InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Between Friends and Enemies ❯ Chapter 15
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Lexbubble 
Waffy goodness mixed with a little kick of citrus...nothing major though, gotta save the best for last ~_^
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): / Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.20.2006 | Pages: 5 | Words: 7.2K | Visits: 1.3K | Status: Work In Progress
Waffy goodness mixed with a little kick of citrus...nothing major though, gotta save the best for last ~_^
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): / Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.20.2006 | Pages: 5 | Words: 7.2K | Visits: 1.3K | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters of the anime/manga. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N: Ok for those of u who were wondering . . . yes, I am still alive *LOL* My life is such a soap opera. Maybe I should use some of it for the story . . . or maybe I have already. Anyway I’m here now and I guess that’s what’s really important for those who care, that is. As always it’s a must to give thanks to those who actually give a care about what I write in the first place. Without u guys, this story would have probably been over a long time ago. I love u guys.
*badgirl093 - Inuyasha giving me a sponge bath . . . hmm*goes off into a daydream* Oh sorry my bad ^.^ Anyway thanks for reading and the wonderful reviews
*SaggiBabii - Yeah . . . I couldn’t keep her a mega witch forever I guess. But wait it gets very interesting*smirks* Thanx~.^
*wildthundakat - if u love the development of inu and kags ur gonna love this next chappie . . . that is til the end of the chappie(insert dramatic music)*dun dun dun . . . * As u would say, ~huggles~ ^.^
*Nikkie23534 - Awww thanx babe . . . I’m glad u thought it was touching
*cwillia - yeah, I was feeling a little bad for Kikyo so I gave her an excuse for her behavior and yes I agree . . . guys shouldn’t think too much it’s bad for them *LOL* Just wait and see what comes next. Luv Ya ~.^
*SangoxMiroku132 - Yeah I love my Sango and Miroku moments too. I’m gonna have to hook u up with more of them in the future *smiles*
*OLDDOG333 - please don’t sick the hounds on me *giggles* I promise I’m gonna do better k. I’m glad u like the story line . . . I will try not to disappoint u ^.^
*Akasuki Hanayama - Yeah I thought about and decided not to worry about the Japanese so much. But I’m glad that overall u like it. It means a lot. Thanks for reading and for the review.
*DragongirlCV - Thanx babe ~.^
I almost forgot . . . I wanna thank Dark_Lady_69 for nominating my fic on the IYFG. It was dropped (because of grammar or errors I think) but it was enough just to be nominated cuz I so didn’t deserve it. But as long as u guys like it . . . that’s all the reward I need ^.^
Bubble-chan~_^
Chapter 15
“Hello, I’m here to see Kikyo Nakamura,” Inuyasha stood at the front desk of the hospital that Kikyo was admitted.
“Wow, you’re here bright and early aren’t you,” the nurse replied, chewing her gum as if it was the last piece she would ever chew, which annoyed Inuyasha to say the least.
“Look . . . I don’t have much time here. Kikyo Nakamura is due for surgery this morning and I want to see her before she goes in. Plus, my girlfriend is in the hospital as well and I really need to get back to her as soon as possible,” he tried not to come off as jerk, but that’s exactly how it sounded to the nurse.
The nurse rolled her eyes and slide a visitor’s pass across the counter to Inuyasha. “She’s in room 619 and you don’t have much time. I think she’s gonna be prepped for surgery in about 15 minutes.”
Inuyasha was gonna reply with a “that’s what I was trying to tell you” but decided he wasted enough time and hurried off to Kikyo’s room. As he was heading to her room, he was thinking in his head exactly what he would say to Kikyo. He hadn’t really talked to her since the whole her and Hojo thing. Honestly, he had no idea what he was going to say to her. As he was approaching the doorway of Kikyo’s room, he heard someone talking. He peaked in and noticed Hojo sitting at Kikyo’s bedside, obviously trying to get an unresponsive Kikyo to talk to him.
“Kikyo, please talk to me. You have to go into surgery soon,” Hojo pleaded with her.
Kikyo just looked off into space, her expression vacant. Hojo looked up at the door and noticed Inuyasha just standing there.
“Oh Inuyasha, I wasn’t expecting anyone to show up,” Hojo said as he got up from his chair. “Kikyo’s parents are the only people who have come to see her and even they don’t want anything to do with her, saying what a disgrace she was to the family name. That’s why they aren’t here now,” Hojo said sadly as he got up from his seat next to the bed to walk over to Inuyasha.
“Yeah, well I had to see for myself if what you said was true or not,” Inuyasha replied rather calmly considering he didn’t really care for Hojo at all. “I notice that she isn’t talking to you.”
“That’s what I was saying before when I talked to Kagome. She hears me and will even look right at me, but she won’t talk. She won’t even talk to her parents . . . that’s what really got them angry with her,” Hojo sighed and walked back to his spot next to Kikyo’s bed and sat.
Kikyo finally recognizing Inuyasha’s voice slowly turned and looked up at him. “Inu . . . yasha? ,” Kikyo spoke for the first time since she was admitted.
Hojo’s eyes grew large. “Kikyo, you’re talking! ,” Hojo said excitedly but relaxed again once he realized Inuyasha was the reason she said anything in the first place.
Kikyo just stared into Inuyasha’s eyes. And Inuyasha just stood there in the doorway staring back in a daze. He didn’t really know what to do or to say around her anymore. Finally Kikyo broke the silence by speaking again.
“I need to speak to Inuyasha,” Kikyo looked over to Hojo.
“If that’s what you want . . . then I will just leave you two alone. I’ll just be down the hall if you need me,” Hojo leaned over to kiss Kikyo’s forehead before getting up and leaving the room.
Inuyasha still hadn’t moved from the doorway. Kikyo looked at Inuyasha and began to speak again.
“Inuyasha. I messed up really big this time. And the thing is, I don’t know how half of the stuff happened. The doctor is giving me all of these medications and telling me things that only confuse me. But most of all I’m scared. I never really meant to hurt Kagome or you. I truly am sorry, for what it’s worth. I know that doesn’t count for much, but I have been waiting to say that to you and Kagome. I . . . I am so . . . sorry,” Kikyo began to cry into her hands.
Inuyasha was expressionless. He walked over to her bed and sat down next to her. He put his arms around her and held her close as she continued to cry. “I’m so, so sorry Inuyasha,” she continued to cry even louder.
“It’s gonna be alright,” he replied softly, trying his best to calm and relax her.
“I’m so scared,” she looked up at him, her eye’s red and wet from crying.
“Don’t worry. I’m here for you Kikyo. You don’t have to be afraid anymore. Everything will be ok,” he held her even closer, gently rocking her until she calmed.
Kikyo just sat there in his embrace. She was worried and scared, but not just about the surgery. She had more on her mind then she let on but she wasn’t ready to deal with what was going on. That’s a secret she would have to hold on to just a little while longer. Hojo came back to the room, but before he got in the doorway, he noticed Kikyo and Inuyasha holding each other. Instead of walking in, he backed away from the door turning to leave feeling defeated. ‘Why him? Why is it when Inuyasha shows up she decides to speak?’ he thought as he realized just how much Kikyo was still stuck on Inuyasha. Hojo walked back to the waiting room, with his head hung low and sat in one of the chairs. ‘I guess I will just have to let Kikyo have her way. If she needs Inuyasha right now, then I won’t get in the way,’ he told himself, trying to ease the pain of rejection that Kikyo had given him. He just hoped that Inuyasha feeling wouldn’t change and mess up what he had now with Kikyo. Even more, he hoped that Inuyasha wouldn’t hurt Kagome because she had been through way too much already.
______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
I t had been three weeks since Kagome’s tragic accident. She was healing nicely and her stiches were gone. Everyone had been coming to see her regularly at the hospital. Even Souta made regular visits. Mrs. Hiragashi, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha would come to the hospital every day to visit. The first two weeks, Inuyasha would leave out a few times during the day but always made it back in time, before visiting hours were over to stay with Kagome. She finally convinced him the third week in the hospital to stay home and sleep in a real bed. Inuyasha only agreed because he knew that she would be coming home this week. And it was a good thing too, because her birthday was on Friday so she was really excited to be going home. That meant she wouldn’t be stuck in a hospital bed for her birthday.
