(A/N: Ok, I know that I put this in the romance genre and there hasn't been much, but in the later chapters, I assure you that there will be soon. And its not with Sess&Kagome, its with Inu&Kagome. Just so you know. Well, here's the next chapter!)

Chapter 3: How? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Kagome and Rin are outside in the backyard of the palace. The backyard is just a big garden full of flowers that looked like they could live forever from their beauty, and right beside that was a large pond. Kagome is sitting on a bench that was in the middle of the garden. Then Rin comes running to Kagome with something in her hands.

"I picked these for you." Rin said as she gave Kagome a large amount of violets, lilies, and tulips.

"Oh! Thank you, Rin, but I don't think Sesshomaru will be to happy that you picked his flowers."

"No he won't. There's plenty!"

"Okay, if you say so." She then starts to smell the flowers that lay in her lap.

"Lady Kagome"

"Yes, Rin"

"Lord Sesshomaru played this game with me. Do you want to play it?"

"Uhh, sure. What is it?"

"It's a game called 'bird'."

"I never heard of it. How do you play?"

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Inuyasha is making his way back to the palace. 'I don't trust Sesshomaru at all! That's why I've got to stay with Kagome and make sure that damn bastard won't try anything when he gets back.' The thoughts of his brother always angered him. So he tried to think of something else that would get his mind off that subject. 'Plus, this will be a good opportunity to spend some time with Kagome.' That caused him to relax a little and put a warm smile upon his face.

When he got back to the palace, he noticed that they weren't inside 'Dammit! Can't they stay in just one spot?' then he heard some laughter coming from the outside.

He then entered the garden where he found Kagome with Rin in her arms and spinning around. They both looked so. . happy. They were both laughing and having so much fun from what he saw. That's when Rin noticed him.

"You want to play?" she asked.

Kagome then noticed him too and stopped spinning and put Rin down.

"I don't know, I haven't played 'bird' in years." He replied.

"Please? Master Inuyasha, please?" she said as she started to tug on his hanori (A/N: Is that how you spell it?)

"C'mon Inuyasha, it won't kill you." Said Kagome.

Inuyasha felt so defeated. When he looked down at the small child with pleading eyes, he had to give in. He sighed and then said "Ok, you win."

"Yay!" Rin replied with happiness.

"Ok, so do you want to spin like a top, like you and Kagome were doing or actually fly like a bird?"

"A bird, bird!!"

"Alright then." He says as he picks Rin up.

"Ok, are you ready?"

"Yes!" she says happily.

"Ok, here you. . go!" Inuyasha then throws her up in the air. She reaches to about five feet high into the sky and all she could do was happily giggle.

While Kagome, on the other hand, noticed how good Inuyasha is with children. He didn't act this way with Shippo. Maybe it was because they were always too focused on their mission or he didn't want anyone to see through his hard exterior. 'He would make a great daddy' she thought with a smile.

Inuyasha saw her smile over there, she stopped throwing Rin in the air. Then an idea popped into his head. "Hey Kagome!"

"Yea?"

"Would you like to play?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I mean."

"If you're up to something then I-"

"Just come here!"

She sighed and answered with an "Ok" she then made her way to him.

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Miroku and Sango are in the forest just sitting against some trees, facing each other and being completely bored. While Shippo was playing tag with Kiara. Miroku decided to break the silence between them.

"So what do you want to do?"

Sango just stared at him for a second "I don't know. What do you wanna do?"

"Well I don't know, what do you wanna do?"

"I don't know. What do you wanna do?"

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"I don't know, what do you want to do?"

"Well I don't know what do you want to-"Miroku was then cut off by Shippo.

"Would you guys just shut-up already?!!! Jeez! You're driving me nuts with that!! Just hurry up find something to do already!!"

"Well, what do you suppose we should do, Shippo?" asked Sango. "We can't look for shards with out Kagome, and Inuyasha would be furious if we fought demons without him."

"Well you guys could play with me and Kiara, go swimming, climb trees, look for food-"he stopped talking when he heard his stomach growling. "Why don't you guys go find some food, I'm getting kinda hungry and it's almost time for supper anyway."

"Ok, c'mon Miroku."

Miroku went to follow Sango.

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"Inuyasha, what are you planning on doing?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha picked her up. She knew they weren't playing 'bird' anymore. "Inuyasha?"

He just gave her a smirk. That made Kagome started to worry a little.

"Inuyasha, Ifyou'replanningondoinganythingthenyoushouldknowthatthisisaverygoodkimonoand Sesshomaruwon'tbehappyifIruinitsopleasedon'tdoanythingthatwouldruinit. Please?"

"Kagome, the only thing that I could understand that came out of you're mouth was 'Inuyasha' and 'please'. So are you asking me to please do something?" he smirked.

