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Chapter 1 The Beginning

It all started one hot night in October. The weather was really hot, hotter then normal, Inuyasha and his friends have been hunting jewel shards and hunting for Naraku has been getting harder and harder by the day. With Kagome helping Inuyasha, and Kikyo helping Naraku, the playing field is evened up, but with Kagome going home for school, and picking up supplies, Naraku got a head in the game, with not many shards left to find. It was all was a good thing that Koga was on their side, what with having two jewel shards in his legs (although Inuyasha might not thing so, what with Koga always trying to take Kagome away). With the help of their three friends Sango, Miroku and Shippou, the group was in the best shape to win. Miroku was hunting down Naraku so that he can get the curse removed from his right hand, but most people know that he's not just fighting for himself; he's fighting for Sango. Sango is hunting down Naraku because Naraku slaughtered her family and village. Naraku though, holds Sango's younger brother Kohaku, under his spell and Kohaku's memories are blank from Naraku's control. Finally Shippou's mother and father where murdered by the thunder brothers, all for a shard of the jewel. Inuyasha he is hunting the jewel to become a full demon and for hunting down Naraku in revenge for Naraku's murder of Kikyo 52 years ago.

Inuyasha and his group had been traveling all day. For the last few minutes, Inuyasha was jumping from tree to tree, trying to find a spot to set up camp for his friends.

"Inuyasha," called Kagome. "Can we please find a place to set up camp?" It was obvious of the irritation in the girl's voice.

"What do you think I'm doing wench?" Inuyasha yelled from his tree. 'Man I can't do anything right without getting yelled at,' he thought angrily.

Inuyasha spent the next 10 minutes looking for a place to set up camp. Kagome had asked for a lake, river or a hotspring to be nearby, so it took him a while. Finally he found the perfect place; now all he had to do was tell his friends. When Inuyasha came back to his friends were sitting down resting. Miroku and Sango, where sitting down talking, while a few trees over Kagome was sleeping with Shippou in her lap.

"Sango, Miroku come on; I found a perfect place to set up camp. Wait here; I'll get Kagome," Inuyasha told them.

Inuyasha walked to where Kagome was and squatted on his knees, while looking at Kagome's peaceful face. 'Man she looks so beautiful, when she's sleeping.' Inuyasha bent down and carefully moved Kagome into his lap without waking her. He finally picked her up bridal-style and carried her to where Miroku and Sango were waiting.

"You guys ready?" Inuyasha turned to see Miroku and Sango looking at each other.

"Yup, Ready to go," Miroku said, looking at Inuyasha with a smile on his face.

Inuyasha blushed a bit. "Why are you looking at me that way?"

"Inuyasha, I would keep it down, unless you would like to awaken Lady Kagome there."

"Just follow me," Inuyasha told them.

"Its ok Inuyasha; we already know," Miroku said deviously.

Inuyasha turned around to look at Miroku and Sango. "What do you mean 'you already know'? What are you talking about? What do you know? Come on monk, spit it out before I kick it out!"

"Well for one thing Inuyasha, we see the way you look at her. She does love you; you just have to give her a chance," Sango explained calmly.

Inuyasha stood there for a while before turning around. "Are you guys coming or what?"

Inuyasha lead the group to a nice place for camp that night. The site was about a two minute walk from the hotspring and a five minute walk to the river. Once they arrived, Miroku took off in the woods to look for firewood.

Meanwhile Inuyasha and Sango were back at the campsite. "Sango can you go into Kagome's bag, and get out her sleeping bag, so I can put her down?" Inuyasha asked.

"Sure but can you wait for a minute?" Sango replied. "I told Miroku I would go to the river and get some water, so that I can put supper on. Can you hold her for a few more minutes?"

"Fine," Inuyasha said quietly.

Sango walked away into the forest to get some water for supper. Looking back for a moment, Inuyasha jumped into a tall tree and sat down; all the while making sure Kagome was comfortable. Kagome signed in her sleep. Instinctively, Inuyasha pulled Kagome to his chest. Kagome moved comfortably into Inuyasha's embrace.

"Kagome, I think I love you," he whispered softly into the wind.

EDITED AND BEATED BY Kaoli water goddess