A/N - wOOt! Reviewers seem kinda dead lately O.o But I'll update anyway because it's fun ^.^ Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this bit. One of these chapters Kouga will come back and Kikyo won't show up till the end. Naraku will show up in another one of these chapters and then the story will pick up a bit. Sorry for not getting it up sooner. I haven't exactly been feeling like myself recently so I didn't really feel like doing much of anything. .

Disclaimer - I disclaim everything except the plot because that's mine.

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Do You Remember Me?

Chapter XI

"Okay Shippo, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to sit here and not move even an inch and I'm not going to say anything at all."

"Or?"

"Or you'll make sure I don't get any more lollipops."

"And if you do this right?"

"Then you'll give me lots of lollipops!"

Miroku nodded, satisfied. He had spent the last ten minutes briefing the small kitsune about what not to do. It had taken so long because the fox demon had insisted on asking unnecessary questions like "Why?" or "What for?" or "How about…?"

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were standing behind some bushes so that they could see clearly into a clearing. Inuyasha and Kagome were looking for firewood and they thought that Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were back at camp.

'This would be the perfect time for Inuyasha to tell Kagome-sama his feelings, especially since there'll be no interruptions from us,' Miroku thought happily, rubbing his hands together excitedly.

"Oi, houshi-sama, why are we spyi-" Sango began to whisper but he shushed her when he saw Inuyasha walk into the clearing, his arms full of firewood, followed by Kagome.

"Hey, Inuyasha, are you sure you don't need some help carrying that stuff?" Kagome asked.

"Feh, I'm stronger than you remember?" he scoffed, and then mumbled as an afterthought, "but thanks anyway…" Inuyasha glanced suspiciously around the clearing as if expecting to be interrupted…again.

The first time he had tried to tell Kagome his feelings, he had gotten hit on the head with a pot, then Kouga came and he didn't have a chance, and then that stupid fox demon came bounding into the clearing trying to save Kagome, and then head was knocked around by a praying mantis demon's claws. This time he would make sure there were no interruptions.

Inuyasha dumped the firewood onto the ground, clearing his throat. "Kagome, I have something to tell you." Then he glanced around the clearing again, expecting a ball of fluff to be hurtling through the air or a pot to come flying towards him.

"Uhh, Inuyasha? Don't you have something to tell me?" Kagome prompted.

"Yeah, uhm…" Inuyasha began, glancing around the clearing again. Needless to say, he was feeling a bit paranoid. Gaining confidence when he could sense no interruptions, Inuyasha stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Kagome, pulling her into an embrace.

"Inu…y-yasha?"

Inuyasha grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled back just a little to look at her reaction. Kagome felt as if she were in a trance as his tender gaze held hers and she couldn't look away.

"Kagome…I…" Inuyasha began, slowly beginning to lean towards her.

Behind the bushes, Miroku leaned forward eagerly. 'Come on Inuyasha…don't you dare mess this up…It's perfect, don't mess it up…' He thought excitedly. Then a rock went flying over his head, heading straight for Inuyasha's head.

"Inu-" Kagome began to murmur but then a huge rock struck Inuyasha's head and he flinched, grabbing his head.

"Shit, what the hell?!" he cursed, rubbing his head and looking down at the rock.

In the bushes, Miroku turned around and glared. He saw Shippo with his hands behind his back and his eyes turned skyward as he whistled innocently.

"Shippo…" Miroku said, a dangerous angry twitch over his left eye.

"What? It slipped!" Shippo whined, albeit quietly so that Inuyasha wouldn't be able to hear them with his extraordinary hearing.

Miroku was mentally pounding his head against a tree since if he really pounded his head against a tree, Inuyasha would hear him. 'So close, so close, so close, so close…' Miroku thought, mentally pounding his head on a tree to emphasize each word.

"Inuyasha, are you all right?" Kagome asked.

He growled slightly, rubbing his head. It didn't hurt too bad; whoever threw that rock was going to be hurting much more! Inuyasha would make sure the thrower of the rock paid dearly for messing up his perfect chance to tell Kagome everything. He paused to sniff the air and his growling grew louder.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called tentatively as he began storming towards the bushes nearby.

'Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, run, run…' Miroku thought, panic-stricken as he saw the furious hanyou sniff the air. He scrambled to his knees and attempted to crawl away, Shippo and Sango hurriedly following, sensing trouble. The monk hadn't crawled three yards before he was grabbed by the back of his purple robe and pulled to his feet to face a livid Inuyasha.

"Uh heh heh…Funny story actually…" Miroku began, laughing nervously. "You see…we were just…we thought we saw a demon in these here bushes….and uh…decided to investigate."

Inuyasha's eyes flicked from the face of Miroku to Sango to Shippo. "Who…threw…the…rock?" he asked dangerously slow and calm. He glared at them all as if daring them to lie to him.

Miroku craned his neck as best he could with Inuyasha still holding him by his robes to turn and glare at Shippo.

Just then Sango stepped forward. "I did, Inuyasha. I thought I saw one of Naraku's insects nearby and so I tried to hit it. Turns out it was just a regular old bee though."

Inuyasha considered for a moment and then set Miroku back on his feet none too gently as Kagome walked up to them.

"What are you guys doing here? And don't feed me that shit about demons in the bushes, monk," Inuyasha said, his arms crossed.

Then Shippo decided to pipe up and Miroku sighed; he was so dead now. "We were watching you! It was Miroku's idea and he tried to cover my eyes when you were about to slobber on Kagome! I don't understand why he would want to cover my eyes anyway since my parents slobbered all the time! I mean, it wasn't like you were going to do anything else anyway!"

By now, Kagome's face was a bright red, which looked relatively pale compared to the shade of red Inuyasha was wearing on his face, Miroku was praying to the gods that he wouldn't be killed by the hanyou, and Sango shifted her weight from foot to foot because of the awkward tension in the air. Needless to say, this would be the last time she ever listened to Miroku.

"Never again…" she muttered.

"Miroku," Inuyasha said, an angry twitch over his eye as he cracked his knuckles.

"Yes friend?"

"I'll give you a one second head start," Inuyasha said. "Starting now: one!"

Miroku didn't need to be told twice and ran away as fast as he could, Inuyasha tearing through the forest after him.

Sango and Kagome both sighed, sweatdropping.

Shippo glanced around him, completely bewildered. "What'd I say?"

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A/N: Hehe, I'm having fun writing Shippo. He always seems to say the wrong things at the wrong time, and better yet, he doesn't know why it's the wrong thing at the wrong time. Anywho, you know the drill, review!