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"MUST YOU BE SO PIGHEADED?!?!?!" Kagome screamed at Inuyasha as she rode her bike down the bumpy road leading to the village they would be staying at.

"MUST YOU ALWAYS SAY THE COMMAND WHEN I DON'T LISTEN?!?!"

"Well what did you think I was gonna do? Hmmmm?!" She said as he ran beside her bike.

"I don't know! Ask me to listen first! Do you even know how must that hurts?!" He said with tension rising in his voice.

Kagome stopped peddling and brought the bike to a screaching halt. Inuyasha tried to stop with her but stumbled over his feet and fell beside the road.

"I didn't ask you to listen?" She asked quietly.

"No, you didn't! And now you just made me fall!"

"I'm sorry, I thought I asked... I thought..." She trailed off.

"Yea? Well you thought wrong! You've been acting so weird lately Kagome... whats wrong?" He said getting up and wiping the dust from his robe.

"Nothing really..." She said quietly, but Inuyasha snorted.

"You are so full of it you know that? You're one of the worst liars I've ever met."

She pushed him but smiled as she did it. "Why were we fighting anyway?"

"You told me to, well you know, because I looked at Sango!"

"Did I? Sorry..."

Inuyasha shook his head in disgust. "I will never understand you."

She looked at him. His eyes were bright and told secrets he would never let his lips form. His body was hidden under the massive cloak but was still attractive. She knew she loved him but she could never tell him that. He was Inuyasha, he would never understand, he just admitteded after all.

He jumped in front of her. "Why are you looking at me so funny?"

"I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Whatever..."

"What?" She said nearly gasping.

"I said whatever... You know like yea... Okay... Why?"

"I'm not the only one acting weird. You would never back down when fighting with me! Never!"

"Well I just did didn't I?"

Sango and Miroku stirred from the back of the cart the horses behind them were pulling.

"What is all the noise for?" Sango asked in a sleepy voice.

"Nothing really you know us." Kagome said waving a hand at the question.

"Yes we do, I swear you two fight like an old married couple!" Miroku said sticking his head up.

"We do not!" Inuyasha said giving the monk the "evil eye".

"I'm not going to fight with you, we have Kagome for that."

"Shut up monk!" Inuyasha sneered.

"Why would you care if he said anything about me?" Kagome said looking at him hard.

"It's not that I care, it's just.... You know...."

"No, I don't."

Inuyasha went silent for the first time that day.

"It doesn't matter anyway, let's just keep going," he said hopping on the cart with Sango and Miroku.

Kagome sighed and got on with the rest of them, placing her bike near the back.

Kagome's POV

Why is it everytime he almost lets his feelings out he shuts up? I can't stand him and at the same time I can't help wanting to be with him every second... Maybe I love him... But then again whats the point he'll never love me... Or is it possible for even a half demon to let go of his pride for love?

She continued on this path of thought for a while afterwards.

Inuyasha's POV

She's such an amzing person... And I treat her like a dog... She doesn't even have the ears... Why do I do this? Why can't I let go?! I love her! I know I do but how can I tell her that? How do I know she won't think of me as Kikiyo did? How do I know she can love me like this? I do not want to be human but I would do it for her... If she can love me first as I am...

Kagome's and Inuyasha's thoughts were broken as they found there way to a new village. Inuyasha could smell evil but a little ways off yet. They decided to pack up for the night. The cart pulled into the busy market, for such a little village the business was booming. They looked for someone to help them.

"Excuse me?" Kagome asked a short salesman.

"Yes my fair maiden? How may I assist you?"

"Could you tell me where the nearest Inn would be?"

"My dear there is no Inn in this village." He said.

"No Inn? With all of these people?"

"I'm afraid not. You could stay at my home if you wish. It is humble but it could be cozy." He said winking.

"Thanks but I have a big group with me, we will probably press on to the next village."

"All right, it's your loss." He said shrugging.

She turned and left without another word.

She looked for the cart and found only Shippo sitting with it. "Where's the rest of them?"

"They went looking for places to stay."

"Oh, they shouldn't have bothered there is no Inn in this village."

"How do you know that Kagome?" Shippo asked climbing on her head.

"I asked a short little man over there," she said pointing to the far side of the market but he was no longer there.

"Over where?" Shippo asked.

"Oh never mind... He must have... Left" Kagome muttered.

Just then Inuyasha and the others came back to where she and Shippo were standing.

"Anything?" She asked.

"No, Sango and I almost had a deal with an old merchant but Miroku started grabbing at his wife!" Inuyasha said, his eyes flashing.

"What? She was lovely!"

Inuyasha nearly hit him but resisted. Kagome patted him on the back. "Good job you didn't hit him this time!"

He winked at her, and she smiled.

"Well while you two give eyes to each other could we please figure out where we're going to stay tonight?" Sango asked waving a hand between the two of them.

"Hmm?" Kagome said as if being awaken from a dream.

"Tonight? Where are we staying?" She repeated.

Miroku left for a few minutes and when he came back he told them a plan.

"Well someone from the market told me there's an abandoned hut near the forest. We could stay there."

"Whatever as long as we get there soon." Kagome said looking towards the fast setting sun.

Sango, Miroku and Shippo boarded the cart btu just as Kagome was about to Inuyasha took her hand. "I'll get you there faster so you can sleep." He said "get on."

She hesitated but got on nevertheless.

The took of into the fast approaching night. Kagome could barely see the fainy outlines of the trees in the distance. She dozed off for a few minutes but Inuyasha woke her when they arrived.

He laid her down inside the hut.

"Kagome" he said softly nudging her.

She stirred and looked into his big yellow eyes.

"Ummmm?"

"We're here do you want to go to sleep now?"

She nodded and dozed off. He looked down at her.

She's so beautiful he thought to himself.

He waited outside for the rest of them but fell asleep in the process.