InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Enlightenment ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Chapter Seven

Inuyasha growled low under his breath. He had just finished putting Tai to bed and changing him into a clean pair of pyjamas. Why was everything suddenly turning catastrophic around him? He lay on the living room sofa facing up at the ceiling. He scowled once again at his dark surroundings, having his eyes already used to the dark.

He was still obviously up waiting for Kagome. He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, which read it was fifteen minutes passed midnight. She didn't think of going home with that wolf did she? No, Kagome wouldn't do that. She always did have far too much sense when it came to certain things. He was getting far too impatient just waiting around for her. Not to mention he had to tell her why her living room was housing most of his belongings...

It all started with that damned phone call. He practically scooped Tai up in his arms and zoomed out of the house all at once. He had also forgotten to lock the front door since he was in such a hurry to get to his place and not to mention him and Tai were gone for two hours... Good thing Kaede decided to drop by and ended up house sitting.

Once he and Tai made it to his place in record time, he was utterly shocked to find water spilling out the door as soon as he opened it. Tai wanted to go for a swim but once he found out where the water was coming from, he decided to stay put in his father's grasp. Inuyasha leaped from the foot of the stairs to the second floor of the house to see where the problem was. He groaned as he realized he was treading water.

He found Totosai, a neighbor, yelling at a bunch of plumbers to stop the gushing of water from the faucet. He yelled at the top of his lungs at the plumbers mainly because he lost his temper. What a wonderful night he was having.

Totosai had taken him aside and he had no choice but to let Tai splash around the hallway keeping a close eye on him, while Totosai filled him in. Totosai had tried to get a word in, but he was far too busy complaining about cheap plumbing and how he was cheated good money, and currently having to spend extra on those good for nothing plumbers. Totosai finally cut in when Inuyasha stopped to catch his breath. As it turned out, he had forgotten to turn off the faucet before he left to go on his supposed date with his ex- wife and shortly after, a pipe hide burst.

Car headlights shone through the living room curtains as his thoughts were suddenly interrupted. He kept his ears perked up and heard that the car had indeed pulled over to a stop across the street.

“That better be her...”he growled noticing that it was almost one in the morning.

He tried to keep his cool just by keeping still on the couch. He couldn't let Kagome know he had stayed up waiting for her. Well not in the sense that he was jealous. He had to tell her what happened to his house because it was indeed a problem. He could perhaps stay with his father for a while but he couldn't stomach the site of his dear old dad at the moment. No it would be better off to stay in a hotel, but then again that would just be too much hassle since he had to take care of Tai every morning. So maybe Kagome would let him stay with her during Tai's stay.

Damn it. What was taking her so long to get out of the car and in the house? Without hesitation, he quietly got up off the couch and peered out the window. Although it was dark outside and the car was across the street, he was sure that he would have no problem seeing the passengers in the car. He slipped his face through the curtains to take a peak outside. What he saw completely made him think otherwise about his earlier thoughts of regarding his ex-wife.

~*~

“Kouga my seatbelt is stuck!” cried Kagome trying to unbuckle the damn thing.

“Oh hold on. I thought I got that fixed…”he grumbled. “Sorry.”

“It's okay,” she said as she watched Kouga lean over her.

She couldn't help but blush since the only man she had ever been this close with was Inuyasha. Not to mention that Kouga was such at a very close proximity now that he was practically on top of her. He had been hitting on her all evening and she just didn't have the heart to directly tell him that she wasn't interested. He was nice enough but it was just too soon to get involved with someone because of recent divorce and not only that, she hadn't even thought about getting back into dating.

“Stupid belt… I'm really sorry,” he gave her a sheepish smile.

Kagome smiled at him while she sat patiently to be freed. She hated seatbelts. They were a hazard if they weren't being used for safety. She tapped her fingers on her lap and finally, after what seemed like forever, she heard it click.

“Finally!” cried Kouga triumphantly. “Sorry again.”

“It's okay!” she reassured. She opened the car door and made her way out. “Thanks for inviting me tonight Kouga!”

“Kagome?”

“Yeah?”

“Can I call you? I mean as friends of course.”

“Ummm… yeah. Sure,” she blushed. She was taken aback and she just couldn't seem to let him down with that hopeful smile he was he was giving her. Well at least she knew that he wouldn't force himself on her so what could it hurt to be friends with him?

“Okay. Good night then!” he waved before flashing Kagome a toothy grin and then driving off.

