Kagome had decided to try and live like a normal high school student and forget about the moments they spent together, but seeing him waiting in front of the school for the last couple of days, cold demeanor or not, was causing a deep emotional struggle in her. All through the morning she couldn't get her head on straight as thoughts of her teacher clouded all others.

At lunch, she glared at her food as she tried to problem solve her little dilemma when a certain wolf demon sat next to her. Draping his arm around her, Kouga gave her a toothy grin.

"Hey, Kagome, when are you going to become my woman?"

Glancing at him, she had a great idea! Well, maybe not great, but it was a start.

"I won't become your woman, but I wouldn't object to one date."

Yuki and Sango would have spat their drinks out if they were drinking them. Kagome never gave into Kouga's advances before, and his joy was no surprise.

"Really Kagome? You mean it?!"

Giggling nervously, she nodded, "yeah, but just one okay? It doesn't mean we're dating or that there will be another. Just one date, that's it."

"That's all I need to prove you belong with me."

Not far from them, InuYasha heard the exchange from his seat at the teacher's table, and it pissed him off! That stupid wolf demon needed to get those grubby hands off his…what the hell was he about to call her? She was not InuYasha's woman, so he had no right to get upset. Looking down at his food, he suddenly lost interest in eating and he got up to throw it away, keenly aware of someone watching him. He turned around to see Kagome's mesmerizing blue eyes staring intently with a deep rouge on her cheeks. What he wouldn't give to know what she was thinking at that moment. Was it anything as lewd as his own thoughts about her?

Suddenly the air in the room felt thick and suffocating as she locked eyes with her teacher. Those golden orbs searching and searing her insides with a forbidden heat.

"Excuse me, guys, but I got to go."

All three looked at her in confusion, but Suki was the only one to speak up.

"Why? Where are you going?"

She didn't answer, just grabbed her stuff and walked out, not knowing that she was followed. Walking up to the roof, she took in the fresh air and sat down on the hard cement.

"What am I going to do? I can't be with him, but I can't stop thinking about him, and let's face it, I know going on a date with someone else isn't going to get rid of this feeling. It's foolish to have even thought otherwise."

Looking up at the sky, she was so overwhelmed with conflicting emotions, "why am I so happy when I'm around him? Why is he the only one that provokes these intense feelings?"

"I've been asking myself that same question about you."

Startled, she quickly stood up and faced the onlooker, "how did you know I was up here?"

InuYasha walked slowly towards her, "I followed you."

Moving to the door, she didn't expect him to stand in her way, but he was much faster than her, "Kagome, I want to talk."

Sitting back down, she waited for him to do the same, "okay, let's talk."

He got in front of her, wanting to see her face, "Before the club, I only saw you as my student, and since then…?"

Staring wide-eyed at him, she gulped.

"Since then what?"

Running a clawed hand through this hair, he sighed, "since then, I'm having a difficult time seeing you that way anymore. You invade my senses in a way no one has before, and it's not right, but also so very hard to resist. Kagome, my brother, the principal, had a talk with me the day of your attack, and it should've made me want to stay away from you, but it feels painful to do so. (he grabbed her hand) Whatever this is, it feels wrong to ignore it, and I want…"

Dare she to hope?

"Want what?"

He gazed deeply into her sparkling eyes, "I want you, Kagome. I know I can't fight this anymore."

Throwing caution to the wind, she threw herself into his arms, and felt him curl those strong arms around her waist, "I'm so happy you feel the same!"

In that moment, it was like the stars aligned and everything was in its perfect place. He tilted her head up and claimed her lips without restraint as he sank into the ecstasy of her taste and feel. Kagome moaned as her breathing became labored, a pool of heat making its way further down her body. InuYasha growled in approval as he pulled her onto his lap, feeling his very stiff manhood strain to touch the heated core of his woman. Things were getting really hot really fast, just like in his truck. He broke away from the kiss to try to gain some control of himself.

"Kagome, we have to stop."

Kagome whimpered in pleasure as she felt the evidence of his desire, "you're right, I'm sorry."

