'That stupid jerk!' Kagome thought as she stomped her way to the well. 'I can't believe it. I didn't even do anything and he just says 'Just go!' and runs off to his precious tree. Man, he's a big pain sometimes. I should have sat him when I had the chance. He was so rude to me for nothing. I mean, I'm hardly ever around to do something to him 'cause I'm always busy with my studying or searching for shards, for him by the way, and…Oh! Now I get it. I never spend time with him so he probably thinks I hate him or something.

'But, I thought I love him. I mean, of course I love him. I'd give my life for him. I'd do anything for him. I'd be his love slave if he'd let me. I love him so much that if I loved him anymore; my heart would explode from the feeling. And it's so intense, that…

'Whoa! Slow down girl. Stop getting your hopes up. He loves Kikyo, not me. The only reason I'm even around is to detect his precious shards. If he could, he'd get a different shard detector. He hated me since the very beginning and it hasn't changed since! But maybe if we just spent some time together, one on one, alone, maybe we could get closer and he won't hate me anymore, not as much hopefully. Yeah, it's worth a try.' So Kagome, thinking her idea would work, turned around and walked to the Goshinboku.

'Man, I suck.' Inu Yasha thought as he sat in his tree. 'How much more of an ass can I be? Honestly? I mean, she didn't even DO anything and I blew my top off by telling her to go, as if I didn't care she was leaving. Man, if I ever do anything so stupid again, someone kill me. I'm serious. If I ever… (sniff, sniff)

[Oh no! She's coming! She's probably gonna 'SIT' me to hell, no, the center of the earth! Well, I DO deserve it, so I'll take it like a man and except my punishment.' Inu Yasha sucked up the air around him to make his chest look bigger (with muscles) and waited for Kagome.

After a few moments when nothing happened, Inu Yasha let the air loose, sighed and said in a soft yet loud voice, "Okay Kagome, you can come out now. I know you're here." When Inu Yasha finished talking, he looked over to the north side of the clearing and watched the bushes shake and Kagome pop out. Kagome dusted her skirt a bit as she walked towards Inu Yasha.

Inu Yasha peeked at Kagome from the corner of his eye. 'Hmmm…she doesn't SEEM upset.' Inu Yasha thought. 'Oh no! She's doing that… that…INNOCENT thing again. On no! I'm dead. It's now official. I'm a walking dead man. I might as well dig the hole while I have the chance.' "Inu Yasha," Kagome whispered sweetly. 'Oh no, here it comes…'

"Do you want to come to my time this week with me?" 'Oh, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm…alive? But…but how?' "Wuh-what did you say?" Inu Yasha asked to make sure he was still among the living. Kagome started to blush a bit. "I wanted to know if… if you…might want to, ya know, maybe… come to my time this week. Just you and me. So maybe we could get to know each other better. I just feel like we're strangers who just met yesterday or something. If we go to my time, we can get to know each other better and we'll be able to… ya know, maybe… become…friends… Unless of course you're busy."

'Ka-Kagome wants to spend some time ALONE with me? At her house? Just the TWO OF US?! YES! This is GREAT! I mean…' "Sure, okay. But where is your family?" Inu Yasha asked curiously. "I'm not sure," Kagome responded, "All I know is that they went on a trip for a month, and they're coming back next week." "Oh. Okay. Well, let's get going then." Inu Yasha said as he yawned and jumped from the tree. "Okay." Kagome responded as she turned around and started to walk towards the well.

Just when she took one foot forward, she felt a force pull her into the air and she landed on something warm, unharmed. She opened her eyes to see that she was on Inu Yasha's back. Kagome smiled and thought to her self as they made their way to the well. 'This is the start of a beautiful week.'