She Wasn't Supposed to Know
Rating: PG (just to be safe)
Genre: Romance (there's a little humor)
Tenshi: Hi everybody! Tenshi here! Kerra: Hey, we're here too, ya know! Yugi: Hi! Yami: -_- Inuyasha: I can't believe we're back here! Kerra: I can't believe you're continuing this! Tenshi: Yeah, well, I said that if at least 1 person wanted me to continue, then I would. And lots of people requested it, so... Inuyasha: Am I gonna have to go through this embarrassment again? Tenshi: It wasn't that bad! _ Geez, anyway, onto business. I know this was supposed to be a one-shot, but whatever. Lots of you wanted me to continue, so here ya go! I am sorry for the long wait though. (Computer problems, go figure.) Actually, this was supposed to be a angst fic, but I guess it wasn't to be. Oh well. Anyway, review responses are at the bottom. And after Yugi does the Disclaimer, then we'll start the second chapter of 'She Wasn't Supposed to Know'. Yugi: Alright. Disclaimer: Yami's Tenshi does not own 'Inuyasha' or the 'Yugioh!' characters Yugi and Yami. Rumiko Takahashi owns 'Inuyasha' and Kazuki Takahashi owns 'Yugioh!'. Yami's Tenshi does own the title, the plot, Kerra, and Tenshi. (Tenshi and Kerra aren't in the story, but she does own them.) Nothing more. So, please do not sue. Thank you. Tenshi: Ain't he the greatest? ^_^ Anyway, please read and review! Thank you!
She Wasn't Supposed to Know Chapter 2: Miroku's Bet
"Hey, you! Come back here!"
"I told you, I'm tired! I wanna rest!"
"We'll rest when I say we can rest! Now get back over here!"
"I said that I wanna rest and that's what I'm gonna do! So there!"
It wasn't an unusual sight in Shikon [1] to see a girl with strange clothes stomping by with a just as strange boy with silver hair and dog ears following behind.
"I'm tired! We're not gonna find any shikon shards today, so I'm gonna take a break and that's that!" Kagome grinded her teeth and crossed her arms, stomping over to Kaede's hut. How did Inuyasha manage to annoy her so? She could feel her eyebrow twitching.
"Why you little..." Inuyasha stomped after Kagome. The nerve of this girl! She made decisions without even asking him! Of course, it was usually vice versa, but the indignation of it all! His ears kept twitching and his eyes were fixed in a fierce glare.
Kagome grumbled," Oh, Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha muttered." Kagome,"
"WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND ME??!!" they stopped and yelled at each other. Not even fazed, they turned around and stomped in opposite directions. Kagome, arms still crossed, muttered her way to Kaede's hut while Inuyasha, huffing like always, grumbled his way to his Gods' Tree [2].
Meanwhile, two figures sheepishly followed Kagome back to the hut.
"It's kind of sad how everyone's gotten use to Kagome and Inuyasha's shouting matches," Sango said, as none of the villagers even glanced their way as they worked. She adjusted her giant boomerang [3] on her shoulder as she petted Kiara [4]. In truth, she too was getting rather bored of the "couple's" arguments.
"I don't get it. Why don't they just tell each other that they love them and move on with their lives?" Shippou asked, innocently. He scratched his head in a bemused fashion as he sat on Miroku's shoulder [5]. The young demon knew that this was a frequently asked question. However, he wasn't just referring to Kagome and Inuyasha. He was starting to get a hunch that Sango really like Miroku, for reasons beyond Shippou's understanding. By this time he figured that if Miroku and Sango couldn't tell each other how they felt, there was no chance that Inuyasha and Kagome would. He sighed. Grown-ups were so silly at times
"They're just too stubborn," Miroku sighed. A couple days ago, he had placed a bet with Sango that Kagome and Inuyasha would kiss before the week was up. And he had been so close! Yesterday, after that whole demon- worm incident, Kagome and Inuyasha had gotten pretty close and last night he had thought he had had the whole bet in the bag. But noooooooo. Inuyasha had to hold his commitment to the "don't-show-your-emotions-and- you-stay-alive" rule. Oh the frustration!
There are moments in history when ordinary people are struck with a great idea. Such as, the idea for a refrigorator or television or, most importantly, Japanese anime. If people want something, someone usually comes up with the idea for it. As with the case with Miroku. An idea struck him [6] and he thought about it. And the more he thought about it, the more he liked it. Yes, this would have to work. Miroku continued the short walk to the hut with a more confident step. If Kagome and Inuyasha couldn't proclaim their feelings on their own, they would get a little "help"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
'He's up to something.'
