InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bishies Without Shirts ❯ Nurse Kagome to the Rescue ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three: Nurse Kagome to the rescue

Kagome left the two of them there glaring at each other; Inuyasha from his perch on her favorite book reading chair and Sesshomaru from his position on the sofa. She was annoyed that he changed his mind about going up to take a bath, but then she figured maybe she'd get him to go take a bath when she came back.

"Imagine him not wanting to when Sesshomaru's in the house, as if Sesshomaru's in any condition to do anything more than lie on the sofa." She thought. Muttering out loud to herself something about "being thankful she wasn't a mom yet, because she wasn't cut out for it" and "how does her mom manage to do it." She could hear them trading insults with each other as she headed towards the kitchen and it bothered her that Sesshomaru's were getting more and more bazaar as his fever spiked up. "I'd laugh if it turns out there's some human blood floating around in his veins too. I mean I guess Inuyasha could get the chicken pox, but Sesshomaru? Maybe that's why there's no Youkai left in this time…" She thought as she poured a glass of ginger ale. Leaving it on the counter she went and opened the medicine box that her mom kept on top of the fridge. Kagome always thought is strange that her family never kept the stuff in the bathroom like everyone else, but then Ba-chan was a nurse and she always said keeping them here was better. "Maybe that's why Jii-san knows so many illnesses?" she thought. Soon she was back in the living room where she found Inuyasha squirming in the chair as he desperately tried not to scratch as well as Sesshomaru doing much the same thing from his prone position on the sofa.
"What did I tell you two about scratching?" She said as she came over to Sesshomaru. Holding out the glass of ginger ale in one hand and two Tylenol in the other, she watched as Sesshomaru struggled to get up into a sitting position. "He really looks pathetic there; not at all like the way he normally looks, like he's in charge of things." She thought before putting the stuff down and leaning over to help him. "You so much as growl at me Mister and…." This was said to Inuyasha who clearly didn't like the idea of her fussing over his brother, but it also had the unexpected result of getting Sesshomaru to cooperate too. Having got the ginger ale and Tylenol in him, she then left to get a blanket for him as well as start the bath for Inuyasha. Coming back she decided to get the two of them in there together. "This way there'd be less mess" she figured, "as Inuyasha at least is familiar with our bathroom and well I just don't think Sesshomaru wants me to help him there." She blushed as she pictured the two of them in the bath, a sweet picture which quickly dissolved into one of the two of them trying to drown one another. Which was just as well as she came back in the living room, for Inuyasha was like "what took you so long?" and "why can't you make this itching go away?"
Tucking the blanket in around Sesshomaru, who surprise of surprises actually thanked her for her trouble; "He must be sicker than I thought if he's thanking me." she thought as she turned and announced she was going to check on the bath as well as look for some salts to throw in there.
So as Sesshomaru drifted back to sleep, Inuyasha sat there and desperately tried not to scratch. First he wiggled then he squiggled until he finally scratched like there was no tomorrow! Hearing Kagome's footsteps coming closer he sat on his hands and pretended he had did that all along, so he wasn't expecting what happened next.
"Inuyasha!" She shouted at him, which caused Sesshomaru to awaken with a start. "What did I tell you about scratching?!"
"Kagome…." He whined. "I wasn't scratching… honest!"
"Yeah right! And Miroku doesn't ask every pretty girl he sees to bear his child! Besides those long nails of yours left a nice trail of red marks where you scratched." She sighed and went on. "Besides your bath's ready and I think you should take Sesshomaru in there with you."
"NANI???!!!! I'm not bathing with him!" Inuyasha pouted. Sesshomaru shot her a look that said much the same thing, but she ignored him for the moment.
"Oh yes you are, cause the only alternative is me taking one with him and well….You're just taking one with him and that's final! And I don't want any arguments from either of you! Geeze what a bunch of babies! I know you've shared a bath with Miroku and nothing happened to you! Cause I'm sure if it did I hear about it! And you've must have shared one with that annoying little green thing you hang out with!" she turned and glared at Sesshomaru. "Nothing strange has happened to you either except you now have a little human girl following you around…." She trailed off helplessly before going on. "Never mind! You're just sharing a bath and that's final! Now get your carcass up off the sofa and you get yours up out of that chair and march!" She pointed towards the general area of the bathroom as both brothers struggled to comply. Stopping at the linen closet, she pulled two fluffy white towels and thrust them at them. "Here and if any one of you makes a mess, the two of you will be cleaning it up! Understand?! Good now have a nice bath and don't hesitate to call me if you need me. And it had better be an emergency! Or else!" That settled she turned and left them.
