Don't own Inuyasha... crys .o.o.

"talking"

'thinking'

"Oh my god, can you believe how big this place is Sango? Junichi-san sure knows the finer things, and yet he doesn't flaunt it like most of the lords in this era. You should have seen the bath house... it was heavenly!" Kagome flopped down on the bedding that was provided for her, fresh and clean from her most resent bath.

Sango, who was sitting on her own bed roll cleaning her weapons, was uneasy about the other girl's excitment; she had seen the way the lord was looking at her, and she also didn't miss Inuyasha's heated glares or growls. "Kagome-chan... I don't think you should praise him so much, something is wrong with this whole situation. I don't think Inuyasha likes lord Junichi very much."

"Why would you think that Sango? I can't sense any ill will coming from him, and he doesn't have a jewel shard... he seems nice, and why would Inuyasha hate him. He's been nothing but nice to him!" Kagome had a dreamy look in her eyes thinking about the older man.

"Kagome I."

A knock at the door put the demon slayer on alert, she assumed it was Miroku coming to get them for the demon was spotted. But she wasn't expecting the lord's servant to be waiting on the other side.

"I apologize for this last night visit, but my lord wishes to have an audience with Kagome-sama."

"With me... he wants to see me?" Kagome stood up too quickly for Sango's liking, and when the younger girl left with the messenger she quickly ran to the room the men were housed in for the night.

"Inuyasha... I couldn't help but notice at dinner... that you um... ."

"Monk, stop stalling and get to your point," the barked demand from the half demon's mouth didn't ease his friend's nerves.

"You didn't seem at ease, you don't trust lord Junichi I take it."

"You think! Did you see the way he... he's worse than the damn wolf! She... she was even excepting his advances!"

"And by she, you mean... ?" Miroku knew exactly who he was referring to, but he just wanted Inuyasha to admit it... which didn't take long.

"Kagome! She's welcoming his advances, and... ."

"Not to be rude, but can't Kagome make her own decisions?" Miroku readied himself for the possible attack the raging half demon may spring any moment... he was on very thin ice with just those words.

"What's that suppose to mean monk?"

"Inuyasha, let's face it, you haven't actually made any claim on her yet... so she is free to do as she pleases; if another man shows interest in her you can't really do much to stop it."

"Killing him could solve the problem, how do we even know he's not the demon that has been hanging around... god knows how many times it's been the person in charge."

"I don't think that's the case this time my friend... lord Junichi has no evil aura and no jewel shard, Kagome would have told us that much."

"Feh, not with the way she was looking at him during dinner... I've never seen her look at someone like that," Inuyasha's ears drooped in saddness and fear that he would lose her again.

'Some times you're so dense my friend, the look Kagome gave him was that of a crush, nothing more. But her secret looks she sends your way, when she thinks none of us are looking, are ones of true love... you just have to see them yourself.'

'I've got to talk to her, I can't lose her to a human; I also can't fight him like I do with the wolf... Kagome wouldn't like that, and I'd easily crush him.' Inuyasha smirked, imagining his claws tearing through flesh, and the sent of Junichi's blood coating the room and dripping down his arm.

"Inuyasha... Inuyasha... INUYASHA!"

"WHAT!?" the half demon tore his redding eyes away from the imaginary blood on his claws to seek out the person that called out his name. Even through the red tinted filter over his eyes, Inuyasha could see that the monk wasn't the only other person in the room now. Some time while in his own thoughts, Shippo had woken from his nap, and Sango slipped inside and was currently talking with... wait a minute.

'If Sango is in here then... where's Kagome?'

"He wished to see her, and she just went without a word?"

"Where's Kagome, Sango?" from the look on her face, he already knew where their little shard detector was... and with whom.

"Lord Junichi wished to speak to her about something. I told her it wasn't a good idea, but she said she couldn't sense any evil in him... so she went."

"Feh, he could be hiding something... it's happened before." Inuyasha stood, and headed for the door that lead to the veranda on the out skirts of the house.