Sango was no idiot. When she was a demon-hunter, it had been important to know what the demon was going to do. So, it had become an almost second habit to know when something was up. Such as Miroku planning. She had a slight hunch that he was up to something devious.
Which might have something to do with the fact she and Shippou were stuck behind a bush outside the hut at night.
"Sango?" Shippou asked. The little demon was snuggled up in what Kagome had called a "sleeping-bag".
"Hm?" Sango was to busy plotting. How dare Miroku do this to her! And without telling her what he was up to. Okay, she was extremely sure he was up to something. And that "something" had to do with that bet they had made.
The bet had been that if Kagome and Inuyasha didn't kiss by the end of the week, Miroku would have to stop running up to girls and ask them to marry him [7]. But if they did...
She blushed. Oh boy, She wasn't too sure if she wanted Miroku to win this bet or not. She shook her head. Ooh that little bug! He was going to pay either way for leaving her out of the loop. Why, when he get's back from...
"Huh?" now Sango was confused. "Shippou, where's Miroku?" She quickly looked around. Miroku wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Shippou sighed. "That's what I've been asking you! I thought you would know!"
Both friends stopped to puzzel this new set of events.
What in the world was Miroku up to?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
"Okay everybody!" Kagome chirped, walking into the room. "Kaede says that-" She stopped.
The room was empty. The only occupant was Inuyasha who was staring into the flame.
"Huh?" Kagome sweat dropped. Where was everyone?
"Um? Inuyasha?" Kagome shuffled her way to the hanyou. The half- demon was starting to worry her. He was just sitting there, staring into the flame, non-blinking. "Where is everybody?"
Nothing.
"Inuyasha?" she crouched down next to her friend. He didn't even glance at her. His arms were still crossed and he didn't so much as blink. Biting her lower lip, Kagome pondered on what to do. After last night, Kagome wasn't at all sure on how to act around Inuyasha. If only the boy knew what he could do to her. One look made her week in the knees and one touch made her heart beat fast. Problem? Every time she tried to talk to him, it always ended up in a shouting match. She knew Inuyasha had feelings, but she couldn't understand why he didn't show them more. Didn't he trust her?
"Inuyasha?" she poked him.
Nothing.
Suddenly, "Zzzzz."
Kagome sweat dropped as she heard Inuyasha snore. He was asleep! And with his eyes open! 'He really can fall asleep anywhere.' Kagome giggled. Shaking him gently, she said, softly, "Inuyasha. Inuyasha, wake up."
"Zzzzzz."
It took all Kagome had to burst out laughing. She shook the hanyou a bit harder. "Inuyasha," she crooned. "The ramen is ready."
"Where?!" Inuyasha snapped up. Standing up, he looked down to see Kagome kneeling next to him.
Blink.
Blink.
Kagome couldn't take it anymore. 'Can't. ... Breathe...'she thought. That did it. "Ha, ha, ha, ha ,.ha!" she laughed, grabbing her stomach. She couldn't help it. She laughed her heart out.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
"You don't have to be so uptight about it," Kagome pointed out.
After bonking Kagome (gently, of course) on the head for laughing at him, Inuyasha huffed and sat himself in a corner, his back facing Kagome.
"Keh," was the only reply.
Kagome shook her head. Why did he have to be so stubborn? Standing up, she called to him, "At least let's go eat." After Inuyasha didn't move, she sighed, "I'll give you some ramen."
Inuyasha was tempted. Ramen? But then he growled she wouldn't get away with laughing at him so easily. He stayed put.
Sighing, Kagome moved over to the screen door [8]- only to find it wouldn't open.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome pulled on the edge.
"What?" was the gruff reply.
"The door won't open."
"Let me see." Inuyasha stomped over to the door. "You humans are so weak." He pulled on it- but it didn't move. "Darn thing [9]." He pulled harder. It still didn't open.
Kagome said, "Oh my." Her thoughts were going a million miles an hour. 'I'm stuck in a room with just Inuyasha. Only the two of us [10]. I'M NEVER GOING TO SURVIVE!' "Eeeeeeeeee!" she squeled. What was she going to do?
