Welcome friendz! ^_^

Okay, a lil info before I let ya go to read the story...

This takes place after the episode where Kagome nearly destroys Naraku w/her arrow (Ep. 30 'Tetsusaiga is Stolen! Showdown at Naraku's Castle') so forget about the rest of the series from that point on!

This is rated PG-13 due to the language.

Just to clear thingz up...

"..." -speaking

'...' -thinking

My apologies in advance for errors and mistakes... otherwise, enjoy! ^.^

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

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Summary: Inuyasha has gone through life, excepting what happens without thought, so intent upon getting the Shikon Jewel that he regrets to notice the thing in life that really makes it worth living... Inuyasha/Kagome

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Prologue

'He did it again... ticked me off... what a royal pain in the ass...' Kagome silently growled, taking a deep breath and counting to ten before even allowing herself to listen to the yelling half demon in front of her, feeling a major headache coming on.

"...with you weak humans always needing to rest. We need to get Sango and head out! I don't care what you say, we need to go now! You think." Inuyasha yelled on and on, starting to walk towards the small hut where Sango was currently recovering from her injuries inflicted by Naraku, leaving Kagome no choice but to lose control of her own temper and shout, "SIT!"

With a sharp cry of surprise, Inuyasha dove face first into the ground, muffled shouts of rage following while the only other being in the area other then Kagome and Inuyasha laughed, pointing at Inuyasha and shouting, "Inuyasha got sat!"

"SHIPPO! ...I...KILL...TORTURE...LAUGH!" The spectator froze as he caught those few words from the pissed hanyou's lips, his eyes widening when Inuyasha grabbed a handful of dirt... meaning the spell from the rosary beads was slowly but surely wearing off.

With a cry for help, Shippo dashed for the hut, intent on getting inside before the dog demon could get a hold of him, but Inuyasha had different plans, jumping to his feet with a snarl, shouting, "Shippo you chicken! Get back here and..."

"Sit!" The young black haired miko shouted again, sending the half demon face first into the ground once more, his oaths filling the sky without stop.

This was the scene the priest Miroku walked in upon, needing only to glance from Kagome's stiff figure to Inuyasha's twitching one to understand they were once again arguing, with Kagome having the upper hand.

Tension was high between the young girl and dog demon, the air around them nearly sparking with it as Miroku walked past the fuming miko and muttering hanyou with a smirk, entering the hut with the antidotes that would cure Kirara of Naraku's poison.

After the door closed behind him, Kagome turned back to the still mumbling Inuyasha who was slowly rising to his knees, and she failed to reign in her temper, shouting, "Are you done yet? You must be getting tired of kissing the dirt, but I must admit I'll never tire of saying sit!"

Slamming into the ground unexpectedly, Inuyasha let out a yelp while the dirt billowed outward, consuming their camp in a dust cloud, and Kagome felt a pang of guilt as she kneeled down next to him, the dust slowly settling.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha... I know you wish to find the rest of the Shikon Jewel, and we'll start searching as soon as Sango is doing better." Kagome whispered with a sigh, and she listened to what he mumbled through a mouthful of dirt, "If I didn't... stupid necklace... would be...better...I don't... really need...pathetic miko...you...find jewel shards...myself..."

"Of course you could find the jewel shards by yourself, but it's my duty to protect the Shikon Jewel and I made a promise to help you find all the jewel shards since I shattered it..." She whispered, a little hurt by his angry words, understanding most of the words she had caught, but she hid her feelings with a pat on his head, adding, "Plus I would miss those beads if I took them off..."

Sitting up, Inuyasha glared at her, his golden eyes unreadable, and with the baring of his fangs he snarled, "I'd do anything to get these damn rosary beads off! You think I'll wear these forever? I'll find a way to get them off! And then I'll get the Shikon Jewel and become a full fledged demon."

Silence followed that speech, the only sound they heard was the wind blowing through the trees as they stared into each others eyes, and Kagome slowly stood up, giving him a smile and shrugging, quickly turning and looking around the dusty camp for her yellow bag, finding it by the small hut.

Walking over to it, she talked to Inuyasha over her shoulder, "If you stick around I'll have some ramen ready in a few minutes... but you have to behave, got that?"

He snorted without replying, his features blank, and light wind toyed with his long hair while he thought about Kagome's reaction to his words.

'She had just shrugged it off like it was nothing...' He thought, his golden eyes darkening in color and thoughts spiraling, 'I'll never understand her... stupid wench.'

With that last thought he nodded his head, watching Kagome dig through her yellow bag the whole time he had been thinking, and he glanced up at the sky in faint surprise when a drop of rain hit him right on the nose.

