Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Circumstances ❯ Going home ( Chapter 6 )

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Sorry for the late update!

Ch.6

Kagome was in a very happy mood. Things were ok with Inuyasha and Hiei. She reached into her pocket and fingered the stone Hiei had given her the previous night.

She was utterly confused with her feelings. Lately, her eyes have been directed at Hiei. A few times he had even caught her looking at him, causing her to blush 5 shades of red.

But what about Inuyasha? He was the first guy to catch her attention. And they had been though so much together. She shook her head to rid of those thoughts.

Today she was going to ask Inuyasha if she could go home. She had been in the feudal era for over 2 weeks! She really needed to go home and go to school. `Ugh, I totally forgot about homework.'

Walking towards the Goshinboku, she spotted him sleeping. She made more noise as she walked towards him, so he could hear her. His ear swiveled in her direction as he opened an eye to look at her. "What do you want?"

She smiled sweetly. "Inuyasha, I would like to-"

"No." he said quickly cutting her off. "We need to collect shards."

Kagome frowned. "But I haven't been home in days! Plus, we're running out of ramen."

He closed his eye, silently contemplating the situation. "Ok, fine. But only 3 days."

Her eyes widened in surprise. Today he was awfully easy to convince. Plus he gave her one more day than usual. "Are you feeling ok Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha growled. "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing. Never mind. But thanks!"

He watched her walk away. He closed his eyes and tried to continue his nap. `I'll tell her soon…' he whispered in his head.

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Kagome whistled happily as she entered kaede's hut. Sango looked at her with a smile on her face. "Something good happen to you Kagome?"

She nodded. "I'm going home today for 3 days!"

Sango looked surprised. "Inuyasha is letting you go?"

"Yep! Amazing huh?"

"That's so unlike Inuyasha. Maybe he's turning more mature." Shippo commented

"Hm, yeah!" Kagome giggled at the thought of Inuyasha becoming maturer.

"Kagome, will you bring me back some candy?"

She patted his head. "Of course, you've been very good lately. Just don't bug Inuyasha while I'm gone ok?"

He nodded enthusiastically. He didn't want to risk a chance of not getting any candy.

Looking around, Kagome noticed a certain monk was missing. "Where's Miroku?"

"Visiting some woman in the village." Sango replied nonchalantly.

Kagome's eye brows furrowed together. Usually she would explode at Miroku's lecherous behavior. But her only reply sounded like she didn't even care. Ok, now she was confused. "Tell me Sango, who do you like?"

She stared at Kagome. "Where did that come from?" she asked nervously. `She didn't see Inuyasha and I together last night did she?'

"Oh I was just wondering why you weren't bothered by Miroku's disappearance. I thought you liked him."

Sango sighed in relief. "Kami no! Like I would ever like that hentai!"

"Whatever. I guess my assumptions were totally wrong." Shrugging she grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. "I'm going to find Hiei. See you guys in a few days!"

They waved as she walked off.

Following where she sensed and smelt Hiei, she spotted him in a tree resting. He was wearing a black tank top with ripped edges that showed off his well-sculpted biceps. His hands were acting as a pillow for his head.

He looked so peaceful and serene. Quietly pulling out a camera from her bag, she snapped a picture of him. She giggled to herself, happy she got a once in a life time picture of him.

Hiei woke from his little nap by a flash. Opening his eyes, he saw Kagome giggling below him with a camera in her hand.

Noticing he was awake, she smiled apologetically at him. "Sorry! I just couldn't resist! I'm going back home today for 3 days. Do you want to come?"

He nodded. After he collected his stuff, he jumped down next to her.

"Alright, lets go!"

As they made their way to the well, they ran into a happy looking Miroku. "Hello, going home?" he asked referring to her bag.

"Yep. I'll be back in a few days."

Miroku smiled happily. "You better, or else you'll miss the wedding ceremony!"

Kagome's eyes widened as she gasped. "No way! To who?"

"You know Takashi's daughter, Mei? Well, she's agreed to bare my child! But not before we are properly wed to each other."

Squealing, she hugged Miroku, who hugged her back without groping her for once.

"Congratulations!" she said as she released him.

"Thank you Kagome."

Kagome elbowed Hiei. "Be polite and say something."

Hiei just glared at her. Rolling her eyes, she sighed. `Stubborn youkai…' "Hiei congratulates you silently."

"Well, I better go tell everyone else the good news! See you soon!" and he left with the jingling sound of his staff echoing around him.

Kagome looked at Hiei. "Who would have thought that Miroku would actually find someone?"

"Hn."

"Well, he deserves it."

When they reached the well, Inuyasha was already gone from the tree.

Standing on the lip of the well, she held out her hand. Grunting, Hiei reluctantly took it. She squeezed his hand as they jumped in.

A familiar blue light surrounded them, and in a few seconds there was a roof above their heads.

