Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha…….yet. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

A/N: Yay! 7 reviews! You people make me so happy! Okay, one thing I have to say before I start with this fic is that it will be very OOC. Deal with it. I just want Inuyasha to be nice to Akane, otherwise my entire plot will collapse. I promise that it won't be like this all the time.

Chapter 5: The joys of jogging

Akane looked at Inuyasha in shock for a second, and then burst out laughing.

"Inuyasha…ha ha …. wake... up!" she said, trying without much luck to suppress her laughter.

Inuyasha grumbled for a second and then sat up, the annoyed look on his face covered almost completely by his messy hair.

"What do you want?!"

Akane tried desperately to stifle her giggles and replied.

"*giggle* Inuyasha, I didn't know you were the kind of guy who sleeps with a teddy bear!"

Inuyasha frowned under his mess of hair and then blushed at the realization that he was still clinging to the teddy bear Kagome had given him.

"Don't laugh!"

"I-Inuyasha?..."

Akane was surprised at the seriousness in his voice.

"Kagome gave this to me..."

Akane's eye's lighted up and she smirked a little.

"Ohhh, I see now, seems that there are some hidden feelings inside there"

"N-no!.....it's just…"

"What is it Inuyasha, you can tell me."

Akane smiled at him reassuringly.

"Well…you see…my mom died when I was very young…"

Suddenly Akane understood.

"You don't need to say anything more, I know exactly how you feel."

"You do?" Inuyasha said, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Yes, I lost my mom when I was young too."

Reaching up to get the hair out of Inuyasha's eyes, Akane noticed a single tear sliding down his cheek.

Not thinking twice, Akane pulled Inuyasha into a bear hug and started stroking his hair. And Inuyasha was just too happy to care, happy that he had finally found someone who understood him. Akane was playfully patting the top of his head when she stopped abruptly.

"Inuyasha?! Are these dog ears?!" She let go of him so fast that his head was spinning for a second.

"What? Uh…oh, yes, they are…" he replied, still a little dizzy. Akane just stared at him and it was only after he looked at her that he realized what he had just said. Not knowing what to do or say in a situation like this, Inuyasha sat perfectly quiet, praying to every god he knew to just make him disappear. Although the reaction he got was not what he expected from a girl like Akane.

"THERE SO CUTE!!!!!"

Yep, she did what every other female did when they saw Inuyasha's ears. Reach up, pet them, and make the annoying squeaky sounds that only girls could make.

"Um…are you quite finished yet…" asked Inuyasha, an irritable tone masking the shy voice Akane had heard just a few minutes ago.

"Oh! Yes, sorry, I've just never seen someone with dog ears before, are they real?"

"Yes. And I don't appreciate them being abused in that manner."

"I'm sorry" said Akane, amused at the look on his face. "So…what are you anyway?"

"I'm a hanyou….half demon."

"Oh…well, do you want to go jogging! And I know a great okonomiyaki place we can go to afterwards!"

"Sure, just give me a second."

Akane walked out and closed the door behind her.

'Wow! A half-demon is staying at my house!' she thought happily as she imagined what it would be like when Inuyasha met Ukyo….and Shampoo. This was going to be a fun two weeks. Just then Inuyasha walked out.

"Come on, let's go!"

By the time they got downstairs, everyone was already eating breakfast and Inuyasha noticed that Ranma and Kagome were quite enjoying each others company.

"Daddy, we're going out to jog for a while and then we're going to go to Ucchans, okay?"

"Yes that's fine. I'm going with Mrs. Higurashi to drop Souta off at camp."

"Okay, bye!"

With that said, she grabbed Inuyasha's hand and dashed outside.

It was still chilly outside, but they warmed up soon enough.

"This is quite a workout isn't it!" exclaimed Akane after about an hour and a half of jogging.

"Keh! This is nothing! Here, I want to show you something."

Inuyasha picked Akane up and started soaring through the air.

"Wow!" was all that Akane could manage to say.

Inuyasha kept on jumping rooftops at an amazing speed before he found what he was looking for, a huge, tall tree overlooking Nerima. With a great leap, he landed skillfully on one of the high branches.

"What do you think?" asked Inuyasha, a huge grin playing across his face.

"It's so beautiful! I'm glad I met you Inuyasha."

Inuyasha blushed at the compliment.

"Come on dog boy! I'm hungry lets go eat!"

Inuyasha scowled. "Don't ever call me that."

All Akane did was laugh.