InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha and Kagome's Modern Adventure ❯ A Black-Haired Hanyou ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter Five: A Black-Haired Hanyou

 

“Why won't you tell me what you got?” Inuyasha yelled.

 

“Because it's a surprise,” Kagome yelled back. “Don't you know what a surprise is?”

 

The whole walk home, Inuyasha had racked his brain to figure out what it could've been she had gotten for him. No matter how hard he tried, nothing clicked. `She's up to something, and I don't think I like it,' Inuyasha huffed.

 

“You know I'm not going to stop bugging you until you tell me, right?”

 

“I know,” Kagome smiled. “Don`t worry, you'll find out soon enough.”

 

“Heh, whatever.”

 

Inuyasha walked out of her room and wandered into the living room. Souta, along with Grandpa, sat on the sofa in front of the television.

 

“Hey, Inuyasha,” Souta called out.

 

Inuyasha just glared at him and sat down on the floor in front of the TV.

 

“What's up with you?”

 

“None of your business!” Inuyasha snapped.

 

Souta rolled his eyes and returned his attention to the TV.

 

“Oh, Inuyasha!” Kagome called from down the hall. “Could you come here for a sec?”

 

“What is it now, woman?” Inuyasha scoffed. He picked himself up off the floor and stormed off down the hall.

 

He looked in Kagome's room, but there was no sign of her. `Where could that woman be?'

 

“I'm in here, Inuyasha.”

 

Inuyasha followed her voice and found himself in a room decked out in some type of shiny things. “What is this place?”

 

“It's called a bathroom,” Kagome informed him. She began pointing to some of the shiny things. “This is a sink. This is where we wash our hands, face, etc., kinda like a well in your time Over here is a toilet. I think you know what we do there. And this is a bath tub. We use it like we use a hot spring in your time, but it's a little cleaner.”

 

Inuyasha glanced from one thing to another. This further proved how complicating this time was.

Why do humans need all this stuff when it was already provided for them in the past? There were just some things he would never understand.

 

“So what are we doing in here?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“I'm going to give you your surprise now,” Kagome smiled. “I need you to take off the top of your hoari and your undershirt.”

 

Inuyasha's eyes widened. “Why do I need to do that?!”

 

“I just don't want to mess them up; that's all.”

 

“What can you possibly do to mess them up?!”

 

Now was the time to tell Inuyasha what Kagome had up her sleeve. He was never going to cooperate if she didn't. Letting out a sigh, Kagome turned around and picked up a box off the sink counter. She turned around and showed the box to Inuyasha. He grabbed the box and took a good look at it. On the front was a picture of a guy, smiling. Only the head was visible.

 

“What is this?” Inuyasha asked with a confused look on his face.

 

“It's called hair dye. I'm going to color your hair and your ears black so you'll match all the other boys at school,” Kagome coolly explained.

 

“What?!” Inuyasha threw the box back at Kagome and stormed out of the bathroom.

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome set the box back down on the counter and ran after Inuyasha. “If you want to fit in then you have to dye your hair. Your silver hair will draw too much attention.”

 

“Forget it! I'm not dying my hair and that's it!”

 

“But you have to! Inuyasha, listen, please!” Kagome reached out and grabbed Inuyasha's shoulder. She forced him to turn and face her. “If you really care about me and want to learn more about me then you have to do this. It's not permanent or anything. It will wash out in a couple of days, I promise.”

 

Inuyasha stood in front of her and glared at her. He did want to know more about her and he did care about her, but wasn't there some other way? He thought for a moment, but nothing seemed to come to him. `I guess there's no other way.' He let out a sigh.

 

“Fine, but it better come out!” With that, he stormed back to the bathroom.

 

Kagome smiled and followed him. She knew she could make him see things her way. When Kagome entered the bathroom, she saw Inuyasha sitting on the toilet, bare chest visible. She couldn't help but giggle to herself. `The girls are going to go wild.'

 

“What are you giggling about?” the annoyed hanyou questioned.