"WILL YOU BE QUIET?!" Inuyasah snapped, flattening his ears. Why did humans have to be so loud? Inside, he felt really upset. 'Great.' he thought. 'Just great. I'm stuck in a room with Kagome. I'll NEVER get that ramen now.'
"Keh," he huffed, then walked over to sit in front of the fire again.
Could this get any worse?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * (3 hours later)
"No, I have to say that beef ramen is much better than chicken ramen," Kagome chided.
"Are you kidding? Chicken is the best there is [11]!" Inuyasha retorted.
After the first hour had gone by, Kagome had joined him by the fire. During the second hour, they didn't say anything. Now, three hours later, they were still in the room and, extremely hungry and tired, argued just for the sake of escaping boredom.
"Yeah, well, creamy chicken is better than plain chicken," Kagome shot back.
"Maybe," Inuyasha admitted. "But roasted chicken is even better."
Unable to think up a retort, Kagome fell silent. Inuyasha didn't blame her. She was probably just as tired of being in this room as he was. Not that he tired of her company.
"Why do you like climbing trees?"
Inuyasha was surprised. "Huh?"
"Trees," Kagome repeated. "Why do like to climb them?"
Inuyasha hesitated. How should he word this? And why did she want to know?! "I'm not really sure," he answered slowly. "I guess it's because of when I was little. I figured that if I stayed on the ground people could hurt me. But, if I was up high, they couldn't. And it's also a good place to think."
Kagome slowly processed this information. She would never really understand how lonely Inuyasha was growing up. Down-hearted, she scooted closer to him and leaned her head against his shoulder like she had the night before. She didn't know why, but whenever she did this, she felt safe and giddy. But now she felt sad. She didn't want Inuyasha to be lonely. It was a terrible, terrible feeling.
Inuyasha was quiet. Man, what this girl could do to him! When they were alone like this, he never said very much. He feared Kagome would think that it was because he didn't like being with her. That wasn't true. 'It's just,' his ears flattened dejectedly, 'I can't figure out what to say.'
Suddenly, Kagome lifted her head. Inuyasha looked down at her, confused. He liked having her head on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha," she whispered.
The hanyou felt his face get hot. "Yeah," he tried to sound rough.
She looked up at him. "You won't ever be alone again," she promised.
And then, she closed her eyes and gently kissed him.
In the corner of her eye, she could have sworn she had seen a flash of light, but passed it as her imagination. Drawing back, she felt nervous that Inuyasha didn't move or something. Then-
THUMP!
Surprised, Kagome jerked her eyes open only to see a strange sight.
Inuyasha had fallen back and had apparently fainted. Kagome blushed as she felt a sweat drop on the back of her head. "Inuyasha," sighed, exhasperated.
Meanwhile, the hanyou was convinced he had died and went to heaven. And if so, then he had to admit heaven wasn't half bad. 'She kissed me,' he thought, excited. Then more grumpily, 'And I passed out.' He gave a mental glare and menatlly bonked himself on the head. 'I AM AN IDIOT!' he thought.
Suddenly, he felt something next to him.
Willing himself to wake, he blinked to find that Kagome had fallen asleep next to him. Blushing deeply, Inuyasha again found himself thinking that an angel had fallen from heaven. He wouldn't be surprised to find out Kagome was an angel. Content, he felt himself fall asleep to the sound of her breathing.
'Ya know,' he thought, before drifting off to sleep. 'I still didn't get any ramen.'
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
Meanwhile, Shippou had fallen asleep and Sango was plotting bloody murder.
'That's it!' she thought. 'I'm gonna kill him! Grrr, Miroku, YOU'RE GONNA BEG FOR MERCY!'
She was about to stand up and go find him, when she heard someone coming. Sango was about to reach for her boomerang when she found, to her delight, that it was Miroku.
A rapidly blinking Miroku with a metal contraption in one hand and a white piece of paper in the other.
Forgetting the butterflies in her stomach from just seeing him, she scolded, "Where have you been?!"
He smiled and held up the white piece of paper. It had a large black square that was slowly turning from a dark gray to show a mix of colors. "I was settling our bet, Sango," he gave a wink.
"Oh really?" she retorted, fighting back a blush. Huddling in her blanket, she gave the "monk" a questioning look.
"Yep!" he sat down across from her. "And when this- What was it called again? Oh yes, photograph clears up, you'll see for yourself that I, of course, have won our bet?" He handed her the photo.
