InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou and Miko ❯ Human Again ( Chapter 11 )

 

Disclaimer: Don't own InuYasha yet, but don't give up on me!!

 

Chapter 11: Human Again

 

Kagome gathered her books and headed to her next class, math. She grunted at the notion of her exam in there tomorrow. With everything that had been going on in the feudal era, she didn't even want to think about exams. InuYasha. She sighed at the thought of him. He was really more hurt than he was letting on to her. He was always like that; never showing how he really felt, and that made Kagome feel even worse. No one had ever trusted him. He didn't see any reason they should. All his life people told him how worthless and pathetic he was. But that wasn't InuYasha at all, at least not how Kagome saw him. He was better than most humans she's ever met.

 

“Higurashi!” she turned to see Houjou walking straight toward her, a visitors badge on his jacket collar.

 

“Houjou, nice to see you!” she replied in a fake tone.

 

“So, you're gonna graduate this time?”

 

“Yea, but I'm ready for this to be over already.”

 

“I know how you feel. Look, we have a study group that's meeting this afternoon, you know, me, you, Eri, Yuka, Ayumi and a few other guys. Will you come? We wanted to make sure you make it through this time.”

 

“I… I don't know Houjou.” Think, Kagome, think! “I'm not feeling to well today.”

 

“Really? Well, you don't look too sick.”

 

“Houjou! Kagome! So, are you two going to meet us tonight or what?” Ayumi put a hand on Kagome's shoulder. She was wearing the same visitors patch as Houjou.

 

“Higurashi says she's not feeling well.”

 

“Hmm. Well, we could all go over to the shrine and study.”

 

“Yea! How about it, Kagome?” The two stared, waiting for her answer. Okay, now what are you going to do?! It's not that bad, a couple of hours, and you need to study…

 

“Alright, sounds great. How about 5 o'clock?”

 

“I'll tell the others!” Ayumi ran off down the hallway and out the doors.

 

“See you tonight, Kagome.” Houjou waved and headed off too. Kagome's head fell to her chest. InuYasha's not going to like this too much…

 

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“InuYasha, please. Please. Please! Don't do anything violent while they're here. You can leave Tetsusaiga in the bedroom.”

 

“Keh! I'm not leaving Tetsusaiga anywhere, wench.”

 

“InuYasha! They're just a few friends from school.”

 

“Like I care.”

 

“Then you can just stay in my room, with Tetsusaiga, until they leave.”

 

“Keh. Fine.”

 

“Fine.” Kagome closed the door to her room leaving InuYasha inside. Downstairs in the kitchen she helped her mother prepare snacks for her and her friends.

 

“What about InuYasha?”

 

“What about him?”

 

“You want me to fix him some ramen or something?”

 

“Hmm. Let him starve. If he gets hungry enough he can come down and get it himself.” Kagome put a bowl of chips and dip on the table just as there was a knock on the door.

 

“I'll get it!” Souta ran to the door and opened it before Kagome could stop him.

 

“Hey kid.”

 

“Hi Houjou!”

 

“Alright Souta, up to your room now.” Mrs. Higurashi urged the boy up the steps. “If any of you needed anything at all just call.”

 

“We will Mrs.Higurashi.” Ayumi, followed by Eri, Yuka, and the two boys they were dating from Kagome's old history class, Shino and Kuri, followed her and Houjou to the living room. They opened their books and started studying, history first.

 

Somewhere between history and math the group lost concentration on studying and instead floated over to talking about the last few weeks of school the past semester.

 

“Too bad you missed it, Kagome! Oh, if only you were there to see it.” Eri went on about the dance that was at the school around the same time Kagome, InuYasha, Miroku and Sango were being attacked by Sesshomaro. She smiled, but her thoughts were elsewhere. School dances seemed boring compared to what she had seen, and done.

 

“Were you sick, again?” asked Houjou.

 

“Umm, yea, I think so.” It wasn't a lie, not really. She was sick, sort of. In this particular fight, InuYasha had lost. She was up worrying all night because he refused to let the miko tend to his wounds, which, to her, were pretty deep. There was a bang upstairs. “So, what are all of you doing now that you're out of high school?” Kagome tried to draw everyone's attention back to the conversation.

 

“Well, me, Eri, Shino, Houjou and Kuri are all going to the university.” Said Yuka, moving closer to the boy named Shino.

 

“What about you, Ayumi?”

 

“Oh. I don't know yet. I'm thinking of going to a university in Kyoto, with one of my cousins. That way I can stay and work at my aunt and uncle's restaurant. I can start next semester.”

 

“And you Kagome? Are you going to come to the university with us?” Houjou asked.

 

“I, uh…” before Kagome could come up with an answer there was another loud bang from her bedroom.

 

“Kagome, what was that?” the banging continued.

