Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inu-yasha characters. They all belong to Rumiko Takahashi, my hero!

Note: Hey people! I noticed that I start a lot of stories, post the first chapters and then never post the next chapter, cuz I either get writers block, or I don't feel like writing the next chapter. Well I'm going to try and stop that. I'm going to try and update all my stories that only have one chapter. Well I hope you all enjoy this story. I don't usually write action/adventure stories… I prefer romance. (But there's going to be romance in this one OF COURSE) But I'll give it a try. Don't be too harsh on me please… Please read and REVIEW!

Chapter One

Kagome's POV

Lying on the grassy hill overlooking Inu-yasha's forest, I felt relaxed. A peace. I could see farmers way below, past the forest, working in the fields. I could see their huts, with their wives washing the clothing outside. And I could see the children playing games, or following Kaede around.

This all made me smile. I loved it here in the feudal era. But there was always something that made me not fully relax. I was always a little bit tense, ready to jump and grab my bow, and be ready for a fight.

Naraku.

We hadn't killed him yet. Recently, he had gone missing again. Inu-yasha hadn't been able to catch his scent anywhere. Same with Koga. He had come to visit me two days ago, and I had asked him if he knew anything about the whereabouts of Naraku.

"I haven't smelt that scumbag anywhere! He's gone again! But don't you worry Kagome –I'll find him, and kill him and then you can complete the jewel and come with me to be my wife." Koga had said. He had clasped my hands in his and was about to kiss me when Inu-yasha had jumped in and they got into a big fight. Even if Inu-yasha hadn't been there, I wouldn't have let Koga kissed me.

But, back to the point. Inu-yasha was sulking in a tree somewhere cuz he wanted to find Naraku and get some jewel shards, but we couldn't leave yet since Sango wasn't back yet from visiting her village and paying her respects to the dead there.

I sighed. I definitely wasn't peaceful anymore now. I was thinking too much. I stood up, brushed off the back of my skirt, and made my way down the hill to the forest. I was going to go find Inu-yasha.

I made my way between the trees, looking up in the branchs for any sign of that silver haired hanyou. I wasn't watching where I was stepping, so my foot caught on a root, and I fell over with a "Oof!"

"Your such a klutz."

I looked up to see Inu-yasha jumping out of a nearby tree, and standing in front of me, his hands on his hips. He reached down and grabbed me by the shoulders, pulling me back onto my feet gently.

I looked up into his smirking face, but glanced back down right away and blushed. My skirt had probably flown up when I fell over and he probably saw my panties. How embarrassing.

He stuck a clawed finger under my chin, and tilted my face up and peered at me curiously.

"Why are you blushing? Your such an idiot. Not watching where you were going, and just falling over. What if a demon showed up. They could just kill you right then and there." He told me, showing me another smirk, showing off his gleaming white fangs.

I smiled a bit. "Good thing you were there I guess." I whispered.

I had known Inu-yasha for two years now, ever since I first fell down the well. When I first met him, he had tried to kill me. Then I shattered the jewel so we had to work together to collect the shards –and we would always, always, always argue, and I would always end up sitting him. I didn't say the word 'sit' to him much anymore. We got along so well now. Two years of companionship.

But there was more there for me. I was in love with him. Whenever I looked into those golden orbs of his, or saw that little smirk, my heart would skip a beat. I had always hoped he had some feelings for me –but a part of me always told me he loved Kikyo.

I hadn't realized it, but while I had been thinking all this, I had been staring at him. His finger was still under my chin, and we weren't that far apart –eyes connected.

"Kagome…" He whispered.

"Inu-yasha…" I whispered back. We were having this… moment.

Inu-yasha's POV

I stared down at Kagome. Her eyes were locked on mine… and she just looked so pretty. She was seventeen now –two years she had put up with my attitude and my insults. Two years we had spent searching for the Shikon Jewel together. I could see it gleaming on her neck. We had about, a 1/3 of it while Naraku had the rest.

She was so patient. Why had she stuck with me so long? Miroku had told me she loved me, and I knew she had some feelings for me, but she still didn't have to put up with me this long.

