InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Competition For Affection ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

You guys are all great! You just don't know how much you helped me out. The day I posted chapter 2, I was really feeling shitty. It was an overall bad day. It really made my day when I got home to find over 10 reviews waiting to be read. Thank you all SO much!! *hugs reviewers*

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"Mama, I'm home!" Kagome called from the front door before looking for something to help the kit in her arms.

Ms. Higurashi, appeared from the hall with a towel in her hand. She had figured that her daughter had been in too much of a rush to get to school to remember to grab an umbrella. She had to be soaking wet.

When she went to greet her daughter at the door, but she wasn't there. That's when she saw the trail of water droplets leading to the kitchen. As she approached the kitchen door Kagome appeared, frantically looking for something or another.

"Hi Mama, where's the first aid kit?" She asked in a rush, so much so that her mother couldn't even make out the words and just blinked at her form retreating up the stairs.

A few moments later, a muffled 'ah-hah!' could be heard from Kagome's room.

Ms. Higurashi gawked at her daughter's strange behavior for a moment more before deciding to go find it's cause.

Upon entering the room, Ms. Higurashi's eyes widened a bit. On Kagome's bed was a small kitsune. A very wet, small kitsune. But that wasn't exactly too much of a surprise. Kagome's behavior on the other hand...

She was running around the room like a chicken with it's head cut off!

"Mama! Help me! I don't know what's wrong with it!" Kagome was crying frantically, still trying to find something that she could do for the poor animal lying on her bed.

Ms. Higurashi calmly walked over to the kitsune, looking slightly curiously at it. She continued to study it, prodding at it a bit, here and there. When she did, the kitsune would turn, hoping that the human woman would get the idea and just leave it alone. She did, and smiled.

"Honey, " Ms Higurashi started, turning to face her now fidgeting daughter, "I can't see anything wrong with it. It's probably a little sick from the cold and the rain. Why don't you go give it a bath?" Kagome seemed to consider the idea. "Then when you've dried it off, wrap it in a towel or blanket. If it isn't better in the morning, we'll take it to the vet or something, okay?"

Kagome sighed in relief and set about doing as her mother had told her.

Kagome slowly eased the kitsune into the water. As she did, the water began to cloud with dirt and grime. Feeling the warm water begin to soak it's fur, the kitsune woke up and began to struggle, trying to get away from Kagome and the bath. Kagome, having very little patience due to the morning's events, moved one of her hands to grip the back of it's neck to hold it still, while her other hand went about freeing up any loose dirt before applying the shampoo.

As Kagome lathered up the shampoo and spread it across the kitsune's back it calmed a bit. That is, until she started working her way to it's under side. It thrashed about, but gave in when her hand brushed against a certain spot on it's belly.

Kagome noticed this and ran her hand over the spot where it had just been, finding the spot again, she stroked it a bit more. To her amusement, as she did this, it made a sort of purring noise. She giggled slightly and repeated the action. That's when she noticed...

"You're a guy, eh? No wonder. That explains why you're being so difficult!" She huffed. The kitsune just cocked it's head at her and sent her a strange look. She didn't notice and kept cleaning him up. When she was finished, she brought him out, dried him off, then took him and put him on her bed. After setting him down, Kagome grabbed some clothes from her dresser and went back into the bathroom to take a shower.

When she was finished, she returned to her room and joined the kitsune on the bed and fell asleep.

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Inu Yasha was a little worried. Kagome usually didn't get that upset. 'Maybe I should--' Inu Yasha's thoughts were cut short as he noticed a large, circular shadow where the shadow of his head should have been.

"Inu Yasha! It's your fault Kagome went home! Go get her back!" The owner of the shadow wailed before chomping down on Inu Yasha's sensitive ears. Inu Yasha's eyes began to twitch.

"Shippou..." Inu Yasha growled out, threateningly, but Shippou was not impressed and only bit down harder. And *SNAP* went Inu Yasha's control over his anger. He pried Shippou from his head and threw him into Miroku, who's hand was drawing dangerously close to Sango's behind, and toppled them over. Inu Yasha just nodded his head in satisfaction then he stalked off to bring the probably-still-pissed-off miko back. Sango just smirked as would Miroku had he not been knocked out by a flying Shippou. Really, Inu Yasha was just /so/ easy to read sometimes.

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Inu Yasha had climbed out of the well and was making his way to the house when he smelled it. An unfamiliar MALE scent! But there was something funny about it, he just couldn't quite identify what though. Dismissing the thought, Inu Yasha jumped into the tree under Kagome's window, as per usual, and was surprised to see her sleeping. It was noon, shouldn't she have been at that school thing? 'Somethin' ain't right. She's actin'--' Inu Yasha backtracked, surprised, 'so that's what it was. But what would--' He was startled from his thoughts by a growl which seemed to be coming from that lump under Kagome's shirt. His eyes widened, 'under Kagome's shirt?!'