Pushing her away slightly, he chuckled.

"Don't be sorry. The truth is, you make me more aroused than I have ever been in my entire life, but I think it's important for us to wait until you're eighteen and graduated, don't you?"

"You're right, that way you don't have to lose your job or resign."

Smiling gently at her, he pulled her back into an embrace, "exactly, and I'll give you a kiss in front of everyone on Graduation Day."

"Mmm, that sounds so nice."

Wiggling his brows at her, he rubbed his nose against hers.

"You don't have to wait until then."

Kagome initiated the kiss and kept it sweet and gentle, wanting to convey what was in her heart. He got the message and smiled as he felt his chest get lighter, filled with her goodness and…love? That's when a tear formed and slowly streaked down her cheek as the emotions inside her took on a deeper and stronger meaning. Pulling away, InuYasha wiped her tears away, "what's wrong?"

Smiling wide, she rubbed her eyes and shook her head, "it's nothing, I'm just happy."

"Me too."

They would have continued, but the bell rang, so they started walking to the door. InuYasha let Kagome go first so he could watch her, before making his own way to class.

You would have thought admitting their feelings made it even more difficult to be in class together, but it was quite the opposite. For the first time, in two weeks, InuYasha could focus on his teaching, and even found himself being more enthusiastic about it. Kagome listened with a smile and wrote down the notes she needed. It was like a huge burden had lifted as her 'secret boyfriend' finished the lesson right before class ended.

Everyone made their way out until it was just Kagome and InuYasha. Walking up to his deck, she beamed at him as their hands touched on the cold wood. It amazed her how natural it felt to be around him.

"That was a great lesson today, but I might need some tutoring after school. I just don't remember anything."

Smirking, he lightly rubbed his thumb over the soft skin of her hand.

"Well I could offer to give you lessons at your house every day after school. How does that sound?"

A tremble of desire coursed through her as she took in the seductive huskiness of his voice.

"That sounds like exactly what I need."

Moving his keys into her hand, he gestured to the window.

"Why don't you head to the truck while I finish getting my things?"

Blushing, she gave him a quick peck on the cheek before walking out. InuYasha got the rest of his stuff together and was about to walk out when Sesshomaru stepped in.

"So, how was it?"

"Painful, but worth being able to see her."

He hoped he was good at acting as his brother nodded his head approvingly, "good, then you may leave for the day."

Sesshomaru walked out and InuYasha followed after him, making his way to the truck. Getting in, he grinned down at Kagome who hid in the floorboard when she saw Sesshomaru walk out. He waved to his brother as the dog demon walked by and they finally drove off to her house.

"Okay, you can get up now."

She moved up to sit in the seat and scooted close, wrapping her arm around his.

"I can't believe it."

"Believe what?"

"All the internal chaos I've been dealing with these past couple of weeks…it's gone."

Tilting his head to her, he lifted her hand and kissed it, "me too. It's like a giant storm finally passed."

Sighing in contentment, she closed her eyes and let his scent lull her to sleep. InuYasha smiled softly down at her, but all too soon he reached her house. Gently, waking her, InuYasha kissed her forehead, "time to get up."

She slowly opened her eyes and smiled, lifting her head and lightly kissing his lips. He wanted to deepen it but chose to curl his arms around her waist instead.

Kagome broke the kiss and grinned up at him, "let's go inside, -…what is your first name?"

Tucking her hair behind her ear, he leaned in and whispered, "InuYasha". She shivered as her body flooded with a tingly warmth. Chuckling, he pulled back, "We should start the tutoring today."

"Exactly what I was thinking; I just don't want to say goodbye yet."

InuYasha got out of the truck and helped Kagome from the passenger side. They walked up the steps and faced Kagome's house.

"Here goes nothing."

Kagome opened the door to see her mom busying herself in the kitchen, and her little brother, Sota, playing a video game in the living room.

"I'm home!"

Her mother rushed over to greet her daughter but stopped short as she spotted InuYasha.