Friday finally arrived and Inuyasha was at the hospital bright and early to take Kagome home. The doctor wanted to check her one last time before she left to make sure everything was healing properly. So they had to wait for the doctor to make his rounds before Kagome could be checked out one last time before they discharged her.
“So are you excited about going home Kagome,” Inuyasha asked but already knew her answer.
“Definitely, I can’t wait to lie in my own bed. This hospital bed is so uncomfortable. I don’t know how you ever fell asleep in just a chair.”
“Correction. I had two chairs,” he chuckled.
“Yeah, well I still don’t know how you did it,” she giggled.
“I guess you could say I had my motivation,” he smiled and walked over to Kagome to wrap his arms around her and kissed her chastely on the lips.
“Excuse me Ms. Hiragashi,” the nurse cleared her throat trying to get their attention.
Inuyasha was surprised he didn’t hear her come in the room, but figured it was because he was in the hospital that he felt he could let his guard down.
“Oh, where is Dr. Soto? ,” Kagome asked blushing as she eased out of Inuyasha’s embrace to approach the doctor.
“He isn’t finished making his rounds but said that you were anxious to leave so I’m going get you checked out,” the nurse smiled at Kagome then looked at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha knew it was a hint for him to leave the room, but figured the doctor never made him leave so he wasn’t going to leave now.
“It’s ok Inuyasha. I’ll just be a minute. Then you can take me home. Could you grab my bag and wait for me outside the door please? ,” Kagome said with that look that Inuyasha couldn’t say no to.
Inuyasha hesitated but when Kagome gave him that look again, he grunted and left out of the room. Inuyasha didn’t really know what the big deal was. It hadn’t been a problem before because usually Inuyasha was either out of the hospital or the cafeteria or just not in the room when she was being examined. So it was obvious that Kagome was still a little shy about Inuyasha seeing her naked, even after he helped to wash her up. Then again Kagome was on the pain medication and a bit loopy and she was desperate to get clean. In fact, those first couple of days in the hospital are a bit fuzzy due to the medications she was on for pain.
When the nurse was finished examining Kagome, she gave her a clean bill of health and gave Kagome her discharge papers, so she was free to go. Although she was strong enough to walk on her own, hospital policy was to give her a wheelchair escort to her transportation.
Inuyasha ran out to pull the car around to the entrance so he could help Kagome into the car. Kagome was so happy to be outside in the fresh air. She had been cooped up in the hospital for weeks. Inuyasha jumped out the car and opened the passenger side door and picked Kagome up out of the wheelchair, not really to her surprise. She figured this was typical over protective Inuyasha.
“I ‘can’ walk you know? ,” Kagome giggled as he was placing her in the passenger seat.
“Sure I know you can. Just think of this as special treatment because of your special day,” Inuyasha sat her down and winked as he closed the door and hurried over to the driver’s side, smacking himself in the head before getting in. The car ride was very quiet until Kagome noticed that they weren’t headed to her house.
“Inuyasha, where are we going? Aren’t you taking me home? ,” Kagome said a little confused.
“Well, I figure since your mom is still at work and Souta is at his friend’s house that I wasn’t going to take you home just yet. Miroku and Sango are waiting for us at the apartment. That is, if it’s ok with you? ,” He asked with a smile hoping she didn’t want to go home just yet.
‘Now how can I say no to a smile like that? ,’ She asked herself. “Ok,” she smiled as she grabbed the hand he had rested on the gear shift.
When they finally arrived at the apartment, Inuyasha opened the door and Sango jumped off the couch and ran up to embrace her best friend.
“Oh Kagome, I’m so glad that you are finally out of that hospital. Are you feeling ok? Wait . . . am I squeezing you too hard? ,” Sango said quickly releasing her friend, in fear of hurting her.
“I’m fine Sango. I feel much better now and I won’t break. You didn’t hurt me,” Kagome laughed.
“So, what do you feel like doing? ,” Sango asked.
“Well, what I really wanna do is lay in a ‘real’ bed for a little while. Is that ok, Miroku? ,” Kagome looked over at Miroku.
“Kagome, you know you don’t have to ask. Besides, this is just as much Inuyasha’s place as mine so he’s the one you should be asking,” Miroku smiled. “Besides, I don’t ever remember telling Inuyasha he could stay with me, but he made himself at home anyway,” Miroku chuckled.
Kagome giggled and headed to Inuyasha’s room until she noticed that her hanyou wasn’t following her.
“Inuyasha, aren’t you coming? ,” She pouted.
“Um, you sure you want me to come. I can stay out here and watch tv. I thought you would probably to stretch out,” Inuyasha replied from his favorite chair.
“No, I want you to come lay with me, please? ,” Kagome exaggerated the word ‘please’ and gave him that look for the third time today.
“Keh, if you really want me to,” he walked over to her to grab her hand.
As soon as they got inside the bedroom door, Kagome closed the door and jumped onto Inuyasha. He lost his footing, but lucky for him he fell back on the bed instead of the floor. Kagome straddled him and gave him a playful smirk. She reached up to pin his hands down with her own and leaned over until their faces were only an inch away.
“Kagome, what are you doing? ,” Inuyasha said, breathing a little heavier than before. “I thought you said you were tired.”
“I’m fine. I’ve had plenty of rest in the hospital. That was just an excuse to get you alone. You just don’t know how long I’ve waited to be alone with you,” she smiled at him.
“What are you talking about? We were always alone at the hospital,” Inuyasha said matter-of-factly.
“That doesn’t count. We weren’t really alone when the doctors and nurses kept coming in and out of the room or when I got visitors,” she closed in as kissed him chastely on the lips. “We don’t have to worry about that here. And we don’t have to worry about Sango and Miroku coming in here, so now we really are alone,” she closed in for another kiss. “And I’ve really wanted to kiss you.”
“What do you mean? I kiss you all the time,” Inuyasha was a little puzzled by her statement.
“Yeah, while I was stuck in a hospital bed with IV’s and monitors. I wasn’t really able to touch you or be this close to you,” she smirked.
Inuyasha smiled and relaxed. “ Oh yeah . . . so what are you gonna do about it now that you can do what you want, without anything holding you back,” Inuyasha said playfully with a smirk.
Without hesitation she kissed him yet again, this time nibbling at his bottom lip. When he finally got his hands free from her grips, he laced his fingers in the back of her hair to pull her closer to him. They kissed frantically, rolling around on the bed. Inuyasha broke the kiss which led to gently pecks upon Kagome’s neck . . . then to her shoulder . . . then back to her neck. She moaned as Inuyasha licked her neck leaving a warm wet trail down to her collarbone. He quickly unbuttoned her blouse, breaking a few in the process. He stared into her eyes. She smiled back at him, panting slightly her chest heaving. He opened her blouse revealing a black lacy bra. He remembered seeing her like this before, when they had rushed her into the hospital and were removing her bloodied clothing. ‘Wait a minute. She just got out of the hospital and here I am trying to . . . And this would be her first time. I can’t just treat her like any other girl I’ve ever been with. It has to be special. Kagome is special,’ he thought as he started to button up her shirt with the remaining buttons.
“Inuyasha? What are you doing? You don’t think you’ve hurt me do you? I’m fine, I swear,” Kagome whined feeling confused.
“No, it’s not that. Although you probably should be resting. You did just get out of the hospital.”
“Well if that’s not why you’re stopping, then what is it?”
Inuyasha sat up in the bed with his legs crossed and back against the wall. He motioned for Kagome to sit with him and she climbed onto his lap hesitantly, still half mad and half confused at why Inuyasha stopped what they had started. He pulled her close to him and kissed her forehead as she looked up at him waiting for an explanation. He looked at the expression on her face and sighed before he started to speak.
