InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inu-yasha: The Modern Adventures ❯ Favor ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: The favor


"Inu-yasha!" Kagome cries as she stands up.

Mrs. H waves her to sit down. "Kagome sit down." She orders
through gritted teeth. "Inu-yasha. I want you to do this of your
own free will, without being forced or coerced."

"Feh." Inu-yasha glares at the ceiling.

‘What is it with Kagome and her mother and their desire to save
everyone?' Inu-yasha thinks. ‘I can't save everyone from danger.
The world is dangerous. Kagome, I will protect and save, without
question. Someone I've never, really, meet, though? Fuck that.'

"IF you help my best friend's only daughter, I will owe you a
favor, Inu-yasha." She says. "Please look at me, Inu-yasha."

He looks at her, his eyes hooded and withdrawn.

"If, after this is over, you wish to use that favor to have me
talk to Kagome about her abuse of your necklace, I will."

He blinks, startled.

"Mom?" Kagome whispers.

Mrs. H, still staring at inu-yasha, waves her hand at Kagome.
"Quiet, Kagome. I will handle this, my way."

She continues, speaking at Inu-yasha, says, "I don't think it
will do much good, Inu-yasha. Kagome's temper is my temper."

Inu-yasha thinks very startled. ‘Kagome's mother has a temper?'

"But, if you wish to use your favor that way, I will talk her.
Just don't believe that it'll change her behavior." A slight
smile appears on Mrs. h face as she says, "IF you wish to use
your favor to ask me for more ramen, that's fine. No problems."

Inu-yasha's fang peaks out of his mouth.

"But, Inu-yasha, from what Kagome has told me, during your
journey's carrying around her big bag is a problem. If I added
another big bag of ramen, would that not cause more problems than
the ramen is worth?"

Inu-yasha slumps into the sofa and growls in disappointment, as
he realizes Mrs. h is telling the truth. Kagome's bag does cause
problems and adding another would not be a good idea.

Mrs. H looks at Kagome. Kagome is sitting on the edge of the
chair, all wired up and ready to do anything, as she stares at
inu-yasha. She looks back at Inu-yasha. He is still slumping on
the sofa. The dream of more ramen is dying hard.

‘I want him to know that I will not stop Kagome from using the
well, but how to tell him that?' she thinks.

"Inu-yasha?" She says in a low voice. "Please look at Kagome."

"Huh?" inu-yasha looks at Kagome's mother, startled. "Why?"

"Please."

"Feh." He snorts, then he looks at Kagome. He raises an eyebrow
in a silent question.

Kagome gives him a minuet shrug of puzzlement.

They both start to turn to look at her mother, but she says,
"Please, just look at each other for a minute."


As they stare into each other eyes . . .


‘Gods.' Kagome thinks. ‘I could look into his eyes forever. They
are so beautiful . . . ' a slight shiver passing through her as
her body reacts to her thoughts.

‘I'm in fucking trouble.' Inu-yasha thinks. ‘Her eyes. They are
so fucking beautiful.' He shifts his hips, trying to get
comfortable as his body reacts to his thoughts.


Mrs. H smiles as she sees the look in her daughter's and Inu-
yasha's eyes. ‘The look in their eyes, as they look at each other
. . . ' she thinks. ‘Yes. I'll do it. I've been waiting for a
moment like this for over a year, but I've never gone through
with my plans. This isn't the ideal time, but . . . If I don't
do it now, I'll never do it.'

"Inu-yasha," Mrs. Higurashi says, "If you wish to use your favor
to formally ask me if you could court my daughter, I would not
refuse such a request."

Both Inu-yasha's and Kagome's eyes wide in shock as they stare at
each other, then both turn to look at Kagome's mother.

"Mother!?"

"What?!" shock and surprise color the tone in both of the young
people in the room.

"I'm not going to prevent you from seeing Inu-yasha, Kagome.
Ever."

"Mother?"

Kagome's mother looks at her daughter. "I've been thinking about
this for over a year, my dear." A slight smile appears on her
lips. "And, while this is not how I always dreamed I would tell
you . . . Every other time I've tried . . . something has gone
wrong."