A thought came to my mind. She was probably going to go home right after we completed the jewel. After we had defeated Naraku. I didn't want that.

Slowly, I reached down and wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into a hug. I had only hugged her five times before. That time I had hugged her and shoved her in the well, then when she came back and she hugged me, then once when I went into demon form and she brought me back I hugged her. Then I had hugged her on her sixteenth and seventeeth birthday.

Her arms came around my back, and she leaned her head against my chest. We stood there for a long time in silence –but a comfortable silence.

"Kagome…" I whispered into her hair. Oh, it smelt good.

"Ya, Inu-yasha?"

"Once we get the whole jewel and kill Naraku… Don't leave for your time for good… Ok?" I said hesitantly.

She lifted her head and looked at me. Her eyes were filled with wonder and she was smiling. Do… Do you want me to stay?" She asked me quietly.

I took a deep breath. "Yes." I said giving her a smile.

Her smile widened and she leaned into me, hugging me tighter. "Oh thank you Inu-yasha." She whispered into my chest. We stood there another minute, and I heard her let out a happy sigh. I sighed in happiness too. This was nice.

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Kagome's POV

The next day, around noon, when I was helping Kaede in her hut to make a large pot of stew, I heard a loud cat meow outside. My eyes widened. Sango was back.

"I'll be right back." I told Kaede, before running outside. I stood just outside the door to the hut and smiled at the scene before me.

I was right. Sango was back. Miroku stood beside the fire cat and looked up at Sango, sitting on the fire cat. He reached out and pulled her off the fire cat, and pulled her into a hug.

I could see she was sad over seeing all the graves from her village, but she was happy to see Miroku, no less. About three months ago, Miroku had admitted to Sango that he loved her. Sango had said she loved him too. Since then he had courted Sango, and had kept his hands off all other girls. But ever once in awhile he grab Sango's butt or breast, and she would slap him –or he would spy on Sango bathing, and she would throw a boulder at him or hit him with her boomerang. But yet, their relationship bloomed. They'd always be looking at each other lovingly, and holding hands.

They were planning on getting married –but not until after we had defeated Naraku, and had gotten the whole jewel.

I watched as Miroku leaned down and gave Sango a long kiss. They kissed for a couple minutes, and I blushed. What if they caught me watching them. Once they let go of each other, I waited a couple seconds before stepping forward.

"Hey Sango! Welcome back!" I called, walking over to them.

"Hey Kagome!" Sango said. I reached out and hugged her. She had been gone for two days –and I think she needed all these hugs.

Kaede stepped out of the hut. "Oh, hello Sango. How are ye? Come inside, the meal is ready." She said, as she beckoned for us to come in.

I turned and faced the forest. "INU-YASHA! SHIPPO! LUNCH TIME!" I yelled. After a second I heard the pattering of two sets of feet. Inu-yasha came running out of the forest and just zoomed past me and into the hut.

I then spotted Shippo. He was taller than he used to be, and a bit faster and stronger now that he was two years older. His fox fire was a little bit stronger, and he now carried a few small daggers around in case he got in danger. He ran past me as well, and went into the hut.

I let out a small chuckle. Shippo was turning out quite like Inu-yasha –except a little more polite. But, you could tell that Inu-yasha was Shippo's idol. Shippo trained hard, and didn't play games as much. He still drew me pictures though, which was a relief.

I made my way inside and looked at everyone sitting cross legged around the table. Inu-yasha, as usual, was shoveling the stew into his mouth while making gross gobbling and smacking noises, while everyone else was eating quite politely.

I sat down in between Inu-yasha and Kaede. Kaede handed me my bowl full of stew, and I began to eat slowly, blowing to cool down the hot stew.

As Inu-yasha finished, he placed the bowl down on the table, and let out a "Ahhh…" as he patted his stomach.

I turned to him. "Inu-yasha, that's rude." I told him.

"What is?"

"Eating like that."

"I was eating normally."

"Rudely."