Both brothers stood there looking at each other and then looking at the bath. This went on for a few minutes before they both bowed to the inevitable and got in. "If you so much as breathe a word that you had to help me in here, I swear once I feel up to it I'll kill you and then I'll revive you until I get bored killing you all over again!"
"Yeah, like I'm going to admit I took a bath with my brother, in such a small tub too. Now if you don't want to add a missing leg to your list of missing body parts, you had better remove yours from my butt!" Inuyasha called over his shoulder.
"Ewww! So that's what that is. Besides I never asked you sit in my lap in the first place. So I suggest you remove your butt before you lose it!"
They argued like that for a while until Kagome knocked and stuck her head in. "Everyone ok in here? Inuyasha, come here so I can give you these things to put on until my mom gets back." She removed her head and stuck her hand back in its place. In her hand was a pair of her sweat pants that she figured would fit Inuyasha. For Sesshomaru , she found an old robe of her Jii-san's that she hoped would cover everything as she had no intention of finding out what a full Youkai looked like under his clothes.
"Hold on while I get out of the bath."
"Don't worry Inuyasha, just stay put. Sesshomaru, why don't you come and get this. Ummm…. The robe's for you and the pants are for Inuyasha. I'm sorry but you're just a bit bigger than he is and well…. My mom's not back with anything yet and I think we really need to wash up those…."
She was cut off by a "Hold on wench while I attempt to get out of here!" followed by some cursing and splashing as the two brothers tried to get out of the bath.
"Umm… never mind just stay put! Your clothes are just outside the door." She quickly shut the door and dropped the clothes. Sprinting outside as fast as she could, Kagome just made it before collapsing if a fit of giggles at the thought of the scene in the bath. Shaking her head she looked up in time to dash back inside as she caught sight of her friends coming by for a visit. "Oh crap! What else can go wrong?"
Meanwhile after much splashing and cursing, Inuyasha managed to get himself out of the bath first followed by his brother. They grabbed towels and dried themselves off. Then Inuyasha opened the door and found the clothes that Kagome left them. He just managed to squeeze into Kagome's sweat pants, but doubted very much he'd be able to sit comfortably in them, while Sesshomaru struggled with getting the robe on. Shaking his head Inuyasha offered some silent help. However while Kagome's grandpa had enough girth for the robe to go around Sesshomaru's middle, he didn't have Sesshomaru's broad shoulders, so the robe wouldn't close without threatening to rip up the back.
"Looks like you don't have anything to wear elder brother!" he smirked as Sesshomaru fumed back at him.
"Look you imbecile! Just help me get it off so we can tie it around my waist! I'm sure your wench's ofukuro will be back any minute now with something suitable to wear." Inuyasha stood there trying to decide whether or not he was going to help before giving in. He figured as bad as his brother looked now, dressed the way he was thinking of dressing might even look more ridiculous. So he helped, but he had to admit Sesshomaru had somehow managed to pull off looking good while barely being dressed. That got him worried about Kagome and how'd she react when she saw him. The fact that he heard her talking to someone didn't sink in until he realized it wasn't her Mom she was talking to.
"Oh crap! Sesshomaru we have to be quiet cuz there's someone there with Kagome!" he hissed.
"Hunh? Who's there? Shouldn't her ofukuro be back now? I wish there was something I could do about this awful itching. And besides I want to lie down again, I don't feel well again."
"Shut up! I think it's those girls she always talks about. Her friends… from what's that place? School! That's it her friends from school are here!"
"What?"
"You heard me!"
Meanwhile downstairs Kagome was desperately trying to get rid of her friends.
"My Grandpa is sick Eri and it's contagious! You guys can't be here now! Sorry I'll talk to you at school tomorrow! Ok bye!" Kagome said as she tried to push them out the door.
"Oh really? Then how come I saw him at the Motomuro shrine this morning and he looked fine to me!"
"That's right! And Yuka told us your little brother was going to the zoo with her cousin this afternoon. In fact she said your mom told hers about it!"
"Well errr…ummm…."
"I bet she's hiding a guy here! What do you think, Ayumi? Yuka?" Eri said as she tried to see if there where any extra shoes lined up next to Kagome's.
"Oh well! You got me! There is a guy here! Heehee! And well he…. can't meet you right now! Umm…. I have to go, bye!" Kagome said as she tried to close the door on them before they came in any farther than they did.
"Why can't he meet us? No way!!!!!!" Eri blushed as she thought about the reason why Kagome couldn't introduce him. "I bet that box of "extra larges" are coming in handy aren't they!" she said as she nudged her friend with her elbow and winked at her other friends there. Who both "oh-ed" as they too caught on to Eri's meaning and blushed.
Kagome blushed too as she realized what Eri was implying. "Noooo! It's not like that at all!!!