Kagome kicked the pebble in front of her and watch it as it fell down to the brook. 'Ah this was getting ridiculous' she thought, her face blushing slightly.

It has been over a year since she had met Inuyasha and started their journey together in search for the Shikon-no-tama. Something about the half-demon kept Kagome close - something she was quite timid to admit. Obviously at first he wasn't much of an attraction, with animalistic growls and hunger for power embedded in his eyes and his violent ways of dealing with situations. However as days passed, Kagome felt the effect they had on each other rather, and the tension that began to grow between them.

Now Inuyasha seemed like a guy - a boy? Perhaps even a man. Kagome blushed furiously and giggled at herself for thinking of Inuyasha as a man. That immature one. But yesterday after they had escaped the youkai of the river and as Kagome took her usual place behind Inuyasha's back, she felt the flexing of his muscles between her thighs as he ran furiously to protect her from danger.

What was she thinking? She blushed even more. But she couldn't forget that moment when she felt so much heat between them, as he laid her down beneath a tree, breathing hard, asking if she was alright... and the smell and everything, it made her feel tingly in areas she never knew she could feel before.

Even now as she remembered the days when she and Inuyasha had a serious argument, causing her to cry or come home or not talk to him for weeks - something was somehow different. Could he perhaps be seeing her that way..?

It seemed Sango and Miroku were already adapt at thinking of each other as a certain way. Miroku wasn't too subtle about it either - whenever the two disappeared for a while Kagome became suspicious. Whenever she'd ask Inuyasha, he'd pretend to be aloof. Even now - where were they? She saw Kirara in the distant playing with Shippo and Inuyasha up on the trees, staring into space.

Oh well, she'd take a nap, she thought, as the warm feelings from last night came over her. She curled up into a sleep.

The water was warmer than usual, and this delighted her. Kagome shed her clothes instantly and jumped into the water. 'Sango!' she cried, proud to have found such a decent place to bathe. Sango did not come.

'Ah,' she breathed, closing her eyes and sinking her body into the water. She heard a distant shuffle nearby. 'Sango-chan, I was going to -'

'HEH?' was a voice a bit too familiar.

'OSUWARI!' Kagome ordered before even opening her eyes. With a giant splash, Inuyasha sunk into the water - she caught a glimpse of him and he was naked.

Normally Kagome would have freaked out. This time, some strange urge came over her and she waited for him to arise, her face pink. Why wasn't she covering herself? But he's seen her like this many times already, haven't he?

Inuyasha grumpily rose just his face above the water and muttered, 'and I thought I found a good spot to bathe' before turning on his back.

'Wait-!' Kagome cried after him. What are you doing? She asked herself.

Inuyasha turned around, his eyes wide in surprise. 'Huh?'

The moment their eyes met she felt herself getting hot in the face. 'Well.. if you want you can stay here.. with me Inuyasha'. she said softly, looking down at her hands.

Inuyasha turned red. 'O-okay.' he said, and bluntly sat down next to her with a rather big splash. Kagome kept herself looking down to spare Inuyasha of the embarassment of Kagome looking at his body.

He felt warm. He wasn't physically touching her - no, but he felt warm. And then it happened.

'Kagome.' he breathed, looking at her face, inches away before pulling her into a deep kiss. She didn't protest, rather was shocked at the warmth she felt between her thighs as his scarred, big hands enveloped her body. They kissed for a long time.

Their breathing grew sharper and Inuyasha kissed her deeper and deeper, gaining close to her. Kagome felt an outrageous urge for him to touch her body as they kissed. So was this love? She wondered as she trailed her hands down his firm chest, down his torso - until he shivered violently.

This broke the kiss, and Inuyasha's eyes stared into her's.. different than how it was before. It was full of warmth, feeling and a hunger for a desire she knew too well at that moment. It was so powerful that she did not realize her breasts were above the waters, fully exposed inches away from him.

'Kagome...' Inuyasha breathed, 'you're beautiful...'

Instinctively Kagome took his hands and cupped her two breasts. The way his hands touched them, it felt too good. The warmth she felt was getting stronger and stronger, almost uncontrollable. She rose higher to straddle him, to give some closer to the urge she felt between her thighs...

'KAGOME!'

Kagome opened her eyes wide to see Inuyasha's face upside down, who had been the one to just yell at her.

'Huh?' She breathed, her memories of the dream vivid.

'We can't be taking naps now! We need to find out where Naraku is!' Inuyasha yelled.

Oh so that was just a dream.. Kagome thought, her eyes narrowing as she looked at the normal Inuyasha she knew.

'Fine, I'm coming!' she yelled back as he turned on his heels to go find Miroku and Sango.

Kagome sighed, and realized the warmth she had felt between her legs in her dream had been turned into dampness. Blushing again, Kagome sat up, embarassed at the thought that Inuyasha in her dreams had made her so feminine and sexual.

The feelings of his hands upon her breasts still felt too real, however. She dug into her yellow backpack for a new pair of underwear.