WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE INUYASHA SERIES DO NOT READ THIS AND FINISH IT. OR IF YOU ARE AN INUYASHA AND KIKYO OR KAGOME AND KOGA OR WHATEVER FAN YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO READ THIS. I AM AN INUYASHA AND KAGOME FAN AND ALWAYS WILL BE.

DISCLAIMOR: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA. RUMIKO TAKAHASHI DOES.
-

Dating

He looked down at the ground. How on earth was he going to do this? Maybe he could ask somebody for help, because he had gone from clueless to clueless and desperate.

The monk? Well, since he was married now, he toned down a bit on his lecherousness.

"Inuyasha?" He heard a familiar voice call from the ground. Speak of the devil...

The said half-demon jumped out of his beloved tree branch. "Miroku, I need to ask you something."

The two sat down as Miroku thought over his friend's question. "Well, the first thing to do is get her alone."

Inuyasha gulped. Alone?

"Then the next step is to get her as close as possible to you."

As close as possible? Inuyasha's face turned pink.

"Then you whisper in her ear that you would be honored to be the father of her child."

Inuyasha grimaced. Maybe he wasn't the best person to ask.

"Miroku, I want to tell her that I want to be more than friends, not that I want to be her lover...yet." Inuyasha glanced to the side. A stupid grin crossed his face as he just thought about it. The two of them. Him and her. Her and him.

"Hello, earth to Inuyasha?" Miroku waved a hand in front of his face.

"Huh?"

Miroku sighed. "You're worst than a love sick puppy."

Inuyasha crossed his arms defiantly. "Am not."

"You have much to learn my friend."

She giggled. The little children ran around her laughing.

"Lady Kagome," asked Kuson, one of Sango's and Miroku's daughters, "Can we play duck, duck, goose?"

"All right," Kagome smiled. The five children sat in a circle along with Kagome. It had been almost a year now since she had returned. After being gone for so long and now being back, there was only one way to say how she felt. She was happy.

"Goose!" Yelled Murgo. Kagome quickly got up, but of course ran slower and just barely missed the girl.

Kagome now went around the circle. "Duck... duck... duck." She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. The children giggled as Kagome turned around only to see nothing there. She looked back at the kids to see what was so funny, and there in the circle sat Inuaysha with Kuson in his lap. Kagome smiled. After her return, Inuyasha had most certainly gotten a soft spot, not that she minded it. Kagome tapped his dog ear.

"Goose." Inuyasha completely caught off guard, jumped up, and with his inhuman speed grabbed the girl and set her in his lap.

"You're in the mush pot," he whispered. Kagome blushed, when had Inuyasha gotten so bold? Oh no, what if Miroku brainwashed him?

"Um, I-Inuyasha?" Kagome stuttered as the children continued to play leaving the two "grown-ups" alone.

His arms wrapped around her waist. "Hm?" He hummed.

"W-what are you doing?" Kagome asked, looking anywhere but him.

"Um, well," Inuyasha's bravery slightly faltered, "would you like to go on a um... what are they called? Dats? Lates?"

"Dates?"

"That's it," Inuyasha smiled, "would you like... um... to go... on a date with me?"

Kagome looked at him, seriously. Inuyasha looked down at the ground. Here it came. Rejection.

"Inuyasha, look at me."

His golden orbs were met by brown ones.

"I'd love to."

A.N. LA~LA! What do ya' think? This is just the beginning of my string of one-shots! Thanks 4 reading!