InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling For the Baby Sitter ❯ Blood and Shampoo ( Chapter 60 )

Kagome curled against the warm body in front of her, savoring the feeling. Her gossamer ebony lashed fluttered and she grunted, shifting position. Inu Yasha stretched, trying to make himself comfortable as he lay on the edge of the bed. The girl, jostled, opened her eyes. She looked at Inu Yasha and then yawned, rolling over, only to find no bed beneath her and crashed to the floor.

Inu Yasha opened an eye at the sound of the crash. "Huh?" he said as he yawned.

Kagome grumbled and sat up rubbing her head. "Good morning." Her grunt sounded just as she crawled back up onto the bed and nestled herself in behind him.

The boy grunted. "Well, did you enjoy your trip?"

The girl cracked on eye open for an icy glare, then kneed him in the butt, and proceeded to bury her face in his hair.

Inu Yasha growled. "Damn, take it easy with the knee, Kags," he said as he reached back and rubbed his butt. "It's been abused enough as it is."

Kagome rolled her eyes and puffed out her breath against the back of his neck. "Shush it before I take your morning wood out to the choppin' block," she mumbled, tired as all hell.

He sighed and lay there looking out the window.

The girl lifted her head up slightly to look at his face. "...What's wrong?" she asked quietly.

He shook his head slightly. "Nothing's wrong."

She smiled gently and leaned down, kissing the side of his neck, then leaning her head against his. "Then why are you so unresponsive?"

Inu Yasha closed his eyes. "Just tired, I guess," he said quietly.

The light splashed against his face where it managed to beat its way through the blinds as Kagome eyed him. She lifted one hand up to brush the hair out of his eyes and let her gaze study his features for a while.

He lay there quietly. "What is it?" he asked as he felt her hands on his face. Her finger traced the line of his brow to his jaw and then trailed up his chin to brush his lips. She smiled and nestled her head against his shoulder.

"You look good this morning, that's all."

He laughed softly. "If you say so, Kags."

Lifting her face up to look at him she smiled. "I do..." she whispered, then kissed his ear. Inu Yasha opened his eyes and slowly made his way out of bed. He stood at the foot of the bed and stretched.

"It's about time to get up and do whatever we need to get done," he said as he pulled on a t-shirt.

Kagome groaned and yanked the covers over her head, exposing her bare feet. "I knew you were going to say that," she whined.

Inu Yasha walked over to the desk in his room and grabbed a cigarette. "Get up, Kags, you have to fix the kids breakfast, and then we have to get the stuff to help my mom with that damn party," he muttered as he lit the cigarette.

The girl nodded and rolled out of bed, making her way down the hall to her bedroom. A strange look flickered across her face as she past him, but she didn't say anything as she went about her business.

The oblivious boy walked down the hall and to the kitchen. He walked over to the sink and got himself a glass of water. The kids attacked him with their tales of what they had done yesterday while he was gone and Mayu was telling him about the huge bug that Souta had killed for her when Kagome walked into the room wearing just a casual pair of jeans and a baggy black t-shirt. She pushed past Inu Yasha and started pulling out some stuff to make egg sandwiches for them.

Inu Yasha laughed and ruffled all the kids' hair. "Sounds like you guys had fun yesterday."

Souta nodded and ran to the table and sat down. Shippou ran over to Kagome and hugged her leg. The girl smiled down at Shippou and scooped him up, nestling him down on her hip, then leaned forward and kissed his nose.

"You sleep good, honey?" she asked, handing the orange juice to Mayu so she could run it to the table for her.

Shippou nodded. "Yeah," he said with a laugh.

Inu Yasha walked over to the table and sat down. "I would say so, it sounds like they played until they collapsed."

Kagome just nodded at Inu Yasha and served everyone their sandwiches, then set to work on fixing some hash browns.

Mayu looked up at Inu Yasha and frowned. "Mommy's grumpy today," she whispered.

Inu Yasha whispered back to the little girl. "What do you think is wrong with her?''

Mayu shrugged. "I don't know, maybe she had a bad dream," she mumbled.

The man looked over to Kagome. "Hey, Kags, what's wrong? Are you ok?" he asked.

The girl lifted her eyes to glance at him but the quickly went back to dishing up the food. "Mm-hmm," she mumbled, flashing a small grin to Shippou as she gave him his potatoes.

Inu Yasha sat there looking at her. "Are you sure you're ok?"

Kagome straightened and looked him right in the eye, slapping a stiff smile on her face. "Just doing my job, boss."

She turned and started cleaning off the stove and countertop as Mayu raised her brows at her mom. She made the cut-throat sign to Souta and giggled, ducking her head.

Inu Yasha blinked. "Boss? When did you start calling me that?" he asked, confused.

