InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Easy as 1, 2, 3... ❯ New Moon Troubles ( Chapter 17 )

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine, nor will he or any of the characters ever be. Isn't it depressing? Well, for me anyway...

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Easy as 1, 2, 3…

Chapter Seventeen

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Night had fallen, yet Kagome still remained at home alone. Her mother, grandfather, and little brother would all probably be home sometime that night, but she had no clue as to when. Taking advantage of this, Kagome decided it would be best to shut herself up in her room and get some sleep. Dealing with her family could wait until morning.

Flopping down on her pink bedspread, Kagome gazed around her familiar room with a sad look in her eyes.

"You'd think I'd be happy to finally be home." She grumbled to herself. "Everything here is familiar to me, and I'm comfortable. Or at least I used to be. How could that jerk have ruined that for me so easily?" A fierce frown marred her face. "I hope I NEVER see him again!"

With this firm declaration, Kagome got up and walked over to her dresser, where she pulled out her favorite pair of pajamas. It was the same pair Miroku had seen her wearing, with little cats all over it. Obviously her mother must have washed them and put them away for her while she was gone.

After changing for bed, Kagome switched off the lights and crawled into bed, Buyo not far behind her. She was determined to get a good night's sleep and forget all about Inuyasha and making explanations to her family. It was the only way left that she could think of to save her feeble sanity.

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A very human-looking Inuyasha sat outside the Higurashi home, sulking and staring at a particular bedroom window with a mixture of annoyance and longing. His deep purple eyes had been trained on that window ever since the sun had set, leaving him with the new moon.

How he HATED his time of the month! Every new moon his demon blood waned, causing his hair to turn as black as his mother's, and his eyes to darken to a more natural color. Even his ears became like a human's ears! Being like this always left him feeling frail and weak, and he detested it with all his heart.

Now because of this new and very unwelcome development, he had few choices about how to get inside the house. And he just HAD to get up there somehow! Even if it took him all night, he would get in there to see her.

Finally deciding to move from his spot under a huge, old tree, Inuyasha walked over to the tree next to Kagome's window. The bedroom light had just gone off moments before, so now would be a good time to try his luck at climbing trees. What he wouldn't give to have his claws back!

Inuyasha scaled the tree, making good time for a human. He might be weaker like that, but the trace of demon blood left in his veins still counted for something! Looking carefully after he'd made his way up, the hanyou-turned-human saw that the broken branch from his last visit was still hanging on, but barely. He knew trying to put any weight on it would cause it to fall, so using it would be out of the question.

What else could he do then? That was the only branch close enough to her window that it would be safe to make an entrance from. Jumping from anywhere else would be risky.

'Keh! Whoever said I like to play it safe?' He mentally scoffed. 'I won't let anything get in my way tonight, so you'd better get ready Kagome!'

Smirking in the darkness at the window that was his goal, Inuyasha prepared himself to jump. If he could only make it to the sloped roof under her window, he shouldn't have a problem from there! That was a pretty big 'if' though!

With a grunt, Inuyasha launched himself off the branch, trying not to hit his head on any of the others in the tree. It was hard, but he managed not to give himself a concussion and still latch on to the edge of the roof with his arms. He made it!

Hauling himself up with his still abnormally strong arms, Inuyasha pulled his legs over the edge and grabbed onto the window sill with all his might, happy over the fact that he was that much closer to his goal!

Pulling on the sliding window, he fully expected it not to give under his hands. Surely she would have learned her lesson after getting kidnapped by him the first time. Who would leave a window open or unlocked after that?

But the window slid open effortlessly, and that worried him like nothing else could. He frowned and stared at the window his hand was gripping, not knowing what to think.

'This has got to be some kind of trap. She wouldn't just leave me an open invitation otherwise. Not after how upset she seemed.'

Just then, he saw the answer and almost laughed out loud!

'The wench did leave a trap for me!' He grinned as his eyes took in the sight of two demon wards plastered on each side of the window, just daring him to try to get by them and in the room. 'I guess it's a good thing I am human tonight, and that she didn't know about it. Now she can't hurt me-'

*THUMP*

In his elation at getting past her trap, he didn't bend down low enough to enter the room and hit his head on the top of the window frame! Inuyasha grunted in pain at the impact, and the sound caused the girl in the bed to finally stir.

"Huh?" Kagome blinked owlishly at the figure kneeling in the frame of her window, rubbing his forehead and grimacing. At first she thought it must be Inuyasha, but her sleepy brain finally processed that the wards had done no good, and the figure had BLACK hair!

"AAAGGGHHHHH!"

