DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters in this story. I won't profit in any way from it. The characters belong to and are owned by Rumiko Takahashi.

Chapter 4

Kagome, relaxed her body at that statement. Not even realizing that she had been holding her breath. Living half of her life in the feudal era was difficult sometimes. There were so many things she couldn't tell her family. The danger, being kidnapped on occasion (Kouga the wolf youkai came to mind). So many things that her family living in the twenty-first century wouldn't understand. As she relaxed she noticed another problem. Her face went fire-red. Inu Yasha's eyebrows rose into his hairline. Blushing? "Um, Inu Yasha, " she said, " is there a...........a....." She gulped nervously.... " a bathroom in this hut?, " she wispered. Now it was his turn to blush fire red. His cheeks blazed. He scooped her up sleeping bag and all and carried her over to a small door in the wall. He propped her against the wall then opened the door to it. Then, cheeks still blazing ran to check the weather at the door to the hut.

Wrenching open the door he stood there half-naked and breathed hard. The cold slapped him hard and a flurry of snow fell in the door when he opened it. He was very glad of that, his iron control was slipping. That couldn't be allowed to happen. He stared into the darkness of the night, watching the snow swirl. He knew they were in trouble still, even if Kagome didn't. He sniffed the air and smelled only more snow. "Damn, he thought. We are going to be here at least another day. The storm is still raging." That didn't please him. On many levels. The main one being that time was passing and it was almost the night of the new moon. The next night he would be at his most vunerable. Snarling slightly he turned from the door to realize that Kagome was walking towards him from the fireplace. Clothing in her hands. She thrust his kimono at him. "Here, this is dry," she said. Shrugging, he dressed swiftly in his under kimono shirt, fire rat pants and outer kimono. He fastened Tetsuaiga in it's customary place at his side. Soon he stood before her looking like the Inu Yasha she was used to. She said to him, " my pants and shirt are almost dry, now I'll watch that they dry and don't burn."

His voice answered her without looking at her. "We are still in trouble, wench." We need food, we can eat snow for water and this snow is going to last at least another day. To make matters worse, tomorrow is the night of the new moon." Kagome turned to face him at that statement. " Tomorrow, the night of the new moon?" she gasped, " Already?" "Yeah, lucky me," came the sardonic voice, " here we are stuck in a blizzard in the middle of nowhere and I can't get us out of here. The weather is against us and since I'm getting weaker and more "human" (said with disgust) we are going to be stuck here until after the new moon. "We have at least a day and another night to live through. I don't know if there's more wood, either. Yet another reason to keep the fire small as possible."

She turned troubled eyes to the fire now. The clothes were almost dry. Food? They needed it? "Where's my backpack, Inu Yasha?" He pointed to the middle of room where he had left it. She walked carefully on her tender feet to the pack and kneeled down, the sleeping blanket wrapped tightly around her. She looked resignedly at the mess he'd made of her things. Sighing, she moved the pack and checked it out. "A-ha!! " came the delighted sound out of the girl. Inu Yasha turned back to the room after closing the door. " A-ha?" he queried. Kagome was delighted and proud of herself. She said we have food! She pulled packages of ramen out of the pack, followed by a collapsable camping pot, some dehydrated vegetables and some dried fish. The vegetables and fish were in a woven packet, slipped into the pack by Kaede she thought. The ramen by herself and her mother. There were chopsticks also to eat with. She looked up at Inu Yasha, eyes shining with delight. Just then, a loud rumble came from the vicinity of Inu Yasha's belly. They looked at one another and burst out laughing. For once, in total accord.