Burying even further into her blanket, she looked skeptically at the developing picture. "Where did you get this?"
" I borrowed Kagome's- I think it's called a 'camera'? Anyway, I borrowed it and took a picture." Sango gave a snort at the word "borrow". Why did she highly doubt that? Ignoring the girl's skepticism, Miroku pointed at the picture when he saw that it had fully developed. Of course, he couldn't see the photo, but he was sure it was enough to win the bet. "See? Take a look for yourself!"
Blinking, Sango looked down at the photo-
And burst out laughing.
A little hurt, Miroku asked, "What's so funny?"
Trying to take a breath between laughing, Sango managed to cry out, "Oh yes, Miroku! This DEFINITELY wins our bet!" Then she laughed even harder.
Confused, Miroku snatched away the photo to take a look for himself. Irked, he felt a sweat drop go down the back of his head. 'Oh boy,' he thought.
It was a picture of himself!
'I must have had the camera back words,' he reasoned, thouroghly embarrassed. Hearing Sango laughing hysterically on the ground, he tried to gather up his dignity.
"You know," he tried to sound smooth, but even Sango could see he was still blushing. "I look pretty good in front of the camera." And Sango laughed all over again. This time Miroku joined her.
Still asleep, Shippou heard the "couple" laughing and gave a smile, when it soon turned into an argument. Adults were so silly sometimes.
Fin.*
Tenshi: Well there you go! Hope it wasn't too long! It's three pages longer than the first chapter! Yugi: It was good! Tenshi: ^_^ Thanks Yugi! What did the rest of you think? Yami & Inuyasha: Um, well, it was okay. Tenshi: You guys! Can't you- Hey wait. Where's Kerra? Yami: *blush* Inuyasha: *smirk* Oh, she left a while ago to go watch today's episode of 'Yugioh!'. Tenshi: So? Inuyasha: So, today's episode was 'The Past is Present'. Tenshi: 0_0 Oh boy. Inuyasha: *nod* Yep, she saw Yami without a shirt on and fainted. Tenshi: -_- Oh boy. Yam: *blush* Tenshi: Anyway, until next time, C'ya! ^_^ (off in the distance) Kerra, get back here! And get away from Yami! Thanks to all the reviewers! Please leave a nice review for this part, too. ^_^
Tenshi: Hi everybody! Tenshi here! Kerra: Hey, we're here too, ya know! Yugi: Hi! Yami: -_- Inuyasha: I can't believe we're back here! Kerra: I can't believe you're continuing this! Tenshi: Yeah, well, I said that if at least 1 person wanted me to continue, then I would. And lots of people requested it, so... Inuyasha: Am I gonna have to go through this embarrassment again? Tenshi: It wasn't that bad! _ Geez, anyway, onto business. I know this was supposed to be a one-shot, but whatever. Lots of you wanted me to continue, so here ya go! I am sorry for the long wait though. (Computer problems, go figure.) Actually, this was supposed to be a angst fic, but I guess it wasn't to be. Oh well. Anyway, review responses are at the bottom. And after Yugi does the Disclaimer, then we'll start the second chapter of 'She Wasn't Supposed to Know'. Yugi: Alright. Disclaimer: Yami's Tenshi does not own 'Inuyasha' or the 'Yugioh!' characters Yugi and Yami. Rumiko Takahashi owns 'Inuyasha' and Kazuki Takahashi owns 'Yugioh!'. Yami's Tenshi does own the title, the plot, Kerra, and Tenshi. (Tenshi and Kerra aren't in the story, but she does own them.) Nothing more. So, please do not sue. Thank you. Tenshi: Ain't he the greatest? ^_^ Anyway, please read and review! Thank you!
She Wasn't Supposed to Know Chapter 2: Miroku's Bet
"Hey, you! Come back here!"
"I told you, I'm tired! I wanna rest!"
"We'll rest when I say we can rest! Now get back over here!"
"I said that I wanna rest and that's what I'm gonna do! So there!"
It wasn't an unusual sight in Shikon [1] to see a girl with strange clothes stomping by with a just as strange boy with silver hair and dog ears following behind.
"I'm tired! We're not gonna find any shikon shards today, so I'm gonna take a break and that's that!" Kagome grinded her teeth and crossed her arms, stomping over to Kaede's hut. How did Inuyasha manage to annoy her so? She could feel her eyebrow twitching.