Hiei swiftly picked up Kagome bridal style and jumped out of the well. He let the surprised girl down on her feet before jumping into one of the trees.

Smiling, she picked up her backpack and headed inside. "Hi mom, I'm home!"

There was no answer. Dropping her backpack by the door, she walked towards the refrigerator and saw a note. It said:

Kagome,

Souta's staying a friend's house for a few days and grandpa and I are on a little trip to go look at a bunch of "spiritual charms" and such. We'll all be gone for a while. Went grocery shopping, and your school uniform is on your bed. Don't stay up too late!

-Mom

Pulling the note off, she sighed. Throwing it into the trashcan, she raided the fridge. Much to her surprise, there was a big bowl of oden. All she had to do was heat it up.

Satisfied with the contents of the refrigerator, she went upstairs to her room and opened a window. Leaning over, she called out to the trees, "You can come in if you want!"

Once again, silence greeted her. Shrugging, she went back inside and looked at her school uniform. She really didn't want to go back to school.

A soft thump indicated that Hiei was in the house. Placing himself by the window seal, he looked outside.

"So what are you going to do for the next 3 days?" she asked while she put school supplies in her backpack.

He peered over at her. "I'm going to visit my sister."

Kagome's ears perked. `Hm, so he does have a sibling.' "What's her name?"

"…Yukina."

She looked over at him and smiled. They really had gotten close over the past few weeks. In a way, that made her feel special, that only he would really engage in a conversation with her. "Would you like anything to eat?"

He shook his head and got into a position to jump out the window. "I'll see you in 3 days" he said softly and quickly jumped out and disappeared.

Sitting down on her bed, she looked at the pile of makeup homework her brother Souta must have picked up from her. Groaning, she put her head in her hands. The next 3 days were going to be very uneventful and boring.

---

For once, Kagome actually got up on time and made it to school early. She had managed to save some Oden from dinner the night before, so she would have the rest tonight.

Everything was set for school, her lunch was made and her backpack was set. Kagome had stayed up almost all night doing her homework.

As she walked through the gates of her school, she ran into her three friends, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka. The moment they saw her, they quickly surrounded her, having questions thrown at her left and right.

"Aren't you too sick to be in school? That tumor in your lip was only removed a few days ago. Shouldn't you be resting?" Eri asked.

Inwardly, Kagome groaned. `Was a tumor the best thing Grandpa could come up with?!' "Naw, I'm fine. Ugh, I have so much to catch up on."

Yuka nodded. "Hojo had been worried about you. He said he visited you at least 5 times over the past few weeks you were out, but every time he went, your grandpa said you were too sick to see anyone."

`Hojo… that explains all those weird gifts in the family room…' kagome thought to herself. When she had came home, she spotted wrapped gifts in a pile on the table.

As if summoned by her thoughts, Hojo appeared and walked over to their little huddle with a cheery smile on his face. "Hello Higurashi san. I do hope your feeling well. Here is some medicine that will help your stomach gas." He said as he held out a bag, which seemed to look like a combination of beef jerky and squid.

Blushing, Kagome took the food and bowed. `Must… kill… grandpa…' "Thank you Hojo Kun. Well, I must be going to class now!" and with that she excused herself and quickly ran to her classroom.

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It was math class, the one subject she absolutely hated. Mrs. Yamamoto was busy lecturing the class on how to solve an equation, and the rest of the class was asleep, or close to it. Only the really smart people took notes.

Bored to death, Kagome just stared out the window, reflecting on the past few weeks.

Lately, Sango and Inuyasha have been acting strangely. The other day, both of them went to go get some firewood, and it took them 10 minutes to get it. When they came back, Sango's hair was messed up, and both were flushed.

And when Shippo commented on it, Inuyasha hit him on the head to be quiet. Miroku was snickering about something, but he's always been kind of weird like that.

`Speaking of Miroku, I wonder how Sango is going to take the news. She did openly tell me that she had no feelings towards him, but you never know.'

There was also the thought of Naraku. Hopefully they could kill Naraku soon. The wind tunnel seems to be getting bigger and bigger every time he uses it.

And then there was Hiei. Over the past few weeks they had started talking more. Before she came to school, she went to a shop to drop off the stone he gave her. She was going to get a necklace connected to it so she could wear it.

They had managed to collect most of the shards. The only ones they need are from Kouga and Naraku. Sighing, she rested her head on her hand. She had managed to get use to her new animal abilities but still needed training. But Hiei could help her with that.

Trying to let go of the sad topic, she thought about another. What would happen after the jewel was completed? Would she be forced to stay in her time? Would she never get to see her friends again?

"MS. HIGURASHI!"

Jumping up from her seat, she looked straight at her furious teacher. "H-hai?" Classmates giggled at her misfortune, and her friends gave her pitied looks.

"Why don't you come up here and show the class how to solve this problem." She sneered as she adjusted her glasses on her nose.

