Happiness

(This is a flashback chapter)

The sun shined onto a nearby pink bicycle, making it glow and sparkle in its rays. A beautiful morning that made anything it happened upon gorgeous. The lake shimmered as the sun's ray hit the surface of it, causing anyone that looked at it to become entranced.

I sat against a large tree. In fact the largest tree in the entire forest, the sacred tree. I looked up into its enormous branches and smiled. The wind blew the leaves so that it made a calming sound that almost settled me into sleep.

Just as I was dozing off, Inuyasha stood over me and said, "Kagome…?"

I lifted my head and asked, "What is it?"

He looked at me and I spread my arms out to him. He grabbed hold of my wrists and helped me to my feet. He then looked away and said, "We need to look for the sacred jewel shards again."

I protested, "But today's our day off! We all need to rest!"

He smiled weakly and looked back to me. He then said, "We? Just you humans."

My frown turned to a smile. How easily you can make me smile, Inuyasha. I thought to myself. He then stared at me and raised an eyebrow. I asked, "What? Is there something on my face?"

"No. You were staring at me…dreamingly…"

I folded my arms and blushed. "Was not."

"Were too!"

I then glared at him and yelled, "What would you know!?"

"A lot more than you!"

We both then turned away from each other and then Shippo came running towards us and landed on my lap. He glared at us and said, "Stop fighting. It's our day off."

"Try telling him that."

Inuyasha glared at Shippo and me. Shippo then ran to Inuyasha and yelled, "Can't you be nice for just one day, Inuyasha!?"

"What did you say!?"

Inuyasha chased Shippo around, trying to beat him up. When Inuyasha finally grabbed hold of him I yelled, "SIT!"

He fell face first into the ground and Shippo and I both laughed. We then walked back to Kaede's village for dinner. When we arrived there, the sun was disappearing behind the mountains. As we went inside I noticed Miroku and Sango were talking to one another. Inuyasha sat next to me and Shippo did the same.

As soon as we were eating, I noticed that Miroku and Sango kept winking at me and Inuyasha. We looked at each other and blushed, then I immediately looked away. When we finished eating I decided to take a walk outside.

I looked up at the sky and noted all of the billions of stars in the sky. I smiled and then continued walking. I'll walk to the well and then come back. I thought to myself.

As I grew near to the well I saw something large and red standing near it. I pondered Is that Inuyasha? As I drew nearer, I could see that it was in fact Inuyasha.

I called out to him, "Inuyasha…what are you doing here?" I then joked, "Stalking me again?"

He turned to me and gasped, "Kagome! Uh….I…uh…"

I raised an eyebrow and asked, "What is it?"

He gulped and asked, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be back with the others?"

I noticed that his hands were tucked behind his back. I looked skeptically at his face and tried to figure him out. "What are you hiding…Inuyasha?"

He stepped backwards and hit the well, falling into it. I ran to the well and looked into it. "Are you ok?"

Suddenly he jumped right back out and landed behind me. He brushed himself off and said, "Yeah, yeah."

I thought aloud, "I guess there really was nothing behind your back after all."

He then gasped, "What!? Ack! I must've dropped it."

I watched him as he searched the ground and bushes for something. I asked, "What are you looking for?"

Inuyasha twitched and he said, "Just go back to Kaede's!"

"But I want to help you."

"You can help by getting your rest."

I was taken aback by this and thought What!? Is he worried that I'm not getting enough sleep? "Ok. See you tomorrow then." I said and walked away.

I managed to glance back once more to see Inuyasha jump into the well and as he did so, he dropped something shiny onto the ground. I ran as fast as I could, grabbed the object on the ground and sprinted back to Kaede's.

When I finally was near enough to take a rest and catch my breath, I unfolded my hands and saw a small, silver bell.