~*~

There inside the car was Koga and Kagome. From what he was able to make out, it looked like Kouga was forcing himself on Kagome! Kouga's back was turned to him but he could see he was leaning over Kagome. Damn him! That sneaky bastard! He knew that damn wolf was bad news from the moment his set his eyes on him! That's it! Inuyasha abruptly stood up without a second thought. A couple of stumbling here and there and a couple of curses, Inuyasha finally made it to the front door. He reached for the doorknob and yanked the door open only to find Kagome hunched over with her key, ready to be put in the lock.

“You're still awake?” she asked a bit surprised as she entered the house. “Ouch what the...!” She had bumped into something hard and pointy and instantly reached for the light switch. “What are…?”

“Why are you home so late? If I wasn't here who would stay with Tai?” screamed Inuyasha with both his hands firmly placed on his hips.

Kagome rolled her eyes at the enraged hanyou and walked past him to the kitchen. What was up with him? It wasn't that late and he was lecturing her about who would stay with Tai? She clicked her tongue at this. He was such a hypocrite. Never once did he think about who would stay with Tai while he was away at `work'. He just always assumed that she would be there. She loved her baby to death but sometimes she just wanted time for her to relax and forget about all the stress that life brought.

“Are you listening to me?!” He screamed just as she had taken a water bottle out of the fridge.

“Keep your voice down. Tai is sleeping,” hissed Kagome.

“Keh. Answer my damn question wench. What took you so fucking long?” he demanded. Okay so that was a little too much. He knew that he wasn't her keeper it's just that he was slightly peeved at her behaviour. What would happen if he wasn't around to babysit Tai? He sure as heck didn't trust a babysitter with his son that's for sure. He had gotten comfortable with the idea of Kaede babysitting Tai before… he wasn't going to go there. But he had gotten with that idea because he figured he could always talk Kagome about leaving early if he had been with her.

“Don't speak to me like that,” whispered Kagome. Kagome had absolutely no idea what was coming over him. She felt like smacking him on the head with her water bottle. She was tired and she wasn't in the mood for an argument.

“Keh! Try again wench,” said Inuyasha crossing his arms over his chest.

“Kouga wanted me to meet some of their clients and their partners, I was at the party, duh, and my seatbelt got stuck so that took up more time,” she said all in one breath.

“Well I'm glad to hear that your memory is still in tact, if only you remembered what time it is! What were you thinking letting him touch like that?!”

“Touch me like what?! You aren't making any sense.” Now she was just really confused. Was he drunk? She quickly decided that she was going to end this conversation by wlaking out of the kitchen and into her room for some well deserved sleep.

“Don't pretend you weren't doing anything!” he cried pointing an accusing finger at her even if she couldn't see it. “I saw you! He was all over you and you didn't do anything!”

“Where is this all coming from! My seatbelt was stuck so Koga was trying to help me get out! Ow!” that would be Inuyasha's finger on her face. Kagome hissed and remembered that her living room was now housing most of what looked like to be her ex-husband's belongings. Her mouth was agape at the sight of her couch overflowing with Inuyasha's clothes. She turned her attention back to him to ask him just what in the hell was going on.

“You just met him! I can't believe you!” he continued to yell.

“Mind explaining to me why your stuff is here?”

Inuyasha paused and cringed at the sight of his things on her living room furniture. He didn't have anything prepared to tell her about his current predicament. “Well you see…” he began rubbing the back of his head.

“Mommy!” shouted Tai running down the steps in his pajamas.

“Hey! I thought you were asleep!” complained Inuaysha as he felt Tai zoom past him.

“Mommy! You should've seen it! Our house… it was like a giant pool! Daddy wouldn't let me go swimming though because he said I'd get cooties. But he let me anyway before we left!” cried Tai happily while Kagome looked at him strangely.

“Inuyasha?”

“I left the faucet running okay?” he grumbled.

“You left the faucet running! Tai sometimes forgets to turn off the faucet but you're a grown man!” she scolded.

“Well he has you to remind him whenever he leaves the bathroom!” he said defensively.

“Well I didn't think a full grown man such as yourself would need to be reminded about shutting off the faucet before leaving the house,” she commented dryly while cuddling her son.

“You rushed me!” Inuyasha suddenly remembered he had a grudge against Kagome for letting him think he was her date tonight. No doubt he had made an idiot of himself. Trying to be on time, looking his best, and for what! To find out that he had assumed the rest of the information Tai had forgotten. “You told me to come here and when I did, you weren't even ready!”