Studying the swirling dark gray mass of clouds that stretched beyond sight, he wondered how long it would be before it started raining, drenching them without mercy, a slight smile coming to his lips at the image forming in his head.

Over at the entrance to the hut, Shippo poked his head out, glancing at the lost in thought dog demon before racing over to Kagome and asking, "Is it safe to come out yet? Miroku has fed Kirara the antidotes and Sango says if she is cooped up with that 'lecherous, no-good, lousy monk' she will scream."

With a laugh, Kagome stopped her movements in preparing the ramen to turn to Inuyasha, replying, "Of course it is, Inuyasha is going to behave... right?"

Breaking out of his daydreaming, Inuyasha 'keh'-ed, turning away from her smiling face and tucking his hands in his sleeves, nose twitching at the wonderful smell of cooking ramen.

Turning back to her bag with a small smile, Kagome laughed silently at his twitching nose, her eyes twinkling with happiness as she started digging through the bag once again.

"It's safe!" Shippo shouted before raiding Kagome's bag after she turned away, and Inuyasha rolled his eyes in disbelief, turning his head towards the hut door when Miroku walked out, a goofy smile on the monk's face, his arm around a wary Sango's waist, who was holding Kirara in her arms.

"Sango!" Kagome shouted, abandoning the cooking ramen to rush over to her friend and give her a gentle hug, "I'm so happy to see you doing better! It seemed like forever."

"It was only a couple days..." The angry hanyou growled, focusing on Sango and adding, "Are you ready to go? That wench won't..."

"Sit!"

"Ahhhh!" Growls could be heard from him while he twitched on the ground, leaving Miroku to move over and sit next to him, the goofy smile slowly disappearing and the normal unreadable expression replacing it.

With a sigh of impatience, Kagome turned from Inuyasha, announcing, "You said you would behave... Oh, you must be tired Sango! Come over here and si... rest!"

Her laughter echoed around the camp as Inuyasha glared at her, not liking her little joke of almost sending him to the ground once again, and he sat up, turning his attention away from her and studying the serious looking Miroku.

'How the hell did he manage to come out of that hut conscious when he was in there with a girl... Sango no less?' Inuyasha asked himself, turning his attention from the monk to Kagome, his eyes narrowing with interest when he picked up on what she was asking Sango, "...and rest, don't worry about Inuyasha. Now, are you sure you are okay? You seem a little... sad."

"I feel fine..." Sango replied softly, slowly sitting down next to Miroku without looking at Kagome, a deep frown between her brows, "But... it's... oh, nothing really."

"Don't nothing me! It's Kohaku isn't it? You're upset because Naraku took off with him once again..." Kagome announced, her frown turning into a reassuring smile as she enveloped Sango in a hug, adding, "Everything will turn out alright... I promise we'll save him next time."

When Kagome moved away, she wiped at her eyes, giving Sango a bright smile before turning to her bag and starting to dig through it, freezing when she heard Inuyasha mutter, "Humans and their pathetic emo..."

"Sit." She shouted, hearing his cry and the thud that followed, but her attention was on her bag, surprised to see Shippo sitting inside it, eating the remaining chocolate from her last trip home.

Behind her Sango coughed into her hand at the dog demon's muttering, trying to cover a laugh while Miroku sat in silence, looking to the world as if he were deep in thought, and Sango's laughing abruptly stopped when she felt a pressure on her rear.

Eyebrow twitching, she stood up, screaming, "PERVERT!" before soundly slapping him on the cheek, and Kagome turned with Shippo in her arms, both of them rolling their eyes in exasperation at the scene that met their eyes.

Holding his hands up in surrender, Miroku looked at Sango with a confused look, enhanced by the red handprint on his cheek, and innocently asking, "What did I do?"

While Sango muttered darkly, Inuyasha sat up, sending a glare towards Kagome before glancing at the ramen and asking, "Is it done yet?"

Rolling her eyes with a laugh, Kagome handed Shippo to Sango and turned towards the ramen, going to scoop it, but she froze, sensing something moving towards them.

"Jewel shards..." She whispered, glancing towards the direction she detected them from, and Inuyasha stood up, turning towards Sango and announcing, "You stay here and watch our stuff, we'll go..."

"No, I'm coming with! Kirara!" She cut him off, hopping on the transformed Kirara's back along with Miroku, but not without a deathly look warning him no funny stuff.

"Sango, are you sure?" Kagome asked, quickly getting onto Inuyasha's back along with Shippo, and Sango nodded.

Inuyasha glanced back at Kagome, his golden eyes asking her approval, and she nodded slightly, whispering, "Let's go."

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Letz move on to the next chappie, eh?

Hugz N Kissez, Ali