Disclaimer: If I was Takahashi Rumiko and I owned Inuyasha, Kagome and Inuyasha would've kissed a LONG time ago.

A/N: The last chapter had a really crappy ending, but I promise I'll make up for it this chapter! Please review. -Shakes fist- NO FREEBIES! I dedicate this chapter to Takonato and his moronic brother who got his head stuck in the chair. I LAHB YA'LL!!

Kagome squealed and ran over, immediately rubbing Tamashi's long, floppy ears. "RABBIT EARS!"

"Ack!" Tamashi exclaimed and pulled away from Kagome, scowling and smoothing her ears. "What? Inuyasha likes when I rub his ears," Kagome said, looking a bit hurt. Ignoring a loud 'Says who!?' from Inuyasha, Tamashi let go of her ears and crossed her arms. "You wouldn't like it if almost everyone who laid eyes on you ran up and started tugging your ears, either." Kagome pondered that for a while. "I didn't look at it that way...I'm sorry."

Mihoshi looked down at the three of them. "Is that your dog, miss?" she asked, trying to hide the anxiousness in her voice. "You could say that," Kagome teased, giggling at Inuyasha who was now protesting loudly, "I'm not your pet, stupid wench!" "Well, could you please call him back so I can get down?" Mihoshi asked, staring at the dog demon. He was glaring menacingly up at her, as if waiting for her to get down so he could tackle her and rip her to shreds. Kagome giggled again. "Oh, Inuyasha? He won't hurt you. And if he tries, he'll get in trouble." Inuyasha immediately stopped his bickering, anything to stop her from saying 'the word.'

Mihoshi nodded reluctantly and climbed out of the tree, staying behind Tamashi and as far away from Inuyasha as possible. "He's gonna come after me, I know it. He's tense." "Calm down would you? The girl obviously has some control over him. He won't hurt you-"

No sooner were the words out of Tamashi's mouth had Inuyasha tackled the rabbit hanyou out of the way and dove at Mihoshi. Mihoshi wailed and ran, clawing her way up a tree and bounding among them. Inuyasha was at her tail, about to catch her when Kagome...

"SIT BOY!" She screamed. It echoed throughout the trees, followed by an earsplitting crack. "Inuyasha, I told you to heel!"

Inuyasha snarled at the ground. "You're gonna kill me like that someday, Kagome!"

Mihoshi glared down at him from her tree, her tail puffed out and baring her feline teeth. Inuyasha looked up at her and she stopped, recoiling slightly.

Kagome bowed to Mihoshi and Tamashi. "I'm sorry about my friend's demeanor. To make it up to you, would you like some food? I must have something you two will like in my backpack. Have you ever had noodles?"

"Kagome! Those are MY noodles! You're gonna give MY noodles to some stupid cat and her stupid friend?!" Inuyasha said, staring at her in shock. Kagome just put her foot on his head, forcing his face back into the dirt. "I promise he won't attack you, ...what are your names?"

"I'm Tamashi," said the girl with the long, floppy ears, "and that's my friend Mihoshi."

Kagome smiled. "It's okay Mihoshi. Inuyasha's harmless."

Inuyasha yelled "HARMLESS?!" but it came out muffled since he was still eating dirt. He growled, his ear twitched.

"Come back to camp! I'd love for you to meet my friends!" Kagome said, smiling.

"KAGOME!!!"