His imagination sometimes gets away from him.”

 

Kurama looked at her, startled. Did she know?

 

Kagome caught his apprehensive look and guessed what he was worried about. “He does that to all the strangers he meets. It's embarrassing, but he's old and we like to indulge him.”

 

Kurama exhaled the breath that he had been holding. So it was just normal behavior for him. They continued down the stairs and, sure enough, when they reached the bottom, Kurama got a face full of dust and something smashed onto his head. Someone yelled “Be gone youkai!” Well, Kagome was almost right.

 

“Grandpa, how many times do I have to tell you that not everyone I bring here is a youkai? You have got to stop doing that. It hurts!”

 

“It makes Inuyasha sneeze!” Sota piped in helpfully.

 

Kurama looked at him, confused. “Dog…?”

 

Kagome smacked her brother over the head. “Just a stray dog that my brother named. He comes around here sometimes looking for leftover roman.” Sorry Inuyasha.

 

Mrs. Higurashi came in from the kitchen. “Dinner is on the table everyone. I'm glad you decided to eat with us, Shuichi.”

 

“Thank you for inviting me. I never turn down anything that smells so good.”

 

Mrs. Higurashi laughed. “Oden is Kagome's favorite food. I made it because I didn't tell her that I was getting her a tutor. She had just gotten home when you showed up. And not one minute before you knocked she had gotten finished yelling at me for not consulting her.”

 

Kagome turned as red as a tomato. “Mom! You didn't need to tell him that.”

 

Kurama just smiled. Her blush was charming. I can think of situations where it would be more charming.

 

We are at dinner Youko. It is bad manners to get aroused at the table.

 

Youko snorted. You think people don't do it all the time? Eating is a sexual act for those who know what they are looking for. See how licks her lips after each bite. I can think of more than a few uses for that tongue. And what about her chopsticks sliding in and out of her mouth? Don't tell me you can't imagine something else replacing the chopsticks.

 

There was no help for it. He so wasn't going to get much rest tonight. And just think, he had six more days of this to go.

 

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