“Kagome, in one night, my whole world changed. It was the best and worst night of my life. It’s like I found you . . . then I almost lost you in the same instant. It was the best night because I told you my secret and told you how I felt about you and you accepted me, wanted to be with ‘me’. And in that moment, I was the happiest I have ever been. But then as quick as that happened, tragedy struck and I almost lost you as quickly as I got you. And you remember right before that moment, we were ready to do something that would have changed things. I’m not saying it wouldn’t have been a good change, but it has to be done the right way. If Sango and Miroku weren’t waiting downstairs for us, who knows how any of that night would have happened. I wonder if we would have even made it out of the bedroom at all, if Kikyo had found us like ‘that’. All while you were in the hospital, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. I’m glad that we didn’t pick ‘that’ time to do anything, as much as I wanted to. You are special Kagome, too special to lose your virginity at your friend’s graduation party or your first day back from the hospital with your friends in the other room watching tv. You deserve way better than that. Now do you understand? As much as I would love to be with you, I also want your first time to be special . . . just like you,” he smiled as caressed her cheek with his free hand.
“Oh Inuyasha,” Kagome’s frustration turned into elation as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
“Now, I really do think you should get some rest. Your mom will be off work soon and she will want you home. And I don’t think you’ll get much rest once Souta finally gets his big sister home.”
“Yeah, you’re probably right. But can I stay right here . . . just like this? I’m really comfortable like this,” she looked up and smiled at him.
“If you wanna stay like this, it’s fine with me. I love holding you,” he said brushing her hair from her face and kissing her deeply.
Kagome smiled and slowly drifted to sleep as he continued to play in her hair.
A few hours later, Kagome was awakened by Inuyasha’s voice.
“Kagome, wake up. It’s time to go,” Inuyasha said softly nudging her arm.
“What time is it? ,” Kagome said still half asleep with a little yawn.
‘Wow, I can’t get over how cute she is when she first wakes up,’ Inuyasha thought before he replied. “It’s almost 3:00. Your mom should be on her way home from work now. I know she will want to see you. So, you ready to go?”
“Yeah, let’s go,” she said easing out of Inuyasha’s lap slowly. Inuyasha helped her out of the bed and to her feet, although she could have done it herself. They walked out of the room to find Sango and Miroku cuddled up in Miroku’s favorite chair watching tv.
“Oh good. You guys are up,” Sango looked over at the two walking into the living room and standing behind the couch.
“Yeah, I’m getting ready to take Kagome home. You guys wanna tag along? ,” Inuyasha asked knowingly.
“Sure, anything beats watching reruns on tv,” Miroku laughed.
“Ok then, let’s go,” Inuyasha grabbed Kagome’s hand and headed to the door.
Sango and Miroku got up and followed them out the door. Sango giggled once she noticed that Kagome’s shirt was missing a few buttons.
“Um, Kagome . . . maybe I should give you a shirt to change into. I have some of my clothes here. As a matter of fact, I have that lavender shirt you love so much,” Sango snickered.
Kagome and Inuyasha had totally forgot about the blouse and the fact it was now missing buttons. Kagome grabbed the front of her shirt and blushed.
“Yes, that’s a good idea. Let’s go get the shirt,” she grabbed Sango and hurried into Miroku’s room and closed the door.
Miroku just smirked and gave Inuyasha a knowing look. Inuyasha noticed his friend’s expression and sighed and rolled his eyes.
“It’s not even what you think,” Inuyasha blurted out.
“So your telling me that ‘you’ didn’t break those buttons? ,” Miroku looked skeptically.
“Well, yeah I broke the buttons. But nothing else happened. I didn’t even take off the shirt,” Inuyasha tried to explain to Miroku, then quickly realizing he didn’t need to explain anything to Miroku. “I don’t have to tell you everything you know,” Inuyasha huffed and folded his arms.
“That’s fine. I’m not gonna pry. Besides, I think I know what happened and being your best friend, I think I kind of know you,” Miroku smiled.
“And what exactly is that supposed to mean? ,” Inuyasha took offense.
“All I’m saying is that I know you. And if I’m not mistaken, Kagome hasn’t been deflowered and you want her first time to be special correct? ,” Miroku said rather nonchalantly.
“Hey, were you listening to my conversation with Kagome? ,” Inuyasha scolded.
“No, of course not. After all, I’m not he one with the super hearing am I? I just know you and it’s the same way I felt with Sango the first time we did anything.”
“I didn’t know Sango was a virgin when you guys hooked up,” Inuyasha said surprised.
“Don’t sound so shocked. Sango is a good girl. You make it seem like you thought differently,” Miroku got a little defensive.
“Easy tiger . . . it’s not Sango I’m surprised about. That I absolutely believe. Sango ‘is’ a good girl and even if she wasn’t a virgin when you hooked up, that wouldn’t have mattered she’s still a good person no matter what. What I’m surprised about is you hooking up with a virgin. I mean, the girls you used to hook up with were no where close to being a virgin, or a decent for that matter,” Inuyasha chuckled.
“Hey, that’s not . . . well I guess that’s sort of true. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now . . . I’m with Sango,” Miroku smiled proudly being able to say that Sango was his girl.
“You’re absolutely right. Now you have Sango . . . so the others don’t even matter,” Inuyasha pat his friend on the back and gave him a friendly smile back.
The girls were in the bedroom having a similar discussion.
“So what is going on with the shirt, Kags? What did you guys get into in there? If you did what I think you did, you are very quiet. I wasn’t half as quiet my first time,” Sango giggled at her friends shocked expression after her comment, handing her the replacement shirt.
Kagome hit Sango in the arm playfully and blushed. “Sango, it was nothing like that at all. I admit, things could have lead to that but we changed our minds. Inuyasha’s so sweet. He said he wants my first time to be special, so we are going to wait,” Kagome had a huge smile plastered on her face while she was changing her shirt.
“Awe that is sweet,” Sango chimed in.
“Yeah so now you know, nothing really happened, and now we can go right?” Kagome asked walking toward the bedroom door to open it.
“Yeah I guess so . . . seeing how you’re obviously not talking about that anymore,” Sango laughed at her friend’s attempt to quickly change the subject.
Kagome smiled and playfully stuck out her tongue at Sango before running out of the door.
_________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
D uring the ride to take Kagome home, she couldn’t help but feel like something wasn’t right. She figured she was just being paranoid and that was understandable after what she had been through, but she had nothing to worry about. She was safe with her friends and Inuyasha. He would never let anything happen to her ever again. Once they reached the house, they all got out to walk Kagome to the door. Kagome took her keys out and unlocked the door, slowly opening it to hear a crowd of people shout ‘surprise’. She was totally shocked. Her tricky friends had kept her away from the house on purpose. They had planned her a surprise Coming Home/Birthday party. Mrs. Hiragashi had taken the day off work to make all the preparations. Kagome turned around to her friends and smiled. They just smiled back finally saying happy birthday to Kagome and hugging her.
“I seriously thought everyone had forgot my birthday. Nobody had said happy birthday to me all day, so I just assumed with everything that was going on you just . . . forgot.”
“That was the plan. We just wanted to make you think we had forgot. How could we ever forget your birthday dear? ,” Mrs. Hiragashi spoke from the crowd of family and friends there for Kagome’s special day.
Kagome smiled as she walked into the room. “Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Sango never forgets my birthday. I thought that was so weird. And Inuyasha even hinted to my special day but never once said Happy Birthday,” she gave Inuyasha a fake frown.
“Yeah I almost forgot and told you Happy Birthday too. I sorta let that special day comment slip out. I guess I couldn’t help it,” Inuyasha smiled and scratched the back of his head.
Kagome just wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly.
Everyone seemed to be there. Her aunt and uncle were there as well as her grandfather. Even Kouga, Ayame and Shippo were there. Some of her friends from school were there, all to welcome her home and wish her the happiest birthday. Everyone was having a ball . . . eating and playing games. Mrs. Hiragashi was reminiscing about when Kagome was younger and all the embarrassing stories to go with her memories. Kagome was blushing and hiding half the time, between her mom’s stories and then her aunt and uncle with theirs. Her grandfather even threw in a couple of stories that they forgot. But Kagome didn’t really mind. She had her family and friends all in one place, together and happy. She was just happy for her second chance to be with the people who mattered the most to her.
“Hello beautiful,” Kouga walked up to Kagome and grabbed her hand to kiss it. Inuyasha just glared daggers at him. Kagome giggled.