"Normally!"

"Rudely!" I yelled at him.

"Inu-yasha and Kagome," Kaede said. "Must ye argue inside? Take this else where please."

"Yes Kaede." I bowed my head in apology, before standing up and making my way outside, Inu-yasha following me.

The second Inu-yasha stepped onto the ground outside of the hut, I said two words.

"Sit boy." Inu-yasha instantly flew face first into the ground.

Some things never changed.

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Inu-yasha's POV

We trudged along the trail that went down the mountain. Kagome on her pink bicycle, with Shippo sitting in the back. Last year, Kagome had bought a small chair that she had hooked into the back since Shippo had gotten too big for the basket in the front. Miroku and Sango walked as well, Kirara in her tiny form sitting on Sango's shoulder.

It had been a week since that incident where Kagome had sat me for 'eating rudely' as she called. That's how I always ate –and she knew it. I sighed. No use getting mad about it now –it had already passed.

The hill started to get steeper, and Kagome seemed to be having trouble keeping the bike from not going to fast. "Stupid bikes breaks…" I heard her mumble. Whatever that was, I didn't know.

Suddenly, her bike hit a bump. "Oh no!" She squeaked as the bike sped up incredibly. She passed by me and practically flew down the hill.

"Kagome!" I called beginning to run after her.

"AHHHHHH!" Kagome screamed as she began to go faster and faster.

Kagome's POV

I was going so fast. I was so scared I was going to hit a tree and die. I tried the brakes, but they weren't working now! I began to scream, and I squeezed my eyes shut, praying that something would save me.

I felt the bike hit a big bump, and I flew off the bike. I reached my arms up and covered my face just as I smacked into the ground and began rolling down, pain searing through out my body as I screamed the whole way.

This sucked!

I could slightly hear something coming up from behind me. It kind of sounded like footsteps…

"KAGOME!" Someone called after me. It was Inu-yasha.

But just then I smacked into something. I opened my eyes wide and cried out in pain. I had rolled into a tree. I had never hurt so bad in my life. Tears streamed out of my eyes. I felt like such a wuss crying. My body racked with sobs. Through my tears I could see blood on my arms and legs.

I felt someone reach down and wrap their arms around me, cradling me. I put my head in their shoulder, and their hair was in my face. Silver hair.

Inu-yasha's POV

I chased her till she reached the bottom and I heard the SMACK as she whammed into a tree. I sped down until the bottom of the hill and stood above her. She was crying. Blood was all over her body –she'd gotten cut up quite badly.

I reached down and scooped her up. She cried into my shoulder, as I sat down with her in my lap. I heard Kirara running down the hill. I glanced up and saw that Miroku, Sango and Shippo were riding on her back.

Back when the bike began to just speed up Shippo had barely been able to jump out of his seat. I had caught him before he began rolling as well. I had set him on his feat before beginning to chase Kagome again.

"Kagome!" Sango exclaimed, jumping off Kirara and rushing over to us. She opened Kagome's yellow back pack and yanked out her 'First Aid Kit'. We began cleaning the wounds, and Kagome stopped crying.

"I'm such a baby." She whispered as she looked up into my eyes. She was still sitting on my lap.

"No your not. That would've hurt a lot." I told her.

"Not as much as the wounds you get! You get a hand through your stomach, and you never cry." She whispered, looking away from me.

"But it's ok to cry. You can cry if you want to." I told her, and hugged her to me.

End of Chapter 1

Authors Note: Hey people! Hey, you know how she fell off her bike and got all scratched up? That kind of happened to me. When I was 8, I was riding along my street and it goes down hill. I didn't know how to use the breaks so I just FLEW into a stone bridge! My stomach was all gashed up and it hurt sooo bad!
Haha… While I was writing this, I found something kind of funny. You guys probably won't, but I don't care. It said that Kirara was wrong, and I right clicked it to see what words they suggested for me to change it to, and I found it funny that they suggested 'koala'. Aren't I such a nerd:P haha ya I am. Well readers, DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! If people review, I'll update :D

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