"Why you little..." Inuyasha stomped after Kagome. The nerve of this girl! She made decisions without even asking him! Of course, it was usually vice versa, but the indignation of it all! His ears kept twitching and his eyes were fixed in a fierce glare.
Kagome grumbled," Oh, Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha muttered." Kagome,"
"WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND ME??!!" they stopped and yelled at each other. Not even fazed, they turned around and stomped in opposite directions. Kagome, arms still crossed, muttered her way to Kaede's hut while Inuyasha, huffing like always, grumbled his way to his Gods' Tree [2].
Meanwhile, two figures sheepishly followed Kagome back to the hut.
"It's kind of sad how everyone's gotten use to Kagome and Inuyasha's shouting matches," Sango said, as none of the villagers even glanced their way as they worked. She adjusted her giant boomerang [3] on her shoulder as she petted Kiara [4]. In truth, she too was getting rather bored of the "couple's" arguments.
"I don't get it. Why don't they just tell each other that they love them and move on with their lives?" Shippou asked, innocently. He scratched his head in a bemused fashion as he sat on Miroku's shoulder [5]. The young demon knew that this was a frequently asked question. However, he wasn't just referring to Kagome and Inuyasha. He was starting to get a hunch that Sango really like Miroku, for reasons beyond Shippou's understanding. By this time he figured that if Miroku and Sango couldn't tell each other how they felt, there was no chance that Inuyasha and Kagome would. He sighed. Grown-ups were so silly at times
"They're just too stubborn," Miroku sighed. A couple days ago, he had placed a bet with Sango that Kagome and Inuyasha would kiss before the week was up. And he had been so close! Yesterday, after that whole demon- worm incident, Kagome and Inuyasha had gotten pretty close and last night he had thought he had had the whole bet in the bag. But noooooooo. Inuyasha had to hold his commitment to the "don't-show-your-emotions-and- you-stay-alive" rule. Oh the frustration!
There are moments in history when ordinary people are struck with a great idea. Such as, the idea for a refrigorator or television or, most importantly, Japanese anime. If people want something, someone usually comes up with the idea for it. As with the case with Miroku. An idea struck him [6] and he thought about it. And the more he thought about it, the more he liked it. Yes, this would have to work. Miroku continued the short walk to the hut with a more confident step. If Kagome and Inuyasha couldn't proclaim their feelings on their own, they would get a little "help"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
'He's up to something.'
Sango was no idiot. When she was a demon-hunter, it had been important to know what the demon was going to do. So, it had become an almost second habit to know when something was up. Such as Miroku planning. She had a slight hunch that he was up to something devious.
Which might have something to do with the fact she and Shippou were stuck behind a bush outside the hut at night.
"Sango?" Shippou asked. The little demon was snuggled up in what Kagome had called a "sleeping-bag".
"Hm?" Sango was to busy plotting. How dare Miroku do this to her! And without telling her what he was up to. Okay, she was extremely sure he was up to something. And that "something" had to do with that bet they had made.
The bet had been that if Kagome and Inuyasha didn't kiss by the end of the week, Miroku would have to stop running up to girls and ask them to marry him [7]. But if they did...
She blushed. Oh boy, She wasn't too sure if she wanted Miroku to win this bet or not. She shook her head. Ooh that little bug! He was going to pay either way for leaving her out of the loop. Why, when he get's back from...
"Huh?" now Sango was confused. "Shippou, where's Miroku?" She quickly looked around. Miroku wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Shippou sighed. "That's what I've been asking you! I thought you would know!"
Both friends stopped to puzzel this new set of events.
What in the world was Miroku up to?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
"Okay everybody!" Kagome chirped, walking into the room. "Kaede says that-" She stopped.
The room was empty. The only occupant was Inuyasha who was staring into the flame.
"Huh?" Kagome sweat dropped. Where was everyone?
"Um? Inuyasha?" Kagome shuffled her way to the hanyou. The half- demon was starting to worry her. He was just sitting there, staring into the flame, non-blinking. "Where is everybody?"
Nothing.
"Inuyasha?" she crouched down next to her friend. He didn't even glance at her. His arms were still crossed and he didn't so much as blink. Biting her lower lip, Kagome pondered on what to do. After last night, Kagome wasn't at all sure on how to act around Inuyasha. If only the boy knew what he could do to her. One look made her week in the knees and one touch made her heart beat fast. Problem? Every time she tried to talk to him, it always ended up in a shouting match. She knew Inuyasha had feelings, but she couldn't understand why he didn't show them more. Didn't he trust her?
