Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, although sometimes I wish I did. This is meerly a plot from the depths of my mind, as depraved as that mind may be o..o

"Keh!"

That was his response to everything nowadays, that annoying huffing sound that left little to be explained. A noise that got on Kagome's Nerves.

You would think that after mating the hanyou he'd have at least opened up, treated her nicer, maybe even shown some affections. Obviously this hanyou is a dunce, their mating is nothing but him coming to her for a rut and then heading out on whatever it is he does.

Sighing Kagome goes through somewhat of a routine, bathing to erase the scent of their sex and then dressing in her miko garbs before she heads out to find Kaede. She'd been learning how to control her miko powers, it was going good especially with the in between herbal training kaede had slipped in so she had something to use instead of relying on her powers all the time.

"Kaede-Sama!"

When she spotted the older miko kagome couldn't help but smile and pull the startled woman into a hug. As much as she missed her family she was glad she had miroku, sango, shippo, rin and most of all Kaede. The Old woman had taken up a motherly role and kagome was thankful for the somewhat tough love and undying kindness.

"Child, What is the matter with Ye?"

Smiling kagome just shakes her head, denying that anything is wrong. Sighing the older woman leaves it be and ushers the young miko along, getting a start on their daily routine. Watching her kaede could tell what was wrong, her eyes no longer filled with that blaze of first love bliss, she would never speak of inuyasha, and when the two were together they were apart and bound only by a mark that she knew kagome would gladly sever if possible.

~~Later~~

"Inuyasha."

Later when he came home Kagome greeted him as usual, her body stiff and eyes refusing to look at him as she wash up a cooking pot. He couldn't fathom what she had to be upset about, he wasn't blind though, well actually that might be a lie he could feel her distaste through the mating mark but with eyes alone he couldn't find the reason.

"What's Wrong With You?"

He sounded annoyed, that got on kagome's nerve but she wasn't the young her anymore, her temper had matured and she rarely got mad anymore. Instead she kept it bottled and meerly threw a look over her shoulder at him.

"Nothing, Now will you Strip, I need to wash your clothes. You have dirt all over and...is that blood? Whatever, anyways I need to wash them."

Nodding a bit he steps out of his clothes, thinking the sight of him naked would turn her on, but as she gazes at his body he can't scent anything. She wasn't turned on only the feeling of her annoyance and need to clean apparent. This made inuyasha's ears flatten a bit, he was upset.

"I know you're hiding something Kagome, What is it?"

He didn't sound like he wanted to know for curious reasons, more like the selfish desire to know her in and out so he could manipulate it to his purposes. Annoyed kagome fixes him with a glare and sets down the clothing. With steady steps she walks out of the hut, her feet carrying her away from the hollering yells he's spewing behind her. She ignores them, fed up with everything that is Inuyasha for tonight. Sighing she looks around spotting the path to the hot springs, she might as well relax if she's out here anyways.