 

“Nothing, just thinking about how much trouble you'll be in with the girls at school.”

 

“Feh, let's just get this over with.” Inuyasha stood up and walked over to Kagome.

 

“Okay, I'm going to have you sit in front of the sink with your back towards the sink.” She motioned towards the stool that was placed exactly in front of the sink. Inuyasha did as Kagome said. Kagome then placed herself beside Inuyasha's head. “Next, slowly lay back, placing your hair in the sink.” Inuyasha did as she said. He still didn't like this, but if it was what she wanted then he couldn't argue.

 

Kagome ran her fingers through his hair. She loved his silver locks. She wished that there was some other way she could change his hair without actually having to change it. `I'm going to miss seeing his silver strands.' She thought to herself. `Oh well.'

 

She turned on the faucet, causing water to gush rapidly from the nozzle. She placed her hands into the running water to make sure the water wasn't too hot or cold for Inuyasha. The water filled the sink, rushing over Inuyasha's hair. After the sink was filled to Kagome's pleasure, she turned off the faucet and plunged Inuyasha's head into the water.

 

Once his hair was wet enough, Kagome reached over his head and took the bowl she had prepared the color in. She placed it near her and took out the mixing brush. With the brush, she brushed the black color onto Inuyasha's hair back and forth, up and down, until no silver was visible.

 

“You're almost done, Inuyasha. You're doing so good.” She complimented. All she received was a grunt of air. “Now all I have to do is color your ears.” Inuyasha's ears lowered a bit. He didn't know if it was such a good idea to color his ears. What if she got color inside his ears? It could mess his hearing up.

 

“Just be careful, Kagome.”

 

“Don't worry. I'll be gentle.” She smiled.

 

Slowly she raised the brush up towards his ears. Inuyasha closed his eyes, hoping, praying. Kagome lowered the brush onto his ear. It quickly lowered onto Inuyasha's head, but that didn't deter Kagome. Lightly the brush landed on Inuyasha's ear. Once it was completely grounded, she colored the whole ear black.

 

“See? That wasn't so bad.” Kagome said soothingly.

 

“Feh, whatever.”

 

Kagome dipped Inuyasha's hair back into the water and washed out all of the extra dye. She took a towel that was hanging on the towel rack behind her and dried Inuyasha's hair. She walked across the bathroom and opened the door to the closet. Inuyasha watched her, wondering what else she was going to do to him. After a few minutes of scourging through the closet, Kagome stepped out, bringing out with her a huge machine.

 

“What the hell is that?” Inuyasha inquired with a slight growl.

 

“It's called a hairdryer.” Kagome answered, rolling her eyes. “We use it to dry wet hair.”

 

“Feh. It's just something else you don't need. I miss the simplicity of the feudal era.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes and plugged the hairdryer into the outlet on the wall.

 

“When I turn it on, it's going to be pretty loud. Don't get scared. It's supposed to do that.”

 

“Heh, why would I be scared of a little noise?” Inuyasha replied, raising himself a little higher on his stool.

 

“I just wanted you to know, just in case.” Kagome smiled.

 

Her fingers ran up the side of the dryer, up towards a black button. She gently pressed it and suddenly a loud noise erupted from the head of the dryer. Inuyasha jumped a couple of inches off the stool. He definitely wasn't expecting something THAT loud.

 

“I thought you said it would be “pretty” loud, not like a rock slide!”

 

“Well, you can't say I didn't warn you.” Kagome grinned.

 

She took the dryer and began moving it up and down his hair. Her fingers lifted his hair here and there so the hairdryer could dry the under parts of his hair. Inuyasha felt a bit beaten. He didn't mean to jump as high as he did when the dryer came on. Kagome noticed the depressed look on his face. There was so much here that he needed to get used to and she didn't know if he would be able to cope with all of it.

 

“You know, that sound sometimes scares me too.” Kagome said, hoping to bring Inuyasha's spirit up a level.