"Inuyasha?" she poked him.
Nothing.
Suddenly, "Zzzzz."
Kagome sweat dropped as she heard Inuyasha snore. He was asleep! And with his eyes open! 'He really can fall asleep anywhere.' Kagome giggled. Shaking him gently, she said, softly, "Inuyasha. Inuyasha, wake up."
"Zzzzzz."
It took all Kagome had to burst out laughing. She shook the hanyou a bit harder. "Inuyasha," she crooned. "The ramen is ready."
"Where?!" Inuyasha snapped up. Standing up, he looked down to see Kagome kneeling next to him.
Blink.
Blink.
Kagome couldn't take it anymore. 'Can't. ... Breathe...'she thought. That did it. "Ha, ha, ha, ha ,.ha!" she laughed, grabbing her stomach. She couldn't help it. She laughed her heart out.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
"You don't have to be so uptight about it," Kagome pointed out.
After bonking Kagome (gently, of course) on the head for laughing at him, Inuyasha huffed and sat himself in a corner, his back facing Kagome.
"Keh," was the only reply.
Kagome shook her head. Why did he have to be so stubborn? Standing up, she called to him, "At least let's go eat." After Inuyasha didn't move, she sighed, "I'll give you some ramen."
Inuyasha was tempted. Ramen? But then he growled she wouldn't get away with laughing at him so easily. He stayed put.
Sighing, Kagome moved over to the screen door [8]- only to find it wouldn't open.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome pulled on the edge.
"What?" was the gruff reply.
"The door won't open."
"Let me see." Inuyasha stomped over to the door. "You humans are so weak." He pulled on it- but it didn't move. "Darn thing [9]." He pulled harder. It still didn't open.
Kagome said, "Oh my." Her thoughts were going a million miles an hour. 'I'm stuck in a room with just Inuyasha. Only the two of us [10]. I'M NEVER GOING TO SURVIVE!' "Eeeeeeeeee!" she squeled. What was she going to do?
"WILL YOU BE QUIET?!" Inuyasah snapped, flattening his ears. Why did humans have to be so loud? Inside, he felt really upset. 'Great.' he thought. 'Just great. I'm stuck in a room with Kagome. I'll NEVER get that ramen now.'
"Keh," he huffed, then walked over to sit in front of the fire again.
Could this get any worse?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * (3 hours later)
"No, I have to say that beef ramen is much better than chicken ramen," Kagome chided.
"Are you kidding? Chicken is the best there is [11]!" Inuyasha retorted.
After the first hour had gone by, Kagome had joined him by the fire. During the second hour, they didn't say anything. Now, three hours later, they were still in the room and, extremely hungry and tired, argued just for the sake of escaping boredom.
"Yeah, well, creamy chicken is better than plain chicken," Kagome shot back.
"Maybe," Inuyasha admitted. "But roasted chicken is even better."
Unable to think up a retort, Kagome fell silent. Inuyasha didn't blame her. She was probably just as tired of being in this room as he was. Not that he tired of her company.
"Why do you like climbing trees?"
Inuyasha was surprised. "Huh?"
"Trees," Kagome repeated. "Why do like to climb them?"
Inuyasha hesitated. How should he word this? And why did she want to know?! "I'm not really sure," he answered slowly. "I guess it's because of when I was little. I figured that if I stayed on the ground people could hurt me. But, if I was up high, they couldn't. And it's also a good place to think."
Kagome slowly processed this information. She would never really understand how lonely Inuyasha was growing up. Down-hearted, she scooted closer to him and leaned her head against his shoulder like she had the night before. She didn't know why, but whenever she did this, she felt safe and giddy. But now she felt sad. She didn't want Inuyasha to be lonely. It was a terrible, terrible feeling.
Inuyasha was quiet. Man, what this girl could do to him! When they were alone like this, he never said very much. He feared Kagome would think that it was because he didn't like being with her. That wasn't true. 'It's just,' his ears flattened dejectedly, 'I can't figure out what to say.'
Suddenly, Kagome lifted her head. Inuyasha looked down at her, confused. He liked having her head on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha," she whispered.
The hanyou felt his face get hot. "Yeah," he tried to sound rough.
She looked up at him. "You won't ever be alone again," she promised.
And then, she closed her eyes and gently kissed him.