"Mr. Takahashi, is everything alright?"

Clearing his throat, he smiled politely, "Higurashi is struggling a bit in history, so I offered to tutor her after school and on the weekends."

"That's awfully nice of you, but I'm sure you don't want to spend all your free time having to teach."

"Nothing is more important than making sure our students have a firm grasp on the material they will need for college and life. Plus, teaching is all I do, so she's not pulling me away from anything important."

He seemed so passionate about it, so Kiori agreed and they walked into a sitting room, her mom stating that Kagome's room would be inappropriate, but they would still be able to work without disturbance in the room on the far end of the house. Kiori left them alone and shut the door behind her.

Sitting there, Kagome took out her history book and notes while InuYasha studied her movements. Everything she did seemed so graceful, even when she had to pick up the pencil that rolled off the table. He sat down next to her on the floor as she piled her stuff onto the coffee table.

"So, where do we begin?"

Grabbing her book, he grinned and thumbed through to what he went over in class, "now, show me your notes."

Getting them out, she opened it to her notes from that day, "and here I thought you wanted to spend more time with me, not doing schoolwork."

He shrugged, "might as well make sure you understand everything, right?"

They were at it for about thirty minutes, InuYasha giving her a sort of pop quiz, and rewarding her with sweet kisses when she got the answers right. Again, he was able to make the subject so… 'interesting'.

Getting another answer right, Kagome moved first and crushed her mouth onto his, happy to feel his arms curl around her waist, but all too soon he broke their kiss and jerked away from her. Kagome was confused, until she saw the doorknob twist and her mother peaking her head in.

"Would you two like anything to eat, or drink?"

InuYasha gave her an easy smile, "I'm fine, but thank you for asking."

She was about to leave, but turned around to look at him, "Mr. Takahashi, I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old are you?"

"I'm twenty-four."

"My, you're still so young."

There seemed to be an awkward silence, but then Mrs. Higurashi smiled wide at them, "how would you like to join us for dinner?"

The couple was shocked, then Mrs. Higurashi asked Kagome to come out to the hallway with her while Mr. Takahashi thought about his answer.

Stepping out of the room, her mom gave Kagome a knowing smile and crossed her arms, "tell me the truth about your relationship with Mr. Takahashi."

"Um…I don't know what you mean."

"Kagome, the tinge of red on your faces made your situation very obvious, but I want to hear it from you."

Biting her bottom lip, Kagome sighed heavily and prayed she would take it easy on her.

"Mr. Takahashi and I started dating today. We have feelings for each other and it was killing us to fight our emotions. Please, don't get him in trouble, Mom. I really care about him."

Looking down the hall at a picture of her and Kagome's dad, she smiled a little before turning back to her daughter.

"Did I ever tell you how your father and I met?"

Shaking her head, Kagome tried to think, "the only thing you told me was that you met in college."

"Your father was seven years older than me, and he was my professor."

The girl stared at her mother, jaw dropped, "I had no idea."

"Well, he quit not long before I graduated and proposed to me on Graduation Day. It was very romantic."

Taking her daughter's hands, she smiled, "I will allow you to date him, but you must be careful when out in public and please… at least wait until marriage before you, well, you know."

"Mom! Don't talk about that, it's embarrassing! Besides, he's a half-demon so we wouldn't do that until he is ready to have a mate."

Laughing softly at her daughter, she walked back over to the room, "why don't you tell him, sweetie."

Opening the door, Kagome saw him gazing out the window with a smile adorning his handsome face. She rushed over and he turned in time to catch her, "Oh, InuYasha! Mom gave us her blessing!"

Holding her close, he sighed, so overjoyed, "I heard the whole thing."

She was confused until he pointed to his ears and made her giggle. Turning to her mom, he smiled wide, "thank you, Mrs. Higurashi."

Smiling back, she motioned to the other side of the house, "you can thank me by staying for dinner."

"Dinner would be great."

She left them alone and they just stood there holding each other. InuYasha closed his eyes and kissed the top of her head.