She didn't answer, just continued putting things away and wiped down the counter. Tossing the rag in the sink, she moved past the living room and into her own in a couple of steps with granola bar in her hand and a cup of water.

Her employer scowled. "Kagome, what's with you?"

Souta and Shippou looked over at Yasha and then to Mayu trying to figure out what was going on.

The girl just closed her door in response. Mayu made an innocent face as she moved her chair closer to Shippou and away from Inu Yasha. "Maybe you made her sad?" she suggested.

Inu Yasha got up from the table and walked down the hall to the bathroom and closed the door, and leaned against it. Soft music drifted down the hall from underneath the girl's door to reach his ears with Kagome's voice mingled with it. Enya's soft vocals played against the tension in the girl's muscles as she relaxed against her pillows.

The man sighed reached over into a box on the counter and pulled out a small knife, then looked down to his arms, debating on doing what he wanted to do. He locked the door and then turned on the shower.

Kagome sighed and nestled her head against the pillows, then stared at the wall, thinking about Inu Yasha. 'Does he have to act so cold in the morning?' she wondered to herself. 'Maybe I did something to irritate him...'

Inu Yasha sat down on the floor next to the shower and closed his eyes as he dragged the blade across his right arm. He growled through the pain as he deepened the cut. 'What did I do to make her act like that towards me?' Inu Yasha thought as he looked down at the blood coming from the cut.

The girl tangled her fingers in her hair and closed her eyes, leaning her head against her hand. She took a deep breath then stood up, downing the water. Kagome pushed out of her room to drop her glass in the sink, then frowned to see Inu Yasha gone and the sound of water flowing. 'Damn, I didn't put take the towels out of the dryer last night,' she thought as she walked into the laundry room.

Inu Yasha stood up and got undressed. "Maybe a shower will clear my head," he muttered as he put the knife back into the box and jumped into the shower. He sighed as the hot water hit his back.

Kagome paused for a moment to the door of the bathroom out of modesty. She shook her head. 'For Christ's sake you've already seen him naked, girl.' She opened the door and set the towels on the toilet. She froze as the knife in the box he'd left open caught her eye, still slick with blood. The boy heard the girl pause and hung his head, letting the water soak his hair as the blood fell from his arm making the water in the tub turn red.

The shower curtain yanked open and Kagome's fingers darted around his wrist, pulling his arm up for her to inspect.

Inu Yasha jerked his arm back out of shock. "What the fuck?!" he said as he grabbed his chest, trying to steady his racing heart.

Kagome shut the bathroom door and took the peroxide out of the cabinet and flicked the shower off. She lifted his arm again and carefully poured the bubbling liquid over his cut, her face lowered so her hair hid her face. Inu Yasha scowled but stayed quiet and let her do what she felt she needed to do. She screwed the cap back onto the peroxide and put it away. Turning she lifted her chin to look him straight in the eyes, her eyes filled with questions, pain, and shock.

His eyes refused to meet hers. "Don't worry, I'm ok." He smiled slightly. "Get the kids ready and we will go shopping, I have to meet Kouga later," he said quietly.

Kagome grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her. She sternly pulled his face towards hers. "Why won't you look at me?" she asked desperately in a voice barely above a whisper.

"Because I am ashamed of myself," he muttered. "I make you so fucking unhappy that it hurts me."

The girl stared at him and then wrapped her arms tightly around him and nestled her head into the crook of his neck. She tugged him out of the shower so he wouldn't loose his balance and held him close. "Inu Yasha, I'm so sorry..." she mumbled squeezing her eyes shut, and wrapping her arms around him fully.

Inu Yasha sighed. "Its ok, just get the kids ready so we can get the supplies for the party."

Kagome sighed and looked up at him, and grabbed his face. She pulled him down slightly and pressed her lips against his firmly, her hand resting against his neck.

He closed his eyes and sighed. "I'm fine, Kags, I swear."

She grabbed his arm and lifted it. "Inu Yasha, this is not fine." She stared him down, studying his eyes. "I think I, of all people, would know."

Inu Yasha pulled his arm away and walked over and grabbed a towel and tied it around his waist. "I'm living, aren't I? So I'm fine," he stated.

Kagome sighed and looked at the back of his head. She yanked the towel from around him and tossed it up onto the sink and flipped the shower curtain over the bar. She flipped on the water and pushed him down into the tub in a sitting position and made him lean back to get his hair wet, scowling the whole time.

The boy frowned. "What the fuck are you doing?"

She grunted and poured some shampoo on his head massaging it into his scalp. "Shut up and enjoy it, I'm washing your hair, it's filthy." Kagome worked her fingers through his long ebony locks caressing the soap through every strand.

Inu Yasha growled. "I can bathe myself. You need to look after the kids."

