A/N: Wootcakes! This weekend marked the sixteenth anniversary of my birth. Woot.

Anyways, I guess I don't really have much to say about the story... So I'll just shut up and let you people read. =)

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My Funny Valentine:

So What?

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Inuyasha snuck up quietly behind Kagome. "Relax," he said calmly.

Kagome sighed and took aim. She had never really thought a firing range would make a good date, but now that they were here there seemed to be something oddly romantic about it all. Then again, were they even on a date? Kagome didn't know. The whole thing still confused her. She sighed again, lowering her arms in defeat. "I dunno, Inuyasha. I've never done this before!"

She looked over her shoulder to catch Inuyasha's sly smile. He walked up behind her. "Relax," he said again, standing behind her and wrapping his arms around her. He took hold of her wrists and raised her hands. "Take aim. Keep a firm grip, and take a deep breath. And then... fire!"

Kagome's fingers acted almost of their own accord as she pulled the trigger. She looked to see a small hole in the right shoulder of the silhouette on the paper. She turned to see Inuyasha, still smiling. "Not bad for your first shot," he said.

"Thanks," Kagome said, smiling sweetly. Inuyasha took the gun from her and stepped up to take his shot. Kagome watched him as he calmly lifted his arms and took aim. She decided a little game might be a bit of fun.

Creeping up behind him as silently as possible, she watched him closely. When he was just about to fire, she blew lightly on the back of his neck. Inuyasha jumped, his shot missing the target completely. "No fair," he said, turning to face the girl behind him.

She smiled sweetly at him. "All's fair in love and war," she said, sticking her tongue out at him.

Inuyasha turned to hide his blush, the tension growing in an awkward moment of silence. "Ne, Kagome?" He asked after a minute or so.

"Yeah?" Kagome answered, cursing her stupid mouth.

"Which one is it?" He asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Love or War... which is it?"

"Well..." Kagome started nervously. "War entails hate... and I certainly don't hate you... so..."

"Oh..." Inuyasha said, breaking into a nervous sweat. "Well, I'm hungry!" He declared, changing the topic in a rather blunt fashion. "What do you say we get out of here and find some food?"

Kagome face-faulted. As cute as he was, Inuyasha could be a real moron sometimes...

"Yeah, I guess that's a good idea," Kagome said, a trace of annoyance in her voice.

'Good job, Inuyasha!' he thought to himself, his inner-voice dripping with sarcasm.

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After a quick dinner at one of the various restaurants in town, Kagome and Inuyasha made their way back to campus. Dinner had been quiet, and the car ride back was mad in complete silence. Inuyasha started to wonder just how bad he had screwed up. 'Well,' he said to himself as if preparing to face a firing squad, 'only one way to fix it now...'

Meanwhile Kagome was soaking in a pool of moderate anger. All through dinner Inuyasha had bluntly avoided the topic, and each time he took another shovelful of dirt out of the ground for his grave. Now he was just standing, waiting for the shot.

They walked up to the girls' dorm building, the chill October air making them both shiver. Inuyasha kept a safe distance until they reached the front stairs. "Ne, Kagome..." he said as she turned to face him.

"Yes?" She said, still annoyed with the boy in front of her.

Inuyasha smiled nervously. "Well, err... we've been seeing each other like this for more than two weeks now... And I think I might have, you know... deeper feelings for you." He choked out nervously. This felt like high school all over again

"Like what?" Kagome asked, the annoyance faded from her voice at last.

"Well," Inuyasha started, blushing and turning away. "I think I might... be in love... with you..."

He glanced at her hopefully, his eyes darting away again as his blush grew. He felt her hand on his cheek, and before he had time to react the feeling was accompanied by that of her lips on his. It was the second kiss they shared, and it was a lot better than the first.

After what Inuyasha felt was far too short an amount of time, they parted. Kagome looked him in the eyes, smiling as he blushed again. "Thanks, Inuyasha," she said sweetly. "I think I love you too."

She gave him a quick peck on the cheek before rushing off inside. Inuyasha stood with a goofy smile, placing a hand on his cheek. He wandered back to his dorm in what an unknowing observer would probably have called a drunken stupor. But this was a College. Nearly everyone walked that way.

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"So Inuyasha," Miroku said turning to his friend. "Saturday is Halloween. Got any plans?"

Inuyasha looked up from his seat at his desk. "Uhh, I don't really have any plans yet, why?"

"Well," Miroku said with a mischievous grin, "My cousin is throwing a Halloween party this year, and I was wondering if you wanted to come with me."

Inuyasha sighed. "Do I have to?"

"Aww, come on, man! You know how my cousin is! You can't send me there all alone!"

Miroku was met with another sigh. "Can't you ask Kouga to go with you?"

"After last year? He got it worse than you did, you know!"

Inuyasha groaned. "Man... I'll make a deal with you. I'll see if Kagome is doing anything, and if she isn't busy, I'll go to your cousin's stupid party."