“Hi Kouga, I’m happy to see you. Where’s Ayame? ,” Kagome asked looking around.
“Oh, she’s on her way in with Shippo,” Kouga said just as they were walking in.
“Yeah, I need to talk to Ayame about your wondering lips,” Inuyasha commented.
“Oh Inuyasha, you know that’s how Kouga is. He doesn’t mean anything by it,” Kagome smiled at Inuyasha.
Ayame and Shippo walked up just as Inuyasha said “Keh.” “Heya Kagome, how are you? ,” Ayame asked giving her friend a gentle hug.
“I’m feeling much better actually. I’m so glad to be home,” Kagome answered.
“Hey Kagome,” Shippo said shyly giving her a hug as well.
“Hello Shippo . . . wow I’m so glad you guys are here,” Kagome smiled widely.
They all got together around the couch. Kouga was telling his embarrassing stories about Inuyasha and Inuyasha had some about Kouga as well. Miroku tried to keep out of it, but they pulled him in anyway telling stories of their mishaps and adventures together. Shippo was very young then, but they did manage to have some of him as well which usually involved him telling on the others or blackmailing them to get what he wanted. The girls never pegged Shippo to be that type. He was so quiet and shy, yet he was obviously a clever young man.
As everyone was mingling and having a good time the door bell rang. Kagome was close to the door, so she decided she would answer it. She opened the door to find a very well dressed man standing before her, holding the most beautifully decorated box she had ever seen.
“Hello Kagome, it’s good to finally meet you . . . that is while you are awake,” the man gave her a slight smile.
“You must be Sesshomaru. It is good to finally meet you as well. Please, wont you come in? ,” Kagome asked as she motioned for him to enter the house.
“Thank you, I will,” Sesshomaru said stepping in following behind Kagome. “I didn’t think you would know who I am,” Sesshomaru replied.
“Well you did say you meet me while I was asleep and Inuyasha did tell me that you came to see me in the hospital. I would personally like to thank you for the balloons and flowers by the way . . . that was so sweet. Oh, and the silver hair and amber eyes kind of gave it away too. Inuyasha is the only guy with such a unique hair and eye color and he did say it ran in the family,” she smiled at him.
“I see. Well your more than welcome for the flowers and balloons,” Sesshomaru looked down in his hands, remembering he brought her a gift. “This is for you,” he said handing her the gift.
“Thank you very much Sesshomaru. It was so kind of you to bring me a gift,” she got up and walked over to her other gifts and put the beautiful box down amongst the others.
“It’s my pleasure. I’ve never seen my brother so happy and mannerable before he met you. I was telling him that. And we usually never talk, especially since our parents died. But since he’s met you, he’s been easier to talk to and not such a baka all the time. You just don’t know how much of a blessing you are,” Sesshomaru said calmly.
Kagome blushed and giggled at Sesshomaru’s compliment just as Inuyasha walked up to the two.
“Hey Sesshy, I didn’t expect you to show up,” Inuyasha gave a glare, wondering what he could have said to make Kagome giggle.
“ Inuyasha, could you please just call me Sessh or Sesshomaru,” he asked his brother calmly.
“But you have never had a problem with me calling you Sesshy before . . . so why now? ,” Inuyasha was rather entertained by his brother’s discomfort.
“It was fine when we were kids, but now we are adults and ‘Sesshy’ is not an adult name. You make me sound like a toddler.”
“Keh, fine,” Inuyasha pretended to give in to his request but the next chance he got he’d be calling him ‘Sesshy’ again. “Anyway, like I was saying before, I didn’t expect to see you here,” Inuyasha addressed Sesshomaru once again.
“Well why wouldn’t I be here? That’s all you’ve been talking about for the last couple of weeks. Anytime you would come home while Kagome was in the hospital that’s all you would talk about . . . her, in general, of course and that her birthday was coming up. Besides, I needed to formally meet her and I thought this was the perfect opportunity since my schedule was clear. Like I was telling Kagome, and as I told you once before, I just had to meet who was responsible for making such a positive change in my baka of a brother,” Sesshomaru made a little joke but his expression didn’t show it.
“I’m gonna let that ‘baka’ comment slide for now, only because it’s Kagome’s special day,” Inuyasha frowned at Sesshomaru and crossed his arms.
Kagome giggled at the two brothers’ interacting. “Well I’m so happy that you could make it Sesshomaru and I know that Inuyasha is just as happy as I,” Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha just said “Keh” and continued to frown and cross his arms.
They all continued to eat and play games until it was finally time for Kagome to open up her gifts. She began opening them, thanking every person individually for their thoughtful gifts. She was now down to the last gift left, a small box. It had no card or name and she thought she opened gifts from everyone already. So she had no idea who the gift was from. Then it dawned on her that there is only one person it could be from, since he’s the only person she didn’t remember opening a gift from. So she decided to play along, pretending she didn’t know who the gift was from. Quickly, she unwrapped the little box and took of the top. Kagome was in awe of the beautiful treasure that lay inside the box. In the box was a beautiful silver necklace, with an exquisite iridescent pink pearl pennant with diamonds around the setting. It was the most beautiful thing Kagome had ever seen in her life. Everyone ‘oh’ed and ‘ah’ed at the beautiful necklace.
“Oh Inuyasha, this is so beautiful,” Kagome said frantically smiling at Inuyasha.
“Keh, who said it was from me,” he was leaning against the wall with a cocky smile.
She got up and walked over to him. She turned around and moved her hair from her neck so he could put the necklace on. When he was finished, Kagome turned around and gave him a great big kiss. A few people in the room started clapping, as well as a few “awe”s and some whistling. Kagome, realizing she had just done that in front of everyone she knew, hid her face in Inuyasha’s shirt and blushed. Inuyasha just chuckled and smiled as she walked back to the couch where she was sitting while she was opening her gifts, totally embarrassed. After about another hour of socializing, the guests began to leave. Sango and Miroku said their goodbyes and left as well as Kouga, Ayame, and Shippo. Inuyasha was the only person left, other than Mrs. Hiragashi and Souta.
“I think I better get going too. You’re gonna need your rest. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow, Inuyasha smirked, looking out of the corner of his eye at her.
“Is that so? ,” Kagome smiled at him. “Just where do I have to go tomorrow? ,” she smirked back.
“It’s top secret. If I told you today I would have to kill you,” he said jokingly. “I’ll see you in the morning, then you’ll find out more information about the mission,” he chuckled as he pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her before closing in for heated kiss.
“Gross, could you cut that out while I’m around. I don’t wanna lose my dinner,” Souta pretended to be sick as he laughed and walked away.
Kagome giggled and Inuyasha smiled at his antics.
“Ok then, I will see you tomorrow, in the morning,” she said with a huge smile on her face, kissing him chastely one last time before letting him out the door. ‘This was the best birthday ever,’ Kagome thought as she headed upstairs to her room. ‘I wonder what he has planned tomorrow . . . I can’t wait,’ she smiled and jumped on her bed like a giddy school girl and cuddled a pillow as she thought of what tomorrow had in store for her.
Inuyasha walked to his car smiling to himself. ‘I can’t wait until tomorrow. I hope Kagome likes what I have planned. I want everything to be perfect,’ he thought as he hopped in the car and speed off back to the estate to make finally preparations for his special day for Kagome.
A/N: Ok that was chapter 15 and I hope u enjoyed it even if it was mindnumbingly boring . . . to me anyway. I’m really starting to hate my own work*pouts*. It’s really just the set up for what I have in store for the next chappie. So, I have good news and bad news . . . depending on how u look at things and if u r one of the loyal readers who actually enjoy the crap that leaks from my brain and into thoughts for this story ^.^ The bad news first: chapter 16 will be the last chapter of BFAE . . . yes we have finally reached the end my friends and u all have been so wonderful and supportive. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The last chappie will promise to be full of excitement and may leave u wondering . . . oh and some lemony goodness as well. And now the good news . . . like I said depending on how each individual looks at it, there is a continuation in the works. Gotta give some other characters a little more face time in the next installment and even and some new ones into the mix. Yeah the craps been oozing out of my head again and may not be half bad but I don’t wanna spoil anything for those who want to read so you’ll just have to wait and see but I promise that chapter 16 won’t leave u disappointed. I’m so excited . . . I can’t wait ~_^
A/N: Ok for those of u who were wondering . . . yes, I am still alive *LOL* My life is such a soap opera. Maybe I should use some of it for the story . . . or maybe I have already. Anyway I’m here now and I guess that’s what’s really important for those who care, that is. As always it’s a must to give thanks to those who actually give a care about what I write in the first place. Without u guys, this story would have probably been over a long time ago. I love u guys.