"And my opinion?" Inu-yasha growls darkly. "Means nothing."

"Inu-yasha." Kagome's mother says, as she looks at Inu-yasha,
"your opinion means a great deal to me, and I'm sure it means an
even greater amount to Kagome." She sighs. "And, while I would
like to talk about this more, there is something more important
we need to do."

"Yokio." Kagome states.

Her mother nods.

"Then why did you mention this?!" Inu-yasha screams as his claws
dig into the palms of his hands.

"So," she says in a calm voice, "when this is over, we will talk
about this, Inu-yasha."

"This conversation ain't over." He growls back.

"It is. For now."


Inu-yasha glares at Kagome's mother. She glares back, neither one
is backing down.

"Mother. Inu-yasha." Kagome says as she goes to the sofa and sits
down between them.

"Bit . . . " Inu-yasha starts to say, then, after glancing at her
mother, says, "Kagome! This!"

Kagome places her hand over Inu-yasha's mouth, preventing him
from yelling. "Later, Inu-yasha, there are more important things
we need to do."

He growls under her palm.


She grimaces, "That didn't come out right, Inu-yasha." She says
in a low voice, as she looks into his eyes. "Right now, I want to
save my friend, ok." She purses her lips, then in a very low
whisper, just for his ears, she says, "besides, do you really
want to talk about that on the spur of the moment?"

A pause, then Inu-yasha shakes his head, jerkily, angrily.

"Thank you, Inu-yasha." Kagome's mother says in a very gentle
voice. "I would say that I understand how upset you are . . .
but, I don't think that would be . . . the best thing to say, so
I'll be silent."

"Feh." Inu-yasha snorts as he leans away from Kagome and her
mother, crossing his arms over his chest and looking away.

Kagome and her mother share a smile and a silent giggle as they
look at him.


A pause, then, Inu-yasha suddenly sits up, glares at Mrs. H and
states in his most non-nonsense tone, "Ok. Where was the girl at
when she was taken?"

Mrs. H blanks for a second, and starts to speak, but Kagome
interrupts.

"Not yet, Inu-yasha."


"Kagome?" puzzlement colors her mother's tone.

"Huh? Wench! You want me to find her, right?! I've got to start
tracking somewhere?" Inu-yasha yells in anger at her.

"And you'll start tracking her after I've taught you a few
things, Inu-yasha!" Kagome's voice is very tightly controlled.


Inu-yasha stands up and yells, "Teach me!? About tracking? You
stupid girl, you can't track worth shit and you know it!"

Kagome stands up and places her hands on her hips, "Inu-yasha!"
She grits out. "I know how people, police and machines on this
side of the well works, and I've got to teach you about that. If
you go out and handle this like you would on your side of the
well, all you're going to do is make a huge mess!"

"So! Messes are good!" Inu-yasha pulls his sword and waves it
over his head, "You don't mind the messes when I'm rescuing you!"

"Inu-yasha! If you destroy a couple of city blocks, then chaos
will break loose on this side of the well, and I wouldn't be able
to go through the well!" Kagome spins and begs, "Mother, tell
him, please?"

Kagome's mother, who had been sitting there with her mouth
hanging open, in shock, as Kagome and Inu-yasha instantly started
to fight, closes her mouth, licks her lips and looks at the very
angry half demon with a huge dangerous sword in his hands.

Inu-yasha glares at Kagome's mother.

She blinks a couple of times, then says, "My daughter is correct,
Inu-yasha. Should something . . . unusual happen, then her life
will change. And not for the better."

Something leaves Inu-yasha's eyes as he glances at Kagome. "What
would happen?"

Kagome shrugs. "I don't know, Inu-yasha. Demons and magic aren't,
well . . . don't exist on this side of the well, you know that."

"The mask with the shard?" inu-yasha snarls.

"A one-time event, Inu-yasha. Yes, I've noticed some ghosts, and
even a couple of odd spirits, but, nothing demonic has happened
on this side of the well since then." Kagome replies. "But, if,
say, someone destroys a building or two, or more. Then, the
authorities will get involved and they will change my life, the
life of my family."

