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Chapter 2

Last time:

'Damn,' he thought, 'the demon must have cursed me!' "InuYasha?" Kagome asked him, a worried tone in her voice. "I don't know what happened! I should have transformed!" That left the Inu gang with more questions than you could shake a tetsuseiga at!

Now

Back at Kaede's village, the priestess herself examines the place where InuYasha was burned. "He be branded with the curse of a moon demon."
Said the wise old woman. "What the hell does that mean?" asked InuYasha. "It means ye will be human until ye defeat the demon who gave ye the seal." Responded Kaede. "Then let's go find that bastard and destroy him!" yelled an overconfident InuYasha."Lets not be to hasty here," said Miroku as he reached for Sango's backside, followed by a SMACK! And a handprint on Miroku's face. InuYasha got up and walked outside. Unable to jump the height to a branch like he normally could, he climbed to a branch near the top of the tree. He found a comfortable position and sat there. He half sighed, half groaned. "Great," he said to himself, "I'm human, weak and defenseless." 'You can also tell Kagome you love her.' Said a voice in the back of his head. He felt his face burn. He could never- where did that thought come from anyway? He shook his head and sighed. There goes this night's sleep.

Meanwhile

"You have served well, Getsueitenma." Said Naraku. "Thank you, lord Naraku" said the demon named Getsueitenma. "Now that InuYasha will have no chance against you!" "Let's hope you're correct" ,said Naraku.

The next morning (Inu Gang)

InuYasha's eyes opened slowly when he heard his name being called from below the high branches of the tree. "Hey InuYasha!" rang a cheerful Kagome's voice. "Come on down for breakfast!" "Hold ooon!" He fell from the tree by accident. "InuYasha! Are you alright?!?" asked Kagome with a slight giggle. The way he looked now was like when she used to say 'sit' to him. "Hey, what's so funny?" InuYasha asked, slightly ticked off at her for laughing. "Oh nothing, just remembered a funny joke, that's all." She said with a smile. Before he knew it, InuYasha was smiling too. 'She's so pretty when she smiles...' InuYasha thought, and he felt his face get hot. "InuYasha? Are you ok?" asked Kagome, even though she knew very well he was blushing. "Er-uh, yeah, I'm fine." He stuttered in reply. InuYasha then stood up and the two walked toward the hut where breakfast was being served. InuYasha was strangely hardly touching his food. Shippo saw this and promptly tried to steal the food in front of InuYasha. THUD! InuYasha pounded Shippo on the head. "Just cause' I'm human doesn't mean I still can't hit you." said InuYasha. "B-but you're n-not eating it." Whined Shippo. InuYasha then shoved a mouthful of food into his mouth. "See, I AM eating it!" he said, mouth still full. "InuYasha SI-" Kagome stopped and mentally slapped herself on the head. That wouldn't work now that he was human. InuYasha still had cringed, although he quickly regained his composure once he noticed nothing happened.

After breakfast, InuYasha walked outside and called to Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. "C'mon we have to find that demon!" "Alright you don't have to yell!" replied Kagome. InuYasha didn't reply. The group began to travel into the forest near the village.

1 hour later

"So how will we know when we find this demon?" asked Miroku. "We'll find it when we find it!" replied InuYasha. "InuYasha, lighten up! It's a beautiful day!" said Kagome in an attempt to put him in a good mood. "Besides, it's not that bad being human is it? I mean Sango, Miroku, and me are human all the time!" InuYasha looked at her kind of spacily (A/N: If this isn't a word, fck Webster and his damned dictionary. Fck all the $heads that made that- Inu: Stop cussing out this "Webster" and write! JD: Eh he... sorry) before snapping back to reality when Kagome said his name. "InuYasha, are you ok? Why were you staring at me like that?" she asked, feigning innocence. She knew why he was staring. InuYasha's face turned a very bright red. "Uh, well, I—," stuttered InuYasha. This earned a giggle from Kagome.

30 Minuets later

InuYasha was still deep in thought. That was twice in one day he had acted like that. Unknowing to him, his hand was subconsciously reaching for Kagome's hand. He realized this when his hand was firmly wrapped around hers. He immediately felt himself heat up. What surprised him more was she squeezed his had back! InuYasha felt like he was on fire! His eyes slowly crept down towards Kagome's face and their eyes locked for about 5 seconds before his diverted away, leaving a frowning Kagome. Suddenly, the group came to a stop, and InuYasha and Kagome took the chance to scoot closer to each other. "There's a demonic aura ahead!" exclaimed Miroku. Sango prepared her Hirakotsu, and InuYasha drew Tetsuseiga and pulled Kagome close, making them both blush crimson, before becoming serious again. The ground rumbled, and a strange demon came out of the ground. "It's a mole demon!" Miroku conformed. "Feh, I can take him," said InuYasha. "Kagome, stay here!" he commanded her as he went after the demon...

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Next Chapter: InuYasha takes on the mole demon! What will happen? Will Inu and Kag get closer still?

And if so, how close will they get? Find out next time!