She pointed to the door which had opened while he was talking with three little children standing there, debating on whether to interrupt the grumpy looking Kagome or the irritated Inu Yasha.

Suddenly, from between Mayu's legs, a black fur ball shot into the bathroom and leapt into the tub, looking up at Inu Yasha with soap on her head and blinking. Kagome blinked then started laughing as she rinsed the soap out of the boy's hair.

Mayu blinked at Kagome. "Mommy, will you wash my hair too?"

Kagome smiled and nodded as the girl raced into the bathroom and sat down to wait and play with the boys, getting them involved with a bath toy shaped like a ball, by rolling it across the floor to each other.

Inu Yasha covered himself with his hands and scowled at Buyo. "Damn cat, you don't have the sense god gave a fur ball," he muttered.

Kagome laughed as Buyo gave a wicked kitten smile and pounced on his cupped hands, clawing at them, trying to get to the 'goods' inside.

Inu Yasha's eyes widened as he yelled at the cat. "Oh, hell no!! Get off me!!!"

The girl couldn't help it; she cracked up and leaned down, scooping the cat out of the tub and tossing her out of the bathroom. The cat landed grumpily on her feet and Mayu closed the door as Kagome laid her head against Inu Yasha's shoulder, her shoulders still shaking with laughter.

The boy glared at the girl. "It's not funny," he seethed. "She could have damaged something vital.

She smirked and then leaned up, whispering in his ear. "Then you owe me for rescuing you."

He rolled his eyes. "Ok, I will get Kouga to buy you some whiskey for saving me."

Kagome snorted. "That's ok, I'm fine." She flipped the water off and dangled the towel in front of his face.

Inu Yasha reached up and snatched the towel and covered himself with it.

She glared at him. "Now get out of my bathroom, I have to get Mayu's hair washed."

He stood up and got out of the shower. "Yes ma'am." He marched out of the bathroom and into his room.

Kagome set about tackling the kids and getting them ready.

Inu Yasha pulled on a red shirt that he hoped was clean and then a pair of black leather pants. He pulled his wet hair into a low pony tail as he walked back out into the hall. The kids tackled him as he passed the bathroom and pinned him against the wall.

Inu Yasha looked down at the kids. "Whoa, what was that for?" he asked, surprised.

Mayu grinned up at him. "Can we get candy when we go out today, Daddy?"

Souta jumped up and down. "Yeah, yeah, can we? Can we?"

Shippou latched onto Inu Yasha's leg. "Yeah can we?" he said, copying his brother.

Inu Yasha folded his arms across his chest. "If I let you get some candy and, I mean if, what do I get in return?" He asked trying to look stern.

Mayu thought hard for a minute, and then her face lit up. "A kiss from Mommy!"

Inu Yasha's face turned red. "Uhhhhh..." was all that he could say.

Kagome peeked her head out of the bathroom and looked at the four in the hallway. "What about a kiss from Mommy?"

Souta laughed. "Look, Yasha is all red."

Inu Yasha snorted. "You will get your candy," he said.

Souta and Shippou squealed and started bouncing around.

"Why do I have the feeling I never should have said yes?" he asked with a sigh.

Mayu leapt into the festivities and they raced to go watch cartoons. Kagome arched her brow and looked up at Inu Yasha.

"I'm kissing you so they can get candy?" she asked indignantly.

Inu Yasha smirked. "What can I say? If I have to suffer through three kids having a sugar rush, you have to suffer too."

The girl grunted then pinned Inu Yasha against the wall and looked him straight in the eye. "Then this better be worth all of the suffering I will have to endure," she murmured, her lips brushing his as she spoke.

He blushed. "Let's both pray we make it through it alive."

Kagome smirked and looked up at him. "And if we don't? Will our last memories of each other be of me washing your hair and you bitching about it?" she questioned, leaning more into him and linking her arms around his waist.

He coughed. "Uhhhh, well ...I don't know," Inu Yasha said.

Nipping gently at his bottom lip she tugged his hips forwards against hers, mumbling with his lip between her teeth. "Well you should figure that out, Inu-kun."

Inu Yasha closed his eyes. "Kagome, the kids are going to walk in on this, and I don't think they should see it," he said quietly.

She nodded and dropped her head down, her hair cover her face as she stepped away from him and turned to walk away.

He sighed. "Here we go again," he said as he followed behind her.

Kagome flashed a grin and just as they were nearing the end of the hall she spun before the kids could see them, as they were engrossed in Scooby Doo, and yanked Inu Yasha into her bedroom and closed the door, pressing her back against it and smirking up at him. Her thumb pushed the lock in as she spoke.

"Can't walk in on us if they can't open the door." She linked her hand around the back of his neck and pulled him towards her, pressing her lips against his.