Lina walked into a local tavern, looking from side to side, before she sat herself. Waiting intolerantly, she saw Inuyasha step in, sitting in front of her. Lina sneers at him as she barks out, " I am so glad that you could join me."

Inuyasha looked up at her with a nod and says, " I don't have a choice in the matter. You have what I want, and in order to get what I want I have to stick along side with you."

" You make it sound like a real bad thing."

Inuyasha's eyes widen as he spoke, " Being stuck with you is a bad thing! Your bossy, ill-mannered, strident, powerful and a stupid impulsive worm."

Lina growled, pushing herself up from the table as she looked down at Inuyasha, " Don't start with me right now. I want to enjoy a meal without you bickering about what is wrong with me. If you don't like me then you can get up and leave without your jewel, but if you want that damn jewel I advised you to shut the hell up and let me eat in peace. I am this close" pinches her fingers together, giving them about an inch in space as she finishes, " before I slap the taste out of your mouth. You got that you brainless mutt?"

Inuyasha looked up at her, only nodding his head. Lina looked to her right, seeing what looked like a waiter, a bit shocked at her display. He gulped as he said, " What may I do in your service tonight miss?"

Lina nods her head, looking at Inuyasha, " You hear that, he called me Miss, that is being polite, take notes!"

Lina looks back to the waiter as says, " Everything on the menu times eight."

The waiter's eyes remained wide as he said, " Will that be all?"

Lina looks to Inuyasha, " Do you want anything?"

Inuyasha's mouth dropped as he looked at Lina, then the waiter, and back at Lina, " You're going to eat all of that? What are you? A ogre?"

Lina shook her head, " No, your confusing yourself with me, I am a growing girl, now do you want something to eat or not?"

Inuyasha looks at the waiter and shakes his head, " I will be fine " as the waiter walks off, Inuyasha looks back to Lina and says while looking at her breast, " Are you sure you are growing?"

Lina followed his eyes, stopping at her breast, she looked back at Inuyasha, with a pout as she shrilled out, " Yes, I am growing! Stop looking there you pervert!"

Inuyasha removes his eyes as he says, " No need to worry, I would never check you out, or take my precious time to love you."

Lina nods, looking away, " That is good. I wouldn't want to be the mother of puppies anyway. They might grow up to be as horrendous as you."

" Shut up, you don't know anything about me to make that assumption."

" Yes I do, you pathetic cunt. Your inconsiderate, discourteous, a jerk, ungrateful, disrespectful and bastard at fact."

" What would you know? You're just as bad. Uncouth, unsightly, compassionless, pitiless, heinous, loud, a good-for-nothing, not to mention a whore."

" Well I am sorry that I don't meet your standards as a person."

" You don't stand a chance at that role in my life. You would have to be affectionate, considerate, compassionate, intelligent, comical, cute," starts to look down, " just like Kagome."

Lina looked at him with depressing eyes, she kinda felt sorry for him now, she looked away as she said, " Well I am not Kagome, and I am Lina Inverse. There is a difference."

Inuyasha looks up, seeing somewhat of emotion is a Lina's eye as he said, " I know that. Didn't you hear the list I gave you, you're a bitch and Kagome is a angel sent from heaven."

Lina rolls her eyes looking at Inuyasha now, eye to eye, as she spoke, " Well your no Gourry. Gourry was kind, brave, average when it came to smarts and handsome."

" I didn't ask to be your new Gourry, in fact I don't think I want to be."

" Why not?"

Inuyasha looks aside, " I don't want to talk about it."

Lina rolls her eyes, as suddenly hordes of food was mounted around her, she was finally going to open up Inuyasha, and the food was here. She sighed as she said softly, " You don't have to hide from me all the time."

Inuyasha looks at her, as he watches her shove food into her mouth, feeding her. He looks away looking out of the small window, looking at the dark navy sky. He sighed, looking at the twinkling stars, listening to Lina's burps and slurps as she ate, looking up he thought to himself, " I am sure Kagome would want me to be happy, but it is too impossible to show Lina how I feel about her. What am I saying? Do I even care about that girl? " He looks to Lina who was still stuffing her face, as he keeps thinking, " she is not always that bad. She does have a light side to her. Maybe I should try giving her a chance."

Lina wipes her mouth off with her arm as she looks at Inuyasha and says, " Is there something wrong?"

Inuyasha shook his head, looking back at the stars as Lina went on eating, " I think for the sake of Kagome I will try and move on. I will try and give people chances, I need to, Lina does have one thing straight, no one wants to be alone. I guess I will let people enter my life again, but I can not show myself all at once."

Lina wiped her mouth clean as she said to her, " That was a good meal."

Lina stood up looking to the waiter, " By the way this fine fellow, Inuyasha, will pay for it."

Lina stood up walking out the tavern. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, leaving a red ruby on the table; following behind Lina, looking up he says softly, " Wish me luck."