Disclaimer: Ok ya I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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CHAPTER ONE- Thoughts

InuYasha walked slowly, falling behind the others. He was happier then ever, but no one would be able to tell from his expression. He was in deep thought. They had defeated Naraku a week ago and were making their way back to Keade's village. His thoughts were far from this though. He was thinking about his feelings for Kagome.

Kagome was busily talking with Sango and Miroku, who are now happily married. Shippo was taking a nap in the basket on her bike with Kilala, who was curled up next to him. Miroku moved to grab Sango's rear, but didn't succeed. Sango noticed and slapped him. Kagome laughed at this and looked behind her. She frowned. InuYasha was still falling behind. What's with him? she thought. He looks all zoned out…

Kagome slowed her pace and let Sango and Miroku walk ahead of her. She waited for InuYasha to catch up then walked by his side. He didn't notice her presence since he was still in deep thought.

"Hey," Kagome said, waving a hand in front of his face. "anyone home?"

InuYasha looked up to see Kagome smiling playfully at him. He blushed slightly and looked away. Her smile always made him feel so happy. Just knowing that she was happy made him happy.

"Is something wrong InuYasha?" Kagome asked. "I would think that you'd be happy, knowing that Naraku is dead… Are you angry because you can't have the jewel? I'm sorry that it went back inside of me. I had no control over it…"

InuYasha sighed. "No… I'm not upset about the jewel… That doesn't matter to me anymore. I don't think I'd be happy if I used it to become a demon, or if I used it to become a human anyway… I'm happy with what I am…"

"Well… then what's wrong?" Kagome asked in a worried tone.

"Nothing's wrong…"

"You're an awful liar, InuYasha. Come on. Why are you so quiet?"

"I'm just thinking…"

This made Kagome stop walking in shock. Thinking! Since when does he do that!

"Ok," She said. "Now I'm REALLY worried. Since when do you just think for long periods of time!"

"Feh.. Even guys like me have to be in deep thought every once in a while!"

"You don't have to yell! I was only worried about you!"

"Well don't be! I can take care of myself!"

Sango and Miroku looked back at the arguing people behind them.

"Well, the peace and quiet was nice while it lasted." Sango commented.

"Perhaps we should find somewhere to make camp for tonight. The sun will set in another hour or two." Miroku said.

"Yes, I agree… Their argument should be ending with Kagome sitting InuYasha soon anyway…"

As if to prove her point, immediately after Sango finished her sentence, Kagome yelled, "SIT!"

"See? I told you." Sango said.

"Indeed…."

Kagome angrily walked past them. Shippo and Kilala jumped out of the basket as she was passing to get away from the angry Kagome.

"What's she so angry about?" Shippo asked as he climbed onto Miroku's shoulder.

"Oh, you know Kagome," Miroku said. "She's just angry with InuYasha because he said something he shouldn't have."

":sigh: InuYasha is such and idiot sometimes…" he said.

"You wanna repeat that, runt?" InuYasha said as he walked up to them and grabbed Shippo by the tail.

"Hey! Owww! That hurts! Lemme go! It's not my fault that you're too stupid to know what to say in front of Kagome!"

InuYasha scowled and dropped Shippo, who fell quickly to the ground. Shippo looked up at InuYasha as he started to walk away and growled.

An hour later the sun was starting to go down and it was getting dark. Sango and Kagome were busily preparing food while InuYasha sat in a tree and Miroku sat and watched Shippo play with Kilala. InuYasha and Kagome hadn't talked much for the past hour, but they had both cooled down and weren't angry anymore.

As Inuyasha sat in his tree he continued to think. I don't get it… I thought I loved Kikyo, but… Kagome's just so nice to me… Kikyo was nice too… but not like Kagome is… He looked down at Kagome who was still cooking with Sango. I always feel so peaceful when Kagome's around… except for when I say something stupid and she gets mad…

Maybe Shippo's right and I don't know what to say in front of Kagome… :sigh: I guess I do kinnda say things to Kagome that I shouldn't say… why do I even say those things if I don't mean them?

Kagome looked up at InuYasha. He still looked out of it. I wonder what he's thinking about… he worries me when he's just sitting there…

"Something wrong Kagome?"

Kagome turned around and saw Sango looking at her with a worried expression on her face.

"No.. I'm fine.. I'm just worried about InuYasha…"

"Don't worry, Kagome. InuYasha's fine. Like he said before, he just wants time to himself to think."

"I know, but that's what's worrying me. Since when does he want time to himself just to think about things?" Kagome whispered so that InuYasha wouldn't be able to hear.

Sango laughed. "I know, I know, but let him have his thinking time so that he'll be happy. So… explain how you made this again?"

Kagome smiled and showed Sango how to cook part of their meal. She'd try to get InuYasha to tell her what he was thinking about later….