Inu-yasha growls. "The well?"

Kagome shrugs. "They will ask questions about it. They will want
to send people through it. They will want to take it apart, test
it and find out how it works." She shrugs again. "Perhaps I will
be part of the testing, but perhaps not."

"Testing." Inu-yasha almost spits on the floor, but after a
glance at Mrs. h, he swallows.

"Yes, testing. And I will hate, absolutely, hate those tests,
Inu-yasha." A smile appears on Kagome's lips, "more so than you
hate my school tests."

"Not fucking possible, bitch."


The smile on Kagome face grows. "Oh, I don't know about that,
Inu-yasha."

A pause as they look into each other's eyes.

"Do you understand, Inu-yasha?" Mrs. H asks into the sudden
silence.

Inu-yasha sighs and sheaths his sword. "It's bad to use my sword
in the city. Yeah, I understand."

"Thank you, Inu-yasha." Kagome's mother says, relief in her tone.


"Thank you, Inu-yasha." Kagome smiles. She takes a deep breath,
then says, "what I want to do, Inu-yasha, is to use the TV" she
waves her hand at it. "And show you some police movies,
especially a couple that have kidnaping in them. That way you can
see and learn about how the police handle crimes."

Inu-yasha looks at the TV and asks, "you can learn everything
from that?"

Kagome and her mother share a glance and knowing smile. "No, Inu-
yasha." Mrs. H says with a giggle in voice. "As a matter of fact,
some people say that watching TV rots the brain."

"But," Kagome says quickly, "it will give you some knowledge,
Inu-yasha. Enough so that you won't make stupid mistakes, I
hope."

Inu-yasha snarls, "stupid mistakes?"

Kagome glares at him, "yes, like police can track by blood." Inu-
yasha blinks in surprise.

Kagome holds her hand out, her palm out toward him. "They can
track you by the marks your fingers leave. They can track you,"
she waves toward the TV again. "By using the same machines that
create the pictures on the TV, Inu-yasha."

He stares at the TV.

Kagome moves next to him and gently reaches out for his hand.
"Inu-yasha," she begins to say in a very gentle voice. "How many
times have Myouga, Keade, or say, one of Naraku's plots or others
only told us part of what we needed to know? If they had just
taken five minutes and explained things to us, how many times
would, that had prevented chaos?"

Her mother looks at Kagome with confusion in her face.


Inu-yasha snorts in anger, rolls his eyes in disgust. "Too
fucking many times." He grits out.


"On this side of the well, I'm the person that knows everything,
or most everything," Kagome's mother's eyes lite up with humor,
at that statement by Kagome.


"Inu-yasha." Kagome says, "And unlike them, I'm going to tell you
everything that I think you need to know." A small grin appears,
"and probably more than you need to know."


"Will I learn everything?" Inu-yasha asks.

Kagome shakes her head. "No, Inu-yasha. One night of watching cop
movies isn't going to do that. I'm just hoping that it'll help
you. Give you some experience, maybe."


"No" inu-yasha shakes his head. "I'm not watching them."

"Huh?" "inu-yasha?" surprise and shock come from Kagome and her
mother.

"Kagome." Inu-yasha looks at her. "On a battlefield, which
warrior is the worst one. The guy using only his instincts, the
semi-trained one, or the trained warrior?"

Kagome blinks, she pauses as she tries to figure out where Inu-
yasha is going with this, then she says, "The first guy,
obviously."

"Wrong, wench. It's the semi-trained idiot."

"Huh?"

"Look someone with only some training doesn't have the experience
to know when to follow his instincts or when to follow his
training. And because of that, he'll hesitant, do one thing then
change his mind and do the other, make fucking stupid mistakes.
The guy using his instincts, isn't going too hesitant. He isn't
going to change his mind." Inu-yasha grins, evilly. "He'll still
make stupid mistakes, but, once he knows that he's made a
mistake, he'll use his new experiences and make a better move. A
semi-trained soldier doesn't know what to rely on. His training
or his instincts."

"Ah, I see." Mrs. H says from the sofa. "You want to use your
instincts and not be confused."