*badgirl093 - Inuyasha giving me a sponge bath . . . hmm*goes off into a daydream* Oh sorry my bad ^.^ Anyway thanks for reading and the wonderful reviews
*SaggiBabii - Yeah . . . I couldn’t keep her a mega witch forever I guess. But wait it gets very interesting*smirks* Thanx~.^
*wildthundakat - if u love the development of inu and kags ur gonna love this next chappie . . . that is til the end of the chappie(insert dramatic music)*dun dun dun . . . * As u would say, ~huggles~ ^.^
*Nikkie23534 - Awww thanx babe . . . I’m glad u thought it was touching
*cwillia - yeah, I was feeling a little bad for Kikyo so I gave her an excuse for her behavior and yes I agree . . . guys shouldn’t think too much it’s bad for them *LOL* Just wait and see what comes next. Luv Ya ~.^
*SangoxMiroku132 - Yeah I love my Sango and Miroku moments too. I’m gonna have to hook u up with more of them in the future *smiles*
*OLDDOG333 - please don’t sick the hounds on me *giggles* I promise I’m gonna do better k. I’m glad u like the story line . . . I will try not to disappoint u ^.^
*Akasuki Hanayama - Yeah I thought about and decided not to worry about the Japanese so much. But I’m glad that overall u like it. It means a lot. Thanks for reading and for the review.
*DragongirlCV - Thanx babe ~.^
I almost forgot . . . I wanna thank Dark_Lady_69 for nominating my fic on the IYFG. It was dropped (because of grammar or errors I think) but it was enough just to be nominated cuz I so didn’t deserve it. But as long as u guys like it . . . that’s all the reward I need ^.^
Bubble-chan~_^
Chapter 15
“Hello, I’m here to see Kikyo Nakamura,” Inuyasha stood at the front desk of the hospital that Kikyo was admitted.
“Wow, you’re here bright and early aren’t you,” the nurse replied, chewing her gum as if it was the last piece she would ever chew, which annoyed Inuyasha to say the least.
“Look . . . I don’t have much time here. Kikyo Nakamura is due for surgery this morning and I want to see her before she goes in. Plus, my girlfriend is in the hospital as well and I really need to get back to her as soon as possible,” he tried not to come off as jerk, but that’s exactly how it sounded to the nurse.
The nurse rolled her eyes and slide a visitor’s pass across the counter to Inuyasha. “She’s in room 619 and you don’t have much time. I think she’s gonna be prepped for surgery in about 15 minutes.”
Inuyasha was gonna reply with a “that’s what I was trying to tell you” but decided he wasted enough time and hurried off to Kikyo’s room. As he was heading to her room, he was thinking in his head exactly what he would say to Kikyo. He hadn’t really talked to her since the whole her and Hojo thing. Honestly, he had no idea what he was going to say to her. As he was approaching the doorway of Kikyo’s room, he heard someone talking. He peaked in and noticed Hojo sitting at Kikyo’s bedside, obviously trying to get an unresponsive Kikyo to talk to him.
“Kikyo, please talk to me. You have to go into surgery soon,” Hojo pleaded with her.
Kikyo just looked off into space, her expression vacant. Hojo looked up at the door and noticed Inuyasha just standing there.
“Oh Inuyasha, I wasn’t expecting anyone to show up,” Hojo said as he got up from his chair. “Kikyo’s parents are the only people who have come to see her and even they don’t want anything to do with her, saying what a disgrace she was to the family name. That’s why they aren’t here now,” Hojo said sadly as he got up from his seat next to the bed to walk over to Inuyasha.
“Yeah, well I had to see for myself if what you said was true or not,” Inuyasha replied rather calmly considering he didn’t really care for Hojo at all. “I notice that she isn’t talking to you.”
“That’s what I was saying before when I talked to Kagome. She hears me and will even look right at me, but she won’t talk. She won’t even talk to her parents . . . that’s what really got them angry with her,” Hojo sighed and walked back to his spot next to Kikyo’s bed and sat.
Kikyo finally recognizing Inuyasha’s voice slowly turned and looked up at him. “Inu . . . yasha? ,” Kikyo spoke for the first time since she was admitted.
Hojo’s eyes grew large. “Kikyo, you’re talking! ,” Hojo said excitedly but relaxed again once he realized Inuyasha was the reason she said anything in the first place.
Kikyo just stared into Inuyasha’s eyes. And Inuyasha just stood there in the doorway staring back in a daze. He didn’t really know what to do or to say around her anymore. Finally Kikyo broke the silence by speaking again.
“I need to speak to Inuyasha,” Kikyo looked over to Hojo.
“If that’s what you want . . . then I will just leave you two alone. I’ll just be down the hall if you need me,” Hojo leaned over to kiss Kikyo’s forehead before getting up and leaving the room.
Inuyasha still hadn’t moved from the doorway. Kikyo looked at Inuyasha and began to speak again.
“Inuyasha. I messed up really big this time. And the thing is, I don’t know how half of the stuff happened. The doctor is giving me all of these medications and telling me things that only confuse me. But most of all I’m scared. I never really meant to hurt Kagome or you. I truly am sorry, for what it’s worth. I know that doesn’t count for much, but I have been waiting to say that to you and Kagome. I . . . I am so . . . sorry,” Kikyo began to cry into her hands.
Inuyasha was expressionless. He walked over to her bed and sat down next to her. He put his arms around her and held her close as she continued to cry. “I’m so, so sorry Inuyasha,” she continued to cry even louder.
“It’s gonna be alright,” he replied softly, trying his best to calm and relax her.
“I’m so scared,” she looked up at him, her eye’s red and wet from crying.
“Don’t worry. I’m here for you Kikyo. You don’t have to be afraid anymore. Everything will be ok,” he held her even closer, gently rocking her until she calmed.
Kikyo just sat there in his embrace. She was worried and scared, but not just about the surgery. She had more on her mind then she let on but she wasn’t ready to deal with what was going on. That’s a secret she would have to hold on to just a little while longer. Hojo came back to the room, but before he got in the doorway, he noticed Kikyo and Inuyasha holding each other. Instead of walking in, he backed away from the door turning to leave feeling defeated. ‘Why him? Why is it when Inuyasha shows up she decides to speak?’ he thought as he realized just how much Kikyo was still stuck on Inuyasha. Hojo walked back to the waiting room, with his head hung low and sat in one of the chairs. ‘I guess I will just have to let Kikyo have her way. If she needs Inuyasha right now, then I won’t get in the way,’ he told himself, trying to ease the pain of rejection that Kikyo had given him. He just hoped that Inuyasha feeling wouldn’t change and mess up what he had now with Kikyo. Even more, he hoped that Inuyasha wouldn’t hurt Kagome because she had been through way too much already.
______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
I t had been three weeks since Kagome’s tragic accident. She was healing nicely and her stiches were gone. Everyone had been coming to see her regularly at the hospital. Even Souta made regular visits. Mrs. Hiragashi, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha would come to the hospital every day to visit. The first two weeks, Inuyasha would leave out a few times during the day but always made it back in time, before visiting hours were over to stay with Kagome. She finally convinced him the third week in the hospital to stay home and sleep in a real bed. Inuyasha only agreed because he knew that she would be coming home this week. And it was a good thing too, because her birthday was on Friday so she was really excited to be going home. That meant she wouldn’t be stuck in a hospital bed for her birthday.