'I know that smirk' she thought "What are you going to do?"

Before she realized it, he dropped her into the pond.

"INUYASHA!!" she screamed.

Inuyasha just laughed at her state of wetness. 'She never saw it coming!' he thought while he was still laughing like crazy. He took another look at her and noticed how she just sat in the shallow water of the pond with her arms crossed around her chest and a pouting look on her face 'She looks so cute when she pouts like that. Wait! What am I thinking?' his face then turned a little pink.

"Great idea! Lets go swimming!" said Rin as she ran toward the pond.

"Wait! Rin, no!" yelled Kagome, but she didn't listen. Rin jumped in, right on Kagome. This caused him to laugh even harder.

Inuyasha's conscience took hold of him, so he decided to give Kagome a break. He held out his hand for her, but she didn't know whether or not to take it and she gave him a what-are-you-up-to look.

"C'mon *chuckle* take my hand" he said and he started to notice the look she was giving him. Inuyasha sighed "I promise, I won't try anything."

Kagome gave him her hand and he pulled her up, but she lost her balance and fell on top of him. "Sorry" she said into his haori (A/N: Is that how it's spelled?)

"Achoo!!" both looked over to Rin who just sneezed. "Lady Kagome? Can I go inside now? I'm cold."

Kagome got herself off Inuyasha and went over to Rin. "Yea, lets go." She looked back at Inuyasha. "We've got to change. We won't take to long."

"Ok" he said.

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Kagome and Rin went up to Rin's room to change her wet clothes. When Kagome got to Rin's dresser, she found that there were almost as many outfits in there than in her own. She soon found one that she thought would look adorable on her. Rin went to try on the one she had picked out for her.

"Ta da!" Rin said as she jumped out of her bathroom wearing the purple kimono with golden swirls. "Lady Kagome, do you like it?"

"Yes Rin, it looks very pretty on you!" Kagome replied "Ok, now I have to get something to wear."

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Inuyasha took his time looking at his brother's palace. 'It's still the same as I remember it.' he thought. 'The sun is setting, what's taking them?' he then heard footsteps coming down the stairway. It was Rin.

"Where's Kagome?"

"She's still getting the dress on. She told me to come down here and wait with you."

"Well it shouldn't take her this long!"

"There are a lot of buttons on the back of it, that must be why."

"Oh. She could have picked a different one if it was going to take this long!"

"I couldn't talk her out of it."

"Oh." He sighed and then sat on one of the porcelain chairs.

It was silent for a second then Rin asked "Are you and Lady Kagome married?"

"What?!" Inuyasha now had a shocked look on his face.

"You seem like it, so aren't you?"

"N-no, of course not!!"

"Oh, ok."

"Are you in love with her?"

"Will you stop asking annoying questions?!"

"Ok. . . . but are you?"

"Shut-up!!" he yelled in a harsh tone of voice.

This cause Rin to cry. Inuyasha was so used to using that tone with Shippo. Rin wasn't used to it.

"D-don't cry, don't cry. Please don't cry!" after his pleading she still wouldn't stop. "Please, kid? I'll do anything."

"Anything?" Rin asked.

"Yea, you name it."

"Ok, *sniff*. Do you *sniff* love Lady Kagome?"

"I. . .uhh. . .Could you ask anything else?!"

"I'll stop crying *sniff* if you answer my question."

'Oh she's good.' He thought. "You promise you'll stop crying?"

Rin nodded her head.

"*sigh* Ok, I don't know."

"That isn't an answer!"

"Yes it is!"

"No it isn't!"

"Yes it is!"

"No it isn't!"

"Would you guys stop it!" yelled Kagome. The two were so busy arguing that they didn't notice Kagome come down stairs. She was wearing long white dress that was sleeveless with a vine design on it that went all over the dress. (A/N: It looks like the vines are tying around the dress. You know what I mean, right?) Inuyasha just looked at her in awe 'she looks so beautiful'

"What were you fighting about anyway?" asked Kagome.

"It was nothing! I already found my answer!" Rin said smiling at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha blushed a bright red and tried to cover his face.

"Inuyasha, what is she talking about?" asked Kagome.

"I-I don't know" he answered shyly.

Kagome then looks at him very confused.

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After a couple of hours, Sango and Miroku finally found and killed their rabbit dinner. As they were headed back Sango just figured something out.

"You didn't try to grope me!" Sango said in an astonished voice.

"Why are you so surprised by this? Sango, you know I can be a decent guy." Said Miroku.

"When you feel like it." She mumbled

"Why do you always judge me by my bad side and not my good?"

"You have a good side?"

He sighed. "Forget it!"

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(A/N: I know, it's a bad place to leave off. Anyways, thanks for reviewing! I'll try to update soon and I'll try to put some fluffs in the next chapter. By the way, Review!!)