It was Miroku's turn to sigh. "I suppose that'd be alright..."

"It's a deal then, man."

"So," Miroku said, changing topic. "Anything happen last night?"

Miroku smiled at his friend's blush. "Nothing, really..." Inuyasha said.

"Oh now I've got to know," Miroku said with a devilish grin.

Inuyasha sighed for the third time in their conversation. A faraway look crept into his eyes. "Well... I suppose we're 'official' now..."

"And what's that supposed to- ohhhhh...." Miroku said, his smirk growing. "You said it didn't you?"

"Said what?"

Miroku laughed. "You told her you loved her, ne?"

"Y.. yes..."

"Did she say it back?"

Inuyasha's blush grew. "Yeah..."

Miroku gave a hearty laugh, meandering back over to his bed. "Do I get to be the best man?"

Inuyasha shot him his most lethal glare. "Fuck off," he said, turning back to his paper.

"Who are the godparents?" Miroku asked, knowing he would pay for it later.

Inuyasha opted to just flick him off over his shoulder rather than saying anything.

Miroku laughed and picked a book off of his desk. Torturing your friends can be so much fun.

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"Ne, Kagome, I have a bit of a dilemma..."

"What is it, Ayame?" Kagome asked, turning in her seat to look at her friend.

"Well, you remember that guy who used to, like, stalk you?" Ayame asked, swinging her legs off her bed.

"Yeah, that'd be Kouga..." Kagome said, quirking a brow.

"Yeah, well, I've sort of been getting to know him recently, and I was wondering, do you think it'd be alright if I... went after him?"

Kagome laughed. "I don't care. I just hope he's wizened up about women, for your sake."

Ayame laughed too. "He's working on it." She choked out between laughs.

"Hey, Ayame, have you seen Sango?"

Ayame place her hand on her chin in a thoughtful expression. "Now that you mention it, I haven't seen her all day."

"Weird..."

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"Hey, sorry to keep you waiting," Miroku said as he took a seat next to Sango. They were sitting on a bench on the lawn of the Student center.

"I don't mind," Sango said, looking up at him. "So, what's up with you today?"

"Not much," he answered. "Bagel?" He asked, tilting the small paper bag he was holding invitingly.

"No thanks, I already ate."

Miroku shrugged. "So what about you? What are you up to?"

Sango sighed. "I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing for Halloween."

Miroku quirked a brow. "Well, if you're not already busy, I think I may be of assistance."

"Oh yeah?" Sango asked, mimicking Miroku's gesture.

"Yeah. See, my cousin is throwing a party that I've been invited to. I asked Inuyasha to come but it looks like he's going to back out, and the last time Kouga was anywhere near my cousin he almost went home in an ambulance."

"And why's that?"

"Because my cousin is a wee bit of an asshole..."

"Is he really that bad?"

"She. And yes. Seeing as this is sort of a family affair, I don't really have the option of just skipping out."

Sango laughed. "And this helps me how?"

"Well, naturally, I don't want to get stuck at a party with all of my cousin's annoying friends alone. So, if Inuyasha skips out, do you think you could come with me?"

"And why would I do that? Especially if your cousin is so terrible..."

"Oh, come one, please? I need someone to keep me sane!"

"Fine, fine... I suppose I could check my calendar to see if I have anything else planned..."

Miroku lunged at her, giving her a goofy cartoon-ish hug. "Ohhhhhh thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

"I'm not making any promises though!" Sango yelled, trying to pry the goofball off of her.

Miroku immediately stood up as straight as possible, giving her his best military stare. He topped it off with a salute, saying "Understood, maim!"

Sango couldn't help but laugh at him. "You're really too much sometimes, you know."

"I know..." Miroku said with a cocky grin.

Something about the confidence in his grin made Sango blush lightly. "Right. Well, I really ought to go and study. I'll talk t you later, then, okay?"

Miroku nodded. "See ya then," he called as Sango turned to walk away. Miroku took a mental note of her blush. 'Mental note,' he thought to himself, 'she digs confidence.'

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"Hey Kagome," Inuyasha said into the phone he was holding as he leaned back in his chair. He was thankful for the well-earned privacy he had in his roommates' absence.

"Hey, Loverboy," Ayame giggled into the receiver. "Hold on a sec, I'll grab Kagome for ya."

"That was moderately embarrassing," Inuyasha said as he heard Kagome hold the receiver to her ear. He was met with laughter from the other end of the line. "Anyway, what's up?"

"Nothing much," Kagome answered, lying down on her bed with the phone pressed against her ear. 'To what do I owe this call?"

"Nothing really, just wondering if you had any plans for this Saturday."

"Saturday, huh?" Kagome said, sitting up on her bed. "That's Halloween, isn't it?"

"Yeah," Inuyasha answered. 'Please tell me you're not busy...'

"I have to go back home this Saturday. It's a family thing. Although all I'm going to be doing is sitting at home handing out candy while my mom and grandpa take my little brother trick or treating," Kagome said with a sigh.

