Here's this chapter, up faster than the last. I'm going to try to put up a chapter every couple of days. Once a week at the very least. So, Lady Kurai can put away her giant frying pan and cashmere can put away the butcher knife. Threatening me with kitchen objects is not the answer. *looks at them and realizes they haven't put them away yet* Uuummm.......guys.......see here's the chapter.......kitchen objects.....away......pleeeeaaaasssseee!! *they slowly start advancing* Eep!!! *runs* Wait!! *runs back but keeps her distance* Keep the man in the black suit who FINALLY left happy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters, except Tameiko, Tomeo, and Naoki.

Now, let's keep readers happy, especially Lady Kurai and cashmere. hehe ^_^* *runs away again*

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Chapter 10

The next morning, Shippo was the first to wake. The sun was just rising and began to creep through the curtain of vines, casting playful shadows on the floor of the cave. Shippo jumped up giggling. As if responding to Shippo's giggle, the wind blew, causing the shadows to jump and dance across the floor. He ran to the entrance and pushed aside the vines to see outside. The birds were singing and the sun shone brightly through the trees, not a cloud in sight. A colorful butterfly flew a couple feet in front of Shippo. He couldn't resist the playful urge and bounded out after it.

When Kagome awoke all she seen was red. She gasped and her body tensed, causing Inuyasha to tighten his grip on her. She slowly tilted her head and looked up at Inuyasha's sleeping face. He looked so peaceful, especially compared to how he was when he was awake. His hair was once again silver and his human ears were gone, indicating that is was morning. Kagome knew his dogs ears were once again atop his head and she had to resist the urged to reach up and touch them. Her eyes scanned his face and lingered and his lips. She smiled, remembering the kiss and decided to savor the moment, since she knew when Inuyasha woke up it would be over. She snuggled a bit closer, if that was possible, and went back to sleep.

Shippo didn't go far, he stayed where he could easily see the cave as he chased the butterfly. It flew high into the sky, out of his reach, and Shippo decided it was time to return to the others. So he ran back in the direction of the cave. He jumped through the vines, not bothering to push them aside first. He ran over to Miroku and jumped on his stomach.

"Wake up!! It stopped raining! The sun is shining!" he yelled. Miroku pushed him off and rolled on his side. Shippo puffed out his cheeks and decided to try his luck on Sango. He jumped on her stomach and yelled again.

"Come on Sango, wake up!! It's morning!! The sun is up!! It's beautiful!!" Sango groggily grabbed at the little kitsune who easily dodged her slow movements, all the while jumping on her stomach.

"Come on! Wake up!" Sango slowly sat up and opened her eyes. She glared at the kitsune. His jumped off her and ran back over to Miroku, hopping on his head. He took a deep breath and positioned himself over his ear.

"WAKE UP!!!!!!!!" he screamed. Sango clasped her hands over her ears. Miroku simply opened his eyes and sat up slowly.

"Huh?...Where's the fire??"

All the yelling woke up Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha's eyes shot open and his grip tightened on Kagome.

"Uh...Inu...yasha...can't....breathe..." Kagome gasped. Inuyasha looked down and quickly loosened his grip, but didn't let go.

"Oh...uh...sorry, didn't realize..." he stuttered.

"It's ok, I understand." Kagome smiled up at his and he smiled back. Suddenly, Shippo's voice could be heard from the other room.

"Hey, where's Kagome?" Shippo asked

"She must still be with Inuyasha..." Miroku said, a goofy grin spreading across his face. Sango just shook her head at him. 'Pervert.'

"I'm going to get her! KAGOME!" he said, running in the room before they could stop him.

"Kagome!" he yelled again. He stopped in his tracks when he seen the position Kagome and Inuyasha were in. Kagome's back was to the door, Inuyasha was facing Kagome so he could see the door.

"Kagome?" he said a bit shyly, daring a step closer. Inuyasha growled at him, not at all happy at being caught like this. Just when he didn't think it could get worse, Miroku and Sango showed up at the doorway.

