InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Devil Within ❯ Surprise Guest ( Chapter 2 )

The Devil Within

 

Disclamer: I own nothing

 

Chapter 2: Surprise Guest

 

`Why me?'

 

Myoga was not happy with his new task, but he also felt the need to comply. He didn't like the feeling that washed over him when he reached Inuyasha's forest. That is why he didn't argue against his lord's demand to look for anything suspicious lurking around.

 

`Besides', he thought with glee, `this is my chance to prove that I am not a coward!'

 

Before setting about searching, he had gone to the village to warn Shippo and lady Kaede of his presence and intentions for tonight. The kit hadn't enjoyed what he heard. In fact, it frightened him to know something might be out there, watching them and Inuyasha couldn't find it.

 

He did approve of the hanyo's `disappearing' act. Even he understood it was best for Inuyasha to stay hidden away when he turns human, especially if there was a new enemy creeping around. Shippo took this time to comment on Inuyasha's use of whatever amount of brain he was given. Myoga had a good laugh with that. However, he didn't waste any more time chatting the evening away.

 

`I told them I'd be back by night fall, so I better hurry!'

 

 

***

 

 

Bringing the groceries in and placing them at their rightful places took a bit longer than she had expected. Kagome wouldn't have been shocked if her mother had emptied the store! Evening had come and if she didn't hurry she would miss dinner with the others.

 

“Bye mama!”

 

She slid the door close and made a bee line for her favorite tree. She had left her bag there so she could pick it up on her way to the well. However, when she got to her destination she couldn't find her yellow bag anywhere.

 

`Huh?!?' She was positive she left it by that tree. “Where did it go?”

 

“Where did what go?”

 

Kagome jumped at the sudden noise from behind and gave out a small screech.

 

Inuyasha flattened his ears out of habit at the outburst.

 

Stunned to see him in her time, she asked, “Inuyasha? What are you doing here?” Kagome swiftly looked around hoping she didn't attract any un-wanted attention. Still glancing around, spying for any late visitors, she continued. “I told you I'd be back in three days.”

 

Inuyasha held out the big and might I add extremely heavy yellow bag in front of her eye sight, effectively blocking her view from everything else.

 

“Then what is this?” he asked rather angry.

 

Kagome tried to look calm, but failed miserably as she stuttered an answer. “T-this! … It's, it's j-just … uh … I … uh … I was just … uh … going over to a, a, a … A friend's house!” Coming to a conclusion with what she said, she repeated her scrabbled sentence with more confidence. “I'm simply going over to a friend's house for a sleep-over party.”

 

He didn't buy it.

 

Inuyasha knew her long enough to know when she was lying. Normally he'd smell it on her, but this time it was just plain obvious.

 

“I ain't buying it.” he stated flatly. He stood there and stared her down, thinking she might eventually crack and tell him the truth.

 

However, Kagome also knew him well enough to know what he was doing and so she decided she wouldn't give. What she didn't understand in all this was why she felt the need to lie to him. She let go a sigh, rolled her eyes and grabbed his arm. She dragged him part way back to her place when…

 

“Kagome-chan?”

 

She froze in her tracks hoping she was just hearing voices.

 

“Kagome-chan!”

 

Nope, she hadn't imagined it. There was more than one person calling her and she knew exactly who those voices belonged to.

 

`Great! Now how am I supposed to explain dog ears to them?' She didn't have time to plan a cover story when out of nowhere her three girl-friends showed up in front of her. Surprised by their sudden appearance, Kagome stumbled backwards and right into Inuyasha's arms. She felt him steady her and then mentally kicked herself for not telling him to hide in the first place.

 

“Inuyasha-kun! … Is that you?” One stated.

 

“You look… different!” Another added.

 

“Yeah… You have …”

 

The last tried to finish, but Kagome rushed into the conversation not knowing what to say and completely ignorant of her surrounding. “I can explain!” However, she didn't get far after her third friend finished what she started to say.

