"SIT!!" an angry voice yelled, as one silver aired hanyou plummeted face first into the ground. From what Kagome could hear, a few colorful curse words were being muttered under a certain someone's breath. She started on her way to the well, before her pursuer could regain his composer. She knew her predicament would just get worse if he got a hold of her.

Right now, Kagome here, was in a bit of a mess.

'Today is the 12th, that means I'll have 1 day to get ready…' she thought to herself, keeping up her brisk pace. She was already leaning over the edge of the Bone Eater's Well, and was about to jump, had someone not pulled her roughly back to the ground.

"Kagome, there's no way in hell I'm letting you go home again!" Inuyasha growled at the squirming girl in his arms. "You just left 2 weeks ago, damn it!"

The miko's blue fire eyes glared at the man holding her, but she felt her energy slowly slip away from behind them. She took a deep breath and drifted her gaze to the ground.

"Inuyasha, please let me go. Valentine's Day is in 2 days and I have a test the day after that. I can't miss another test." She pleaded, a burning sting was already forming in the creases of her eyes.

If her speech didn't pull at the hanyou's heart strings, the salty scent of tears that filled the air did. Although he would never openly admit it, he knew in the depths of his heart, he couldn't stand to see the woman in front of him cry. So at this sight, his scowl softened.

"Fine." He said after a moment of silent thought, " but I'm going with you. I'm giving you 3 days, understand?" It was more of a statement then a question, and left no room for protest.

'Well, beggars can't be choosers.' Kagome thought to herself, but was grateful she could take her tests none the less. She nodded her head, acknowledging his ultimatum.

"C'mon, let's get goin. It'll be dark soon. Demons'll start their hunting." He sniffed the air, pulling Kagome up off the ground where he had pulled her. "and don't worry about the others. They went to the next village over to gather some info on some jewel sightings . They'll be a few days." He hopped onto the side of the well where Kagome now crouched.

In silent unity the pair descended into the modern era, and as they fell Kagome heard quite clearly…

"What's Valentine's Day?"

The present was greeted with the laughing of our young heroine, and the grumbling of everyone's favorite hanyou.

"What the hell's so funny?" he asked her, as he lifted both Kagome and her big yellow back pack out of the well. Kagome wiped a few tears that had med their way out of the corners her eyes. She couldn't help but smile at his confused expression. He genuinely didn't know what Valentine's Day was.

Taking her bag from Inuyasha, she decided she better explain the magical occasion to the befuddled boy.

"Well," she began, as they walked to her house, "Valentine's Day is a special holiday that is supposed to intensify love."

"Love?" he asked, as he quirked his head to one side in a very doglike expression.

At the word love, a few things brought themselves to the front of Inuyasha's small mind as he glanced at Kagome's romance glazed eyes. Inuyasha had never experienced true love before. He had a very strong attraction towards the ex-priestess Kikyo and thought it was love, but when Kikyo asked for him to become human and stay with her, only after that, had he really thought about it.

'If she loves me, why would she want to change me?'

"Inuyasha?" Kagome snapped her fingers in front of his face catching his attention. " Are you listening?" he shook his head. " Anyways, yes, love. People buy flowers and chocolate and all sorts of gifts for their significant other. sigh It's so beautiful. It's the one day out of the whole year that it's ok to be romantic. Kami, I wish cupid would pay me a visit already." She smiled at him.

She opened the sliding door to her house and called 'I'm home.' There were chirps of greeting from her family, but she made her way to her room with Inuyasha close behind.

"Who's cupid?" Inuyasha inquired as Kagome closed her bedroom door behind them. This time her jaw literally dropped.

"You've never heard of cupid? (A/N: Ok that's kind of a stupid question, I mean she knows that he's never heard of V-Day so how the heck would he know about cupid?...sigh poor poor stupid Kagome. smacks her own head Oh well that's what we love about her! xD) Well, cupid is a little cherub (baby with angel wings) that flies around shooting people with magic arrows that make you fall in love with the first person you see."

"So there's an imp flying around the streets?" he asked looking out her window, his hand drifting onto Tetsusaiga. "Then there's no way I'm letting you-"

"No! Stupid, he's a mythological persona. He's not really going around shooting people."