 

“Oh, um, it's probably just Souta. You know how he can be sometimes.” She put up a fake smile. Another bang followed by a crash set her over the edge. InuYasha…

 

He came storming down the stairs, covered in some kind of green and blue goop, paint. Kagome's friends turned to stare, InuYasha stopped in his tracks.

 

“InuYasha?” his face went red.

 

“Keh. Keep that little brat away from me, wench.” With that he stormed out the door.

 

“That was InuYasha, the guy you've been seeing?” asked Yuka.

 

“I haven't been seeing him, he's just a friend, Yuka, I've said that before.”

 

“Why was he upstairs?” Houjou. Curse him for stating the obvious!

 

“He was just helping Souta with a project.” On cue, Souta came running down the stairs, hands covered in finger paints.

 

“Where did InuYasha go? I need him to finish my poster!”

 

“He went outside, and leave him alone. Does mama and grandpa know you're painting in your room?” His eyes went wide and he headed back up the stairs, to clean up the evidence, no doubt.

 

“It's getting a little late. Maybe we should go.” Thank you, Ayumi! The others agreed, and after the goodbyes and `good luck's Mrs.Higurashi came in and helped clean up the mess.

 

“I think I should go check on InuYasha.”

 

Mrs.Higurashi laughed. “Here, take some soap and water. You'll probably need it.” She handed Kagome a small bowl and a piece of cloth. Kagome went outside.

 

“InuYasha!?” there was no answer. “InuYasha?!” Still no answer. He didn't! Kagome started walking toward the well.

 

“Over here, wench!” Goshinboku. Kagome sighed as she walked toward the tree. InuYasha jumped down, wrapped his arms around her, and jumped back up on his branch.

 

“Are you sure you're not a neko-youkai?”

 

“Keh, funny.” He crossed his arms under his haori sleeves. Kagome looked at his face, his right eye covered in green paint while his nose and left eye was blue. She was trying, unsuccessfully, not to laugh.

 

“If you just came out here to laugh, you can leave now.” She dipped her cloth in the soapy water.

 

“Come here. I'll wipe it off.” He sat her in his lap, and Kagome started wiping away the now dry paint. She rubbed around his eyes removing the paint.

 

“Wench, I want to keep the skin if you don't mind!”

 

“It would have been easier if you would have gotten it off before it dried.”

 

“Are you… going to go to that university? Like all of them, I mean.” Kagome frowned.

 

“I don't know. I really haven't thought of what I want to do for a living.”

 

“For a living? What do you mean what you want to do for a living? You're a miko.” Kagome sighed. How could she explain?

 

“In your time that's fine, InuYasha. But here… there's no youkai in my time. My miko powers are useless here. I have to get a job, like everybody else.” InuYasha seemed deep in thought.

 

“So, you're going to stay here when the jewel is finished?”

 

“I don't know. It depends I guess.”

 

“Depends on what?”

 

“Things.”

 

“What kind of things?”

 

“Can we change the subject?”

 

“Keh.”

 

“What about you? What are you going to do with the jewel?”

 

“You can keep it. I don't want it anymore.” Kagome nodded and set down the bowl of water.

 

“All done.”

 

“Bout time. Do I have any skin left?” he rubbed his hand across his face.

 

“Yep. Want me to fix that?”

 

“Ha, ha. You're hilarious, you know that wench?” he put his hands back in his haori sleeves. “Who's that guy you were with, anyway?”

 

“Hmm? You mean Houjou?”

 

“Houjou? Are you…”

 

“No! Of course not. He's nice and everything, but I don't like him. I've got to study, can you put me down now?” InuYasha tightened his grip. “InuYasha.”

 

“Fine.” He lept and set her down on the ground.

 

“Thank you. See you in the morning.”

 

“Keh. We leave right after you get back, so no stalling.” Kagome nodded. InuYasha's stomach growled. She laughed.

 

“I'll fix some ramen first.”

 

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“Oooo! A hot spring!”

 

“No! No, no, no.” the hanyou stomped his foot in frustration.

 

“I reek of bat-youkai goo!”

 

“Ain't my fault, I told you to stay back.”

 

“Next time I'll just let the other two take a nice chunk out of your tail then. You could use a bath too ya know.”

 

“Are you saying I stink?!”

 

“Sure am dog-boy!” InuYasha huffed and walked toward the hot spring.

 

“Wha-where are you going?”

 

“Keh, to take a bath, wench.”

 

“InuYasha!”

 

“You can come if you want to.” He had a sly smile on his face.

 

“Maybe I will.” He walked on to the hot spring. A few minutes later she heard a splash of InuYasha entering the water. “BAKA!” She was mad. She made a note to take an extra long bath just to get even with the hanyou.

 

“I told you, you can come if you want to!” InuYasha called from the water. She ignored the comment and sat down by the campfire. The last remains of their rabbit dinner were still on sticks to her side. She yawned, tired from the long days journey and the fight with the bat youkai. It seemed like more and more youkai brave the hunt for the Shikon as it got closer to completion.

