InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Worthless Child ❯ Out Of The Hospital ( Chapter 19 )

Kagome was sitting in bed waiting for some sort of entertainment to come her way. Tired of watching TV, reading her romance novel, and no one to talk to she had taken to counting the dots on the ceiling.

“Seven-hundred-fifty-five, seven-hundred-fifty-six, Seven-hundred-fifty-seven”

Suddenly a hand popped in her face causing her to bolt upright in her bed as she clutched her chest, heart racing a mile a minute. Seeing silver hair out of the corner of her eye, anger quickly replaced the fear that had controlled her.

“Inuyasha you almost gave me a heart attack.” she yelled.

Inuyasha looked around mimicking a confused look. “Well aren’t we in a hospital? They would be able to save you right?” His face lost the lost look as a small grin took its place.

“Be nice to girls in the hospital Inuyasha” said Megu as she walked into the room, taking time to playfully nudge her elbow into Inuyasha's side.

“Keh, I just wanted to make the score even.”

Not even paying any attention to what Inuyasha said, Kagome's eye's locked on to the girl who just walked in unannounced. The girl just stared back at her, Inuyasha ignored as the two tried to stare each other down. Inuyasha looked blankly from each other not understanding what the sudden silence was about.

"Jeez, what are you two doing? Waiting till the other blinks? Sorry Megu, Kagome's gonna beat you there, she could stare down Taka-sensei." said Inuyasha laughing at his own joke. Megu's cheeks warmed slightly as she jerked her head to break eye contact. ‘She’s jealous of me that I have Inuyasha’s attention.' Kagome realized ‘What a dumb thing to be mad about, but I wont stop being his friend especially since it took so long for him to trust me. Not just to make this little princess feel better about herself.’

Not wanting to let on that she had realized what this mystery girl was thinking, Kagome shot back “Aren’t you suppose to introduce yourself when you tag along to see someone else’s friend? Or would a Dog-Boy not know such a simple thing as manners?”

Inuyasha just chuckled, glad to see that Kagome was getting back to her old self. "Keh, Megu just wanted to tag along to see if you wanted to tee-pee Taka-sensei’s house. You’re getting of the hospital today aren’t you?”

“Yea, doctor says I'm fine except for all the bruising, but that’s gonna hurt for a while.”

“Like that would stop you" Inuyasha grinned "Great so you're coming. Twelve tonight be ready with some toilet paper”

Before Kagome could protest, Megu simply smirked at her. “Come on Inuyasha, you know she’s to preppy to be up that late, let alone be out that late. Plus she's probably to chicken to dare sneaking out so don’t even bother with her.”

Inuyasha broke out laughing at this, as Kagome became memorized by his face. Inuyasha? Laughing? Snapping out of her trance when she remembered the question at hand, Kagome shot back “Who are you to answer for me? What if I said I wanted to go?”

“Like that would happen.” Megu said flatly.

“I’m not going anyway because I got stuff to do.” Kagome replied back stiffly.

“How cute. Little Kagome’s afraid of the dark and doesn't want to come? Knew you were a little chicken and too scared to come with us."

Megu started the chicken dance “Bawk Bawk, Baw Bawk.”

“I didn’t know you still a bedtime Kagome. What are you? 10?” challenged Inuyasha with a twinkle in his eye.

Kagome recognized the look in his eye as a challenge and knew better than to back down. ‘Megu’s taunting I can take. I will NOT however, let Inuyasha get the better of me. That’ll just be an excuse to annoy me even more.'

“Alright, I'll take you on Inuyasha. When do you want me ready?”

Inuyasha was about to respond when Mrs. Higurashi entered the room with a smile to see visitors for her daughter. “Ready for what Kagome?” she asked looking at the guests.

Kagome tactically ignored the question, instead asking Inuyasha “Inuyasha why don’t you introduce your friend to my Okaa-san.”

“No need for that Inuyasha, I can introduce myself” Megu said turning to Mrs. Higurashi. “I’m Megu and it’s nice to meet you Higurashi-san” said with a smile and a bow.

Allowing herself to take the bait Mrs. Higurashi reminded herself to ask again what her daughter meant by what she said. “Nice to meet you to Megu-san.”

Turning to Kagome she asked “Kagome the doctors just released you. Are you gonna go out with your friends or do you want to head home? It’s up to you, but I think you would want to go home and freshen up, right?”

Kagome looked herself up and down and quivered which caused Inuyasha to grab his ribs, trying not to laugh hysterically in front of her mother. Glaring at Inuyasha while she spoke to her mother “I definitely want to take a nice long bath and get out of these hospital clothes. Is that OK with you Inuyasha?”

Inuyasha stopped laughing abruptly and gave a curt nod as a response. His eyes twinkled at her before heading out the room only stopping when Megu asked what her number was. Kagome only stared at the girl in front of her trying to figure what game she was playing. Not being able to figure it out, she gave up and watched the girl walk out the hospital room with the asked for information.

“What was that about?” Ms. Higurashi asked after the guests had left.

“What Megu? I have no idea?” Kagome said innocently.

Mrs. Higurashi gave her the look that said ‘I know you know what I’m talking about so stop avoiding my question.’

Kagome replied with the most innocent look she could muster.

Her answer was “Kagome” which Kagome cringed at. That tone always meant trouble no matter how you went about it. The motherly tone that seemed to make your insides disappear somewhere around your ankles.