Friday finally arrived and Inuyasha was at the hospital bright and early to take Kagome home. The doctor wanted to check her one last time before she left to make sure everything was healing properly. So they had to wait for the doctor to make his rounds before Kagome could be checked out one last time before they discharged her.
“So are you excited about going home Kagome,” Inuyasha asked but already knew her answer.
“Definitely, I can’t wait to lie in my own bed. This hospital bed is so uncomfortable. I don’t know how you ever fell asleep in just a chair.”
“Correction. I had two chairs,” he chuckled.
“Yeah, well I still don’t know how you did it,” she giggled.
“I guess you could say I had my motivation,” he smiled and walked over to Kagome to wrap his arms around her and kissed her chastely on the lips.
“Excuse me Ms. Hiragashi,” the nurse cleared her throat trying to get their attention.
Inuyasha was surprised he didn’t hear her come in the room, but figured it was because he was in the hospital that he felt he could let his guard down.
“Oh, where is Dr. Soto? ,” Kagome asked blushing as she eased out of Inuyasha’s embrace to approach the doctor.
“He isn’t finished making his rounds but said that you were anxious to leave so I’m going get you checked out,” the nurse smiled at Kagome then looked at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha knew it was a hint for him to leave the room, but figured the doctor never made him leave so he wasn’t going to leave now.
“It’s ok Inuyasha. I’ll just be a minute. Then you can take me home. Could you grab my bag and wait for me outside the door please? ,” Kagome said with that look that Inuyasha couldn’t say no to.
Inuyasha hesitated but when Kagome gave him that look again, he grunted and left out of the room. Inuyasha didn’t really know what the big deal was. It hadn’t been a problem before because usually Inuyasha was either out of the hospital or the cafeteria or just not in the room when she was being examined. So it was obvious that Kagome was still a little shy about Inuyasha seeing her naked, even after he helped to wash her up. Then again Kagome was on the pain medication and a bit loopy and she was desperate to get clean. In fact, those first couple of days in the hospital are a bit fuzzy due to the medications she was on for pain.
When the nurse was finished examining Kagome, she gave her a clean bill of health and gave Kagome her discharge papers, so she was free to go. Although she was strong enough to walk on her own, hospital policy was to give her a wheelchair escort to her transportation.
Inuyasha ran out to pull the car around to the entrance so he could help Kagome into the car. Kagome was so happy to be outside in the fresh air. She had been cooped up in the hospital for weeks. Inuyasha jumped out the car and opened the passenger side door and picked Kagome up out of the wheelchair, not really to her surprise. She figured this was typical over protective Inuyasha.
“I ‘can’ walk you know? ,” Kagome giggled as he was placing her in the passenger seat.
“Sure I know you can. Just think of this as special treatment because of your special day,” Inuyasha sat her down and winked as he closed the door and hurried over to the driver’s side, smacking himself in the head before getting in. The car ride was very quiet until Kagome noticed that they weren’t headed to her house.
“Inuyasha, where are we going? Aren’t you taking me home? ,” Kagome said a little confused.
“Well, I figure since your mom is still at work and Souta is at his friend’s house that I wasn’t going to take you home just yet. Miroku and Sango are waiting for us at the apartment. That is, if it’s ok with you? ,” He asked with a smile hoping she didn’t want to go home just yet.
‘Now how can I say no to a smile like that? ,’ She asked herself. “Ok,” she smiled as she grabbed the hand he had rested on the gear shift.
When they finally arrived at the apartment, Inuyasha opened the door and Sango jumped off the couch and ran up to embrace her best friend.
“Oh Kagome, I’m so glad that you are finally out of that hospital. Are you feeling ok? Wait . . . am I squeezing you too hard? ,” Sango said quickly releasing her friend, in fear of hurting her.
“I’m fine Sango. I feel much better now and I won’t break. You didn’t hurt me,” Kagome laughed.
“So, what do you feel like doing? ,” Sango asked.
“Well, what I really wanna do is lay in a ‘real’ bed for a little while. Is that ok, Miroku? ,” Kagome looked over at Miroku.
“Kagome, you know you don’t have to ask. Besides, this is just as much Inuyasha’s place as mine so he’s the one you should be asking,” Miroku smiled. “Besides, I don’t ever remember telling Inuyasha he could stay with me, but he made himself at home anyway,” Miroku chuckled.
Kagome giggled and headed to Inuyasha’s room until she noticed that her hanyou wasn’t following her.
“Inuyasha, aren’t you coming? ,” She pouted.
“Um, you sure you want me to come. I can stay out here and watch tv. I thought you would probably to stretch out,” Inuyasha replied from his favorite chair.
“No, I want you to come lay with me, please? ,” Kagome exaggerated the word ‘please’ and gave him that look for the third time today.
“Keh, if you really want me to,” he walked over to her to grab her hand.
As soon as they got inside the bedroom door, Kagome closed the door and jumped onto Inuyasha. He lost his footing, but lucky for him he fell back on the bed instead of the floor. Kagome straddled him and gave him a playful smirk. She reached up to pin his hands down with her own and leaned over until their faces were only an inch away.
“Kagome, what are you doing? ,” Inuyasha said, breathing a little heavier than before. “I thought you said you were tired.”
“I’m fine. I’ve had plenty of rest in the hospital. That was just an excuse to get you alone. You just don’t know how long I’ve waited to be alone with you,” she smiled at him.
“What are you talking about? We were always alone at the hospital,” Inuyasha said matter-of-factly.
“That doesn’t count. We weren’t really alone when the doctors and nurses kept coming in and out of the room or when I got visitors,” she closed in as kissed him chastely on the lips. “We don’t have to worry about that here. And we don’t have to worry about Sango and Miroku coming in here, so now we really are alone,” she closed in for another kiss. “And I’ve really wanted to kiss you.”
“What do you mean? I kiss you all the time,” Inuyasha was a little puzzled by her statement.
“Yeah, while I was stuck in a hospital bed with IV’s and monitors. I wasn’t really able to touch you or be this close to you,” she smirked.
Inuyasha smiled and relaxed. “ Oh yeah . . . so what are you gonna do about it now that you can do what you want, without anything holding you back,” Inuyasha said playfully with a smirk.
Without hesitation she kissed him yet again, this time nibbling at his bottom lip. When he finally got his hands free from her grips, he laced his fingers in the back of her hair to pull her closer to him. They kissed frantically, rolling around on the bed. Inuyasha broke the kiss which led to gently pecks upon Kagome’s neck . . . then to her shoulder . . . then back to her neck. She moaned as Inuyasha licked her neck leaving a warm wet trail down to her collarbone. He quickly unbuttoned her blouse, breaking a few in the process. He stared into her eyes. She smiled back at him, panting slightly her chest heaving. He opened her blouse revealing a black lacy bra. He remembered seeing her like this before, when they had rushed her into the hospital and were removing her bloodied clothing. ‘Wait a minute. She just got out of the hospital and here I am trying to . . . And this would be her first time. I can’t just treat her like any other girl I’ve ever been with. It has to be special. Kagome is special,’ he thought as he started to button up her shirt with the remaining buttons.
“Inuyasha? What are you doing? You don’t think you’ve hurt me do you? I’m fine, I swear,” Kagome whined feeling confused.
“No, it’s not that. Although you probably should be resting. You did just get out of the hospital.”
“Well if that’s not why you’re stopping, then what is it?”
Inuyasha sat up in the bed with his legs crossed and back against the wall. He motioned for Kagome to sit with him and she climbed onto his lap hesitantly, still half mad and half confused at why Inuyasha stopped what they had started. He pulled her close to him and kissed her forehead as she looked up at him waiting for an explanation. He looked at the expression on her face and sighed before he started to speak.