Okay, Inu Yasha was pissed. He stomped over to the bed and, not even thinking of the consequences, thrust his hand down the front of Kagome's shirt in an attempt to grab whatever it was that was hiding in there.

Inu Yasha quickly realized his mistake, though, as she moaned, slowly coming out of her peaceful sleep.

Inu Yasha panicked. 'Kuso!' His mind squeaked, trying to think of a way to get him out of this situation. He started to, very slowly, pull his hand back.

She moaned again, and he noticed a slight prick in her scent. 'So she likes that, does she...?' He thought with a somewhat lecherous grin on his face. Boy, if Miroku were to find out about this... He shook his head. 'This is NOT the time to be thinking about things like that!' He berated himself in his mind. (A/N: This part was stupid wasn't it? -.-;; )

Again, he tried to pull out his hand, gaining a groan from Kagome. 'Shit!' His mind screamed, 'she's waking up! She's ganna kill me!'

Then, she rolled over, slowly, lazily, opening her eyes. 'Shimatta!' He winced, waiting for whatever her reaction might be when she realized.

She looked up at him sleepily and blinked, 'what...?'

"Inu Yasha?" She groaned, "what are you doing here?" He fidgeted a bit, nervously, but she didn't seem to notice. She stretched her arms, just then noticing the arm that seemed to disappear into the top of her shirt. Her eyes widened as they trailed along the arm to the face of the owner of the hand. She had known who it was when she saw the sleeve of the red haori(A/N: is that what it is? If it's not, please let me know what it is called so I can fix it!), but she just couldn't believe that he would do something so... Miroku!

"Inu Yasha..." Kagome gaped, "HENTAI!!!!" She shrieked as she pushed his hand out of and away from her shirt. "I'd expect that from Miroku, but you?!" She yelled slapping him. "What the HELL did you think you were doing?!"(A/N: Does Kagome cuss? Well, if not, she does now!^.^) She took a moment to try and clam herself.

"Inu Yasha, if you don't get out of here right now, you're going to be 'sat' so hard you /won't/ be able to get back up!" She hissed.

Inu Yasha quickly scampered out of her room, afraid of the 'sitting' she was sure to give him if he refused.

After he left, the kitsune stuck it's head out of the top of her shirt, where Inu Yasha's hand had previously been, making Kagome 'eep'

"And what do you think you're doing in there?" She asked him, raising an eyebrow. The kitsune just cocked it's head cutely at her. Being who she was, she found it absolutely adorable and squealed at the display of cuteness. She nuzzled his head saying, "oh~ if you weren't so darn cute..." She trailed off. He gave an animal-like grin and nuzzled back at her cheek. Sighing, she said, "but... as cute as you are, you need to get out."

He seemed to understand and crawled out of her shirt and back onto her bed. She patted his head and got out of the bed, not bothering to change her clothes. Where was she going? School was closed for the day. Besides, the clothes she had put on after her shower earlier weren't all that bad.

"And how are you feeling?" She asked the kitsune stretching again. He jumped, yipping happily in response. Kagome giggled and picked him up, then made her way to the door, intent on finding out just what Inu Yasha's problem was this time. When she opened the door, she found him waiting obediently, blushing, and looking down at the floor.

"Inu Yasha, explain yourself!"

He wouldn't look at her and seemed as though he would make no attempt to answer her. Of course, Kagome wouldn't accept this and repeated herself threateningly. This time he sighed.

"Look Kagome, there was something in your shirt and I was just trying to get it out." He muttered, so lowly that she wouldn't have heard him if it had been just a small fraction quieter.

"And you thought you'd do that by sticking your hand down there with it?! You could have just woken me up!!" She cried. He just sat there, head hung low in embarrassment. She sighed, "look, just don't let it happen again."

He quickly snapped his head up to look at her in shock and relief. He was about to say something when he saw the kitsune. His jaw dropped and he gawked at it. 'Was that what was... Oh HELL no!!' Needless to say, his shock quickly subsided to anger.

"What. The fuck. Is that?!"He growled. Kagome just blinked as the kitsune growled back at him. "Well?!" He urged her to answer. She blinked a few times more before replying angrily.

"I found him, sick, in the park!"

"So you brought it home?!" He looked somewhat horrified at that.

"What was I supposed to do?! Let him die out there in the cold?!"

"That's exactly what you're supposed to do!" He bellowed at her.

"Inu Yasha, I don't care what you say. It's staying here. You will leave it alone, and if I catch you doing anything to it, you'll be 'sat' into an early grave. Do. You. Understand?" She asked icily. Inu Yasha just gulped and nodded. "Good!" She cheered happily, turning, then bouncing down the stairs, leaving a dumbfounded Inu Yasha standing in the hall watching her, slack-jawed in disbelief.
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Well, I'd say that one kinda sucked. I was having so many problems on that part when Inu stuck his hand in her shirt. I couldn't figure out what I should have him or Kagome do, or how they should go about doing it. I hope it came out okay.