A/N: WOW! I have NEVER gotten so many reviews at one time! I'm so happy! And guess what! You guys made me feel so much better with your reviews that I don't even feel sick anymore! I love you all! ~gives reviewers home made brownies~

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inukagonly: Thanks, I'm feeling much better. And I hope you feel better. And I want to thank you again for being supportive and for being truthful in my last chapter! And just because I got so many reviews, I'm going to update one day after I posted my last chapter! I hope you enjoy reading it!

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CHAPTER 12

Kagome had been fast asleep when Inuyasha had pulled into his drive way, so instead of waking her up he carried her into the house and laid her on the couch and covered her up with a blanket. Inuyasha just stood there for a moment, watching her face. For the first time, her face didn't looked stressed or worried. 'Feh, I must be getting soft.' He thought as he shook his head and made his way towards the hallway staircase.

'I don't know why I'm being so nice to that girl' He thought to himself as he made his way up the stairs.

He walked into the bathroom and turned on the cold water in the sink. He cupped his hands and splashed his face with cold water. After he was done doing that he turned off the water and patted his face dry with a towel then looked into the mirror above the sink. He frowned slightly. "How am I supposed to ask her?" He asked aloud to his reflection. It didn't reply. "Your no help." He muttered and threw his towel in the dirty clothes hamper.

Tomorrow night was the hospitals 50th annaversery of being open and it had rented out a local mansion that no one was living in to have a party and Inuyasha wanted to bring Kagome. The only problem Inuyasha had with that was getting the nerve up to ask her. 'Not thay I'm afraid or anything.' He thought as he made his way back down the stairs.

He glanced over at the couch to see Kagome sitting up and a thoughtful expression on her face. 'I guess I could ask her now.' He thought and made his way over to the couch. "Well, well, I see sleeping beuatiful has finally decided to wake up." He said with a smirk and sat down next to her.

Kagome glanced up at him. "Hey, Inuyasha." She said absently.

Inuyasha knew what it ment when she talked like that. "You had another memory." He stated. She always got that far off thoughtful look on her face when a memory came came back to her.

Kagome nodded her head slowly. "Yeah, I did. This one was really confusing." She said and looked into his amber eyes.

Inuyasha felt something in the pit of his stomach when her eyes locked with his, but he pushed it aside as being hungery. 'I'll have to make some ramen.' He thought. "Well, you gonna tell me what it was?" He asked, trying not to sound interested, but failing miserably.

Kagome nodded her head and began to tell Inuyasha about her memory. "This is the first memory I have had that doesn't have me getting hurt in it." She said after she had finished telling Inuyasha about her memory.

"Do you know where the shrine is? Maybe I could drive you out there. There could be some one there who knows you." Inuyasha said as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Kagome's face faultered slightly and she shook her head no. "No, I didn't even recognize the shrine or the well house." She said in a defeated sounding tone of voice.

Inuyasha crossed his arms in the now familure way that Kagome was used to. "Feh, its nothing to worry about. Be happy your remembering at all." He said.

Kagome smiled slightly at Inuyasha. "Thanks." She said quietly.

Inuyasha glanced at her from the corner of his eye. "Feh, for what, wench?" He asked in mild couriosity."

Kagome's smile widened slightly and she leaned over and gave Inuyasha a quick kiss on his cheek. "Thanks for listening to me." She said and quickly jumped off the couch and made her way up the stairs, blushing slightly.

Inuyasha just sat there, stunned by what Kagome had just done. Then he slowly brought one hand up and held it to his cheek where Kagome had kissed him. That one little, innocent kiss began to stir emotions in Inuyasha. Emotions that he didn't understand at all. "What are you doing to me, Kagome?" He asked aloud.

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Kagome quickly made her way up the stairs and into the hallway bathroom. "I can't believe I just did that!" She said, holding a hand to her burning cheek. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and saw her blushing face. She smiled a little, though. Even though she wouldn't admit it to herself, she had wanted to do that for the longest time.

Kagome sat on the edge of the tub and turned on the water. She kept it running untill she had it at just the right temperature, then she stripped out of her clothes and threw them in the dirty clothes hamper, but her hair up in a bun so it wouldn't get wet, and slowly lowered herself into the steaming water. She sighed in contentment as the hot water instantly relaxed her tense muscles.

Once she was submerged in the water up to her neck, she let her mind wander. She thought about what little memories she did have, she thought about her job, her new friends, but most of all, she thought about her feelings for Inuyasha.

