Time for a change part 36

Hello again people. Sorry its been so long but I moved Friday and I haven't been able to get to a computer to write.
Wow nearly 750 reviews! God knows how many times more that is than all my other stories combined. Well anyway I see
that most of you read my a/n about bites not equaling mates. Ok here are my reasons for this.

1-Its a very common idea. I have a similar way to mark, but its not biting atleast.
2-Shippo bit Inuyasha in the first chapter. And I don't want a Inu/Ship yaio. *shivers*

Ok everyone wants to know what does biting mean. I suppose I could be an evil author and tell you to go reread the first
two chapters, but since its been so long since I updated I'll lay it out for you.

In the first chapter as you all know Shippo starts to nip Inuyasha. In the second chapter Kagome asks Inuyasha what 'she'
did. He told her 'things mates do.' There understand now? :P

Thats a first. Someone wants me to make a lemon out of this story :). I wouldn't want to exclude a large portion of my readers
so I can't do that. Also lemons are technically not allowed of fanfiction.net anyway even though some people cheat and make
there stories R. I don't want to risk it and lose all my reviews and get banned. Not that I haven't ever had ideas....

Words of wisdom- Before you talk bad about someone walk a mile in there shoes that way you'll be a mile away and you'll have
their shoes.

I don't own Sesshomaru

"Hey Miroku. Don't forget you have to make dinner." Sango said glaring at the monk as he reached for her leg. Miroku let his
hand drop and sighed. "All right then, Inuyasha will you go catch a deer or something while I got pick some vegetables?"
Miroku asked. Inuyasha snorted clearly not wanting to move from where he was sitting with Kagome in his lap. "Aren't monks
not allowed to eat meat?" he replied. Kagome shifted from her place in his lap and looked up. "Go help him, I'm hungry anyway."
she said smiling. Inuyasha feh'd but released her from his hold and got up. Grumbling slightly, he followed Miroku out the
door.

Shippo got up from his place on the floor and bounded after Inuyasha. Kagome watched in surprise. "Shippo where are you
going?" she asked. Shippo stopped at the doorway and turned around. "I'm going to go talk Inuyasha about teaching me." he
lied nervously. (Bad Shippo) Kagome smiled and nodded. "Don't pester him to much or you'll find yourself tied to a tree."
she warned. Shippo nodded and exited the hut. Kagome watched Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo until they were out of sight. Then
she got up and walked over to where she kept her bathing supplies and pulled out a small mirror. She used it to look at the
place where Inuyasha had nipped her. There was no sign of it, but it still tingled a little. Kagome touched the tingling area
gently. She hadn't lied when she had told Inuyasha it hadn't hurt. On the contrary, it had actualy felt kind of good, she just
hadn't been expecting it.

Sango watched her friend silently as she inspected the place where Inuyasha had nipped her. "I wonder why he did that." Kagome
mumured to noone. Kagome looked over the Sango. "Do you know why he would do that?" she asked. Sango just shook her head and
got up to tend the fire. "I'm a youkai exterminator. We only know how to kill them, my village has never paid any attention
to youkai courtship rituals and the likes. The only thing we know is that if you kill a youkai that is mated, you'd better
kill its mate before it finds out." Kagome blushed a little. "C-Courship ritual?" she asked. Sango shrugged. "Maybe he was
hungry." she said jokingly. Kagome sighed. "That WOULD be like him."

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Inuyasha walked throught the forest, Shippo walking behind him grinning ear to ear. With a jump, Shippo landed on the hanyou's
shoulder still grinning. Miroku had left to find vegetables, or more likely to flirt with the vilage girls. Inuyasha growled
slightly and gave the kitsune a glare, but the child didn't move and his grin didn't fade. "WHAT!?" he cried exasperated.
Seeing that Inuyasha hadn't hurled him into the nearest tree, Shippo decided that the hanyou was willing to talk. "When are
you going." Inuyasha grabbed the kitsune before he could finish and hurled him into the nearest tree. 'Ok so maybe he doesn't
want to talk.'

Shippo didn't let that stop him. As soon as he managed to get down he hopped on a tree branch just out of the hanyou's reach.
"Well?" he prodded. Inuyasha glared at him. "Well what?" he snapped. Shippo rolled his eyes. "You know what." Inuyasha snorted.
"Who said I was going to." Shippo gave a mocking laugh. "Oh come on. You build a house for her to live in, and on top of that
you bite her. You wouldn't do that, even on accident, if you didn't want her to be your mate." Inuyasha snarled and jumped at
the kitsune, grabbing him by the tail and lifting him up to look at him in the eye. "You bit me you little brat. Does that mean
you want to be my mate?"

