I do not own Inuyasha! I wish I did! Mild Rating on this one caution for adult themes and violence; also cursing. Inuyasha realizes his feelings for Kagome after two unexpected visits… how dense can a guy be?

First Kiss

Sango awoke with dawn stretching her lean muscles. They ached from the pressure of the hard ground and she cracked her stiff bones hoping to relieve the tension there.

Catching a glance out of the corner of her eye she saw the amusing show Inuyasha and Kagome seemed to display without realizing it. Inuyasha sat in a tree, perfectly balanced while watching Kagome. In response Kagome kept looking up until finally she just yelled out in aggravation.

'I wish I could start my day by relieving their tension! Than maybe we could all get a little peace around here.' The demon slayer thought sourly to her.

"Are ya going to keep starting at me all day! Can't a girl study in peace!"

Inuyasha seemed momentarily taken aback by the petite girl's outburst before he retaliated with one of his own.

"Can't a guy even look around anymore! I'm not even allowed to look at you unless I'm your "precious Koga!" He spat the words at her as if the longer they stayed in his tongue the hotter it burned.

Kagome released an alarmingly frustrated noise; she stood- causing the book which had been previously occupying her attentions to fall by her feet- forgotten.

"How many times do I have to tell you Inuyasha? That wasn't my fault! When you're ready to grow up?... YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME!" With those words Kagome gathered her things and left without so much as another word… well, at least she would have if not for:

"Oy! Wench who needs you anyway run back off to your little world! Try staying there!" He half sneered half taunted

"SIT!"

The inevitable crash that followed surprised neither Miroku nor Sango. They merely sighed and began looking for food to make for breakfast now that Kagome had gone back taking with her the yellow bag that contained so many modern wonders.

"Really Inuyasha," Miroku began, "do you think you can chase her off after breakfast next time?"

"Shut up leech! I didn't chase her off! It's not like she wanted to be here in the first place!"

"If you'd just learn to keep your mouth shut these things wouldn't happen." Sango offered pleadingly.

"KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT! SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S HAVING RUDE INTRUSIONS BECAUSE OF HER OWN BIG MOUTH!"

"Koga's kiss wasn't her fault; she jumped away right after!"

"Feh."

"Inuyasha?"

"What Shippo?"

"You're an idiot," the young kitsue said matter of factly. He received a very nice sized wallop for his trouble but he didn't let it bother him.

After promptly hitting Shippo and getting reassurance that a bump would be left Inuyasha hoped away into the forest to think. He was becoming sick of his own thoughts after all this Koga business. He just wanted things to be as they always were. He wondered if that meant he wanted things to go back to being just him and Kikyo… before Kagome. Though cutting Kagome out of the picture completely seemed too surreal a thought to even entertain so Inuyasha settled missing simpler times. Simpler times before Kikyo had sought revenge on Kagome, simpler times before Kikyo had fallen into darkness and before he and Kagome had been able to form something other than friendship, and he and Kikyo something less than love.

All these things had happened and all because of that rotten wolf! The thought of Koga made him sick! The thought of him living made him aggravated because he had decided that if someone other than himself had been first to kiss kagome that he would have to die… after all it was just the right thing to do. If you touched a man's property you had to atone for it. The particular price for one person kissing one Kagome happening to belong to a dog hanyou named Inuyasha…was death. Simple short and sweet.

Inuyasha had always felt the need to protect the girl because he wasn't' in the mood to be responsible for anyone else's fucked up life. He wouldn't see another miko die because of his interference in their life. How was he supposed to protect her from the demons when she was kissing them! He remembered all too well the run in with Koga and the two other wolf demons he traveled with. Obviously sent to accompany him on his hunt after Naraku. Both seemed to be the idiots of the tribe. Koga's men were thoroughly exhausted and the only thing that kept Koga going appeared to be the shards in his legs. They were making camp when Inuyasha and the others came upon them. The thought of having to make camp so close to where Koga and his wolves were made Inuyasha ready to pick up all his companions and carry them away. However Koga assure him that they were in fact no where near done searching for the day.

Inuyasha was sure to keep a close eye on Kagome and an even closer eye on Kouga. Everything seemed fine until he punched Shippo.

"KAGOME! HE HIT ME!" Shippo whined after Inuyasha had dealt him an especially hard punch to the head. What did the pest expect when he kept bugging him?

"Inuyasha! Leave him alone it's not like he's doing anything to you!"