In the corner of her eye, she could have sworn she had seen a flash of light, but passed it as her imagination. Drawing back, she felt nervous that Inuyasha didn't move or something. Then-
THUMP!
Surprised, Kagome jerked her eyes open only to see a strange sight.
Inuyasha had fallen back and had apparently fainted. Kagome blushed as she felt a sweat drop on the back of her head. "Inuyasha," sighed, exhasperated.
Meanwhile, the hanyou was convinced he had died and went to heaven. And if so, then he had to admit heaven wasn't half bad. 'She kissed me,' he thought, excited. Then more grumpily, 'And I passed out.' He gave a mental glare and menatlly bonked himself on the head. 'I AM AN IDIOT!' he thought.
Suddenly, he felt something next to him.
Willing himself to wake, he blinked to find that Kagome had fallen asleep next to him. Blushing deeply, Inuyasha again found himself thinking that an angel had fallen from heaven. He wouldn't be surprised to find out Kagome was an angel. Content, he felt himself fall asleep to the sound of her breathing.
'Ya know,' he thought, before drifting off to sleep. 'I still didn't get any ramen.'
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *
Meanwhile, Shippou had fallen asleep and Sango was plotting bloody murder.
'That's it!' she thought. 'I'm gonna kill him! Grrr, Miroku, YOU'RE GONNA BEG FOR MERCY!'
She was about to stand up and go find him, when she heard someone coming. Sango was about to reach for her boomerang when she found, to her delight, that it was Miroku.
A rapidly blinking Miroku with a metal contraption in one hand and a white piece of paper in the other.
Forgetting the butterflies in her stomach from just seeing him, she scolded, "Where have you been?!"
He smiled and held up the white piece of paper. It had a large black square that was slowly turning from a dark gray to show a mix of colors. "I was settling our bet, Sango," he gave a wink.
"Oh really?" she retorted, fighting back a blush. Huddling in her blanket, she gave the "monk" a questioning look.
"Yep!" he sat down across from her. "And when this- What was it called again? Oh yes, photograph clears up, you'll see for yourself that I, of course, have won our bet?" He handed her the photo.
Burying even further into her blanket, she looked skeptically at the developing picture. "Where did you get this?"
" I borrowed Kagome's- I think it's called a 'camera'? Anyway, I borrowed it and took a picture." Sango gave a snort at the word "borrow". Why did she highly doubt that? Ignoring the girl's skepticism, Miroku pointed at the picture when he saw that it had fully developed. Of course, he couldn't see the photo, but he was sure it was enough to win the bet. "See? Take a look for yourself!"
Blinking, Sango looked down at the photo-
And burst out laughing.
A little hurt, Miroku asked, "What's so funny?"
Trying to take a breath between laughing, Sango managed to cry out, "Oh yes, Miroku! This DEFINITELY wins our bet!" Then she laughed even harder.
Confused, Miroku snatched away the photo to take a look for himself. Irked, he felt a sweat drop go down the back of his head. 'Oh boy,' he thought.
It was a picture of himself!
'I must have had the camera back words,' he reasoned, thouroghly embarrassed. Hearing Sango laughing hysterically on the ground, he tried to gather up his dignity.
"You know," he tried to sound smooth, but even Sango could see he was still blushing. "I look pretty good in front of the camera." And Sango laughed all over again. This time Miroku joined her.
Still asleep, Shippou heard the "couple" laughing and gave a smile, when it soon turned into an argument. Adults were so silly sometimes.
Fin.*
Tenshi: Well there you go! Hope it wasn't too long! It's three pages longer than the first chapter! Yugi: It was good! Tenshi: ^_^ Thanks Yugi! What did the rest of you think? Yami & Inuyasha: Um, well, it was okay. Tenshi: You guys! Can't you- Hey wait. Where's Kerra? Yami: *blush* Inuyasha: *smirk* Oh, she left a while ago to go watch today's episode of 'Yugioh!'. Tenshi: So? Inuyasha: So, today's episode was 'The Past is Present'. Tenshi: 0_0 Oh boy. Inuyasha: *nod* Yep, she saw Yami without a shirt on and fainted. Tenshi: -_- Oh boy. Yam: *blush* Tenshi: Anyway, until next time, C'ya! ^_^ (off in the distance) Kerra, get back here! And get away from Yami! Thanks to all the reviewers! Please leave a nice review for this part, too. ^_^
