Hey! Here you go! Chapter eleven is here! Yay! This chapter will be focused on ... should I tell you? Of course not! You're just going to have to read it!

I'm evil, I know, be quiet!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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Chapter eleven - Sneaking around

"Inuyasha, I think I'm going to go to bed I'm pretty tired..." Kagome said, she covered her mouth as she let out a yawn to clarify her statement. She looked over to the other seat, where Inuyasha had been sitting when she didn't get an answer.

It would explain why she didn't receive an answer. Inuyasha had already fallen asleep. Now, why didn't she notice that earlier? Well, she had been occupied with her own thoughts...

She didn't know if Sango had been joking around when she had said that she had to kiss Inuyasha or if she had been serious about it. Kagome didn't even know if Sango was really going to 'steal' her kiss back from Miroku, so how was she supposed to know if she should keep her end of the deal?

Kagome looked back over at Inuyasha. She always had admired him. His doggy ears, his long, silver hair, his long nails, that seemed to be claws, his 'fangs,' and how, no matter what anyone said about him, Inuyasha could either make a comeback, or just ignore it.

She slid down off of the love seat and onto the floor. She silently crawled over to where Inuyasha was laying, and sleeping, on the other couch, and just watched him for a moment. His bangs covered his eyes, that were currently closed, considering the fact that he was asleep, he was laying on his back, the rest of his body sprawled out across the couch, his chest moved up and down with each inhale and exhale he took.

Kagome raised her hand and placed it on top of his, which was over his heart. Unconsciously, she began to run her fingers over his gently, then traced his clothed arm, up to his neck, where she stopped. She absently played with one of his loose strands of hair that fell by his shoulder. Her mind was occupied by the options of what she could do...

Kiss him now and pretend nothing happened, or kiss him sometime when he was awake and act as if it was nothing, or not kiss him at all until she was certain Sango had done her part of the deal, or just plain out not kiss him at all, unless it was completely necessary...

It was quite the difficult decision.

She moved her hand so that the backside of her right hand was resting on his left cheek, which was facing her. His cheek was warm and soft. Inuyasha let out a soft whine in his sleep and nuzzled at her hand slightly, reacting to her light touch.

Kagome froze at his actions, but didn't think much of it. He might hate to be called one, but he really, really, was like a puppy, in many ways, other than that of which are physical, especially when he was asleep. He seemed carefree and sweet while he was in the dream realm. He was warm and soft, and if not for the fear of him awaking, Kagome could have cuddled up right next to him and slept right there with him on that very couch at that very moment.

She switched hands so that her left palm was pressed lightly against his cheek now, once again, Inuyasha reacted to the touch, and nuzzled her hand a bit, as if she was petting him, and he liked it.

Kagome giggled lightly. She ran her thumb right under his bottom lip, not wanting to disturb him, but at the same time, wanting him to be awake. She sighed. She really didn't know what she should do.

She took her other hand and brushed his bangs out of the way of his closed eyes, which, when opened, held the amber colored pools that she loved. She ran her hand over his the top of his head gently, stopping at his ears.

Barely, she began to rub one of them. The ear that was not being handled twitched quickly. Inuyasha groaned and his head began to push up into her hand, wanting her to continue. Kagome knew she should stop before he woke up, but it was too tempting. He barely ever let her touch his ears, and now that she could freely, she couldn't resist.

She let her other hand move up to the other ear, and begin to scratch that one as well. Inuyasha murmured something in his sleep and squirmed slightly toward her hands. She laughed quietly at the innocent state he was in. It was as if he was helpless to what she was doing, all he could do was lay there and let her do it.

After a minute of the treatment, Inuyasha rolled onto his side, facing her. One of his clawed hands fell over one of her outstretched ones. Kagome took it in her hand and held it. She set her head down next to his chest on the sofa. She could hear the soft thud of his heart beat from where she was, since the room was in dead silence.

She took the hand that she held in hers, and brought it up to her face, rubbing it gently against her cheek. It was softer than it appeared. She stayed in that position for a moment, then set his hand back down on the couch.

Kagome stood up, leaving him on the couch, and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and brush her hair. Then she silently made her way back over to him, and sat down back in her previous spot.