 

It was almost finished. She predicted four more shards and it would be complete, two in which still belonged to Kouga. How, exactly, she was going to get those she didn't know. She wouldn't attack Kouga for the jewels, although InuYasha couldn't be more happy to oblige in that task, but Kouga wasn't really going to just hand the jewels over to her, either.

 

They had just gotten another piece of the jewel from a strong neko-youkai a few days ago. They were tired of travel and decided to head back to the village for a rest. Now they still had a good three days travel back, but InuYasha was being sure to keep the speed up.

Kagome sighed as the hanyou returned to the camp, fully dressed with his hair dripping water.

 

“About time!” she grabbed her bag and started to walk off to the spring.

 

“Where are you going?' InuYasha grabbed her by the waist, slinging her into his now sitting lap. Then shook his head, sending water splashing everywhere, including all over Kagome.

 

“InuYasha!”

 

“I didn't say you could go.”

 

“You don't tell me what to do. I may be your shard detector, but I'm on my break, buddy!” InuYasha's ears flattened. He let her get up to her feet. She gave him one last scowl, then walked to the spring.

 

She was irritated, sleepy, hungry, and she stunk. That was enough to get her into a bad mood. He thinks he can control what I do?! Baka! Afraid to loose his stupid, pathetic, human shard detector, that's what's wrong. Her features softened. But, then again, it did seem like he was just playing around. Oh, Kagome! What did you do?...

 

Oh, yea, you did it this time, loser! Shard detector. Keh! Surely she knows she's more than that to me, now. Doesn't she?

 

I was kind of rude. Maybe I should apologize. Then again, he never apologizes to me. She lathered her hair and sank back into the water. The sky was already getting dark, and thanks to InuYasha she would have to walk back by moonlight, if there was a moon out tonight. She thought about it for awhile, going through the moon cycles in her head. Yep. A human night. Serves him right. Her features showed more concern than irritation.

 

If InuYasha was vulnerable, that meant that she was going to be vulnerable too. The stars started coming out one by one. Not wanting to be left in complete darkness on her way back, Kagome rinsed the rest of the lather out of her hair and got back into her clothes. She had ran out of clean clothes a couple of days ago, and was stuck wearing a pair of blue jean shorts and a red spaghetti strap shirt until she could go back to her time.

 

“Get lost?” InuYasha's irritated voice could be heard before Kagome even saw him. She ignored the comment, going straight over to the fire and rolling out her sleeping bag.

“Oi! Wench, you deaf?” she continued to ignore him, though a pleased smile crossed her lips. All of a sudden, she was lifted into the air, sleeping bag and all.

 

“InuYasha, put me down!”

 

“Nope. Apologize first.” He leapt from one tree to another, staying close to the camp.

 

“No! I didn't do anything!”

 

“Oi! You say calling me nothing more than your pushy boss is nothing?”

 

“I didn't mean that, now put me down before…” it was too late. Right in front of her eyes the hanyou's golden eyes, silvery hair, puppy ears, and, unfortunately, hanyou strength turned to human. *THUMP!* Both InuYasha and Kagome were laying on the ground, moaning at the sudden pain. InuYasha, who had managed to keep himself under Kagome, took the blunt force of the landing.

 

“Augh, why didn't you remind me?” his moaning continued.

 

“I tried to, baka! And if you weren't being such a baka, scooping me up and jumping around like a…. like a…baka, then this wouldn't have happened.” InuYasha snorted, looking down at his now clawless hands.

 

“Get your bow, keep it near.” He said, his voice irritated with himself.

 

“Too bad Miroku and Sango aren't here. This is the first time in awhile it's just been me and you in the forest on a new moon night.” He glared at her, his eyes full of disgust. She gave InuYasha a reassuring smile.

 

“Is it that bad? Being human, I mean?”

 

“Keh. I feel like I'm blind, deaf, and weaker than Myouga, wench, you tell me.” He walked off back to the camp. Kagome sighed. He really did hate being human. She really couldn't blame him, either. Kagome knew how hard it was for humans in this time, especially while traveling through a forest at night, and especially when you're traveling with the miko that carries the Shikon no tama and thousands of youkai would do anything to get their hands on it.

 

In the past, they had Miroku's Kaazanza and Sango's Hiraikotsu to protect them on new moon nights. But now, their friends were far away, she and the human InuYasha would have to make due themselves. Please, don't let any youkai attack tonight! Kagome pleaded to herself.

 

“Bed, wench!” she looked over to InuYasha. Despite his human appearance, he still has that tuff, hanyou do-it-or-else scowl written across his face. How does he do that every time?! Kagome questioned herself as she gave in to InuYasha's demands. She huffed and walked over to her sleeping bag, slipping in and yelling out, “Goodnight!” in a pretty ill tone of voice.

 

InuYasha smiled inwardly. Works every time. He made sure Tetsusaiga was by his side and closed his eyes.

 

 

A/N: :sigh: Amazing how they have power over each other, neh?