“I already knew your answer would be no and I told Inuyasha this. He still thinks he’s going to get me to come and that’s why he asked me when I would be ready.” Kagome saying the first thing that sounded believable.

“Uhh, Kagome, you were the one who asked when you were supposed to be ready.”

Panic quickly took over her face as she tried to think of something else that would get her out of the current situation. Finally setting on a teenagers last ditch effort to change the subject, Kagome used one of the oldest tricks in the book with what she hoped was a determined, yet straight face.

“Momma, I'm sixteen years old already, don’t you think I deserve a little privacy? Don’t you trust me to make the right decisions with my life?”

Mrs. Higurashi was shocked to hear this from her daughter. ‘Where is this coming from, what brought this about and what in the world is going on?’ Staring at her daughters face she finally caught the look of uncertainty. ‘So she was scared that she got caught in her lie, and now she’s hoping that this one will work. This must be something really important to her if she’s willing to lie to me twice. Why does it not surprise me that Inuyasha has something to do with this?’ With a tone that no child should ever dare disobey Mrs. Higurashi asked for the last time “Kagome, for the last time, what is going on?”

Kagome heaved a deep a sigh. ‘So my plan didn’t work. Should I make up a story or just get this over with? I already know what Okaa-san is gonna say. “Kagome dear, first of all there’s no need to go strolling around that late at night. Second of all what you plan to do is illegal, and if you get caught you could end up in jail, or get a hefty fine with hours on end of community service. Do you think it’s worth all that just to have an hour fun tee-peeing some person’s house? Anyway, you shouldn’t do on to others what others might do to you. Besides, you only want to go because everyone you know is going. And if everyone jumped off a bridge would you? And just more blah, blah, blah.” Resigning her fate to death by lecture, she told her mother the truth’

“Inuyasha wanted me to go out with him and Megu tonight to tee-pee someone’s house. I wasn’t going to go but Inuyasha somehow suckered me into it and I told him I'll be ready at twelve.”

Mrs. Higurashi had a moment of thought. ‘This probably has more to do with Megu-san than Inuyasha. It’s funny to see my daughter get jealous so I guess I'll let her go.’

“Just don’t get caught dear” said Mrs. Higurashi as she slowly walked out of the room. Kagome was glad she was in a hospital, for if Inuyasha scaring didn't give her that heart attack, she was sure what her mother just said would.

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Kagome, dressed in a black sweater and tight fitting black jeans, had been lying on her bed reading a romance novel for nearly three hours, was waiting for Inuyasha to show up. Around eleven thirty she finally she heard a light tap on her window. Turning to look out the window she opened her mouth to scream when she saw a person squatting on her window sill. Her scream was cut short, however when Inuyasha jumped and grabbed her around the waist and mouth.

“Quite Bitch, do you want to wake up your Okaa-san?” He demanded in a heated whisper.

Kagome glared back waiting for him to remove his hand. “I already talked with her about it and she said I could go. Now hold on a minute so I can tell her I’m leaving.”

Five minutes later Inuyasha and Kagome walked out of the house each with a stack of toilet paper in hand. Opening the almost full trunk of Miroku’s Jeep both dumped the paper inside still glaring at each other. Inuyasha took the front seat while Kagome scooted as far away as possible from Megu. As soon as everyone got situated the taunting started.

“So nice of you to join us Kagome-sama” Miroku said with a grin.

“Well, I'm especially surprised that you could make it Kagome. I thought that Inuyasha would have to drag you out of your room to get you to come. And here you went out and told your mother where you were going. Learn to live a little would you Higurashi?” Megu half joked.

Megu and Miroku were the only one’s laughing. Inuyasha on the other hand was getting angry at the girl sitting behind him. ‘We come out here to chill, which I rarely do, and all she’s doing is picking and making fun of Kagome? She practically begged her to come.’

Miroku picked up Inuyasha’s mood. ‘Hmm he’s getting pissed off at Megu’s making fun of Kagome. I wonder what happened that between them that he gets this protective of her. They seem pretty close in their own little way. Megu has no chance of getting Inuyasha at this rate. Either Kagome was there first or whatever Megu did to piss him off screwed up her chances; although I get the feeling Inuyasha and Kagome have known each other for a while. Now I probably should break things up before Kagome gets pissed off and leaves or decides to fight back. Even worse would be Inuyasha losing his temper and making a fool of ... to late”

“Would all of you just shut the fuck up. We didn’t bring her here just to poke fun, and I don’t wanna listen to you're shit the whole way there.”

Megu rolled her eyes muttering an apology but otherwise kept to herself the rest of the way there. Kagome on the other hand was very stunned. She had expected to endure Megu’s taunting and jealousy the whole trip. ‘I wonder why he did that? I don’t think he’s ever been so nice in front of other people before. Something must be bothering him for him to act like that and I'm going to find out what it is.’

A/N
xiamurgodx

Oh ya, school is finally giving me a break. For those who are worried I won’t finish the story, no worries. I plan to finish and I guarantee this won’t happen again. Thanks to all the readers who stay with me till the end.

XAGOR888-SAMA

Guess who's back :) (back again, xagor-sama’s back, tell a friend (xiamurgodx)) Finally got some time to myself since one of my most evil classes was only a semester long and is finally OVER! Now I can beta some more and give the devoted fans of this fic, who TOTALLY rock btw, me n gods combined talents. Hope to have more fun doing this and hope you enjoy this too! Cya next chappy ;)
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