Chapter 11

Kagome awoke to the sound of the waterfall next to the cave. All she saw was Inuyasha's chest and she giggled. He was awake in a second when he heard her laugh and wiggled down so they were face to face. "What's funny?" he asked her gently kissing her nose.

She sighed and sat up, reaching her arms over her head in a stretch. He growled seductively and nipped at her shoulder, earning a tiny squeak of pain from her. She shoved his arm playfully and got to her feet a little too fast. She swayed but braced herself up against the cave wall.

"I want to take a bath." she said turning back to him. She slipped her arms around his waist. "Want to join me?" she asked sweetly as he nosed at her cheek.

"Keh … no, you know I hate water." he said he barked.

"Please …. pretty please." she repeated giving him her best puppy dog eyes. She was determined not to lose, he smelled.

He hated it when she looked at him like that, almost like she knew he couldn't say no to her. His mate wasn't going to give in so he did. "Fine … you win." he growled. The idea of bathing with her made him bright on the inside with happiness, but he still didn't like water in the least.

She smiled in triumph and turned from him to get her bath stuff. He watched in horror as she pulled out that girly smelling stuff in the pink bottle and set it on the cave floor. Hell no! There was no way she was putting that junk in his hair.

"Don't worry Inuyasha; I'm not washing your hair with this. I picked out something just for you." she said. He stared at her with a suspicious look on her face as she set out a black and red bottle next to hers. Inuyasha could smell that one and he had to admit, it smelled good. She picked both bottles up, along with two towels and her hair brush, and walked to the cave entrance.

Kagome squinted at the bright morning sun as she walked to the pool in front of the water fall. She set everything down grabbed Inuyasha's hand and jumped into the water, pulling him in with her. He shot up for air, coughing and swearing. Looked around and found his beauty a few feet away, looking at him with a sly and slightly amused smirk on her face. She waded over to him and kissed him gently on the nose.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You're not mad at me are you?" she asked as she positioned herself behind him to wash his hair.

"No, I just hate water." he said looking a little agitated as she squirted some of that stuff into her hand and spread it through his mane. He purred under her touch and she laughed, demons purred? Once she had lathered it up really well, she nudged him to lean back so she could rinse it. He had it admit, he liked this. His mate was truly an amazing woman, whether she knew it or not.

When she was finally done, he turned her in his arms and kissed her passionately. "Thank you, now it's my turn to pleasure you." he said gently as he grabbed that bottle with sweet smelling stuff in it. Its scent was too strong for him, but it smelled good to her, so he dealed with it. She shivered as his hands ran through her hair. He kissed her neck as he gently tilted her head back. He combed her hair with his claws until it was like silk between his fingers.

Kagome suddenly turned, took both of Inuyasha's hands, and pulled him under the water with her. Tiny, silver fish swam around them as they floated just below the surface. Bubbles rose as they moved around, wiggling like little jelly fish as they rose. Kagome locked her mouth with his and he kissed her back with such fierceness that seconds later, they both had to come up, chocking for air. He gave her an apologetic glance but she just smiled at him. It was like he couldn't control himself, she loved it. She kissed him sweetly and waded to the rocks were the towels lay. "C'mon Inuyasha, let's get back to the village. Last night was the second best night of my life." she said as she hoisted herself out of the water with his help.

"What was the first?" he asked, though he already knew the answer.

"It was when we mated for the first time in my room." she said moving her hair back to reveal the healed but still a visible pink, moon shaped mate mark on her neck. They smiled at each other for the longest time until Kagome shivered, picked up a towel and wrapped herself in it. He got out himself and he handed her the other one. They walked back into the cave in silence but holding hands. Inuyasha growled with excitement as Kagome dropped the towel and reached for her clothes. He tied his Kimono as Kagome dried and brushed the knots out of her hair. When she had got the last few out, she beckoned Inuyasha over with her finger.

His expression changed when he saw the brush thing in her hand. "No … that thing hurts!" he said in a whiny puppy voice.

"I promise I'll be gentle." she said in a mellow voice. He surrendered with a growl, walked over and sat down in front of her.