 

“Heh, you're human. Of course you would get scared because of something like that.” Inuyasha huffed.

 

Kagome shook her head. “No, it just means you have feelings. Demons have no feelings, so they can't feel fear. It's a bit sad. Those types are really missing out on a lot in life.”

 

“Emotional woman,” Inuyasha joked. “It's just like you to say something like that.”

 

“What do you mean by that? There's nothing wrong with feeling that way,” Kagome reproached, emphasizing the word feeling. “It's what makes me, me.”

 

Inuyasha couldn't help but smile. It was true, Kagome's feelings were what made her different from anyone else he knew. To be honest, that was the part that Inuyasha loved about her the most. She could feel things without fear. She could be herself. That was greatest strength. Compared to her, he was weak, but it wasn't totally his fault. Growing up, people treated him like an outcast, a disease carrying bacteria. With that kind of lifestyle, it was no surprise that it was harder for him to show, or even feel, his feelings.

 

Kagome noticed the countenance of Inuyasha's face. `He's thinking again. I wonder what he's thinking about?' She knew he would never tell her; he just wasn't that kind of person. Oh well, there was nothing she could do about that. Maybe one day he'll feel more secure with her and open up to her. She would just have to wait.

 

“There! All done!” Kagome announced. “I present to you the new Inuyasha of modern Tokyo.”

 

She spun him around so he could take a good look at himself through the mirror. Inuyasha staggered back a bit. This couldn't be him, could it? He looked exactly like when he turned human, but he didn't feel any weaker. He stole a glance over at Kagome, who was smiling and complimenting herself on her magnificent job. His hair looked exactly like hers, long and black. He was amazed at how all this was made possible with just some liquid goop from a box. `The modern era is just as magical as the feudal era. Maybe things are not as different as I thought.'

 

“How do you like it?” Kagome asked.

 

“It's…it's amazing.”

 

Kagome was shocked. She expected him to say something more along the lines of “You did a terrible job!” or “What the hell have you done to me?!”, especially the latter. “You…you really like it?” Kagome stammered.

 

“I didn't say I liked it. I just said it's amazing. There's a big difference.” Inuyasha corrected.

 

“Oh, pardon me.” Kagome shot back. “But seriously, do you think you can live with it for a year?”

 

Inuyasha thought about the question for a minute. “Hmm, if I can survive battling demons then surely I can survive having a different hair color for a while.” Inuyasha concluded.

 

Kagome giggled. Perhaps he could survive here without any worries. Sure there are some things that are more complex in the modern era than the feudal era, but there are some things that are easier too. In the modern era, people didn't have to worry about demons attacking them, but of course now they had criminals with guns to worry about. `I guess every era has their good and bad parts.' Kagome concluded.

 

Without Kagome noticing, Inuyasha slowly moved towards her, glaring at her. “What in the world are you thinking about, woman?”

 

“Huh! Oh, nothing.” Kagome lied. She glanced over at the clock on the countertop. “Oh, it's getting late. We should start getting some rest for tomorrow.”

 

She started walking out of the bathroom until Inuyasha stopped her. “What's tomorrow?”

 

“School.”

 

With that one word, Inuyasha began to shudder. `I haven't even been here for more than a day and already she's making me start school. How unfair!' Inuyasha pouted to himself.

 

“What are you pouting about, Inuyasha?” Kagome questioned, one eyebrow up.

 

“I don't pout, woman.”

 

“Right. Sure you don't.” Kagome teased.

 

“Heh, whatever.”

 

 

Sorry it took so long to update. I've been working and doing other stuff. I also have been needing some time off from this story. My mind just starts thinking of other stuff and, as a result, my writing goes down a couple of notches. I'm sure ya'll are wondering where the action is. It's coming. I had to write this stuff just so you'd have a little more of an understanding how weird things are to Inuyasha. I hate to just jump into things without an explanation. Enough of my ramble. Thanks again for reviewing! Please keep it up! It makes me feel so good. ^^

 

~eternal_sunshine21