Disclaimer: I don't own inuyasha that blessing is placed upon Rumiko Takahashi-sama I only own vol.1-6 in the manga so far. that's right I own em because I spent the money! *smiles*

Ai Tabiji
by Miko Youkai

Chapter one

"SIT!"

With a crash and his face in the dirt Inuyasha yelled "what the fuck was that for, Kagome?" Shippou snickered sitting on Sango's shoulder. Sango glanced at Inuyasha then to Kagome and back to Shippou "Shippou-chan, why did Kagome-san sit Inuyasha just now?" Shippou just shrugged and leapt to down next to Kirara and began to play as the sun set through the trees surrounding the clearing they had made their way to to rest for the night before returning to Lady Kaede's village.

Miroku walked over towards to Sango, smiled "Kagome-sama has been acting strangely lately towards Inuyasha would you say Sango?" Raising a brow Sango looked at him in agreement. Inuyasha having heard the monk with his keen dog ears began to eye Kagome wondering if the monk was right. He hadn't noticed anything different about Kagome and he would be the first to know if something was wrong, after all he was her protector that was his Kagome.

After climbing up a tree some 50 feet away Inuyasha sat there staring at Kagome trying to see if there was anything strange about her. 'Damn girl, why did she do that? I didn't even do anything to deserve it this time!' Then it hit him, 'Shippou would know that little brat seems to know a lot of what he shouldn't but if it meant it will help.'

"Shippou!" Inuyasha called out from his seat high in a tree. Shippou's ear perked up hearing the call. Knowing the others hadn't Shippou proceeded with caution afraid if the hanyou was trying to get him alone to wail on him. Making his way to the trunk Shippou called up "What do you want?! You better not have got me hear to beat me up Inuyasha cuz I'll call for Kagome." "I'm not going to hit you I promise, Shippou now get up here I want to talk to you." came a calm voice from up the tree. Shippou now having climbed up the tree and seated next to Inuyasha is interrogated by the concerned hanyou.

"Kagome-san, is everything ok?" Sango sitting across from her preparing that night's dinner while Miroku was off wandering about aimlessly. "You've been acting differently and mainly towards Inuyasha lately, did he do something wrong?"

Kagome sat with her eyes fixated on something that wasn't there, but hearing everything her friend was saying. 'If Sango and Miroku have noticed then Inuyasha must have too, I feel so terrible I've been acting weird towards him. I don't want to love him, he loves Kikyou not me I don't want to be in there way. I'm just like some artifact replica that gramps sells at the shrine, except I'm a replica of someone powerful who has the love of Inuyasha.' To busy in her depressing thoughts she didn't realize Shippou had come back and was sitting in her lap. 'I can do something to help them be together and for me to stay out of the way.' Just then Kagome was taken away from her thoughts as Shippou squirmed in her lap when Inuyasha came over and picked up Shippou by the tail, "Hey, brat get lost, can we talk Kagome?"

Shippou whimpered when Kagome looked at Inuyasha, "Ok Inuyasha." 'She didn't yell at him to put me down. Something is wrong with her!' Shippou thought to himself and began to pout. Sango took the small kitsune child from Inuyasha. "Shippou-chan, stop it, it's obvious that Inuyasha and Kagome need to talk leave them be." Shippou just looked at her then to miroku with pleading eyes. Miroku just shrugged at him like 'hey I agree with the beautiful Sango, besides I don't want to be slapped anymore tonight." Shippou pouted and said "Fine!"

Inuyasha had started walking to where the trees became a little thicker looking for another, smaller clearing where he and Kagome could talk. 'She has been acting so weird lately' stating the obvious in his mind. A growl had began to emit from his throat and Kagome having caught up looked at him questioningly "Um..In..Inuyasha?" Inuyasha stopped and turned around "We'll talk once we are where I'm leading us, we are almost there." Kagome just smiled, "Hai!"

They came upon a small clearing with a few trees in the open circle with a large tree just about in the center of the clearing, it was a rather large tree Kagome noticed walking closer to it following Inuyasha. "Come hear Kagome!" Kagome stared at the inuhanyou infront of her with wide eyes, "Up in the tree?!"

End of Chapter one

: : I know I said one shot but I wanted my one shot to be longer than one chapter. It shouldn't be more than ten I have another idea for a story but I'm not sure I should start writing it yet I don't want to forget it but I also don't want to write something in one story that I might want to use in the other story instead. But Review and tell me what you think of it, what you did or didn't like, what you think should happen I know it's my story but I want the readers to not only not know what going but have some say in how intense I make the story. Who knows I could change the Rating and Category of the story depending on the reviews I get. You never know what will happen. : :