Inu-yasha nods to Mrs. H. "yeah."

Kagome shakes her head, no. "That might be true on the
battlefield, Inu-yasha, but I still want you to watch the TV
tonight and learn."

"Look, wench." He growls at her.

"Look, idiot." She growls at him, cutting him off. "I'm the one
with the experience and know how, trust me, you need to know
what's in those movies." Her glare softens. "Inu-yasha, please.
You might have learned how to swim by Sesshomaru throwing you
into a deep lake and leaving you to drown, but I learned to swim
by having someone I trust with me and showing me what to do."


"I didn't learn how to swim that way." Inu-yasha snorts as he
turns away from Kagome.

"How did you learn, then?" Mrs. H asks, with a smile on her lips.
‘I didn't mean to ask that, it just slipped out.' She thinks.

Inu-yasha looks startled, shakes his head and growls, "none of
your business."

Mrs. H looks at Kagome, who shrugs, then Mrs. h says, "I'll bet
it's embarrassing, since you don't want to speak about it."

He glares at Mrs. H. She smiles back him. "Please, prove me
wrong, Inu-yasha."


Inu-yasha looks at Mrs. H and Kagome. Both of them have ‘Mona
Lisa' like smiles on their faces. ‘Fuck. They're both curious,
and they're not going to let it go.' He thinks.

"You're right, mother." Kagome stage whispers to her, as she
watches Inu-yasha. "It is embarrassing, I can tell."

"You two won't let it go, will you?" he spits the question out at
them.

They shake their head, no.

Inu-yasha snarls at both women, spins and begins to walk out of
the room.

"Inu-yasha." Mrs. H says, as she looks at Kagome. "When Kagome
was seven, she thought that she was going to be a very, very good
swimmer. She was going to be on the Olympic swim team when she
grew up."

"Mom?!" Kagome blushes. "Don't tell him that story!"

Inu-yasha stops and spins around. ‘An embarrassing Kagome
childhood story?' he thinks. ‘I've got to find out about it.'


"Tell me, Mrs. Higurashi." Inu-yasha purrs, an evil smirk on his
lips. He looks at Kagome, who blushes.

"We took her to a swimming pool and she dove into the deep end of
the pool." A pause. "Of course this was before she knew how to
swim and I had to rescue her before she drowned."

"You mean." Inu-yasha sputters. Then he turns to Kagome and says,
"you dove into a deep pool on your own? Without knowing how to
swim? Nobody threw you in?"


"How else was I going to learn? And anyway, after I was rescued,
I then was taught how to swim by a pro." Kagome squeaks out,
blushing. "But, this doesn't change anything about tonight and
the cop movie's Inu-yasha. You still need to watch them." She
quickly says.

"Feh.' He snorts. He pauses, looks into Mrs. H eyes, bites his
lips. ‘Ok, one stupid story for another.' He thinks.





"Fine." He snarls. "And Kagome, if you repeat this to Sango or
Miroku." He growls, menacingly.

"I won't." She hides a giggle.

"I was chasing," inu-yasha blinks as he remembers, "a fox through
a mountain forest, when it changed course and darted to the left.
I didn't react fast enough and jumped over the cliff and into a
lake."

"That's not too bad." Mrs. H says, cautiously. She, barely, but
she does suppress the giggle at the mental picture of a child-
inu-yasha splashing in the water.'

"How old were you, Inu-yasha?" Kagome asks quietly. Kagome is
duplicating her mother's thoughts.


"Seven."


Kagome quickly walks to inu-yasha and takes his hand. "You
survived. Everything worked out in the end." She whispers to him.

He looks at her and blushes.

"Kagome?" Mrs. H asks, puzzled.

"His parents would have been dead by then, mother." Kagome
replies, looking at Inu-yasha, ready to stop if he tensed up too
much. "He would have been alone, finding his own food and shelter
in the woods by himself. There was noone to rescue him."

Mrs. h gets off the sofa, goes over to Inu-yasha and rubs his
ear. "I'm sorry, if I brought up a bad memory, Inu-yasha."


"Feh." Inu-yasha shrugs and twists out of the grasp of the two
women.

