A/N-Alright guys. Here's the next chappie!

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Anime M- Don't worry, I know how you feel. My friends never take my death threats seriously. But evil brown bananas really are going to take over the world if she doesn't give me back Larry! (Heh…Don't ask…Long story that's not worth telling ^_^)

Marillawen- Ooh! If you draw a picture of itty-bitty Inu-Yasha, send it to me! I'd love to see it! I'm okay at drawing but I think I like my fanfiction better…

Yuko- Arigotou is what again? I think it was…Thank you? I don't remember but I think so…

GL-The conflict comes in later. There's lots of conflicts but the first one comes in…I think it's either the next chapter of the one after that. I don't remember right now ^_^;

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Laura-chan- Thanks! I worked really hard on the plot and I'm very proud of it. *Hugs her plot*

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silverstarlight- I know! I keep picturing little itty-bitty Inu-Yasha and Kagome playing in the forest while I was writing this.

Slycat- Yes! A+ Woo hoo!

Spirit- I tried to post really fast. I think I did a pretty good job at getting this up quick.

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When Did Things Get Complicated?

By ChaChaChica

Chapter IV

Inu-Yasha looked straight up to see Kagome peering down at him, a puzzled look on her face. "I smelled you and I thought you were wandering through the forest again."

"You smelled me?" Kagome asked, making Inu-Yasha blush a little. She was going to make fun of him, he knew she was. Everyone did. "Do I smell good?" she asked then, making his blush disappear. So she didn't think smelling her was so weird after all.

"You smell like a human," Inu-Yasha said, shrugging.

"So I don't have a special smell?" Kagome asked, almost disappointed that she didn't have a special scent.

"Well…I smell lilacs and a little bit of orange, but the orange wasn't there yesterday," Inu-Yasha said.

Kagome smiled. "I spilled orange juice on me this morning when I was eating breakfast. Then I had to hurry out of the castle before my mother could stop me."

"You had to sneak out?" Inu-Yasha asked.

"Yes, didn't you?"

"No, not really. My dad wouldn't notice if I was gone. Only my tutor would notice. How'd you get out?"

"I climbed up the wall."

"The wall?" Inu-Yasha asked in disbelief.

"Yes, there are ivy vines growing up both sides of the wall towards the back of the castle," Kagome replied.

"Why don't you just walk out the front?"

"There are guards there. There are hardly any guards towards the back because that's where the kitchens and the gardens are and my father can't exactly post guards in the kitchen now can he?" Kagome said, matter-of-factly.

"You're in my tree," Inu-Yasha said, pointing absently to "his tree."

"Really?" Kagome asked. Then she examined the branches closely. "Hmm…" she murmured and then looked down towards the bottom of the trunk. "Nope, not there."

"What's not there?"

"Your name of course. It doesn't say "Inu-Yasha's tree" on it, so doesn't that make it everyone's?" Kagome asked.

Inu-Yasha smiled. "I guess so. You don't seem deceitful and you don't seem very back stabbing either," Inu-Yasha commented before he could stop himself.

"…Thanks…?" Kagome replied, not sure if that was meant to be a compliment or not.

"My father said that all humans were back stabbing deceivers. Well, actually, my father said they were deceitful and my brother said they were back stabbers," Inu-Yasha told her.

"And my mother told me that all demons were dangerous and wicked and that I should stay away from them. But, then again, she said that there was no such thing as half demons either. So I guess humans and demons aren't as black and white as both our families thought."

"Black and white?" Inu-Yasha asked.

"Well, you know, black and white. Classifying all demons under evil or, in your case, all humans under evil. You can't just make things black and white. There's orange and red and yellow and green and blue so you can't just go putting things into one category because everything is different for everyone."

"Well I'm not going to think black and white anymore," Inu-Yasha declared.

Kagome smiled. "Good, neither am I. And besides, if things were meant to be black and white, we wouldn't have any other colors to begin with." Then Kagome giggled. "You know, my friend, Sango, thought I was dead. She was so surprised when I walked into the village this morning."

"You are the strangest person I've ever met," Inu-Yasha commented.

"Really? I'm strange? I hadn't noticed," Kagome said indifferently. "Aren't I the only person person you've ever met?"

Inu-Yasha smiled and then nodded.

"Well you see? Saying I'm the strangest person you've ever met is not saying much then," Kagome stated.

Inu-Yasha was silent a moment and then asked, holding up his ball, "Do you want to play ball with me?"

"Sure!" Kagome asked, finally climbing down from the tree. 

They played and talked until Kagome finally said she had to go home or her mother would die from worry. She glanced around the clearing.

"Now, which way do I go to get home again?" Kagome asked.

"That way," Inu-Yasha told her, pointing towards the rock she had sat on the first time she had found the clearing.

"Right."

"Will you come tomorrow?" Inu-Yasha asked hopefully.

"Yes. I'll come right after breakfast."

"Great! See you then!" Inu-Yasha called, waving and running out the other side of the clearing.

Kagome waved until he was gone and then went the other way towards her home.

As usual, her mother was pacing right in front of the great wooden doors and as soon as Kagome was inside the gates, her mother came rushing out. "Kagome! What are we to do with you? You can't just sneak away anytime you fee like! Now, go to the study! You are going to make up for all the lessons you missed while you were out today! Now go!" her mother commanded sternly.

Kagome curtsied. "Yes mama." She walked slowly hanging her head in resignation, but as soon as her mother was out of sight, Kagome skipped down the halls towards the library. That day was a great day. She had had so much fun and she couldn't wait until tomorrow when they could do it again! Not even hours of lessons could dampen her spirits.

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A/N-Awwww! Kawaii! Heh…Anyway, now review! It makes me happy ^_^ Oh yes, I'd also just like to warn you guys now that I probably won't be able to post again until next weekend. I have too much homework and other stuff to do during the week to update as regularly as I have been doing. I might be able to post on Wednesday because it's late start then so we usually don't get too much homework and I don't have piano lessons on that day, but I can't guarantee anything. Oh yes, and if someone doesn't mind spoilers for this fic, I need to talk to someone about how to end this story. I have the idea already in my head, but I need to try it out on somebody. Email me at chacha_chica2537@yahoo.com or IM me at ChaChaChica2537 if you're interested. I could certainly try the idea out on more than one person too. Okay, now review!