OK this chapter is the continuation of the last one. I had to split it cuz it would of been wwwaaayyyy too long so. It's basically everybody waking up and discovering some surprises, so read on.

Disclaimer: I don't own him cuz if I did I wouldn't be writing this, Id be playing with him. **************************************************************************** *

INDSIDE KAEDES:
[The rice paper windows let in a small amount of Orange light, it was about an hour to sunset.]
Kagome slowly awoke, she didn't want to wake up and leave the warmth that enveloped her. She winced slightly when she shifted, realizing that she was sore in places that she didn't know could be sore! 'MMmmm... Something smells good' thought Kagome. She simultaneously arched her spine and buried her nose deeper into that smell. Suddenly she stiffened, Kagome shifted again and felt a tight, muscular body underneath her. She slowly opened one eye, her other eye flew open to make sure that she wasn't hallucinating.
Kagome was draped around Inuyasha. Her arm was thrown over his chest and her legs were tangled with his, not an inch of air was between their bodies. 'Oh. Kami!!! What am I doing here?!'
Kagome quickly tried to get up but was stopped by Inuyasha's arm around her waist. 'If I didn't know any better I'd swear that his grip tightened! OOooo, let go already!!' Kagome thrashed around for a bit more, trying to put some space between them, but gave up when she noticed that the more she moved around the tighter Inuyasha held onto her. Her eye twited ans she realized that all that moving around had also tangled their legs together even further than they already were. Kagome had a soft blush on her cheeks from exertion and was breathing a little heavily due to all the physical activity after the trauma her body had just gone through.
Dejectedly Kagome laid still, 'Feh' her eyes widened at that thought. 'Kami, he's rubbing off on me!' During all her struggling she didn't notice Inuyasha's ears moving with every sound, 'I cant believe he's still asleep!' she thought while looking at Inuyasha's peaceful face. As she lay there she finally noticed his ears, which were still moving around randomly to try and catch every sound made...
'How kawaii!!!! They look so soft.' she smiled when she remembered the first time she had come to feudal Japan and found him pegged to the tree. She sighed softly. 'I shouldn't, he keeps saying that he doesn't like it.' "Humph" 'It would serve him right!' Kagome thought. Her eyes widened when Inuyasha's ears swiveled toward her voice.
Feeling daring she decided to take a good look at his face. Kagome propped herself up and looked deeply at Inuyasha, her plan backfired as she lost herself in her exploration. As if in a trance her hand trailed to his face. She slowly traced eyelashes that most girls would envy 'why do guys always end up with the good eyelashes' Kagome pondered. She slowly traced the bridge or his nose, his cheekbones, and his lips. 'His lips are so soft.' Kagome remembered how soft they were and blushed slightly. 'They soften the harshness of his face a bit' she thought. 'He looks so different when he sleeps. He looks, happy! Is this the closest he comes to true happiness...' Kagome gasped at that thought.
Inuyasha's ears turned sharply toward her at her gasp, distracting her and drawing Kagome's attention to them, 'I really do love his ears, they're so soft... like velvet' she was startled to find that she was petting his ears! Kagome jumped when Inuyasha suddenly started, of all things, purring! Kagome let out a soft giggle as she felt it resonate through his body and into hers. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha's face and smiled gently when she saw the closest thing to an actual smile on his lips. 'There's hope for him yet'
She let her hand trail into his hair, gently raking her nails across his scalp. Inuyasha responded by purring louder. 'He likes it! Wait he likes it?' Surprised Kagome stopped her administrations, immediately Inuyasha bumped his head against her hand, demanding that she keep going.
Hesitantly Kagome began petting him again, 'He really like this! Why would he lie, to me? Unless he doesn't like anybody but Kikyo touching him like this...' She lay there playing with his ears absently, her thoughts getting the best of her. She felt a hot prickling at the corner of her eyes at the harsh turn her thoughts had taken. She found her gaze had dropped to his face, then to his torso. What she saw made her gasp. She immediately sat up.
Surprised that she could have moved that far away from Inuyasha she noticed that during her administrations Inuyasha had gradually relaxed and let his grip on her waist slacken. She searched his face then let her gaze return to his chest. 'He got this from Naraku, trying to protect me' her hand trailed to the wound at his shoulder, her fingers gently skimmed the edge of the bandage. "Inu.Yasha. Im sorry" Kagome whispered sadly as a tear slowly trailed down her cheek.