'What should I do? I mean, the safest way to do what Sango told me I had to do would be doing it now, and then pretending it never happened ... but I think it would be better if he were awake ... but that would be embarrassing! Heck, I don't even know if he feels the same way as I do, for all I know, he could still like Kikyo. We all know she still likes him ... but if he liked her back, he most likely would have asked her back out by now...' Kagome thought to herself. She wanted to go ahead and get it over with, but she also wanted to savor it. The only problem was she had never kissed a boy, let alone Inuyasha, before.

Under the mistletoe -- in June -- she hadn't kissed him. He had been the one who started, and ended, the kiss. She was frozen in shock. She didn't know what to do, that had been her first kiss, and after it, neither Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, her, or any of the by standers, had mentioned it, as if it had never been real. Had it been real? Of course it had, it had to of been, she felt it, it had happened. Besides, Sango remembers it...

She didn't know if it would be easy to kiss him, or not. She really did not have a clue. She would have asked Sango, only, Sango was in the same predicament that she was. Never kissed a boy before, only been kissed by one. Now, that she was making such a big deal of it, there seemed to be quite a few differences between the two.

She sighed in confusion and leaned her head back against the coffee table. Memories of the days when they were all in high school came flooding back.

She remembered the day Kikyo and Inuyasha had gotten together, she would never forget it.

Flashback

"Hey, Kagome?" Inuyasha called to his friend who was leaning against a palm tree in the school gym field.

"Yeah, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as he walked up to her. "What is it?"

"You know about... uhhhh... this Friday, right?" He began nervously, looking at anything but her.

"You mean the school dance ... yeah, what about it?" Kagome asked as if it was a casual topic. She hadn't failed to notice the blush that had made his way up onto his face.

"Are you going?" Inuyasha asked, his confidence suddenly growing on the spot. He had never 'asked a girl to the dance' before, all his life, so, this was a little difficult for him, but he was getting along pretty well, for his first time, that is.

"I don't know ... no one has asked me to go with them, yet, well, besides Hojo, but I told him 'no.'" Kagome replied, with an expression of sadness.

"Oh, well, I was wondering if--" Inuyasha began, suddenly his confidence falling on him again as he became nervous. Then Kikyo came out of no where, not helping the situation.

"Inuyasha! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Kikyo exclaimed, pulling the boy into a choking embrace. Inuyasha didn't know what to do, so he just stood there.

'Uhhh ... hey, Kikyo?" Inuyasha said in a confused voice.

"Mhm, hey, Inuyasha, you have a date for the dance, yet?" Kikyo asked without hesitation. Inuyasha's eyes went wide, and he glanced over at Kagome, or who he thought was Kagome. The two looked so similar, he was forgetting who was who, now.

"Um, no?" He replied. Kagome was watching the two closely, keeping her jealousy hidden.

"Great! So... you wanna go with me?" Kikyo asked, batting her eye lashes and tilting her head slightly, to add effect.

"I... guess?" Inuyasha replied unsure. Kagome scowled, and crossed her arms silently.

"Yay! Okay, come here, I want to show you something!" Kikyo exclaimed, grabbing Inuyasha's arm and beginning to drag him away.

"Wait! Inuyasha, what was it you wanted to ask me?" Kagome called after the two.

Inuyasha looked back at the, now alone, Kagome. "Never mind, it's not important..." He called back in reply.

End Flashback

Kagome now knew what he was going to ask her back then, before Kikyo had butted in. He was going to ask her to the dance, just as she had been hoping for. Kikyo had ruined everything. And Kagome had regretted ever going along with Kikyo's plan to make herself popular, by using Inuyasha, it wasn't right, and she had known that, but still, she let it happen, didn't even try to stop it.

Kagome looked at the sleeping Inuyasha, a small smile forming on her lips. She was sure he would have made a great date to the dance, and a great boyfriend, at that, if only Kikyo hadn't of came into the picture. She wished Kikyo never existed, that what Kikyo had done never happened.

Kagome's eyes widened at realization of what she had just wished. 'No, back then, Kikyo was my friend, I'm not the person to wish someone away like that, just for my liking, no, that's not right...' She thought to herself, tears brimming her eyes at the thought. She couldn't believe herself, she couldn't believe she had deliberately helped Kikyo hurt Inuyasha like that ... he didn't deserve anything of the sort...

"Never regret anything, because at the time it happened, it was exactly what you wanted..." Kagome whispered to herself. She looked at Inuyasha again. She wanted her best friend to be hurt? The boy who she had fallen head over heels in love with, hurt? No, she didn't, but she didn't want to let down her other friend. Peer pressure, that's what it was...

