At first, Kagome hadn't known what had woken her up. It was 4:30 in the morning. She should be asleep! Then she heard it. The steady thud of a knife against the kitchen counter.

Panic welled up in her throat. Instantly, she turned to where her husband slept next to her.

"Inuy-" she stopped when she realized he wasn't there.

Swallowing the lump in her throat, she slowly eased herself out off bed, the covers kicked off long ago. She looked around the room for something to use as a weapon. Her eyes widened as she ran to her closet, she threw the door open and grabbed the wooden baseball bat inside.

Treading lightly and avoiding all the spots on the floor she knew creaked, she slowly opened the door, allowing some light into the dark bedroom. She winced as it hit her eyes.

The chopping continued, still. Sweat began to accumulate on her forehead as she heard a growl. And then…

"Damn it! OW!" Her husband swore and yelled in pain.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome lost it and ran into the kitchen with a battle cry and swung the baseball bat, cracking it over the intruder's head. Large arms wrapped around her and she tightly shut her eyes and thrashed about.

"Jesus Christ. Kagome?! What the hell was that for!?" Inuyasha nursed the lump forming on his head, holding her down. She stopped suddenly, her eyes still clenched shut, not wanting to see.

"It's just you, isn't it, Inuyasha?" Her lips perused and face scrunched up.

"Keh. Just me? I find that slightly offensive, wench." She could hear the smirk in his words.

She opened her eyes and he spun her around. She hit him playfully on the shoulder.

"Jerk. You know what I mean. What are you doing up?" He nuzzled his nose in the crook of her neck, breathing in her wonderful scent.

"What are you doing up hitting your husband in the head with a baseball bat?" She laughed nervously and he raised an amused eyebrow.

"Well, I heard chopping and I thought it was some sort of intruder or something! Why were chopping stuff at 4 am?!" It was his turn to laugh nervously.

"Well, I thought since ya always make me breakfast, that I'd give it a shot…" His voice trailed at the end and his eyes wandered away.

As if she was just suddenly noticing her surroundings, she saw her kitchen counter filled with different sized bowls and different ingredients along with an open container of strawberries next to the cutting board. There was a knife and a bunch of mangled strawberries off to the side and one half cut nicely.

"I uh, cut myself. Sorry I woke ya. After all that shit in the Feudal Era ya'd think I could handle this. " He showed her his finger which had a drop of blood accumulating on his fingertip.

"I didn't know you could…"

"I can't really but I'd figured I should try." He smiled sheepishly, his ears flickering.

"Awww! Inuyasha!" Her eyes watered, grabbing the sides of his face, pulling him towards her. There lips connected messily with his hair silver hair falling over her shoulder. His hands went to her waist and he pulled her closer to him.

She pulled away for half a second, running her hands down to his shoulders.

"Next time, put your hair up, OK?"

"Kagome?"

"Hm?"

"Not now."

"OK." He pulled her lips back against his.

A/N: I am so sorry. I couldn't help myself.