Inuyasha smirked at the shell-shocked expression on Shippo's face before tossing him over his shoulder. "So what if I do? Its
none of your business." he said as the kitsune hit the ground. If Shippo said anymore, Inuyasha didn't hear him. 'What should
I get?" he wondered as he sniffed the ground for a scent. There were dozens of them from all kinds of animals. 'I wonder what
Kagome's favorite type of meat is.' he wondered. That would be useful to know even if she didn't agree, which Inuyasha
grudgingly admitted was a possiblity, but hopefully a small one. 'Theres one way to find out.' he thought as he leapt into
a tree.

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Miroku stared at the hanyou. "I asked you to get us some meat, not kill everything in the forest." Miroku said as the hanyou
set down the pole he was using to carry a dead deer, two dead ducks, about a dozen different types of fish, and a grumbling
Shippo. "Let me down or i'll tell Kagome." Shippo wined. Inuyasha snorted and untied the kitsunes legs from the pole. Shippo
scampered several feet away before turning around and sticking his tounge out and pulling down one of his eye lids. Then he
ran into the nearby hut. Inuyasha turned his attention to Miroku. "Cook all of this." he instructed. Miroku nodded. "Since
I am guessing the reason you want me to is to see what Kagome likes best, how about you help me prepare the food. That way I
can teach you the recipes." Inuyasha keh'd but nodded.

Miroku looked over the dead animals. "Well I'm going to need some more herbs and spices, and some rice. You start cleaning
the animals while I go find them."

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"Miroku I didn't know you were such a good cook." Kagome exclaimed taking another bite of her meal. Miroku smiled cheerily.
"Sometime's I have to feed myself. Not even I can get a free room and meal every time." Sango rolled her eyes. "This is
very good." She said. Miroku's smile got bigger and he reached out to wrap his arm around Sango (and get a good grope while
he was at it.) "Now that I know you've been holding out on me I expect you'll cook like this for the rest of the month."
she finished when she saw what he was going to do. Miroku let his arm drop and went back to eating. Inuyasha ate slowly
watching Kagome carefully. So far she had sampled everything and hadn't shown any preference yet. Miroku also noticed this.
"It seems Lady Kagome is not a picky eater." he murmered under his breath. Inuyasha's keen ears picked up what he said and
he nodded.

Kagome finished her meal and rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Its getting late, we'd better head back home soon."
she said. Inuyasha swallowed the rest of his food and nodded. Kagome got up and brushed herself off. "Thanks for the meal
Miroku. I'll see you guys later." She said cheerfully. The others said there goodbyes and she gave Shippo a hug. "I'll see
you guys soon." she called as she and Inuyasha started to walk towards the well.

They walked in silence enjoying eachother's company. They soon reached the well and Kagome looked over at Inuyasha. "Even
with Toshio, I had fun today." she said smiling. Inuyasha nodded. "Well lets go." Kagome said. With that she gave Inuyasha
a shove and he toppled over the side of the well and down it. Kagome hopped in after him. On the other side Kagome giggled
at Inuyasha, who was sitting on his behind in the well, and gave his ear a scratch. Inuyasha reached up and grabbed her arm.
Witha tug, Kagome landed right next to him. "Hey!" she protested, but Inuyasha just smirked as he got up. As an afterthought
Inuyasha picked Kagome up and slung her over his shoulder before jumping out. He set her down gently and started to head for
the house. Kagome brushed herself off and followed.

Inside Mrs. Higurashi was watching television. "Oh there you two are. You missed dinner." She said cheerfully looking up from
her program. Kagome nodded. "Thats all right. We already ate." she said. "I'm going to take a bath." Kagome headed up stairs
leaving Mrs. Higurashi and Inuyasha alone. "Do you need something Inuyasha?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Inuyasha nodded and pulled
out the broken locket. "Could you.. fix this?" he asked. Mrs. Higurashi inspected the pieces. "Oh dear. What happened?" Inuyasha
quickly explained and once he finished Mrs. Higurashi just nodded. "Well don't worry. I'm sure it can be fixed. I'll take it
to a jewler tommorow." she assured. "Sota's been lonely today. Why don't you play with him while you wait for Kagome to finish."

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Kagome got up from her desk after finishing brushing her hair for school. Inuyasha walked into the room fully dressed. "Are
you done yet?" he asked. Kagome nodded and reached down to grab his bookbag that he had left next to her desk. Kagome was
surprised at how heavy it was. She had to use both hands to lift it up and hand it to him. "Jeez what's in there Inuyasha?"
she asked as he hoisted it over his shoulder. Inuyasha gave her a smirk. "My history report."

Thats all for now folks. Sorry about the wait, but it gave me a good chance to think up some more stuff for my story.
Please review.