Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters
Chapter One
Inuyasha kicked his feet in frustration. Learning numbers was harder than what he had thought. There were to many possible combinations. Kagome said numbers went on forever. How could he learn something that went on forever?
Inuyasha stared once again at the chart of numbers that had been placed in front of him. He had learned a few. He knew two, three, four, five, eight, and ten. He always got seven and one confused, because they looked so much alike.
Kagome said that this chart went all the way to one hundred, so he guessed the one in the corner was one hundred. To him, however, it was a one with two o's.
"Inuyasha," Kagome said pointing to a number, "What number is that?" Inuyasha looked to where she was pointing and to his frustration, it was a number that he didn't know.
"Stop asking me ones that you know that I don't know!" he said hatefully. Was she trying to make him look stupid? Kagome shook her head.
"That is the only way you can learn them Inuyasha," she said, "If I don't teach you a new number, then you won't learn." Inuyasha sighed.
"Okay. Then what is that number?" he asked looking down at it. It had a curving line and then a circle.
"That is a six Inuyasha," Kagome said cheerfully. It had been a week since Inuyasha had learned to read. She had thought that Inuyasha would tire of learning soon or be to tired to learn, but he was still as enthusiastic as ever. She had never met anyone who liked schooling that much.
"Six…." Inuyasha muttered over and over putting the image in his head. He was trying to memorize it.
It wasn't long before Inuyasha had bored this new information into his brain. He now knew another number and was closer to learning the infinite list.
Kagome grasped Inuyasha's hand firmly and smiled. Inuyasha looked up at her confused. "I am proud of you Inuyasha. You have learnt a lot, keep up the good work."
Inuyasha nodded and gently grasped her hand also. He was willing to learn as long as she was with him.
It was late that night when Inuyasha was sleepy. He rubbed his eyes as he watched the numbers on the charts switch positions and then move back into place. He released a yawn as he laid back on Kagome's bed. He was soon asleep.
Kagome put their learning stuff away and thought about their argument two weeks ago. Since then they hadn't fought once and Kagome had even noticed a change in Inuyasha's behavior towards her. She smiled as she turned out the lights and found her way to the bed. She snuggled up to Inuyasha and placed her arm around him. She fell asleep with the aid of his comforting presence.
A/N: I know this chapter was SUPER SHORT, but the next one will be longer. This was just sort of like an update chapter. PLZ R&R!