"It's not fair. It's just not fair! If it wasn't for Kikyo, you and me would probably still be together now, Inuyasha! But, because she had used you for her benefit of popularity, we never did get together, ever. Not now, not then, never." She told the sleeping boy. He muttered something, as if he was trying to reply to what she had said, but couldn't.

Kagome smiled to herself. No use hanging around in the passed, right? She scooted closer to him from her seat on the floor. She cupped his cheek in her hand, she had made up her mind.

She kissed him.

She kissed him, while he was asleep, but she kissed him, nonetheless. She pulled away and licked her lips. She ran her thumb across his lips, where hers had just been.

"Let's just say that doesn't count, okay? I'd rather you be awake when I steal my kiss back. It ... it'll just be a little harder for me to do, because you'll be awake. I'll just pretend this never happened..." She whispered to the boy as she let her hand fell to her side. She stood up and walked to her bedroom, one hand on her lips. Taking one last glance at the sleeping boy, who wouldn't have any knowledge of what just happened, and then entered her room, closing the door behind her.

What she didn't know? He was awake the whole time.

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Sango lay on the couch, in the same position she had been in before Miroku had left her to go to sleep, in his room. Her mind was racing. Why did he kiss her, again? How in the world was she supposed to get two kisses back from him? What if he stole more, and then she had to figure out a way to get them all back, or else she wouldn't be able to return to her dorm, not that she minded staying with him at his dorm...? And if she did end up having to stay, what was she supposed to use as an excuse? She couldn't say that it was 'just for studying', especially if Kagome makes her stay there after Tuesday... Jeez, she was in a deep hole, wasn't she?

She leaned her head back so that it was resting against his sofa. She guessed she could live with sleeping on it ... it was awfully small in width though ... what if she fell off? She had a tendency to move around a lot in her sleep...

Sango quietly stood up and tiptoed her way down the hallway, the same way Miroku had just gone. She recalled seeing a bedroom down here this way...

She stopped. She remembered seeing two bedrooms, one was Miroku's, one was Inuyasha's... Inuyasha would kill her if he smelled her scent on his bed, and she wanted to live, so his bed was off the options list. But then Miroku was in his bed ... this wasn't good ... she could sleep on the floor ... no, that's just rude, sleeping on the floor in someone else's place.

But, she couldn't sleep with Miroku! That's ... wrong! If anyone came in who was, let's say, looking for him, and walked in the bedroom, and seen them, they'd most likely get suspicious ... even if all they had been doing was literally, sleeping...

'Well, this sure does give your mind something to solve ... where am I going to sleep?' Sango pondered to herself. 'Miroku's bed is a queen size ... right? No! I'm not sharing a bed with that pervert! Who knows what he'd try on me!'

She let out an agitated growl. Really, this was confusing. Part of her, her insane half, couldn't care less about sleeping in the same bed with him, but her sane half, was telling her to head for cover. Which one was she supposed to listen to? The little devil on her left shoulder, or the angel on her right?

You know in those cartoons, where a lot of the times, the devil guy wins? Well, he did this time, too.

Sango crept down to the room she remembered him saying was his, when he had given her a quick tour of the dorm, and opened the door slightly. She poked her head in to look around.

It was dark, but she could barely make out his figure lying on the bed, under the comforter. To her, it looked like he was sound asleep, but she knew that any small noise could awaken him up, he was a light sleeper.

She opened the door just far enough so that she could slip inside, and closed the door silently behind her. 'Why does this make me feel like I am stalking him, or something?' She thought to herself as she took a step closer to the bed.

The floor creaked slightly, and Miroku rolled over onto his side, now, facing the direction of the door, the direction in which she was in. But, he was still asleep.

'I'm going to have to be a little more careful, if I'm not going to wake him...'

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I don't know if that is considered a cliff hanger to you, but it is to me. Hehe. I posted this early because, 1) I'm the only one home, and I am bored right now-- 2) I won't be here this weekend, I am spending the night at my friend's house, so I won't be able to update, sorry!-- and 3) Because I am just in the mood :)

I finally did make Kagome kiss Inuyasha,yay! Go me! How many of you thought that he was awake the whole time, truly? I mean, I did! Well, of course I did ... okay, I should shut up now...

Review please!!

--Ponystripes