Friday

The New Moon

The festival ended way past midnight. When they got home, everyone slept where they were suppose to, meaning Inu Yasha slept outside. But instead of a tent, he slept in his tree. Inu Yasha was a bit hurt by this, but thought Kagome only did this to decide quicker, so he let it slide to earn himself some points. The day went by okay besides that. Everyone had a good time. They went to the movies to see something about a samurai who was the only one left of his people, travelling to avenge them by killing the lord of a very powerful tribe. They didn't think they'd enjoy it, and Kagome thought the sound would be too strong for Inu Yasha's ears, but it was okay. They then went out to dinner (Ryo paid the bill) then went home.

It was now sunset and Inu Yasha was transforming. Inu Yasha thanked kami that they were finally home and made a break for the bathroom, saying he was finally gonna get rid of the demon-like part of his outfit. Kagome and Ryo were left outside, by themselves, looking at the Goshinboku. "Kagome," Ryo began, "what's so special about this tree? Why does it mean so much to you…and so much…to him?" Kagome looked at Ryo in confusion. "Huh? Wutcha mean?" Kagome sounded like a child who didn't understand what she was being asked. Ryo then looked Kagome in the eyes with the most serious face she had ever seen, even more then Inu Yasha when he fights Sesshomaru. "Kagome, what's so special about this TREE?!" Ryo yelled in Kagome's face.

Meanwhile, In the Bathroom

Inu Yasha had just splashed his face with cold water when he heard Ryo yell something about a 'TREE'. Inu Yasha then turned his head to the door. 'What was that about?' Inu Yasha thought, 'Even without my demon ears, I could hear that. But I wonder what's going on? And if Ryo's there, where's Kagome? Something in my gut tells me she's involved in that. I'm gonna go check it out.' So, Inu Yasha cleaned up as quickly as he could so he could check out why Ryo screamed and where Kagome was.

Back to Outside

Kagome was now freaked. 'Ryo normally is so calm and quiet, now he's fiery and…and…scaring me. Talk about attitude change. He said he wants to know why the tree is so special to me AND Inu Yasha, but why?' "Wuh-why Ryo?" Kagome asked, a bit afraid of the consequences of her action. "Because, even though we got closer over today then the beginning of the week, you still seem a lot happier around the freak-o'-nature." Ryo responded. "Inu Yasha is NOT a freak of NATURE!" Kagome yelled back in protest. "Really Kagome? The guy didn't wanna take of those demon decorations because 'they were cool'. If you ask me, demons are stupid murderous beasts with no sense of mercy. Sure, I love costumes as much as the next guy, but…" "Obviously not enough." Kagome whispered, unaware she had spoke loud enough for Ryo to hear. This made him furious.

"Ya know Kagome, you've changed a lot." Ryo spat out. "ME? ME?!! You're the one who's changed. You would never talk to me like this or even CONSIDER being rude to me like you are right now. If you ask me, you're the one who's changed Ryo and from the sound of things, not for the better." Kagome choked out, now tearing a bit. Ryo saw this and felt bad. "S'rry Kagome. I just wanna know what's so special about this tree so I can share it with you too." Ryo explained. "Sorry Ryo, I can't tell you, you wouldn't understand." Kagome said with a calmer voice now that she had whipped her eyes of her tears.

"WHY WOULDN'T I UNDERSTAND?" Ryo yelled, his anger rising up again. "BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING BETWEEN ME AND INU YASHA, NO ONE ELSE!" 'Well, and Kikyo.' Kagome admitted. "Well then," Ryo whispered calmly, approaching Kagome. And with each step he took forward, Kagome took back. "I guess I'll just have to take you to America with me when I leave tomorrow morning so 'he' won't interfere with us ANYMORE!" Ryo yelled as he ran at Kagome. Kagome closed her eyes and stood there, knowing she could never out-run Ryo and afraid of what he would do if she did run.

After nothing came, Kagome looked up and was shocked. Inu Yasha, now in his human form, was blocking Ryo from Kagome. Kagome took that as an opportunity to run away, but she wanted to see what was going to happen, so she ran to the side. Kagome ran far enough so Ryo wouldn't be able to catch her (because Inu Yasha would stop him before he even got a quarter of the way), but close enough where she could see everything perfectly.

"You AGAIN?" Ryo roared before pushing Inu Yasha away. Inu Yasha and Ryo landed far away from each other. Ryo and Inu Yasha exchanged ice cold glares before Ryo spoke. "You should mind your OWN buisness, demon freak." "Kagome IS my business, especially when you are threating to take her away AGAINST her will. For a guy who loves her, you sure don't know how to treat her, especially since you called her perfect once. Has that changed over a little jealous, Cupid?" Inu Yasha teased. Ryo started to get REALLY pissed off. "You picking a fight with me, fluffy pants?" Ryo bellowed at 'fluffy pants' in furry. "Anytime, anywhere." Inu Yasha responded.

"Good, how about now?" Ryo requested as he jumped at Inu Yasha with his hand already balled into a fist.