"Inuyasha, where are you... going?" Shippo tired holding back a yawn as he tired to figure out just what was going on; he really hated being out of the loop with things.

"Ain't it obvious brat... I'm going to get Kagome away from the human."

"Inuyasha wait!"

"Oh thank the kami you're all here, please you must help!" the door on the opposite wall from the one Inuyasha was about to leave from, flew open, revealing one of the servant women from dinner.

"What's going on?" With the human's full attention on the new addition to the room, gave Inuyasha the perfect opportunity to escape and hunt down what was his.

"The demon is on the edge of the fields. The villagers are tired of their animals being slaughtered, and they are planning an attack of their own... you have to hurry!"

'Damn it why right now! It's like he planned this some how.' Inuyasha tightened his grip on tetsusaiga, knowing what he wanted to do and what was the right thing to do... Kagome would chew him out if he chose her over the villagers they were suppose to be protecting.

"Shippo... I need a favor," Inuyasha didn't leave room for argument or questions as he snatched up the little fox boy, and left the room.

"What is the half demon doing?"

"Don't worry about him, we'll go on ahead and deal with the demon," Miroku tried to convince the strange woman, he knew pressuring their friend wouldn't get him to the demon any faster.

"You want me to what!? That's not a good idea, and if she catches me... she won't bring any sweets the next time she goes to her world!"

"I'll do a lot worse to you brat, now do as I say! I have to go and deal with the demon... don't let her out of your sight."

"And what exactly do I get out of this?"

"... I'll teach you how to hunt, correctly," Inuyasha didn't miss the look of admiration and tears in the smaller demon's eyes.

"Y-you... will?"

"Yeah runt, now go!"

Without another word, Inuyasha heard the little boy scamper off to do what he was sent to. 'Hopefully he'll be able to distract them long enough until I handle the demon.'

'What was I thinking when I agreed to this? Oh that's right... I wasn't thinking, I was to caught up in his eyes at dinner... and he wasn't even in the room when the messenger came. Do I like him? No! That can't be, my heart doesn't speed up and slow down with just his stare, and I don't have trouble... trouble breathing when he's standing next to... oh my god. It's just a school girl crush, that's all it is. I know when the girls asked me what type of guy I was into and I practically described every trait Inuyasha didn't have, at least on the surface, I didn't actually think a man like that existed. I mean that's not what I really want right? I love Inuyasha... why is it so easy to say that in my head, and yet I can't say it to his face? But I do love him, and not Junichi, yes that's what my heart is saying. Whatever he has to say I won't let it effect me too much... yes that's it.'

"Kagome-sama, I have something I must ask you and I can no longer wait." Junichi had stopped their walk around the veranda wishing to have her full attention solely on him.

"Yes Junichi-san... what do you wish to talk about?" Kagome waited patiently for him to speak, she didn't have to wait long, and she surely wasn't expecting what came from his mouth.

"I know we have not known each other for the time it is required, but may I speak freely? You are the most beautiful woman I have ever layed eyes upon." His words made her blush, he was so open with his emotions; Inuyasha had such a hard time expressing himself and she was use to that... but this?

"Um... thank you Junichi-san."

"You are even more beautiful in the light of the moon as I see you know; and it is now that I realize I don't wish to lose the opportunity to gaze upon you every day of my life. I love you Kagome-sama, and I ask for you to become my bride."

'W-What!?'

Note: I know everyone one is going to hate me right now, but I'm splitting this chapter into two... I didn't want it to be too long, so cliffy. We'll see if Kagome excepts or will Inuyasha step in a save her like normal, but that might be hard if he's fighting the demon on the other side of the village. And just who is behind the demon in the first place?

Thanks to:
Emily-twilight
Drama Kagome (I remember that episode you were talking about, and it was the 13th, Inuyasha's first night of the new moon on the show... one of my favorite episodes!)
Dragon Ashes (Thank you for the aloe, it helped very much lol. And love your guesses, you were close with one but I'm not going to say which, you'll find out next chapter.)
Aiko no Kaze
Flames Chaos and Wolf
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