InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ T.O.M ❯ Who's Tom? ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
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Kagome sighed. She grabbed her stomach. she had just woke up from a long night of tossing and turning. *Why today of all days?* That's right, it just so happend to be THAT time of the month. *I'm suppose to stay in the Futile era for two whole weeks! How will I survive? Maybe I'll just stay home...* She dosed off again, but woke up when the sun shined right into her eyes. She reluctanly rolled out of bed. *Oh crap! I'm late! Inuyasha will be furious!* She thought as she hurriedly got her stuff to take a quick shower.

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"I can't believe she's TWO hours late!" Inuyasha growled while stareing down into the depths of the well. Sango had long before fallen asleep waiting for Kagome and Miroku eyed her devilishly. You could almost see the little horns appear on his head. His hand slowly reached toward Sango, but his plans were foiled when Kirara, who was in Sango's lap, woke up. Miroku quickly snatched his had back, he didn't want it bitten off. Shippou hopped onto Inuyasha's shoulder and gaped at the well. He didn't see what was so interesting about it. He quickly retired and snuggled up close to Sango.

"Miroku, I'm going to go get Kagome." Inuyasha said as he hopped down the well. Sango had awakened by then and was given a cold look. Shippou curiously looked into the well. He wanted to go see Kagome too. *It's worth a try.* He thought as he jumped down, only to hit the hard bottom head first. He went into 'swirly eyed'.

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*I wonder why Kagome is late, it's not like her at all...well actually it is, but never two hours.* Inuyasha thought as he snuck up to Kagome's window and peered in. She wasn't in bed, so he pushed the window open and jumped in. He looked around the room for her, but she wasn't in there...but then again he already knew thatr from looking in the window. He stood in the middle of the room and twitched his ears. *She must be in the shower.* He thought as he heard the running water coming from the hall.

Inuyasha took a seat on the bed and unpatiently waited. He decided to make himself at home and headed towards the kitchen. In the hallway, while he was on his way, his nose perked up. *Blood?* He looked towards the bathroom. that's where the scent was coming from. He cautiously walked slowly towards the bathroom. As he got closer, the scent grew stronger. It was Kagome's blood. He put his hand on the doorknob. *Should I knock?* He held his breath and cautiously opened the door. Steam poured out of the room. Inuyasha listened to her mumbling to herself. Kagome was mummbling something about bleeding and how much her stomach hurt. Inuyasha's eyes went wide with fear. *Why is her stomach blleding?!* He pushed the door all the way open.

"Kagome!" He yelled about to pull back the shower curtain. She screamed as she saw his outline through the shower curtain. She quickly reached for a towel and pulled in around her before Inuyasha got the nerve to pull back the curtain.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Kagome scrieched. Inuyasha had a worried look on his face. He was about to say something when he noticed the crimson in the bottom of the tub. His eyes went even wider, if possible. *That's blood.* Inuyasha thought.

"Kagome! What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked still stareing at the blood that was now mostly gone down the drain. Kagome's face turned a bright shade of red. She didn't know how to explain it to Inuyasha. She just stood there, turing redder every second.

"You're turning red, Kagome, please tell me what's wrong!" Inuyasha called as he placed his hands on her shoulders. She shook him off and told him to leave. he questioned her, but she continued to shoo him away. He didn't budge. Inuyasha finally got on Kagome's last nerve and she yelled the famous 'SIT BOY'. Inuyasha crashed into the ground. Kagome, satisfied with her work, dragged him out of the bathroom and this time, locked the door. *Man, the nerve of the guy! Sneaking in while I was taking a shower! Especially when it's THAT time of the month! I'm so embarrised! How the heck am I going to explain this to him!?* Kagome riddled her brain as she put on her clothes. Inuyasha seemed awfully worried about her.

"Inuyasha, i'm fine, but i'm glad to see that you were worried about me." Kagome smirked as she walked out of the bathroom, fully dressed now. Inuyasha looked away hiding his blush.

"Worried? Feh! I wasn't worried, I was just curious!" He looked out of the corner of his eye to see if she believe him. "Don't go telling me you're fine. Not only did I smell blood, I saw it too! Tell me what's going on Kagome." Kagome bit her lip. She had to think fast or Inuyasha would get suspicious. *I can't just say 'It's my period.' That's way to embarrising!* She sighed. Inuyasha walked over and stuck his nose in her face waiting for an answer. He wasn't a patient one.