A hand appeared at the edge of her vision and gently wiped away the tear. "Don't cry...please" Inuyasha said in a husky voice. Inuyasha had started to wake up when Kagome had started her exploration. All the noises she had made and her touch had woken him up in the sweetest way, he hadn't woken up like that since his mother. He had been relaxing, enjoying her touch. He was surprised when the saltiness of her tears reached his nose. When Kagome had sat up he had been unprepared and kept his eyes closed. At the sound of her voice his eyes had flown open. Seeing her look so sad, he had quickly sat up to comfort her, using his good arm to hold him-self up. Looking at her tenderly he locked eyes with her and asked her why she was crying.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha, "Your hurt because of me. If I could have protected myself you wouldn't have been hurt" she told Inuyasha softly. His ears turned to hear her better, Inuyasha gently lowered and buried his face into her neck, his eyes gentle and caring, he breathed in her scent "it's not your fault, it Naraku's. Besides you can protect yourself and others too, or did you forget that technically you were the one that destroyed Naraku?" he chided gently hoping to make her see things clearly. Involuntarily Kagome shivered, his breath on her neck causing chills of the best kind to race up and down her spine.
'I cant believe she blames herself, she is always putting others before herself and standing up to all kinds of demons, including me, all the time; that I forget that she is still very fragile. Her kind heart is her strength but it is also her weakness...'
Inuyasha leaned in closer to her, Kagome still felt bad, and Inuyasha knew it. Dazed at their closeness Kagome drew her hand to his shoulder for support. Her eyes grew wide at the feel of Inuyasha's injury under her hand. "...But I still couldn't protect everybody." She breathed into Inuyasha's neck, causing him shiver slightly. Unaware of this Kagome slowly pulled back and looked at Inuyasha, she immediately became lost in the golden pools of his eyes. Kagome saw so many emotions swim beneath their depths so fast that she couldn't begin to interpret them. It was dizzying to watch.
They were each drowning in the others eyes, Inuyasha slowly shifted, bringing his hand to her face to draw her closer. [Soft pink hearts float all around them] Their eyes shining softly, Kagome and Inuyasha they slowly closed their eyes and kissed. 'Mmm, Inuyasha tastes so good! Like bittersweet chocolate' thought Kagome. 'His lips are as soft as I remember...'
'She smells so good, and I knew she wouldn't hurt me' thought Inuyasha. He had felt her hand on his injured shoulder. 'She could never hurt me.' ' They were so absorbed in their thoughts that they didn't notice the blue light coming from the hand Kagome had on Inuyasha's injured shoulder. They both felt a gentle tingle wash over them before they collapsed in each other's arms unconscious again, with Kagome safely wrapped in Inuyasha's arms.
It was full dark when Kaede, with Shippo and Kirara asleep in her arms, went to go check up on everybody, what she saw brought her up short. Kaede smiled tenderly; 'How ye have done it child I do not know' she thought while looking at Inuyasha and Kagome. 'Ye have slowly but surely warmed his heart'. Slowly looking around she began to chuckle softly, sometime during the day Sango had managed to scoot over enough to end up with Miroku's arm draped cozily around her shoulders. Her own hand lay intertwined with his across her shoulder; they lay there looking cozy.
Shaking her head Kaede gently took the sleeping Shippo and Kirara and gently tucked them into a basket to sleep, she then went to check everybody's dressings. When she got to Inuyasha and kagome she looked closely and gasped...

THE NEXT DAY AROUND NOON:
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome tenderly, slowly trailing a finger down cheek 'I could spend the rest of my life watching her sleep like this...' That slight touch woke Kagome, she blinked sleepily. Looking up at Inuyasha a slight blush raced across her cheeks, when she remembered where they where. "Morning" Inuyasha greeted her softly; he started to sit up with Kagome in his arms. "No, you shouldn't be getting up! Your still hurt" Kagome told him worriedly.
Inuyasha smiled gently at her, Kagome looked at him nervously. She glanced sown to see if he had reopened any of his wounds and saw it. The bandages were gone, giving her a clear view. "W, wha, where are your band.ages. Where are your wounds?" She asked as she drew her hand across his chest, as if to make sure that he was real. Inuyasha chuckled softly, pride shinning in his eyes.
"You healed us" he told her, "huh?" Kagome blinked stupidly for a couple of seconds, as the information slowly registered she quickly inspected her arms and saw that they were, healed! "How? I did this? How long have we been asleep? What happened" Inuyasha answered Kagome by kissing her gently. Kagome automatically responded, she wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck and Inuyasha pulled her onto his lap to deepen the kiss. They were like that for a while.
They were interrupted by Sang clearing her throat pointedly. Kagome and Inuyasha pulled apart reluctantly, dazed they looked around and noticed Sango was awake. They jumped apart as if they had been burned. They started blushing a cute sunburned red.
Sango was looking down to try and hide her grin, "Hey be glad that I was the one that caught you and not Miroku," she teased gently. "On the contrary my dear Sango, I knew what they were doing, my injuries just kept me from seeing them, but be assured that my hearing is undamaged. I could clearly hear the action from here," replied Miroku. Everybody sweat dropped, "spoke too soon" mumbled Sango.
Kagome and Inuyasha were blushing fiercely. As they were looking at everything but each other, all three noticed that when Kagome had sat up the towel covering her bra had fallen off. Everybody froze, Sango tied her best to keep from laughing out loud but her body still shook with silent laughter.