With her head hung low, Kagome walked to the front of the class and looked at the equation. There were too many numbers and symbols for her to understand! It was bad missing all those classes. Plus she didn't get to study much when they were shard hunting.

Seeing that Kagome wasn't going to solve the problem anytime soon, the teacher dismissed her, much to Kagome's pleasure. The day slowly dragged on, and for once, Kagome was actually wishing Inuyasha would come and drag her back to Sengoku Jidai. (sp?)

-With Hiei-

After he had left Kagome's house, he hung around Kurama's house for a while. After resting, he ran over to Genkai's temple to go check up on his sister.

Of course that baka Kuwabara was there holding her hands and projecting his love for her to anyone who would listen, which is… no one.

He had to keep his anger in check. A few times he thought of the idea of lighting the baka on fire, but decided against it in the spur of the moment.

Just as he was about to leave, Yukina called out to him. Jumping from the tree he was perched in, he leaned against the wall.

She smiled at him. "Sit down and have some tea."

He couldn't deny his little sister, so he awkwardly did as he was told. Thankfully, the baka saru had left earlier.

A few months before he was assigned the mission to help collect the shards of the shikon no tama, he had finally told her he was her brother.

Her reaction was something he didn't expect. She cried and hugged him, almost immediately accepting him into her life. He thought she would hate him for all the things he did, but she didn't care. Yukina said, that all that mattered was she had her brother.

So now he had a big weight lifted off his chest. After she had poured them both tea, she sat down quietly. After a few minutes of just sitting and sipping tea, she broke the silence. "So I hear you're on a new mission by yourself."

"Hn." When she mentioned the mission, Kagome's face instantly popped into his head.

Yukina had gotten use to his short answers and silence. "How is it going? Meet any new friends?"

He looked at her from the corner of his eye. "It's okay. I have to work with a hanyou and more ningen's." He tried to keep the bitterness out of his voice when he said `hanyou'. Hiei didn't really like the hanyou, especially how Kagome swoons over him.

A few nights ago, he caught him waiting for someone in the forest. What surprised him more was who met him. The slayer, supposedly Kagome's best friend, had been meeting Inuyasha in a rendezvous in the forest for a while now.

There had been other times too. Like when they got firewood. When they came back, it was obvious they did something. Only Kagome didn't notice anything, but was suspicious non-the less. She could be dense sometimes.

Yukina rose an eyebrow when her brother said `hanyou.' `What does he have against a hanyou? Could there possibly be a girl involved.' Peering at Hiei over her teacup, she saw he was in deep thought. `Yup, definitely a girl. Who would have thought?'

"So is there one particular person your close with?" she said casually trying to bait him into telling her everything about his new found crush which she was sure he had.

Hiei looked at her for a moment. He could trust his sister not to tell any of his friends that he has been actually enjoying the company of a ningen. A ningen onna no less. "Hai. Her name is Kagome."

She nodded. "Oh, I think I remember Botan talking about her. She said she's a real nice girl, and even had Koenma drooling over her. She must be really pretty."

"She is…" he muttered to himself quietly. But unfortunately for him, Yukina heard. Just then, his communicator went off.

Opening the communicator, he was instantly greeted with the cheery voice of Botan. "Hello Hiei! And how are you? Koenma wanted an update on the mission."

Hiei winced slightly at the perkiness in her voice. It was too much for him. "Tell him it's fine. We've managed to collect most of the shards, and we only need to get some shards from an ookami and one other youkai."

Botan saluted. "Alright! Thanks for the report. We'll see you later! Bye!" And with a click, the screen went black. Closing the communicator he shoved it back into his pocket.

"Does this mean your missions going to be over soon?" Yukina asked. She had been listening to their conversation and was curious.

"I guess so." Time sure had flew. He had only just met the inu-gumi 2-3 weeks ago. The only thing left on their agenda was to kill this youkai named Naraku.

But they had warned him about Naraku and all the evil things that he had done. It seems he won't be an easy opponent. Good thing he likes a challenge.

"Well, what are you going to do once the mission is over? Will you ever talk to Kagome again?"

Yukina smiled as she saw the grim expression on Hiei's face. It seems he does care for this girl, Kagome.

Hiei was lost in his own thoughts once again. He had never planed on getting involved with the ningen onna. But it turned out he had slowly gained feelings for her. But he would never say it to her face, only if necessary. Could he really just leave her once the mission is done, and completely forget about her? He shook his head. Only time would tell.

I'm really sorry about the information in the last chapter. You see, I finished it when it was like 1 or 2 o'clock so I was kind of out of it. Plus, I really don't care for inuyasha. He's my least favorite character in the show. Even below Naraku.

I was surprised when a lot of people didn't like the Inuyasha/Sango pairings. I'm just sick and tired of the usual pairings, S/M and I/Kikyo and if you don't like it you can just stop reading! Plus… Miroku is going to be paired with someone, just not an Inuyasha character.

R&R PS- What does `AU' mean?