 

“… black hair!” Kagome simply blinked and she realized that she was the one confused now. She turned around to see Inuyasha give a strange boyish grin.

 

“Uh… hi?”

 

`He's human! Was tonight the new moon?' Looking up at the sky, she noticed for the first time it was black save for a few stars sticking out. But now moon could be seen. `Is it really that late?'

 

Kagome looked back at Inuyasha who was staring right back at her. After a few seconds, his gaze switched to the girls standing behind her, waiting, expecting something.

 

“Well?” one of them pushed. “Why is it black?”

 

“Yeah!” another had joined in and looked at Inuyasha. “I like them when they were silvery-white.”

 

Kagome didn't wait for anymore comments or complements and gave them the best answer she had!

 

“We wanted to see what they would look like if they were black!” Gathering her thought and silently hoping Inuyasha would keep his mouth shut, she continued with her plausible excuse. “But don't worry! We used one of those color gels. You know… the one that fades after a few wash.”

 

Inuyasha's face was one of pure confusion, and to his luck, none of the girls noticed.

 

Kagome's friends on the other hand seemed to fully understand as they released an `oh!' of comprehension. Inuyasha made a mental note to ask her what exactly this `gel' thingy was.

 

Kagome took this chance to usher the girls away and wished them a good night and safe trip home. They all waved their goodbyes to one another and Kagome was left alone with Inuyasha once again. She went straight up to him, took his hand this time and guided him the rest of the way to the front door.

 

They walked in silence, Inuyasha not knowing what to say and Kagome lost in her own thoughts.

 

When they reached the front door, she absentmindedly slid it open and walked right in. Finally letting go of his hand, she slid the door close and exchanged her shoes for her slippers.

 

He just stood there feeling awkward. Why, he didn't know.

 

Once the change of footwear was done, she took his hand again and led him inside the house.

 

`What's with the hand holding?' thought an ever more confused Inuyasha.

 

At the same time, `What's with the silent treatment?' thought a baffled Kagome.

 

Finally reaching her unknown destination, she guided Inuyasha to the first sitting furniture she found. He kept staring at her, wondering what was going on. She never acted like that before. Was this the calm before the storm…?

 

“What are you doing here?” Her question was simple and her tone was calm yet confused. For some odd reason, he had expected an outburst. He wasn't about to complain though: for once they just might have a civilized conversation without yelling.

 

“Keh! I can tell where I'm not wanted!” On the other hand, maybe not… His tone came out a lot harsher than he had intended it. Inuyasha automatically tensed up, waiting for the onslaught. But to his surprise nothing came. Kagome had a look of sympathy on her face. “What are you looking at me like that for?!?” He didn't like it when she looked at him that way. It freaked him out to say the least, and it made her look sad.

 

Kagome snapped out of her trance and looked away, a blush making its way up her cheeks. She had a pretty good idea why he came over to her time, but she wouldn't confront him with that now. She knows how he is during these times. So right about now wouldn't be smart to bring that particular subject up!

 

Somehow, Inuyasha knew what she was thinking and boy was he relieved she didn't mention anything. He hated being weak and he hated it even more when the group would talk about it.

 

Both of them came out of their own reverie when they heard someone run down the stairs. Following the first set of feet was another accompanied by the Sota's voice. “You can't get away!”

 

The first set came to a halt and for other reasons so did the second. Sota crashed right into his friend's back sending them both plummeting to the ground. Unfortunately for his friend, Sota had his fall cushioned.

 

“Get off me!” came the wailed cry of his friend. Complying, Sota quickly stood up and held out his hand to help his friend. Yukito, as he was called, bowed his head low in an apologetic manner. “I'm sorry; we didn't mean to barge in. Sota told me we were alone.” The boy threw his friend a dirty look with a promise of payback for lying.

 

Getting the hint, Sota hastily jumped to his defense. “I didn't lie! Mama went to the shop and onee-chan was supposed to have left. Isn't that right?” Sota turned to his sister, hoping she would back him up. But what he failed to notice before caught him off guard now.