Kagome screamed loudly, startling the dark-haired man and causing him to stop rubbing his head and stare at her. Grabbing the closest thing to her that might do some damage, she picked up her bedside lamp, yanking the plug from the wall, and threw it at the man with all her might!

"Kagome, stop! It's me Inu-" The figure's protests were cut off as the lamp connected with his body, and the sudden impact sent him falling backwards onto the roof and then down to the ground below. A muffled thud met Kagome's ears, and then some groaning and colorful cursing. That voice sounded very familiar……

Kagome crept out of bed and walked over to the window, cautiously sticking her head outside to look down. Even though it was dark outside from lack of a moon, she was just able to make out a figure sprawled on the ground.

Listening to his voice rant and curse, recognition suddenly hit her like a ton of bricks! Even though he had black hair, that voice couldn't belong to anyone else!

"Inu……yasha?"

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A sulky figure with black hair perched on Kagome's bed, legs and arms both crossed despite the pain he was in at the moment. A stubborn glare was firmly planted on his face.

Across from him Kagome sat on her desk chair, an almost identical expression on her face, along with her arms crossed. It would be a fairly comical scene if it weren't for the tension in the air.

Kagome was the first to break the silence.

"Care to explain?"

If possible, Inuyasha's frown got deeper. "No."

"You try to sneak into my room, scare the heck out of me, and now you won't even explain why you're here?"

A shocked look crossed Inuyasha's face, and he blurted out what caused it. "You mean you don't want to know why I look like a human?"

Kagome smiled grimly. "Of course I want to know that, baka! But I can only deal with one insane problem at a time." She stopped to roll her eyes. "And I used to think my life was so dull and normal."

Inuyasha remained silent for several moments, suddenly unsure. It had been so clear to him earlier, his need to confront her and confess his feelings. Now, instead of jumping at the chance, he felt like jumping out the window instead. She wouldn't even need to give him a push this time!

"Inuyasha, if you don't start talking right now, I swear I'll throw something a lot bigger than a lamp at you!" Kagome threatened.

"Keh! Like you could hurt me!"

A book connecting with his head proved otherwise.

After the pain subsided, Inuyasha finally decided to give explaining a try, although he started with his human appearance. Best to start with the easiest first!

"I turn human once a month."

Kagome had to try really hard not to roll her eyes again at his inability to elaborate, and decided asking questions might be the best approach. Maybe then she could get some information out of him before she killed him!

"Why do you turn human once a month?And what does that do to your demon powers and senses?"

Inuyasha struggled to form an answer. "I turn human on the new moon, and that's when I'm at my most vulnerable. Very few know about it. I only tell those that I care about and trust." He made sure to put a lot of emphasis on that last bit of information.

Kagome's eyes widened some, but other than that, she stayed silent and didn't acknowledge what he said. Instead, she waited for him to continue.

"As for my demon powers, I lose them. I'm almost as weak as any human. I'm normally pretty careful to stay at home during my time of the month."

Kagome couldn't help but let out a small giggle at the way he worded that, and Inuyasha glared at her. "What's so funny?"

"You sound like a woman talking about her 'time of the month'!" Another small laugh escaped, and Inuyasha turned beet red when he figured out what she meant.

"It's not funny."

Kagome smirked. "Keep telling yourself that if it will make you feel better."

A small sound that was suspiciously like Inuyasha's normal growl escaped him, but Kagome ignored him and continued to laugh for several moments. It didn't take her long to get herself together though.

"So why are you here, even though you normally stay at home during your 'time of the month'?" She raised her eyebrows at him.

"Keh! I wanted to talk to you! Do I have to have a good reason?"

"You do since you were trying sneak into my room!"

Inuyasha refused to look her in the face, and instead was looking everywhere else. He was obviously embarrassed, but Kagome wasn't sure why.

"I wanted to know something." He finally whispered, gathering every drop of courage he possessed. "Why did you-"

"KAGOME!" A voice yelled, flinging open the bedroom door and nearly giving the two occupants of the room a heart attack! Kagome's mother stood there, looking happy to finally see her daughter again!

Inuyasha and Kagome both froze in horror, not knowing how to react at seeing her mother. How in the world would they ever manage to explain this one?

"Kagome!" Her mother cried, ignoring Inuyasha and hugging her daughter. "We missed you so much!" Before Kagome could respond, she turned around and stared at Inuyasha. "Who is this dear? Your new husband?"

Inuyasha began to splutter. "H-HUSBAND?!?!"

Kagome buried her face in her hands and groaned loudly.

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They are back together now...well, sort of! So you can't kill me! What will happen now that her mother has voiced Kagome's greatest fear? ^_^