InuYasha confesses how he cares for Kagome on a human night. After promising to never be without the other, a secret marriage occurs.

By the way: I wish I were clever enough to create these characters… but nope. I'm not, they aren't mine. Damn.

"Mmmm…. Yasha." Kagome whispered as she rolled over.

InuYasha's ears twitched as he froze in the window. Was she asleep? Or did she just know he was there?

"Ka… gome?" he asked in a whisper, "are you awake?" He jumped back as she started to movie again. He watched intently as she squirmed and fell still again, curled into a little ball. He glanced quickly at the small white dog clutched in her arms and wondered what it was. Leaning down to inhale her scent, he jumped back, as though burned, as her eyes flew open. "Ka… gome?" he asked, eyes flashing wildly, cheeks burning red, "why are you not back yet!"

Kagome glanced at the hanyou in red and sighed, then reality gripped her and she yelled, "Sit, boy!"

WHUMP!

"Hey stupid! What was that for!" InuYasha spat angrily.

"Get you, get out, get out!" A frantic Kagome squealed. InuYasha groaned and left the room. Kagome sighed as the door latched. She looked down at the little white dog in her hand. She had hoped he wouldn't find the little dog, that so reminded her of him. Slowly she got up and changed, straightened her bed and hid the little white dog in her pillowcase again. As she left her room, InuYasha grabbed her wrist. She jerked her arm away and spoke sharply, " I am going to eat breakfast, I'm not going back before then.'

InuYasha snorted, "Fine but as soon as you're done, we're going back."

"fine!" she snapped, heading down the stairs. InuYasha gaped at her back as she walked away form him. He sighed, thinking to himself, 'why does she do this? Why is she always mad at me? I didn't do anything, did I?' H paused at the foot of the stairs when he saw her. The rising sun glinted through the window casting a series of gold highlights through her hair. His breath caught in his throat, choking him. After swallowing nervously, he sat down to watch her eat.

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"Kagome! You're back!" the little kitsune squealed. "Sango, Miroku, she's back!" His excitement sent him flying to her ankle. She bent over and hugged the little kitsune tightly.

"Welcome back Kagome." Sango smiled warmly. The demonslayer assisted her friend by removing the small demon from her arms. "Shippou, let Kagome get her things to Kaede's first." She smiled brightly at the little one.

"Kagome, I trust your time at home went well." Miroku said as he walked up. His wandering hand left him three large lumps on his head.

"Pervert." The voices of Sango, InuYasha and Kagome chorused together.

"What did I do?" Miroku asked sadly.

"When will you learn?" Shippou asked, sighing.

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"Kagome, you need to talk to him. Please. You're making yourself miserable, and him too?" Sango whispered.

"Him too?" He barely acknowledges that I exist! The only thing he thinks of me as is a jewel shard detector!" Kagome fumed, "If I try to talk to him he either leaves or starts going on about those damn shards!"

"Kagome, how can't you see? That's because he doesn't know what to say. He only knows that arguing gets you near him. I think you don't give him enough credit." Sango looked sideways at the other girl. "I know how you feel, and am pretty sure how he feels… now I just need to know what you're going to do about it."

"I can't do anything. It's all in his hands." She sighed as she let herself slip further into the water of the hot spring.

Both girls jumped at the sound of footsteps. Screaming and thrashing the girls caught sight of the intruder, who promptly fell to the ground due to a blow from Sango's hiraikotsu.

"Sango, Kagome, please! I heard screaming and only came to make sure there was no danger!" The monk pleaded and ran backwards, away from the angry girls.

" And you…" Kagome said, turning to Sango, "Have some explaining to do about that."

So how was that for a first fic? Please tell me what you think. Reviews will make me happy.

Adios!

Kitté