True, her feelings had changed into something more for Inuyasha over the weeks she had spent with him. Her feeling resembled something almost like love for the white haired doctor. Now that thought really shocked Kagome. 'Love? I can't love Inuyasha. I haven't known him long enough to develop love for him, have I?' Kagome was becoming very confused about her feelings.

She was pulled from her thoughts at the noise of a growling sound. She looked around the bathroom, thinking that Demon might had pushed the bathroom door open and that was him growling, but he wasn't in the bathroom, she was alone. She laughed slightly when she realized where the growling sound was coming from. "I guess I'm hungery." She said as her stomach emitted another loud growl.

She pulled the plug and let the water drain out of the bath tub then wrapped a towel around her dripping wet body. She made her way towards her room and got herself and over sized t-shirt and a pair of loose fitting pants.

She quickly made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen where she saw Inuyashastanding over a pot and stiring what looked like beef stew. "That smells great." Kagome said as she took a sniff of the delishous smelling stew.

Inuyasha glanced over at her and, for just a second, Kagome could have sworn she saw nervousness in his amber eyes.

"Feh, you were in the tub so long I thought you might have drowned or something." He said as he filled two bowels with the stew.

Kagome gave him a dry look and sat down at the table.

They ate in silence for awhile, each lost in thought. "So, how was your first day at wirk?" Inuyasha finally asked, wanting to get some sort of conversation started.

Kagome swallowed her stew before she answered. "It was great! I love working there already!" Kagome exclaimed as her face lit up for that days earily events.

Inuyasha just 'feh'd' and continued eating his stew.

Kagome finished her stew first this time. She carried her bowl over to the sink and rinsed it out then made her way into the living room and sat on the leather couch.

'Baka, that would've been the perfect time to ask her!' Inuyasha berated himself. 'I'll ask her as soon a I'm done eating.' He thought with a nod of his head.

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Kagome pulled out a small note book from her purse. Sence Kagome had gotten her second memory, she had decided to write them down. She flipped the note book open to a blank page and began to write todays memory.

When she was finished, she flipped to the first page and began to read all the memories she had written down, hoping that if she read them they would jog her brain into remembering something else, but nothing came to her mind.

She sighed and closed the note book and put it back into her purse. 'I guess that's all I'm going to remember for today.' She thought as she stretched her arms up and over her head. Kagome twisted slightly to the right and popped her back.

"Ah, that felt good." Kagome said as he bones gave of a satisfying 'pop'. Kagome settled back into the soft leather of the couch, ready to just relax for the evening.

She lifted her head slightly when she heard the foot steps of Inuyasha. "You ate slower than usual." She commented after Inuyasha had sat down at the oppisit end of the couch.

Inuyasha just crossed his arms and 'feh'd' as a reply.

Kagome shrugged her shoulders and settled back into the couch. Kagome lifted her head once again when she noticed that Inuyasha was fidgeting with his fingers.

Inuyasha could feel her eyes on him and he looked over at her, peircing amber eyes locking with soft brown ones.

'Its now or never.' Inuyasha thought as he took a deep breath. "Kagome, can I ask you something?" He asked trying to cover the nervouseness he felt.

Kagome smiled at him, relieving some of the tension that Inuyasha felt. "Of course you can, Inuyasha. What is it?" Kagome replied, still smiling at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha took another deep breath and tried to make his voice sound gruff. "Not that it's a big deal or anything, but the hospital is having a party at this big mansion tomorrow 'cause its been open for 50 years, and we're supposed to bring a date." Inuyasha said, waiting to see what Kagome's reaction would be.

Kagome smiled slightly at him. "Inuyasha, are you asking me to go to this party with you?" She asked with a knowing voice.

Inuyasha blushed the slightest shades of pink. "Feh, no. We're just reguired to bring a date and you're the only girl I know besides Sango and Rin. And Sesshomaru and Miroku are bringing them." Inuyasha said, crossing his arms over his chest once more.

Kagome looked down at the floor, trying to hide her smile. "Well, I guess I could go. I mean, I don't have anything else to do." She said and glanced at Inuyasha out of the corner of her eye.

Inuyasha visibly relaxed his shoulders and Kagome could have sworn that she heard a sigh of reliefe. "Feh, fine." Inuyasha said and got off the couch and walked up the staircase.

Once he was out if the room, Kagome's face broke into a full fledged smile.

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I hope you guys like it! I have to say, I'm not as proud of this chapters as I am of my other ones. I kinda had writters block with it. You guys sure seemed to like Bandit! Should I keep him in the story and bring him and the little girl back to visit Kagome at Pet Heaven? Please R/R this chapter! If you do I'll give every one some poky! ~waves poky in the air~

Ja ne, Pam