 

“Inuyasha-onii-chan?!?!” The young boy stood there staring at the once hanyo. “Wha… What happen to your hair?” he asked in bewilderment, completely forgetting about his friend. “… and your dog ea-mmppff!!”

 

Kagome realized where Sota was going with this and jumped into action faster than she thought possible. She put her hand in front of his mouth, successfully blocking out his final words.

 

“Yes, well, he can't bring his dog over every time he visits!” Realizing a second to late what she just said, she could have imagined a huge anime style sweat drop come down both her's and Inuyasha's head. Before digging herself further down with her own lies, she chose to change tactics. “Why don't you and Yukito go back to your room to play nice and quietly, and I won't tell mama you two where playing tag in the house.”

 

Understanding played across Sota's feature and slowly, yet eventually ushered his friend up the stairs and directly into the safety of his room.

 

In the meanwhile, Inuyasha stood looking even more confused if that was even possible. He didn't get her explanation about the dog thing, but then again, he didn't understand a whole lot about her way of thinking. There were a lot of things she did that for the life of him he would never get. `Same could be told about her…' he thought to himself.

 

Nobody, not even the taiji-ya knew much about inu youkai traditions. Hell! Even HE didn't know all of them. Most of the things he did know were based upon instincts. But as for the rest… Myoga took the time to explain a few details to him. However, there are still a few things the flea demon deemed him to young to know. That had been the most insulting comment his retainer ever told him. He remembered how he practically killed the flea-bag for treating him like some sort of pup.

 

His little reminiscences caused his face to burn up in anger. Seeing this, Kagome wondered if her pitiful excuse insulted his friend to that degree. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or anything like that… It just sounded like a good excuse at the moment.”

 

Snapping out of his thoughts, he remembered he was still standing in Kagome's living room. “Keh…” He didn't know what else to say. He wasn't a man of many words and he wasn't about to tell her he didn't understand. “Never mind.” With a wave of his hand he was hoping to end the topic of conversation.

 

He plopped down onto the couch, taking it easy. `Now what?'

 

Back in his time, they would have had some inane discussion with the others and then they would sleep the night away while he stayed awake, fearing for his and his friends lives.

 

Kagome stared at him for a little while longer before giving in to her own fatigue. She moved towards the same couch and wondered, what's on his mind. Once she reached his side, she dropped down accurately beside him.

 

The shift in the cushions caused both unsuspecting friends to unwillingly slide closer to each other. So close were they that Kagome's left side and Inuyasha's right side were sticking together. With both their weights centered in one section of the sitting object, the cushions gave way some more, causing both of them to sink in even closer.

 

Kagome tried to get up to give them both some much needed space, but she found herself stuck to the sofa. Inuyasha was not helping either by simply sitting there. She was growing red with embarrassment and didn't dare to look at him.

 

Instead she got another idea. `It has to work!' She reached out one hand and got a hold on the side of the couch. The other hand she placed on Inuyasha's knee. She was wishful beyond everything that he wouldn't move.

 

Knowing him, he might reprimand her for her stupidity, but she really didn't care. `Just as long as I can get up, he can yell all he wants.' Hauling herself up, she was almost at freedom's reach.

 

Precisely before successfully attaining a position where she could let go of his knee, he nudged that infernal leg to his right, promptly knocking her off balance.

 

Kagome gasped at the change in balance and found she was plummeting back down towards the sofa again. Instead of landing on the annoying furniture though, she ended up right in Inuyasha's lap. With his legs now apart, she found herself slowly sinking in between.

 

The plunging sensation stopped as two strong arms kept her from going any further down. This time she looked up at the owner.

 

Inuyasha simply had a smug smirk on his face, amused by the interaction and all at her cost.

 

“What?” he dared to ask. “Would you rather I let you drop?”

 

With those words, he loosened his grip on her which caused her to sink even further down. Out of reflex, Kagome eep-ed and groped at his clothes in hopes of stopping her fall.