"Well, well, what have we here?" Miroku questioned then, mischief evident in his voice behind the grin he wore. Sango peeked her head around Miroku and gasped. She couldn't believe what she was seeing! 'Inuyasha...is...HOLDING Kagome!!' She put her hand over her open mouth and froze.

"Don't get any ideas, priest!" Inuyasha snarled, letting go of Kagome and sitting up, Kagome followed his example, scooting over a couple of inches.

"Oh, it's ok if you'd rather not talk about Inuyasha." Miroku commented, his grin slowly growing, as well as Kagome's blush.

"You are SO dead priest!!" Inuyasha yelled and lunging at Miroku. Upon trying to dodged the head on attack from Inuyasha, Sango smacked him on the head from behind with her boomerang.

"Pervert..." she muttered as she walked over to Kagome. Shippo ran in front of her and into Kagome's lap.

"Good morning, Shippo!" she beamed down at him. "Good morning, Sango!"

"Um, Kagome..." Sango stuttered, not quite sure of how to word her question. "Last night...um...did you...?"

"Oh no, no! Nothing like that!!" Kagome said quickly, waving both hands in front of her face. "We just slept, that's all." Sango let out the breath she didn't know she was holding. Kagome wanted to tell Sango of the kiss, but decided against it. Inuyasha probably wouldn't be too happy about it, blaming it on the fact he was human. She wanted to remember their first kiss, her first kiss, as she experienced it, and how she felt at the time, not the after thought or Inuyasha's excuses.

Suddenly, they all heard an exceptionally loud SMACK and turned around to see Inuyasha pounding on Miroku, who was already bruising and begging for forgiveness. Unfortunately for him, he was not in a forgiving mood.

"We better save Miroku before Inuyasha kills him." Kagome said and they all got up and walked over to the two, Shippo on the safety of Kagome's shoulder, lest Inuyasha decide to take out his anger on him.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said carefully. Inuyasha stopped mid punch and looked at her. "I think Miroku has suffered enough for one day, and we haven't even been awake an hour!!" Much to everyone's surprise, Inuyasha dropped Miroku, quite ungracefully and turned his back to him, crossing his arms.

"You're lucky Kagome stopped me priest, or you wouldn't be walking out of here without a little help!" he stated.

"Well, from your response to Kagome's request, it seems our lady was quite dominant last night." Miroku grinned. Inuyasha turned around to smack him again, but Kagome beat him to it, knocking Miroku out cold.

"HENTAI!" she yelled as he dropped to the ground, a deep blush evident on her face. Inuyasha looked from Miroku to Kagome and back again in disbelief. 'Remind me never to embarrass Kagome like that.' he thought to himself.

"Um, Kagome?" Inuyasha said carefully after a few seconds.

"Yes Inuyasha?" she replied.

"Um, I'm hungry."

"Oh, me too! Let's see what I have left." She started digging through her bag. She kept digging deeper and deeper but all she could find was two packages of Ramen and a bag of potato chips.

"Well guys, this is all I could find." she told them, holding up the small bit of food.

"What!? That's it!!! It's all gone already!?" Inuyasha yelled.

"Well, I haven't been home to restock in a long time, so I just hope we reach the village before lunch time."

"Oh yes, how far are we from the village?" Sango asked.

"Only an hour or two." Inuyasha replied.

"Oh, we'll be fine then! Our breakfast in going to be a bit small though. Honestly, I'm kind of glad it's gone. I'm getting kind of tired of eating nothing but Ramen." Kagome said.

"What?! How could you get tired of Ramen?!? It's the best thing I've ever eaten!!" Inuyasha argued. Kagome sighed. There was no use arguing, Inuyasha would only side with the Ramen, so she set to work cooking up the small bit of food they had left for breakfast. Miroku still out cold.

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Well, there you have it, Chapter 10. The next chapter will be better and longer, I promise!! This was mostly to show everyone's reaction to the Inu/Kag incident. Anyway, review!!