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"Inuyasha, don't you think we should stop for the evening?" Miroku asked as they passed the second village that day. He glanced over at Sango walking a few feet away from him, then at Kagome who was nearing sleep on Inuyasha's back. Lucky bastard...

"Keh! As if!" Inuyasha snorted with a scowl. "It's not even that late!"

Four heads turned to the sky, an almost midnight color, then back to Inuyasha. He merely flushed and looked away with a, 'whatever!'

Kagome sighed and leaned into Inuyasha's back, her head drooping into the crook of his neck. "Inuyasha, like you always say, we're only humans. If we don't stop now we'll be too tired to set off tomorrow for more shards."

He thought it over for a moment before huffing in annoyance and giving in. "Fine! We can stop for the night!"

Shippo sighed from his perch on Sango's shoulder. That idiot.. he thought and looked down at Sango, who had the exact same expression on her face.

As they stopped for the night, Kagome was careful to study the way Inuyasha looked. When they were all settled, Sango and Shippo against Kirara, Miroku leaning against a tree, and Inuyasha up on a thick branch, she took out her pencil and notebook.

Silver hair.. She thought it over before erasing hair and replacing it with fur. Everyone would find out he's a hanyou then..

She looked up to the branch Inuyasha was perched on. His hair blew lightly in the wind, his bangs covering his eyes. His ears twitched every now and then, flattening against his head when a strange noise could be heard.

Long silver fur.. She added as she twirled her pencil around. Scruffy ears.

Inuyasha's ears twitched as she scratched down something in her notebook. What the hell is that wench doing this late? His ears rested as the scratching stopped, but perked back up when she continued to write.

His eyes opened, revealing golden pools that shimmered in the moonlight. He looked down at Kagome, who gasped when he caught her. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Oh, this?" She asked innocently while holding her notebook up for him to see. He nodded slowly as Kagome just continued observing him. "This is uh..."

She trailed off when gold clashed with chocolate. His eyes just sucked her in every time! She knew she would never, could never break the contact, and only waited for Inuyasha to break it.

But he didn't.

He stared into Kagome's eyes for what felt like an eternity. He watched as her chocolate eyes trailed over his features slowly, never missing a beat. The moonlight seeping through the trees seemed to be aimed right for her, making her seem all the more beautiful.

They both began blushing when they realized they probably had been staring at each other for an eternity, Inuyasha looking away towards the sky, Kagome looking back at her notebook, her hand still holding it in the air.

"Th-this is just uh," She stammered as she set her notebook back down and flipping through the pages idly, not looking back up at Inuyasha. "Part of my essay."

"Hmm," Was all he said as he continued to stare out into the sky. He turned back towards her after a moment, carefully making sure to not make eye contact. "So uh, what's that 'essay' thing about, anyway?"

"Its about.." Kagome carefully chose her words before speaking, afraid Inuyasha would think she was a total weirdo for choosing him to study. "Umm.. a dog."

A dog? Inuyasha thought with curiosity. "What kind of dog?"

That was more than unexpected. Kagome opened her notebook completely to the page with a few of Inuyasha's features. I didn't think he'd care.

"Well, wench?" He spat out when she didn't answer him immediately. "You gonna answer me?"

"Oh, yeah," She said quietly as she thought of an answer she could give him without giving anything away. "An uh.. an akita."

"...oh," Was all he said as he tried zeroing in on the words scribbled on the paper.

"Mhm," Kagome mumbled as she thought of what else to write, not caring that he was right there. He's probably gonna find out sooner or later, considering he's so nosy about my time.

She looked back up at Inuyasha and studied him a bit before writing a two words down. Golden eyes..

When she looked down at her notebook to write, Inuyasha turned away to look back into the sky, specifically the moon. I'm an akita...

Tall, muscular, red... Kagome lost her train of thought as she was brought to his armor. Red haori and hakama? How weird does that sound?

She pondered her own question for a minute or two before looking back up at Inuyasha. She rubbed her temples idly before she finally settled with harness.

Red harness, navy beaded collar w/ fangs. She wrote before smiling at her own description. Sounds about right...

Kagome looked up to the moon, where Inuyasha's sight was. She sighed when she had noticed just how late it really was, and finally decided to retire for the evening. She tucked her notebook into her yellow backpack and snuggled down into her sleeping bag, quickly falling asleep.

"Oi, Kagome," Inuyasha asked without even looking down at her already sleeping figure with a blush. "Is that.. 'essay' thing.. about me..?"

When he didn't get a response as soon as he would've liked, he turned around to give her a piece of his mind. He took a deep breath and his ears sharpened a bit when he realized she was already asleep. Was I seriously thinking that hard?

He sighed inwardly before getting comfortable in the tree and resting his eyes, his senses dulling slightly.

Shippo sighed in relief as he heading back to snuggle with Kirara. That idiot has never thought hard enough to not notice me before...

He thought back to the look on both Inuyasha and Kagome's faces when they made eye contact, the dreamy look they both had. Now if only they'll both confess...

Looks; Long silver fur, scruffy ears, golden eyes, tall, muscular, red harness, navy beaded collar w/ fangs