 

Inuyasha found the entire play hilarious and chuckled. He tightened his own grip on her and pulled her close to himself as he closed the gap between his legs.

 

After he settled her in his lap once again, she stared at him, shock plastered all over her face at his playfulness. `What is going on?' She tried to formulate her words, but nothing came out of her mouth.

 

“Seems like your mouth is not connected to your brain.” he commented. He brought his right hand up to her face to close gapping lips. He understood why she was this stunned. He never showed his playful side to anyone. He never would have done this to Kikyo of all people, but with Kagome it was different. He allowed himself a few moments of freedom.

 

They sat there in that position for what seemed like hours. She kept starring at him like he'd grown a second head and Inuyasha continued to have a smug look on his face. Once again, their daydreaming was cut short by the sound of footsteps.

 

Mrs. Higurashi walked into the house via the back doorway and stood still once her eyes caught a peculiar scene: Kagome sitting in a black-haired Inuyasha's lap.

 

“Hello Inuyasha, Kagome. What a lovely surprise.” she said looking at Kagome, then back at Inuyasha. She thought over her next words a little and offered a gentile smile. “I'll leave you two alone.” With that, she walked into the kitchen to finish cleaning up.

 

`Huh?!?!' Kagome blinked at Inuyasha mystified by her mother's reaction. That's when she remembered about the compromising position they were in.

 

During their short movement, Kagome's skirt had gone higher up, exposing a bit too much flesh. If Inuyasha was a pervert, all he had to do was bend a little to his right and he'd have a clear view of her panties!

 

Both of them furiously blushed and looked away. Eventually, Inuyasha dumped her not so elegantly beside himself and stood up, walking a distance away. Kagome also got up, but she grabbed her bag and disappeared into the kitchen as well.

 

 

***

 

 

Inuyasha paced the living room. It took everything he had to not peak into the kitchen where mother and daughter talked and giggled away. He knew they were talking about him, specially after his little sneezing fit.

 

`They're probably talking about how unfit I am…' he thought.

 

`What's to be unfit about?'

 

`Huh?!?!?'

 

`I said wha-'

 

`I heard what you said!' He was getting irritated. `Who the hell are you?'

 

`I'm you.'

 

Inuyasha stood in place, looking dumbfounded. He shook his head in an attempt to clear his mind of all thoughts. `Okay… now that was weird.' Talking to himself, or better yet, hearing voices in his head wasn't something he considered sane.

 

He resumed pacing the living room for a few more minutes.

 

Eventually he couldn't take it anymore. He came to an abrupt stop and fixed his eyes on the kitchen's entrance. `I could come up with an excuse like I'm hungry or something.' He took a moment to think things through. He figured he needed a good reason to walk in there. Settling for the `I'm hungry' plan, he hesitantly made his way towards the dammed entrance.

 

 

***

 

 

When Kagome went into the kitchen, her original plan was to put away whatever needed to be stored and couldn't stay in her bag for one night. She had made her way towards the fridge, dropping her bag on one of the dinning table's chairs. All the food she had cooked was now cold. She picked them out and placed them in the fridge for tomorrow. They'd just have to warm it up over an open fire if the others were intent on having a warm meal.

 

“I thought you were going to the feudal era.” Ms. Higurashi broke through her daughter's thought with an innocent question. And an innocent question deserved an equally innocent answer.

 

“Since it's a new moon tonight, we thought it best to stay here for now.” Kagome was hoping for a comfy silence while she put away the food. But that wouldn't be the case.

 

Kagome's mother had other plans in mind.

 

`Chatter time!' she thought while giggling like a teenager. “You should bring him here more often when he's fully human.” If her mother's giggling wasn't enough, that last statement definitely caught Kagome off guard.

 

“What?!!!”

 

“Inuyasha,” she stretched. “You should bring him here when he's in his human form.”

 

Kagome had heard what her mother said, but she had to make sure it wasn't her imagination. “Uh… yeah. Sure thing mama. If he agrees that is.”

