Alright, this may be not my greatest. It's my first attempt at a non- original fic, but I hope you like! I'm sure it will get better as it goes along but it might start a bit slow. Apologies. And don't worry the chapters will get longer, either that or there will be a lot of them.

Guess what! All the Cool characters get happy endings in this! Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Sesshoumaru, and even Kouga! The only ones who don't get a happy ending are Kikyou, Naraku, and his attachments because I just don't like em. Lots of Fluff, so angst, lots of adventure and fun. Hope ya like. Oh, BTW, I don't like writing profanities so if you think that a certain character should say one, than you can mentally add it yerself, but I won't.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Kagome, they own each other, or at least they should. And I don't own any of the other characters, not even Sesshy-chan. WAHHHHHH! But maybe I can win his heart and own that instead. (

Chappy One

Inuyasha growled. Where was that girl! She was supposed to be back by now. A deep growl issued from his throat. Of course, he would never admit to anyone, not even himself, why he was so anxious for her return. Feelings like that frightened him, whether he believed it or not. His past had been so full of hatred and betrayal that to try to see past that was a near impossibility.

Miroku looked up at Inuyasha's brooding form in the tree. "Honestly, Inuyasha, Lady Kagome probably wouldn't leave as often if you were nicer to her when she returned, instead of fuming at her." Miroku nodded sagely.

"Keh. Shut up bouzu. You stay out of it." Inuyasha glared daggers at the priest, who looked about to comment further. If it weren't for the sudden scent of Kagome and a rather unceremonious "Uph" muttered from the bottom of the near-by well, Miroku probably would have made a remark that would have earned him a headache and a face full of dirt. But, Kagome to the rescue!

"Lady Kagome! You've returned! Your presence was greatly missed." Miroku announced, coming up to Kagome and giving her a welcome-back-hug until she felt the all too familiar pressure on her backside. In a second, Miroku as about a foot underground sporting two nice sized lumps, courtesy of Inuyasha and Kagome.

Inuyasha was about to start on his bantering with Kagome for being late when an orange fuzz ball sailed past at the speed of light, hitting Kagome so hard she had to take a step back to keep from falling over. "Hi, Shippou-chan!" Kagome laughed, happy to have an excuse to avoid the inevitable battle of voices that would soon come.

"Kagome! I missed you soooooo much!" Shippou shouted, hugging Kagome fiercely. "Inuyasha was so mean while you were gone. You should sit him. He hurt me!" Shippou wailed. The wail stopped immediately though and Shippou's character completely change as he spotted her back pack. "Did you bring anything for me? Did you? Did you? Like chocolate or candee!" Inuyasha looked about ready to pound Shippou to kingdom come, but Kagome just smiled, albeit a bit tiredly, and reached into her pack, removing a couple candies and handing them to Shippou.

Inuyasha didn't miss Kagome's rather tired appearance, but wasn't about to let that affect his mood. He growled, catching Kagome's attention. "You're late." He glared at her, but she just looked at him, chinned raised, not looking the least bit intimidated.

"I had some things I had to do." Kagome stated a matter-of-factly as though that was all he needed to know.

"What 'things'?" Inuyasha growled.

Kagome had no reason to hide anything, but she still refused to give him the answer he wanted. Instead, she stated stubbornly, "None of your business." Inuyasha looked as though he were about to explode, but Kagome was too tired to deal with him and his temper right now. She ended it before it began by quite calmly stating, "Sit." She smiled to herself and the satisfying crash and muffled profanities issuing from the dirt.

"What'd you do that for, wench?!" Inuyasha shouted, still pinned to the ground.

"Because you were being rude, I'm too tired to deal with this, and I have something I would like to discuss with you, but I won't do it unless you calm down." Kagome rattled of her reasons, a bit hesitant when she came to the part about having something to discuss.

Inuyasha raised his eyebrow and watched her, standing up as the spell finally wore off. He crossed his arms and looked at her expectantly.

"No, I'm not going to tell you until we get back to the village and are all settled in." Kagome's voice was unmoving. Inuyasha glared at her for a second longer before 'keh'ing' and starting to head toward the village. Kagome was amazed at how easily he agreed to that, but instead of commenting, she just followed him back to the village, chatting with Shippou and keeping a safe distance from Miroku.