InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gen-Ex ❯ Coming Home ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: Coming Home

"So…" Kagome leaned against the wall of the station at the entrance of the mountain trail, "what do you know about living in a city?"

InuYasha gave her an incredulous look from the roof. "Are you asking if I'm house broken, bitch?"

Kagome sighed, "Sure, why not? And my name is Kagome." She pushed off of the wall and turned to look at him more directly, "How do I know what you know? Do you have TV or computers or, or running water up there?"

"No, of course not." InuYasha hopped down in front of her, "But that doesn't mean I don't know what they are. I'm not going to claw the furniture or anything." He held up one hand in an unconscious gesture.

Kagome's eyes widened as she finally got a good look at his claws, "I didn't think you would." She breathed. They were long, thick, white, and looked sharp. They weren't nails, they were actually claws.

InuYasha jerked his hand down and tucked it away from her sight by folding his arms and turning away, "Keh."

"I just don't know what to expect from you, InuYasha." Kagome tried to explain, "Can I trust you to ask us about stuff you don't know about?"

"Feh." InuYasha sat cross-legged with his back to the wall Kagome was facing, "What did you tell your mother?"

Kagome sat next to him, "I told her what I know. That a boy named InuYasha saved my life. That you've been living on the mountain, have no apparent family and wanted to try to rejoin society."

"Did you tell her… anything else?" InuYasha asked sullenly.

Kagome sighed again, "She wanted to know why you didn't just go to the authorities. To be honest I think that your description was the only reason that she agreed to let you live with us instead of finding someone elst to take you."

InuYasha shook his head in confusion, "So, I can stay with you because I'm a freak?"

"No," Kagome was quickly beginning to hate the way he talked about himself. "Not exactly… it's just… I guess it's more understandable why you chose to live like you do. Did. I guess my mom's just a little strange, she has her own reasons for things that don't always make much sense. But she's always right."

"…What do you mean `live like I do'?" InuYasha scowled down at her, "What's wrong with the way I live?"

Kagome groaned and hit her head on the wall in frustration, "You've got to stop being so defensive. I didn't mean anything by that. It's just not a "normal" life for a young man today, that's all."

"I didn't choose it." InuYasha sulked.

"… How did you come to be on the mountain?" Kagome asked after a long moment of silence.

"I've just always been here." InuYasha replied quietly, "that's all I know."

Kagome's mom's car parked in the closest spot and she jumped out, "Kagome! You must be InuYasha!" she walked right up to him with a big smile on her face.

InuYasha's eyes got very wide and he stood up quickly before she could reach him. He was about to jump on the roof again when Kagome put her hand on his arm.

"It's just my mom, Tarzan." Kagome smiled warmly at him, "Thanks for coming all this way Momma."

"How many times have we told you not to go near wells Kagome?" her mother smiled back at Kagome, "But I can't thank you enough for saving her InuYasha!"

InuYasha stood frozen in front of Kagome's mother. He knew he shouldn't run, or fight, but he didn't know what he should do.

"InuYasha this is my mother, Masa Higurashi." Kagome tried to get InuYasha to respond.

"Hi, Mrs. Higurashi." InuYasha said mechanically, he loosened up and observed the woman in front of him.

She was a pretty, middle-aged woman, average height, average build, and a face that seemed to always close to smiling, if it wasn't already doing so. Right now she was smiling happily at InuYasha.

"He sounds very polite to me Kagome." Masa spoke to her daughter.

"He's just in shock right now Momma," Kagome sighed, "Wait till he gets used to you."

"Do you have your things?" Masa asked InuYasha.

"Uh, yeah." InuYasha jumped back onto the roof to get his bags then jumped back down.

If Masa was impressed or surprised, she didn't show it. She just nodded and opened the trunk for him. He had two bags, a small, mostly empty duffel and an old worn out doctor's bag that seemed quite full. He placed his bags in the trunk and she shut it.

"Everybody inside, it's quiet a long way home." Masa unlocked all the doors at once from the drivers' seat, "Why don't you sit next to me InuYasha. I'd like to get to know you."

InuYasha slowly walked around the car and looked at the door next to the seat she had indicated. He couldn't see the way to open the thing.

Kagome came up next to him and pulled the shiny handle. To InuYasha's surprise, it tilted up and the door popped open, "If you don't recognize something, ask." She whispered to him patiently.

InuYasha growled low to himself as he took the seat next to Masa.

"Buckle up everyone." Masa chirped.

InuYasha watched her carefully as she pulled a length of fabric across her chest and fastened its metal buckle into the end of another metal piece. InuYasha found the fabric strip on his side and mimicked Masa's actions. He was rewarded with a metallic click. He cast a smug look to Kagome in the back seat, only to find her smiling at him brightly.

Hard to gloat when the gloatie was happy about your accomplishment.

Kagome's mother proved to be adept at extracting information from asocial teens, though much of what she learned was due to Kagome's volunteering what she knew and InuYasha's reactions to that.