Tai's bottom lip began to quiver at the sound of his parents' harsh voices. Before he could open his mouth to let out what would have been the first of many wails, Kagome and Inuyasha both began to coo and reassure him that nothing was wrong.

“Ready? Why did you want me out of the house so fast? I only called you because Kouga-” Kagome paused and thought about what Inuaysha had just said. He sounded like he planned to pick her up for the evening. He had come with a white shirt he normally wore under a jacket to parties and a pair of black dress pants. Inuyasha didn't think that he was her date did he? But where did he get that idea from? She would have surely talked details with him if it were what she thought, he thought, it was. She looked towards Inuyasha to see that he was trying to think of how to answer her questions. Kagome looked away with a blush tainting her cheeks as what she had just seen confirmed her suspicions.

“So how bad were the damages?” she asked changing the subject.

“A pipe burst and flooded the whole house. Not to mention I'm out of water…” he answered almost sheepishly. “I hope you don't mind I brought my stuff here. I didn't want to stay there long because Tai was splashing around too much.”

“It's alright. But where will you stay in the meantime?” she asked.

“I dunno. Probably a hotel or something,” he answered gruffly. With their arguing, he doubted they could get along without Tai to keep both their tempers in check. Staying at a hotel would probably better for all of them.

“Why not just stay with your dad?”

“Keh! Like hell I will,” he growled.

“Inuaysha…” Kagome warned.

“Can daddy stay here mommy?” asked Tai pleadingly.

“Tai…”growled Inuyasha.

“Can he please mommy? I promise I won't forget to turn off the faucet like daddy! I'll watch daddy and remind him to turn it off. Please!”

Kagome looked down at Tai's pleading face where he had successfully managed to pull one of his best puppy looks. Tai enlarged his amber eyes and stuck out his bottom lip for exaggeration. Kagome turned her gaze to Inuaysha who was really red on the face and trying to hush his son's pleading. “It's alright with me. You can stay if you like,” she said slowly.

Inuyasha looked her straight in the eye. He didn't think that after what he'd done to her she'd be willing to share a house with him again. The only reason why they had gotten along so well was for Tai's sake.

“Yay! See daddy! I told you she'd say yes! Now we can all live together again!” he cried happily.

Both Inuyasha and Kagome were somewhat speechless after realizing what they might be getting themselves into by living under one roof. The other had absolutely no idea what to say simply because of the divorce. Would living together complicate things again between them? But then it was only for a while right? It was only temporary until Inuyasha's house was drained of water and replaced the pipes.

“Ugh… you can go use the spare bedroom upstairs beside Tai's. Well I better put Tai to bed,” said Kagome refusing to make eye contact with him.

Inuyasha nodded his head as he watched Kagome carry Tai up the stairs while Tai chatted on about having a pet fish. With a deep sigh, he strolled to the closest luggage and picked it up.

“So can I have a pet fish? I promise I won't let Teddy eat it,” whined Tai.

“Don't you think you did enough persuading for one night?” asked Kagome poking him on the stomach.

“Please mommy?”

“We'll talk about fish tomorrow okay? Just go to sleep and I might consider it,” smirked Kagome before walking to the door.

“Mommy?”

“Yes?”

“Does this mean you and daddy aren't divorced anymore?” yawned Tai.

“Goodnight Tai,” whispered Kagome coming up short of an answer to give her son. Kagome gave her little son a reprimanding glare and he quickly retreated back into his covers and snuggled up to his bear. She was about to walk to her room to get changed when she had bumped into something hard. Funny, she didn't remember there was anything in front of her…

“Watch where you're going!” said Inuyasha slightly losing his balance.

“Sorry,” she grumbled. She walked around Inuaysha and made her way to her room.

“Kagome?” he said hesitatingly before she could reach her doorknob.

“Yeah?”

“Thanks for letting me stay here for a while,” he said.

“No problem.” She waved tiredly. “At least I won't have to worry every morning about you not showing up or something. And you won't have to keep going back and forth from here to your house. And Tai can have as much time with you as he wants.”

“Ugh… yeah.”

“Goodnight.”

“Goodnight,” he said as he watched her bedroom door slowly close.

He stood there in the hallway for a while contemplating whether Kagome really did want him to stay. But for now… it was too late to go out and look for a place to stay at. Maybe he'd look tomorrow if she still seemed like she wasn't sure of her decision. With a deep sigh, he brought the last of his belongings into his room and shut the door.