‘From some of the comment's Kagome has made, I thought he had a
bad childhood, but I didn't think it was that bad.' Mrs. h
thinks.

"If it helps, Inu-yasha, Kagome has kept your secrets, she has
told me very little about your past." She says in a subdued tone.

Inu-yasha turns around and looks at Kagome. She nods, yes.

"Feh. I got wet, nothing else happened." He says as he sits back
down on the sofa.

‘I wonder.' Kagome thinks. ‘What really happened, the way he
acted. I wonder just how close he came to dying.'

Mrs. h sits back down on the sofa and says to Kagome. "You know,
my dear, sometimes throwing a person into the deep end and
forcing them to learn is the only way to teach someone."

Kagome sits down in the chair, she was sitting in as she replies.
"I know mother, but in this case I don't think that method would
be helpful."

Mrs. h nods. "I agree. Inu-yasha does need to watch some movies
and learn."

He crosses his arms across his chest, as he very grumpily says,
"Feh. I'll do it."

"Come on, Inu-yasha." Kagome voice teases him, "don't act like
you hate watching Tv. I know you like it."

"Feh. When do I watch it?" He challenges her.

"Late at night, when you think everyone is asleep." Mrs. h says,
as she steps into the middle of the coming argument.

His eyes widen and he stammers. "what! I . . . never."

Kagome giggles. "Inu-yasha, you really should remember to put the
movies back where you found them."

"I do!" he forcefully says.

"So, you do watch them, then." Mrs. h purrs.


Inu-yasha opens his mouth, closes it, then growls, "Feh." He
glares at the ceiling and pouts.

Mrs. h giggles and places her hand on his shoulder. "It is Ok,
inu-yasha. You are more than welcome to watch TV at any time you
wish." She smiles, "I'm sure Souta would love it, if one evening,
you'd sit with him as he watches TV."

"No, mom. Souta would love it, if Inu-yasha would watch some of
Souta's favorite anime's with him." Kagome says with a giggle.

"You're right, dear."

Some of the tension leaves Inu-yasha's body as he realizes he is
not in trouble for his late-night explorations of the Higurashi
house. ‘I didn't have to use my excuse of having to know where
everything was, so in case of an emergence, I'd be prepared.'
Inu-yasha thinks.

"My dear." Mrs. H says as she faces Kagome, her hand still on
Inu-yasha's shoulder. "Since you've changed some of the plans you
made earlier, why don't you tell me and inu-yasha what you have
planned."

"Earlier plans?" inu-yasha asks.

"She wanted me to take a nap, then go visit Yokio's parents house
and comfort and help them this evening." Mrs. h replies.

Kagome nods. "I still want you do that, mother. You do need to
rest."

Mrs. h nods.

"But," Kagome adds. "When you get there, try to find out what the
police know." Mrs. h nods, again. Kagome glances at Inu-yasha.
"And see about getting some unwashed piece of cloth that would
have her scent on it."

Mrs. H glances at Inu-yasha. He nods. "I'll need something."

"What would be best to get, Inu-yasha?"


"Her pan . . . " He starts to say, then after an instant glance
at Kagome, he stops as he blushes.

"Panties?" Kagome squeaks as she blushes. "I thought Miroku was
the pervert." Her hands reach down and cover her crouch.


"It's not that!" Inu-yasha yells. "Her scent, all women's scents
are, well, are strongest there." He finishes in a whisper.

"What would be other good choices?" Mrs. h asks delicately as she
watches inu-yasha and her daughter turn into living blood red
beets.

He glances at her and replies. "Her bra.'"

Kagome suppresses a snort, unsuccessfully.

"Any clothes that touch her body for a long period of time,
really. Her comb, especially if it has some hair in it." He
scrunches up his nose. "Even her socks and shoes."

He pauses. "If you can find something that has her blood on it
that would be very useful."

"The blood of her period." Kagome whispers. "That's why you want
the panties."

He grimaces, but nods. "Yeah. That's best of all."

Mrs. h nods. "Ok. I understand, Inu-yasha. I'll see if I can find
anything in their clothing's hampers." She sighs. "I probably
can. I am sure that in all the stress, they haven't washed any
clothes in awhile."