"Oh it's nothing Inuyasha! Trust me! Anyway Tom is coming for a visit this week so i've decided to stay here ok? We can look for the shards next week." Kagome stated pushing him out of her face. She quickly rushed into her room and slammed the door in Inuyasha's face. Kagome was starting to get on his nerves.

"Tom? Who's this Tom? A relative? We have to find the jewel shard! Who cares about some Tom!" Inuyasha yelled through the door. At that moment Kagome was happy her mother and Souta were out shopping.

"Tom...er...well, he's not a relative, but I have to be here when he visits, it's kind of important. You don't want him coming to the futal era do you?" Kagome replied through her door. She was changing her clothes, even though she had just put on some fresh one when she hopped out of the shower. (Poor Kagome) Inuyasha was busy wondering who this Tom guy was. *Tom, a non-relative that's staying all week. That wouldn't be so suspicious but she said that he's important, and that if she didn't stay that he'd come back to my time with him! Hmm, he's not gonna come over to pursuade Kagome to be his woman is he?!* Inuyasha fumed. He wasn't going to let 'Tom' take Kagome. Who knows what this Tom guy would do to her. *No one's taking Kagome away from me!*

"Listen Kagome." He said as she opened the door. "I've decided that i'm taking you back now! The shards of the sacred jewel can't wait. Now gather your things now!" Kagome looked at him suprised. Inuyasha was demanding her? You'd almost think he was jealous of TOM! Kagome held back a snicker and after lots of persuasion, finally decided to go. She gave a heavy sigh as Inuyasha gave his look of triumph while lounging on her bed. Kagome quickly packed her things, making sure she had lots of you know what. Inuyasha watched her carefully, her every move. The way her hair swayed when she turn the way she looked when she smiled. Inuyasha was quickly distracted when he noticed her putting something he didn't know what it was in her bag. He had never seen it before, and he became quite curious. When she turned away he reached into her bag and pulled it out. It was square and pink. A box, eh. But what was in the box? Ramen? He had to find out! He reached in and pulled out...?

"Hey Kagome, what are these?" He asked holding what seemed to be a piece of cotton with a string hanging down from it. Kagome looked at him and froze. Her face turned red and she ferociously grabbed the bag from Inuyasha. He jumped back at her ferocity.

"Don't EVER touch my things without ASKING!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha pouted. Why was Kagome mad all asuden? That was a quick mood change. Kagome slowly realized what she had done when she noticed Inuyasha cowering in the corner. She felt aweful that Inuyasha had been viction to one of her atrocious moodswings. Poor Inuyasha, he looked just like a wounded puppy. She apologized and started to get all teary eyed.

"I'm so sorry Inuyasha!" She wailed. Inuyasha questioned this sudden change but Kagome ignored it and happily went on with her packing. Inuyasha stood bewildered in the corner. She looked okay, besides she was walking around kind of stiffly and carfully. Another thing that puzzled him was that she was wearing pants instead of her usual skirt. He found this very odd, for Kagome rarely wore pants and women in his time never wore pants. It didn't take very long for Inuyasha to get his brain working and he became very suspicious of Kagome. *Maybe it has to do with this Tom guy.* Inuyasha thought.

Inuyasha had riddled his brain when he realized that he still had that cotton thing-a-magig in his right fist. His unclenched his fist and stared at the thing. The cotton was consealed in a clear plastic tube. He found that if he pushed the tube a certain way that the cotton would pop out. He did so and dangled the cotton by its string. He thought about it for a while then dropped it. He bent over it and examined it carefully. Inuyasha poked it a few times and then sniffed it. A flowery fragrance filled his nose and he almost coughed.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome said as he hid the cotton thing under his palm. "I'm going downstairs to get some food to pack, i'll be right back!" Inuyasha nodded and eyed her as she stiffly ambled out of the room. Once she was gone he went back to the cotton. *If it smells all flowery, maybe it's that perfume-thing Kagome wears.* He thought. He then sucked up his dignity and rubbed the cotton-string on himself. But, unfortunately, the smell didn't stick to him. He quickly tossed out the idea of it being perfume. He then concentrated on the string. He tried a few times to pull it apart from the cotton, but that didn't work. He was about to slice the thing in half when he heard Kagome returning to her room. Inuyasha hid the cotton-thing in his kimono and gave an innosent smile when Kagome entered the room, hands full of Ramen.

"Come on Inuyasha! Let's go!" Kagome said in a grouchy tone. Inuyasha suddered at it, but quickly followed her, in fear of those dreaded words: "SIT BOY".

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