 

“Something tells me he won't refuse.” Once again she was giggling. “Anyway, it's about time I saw him this way.” Ms. H. had pointed out the obvious, which wasn't so obvious to others.

 

“Oh! That's right!” Being caught in Inuyasha's lap made her momentarily forget about his physical state, which is quite ironic. “Well now you can put a picture to the description I've given you.”

 

Following this comment, both mother and daughter giggled. They laughed and talked about everything and nothing. It was rare enough they talked now a day. It felt good to have a chatter time with her mother and Kagome felt much more light-hearted.

 

“Well,” Mama spoke up again. “Are you going to ask our guest if he'd like something or are you just going to let him stay in the living room?”

 

Kagome snapped to, picked up her now almost empty bag and headed for the door. Sliding it open took her a great deal less effort than it normally would have and before she realizes it, she ran into something soft.

 

She would have stumbled backwards and landed on her rear end, but a pair of hands rested on her back, thus preventing her would be subsequent fall. Kagome let out a small squeal at the sudden force that kept her firmly put. She looked up to see what exactly she ran into.

 

A set of surprised dark eyes met her startled browns.

 

In the mean time, Kagome's mother had a front row seat to the show starting her only daughter and a hanyo-turned-ningen. `My, oh my,' she thought. `This will be interesting…' Her giggling started again and both youths spontaneously jumped apart.

 

“Uh…” Neither seemed to know what to say. `What is wrong with me?' Kagome tried to fight over her sudden shyness and desire to run and hide. She looked back at Inuyasha. “Would… would you like something?”

 

Inuyasha also snapped out of his stupor, but words seemed hard to formulate. “Y-yeah!” Had he squeaked? He tried to answer again, this time clearing his throat first. “Some water”

 

Kagome went instantly to get a glass, filled it up and handed it to Inuyasha. “Here you go. Well, I'll be in my room if you need me.” And with that, she grabbed her bag once more and headed straight for the stairs.

 

 

***

 

 

`That was weird.'

 

Inuyasha just stared at the glass in his hand. That was why he came into the kitchen, wasn't it?

 

`Not exactly, but…'

 

Remembering Kagome's mother was still there, he started drinking. Even thought he wasn't really thirsty, it felt good. His throat had gone dry in those few short seconds of interaction. Meanwhile, Ms. H. just kept staring at him with a sweet smile.

 

Inuyasha had stared down monsters ten times his size, and yet this innocent looking human scared the wits out of him with her pure looking smile. He started to fidget in place, not knowing what to do.

 

Mama moved towards him and took the now empty glass. “Would you like a second?”

 

Inuyasha nodded before he had enough time to make up his mind. She filled the glass and handed it back to him.

 

Trying to calm the nervous man, Ms. H. spoke up. “You look very different in your human form.” she said. “It suits you nice.”

 

Nevertheless, it felt strange to see him without his fangs and nails. His cute dog ears were replaced by ordinary human ears and that too felt strange. She held back her urge to touch, to feel and make sure her imagination hadn't run wild again.

 

Suddenly her sweet, happy smile turned sad. There was something very different about the human side of the hanyo. He had lost something, but she couldn't figure out what.

 

Inuyasha picked up on her change of mood and thought it best to make an escape before she assaulted him with questions. He handed the glass back to her, gave his thanks and made his way for the stairs.

 

 

***

 

 

Her door to Kagome's bedroom was slightly ajar, so Inuyasha allowed himself to have a peek. “Not there.” Inuyasha looked again, walking fully into the room. `Where did she go?' He thought of places she could have hidden, but after quick looks he came back to his original spot empty handed.

“Are you looking for something?”

 

A voice from behind startled him out of his contemplation. Kagome was standing in the bathroom's doorway which was located diagonally from her bedroom door.

 

“Euh…” Right there and then, Inuyasha was positive a most beautiful tenyo was standing before him.