InuYasha grew up on the mountain with his grandfather until he was five years old. He never knew his parents or how he came to live on the mountain, the old man said that his mother had died and nothing else. When he was five years old his grandfather died and his grandson, who had visited from time to time, came up to take care of the mountain and raise InuYasha. But when InuYasha turned ten, this one died as well. Some of the rangers that were working on the mountain to keep visitors safe, called in Kiao (the other grandson), who took over the responsibilities of the mountain, and InuYasha.

"But he's horrible, Momma." Kagome lamented, "You should hear the way he talks to InuYasha."

"I'm sure that he cares greatly for InuYasha, in his own way." Masa smiled gently.

"Feh." InuYasha replied.

"It isn't easy taking care of children you know." She continued, unperturbed.

"But he yells and calls him names!" Kagome nearly shouted.

"Don't yell in the car Kagome." her mother said, "Sometimes when people yell they are showing how much they care. Like when I ground you until school starts for being careless around that well."

Kagome sat back in her seat, arms folded, "Yes Momma."

"It will give you a chance to show InuYasha around the shrine." Masa finished happily.

InuYasha spent the rest of the drive in silence. They had entered the city, massive concrete and metal structures, flashing and blinking lights and many, many people surrounded the small car as it made its way to the Higurashi's shrine.

"They all live here?" InuYasha asked in awe.

Mrs. Higurashi nodded, "That's right, but there are less of them around our shrine."

They drove on through the city to the shrine. InuYasha was visibly relieved to see the group of trees that surrounded the buildings and separated them from the rest of the city.

"Ah, home." Kagome sighed as they came to a stop, "Come on InuYasha, I'll give you a tour of the shrine!" she jumped out of the car and started up the stairs to the shrine grounds.

"Kagome, don't loose InuYasha." Mesa warned her daughter.

InuYasha smirked; he could run way faster then that. And he could never loose her scent, he sighed internally in frustration. But he loped up the stairs next to his excited tour guide.

She went quickly through the actual shrine, showing him the thousand year old tree and well house. She showed him the boundaries of the shrine, at his request, and finally took him inside the house.

"This is the kitchen, some snacks are in the cabinets and drinks are in the refrigerator." Kagome glanced around the room looking for possible trouble, "Just don't do anything in here. Come on, the living room is this way."

Kagome lead him through the house room by room. She showed him how to work the various waterworks of the bathroom, and how to open the window in the room that he was going to share with her little brother.

"So, what do you think InuYasha?" Kagome stood next to the open window while he stood in the middle of the room.

He thought that the room was about as big as the entire cabin he grew up in, "I'm not sleeping here."

Kagome blinked, "Well, you can't sleep outside. The neighbors will think you're a stalker or something."

InuYasha scowled, "But I live here."

"They don't know that." Kagome crossed her arms, "How would they, you just got here."

"Feh." InuYasha turned away.

"Kagome," A young, annoyed voice came from the hall, "you owe me." A young boy of about nine years age, and bearing a strong resemblance to Kagome, walked through the door of the guest room pulling InuYasha's bags after him, "First, Grandpa has to pick me up from school, and you know what that's like, then Mom makes me bring all your bags up here… Who's he?" Souta studied the teenaged boy in the worn out hat and sunglasses.

InuYasha glared at curious the child in front of him. Kagome ran up next to Souta and took the doctors bag out of his hands.

"Souta!" Kagome exclaimed, "Be polite! This is InuYasha, he came to stay with us. InuYasha this is Souta, my little brother."

Souta's eyes widened, "Your InuYasha? The INUYASHA! This is so cool. Wow, look at your hair, hey are your eyes really yellow? Can you really tear a hundred food tree out of the ground and jump from the bottom of the mountain to the top faster then sound?"

"SOUTA!" Kagome snarled, "InuYasha is not a youkai or a legend. He's just a boy that came from the mountain to go to school. And don't forget it! Honestly, you are so rude sometimes."

InuYasha regained his composure while Kagome ranted at her younger brother. There were so many people living in this house, their scents were strong to InuYasha despite the slightly nauseating perfumes that seemed to emanate from every surface. Kagome and her mother, InuYasha recognized, the young boy was this Souta, and the old man was probably her grandpa. This would take some getting used to.

InuYasha walked past the quarreling siblings intent on leaving.

"Where are you going, InuYasha?" Kagome immediately forgot her argument when she saw him leave the room.

"Outside." InuYasha said gruffly, "This place stinks."

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A/N: Sorry for the long break but, for those of you who don't read author's bios, (or media miner where I forgot to tell any one, sorry) my life was turned upside down for a huge, pass or the last three years of your life was a waist of time and you'll never amount to anything type test (I did good!), graduation, moving to another city, starting a new job and buying a new computer. And other stuff not related to not being on the internet.

For those of you that knew that, sorry. And I'm sorry that this is a transition chapter and so short. I am now done being sorry and must go write.

I was surprised that only 2 people were mad at Kiao's treatment of InuYasha. I expected a bigger reaction. The next few chapters are likely to be transition chapters, but I'll see how much of the plot I can forward with them.

Yashira - Hmm, add more detail huh? Is that location/person or idea/plot details?