Chapter 10

"THAT'S IT! I GIVE UP!" Inuyasha yelled out throwing a book on the library table. It has been a week and a half since he started to eat lunch with Kagome and her friends and was now trying to research for their project, but Inuyasha was having trouble comprehending and connecting the information. It wasn't helping that Koga was confusing the hell out of him. For the past week Koga hasn't said anything to Inuyasha. Not a threat, not an insult, not a word. Inuyasha was fine with it at first but now it just bugged him.

Kagome held in a laugh and whispered, "Inuyasha, quiet down so you don't get us kicked out. You already have the librarian staring daggers at you."

Inuyasha looked at her and whined some, whispering back, "This is just so confusing…"

"I thought you were a straight A student. Why is this so hard for you?"

"Because it's History. I can't stand History and English, they are so hard. The only reason I have an A in both classes is because I work my ass off…"

"How do you hate History and English? It's just facts and writing."

Inuyasha crossed his arms, "No. History is facts that interconnect, but the interconnections are mainly opinions making it not sure facts, and you need to create your own opinion on why you think something happened. English is the same way. Facts don't exist. It's just writing an opinion or fantasy and has no significant value unless it is a paper that proposes a valid study using solid facts and research as a means for reason to look into the idea further."

"…wow…"

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow as he looked at her stunned expression, "What?"

"The way you talked… you didn't cuss, or make a stupid comment; it sounded like you were giving a lecture…"

He glared at her, "You didn't think I was actually smart did you."

"I didn't say that…"

"You implied it."

Kagome put her hands on her hips, "I was just saying I haven't heard you talk that way before."

Inuyasha sighed leaning back in his chair, "Whatever. Anyway have you come up with anything?"

"No not yet…" Kagome looked back at the books in front of her, "There has to be a book on both demon and human histories… reading just demon history and just human history isn't doing much good."

Inuyasha huffed, "Ya think?" Sitting up again, he looked at her, "Look I need a break. Let's just check out the books that seem meaningful and go get something to eat. I'll pay."

Kagome blushed slightly, "Um… don't you think that… taking me out would be kind of inappropriate?"

Inuyasha looked at her and blushed slightly as well, "Feh. When you think of it that way... I was just thinking of getting some ice cream or something jeez. Shoot me for trying to be nice."

"Oh… I'm sorry…"

Inuyasha stood up grabbing a few books on demon history, "You tackle the human history. See ya later. I'm sure Koga will be waiting for you anyway."

Kagome flinched when Inuyasha said her boyfriend's name. Grabbing her books, she ran up to Inuyasha who was already at the checkout desk, "Um… you offered ice cream?"

Inuyasha turned and raised an eyebrow again, "I thought you said it would be inappropriate."

"Not if we are just friends. It'll be fine."

"Alright..." He grabbed the books he just checked out, and waited for Kagome outside the library. When she came out, he noticed she was carrying books in her arms, "How many books did you check out? Your backpack is already full?"

Kagome laughed, "yea… my backpack was almost full beforehand so four books didn't really fit." She winced slightly when the books pushed against her right arm.

"You ok?"

Kagome quickly smiled, "Yeah. Why you ask?"

"You winced when the books were against your arm."

"Oh… t...the corner of the book jabbed me that's all." She started to walk down the steps, "You coming?"

"Yeah…" Inuyasha started to follow her slowly, 'She's been wincing every time something touches her arm… she's hiding something…'

Kagome gasped and pointed to a small stand in the park, "This stand has the best ice cream in town! We should get some there."

Inuyasha shrugged, "They're good but not the best."

Kagome's mouth fell open, "How can you say that? The ice cream here is delicious!"

Inuyasha laughed, "If you think that's good you need to try this place on the edge of town. Come on I'll take you."

"Wait a second, did you say the edge of town? It will be dark before we even get there."

Inuyasha thought about this for a moment, looking at his watch, 'It's five o'clock… we can make it if…' "Do you trust me?"

Kagome looked at him confused, "What?"

"Do you trust me… I can get us there and back before dark…"

"How?"

"If I tell you, you'll freak out. Just trust me."

"Ok… I… I trust you Inuyasha."

He flinched and looked at her, "Really?"

She smiled, "Yes really."

Inuyasha smiled and carefully hid his backpack in a tree before crouching down. "Climb on."

Kagome stared at him, "Wait what?"

"We are taking the fast way to get there. I run fast and we don't need to follow roads, but I need to carry you so get on."

"You mean like piggy back?"

"Yeah."

"What about my books."

Inuyasha quickly got up and walked over to her grabbing her backpack and her books, "I'll hide it with mine."