Curios Miroku started to turn his head to see why everybody was so quiet, Sango snapped out of it and did the only thing that came to mind. Sango quickly smacked him, effectively stopping him from seeing Kagome. Inuyasha and Kagome were now blushing so fiercely that their faces seemed to radiate heat like miniature suns. Kagome quickly pulled the sheet up to cover her breasts; she looked down at her lap mortified. Poor Inuyasha didn't know what to do, so he just sat there looking stubborn.
All the humor died when Sango saw Inuyasha's healed chest. "In, Inuyasha. Umm, your wounds. Their gone" Sango managed to get out. Kagome, clutching the towel to her chest looked at him and then at herself. Startled she looked at Inuyasha again, remembering what he had said and her own discovery before they were distracted. "You said that I healed us, how?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha's embarrassment caused him to respond harshly, "Feh, how should I know? Do I look like a Miko? I just know that I woke up this morning and was healed. And since you're the only one with powers anywhere near that, well, you figure it out!" Inuyasha told her gruffly. Daunted because he felt everybody looking at him.
Thinking back to the night before she remembered how gentle he had been. How soft his touch had been, so different from this Inuyasha. Then Kagome remembered, 'the kiss! We passed out in the middle of it. Before we did though there was a tingling coming from my arm, leading to my hand. Which was over Inuyasha's injury!'
Inuyasha's nose twitched, 'Damn, I didn't mean for it to come out that way.' He was going to apologize when he noticed that he had a bundle of Kagome in his lap again. Blinking rapidly he registered what Kagome had been screeching, his poor ears were plastered to his skull at her squealing. "I did it! Me! I healed us! I remember, the tingling! Wow!" Resignedly, Inuyasha smiled softly and hugged her back. While Sango just stared at them with wide [0.0] eyes, thinking that they had finally lost it.
Kaede and Shippo walked in with Kirara in the lead, they had heard them talking and had come to see how they were doing. Kirara ran over to Sango and affectionately rubbed against her hip. Sango slowly came back to herself and smiled at her cat, as she did she realkized that somebody else was rubbing her...THWACK!!! ( + +;;) "HENTAI!!" shouted Sango. Everybody else sweat dropped. Shippo (who was simultaneously hugging Kagome and rubbing his head against her stomach) resignedly muttered, "he never learns". Sango threw Miroku's arm off of her shoulders and slid farther away. Kaede commented softly "he should be up soon". Kagome and Inuyasha heard her and nodded darkly.
Curiously Shippo sniffed Kagome and frowned when he realized that something was different, "Hey Kagome why do you smell kinda like Inuyasha?" he asked. Inuyasha and Kagome' blush came back with a vengeance, "Uuhh.." Kagome was saved from answering Kaede bringing then all some food " ye need the nourishment to heal quickly" she told them. Kagome and Inuyasha attacked the food like starving animals. Everybody sweat dropped, Shippo tried to grab a piece of meat and froze when Kagome growled at him!!! Sango's eye twitched and she hastily grabbed the fox cub.
When Kagome and Inuyasha were done they looked up and saw everybody, except an unconscious Miroku, in a corner all huddled together and clearly frightened. '????' "What?" they both asked confused. "Nothing, nothing at all." Everybody rushed back to their places and stared at their now empty plates. "They must have been starving after all the energy they both used up. Especially after last nights healing. " Kaede hastily told everybody.
Kaede brought more food for everybody else, "Sango, ye and Miroku shall be up soon. Unfortunately ye shall have to be left here alone, unless ye would like to convince Shippo and Kirara to stay" Everybody (except Shippo of course) sweat dropped at the thought of a very bouncy Shippo in a small hut like this with nothing to do. Choosing the lesser of two evils Sango replied "No, that's all right. I am strong enough to deal with a inert Miroku"
"Very well then. Kagome and Inuyasha we shall begin your training at once. Come with me please." Kaede told the two. "Wait, a minute you old hag! Kagome just woke up. She shouldn't be up yet! Do you WANT her to collapse again?!" a concerned Inuyasha yelled at Kaede. Everybody, except Miroku, turned and stared at him with wide eyes, amazed that he had made such a obviously caring statement out loud.
Suddenly realizing what he had just said Inuyasha looked down at his hands, and started sifting some dirt, "umm, well, you know, I meant, uuuhhh..." Kagome looked at him strangely. While everybody else quietly snickered.
"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?!!!" Inuyasha demanded. "You!! Shippo told him. Inuyasha quickly got up and started chasing the poor fox cub. Shippo ran over to Kagome, "Help me Kagome, he's being mean!!" Kagome quickly scooped him up and told Inuyasha to "sit".
"Looks like everything is back to normal" Sango told Kaede, who nodded sagely.

**************************************************************************** * So, what do ya think? REVIEW and let me know!! ps. is Hojo older than kagome? By how much? Or are they in the same grade? I need some ideas, Kagome is going home soon and I have no idea what kinda trouble she should get into while she's there, what kind of powers should she have??? Hmmm... back top the drawing board.