'Did she really mean what she had said?' Inuyasha thought after he jumped to the ground. 'I wouldn't have had the guts to say that to her. Did she really mean that? I don't think that if I could smell her when ever I wanted to that I would though. What am I thinking? Of course I would.' Thoughts of Kagome's soft skin and smell filled his thoughts. 'Are her lips that soft?' He kept thinking. Soon though, when the sun rose a little more, he returned to Kaede's hut, where he found everyone awake and eating rice.

"Where have ya been Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, the rosary on his hand tinkling against the wooden bowl.

"Looking around." He replied taking a seat next to Sango (who he noticed was sitting unusually close to Miroku). Kagome was playing with Shippou next to Kaede, but glanced at him and gave a warm smile. And then, he actually smiled back. He then heard to wooden sticks being dropped against the floor. Miroku was looking from Inuyasha to Kagome with a smirk on his face. Inuyasha gave him a death look. Sango looked up at Inuyasha and gave him a questioning look, then looking back to Miroku. Obviously, she hadn't seen the gaze Kagome and Inuyasha had shared. 'Sheesh! Stupid houshi.' he thought.

He looked back to Kaede and saw her taking to Kagome. Sango and Miroku turned to listen as well.

".I'm not sure exactly what's wrong. It feels like, something is coming to a close, but in a good way." Kaede told her.

"What do you mean?" Inuyasha interrupted. After a stern glare from the old hag, she told him.

"Like destiny fulfilling itself." She finished.

"That sounds nice." Shippou yelled, hopping out of Kagome's lap.

"Sounds like a bunch of shit to me." He said loudly.

"Just be watchful Inuyasha." Kaede said.

"We should be going then." Inuyasha stood up and told them, seeing they were done their meal.

"Where to?" Kagome said. For a moment, he forgot to answer.

"How should I know, I can't detect jewel shards! North, I guess." He said, picking up Kagome's bag on the way out. After a moment, Kagome (with Shippou on her shoulder), Miroku, and Sango (with her cat-thingy), came outside.

The wind was blowing their sent east and bringing smells from the west. They took an old forest trail north for a while, and then stopped for lunch. Sango and Shippou went off together (which he noted as unusual) and came back shortly after.

"Kagome, Kagome!" Sango yelled when she got back. "There are some really great hot springs over that hill!" Kagome immediately grabbed her back from next to Inuyasha and ran to Sango, but then stopped. She turned around with a smile.

"How about you boys come with us? I'm sure you haven't relaxed for a while now." To this, Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, but Miroku lit up like a freaking light bulb. "I meant you guys could go to another spring and bathe!" She said, seeing Miroku's expression.

"Fine." Inuyasha stated plainly, standing up from the grass. Miroku was already up and standing in waiting.

By the time they reached the springs, it was a little past noon. Kagome and Sango dropped their things by the first large spring and began to take their hair down. Sango turned around and stared at the goggling Miroku and interested Inuyasha.

"Well go over past those rocks or something!" She yelled. Inuyasha had to drag the pervert over to the other springs before he would stop struggling. But he wasn't really thinking about that. 'Maybe someday I could take a bath with Kagome. Geez, now I'm turning into Miroku.' He thought with a huff as he reached a nice spring behind a few large boulders. He looked for one further away (who knows how sick that guy is) but could find one. But after they slipped into the hot water, all his worries seemed to melt away with the steam.

The hot spring water felt so nice on her skin, she sunk right in. Sango and Kagome rested their heads against the rocks and began to talk while they washed with Kagome's soaps and shampoos.

"He's such a pervert." Sango said lazily. Kagome smiled at the comment.

"Yea. But I see you two are getting along well if you know what I mean. You two are so kawaii together!" Kagome said. 'They better get together already, they've been making puppy eyes forever.' She thought.

"Yea, he is nice when he's not being perverted. I don't know if he feels the same way though. Do you think you could, like. talk to him?" Sango asked shyly.

"Of course I will! I'm so happy for you Sango!" Kagome told her as she finished shampooing her hair. "I think we should soak for a while now that were done. I bet everybody's sore." She said. Snap. Both Sango's and Kagome's heads shot up.

"What the hell was that?" Kagome asked.

"You mean who the hell!" She said as she threw a large rock over a boulder.

"Augh!" Some one screamed over the side of the stone. Sango jumped up, (without remembering to grab a towel [sheesh woman!]) and ran over to the ledge, throwing stones faster than lightning. Kagome jumped up and hearing the shout of a certain hanyou, screamed "OSWARI!" and picked up a few stones herself, pelting them over the rock. Several screams and moans were heard as Sango and Kagome reached the other side and ran out of stones. There, lay two badly bruised boys. But Sango and Kagome ran for the hills [lolololol] when they discovered they were all naked, and none of the stones had hit their eyes (sadly).

"Bastards!" Kagome screamed on the way to her clothes.