"Ok."

Inuyasha leapt up in the tree hiding her stuff and landed back down in front of her and crouched down again, "You ready?"

"Y…Yeah…" Hesitantly she climbed onto Inuyasha's back.

He stood up after having a firm grip on her and smiled, "Hold on."

Kagome screamed when Inuyasha took off straight up landing on a roof and started to run from rooftop to rooftop. Inuyasha winced when she screamed, his ears flattening against his head, "Hey quit the yelling! That really really hurts…"

Kagome gripped his shirt, nearly choking him, "S…sorry… I… I'm going to kill you when we stop!"

Inuyasha laughed again, "Just relax. It's fun up here. I won't drop you, I promise."

"How can you say this is fun!"

"Open your eyes and relax. You'll see."

Slowly Kagome opened her eyes and she gasped when she saw Tokyo down below. 'This is beautiful…' She yipped when Inuyasha jumped up high but that only made the sight more beautiful. She started to allow herself to calm down, trusting that Inuyasha wouldn't let her fall to her death down below. 'This feels like I'm flying!' "Wow…"

Inuyasha smiled, "Told you."

"I've never seen Tokyo like this! This is beautiful!"

"Yeah. Plus you don't have to deal with idiots driving. Hell even dealing with idiots who don't know how to walk correctly!"

Kagome laughed, "So you have dealt with the people bumping into you too?"

"Who hasn't."

"True." Kagome smiled, letting the wind hit her face, "Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"Anyway you can go faster? I would really like to get to that ice cream."

Inuyasha looked back at her and smirked, "No problem." And shot off, doing double the speed he was before.

By the time they arrived at the small ice cream shop, Kagome was giggling like a child. "That was amazing!"

Inuyasha looked back at her, shocked, "Really?"

Kagome smiled at him, "Of course! That felt like I was flying! You are just awesome!"

Inuyasha scratched the back of his head, blushing some, "Um… Thanks…"

Kagome smiled then blushed some when she realized what she said, "Well… um… is this the place?"

Inuyasha looked back at the shop, "Oh yeah. This is the best ice cream in town." He smiled, "A very nice fox demoness runs it. Her husband died awhile back so she decided to open up this place."

"How did he die?"

"I think it was a car wreck… I'm not sure."

Kagome looked down, "Oh that's just horrible…"

"She's alright now. She's happy with just her and her son."

"She has a son?"

"Yeah. He's normally here so you might get to meet him. Aggravating little brat."

Kagome laughed, "Do you not like kids or something?"

"No. It's not that. He's just always trying to pull pranks on me."

She smiled, "Sounds like he likes playing with you."

Inuyasha looked at her confused, "Then why would he try and grind me into the ground with a supersized top?"

"It might just be his way of playing."

"Whatever. Anyway we are losing daylight, so come on." Inuyasha took her hand and guided her towards the door.

Kagome blushed some when she looked down at their intertwined hands. 'His hand feels so warm… like it belongs… GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF GIRL! YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND! …Why does it feel wrong to say that…' She shook her head in an attempt to make that thought go away but for some reason, it stuck in her mind.

Inuyasha smiled as he opened the door, "Hey Mrs. Kazumi."

A beautiful wolf demoness, with long, rusty orange hair, and beautiful green eyes, looked up from the book she was reading, "Inuyasha! It's so nice to see you! Where have you been?" She laughed gently, "I'm used to seeing you every day."

He smiled again, "Sorry. School and stuff."

"Shippo has really been missing you, pouting around the shop and all."

Just then, a little puff ball launched towards Inuyasha and landed on his shoulder, tugging on his hair, "Where have you been you big meany!"

Inuyasha sighed, "Shippo I've had school work to do. I can't be here twenty-four/seven."

"IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS!" The little kitsune complained.

Kagome laughed making Shippo jump and look at her, "Inuyasha, who is this girl with you?"

"Huh?" Inuyasha looked back, "Oh! I'm sorry. Kagome, this is Shippo and Mrs. Kazumi. Mrs. Kazumi and Shippo, this is, Kagome. We are working on a school project together and she didn't believe that this was the best ice cream in town so I had to prove her wrong."

Mrs. Kazumi smiled and bowed slightly to her, "Pleased to meet you."

Kagome bowed slightly as well, "Likewise."

Shippo jumped over to Kagome's shoulder and stared at her, "You're pretty. Why are you with Inuyasha then?"

Inuyasha growled and bonked him on the head, "I'm not that horrible to be around ya know."

"Ow!" Shippo rubbed his head, "Inuyasha you're so mean!"