"Feh!"

Still Shippo cried and carried on even after Kagome had lifted him into her arms and hugged him to her.

"Oh Shippo, shh, don't worry you'll be fine. Here," Kagome gently touched her lips to the kitsue's head in an attempt to help sooth his pain. The young fox demon sniffled some and than ran off to play with Kirara after thanking Kagome.

Inuyasha had long ago lost interest in the situation. Every time he looked over at Shippo with Kagome she just shot him a hostile glare for making him cry. So he'd taking to sitting in a tree and entertaining himself with other things. He didn't notice right away that the very person he was looking for had just taken a seat next to Kagome.

"Hey Kagome," Kouga sat down next to her. He was pretty scratched up gashes along his arms and legs he looked like a mangy wolf.

"Hi Kouga."

Kagome was beginning to get a little freaked out by why exactly Koga had come to sit by her. Didn't he say him and his pack mates were leaving soon? Shortly after sitting he began to speak:

"Shippo looks up to you as if you were his mother…another reason why I should marry you. You'd make a wonderful mother Kagome," Koga threw the statement out as if it were casual to discuss her having kids.

Kagome blushed before she began to seriously get freaked out.

'KIDS! HE'S TALKING ABOUT ME HAVING KIDS! I'M ONLY 15!'

"Ugh, thanks … I think."

"Kagome, would you kiss my injury and make it better?" Koga asked. It was such a pathetic line Kagome had to really wonder about who would ask such a thing but the way he said it, his voice was so earnest Kagome wasn't sure if he actually did have a painful bruise or not.

"Uh, where is it?"

"The gash on my cheek," Koga said in the politest of tones.

Touching two fingers to her lips Kagome kissed her own fingers before gently letting them touch Koga's cheek. As she was about to withdraw her hand Koga's fingers shot out and placed a firm grip on her wrist.

"Koga, what are you-

Kagome's words were lost as Koga used his hand on her wrist to pull her close to him and placed a firm but chaste kiss to her lips.

Kagome shrieked in surprise and turned full tomato red blushing from the tips of her hair roots all the way down to her collar bone.

"KOGA!" She screamed. Instantly Inuyasha seemed to manifest out of thin air- sword ready in front of him- as he growled menacingly.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT DOG BREATH!"

Inuyasha's reply was to swing his sword and he nearly hit Koga but he danced out of the way using the shards abilities.

"YOU LOSULY WOLF! JUST BECAUSE," Here Inuyasha struck down hard into the earth with his tensegia grunting

"NO ONE WILL EVEN COME NEAR YOU!"

BOOM!

Again his sword hit the ground unsuccessfully connecting with its target

"DOESN'T MEAN THAT KAGOME WILL!" This time Koga stopped his evasive moments in order to retort with a witty comeback. Inuyasha saw his chance and he would have used the wind scar… if not for

"SIT BOY!" Kagome's voice yelled over the fight.

Inuyasha's face was slammed harshly into solid floor as he felt himself being pulled downwards by the force of the prayer beads around his neck. Seeing that the dog demon was temporarily subdued Koga danced over to Inuyasha and lightly stepped on his head. Kagome kept her distance staring at Koga with… not quite anger but definite scolding in her gaze.

"You should go Koga," Kagome's voice wasn't very light or sweet but rather authoritative.

Koga didn't say much as he and his two pack mates- who'd been rather useless in the fight-ran off into the darkness. Of course Inuyasha was less than happy with Kagome once he got off the ground.

He had refused to speak to Kagome and for whatever reason Kagome didn't seem very interested in pursuing the hotheaded hanyou and instead just let things lie where they would.

Inuyasha recalled the memory with more than a little regret. He assumed Kagome was probably back in her time by now.

"MAMA! I'M HOME!" Kagome yelled out her gretting as she entered her home.

Kagome greeted her mother when she walked down the stairs. After being told that her grandfather and brother were in town Kagome stalked off towards her room.

'Stupid Inuyasha, why does he have to be so difficult!'

Kagome sat on her bed kicking the cat off who made a loud meow noise of disapproval. Kagome barely heard him as she was in her own little world. Why would Inuyasha care so much anyway? When it came to Inuyasha Kagome couldn't decide whether he really was jealous because he liked her if because he felt the need to protect her from demons.

'Well Koga is a demon' She thought sourly.

Kagome sat down dejectedly letting her thoughts consume her as she sought refuge from her own mind.