"Damnit!" Inuyasha cursed out loud.

"What's the matter?" Kagome asked.

"Nothing, it's just that Miroku's stupid cousin is having a Halloween party, and I told him that if you were too busy to do something I'd go with him."

Kagome giggled. "You don't seem to excited about the invite."

"Yeah, well, last time I went to one of Miroku's cousin's parties I was pestered by a score of rowdy teenage girls for over four hours."

"Ouch," Kagome said, another giggle bubbling out. "Well, it's not really their fault you're so irresistibly sexy."

Inuyasha blushed at the flirtatious tone in Kagome's voice, once again thankful for his privacy. "Yeah, well, you can see why I wouldn't want them to ruin the goods," he said cockily. Two could play this game.

Kagome giggled, laying back down and squirming to find a comfortable position. "Well," she said thoughtfully. "I suppose I could always ask about bringing you home with me. I mean, I'm sure my mother would love to meet the boy I've been dating."

"Oh, so you think we've been dating?" Inuyasha said, his voice playful and arrogant.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Kagome asked, sounding somewhat upset. "What about all the wonderful places you've taken me?"

Inuyasha gave an arrogant laugh. "That was merely flirting, my dear. If I had known we were dating you would have left much more impressed."

"Oh shut up, you goon," Kagome said, dropping the playful act. "Besides, I happen to like all those places."

Inuyasha laughed and shrugged it off. "Anyways, back to the problem at hand."

"Well, like I was saying, I could ask about bringing you home with me..."

"Well then do it," Inuyasha said, chuckling.

"Well, that would require getting off the phone, genius," Kagome said, poking fun at him.

"Hmm, you're right. What time is it?"

Kagome lifted her head to check the clock. "It's 2 o'clock."

"Then it can wait," Inuyasha said, leaning back in his chair again.

Kagome laughed. "You are the world's biggest goofball, you know that?"

"And you wouldn't have me any other way, right?"

"Right," Kagome said, closing her eyes lazily. "Otherwise you'd be too boring."

"My, aren't your standards high?"

"Only as high as they have to be."

"Well, I'm glad I meet them then," Inuyasha said cockily.

Kagome giggled. "What's so funny?" The boy asked.

"That," Kagome said, "remains to be seen."

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"It's too bad we had to leave tonight," Kagome said, looking over to Inuyasha, who was sitting in the passenger seat of her car.

"It's alright," he said, shrugging his shoulders, "there will be other nights to sing."

"But I love the sound of your voice when you sing," Kagome said, blushing lightly.

Inuyasha blushed too. "Well, I'll see what I can do for you," he said, looking through the CDs in her glove box.

"Aha!" He declared victoriously as he held a CD up victoriously.

"What is it?" Kagome asked, keeping her eyes on the dark road in front of her.

"You'll see," he answered with a toothy grin.

Kagome blushed immediately when the familiar guitar riff filled the car. "Inuyaashaaa," she whined.

Inuyasha ignored her pleas and gave a toothy grin before he started singing along.

"She's got legs, she knows how to use them,

She never begs, she knows how to choose them,

She's holdin' leg wonderin' how to feel them,

Would you get behind them, if you could only find them?

She's my baby, she's my baby, yeah, it's alright,"

"Inuyasha this is so not fair," Kagome quipped before he started the second verse.

"She's got hair, down to her fanny,

She's kinda jet set, try undo her panties,

Every time she's dancing, she knows what to do,

Everybody wants want to see, see if she can use it,

She's so fine, she's all mine,

Girl, you got it right,"

Inuyasha couldn't help but break into hysterical laughter during the solo. "Come on, Inuyasha! This isn't funny!" Kagome whined.

"Oh come on," Inuyasha said with a cocky smirk. "You know you're enjoying this. And besides," he said, giving her a mocking look over with hungry eyes. "It's all true."

"Oh you are so going to pay for that one later, mister," Kagome said, trying her best to contain her blush.

Inuyasha laughed again before starting the next verse.

"She's got legs, she knows how to use them,

She never begs, knows how to choose them,

She got a dime, all of the time,

Stays out at night, movin' through time,

Ohh, I want her, said I got to have her,

The girl is alright,

Yeah, she's alright,"

Inuyasha let the guitar do the rest of the talking as he leaned into his chair with a cocky grin. He didn't fail to take notice of Kagome's blush. "Relax," he said with a chuckle, "I meant it as a compliment."

Kagome made an indignant "hmmf!" sound and pointed her nose in the air. "You'll pay for that stunt later," she threatened, the blush creeping into her face no matter how hard she tried to suppress it.

Inuyasha laughed. "I look forward to it," he challenged.

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A/N: Wow. I would keep going, but this is starting to get a bit long. And I didn't even get to the part I had in mind when I started. Wow. =D

Anywho, as usual, reviews are appreciated greatly, and look out for the next chapter, coming soon to a website near you. In fact you're on it right now. Creepy, huh?