“Kagome, in one night, my whole world changed. It was the best and worst night of my life. It’s like I found you . . . then I almost lost you in the same instant. It was the best night because I told you my secret and told you how I felt about you and you accepted me, wanted to be with ‘me’. And in that moment, I was the happiest I have ever been. But then as quick as that happened, tragedy struck and I almost lost you as quickly as I got you. And you remember right before that moment, we were ready to do something that would have changed things. I’m not saying it wouldn’t have been a good change, but it has to be done the right way. If Sango and Miroku weren’t waiting downstairs for us, who knows how any of that night would have happened. I wonder if we would have even made it out of the bedroom at all, if Kikyo had found us like ‘that’. All while you were in the hospital, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. I’m glad that we didn’t pick ‘that’ time to do anything, as much as I wanted to. You are special Kagome, too special to lose your virginity at your friend’s graduation party or your first day back from the hospital with your friends in the other room watching tv. You deserve way better than that. Now do you understand? As much as I would love to be with you, I also want your first time to be special . . . just like you,” he smiled as caressed her cheek with his free hand.
“Oh Inuyasha,” Kagome’s frustration turned into elation as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
“Now, I really do think you should get some rest. Your mom will be off work soon and she will want you home. And I don’t think you’ll get much rest once Souta finally gets his big sister home.”
“Yeah, you’re probably right. But can I stay right here . . . just like this? I’m really comfortable like this,” she looked up and smiled at him.
“If you wanna stay like this, it’s fine with me. I love holding you,” he said brushing her hair from her face and kissing her deeply.
Kagome smiled and slowly drifted to sleep as he continued to play in her hair.
A few hours later, Kagome was awakened by Inuyasha’s voice.
“Kagome, wake up. It’s time to go,” Inuyasha said softly nudging her arm.
“What time is it? ,” Kagome said still half asleep with a little yawn.
‘Wow, I can’t get over how cute she is when she first wakes up,’ Inuyasha thought before he replied. “It’s almost 3:00. Your mom should be on her way home from work now. I know she will want to see you. So, you ready to go?”
“Yeah, let’s go,” she said easing out of Inuyasha’s lap slowly. Inuyasha helped her out of the bed and to her feet, although she could have done it herself. They walked out of the room to find Sango and Miroku cuddled up in Miroku’s favorite chair watching tv.
“Oh good. You guys are up,” Sango looked over at the two walking into the living room and standing behind the couch.
“Yeah, I’m getting ready to take Kagome home. You guys wanna tag along? ,” Inuyasha asked knowingly.
“Sure, anything beats watching reruns on tv,” Miroku laughed.
“Ok then, let’s go,” Inuyasha grabbed Kagome’s hand and headed to the door.
Sango and Miroku got up and followed them out the door. Sango giggled once she noticed that Kagome’s shirt was missing a few buttons.
“Um, Kagome . . . maybe I should give you a shirt to change into. I have some of my clothes here. As a matter of fact, I have that lavender shirt you love so much,” Sango snickered.
Kagome and Inuyasha had totally forgot about the blouse and the fact it was now missing buttons. Kagome grabbed the front of her shirt and blushed.
“Yes, that’s a good idea. Let’s go get the shirt,” she grabbed Sango and hurried into Miroku’s room and closed the door.
Miroku just smirked and gave Inuyasha a knowing look. Inuyasha noticed his friend’s expression and sighed and rolled his eyes.
“It’s not even what you think,” Inuyasha blurted out.
“So your telling me that ‘you’ didn’t break those buttons? ,” Miroku looked skeptically.
“Well, yeah I broke the buttons. But nothing else happened. I didn’t even take off the shirt,” Inuyasha tried to explain to Miroku, then quickly realizing he didn’t need to explain anything to Miroku. “I don’t have to tell you everything you know,” Inuyasha huffed and folded his arms.
“That’s fine. I’m not gonna pry. Besides, I think I know what happened and being your best friend, I think I kind of know you,” Miroku smiled.
“And what exactly is that supposed to mean? ,” Inuyasha took offense.
“All I’m saying is that I know you. And if I’m not mistaken, Kagome hasn’t been deflowered and you want her first time to be special correct? ,” Miroku said rather nonchalantly.
“Hey, were you listening to my conversation with Kagome? ,” Inuyasha scolded.
“No, of course not. After all, I’m not he one with the super hearing am I? I just know you and it’s the same way I felt with Sango the first time we did anything.”
“I didn’t know Sango was a virgin when you guys hooked up,” Inuyasha said surprised.
“Don’t sound so shocked. Sango is a good girl. You make it seem like you thought differently,” Miroku got a little defensive.
“Easy tiger . . . it’s not Sango I’m surprised about. That I absolutely believe. Sango ‘is’ a good girl and even if she wasn’t a virgin when you hooked up, that wouldn’t have mattered she’s still a good person no matter what. What I’m surprised about is you hooking up with a virgin. I mean, the girls you used to hook up with were no where close to being a virgin, or a decent for that matter,” Inuyasha chuckled.
“Hey, that’s not . . . well I guess that’s sort of true. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now . . . I’m with Sango,” Miroku smiled proudly being able to say that Sango was his girl.
“You’re absolutely right. Now you have Sango . . . so the others don’t even matter,” Inuyasha pat his friend on the back and gave him a friendly smile back.
The girls were in the bedroom having a similar discussion.
“So what is going on with the shirt, Kags? What did you guys get into in there? If you did what I think you did, you are very quiet. I wasn’t half as quiet my first time,” Sango giggled at her friends shocked expression after her comment, handing her the replacement shirt.
Kagome hit Sango in the arm playfully and blushed. “Sango, it was nothing like that at all. I admit, things could have lead to that but we changed our minds. Inuyasha’s so sweet. He said he wants my first time to be special, so we are going to wait,” Kagome had a huge smile plastered on her face while she was changing her shirt.
“Awe that is sweet,” Sango chimed in.
“Yeah so now you know, nothing really happened, and now we can go right?” Kagome asked walking toward the bedroom door to open it.
“Yeah I guess so . . . seeing how you’re obviously not talking about that anymore,” Sango laughed at her friend’s attempt to quickly change the subject.
Kagome smiled and playfully stuck out her tongue at Sango before running out of the door.
_________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
D uring the ride to take Kagome home, she couldn’t help but feel like something wasn’t right. She figured she was just being paranoid and that was understandable after what she had been through, but she had nothing to worry about. She was safe with her friends and Inuyasha. He would never let anything happen to her ever again. Once they reached the house, they all got out to walk Kagome to the door. Kagome took her keys out and unlocked the door, slowly opening it to hear a crowd of people shout ‘surprise’. She was totally shocked. Her tricky friends had kept her away from the house on purpose. They had planned her a surprise Coming Home/Birthday party. Mrs. Hiragashi had taken the day off work to make all the preparations. Kagome turned around to her friends and smiled. They just smiled back finally saying happy birthday to Kagome and hugging her.
“I seriously thought everyone had forgot my birthday. Nobody had said happy birthday to me all day, so I just assumed with everything that was going on you just . . . forgot.”
“That was the plan. We just wanted to make you think we had forgot. How could we ever forget your birthday dear? ,” Mrs. Hiragashi spoke from the crowd of family and friends there for Kagome’s special day.
Kagome smiled as she walked into the room. “Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Sango never forgets my birthday. I thought that was so weird. And Inuyasha even hinted to my special day but never once said Happy Birthday,” she gave Inuyasha a fake frown.
“Yeah I almost forgot and told you Happy Birthday too. I sorta let that special day comment slip out. I guess I couldn’t help it,” Inuyasha smiled and scratched the back of his head.
Kagome just wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly.
Everyone seemed to be there. Her aunt and uncle were there as well as her grandfather. Even Kouga, Ayame and Shippo were there. Some of her friends from school were there, all to welcome her home and wish her the happiest birthday. Everyone was having a ball . . . eating and playing games. Mrs. Hiragashi was reminiscing about when Kagome was younger and all the embarrassing stories to go with her memories. Kagome was blushing and hiding half the time, between her mom’s stories and then her aunt and uncle with theirs. Her grandfather even threw in a couple of stories that they forgot. But Kagome didn’t really mind. She had her family and friends all in one place, together and happy. She was just happy for her second chance to be with the people who mattered the most to her.
“Hello beautiful,” Kouga walked up to Kagome and grabbed her hand to kiss it. Inuyasha just glared daggers at him. Kagome giggled.
“Hi Kouga, I’m happy to see you. Where’s Ayame? ,” Kagome asked looking around.
“Oh, she’s on her way in with Shippo,” Kouga said just as they were walking in.