"Oh I knew that." His face colored slightly as he sat on her bed.

The next day seemed to drag on and on in the opinions of both Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome, with her constant studying, and Inuyasha because he sat beside, behind, and around her all day, watching her read her book then scribble something on her paper. It was actually quite tiring, and it wasn't until about dinner time that Kagome took a minute of rest. She made a loud SNAP as she slapped her book closed, causing a semi sleeping half demon to jump clear out of his skin, and giving her a good laugh.

"Sorry Inuyasha." She said in between giggles.

"It's not funny wench! How would you like it if I came and blew a whistle right in your ears as you're falling asleep. You better watch out! I know where you sleep remember?" he rubbed his puppy ears. She just shook her head and walked out of her room, rubbing her eyes and trying to get rid of the black and white blurries.

She sauntered into the kitchen to find her mother starting dinner, and heard a rumble emitting from her own stomach. She had been to busy studying all day that she hadn't even eaten.

"Oh Kagome," her mother smiled at her, " could you go down to the market and get me a few things?" holding out a prepared list. Kagome knew that her mom wasn't exactly giving her a choice, so she simply played good girl and said,

"Sure thing, mom. I think Inuyasha's gonna come with me so…" she faded out after walking out of the kitchen and back to her room where the dog youkai had seated himself to play with Buyou, her cat. "Hey Inuyasha, I'm gonna go into town. You wanna come?" she began picking up her purse.

"Uhh, I guess." He got up from his previous actions, follow her down the stairs. She grabbed a blue baseball cap, seeing as he was gonna come with her after all. She tossed it to him, and as many times before he placed the cap atop his head, covering his youkai dog ears.

"Kay mom, we'll be back soon!" she called to her mother as she and Inuyasha made their way out the door.

On the way to the market Inuyasha noticed all the couples who were walking, together holding hands, smiling, and such things. He sniffed the fumes in the air and smelled arousal all around him…in a way it disgusted him and in another way it made him curious.

"Hey Kagome," he scooted closer to the raven haired beauty leading the way, "what's up with all these people? It's like they're all in some kind of mating season." He earned a laugh from Kagome for the zillionth time in 2 days.

"Tomorrow's Valentine's Day, everyone's already getting into the lovey-dovey spirit." She looked around, as if she hadn't noticed the couples at all. "Hmm, seems like everyone has someone. Must be nice…" Inuyasha saw the bright happiness in her eyes dim a little after this last statement. It wasn't until then that Inuyasha actually thought about Kagome's personal life. She would never be able to find a mate if she was always in the feudal era with him.

'Who cares,' part of him said, 'a human mate would do absolutely nothing for her. He wouldn't be able to protect her like us.' He shook himself. 'Like us? I'll always protect Kagome. Like I'd ever let another male even think about touching her. Only I can do-' he stopped himself abruptly, gasping slightly. He never noticed before. He was freakishly jealous when it came to Kagome. It was as if she was his…he gulped at the thought. No…he didn't…couldn't care about Kagome that way. Feelings like that were worthless coming from a filthy half breed. Kagome could do so much better than that. He shook his head back and forth trying to remove the complicated thought that clouded his head when he felt someone grab his hand.

"Inuyasha, we're going in here. It's pretty crowded to stay close, kay? Don't want you getting lost again." She teased.

"Ha ha…everyone's a comedian. I get kidnapped by a 10 year old once and I never live it down." He answered sarcastically, trying to hide the blush that was slowly making it's way across the bridge of his nose. She smiled at him again...'Kami, that smile.'

They moved along through the store relatively easy, Kagome finding all the things her mother specified in a little less than an hour. It wasn't until they passed a flower shop that was inside the market when Kagome stopped her shopping. She smelled some of the fresh cut flowers, looked at the prices, glancing at the several boys who were buying roses for their girlfriends. She couldn't resist a sigh.

'At the rate I'm actually home, I'm never gonna get a boyfriend. Houjo might be cute, but he's so not my type. I don't think the girls are ever gonna get that.'

"ACHOO!"

"Bless you. Sorry Inuyasha, these flowers must really be bothering you." She handed him a handkerchief from her pocket. He accepted it, covering his nose, and inhaling her unique lavender scent.

