Under the Pale Autumn Moon

Inuyasha sat on his couch, clasping and unclasping his hands, his mind kept drifting to Kikyo, she was such an odd girl, kind of cold, but then again, she did fall from the sky, and it gets really cold up there if you go up high enough.

Kagome watched him, she felt bad about lying to him about being Kikyo, but she really wanted to have that human body.

"You look down in the dumps, Inu," Kagome said softly as she floated over to Inuyasha, he only shrugged and looked away, "Is something the matter?"

Inuyasha shook his head and looked away again, his mind was drifting, and he wasn't really listening to Kagome anymore.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha looked up and met Kagome's blue-gray eyes. Hers were so much warmer than Kikyo's, full of life, even if she wasn't human; it put his mind at ease to be so close to Kagome. She hesitantly sat down on the couch next to him, clearing her throat; she searched her brain for something to break the silence.

"So, how've you been?" Inuyasha cursed, he was never good at opening conversations.

"Oh can't complain," Kagome shrugged and giggled when she notice Inuyasha relax.

After their little conversation, Kagome floated over Inuyasha who was dozing on the couch. He'd released himself from his sealing spell, and it flattered Kagome. The thought that he trusted her enough to become a hanyou in front of her touched her for some reason.

The memory of when she first saw Inuyasha as a hanyou came back to her and she began to giggle. Inuyasha cracked open an and looked at her, "What's so funny?"

Kagome grinned, "I didn't know that dogs purred."

Inuyasha looked confused for a second before remembering her touching his ears, and his purring, he blushed and then huffed, "Dogs don't purr."

"Then what were you doing when I touched your ears?"

"Growling friendly-like," Inuyasha stated as if it were the simplest thing in the world, "Now don't bug me."

Kagome giggled and stroked his ears, Inuyasha fought the urge to 'growl friendly-like' but failed miserably, he leaned into Kagome's embrace and they just stay like that for a while.

Suddenly Shippou came charging through the doorway and was surprised to see a hanyou on the couch the peeping tom was suppose to own, "Ack!"

"Oh shit," Inuyasha muttered and pounced on the boy.

Kagome sighed, "Should have seen this coming..."

Shippou yelped when Inuyasha landed on top of him, "Alright brat, you're not going to say a word of what you just saw, understand?"

Inuyasha transformed back into his human form, and chuckled when Shippou's eyes got larger than saucers.

"Now, I'm going to let go of you, and you're going to leave and act as if nothing happened, ok?"

Shippou nodded and as soon as Inuyasha removed his hand he was out of there, screaming, "Sango-Sama, Sango-Sama, Sango-Sama, Sango-Sama! I have something to tell you!"

Inuyasha cursed and raced after Shippou. Leaving Kagome to drift out the window and down to the second story. She transformed into Kikyo and rang the doorbell promptly.

Miroku answered the door and grinned, "Why, my dreams must be coming true, for an angel as fallen from the sky, how may I be of service, milady?"

Kagome rolled her eyes, "Grow up, that was the lamest pick-up line I've ever heard, anyways, is Inuyasha home?" she asked already knowing the answer.

Miroku grinned, "Ah, so this is were Inuyasha has been going lately!"

Kagome sighed, "Hentai."

Miroku moved aside and allowed Kagome to walk in, just in time to see Shippou run by followed by a pissed off human Inuyasha.

Inuyasha paused when he saw Kagome and smiled, "Hey."

"Hello," Kagome said politely.

Inuyasha walked over to Kikyo smiling, "Miroku, kill Shippou for me, I'm busy."

Miroku grinned, bowed, and then left the two alone.

Inuyasha sighed and turned to face Kagome, he smiled sweetly. Kagome felt her heart flutter, but then she reminded herself that he was smiling at Kikyo, not Kagome.

He started walking out of the house and she followed, they walked in silence until Inuyasha finally said, "Do you believe in ghosts?"

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked, curious.

"I mean, do you believe in people who can move through walls, who can float, can turn translucent at will, that kind of stuff?"

Kagome smiled, she was about to say yes when she felt a weird feeling come over her, it felt like she didn't have control over her body, and she couldn't stop herself, "Oh course not, that is an ignorant thing to believe."

Kagome's eyes widened, how could she say that? That wasn't what she was going to say! This was so odd and Kagome was so confused.

Inuyasha nodded, "I suppose it is, but it doesn't stop me in believing it," he said quietly, so quietly Kagome had to strain to hear, she regretted it because she felt her body moving without her.

"You're an optimistic aren't you?" she sneered. Kagome gasped deep within her, what was happening, she suddenly broke into a run, "I'm sorry I have to go!"

Inuyasha watched her go sadly, "I guess being an optimistic moron is better than being lonely and pessimistic."

Inuyasha walked up the staircase towards his room, he really wanted to talk to Kagome, though she was the most annoying person in the world, he liked talking to her, she always made him feel better.

He opened the door and was happy to see that Kagome was hanging upside down staring at him as she hugged a stuffed hamster.

He smiled and flopped down onto his bed, and released himself from his sealing spell (after making sure the door was locked).

He moved over to click on a light to discover that the light bulb was burned out, he sighed.

He then looked up at Kagome and grinned, "Kagome?"

"Hm?"

"How many floating people does it take to change a light bulb?" Kagome gave him a dry look, "One, in other words: you."

Kagome rolled her eyes, "Yes, heaven forbid you get off your lazy ass."

She floated up and into the room above him and the light suddenly came on, she floated back rubbing her hands together as if she had been burned.

"What'd you do?" Inuyasha asked curiously.

"I sparked the light bulb," Kagome stated matter-of-factly, she looked at his bemused expression and laughed, "I'm a miko, I have these powers."

She clutched her mouth and realized what she just said; she'd never told anyone since the curse that she was miko.

Inuyasha shrugged, but something was pulling in his mind, like a story of a miko he'd heard before, he didn't know where though.

Suddenly the window burst open and Miroku stood triumphantly, he held up a victory sign with his fingers and started doing a little dance right in his room.

Sango soon followed, grumbling about the injustice of cooks, and Shippou came in armed with a baseball bat.

While Shippou and Sango were trying to stop Miroku from making a complete ass of himself Inuyasha quickly put his sealing spell on.

Finally Sango tackled Miroku to the ground, "Shut up you stupid cook!"

Miroku grinned, "HA! You owe me ten dollars!"

"But, Miroku, you owe me five dollars," Shippou piped up.

Inuyasha looked confused for a second before clearing his throat, all three of the companions looked up in surprise, having forgotten about Inuyasha for a moment.

"What the hell are you three doing?"

Sango grumbled, "Miroku said you talked to your 'imaginary friend' and I didn't think it was true, so I made a bet, and Shippou made a bet that you're door would be locked, making us have to use the window."

Shippou and Miroku grinned, both pocketing their five dollars.