“Yeah, I need to talk to Ayame about your wondering lips,” Inuyasha commented.
“Oh Inuyasha, you know that’s how Kouga is. He doesn’t mean anything by it,” Kagome smiled at Inuyasha.
Ayame and Shippo walked up just as Inuyasha said “Keh.” “Heya Kagome, how are you? ,” Ayame asked giving her friend a gentle hug.
“I’m feeling much better actually. I’m so glad to be home,” Kagome answered.
“Hey Kagome,” Shippo said shyly giving her a hug as well.
“Hello Shippo . . . wow I’m so glad you guys are here,” Kagome smiled widely.
They all got together around the couch. Kouga was telling his embarrassing stories about Inuyasha and Inuyasha had some about Kouga as well. Miroku tried to keep out of it, but they pulled him in anyway telling stories of their mishaps and adventures together. Shippo was very young then, but they did manage to have some of him as well which usually involved him telling on the others or blackmailing them to get what he wanted. The girls never pegged Shippo to be that type. He was so quiet and shy, yet he was obviously a clever young man.
As everyone was mingling and having a good time the door bell rang. Kagome was close to the door, so she decided she would answer it. She opened the door to find a very well dressed man standing before her, holding the most beautifully decorated box she had ever seen.
“Hello Kagome, it’s good to finally meet you . . . that is while you are awake,” the man gave her a slight smile.
“You must be Sesshomaru. It is good to finally meet you as well. Please, wont you come in? ,” Kagome asked as she motioned for him to enter the house.
“Thank you, I will,” Sesshomaru said stepping in following behind Kagome. “I didn’t think you would know who I am,” Sesshomaru replied.
“Well you did say you meet me while I was asleep and Inuyasha did tell me that you came to see me in the hospital. I would personally like to thank you for the balloons and flowers by the way . . . that was so sweet. Oh, and the silver hair and amber eyes kind of gave it away too. Inuyasha is the only guy with such a unique hair and eye color and he did say it ran in the family,” she smiled at him.
“I see. Well your more than welcome for the flowers and balloons,” Sesshomaru looked down in his hands, remembering he brought her a gift. “This is for you,” he said handing her the gift.
“Thank you very much Sesshomaru. It was so kind of you to bring me a gift,” she got up and walked over to her other gifts and put the beautiful box down amongst the others.
“It’s my pleasure. I’ve never seen my brother so happy and mannerable before he met you. I was telling him that. And we usually never talk, especially since our parents died. But since he’s met you, he’s been easier to talk to and not such a baka all the time. You just don’t know how much of a blessing you are,” Sesshomaru said calmly.
Kagome blushed and giggled at Sesshomaru’s compliment just as Inuyasha walked up to the two.
“Hey Sesshy, I didn’t expect you to show up,” Inuyasha gave a glare, wondering what he could have said to make Kagome giggle.
“ Inuyasha, could you please just call me Sessh or Sesshomaru,” he asked his brother calmly.
“But you have never had a problem with me calling you Sesshy before . . . so why now? ,” Inuyasha was rather entertained by his brother’s discomfort.
“It was fine when we were kids, but now we are adults and ‘Sesshy’ is not an adult name. You make me sound like a toddler.”
“Keh, fine,” Inuyasha pretended to give in to his request but the next chance he got he’d be calling him ‘Sesshy’ again. “Anyway, like I was saying before, I didn’t expect to see you here,” Inuyasha addressed Sesshomaru once again.
“Well why wouldn’t I be here? That’s all you’ve been talking about for the last couple of weeks. Anytime you would come home while Kagome was in the hospital that’s all you would talk about . . . her, in general, of course and that her birthday was coming up. Besides, I needed to formally meet her and I thought this was the perfect opportunity since my schedule was clear. Like I was telling Kagome, and as I told you once before, I just had to meet who was responsible for making such a positive change in my baka of a brother,” Sesshomaru made a little joke but his expression didn’t show it.
“I’m gonna let that ‘baka’ comment slide for now, only because it’s Kagome’s special day,” Inuyasha frowned at Sesshomaru and crossed his arms.
Kagome giggled at the two brothers’ interacting. “Well I’m so happy that you could make it Sesshomaru and I know that Inuyasha is just as happy as I,” Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha just said “Keh” and continued to frown and cross his arms.
They all continued to eat and play games until it was finally time for Kagome to open up her gifts. She began opening them, thanking every person individually for their thoughtful gifts. She was now down to the last gift left, a small box. It had no card or name and she thought she opened gifts from everyone already. So she had no idea who the gift was from. Then it dawned on her that there is only one person it could be from, since he’s the only person she didn’t remember opening a gift from. So she decided to play along, pretending she didn’t know who the gift was from. Quickly, she unwrapped the little box and took of the top. Kagome was in awe of the beautiful treasure that lay inside the box. In the box was a beautiful silver necklace, with an exquisite iridescent pink pearl pennant with diamonds around the setting. It was the most beautiful thing Kagome had ever seen in her life. Everyone ‘oh’ed and ‘ah’ed at the beautiful necklace.
“Oh Inuyasha, this is so beautiful,” Kagome said frantically smiling at Inuyasha.
“Keh, who said it was from me,” he was leaning against the wall with a cocky smile.
She got up and walked over to him. She turned around and moved her hair from her neck so he could put the necklace on. When he was finished, Kagome turned around and gave him a great big kiss. A few people in the room started clapping, as well as a few “awe”s and some whistling. Kagome, realizing she had just done that in front of everyone she knew, hid her face in Inuyasha’s shirt and blushed. Inuyasha just chuckled and smiled as she walked back to the couch where she was sitting while she was opening her gifts, totally embarrassed. After about another hour of socializing, the guests began to leave. Sango and Miroku said their goodbyes and left as well as Kouga, Ayame, and Shippo. Inuyasha was the only person left, other than Mrs. Hiragashi and Souta.
“I think I better get going too. You’re gonna need your rest. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow, Inuyasha smirked, looking out of the corner of his eye at her.
“Is that so? ,” Kagome smiled at him. “Just where do I have to go tomorrow? ,” she smirked back.
“It’s top secret. If I told you today I would have to kill you,” he said jokingly. “I’ll see you in the morning, then you’ll find out more information about the mission,” he chuckled as he pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her before closing in for heated kiss.
“Gross, could you cut that out while I’m around. I don’t wanna lose my dinner,” Souta pretended to be sick as he laughed and walked away.
Kagome giggled and Inuyasha smiled at his antics.
“Ok then, I will see you tomorrow, in the morning,” she said with a huge smile on her face, kissing him chastely one last time before letting him out the door. ‘This was the best birthday ever,’ Kagome thought as she headed upstairs to her room. ‘I wonder what he has planned tomorrow . . . I can’t wait,’ she smiled and jumped on her bed like a giddy school girl and cuddled a pillow as she thought of what tomorrow had in store for her.
Inuyasha walked to his car smiling to himself. ‘I can’t wait until tomorrow. I hope Kagome likes what I have planned. I want everything to be perfect,’ he thought as he hopped in the car and speed off back to the estate to make finally preparations for his special day for Kagome.
A/N: Ok that was chapter 15 and I hope u enjoyed it even if it was mindnumbingly boring . . . to me anyway. I’m really starting to hate my own work*pouts*. It’s really just the set up for what I have in store for the next chappie. So, I have good news and bad news . . . depending on how u look at things and if u r one of the loyal readers who actually enjoy the crap that leaks from my brain and into thoughts for this story ^.^ The bad news first: chapter 16 will be the last chapter of BFAE . . . yes we have finally reached the end my friends and u all have been so wonderful and supportive. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The last chappie will promise to be full of excitement and may leave u wondering . . . oh and some lemony goodness as well. And now the good news . . . like I said depending on how each individual looks at it, there is a continuation in the works. Gotta give some other characters a little more face time in the next installment and even and some new ones into the mix. Yeah the craps been oozing out of my head again and may not be half bad but I don’t wanna spoil anything for those who want to read so you’ll just have to wait and see but I promise that chapter 16 won’t leave u disappointed. I’m so excited . . . I can’t wait ~_^