Chapter one

A fight. It always starts with a fight. We all wanted a rest, and a certain Inu-Hanyou wouldn't let us.

"Come on InuYasha! WE all want to rest!" yelled a very pretty, yet very mad Miko, named Kagome. Her face was red, angry.

"And I said NO! We have to keep going and find the Jewel shards! AND kick Naraku's scrawny ass!" A very enraged hanyou yelled right back at her. Red Kimono, long, silver hair, and at the top of his head, small, cute and furry doggy ears. They were flat on his skull as he yelled.

"Uh, InuYasha...why can't we rest? We're all tired. Even Kirara and Shippo. So let's just...cool off and set up camp." a nervous stutter erupted from a group of people consisting of a Demon Slayer, Monk, Kitsune, and a Nekomata. The Demon Slayer, Sango, had spoken.

InuYasha whipped around, and glared at her. He looked at Kirara and Shippo, and turned around back to Kagome. He said "Fine! But ONLY until tomorrow! Got that?" (A/N Haha you expected the fight to go further, didn't you? Haha)

Kagome nodded, and everybody collapsed. "Arigatou, InuYasha!" then she turned around, and started to make the fire.

"Feh!" was his automatic response. He was blushing, no matter how much he didn't want to be. And sadly, the monk saw.

"Oh, InuYasha, you aren't...emmbarrased by Kagome's thanks, are you?" he smiled cockily, egging him on.

"Damn monk! Why would I be?"

"Because you loooove her?" the Kitsune, Shippo, piped up, making an emphasise on love. Thus earning him a bonk on the head. He burst into tears and ran to Kagome.

"InuYasha! Be nicer to Shippo!" She glared at him, and turned back to the pot full of boiling water. She had cups of Ramen waiting for the boiling water.

"..." InuYasha glared, but with a flash of red and silver, was up in a tree, hidden by the leaves.

Miroku looked up at where InuYasha had disappeared, and sighed. He smiled as Kagome handed him a soda, taking it with thanks. "Thank you, Lady Kagome. Now Sango, why don't you come sit by me?" he patted the spot next to him, but slightly cowered when he recieved a glare from her.

"Not in your dreams, monk." she muttered, just loud enough for him to hear.

"Oh, but it has happened in my dreams, and much more..." he smiled mischeviously.

CRACK

A thick branch snapped in half as it was brought down on his head, Sango saying "Hentai!" while doing so. She walked away and sat next to Kagome, who was slightly giggling at the fallen monk and fuming Taijiya.

Shippo shook his head, and muttered "Baka.." Kirara mewed, agreeing with him.

Kagome picked up the last cup of noodles, and brought it to the tree where Inuyasha was sitting in. She looked up. "InuYasha? Your noodles are ready."

InuYasha dropped from the tree, grabbed the noodles, and bounded over to the site. Kagome huffed, and walked back. 'Always acting so rude...' She shook her head, and grabbed her own cup, and ate.

The only noises that could be heard were slurping. Kagome turned to Sango, and said "Hey Sango, after this, do you want to go to a hot spring? I saw one not to far back."

"Well, sure. I need a bath anyways." the taijiya responded, setting down her empty cup. Kagome set down hers, and she grabbed her essentials.

"Shippo, please make sure nobody follows us, please?" asked Kagome, her gaze flickering quickly towards InuYasha, then back at the fox.

"Sure! I'll do that." he looked up at them, then looked back down at the drawing he was artistically creating.

The two girls went off, talking the whole way.

"Sango...do you think me and InuYasha fight to much?" Kagome looked at her best friend, her eyes wide and troubled. She wanted to know.

"Well...I don't know. I think you yell to much, but other than that..."

She nodded, making a mental not to not be so rough. She sighed as they moved aside some ferns, and there it was-their hot and steamy spring.

"Oh! Its pretty hot. Careful, Kagome." called Sango. Kagome nodded to herself, and slipped in, flinching at the temperature. "Ahhh...This is better..." she looked as Sango stood up slightly, her hair waving in the slight breeze. Her back was shown, and so was an ugly scar. One her own brother gave her-Kohaku.

"Sango...how do you think Kohaku is? How he...is coping with this?" asked Kagome, her eyes nervous. Sango visibly saddened.

"I...honestly don't know. If I was in his place, I would want to kill myself, under Naraku's control or not."

"...we will find him, and save him. I know we will. I'll make sure of it." determinedly Kagome spoke. Sango nodded, her eyes tearing up.

They finished their bath, without any interruptions. Shippou must have kept the monk in check. They dressed, and headed for the site, darkness quickly setting in.