Kagome gasped and held the little kitsune, "Inuyasha! How can you hit a little kid!"

Mrs. Kazumi laughed, "Kagome dear it's alright. Shippo deserved that one. I always tell him to not be mean to others."

Shippo pouted, "I was only asking a question."

"A bad one. Now what kind of ice cream do you two want?"

Inuyasha walked up to the counter and looked at the flavors, "I think I'll just have plain vanilla this time. Still the best flavor."

She smiled and scooped him two scoops of vanilla into a waffle cone and handed it to him, "And what about you dear?"

Kagome walked up to the counter, still holding Shippo, and looked at the flavors, 'There's so many! Rocky Road, Cotton Candy, Wedding Cake, Dutch Chocolate, Butter Pecan…. What am I supposed to choose?!' Kagome looked around some more before she spotted her favorite kind of ice cream. "Strawberry please."

Mrs. Kazumi scooped up her ice cream putting it in a waffle cone just like Inuyasha's and handed it to her, "This is my favorite flavor."

Kagome smiled, "Really? Mine too."

Mrs. Kazumi laughed, "Great minds think alike. Now go and enjoy the ice cream. It's on the house."

"Feh. I brought money." Inuyasha put ten dollars down on the counter, "Get Shippo some candy or something." And with that, he walked out of the shop.

Mrs. Kazumi smiled, "He's so sweet."

Kagome looked at the door, then at the demoness, "I've never seen him like that…"

The demoness smiled, "He's rough around the edges but once you get to know him, he really is a sweet boy."

Kagome nodded and put Shippo down, "Thank you for the ice cream."

"No problem dear. Have a good night."

Kagome nodded and left the shop. One of Inuyasha's ears twitched when he heard the door open and he turned to see her coming out, "What took you so long?"

"I was just saying goodbye… that was sweet of you by the way."

"Feh." Inuyasha quickly turned his head away from her, "I brought money to pay for it so it's no big deal."

Kagome giggled, "Alright."

Inuyasha looked back at her and then at her ice cream, "You haven't tasted it yet. How am I supposed to prove you wrong if you don't eat it?"

Rolling her eyes, she licked the ice cream, her eyes going wide, "This is amazing!"

Inuyasha laughed, "Told ya. Everything in there is homemade."

"Wow." Kagome took another lick, "Mmmmm it's so yummy!"

"Again. Told ya." Inuyasha finished up the little bit of ice cream he had left.

Kagome laughed, "I will never doubt you again." She started to take big licks trying to get as much of the delicious ice cream she could into her mouth.

Inuyasha blushed some, 'Damn… she really knows how to use her tongue… bet she can really… DAMN IT! YOU SOUND LIKE A PERVERT YOU IDIOT! I've been hanging around Miroku too much…'

Kagome frowned, "Damn… It's gone already."

Inuyasha shook his head and came back to reality, and looked at her disappointed face, "Well you did shove it down your throat."

Kagome blushed, "Oh leave me alone. It was good!"

Inuyasha laughed, "Fine." He looked up and noticed the sun was starting to set. "Come on. We need to go if we want to make it home before dark. We only have about thirty minutes left."

"Oh… Ok." Kagome quickly climbed onto Inuyasha's back again and they were off. They raced against the sun trying to make it back before sundown. When they finally got to their bags they only had a few minutes before the sun would disappear.

Inuyasha yelled, "Come on! We only have ten minutes!"

Kagome laughed and started to run, "Then hurry! You can't carry me anymore so let's get going!"

Inuyasha laughed as well and kept a pace that equaled hers, "I can make it in ten minutes."

"Of course you can! You have demon speed! Which is totally not fair!"

"How is it not fair? I'm just me." He darted off ahead of her and she laughed trying to pick up the pace. By the time they made it to Kagome's home, with two minutes to spare, they were both panting and laughing their heads off. "Laughing makes it harder to run."

"Well duh." she laughed again and started to run up the stairs, waving down to Inuyasha, "Anyway. I'll see you tomorrow Inuyasha."

"See ya." Inuyasha stood there and watched her leave. His heart was pounding but not from running. No it was pounding for another reason, 'She is amazing… I… I can't get her out of my head…' He sighed, 'Never fails. The only other girl that I have ever fallen for has a boyfriend…' With his head down, he walked on home.

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Kagome stopped right outside the house her heart pounding in her chest, but she didn't feel tired, 'Why did that feel so right? I know it wasn't a date but that is what it felt like. It was so easy to be around him… why was I so comfortable to be at his side? Kagome you have some serious issues…' She walked into the house and froze when she saw her boyfriend waiting for her, eyes red.