Kagome nods. "Yeah. You should be able to find something, mom." A
pause, then Kagome says, "Inu-yasha."


He looks at her, "what?"

"While my mother is sleeping and over at Yokio's house, I want.
No." She shakes her head, "I would like it, if you would watch
the movies. I'll sit beside you, and when Souta gets here, so
will he."

She points her finger at him. "And Inu-yasha, this is the
important thing. Ask questions." She growls at him. "Ask many
questions." Her tone gets harsher. "Do not be afraid to ask
questions, even stupid ones."

"I get the fucking point, bitch." He growls back.

‘I need to goad him into asking questions.' She thinks. ‘Maybe a
reward?'


Kagome smirks, "Inu-yasha, for every question, no, for every good
question you ask, I'll . . . "

"You'll apologize for a sit." Mrs h injects.

"Mom!"

"You heard me, Kagome."

She slumps in her chair. "Ok."

Inu-yasha grins and chuckles.

With a weird gleam in her eyes, Kagome sits up and says, "And
Inu-yasha, to force you into asking questions." She pauses. He
looks at her.

"Every five minutes without a question, I'll S-I-T you."


"Dear!"

"What!"


"I mean it, mother, Inu-yasha." She crosses her arms across her
chest, in a very Inu-yasha-like pose. "I know him, mother. He's
not going to ask for help, unless I force him."

He glares at her.
She glares back.


Mrs. h places her fingers on the bridge of her nose, trying to
fight off the headache that is rapidly building. "Kagome." She
says in an experted tone.

"Yes, mother?"

"How about this, instead. For every useful, pertain, question
that Inu-yasha asks you, he gets an ear rub. The better the
question, the longer the rub."

Both inu-yasha and Kagome's mouth opens in shock. "But." "But."
They both say.


"Kagome, how many times, have I tried to teach you, kindness is
best solution." Mrs. H smiles. "So, instead of a painful
solution, find a pleasant one."

Inu-yasha and Kagome look at each, blush slightly, then nod.
"Yes, mother." "Yes."

Mrs. h covers her mouth as she yawns. "So, unless there's
something else, Kagome, I think I'll take that nap now."

"Huh?" Kagome says somewhat surprised. She shakes her head, no.
"No mother. Not for you, anyway. I'll wake you in a couple of
hours. And I'll call Yokio's house and tell them when to expect
you over."

Mrs. h nods. She stands up and starts to walk out of the room.
She stops, turns and says, "I know, Kagome, that you want to
mother me, but, wake me in time so I can fix something to eat, so
I can take it over to Gina's house."

Kagome shakes her head. "I'll fix something mother. A present
from me to them."

Her mother purses her lips, then nods. "Very well. But, I will
fix Gina's favorite dinner tomorrow."

Kagome nods and smiles, "I'll help."

Mrs. h smiles, nods and leaves the room.

"How are you going to fix something to eat, if you're watching TV
with me?" Inu-yasha growls out.

Kagome looks at him, "Once Souta gets here, he can help answer
your questions just as well as I can." She snorts. "Probably
better. He watches that type of movie all the time. Whereas I've
watched maybe half-a-dozen movies in the last two and half
years."

Inu-yasha moves over to Kagome and growls, "So you don't know
everything."

She grits her teeth, "yes, Inu-yasha, I don't know everything.
But, I do know a lot more than you do. And do you why, I haven't
watched any movies in the last few months!" her angry tone
increases, as she is building up to another argument about the
small amount of time she spends on this side of the well.

"Kagome inu-yasha!" Mrs. h calls from her room. "I'll need some
peace and quiet so I can sleep!"

Kagome and Inu-yasha, after a startled glance, share a slight
grin.

"Ok, mom!" Kagome calls. She moves over to the cabinet where the
movies are stored. "Inu-yasha, just sit on the sofa, while I
figure out which movies to show you."


Inu-yasha grins, his fangs showing as he watches Kagome bend
over, her skirt ride up, and her panties begin to flash before
him, as she wiggles her hips.

Thank you for reading
Jeff shelton