"Kinda. I'll be fine. What's so great about flowers?" he asked her after watching the same boys Kagome did pay for their bouquets.

"Well, a flower is beautiful, smells nice, and grows into something precious. It changes with the wind and comes back continuously each year. Flowers are a lot like love. I'm guessing that that's the reason guys get them. Ya know, to represent the love they have for their love."

"A flower says all of that?" He removed her handkerchief for only a moment, but put it back immediately after breaking out in a fit of sneezes.

"Well, in the words of a movie I saw a while back…crap what was it called …(A/N: The Perfect Man…you know the one with Hillary Duff.) well that's not important. A guy in the movie says that a flower depends on the woman you're getting it for. A yellow rose is a flower you get your sick grandmother. A really special woman should get an orchid. He said something about it being unique or something like that, I don't remember. C'mon, we've got everything…let's go pay and get out of there already." She pulled him along behind her to the nearest teller line.

As Kagome was setting her groceries on the conveyer belt, she didn't notice who was her cashier but obviously the cashier did recognize her.

"Hey Higurashi!"

"Oh, Houjo. I didn't know you worked here."

"Yeah well I needed a part time job to get some extra cash." He gave her a flawless smile, swiping her first item. "Hey, what are you doing tomorrow? It's Valentine's Day and I was just wondering if you'd like to-" the teen was cut off sharply by a certain hanyou who had gone by unacknowledged until now.

"She's busy." Inuyasha answered pulling Kagome closer to him, his hand on her waist, a small growl reverberating from his chest. Kagome was actually a little startled at this new attitude in Inuyasha, but in a way she enjoyed it. It was nice being in his strong arms, and it was also nice to have a real reason why she couldn't go on some bogus date with Houjo.

"Um, excuse me, but just who are you that you have the right to answer for her? I don't think we've met at school before." Houjo gave the demon a suspicious look.

'Kay, think on your feet Yash. You've been in worse situations before…What do girls call those guys…damn it! Why didn't I ever listen to Kagome!'

"I'm her boyfriend." The demon smirked.

Houjo gasped.

Kagome gasped.

"Higurashi? Is this true? Are you really in a relationship with this guy?" his eyes held a sadness about them.

"Uhh," the miko stuttered, "Yeah?" she looked at her hanyou friend, trying to read the expression on his face.

"Well then, I guess I'll see you at school then." Houjo took Kagome's money and gave her back the change in one quick motion. Without anything further Kagome grabbed her bag of items and pulled the cocky demon out of the store.

(That night after dinner…around 11:30 pm)

"That guy had it coming!" Inuyasha whispered harshly. "I wasn't gonna just let you go with him. He smelled like an idiot, and even without my demonic abilities I could tell he was a moron."

"Inuyasha, don't be rude. Houjo's really sweet," Kagome defended… "even if he is kinda an idiot." She tossed her bed turning to face the hanyou who was sitting on her floor beside her. She had a slight blush across her face…

'Why is she blushing?' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Hmm, well I guess I could always just ask…'

"What's wrong Kags?"

"Mm, nothing…Just that…well, you told Houjo you're my…boyfriend…by tomorrow my friends will know and be expecting me to be out somewhere with you. They'll be looking all around town, and if they don't see me out then they'll come to the house. Either way I'm totally screwed." She sat up some, showing Inuyasha a little more skin than was comfortable for him. He gulped back a little.

"We don't have to…we can stay here in the shrine all day, but I guess your right about your friends. And since they met me before (A/N: you guys all remember that one episode where Kagome's friends met Inuyasha at the shrine, right? They thought he was in some kinda gang cuz of his hair? Oh well, if you don't…then your dumb. Lol JK!) they know what to be looking for. Oh well, just drop it and get some rest. We'll sort it out tomorrow." He finally said after a short awkward silence.

"Good night Inuyasha." The blue eyed girl whispered as she cuddled back down into her sheets.

"Night." He mumbled in response.

Tomorrow would be …interesting.

Hey guys Sorry the chappie was so short but to tell you guys the truth I wasn't even gonna post it. I need to finish the rest and I don't know when I'm gonna find the time. Bear with me kay? Love YA!!

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