 

The so-called maiden was wearing one of her rare sleeping attire: a night gown to be more precise. Kagome's hair was combed perfect and hung loosely over her left shoulder in a loose braid. Her face looked flawless in the dimly lit hallway and the light from the bathroom over shadowed her curves, giving her a mysterious seductive air.

 

Two spaghetti straps held her dress in place and the low cut of her outfit showed much cleavage to any willing eyes. The black gown supported a few red roses of all size, strategically spotted to easily attract viewers' eyes. The silky material hung loosely on her, but captured her every curves. The long dress went all the way down to her ankles and supported a cut on the right side that ended half-way up her thigh. Kagome was leaning on her left, giving her audience a nice view of her long slender right leg.

 

Inuyasha was at a lost for words.

 

His eyes freely roamed over her body, taking in every slight detail. She had her arms crossed in front of her, making her breast look even bigger than they were.

 

Inuyasha just kept staring wide eyed and gulping at the sight.

 

Slowly, yet eventually their eyes made contact and Inuyasha noticed her blush. She averted her eyes and stood upright, staring at the ground with lots of interest. Inuyasha also averted his gaze and literally turned around to hide his own heated cheeks.

 

“S-sorry… I-I didn't mean to s-stare.”

 

“No, no… It's my fault. I didn't have time to do my laundry yet…” Kagome made her way past him and into her bedroom. She felt she had to explain. “… and I didn't feel like taking my spare PJ out of my bag…” She kept on mumbling while clearing her room, putting some thing away and getting ready for bed. “… Besides, I've barely used this one, so I might as well before I grow out of it…”

 

Inuyasha kept his head slightly bowed, scrutinizing the floor and trying hard to keep his gaze off the wondering girl. Oblivious to what kind of reaction she had brought upon the hanyo, Kagome went on.

 

“… and it's so comfy you wouldn't believe! Oh, and before I forget, mama said you can come over during new moons if you'd like…”

 

This caught his attention and this time he openly watched her, following her every move.

 

“We have a spare room, but it's filled with so much junk… She said she'd have it cleared up by next month…”

 

After finishing her little self-appointed chores and putting out the spare futon for her friend, she went to her mirror and started fumbling with her hair. “… Anyway, it's getting late. I've put out the futon if you'll sleep here…” She went to her bedside lamp, turned it on and headed for Inuyasha still standing by the door. “Otherwise you can always use the couch or ji-chan's room. He's out of town, so no worry there…” She reached for the light switch, turned it off. “So what's it gonna be?” She looked straight on, expecting annoyance at her non-stop talk. But what she saw she couldn't recognize.

 

Inuyasha couldn't understand what was going on either. Unconsciously he took a steady step closer. Their faces were practically inches away. Every breath she took he felt and with every second that flew by his heart quickened. His mind filled with thoughts of what he could be doing right about now instead of standing there like an idiot.

 

Those same notions, as good as they seemed, as tempting as they were, brought him back to reality.

 

Blinking away his daze, he took a shaky step back, putting some space between them and turned to face the awaiting futon. He muttered a thank you and went to unfold the thing. He'd seen her do it a few times and he had used it once before. So he didn't have any trouble managing it on his own. He set the sheets at their places and snuggled deep under the covers.

 

He made sure his back was turn to Kagome, not really wanting to see her reaction at his sudden emotional change.

 

Kagome was indeed rather taken aback. She had frozen in place the moment his eyes had glazed over and he was giving off an unfamiliar aura. `What just happen?' She was profoundly confused. Her body refused to comply with any orders. Her legs felt numb and weak; she was positive her knees would give way any minute now.

 

She thanked her lucky star as Sota ran by, waving and yelling his good nights. That had fetched feelings back into her limbs and she found herself closing her door and heading towards her bed, yelling back a good night to whom ever that was listening. As she reached her comfy zone, she sunk into her bed, hugging her soft cover all around her.

 

`I'll deal with this tomorrow.' She reached over the side to turn off her lamp and cleared her mind from all possible thoughts in hopes for a dreamless slumber.

 

 

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A/N

 

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