"I can't believe she's okay with us dating; it was the one thing I was worried about."

"Me too, but my mom has always been pretty cool."

Grabbing his hand, Kagome walked them into the living room and sat down, cozying up to his side. They watched her little brother get pulverized on his fighting game. InuYasha shook his head, "dude, you suck at this."

Sota threw the controller down, "I'd like to see you do better."

Smirking, InuYasha took the controller, but Kagome grabbed another one and pressed the button for player two. Sota laughed, "Kagome's playing!? Man, you are so screwed! No one can beat her!"

Side glancing at his girlfriend, he grinned, "challenge accepted."

Raising a brow, she gave him a knowing smile, "don't expect me to go easy on you."

"Wouldn't dream of it."

Seven matches and three interchangeable characters later, InuYasha stared in shock as her character dealt the finishing blow.

"How did you do that?"

Shrugging, she put the controller down, "I don't know, I've just always been good at fighting games."

Grabbing her by the hip, he pulled her close to his side, "I think it's your competitive nature."

She curled into the warmth of his chest, "you're probably right."

"Probably?"

InuYasha lightly touched her side and elicited an eruption of giggles as he attacked the ticklish skin. Kagome squirmed and laughed as she tried to reach any part of him that may be ticklish. Suddenly, her hand brushed the inside of his thigh towards his knee and an involuntary noise escaped his mouth.

"Was that a tickle spot, Inu?"

He stilled and shook his head rather unconvincingly. She narrowed her eyes, "it looks like I found a sensitive area, so what would happen if I did this?"

She lightly ran her hand up his thigh, but he stopped her, "it's not tickling me and you should definitely stop, or we're going to have an embarrassing situation."

Confused, she looked down at him curiously, "what do you mean?"

Thankfully, Sota had gotten up earlier, so InuYasha told her to look down, "that's what I mean. I don't want to have a raging hard-on through dinner."

Turning a deep shade of red, she quickly looked away, "sorry! I didn't know."

It's funny, he never thought that innocent obliviousness was cute, until Kagome at that moment. He wrapped his arm around her waist and found a funny movie for them to watch. She curled up to him and laid her hand on his chest, "this is so perfect."

"Yeah, it is."

About thirty minutes later, Kiori, Kagome's mother, told them dinner was ready. Throughout the meal there was laughter from Kiori telling embarrassing stories of Kagome as a little girl, and a little brother and sister banter to top it off. Smiling, InuYasha wished it had been like this at his house growing up, but he didn't like to dwell on it, so instead he joined in the conversation.

"I bet Kagome was clumsy as a kid too."

That earned him a slap on the arm from his girlfriend while Kiori giggled.

"She was! I constantly watched her to make sure she didn't trip or fall into a hole somewhere. She has gotten a lot better about it though."

Kagome pursed her lips and crossed her arms in a childlike manner, "gee, thanks Mom; I'm really feeling your vote of confidence in my ability to be a functioning adult."

Kagome's sarcastic comment had everyone laughing, including herself. All in all, it was a wonderful night they would cherish forever.

Walking him to the door, she beamed at her boyfriend and reached up to give him a quick peck on the lips.

"I'm so happy you came over, Inu."

Usually, he wouldn't let anyone give him a nickname, but 'Inu' sounded so cute and endearing coming from her, "I had a good time, and it was nice to be able to openly treat you like a girlfriend."

Grabbing her waist, he caressed her cheek and bent down to feel the softness of her lips one more time before leaving.

Kagome watched him walk away and sighed in happiness. Somehow, in avoiding him and their pull to each other, she fell in love…Kagome Higurashi, twelfth grade student, had fallen in love with InuYasha Takahashi, her teacher.

InuYasha got home and sat on his bed, running a hand through his hair. The events of the day were almost too good to be true. Getting ready for bed, he laid there on the soft comforter, and looked over to the empty spot next to him, wishing he could feel Kagome's warm body and hold her close as they fell asleep…maybe one day that will happen. The thought made him smile as sleep finally claimed him.