A/N= Um, yeah, you know the drill.
Inuyasha's giftInuyasha sat lazily on the branch of a tree. He watched as the sun set far in the distance. He gently played with a small object in his hands. He sighed and looked down at it. He had made it himself; it was a wood carving of him and Kagome, holding hands. He's had it in his possession for quite some time now. "Ever since our first battle with Naraku." He whispered to the wind. Below him lay the slumbering Kagome. Every since the group had been attacked in their sleep she refused to sleep anywhere else. Inuyasha had agreed, because he could keep a closer watch on the jewel shards. His real reason for agreeing was to be able to be closer to her. He sighed and placed the carving into a hidden pocket in his kimono. "Maybe one day, you will receive it." He said, closing his eyes.
Kagome lay at the base of Inuyasha's tree; her thoughts ran wild with all the dangers that could be lurking in the forest. She closed her eyes and tried to calm herself down. Closing her eyes only made her other senses keener. She could hear every little noise that echoed, through out the forest. 'I am sure not as many as Inuyasha can.' She thought. 'That's right Inuyasha is watching over me. Why am I worrying?' She snuggled into her sleeping bag and beckoned sleep to take her. An owl hooted and Kagome sat straight up. 'Ok I don't care if Inuyasha is just right above me I want him here…these noises are creepy.' She thought. Kagome looked up and become green upon seeing how high Inuyasha was. "Okay I absolutely want him down here," She said. There was another noise and Kagome screamed. "Inuyasha…" she muttered. There was no answer. "He must be sleeping." Kagome said. 'Well I know a quick way to get him down here and wake him up.' She thought. Kagome looked up and placed her sleeping bag and a bunch of leaves just below where Inuyasha was sitting. "Oh I hope that this is enough…Sit." The branch Inuyasha was sitting on broke and he landed softly in Kagome's pile of leaves. "Oh Inuyasha are you Okay?" Kagome ran over to him.
"What the…yeah I am fine." He rubbed his head, and sat up. There were several leaves tangled in his hair. 'Leaves?' he thought. He looked around him and there was a pillow of leaves.
"I didn't want you to get hurt." Kagome said. Her eyes were darting around as if something was about to jump out at her. A grasshopper chirped and Kagome jumped a clean four feet in the air before running into Inuyasha. "I was scared."
"Feh." Inuyasha blushed and gently pushed Kagome off of him.
"Inuyasha would you please sleep down here tonight?" Kagome wasn't even looking at him, her attention was focused on a bush.
"OK, whatever, fine." Inuyasha muttered and promptly removed Kagome's sleeping bag from the pile of leaves. He shook it out and laid it beside him as he sat.
"Oh thank you Inuyasha." Kagome crawled into her sleeping bag and sleep finally took her.
"Don't mention it." Inuyasha said. He looked at her sleeping form and smiled. "Please forgive me Kagome for always being so rude to you." He muttered to her sleeping form.
Kagome moaned slightly and rolled closer to Inuyasha. "Inu…" her voice came to life, though her conscious mind was still asleep.
'She talking to me from her inner mind.' Inuyasha thought. 'She won't remember anything I say, but she will still answer truthfully.'
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
"Hmm?" She mumbled.
"Here." Inuyasha reached into his kimono and removed the wooden carving. "This is for you." Kagome's eyes opened, but they were slightly glazed over.
"Oh Inu, it's beautiful." Her words were slurred.
"I've been wanting to give it to you." Inuyasha said pulling Kagome up and into his arms. He held her hands just like the carving. "I want it to symbolize our…"
"Friendship?" The inner mind of Kagome finished his sentence.
"Well I was hoping that it would be a little bit more than that." Inuyasha said. Kagome's glazed eyes looked at him.
"Love?" She said, as tears began to well in her eyes. Her words were already hard enough to make out as it was, crying was going to make it a real chore.
"Don't cry Kagome." Inuyasha brought her into his warm embrace. Her tears were silent, but still fell.
"Love?" She sobbed again into his chest.
"Love." Inuyasha said and pulled Kagome back so he could look at her face. Her eyes were still glazed over.
"I love you, Inuyasha." She said and her eyes slowly began to close.
"I love you too, Kagome." Inuyasha returned the vow, as Kagome became completely unconscious. He set her back into her sleeping bag and quietly stood up. His eyes seemed sad and his expression broken. "She won't remember anything I say, but she will still answer truthfully." He repeated his thoughts from earlier as he placed a special something in Kagome's bag. He then continued to walk off into the forest.
The sun started to rise and Kagome opened her eyes to be met by nothing but her bag. She was slightly upset. She began to dig through her bag looking for a quick snack before everyone else woke up and came looking for her. She felt something hard and smooth in her bag, she pulled it out.
"What's this?" Kagome held before her a beautiful wood carving of what looked like her and Inuyasha holding hands. She couldn't take her eyes off of it. She knew it from somewhere, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She placed it back in her bag since she was unable to think of it, "That's going to bug me all day now." She said as she finally found the candy bar.
A/N= Aw, Poor Inu he confessed his love to Kagome and she confessed her love to him but she can't remember. Poor Inu. Well please read and review, and maybe I will write another chapter.