Disclaimer: I'll only say this once, I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA AND NEVER WILL! {Eyes pulse blood red}{Reaches for her large sword to calm herself}

{ }-someone's thoughts.

~Chapter 4~

"Huh? Morning already? Grrrrrr..."

Kagome sat up in her bed. Last night, while she was in bed, Inuyasha and Elle guarded the house because the rest of her family had gone to Saka to visit her aunt and uncle. She hadn't gone because she had to help Inuyasha with the jewel shards. She didn't now why Inuyasha stayed that night but Elle stayed to make sure she'd be alright. {Elle's so sweet...Nicer than Inuyasha ever was up to last night...} She yawned and got up from the bed. She walked over to her dresser and picked out some clothes. Not fancy ones because she'd probably be fighting demons today.

Down stairs, Elle was asleep and Inuyasha was listening to Kagome shuffle around up stairs. {I wish she'd hurry up so she can make me breakfast.} He would get Elle make him breakfast but she'd burn the house down. Even if she didn't, the food would taste horrible. She never was a good cooker.

Kagome ran down the stairs so fast, she nearly fell. She was in a good mood. {I still can't believe Inuyasha hugged me and apologized! The world's going crazy...}

"Good morning, Inuyasha. Is Elle asleep?"

"Yes... Make me breakfast."

"What do you say?" Kagome stood there grinning. She loved teasing him like this. Inuyasha glared at her. He let out a small growl. "No, not that. Try again!" Inuyasha had no time for this. He was hungry! But he had no time to argue either so... ~sigh~ "Please?"

"Thank you."

"Feh."

"Would you like eggs?" She looked over her shoulder at Inuyasha in a sexy way that made him blush. "Uh...sure." "Me too, please!" Elle startled Inuyasha. "Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry, Inuyasha. Good morning Kagome!" Elle stretched and yawned, showing her fangs off very well.

"Good morning." Kagome started preparing the eggs for everyone. She walked over and turned on the TV for the news, then walked back to the eggs. This strange box made the hanyous jump in shock. There was a small man behind a table with a few papers in his hand, talking about 'the events across the globe'.

"What is that!?" yelled Elle as Inuyasha walked over to look at the TV more closely.

"It's a television. It's like a theatre except it's a lot smaller and it's electric, like the lights." She pointed to the lights at the ceiling. Inuyasha touched the screen with his finger and got a shock.

"Yipe! Why you stupid little man, I'll-""No, Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome while restraining the angry hanyou. "The man isn't real. You just got static. It's normal for what happened to you to happen." The hanyou stopped trying to attack the TV and looked at Kagome. Their eyes locked. {Why is he looking at me like that? I can just fall into those beautiful eyes. Gods, I- } She realized that she had her hands on his chest. Inuyasha was blushing up a storm. Kagome took her hands off his chest and turned away. She was so embarrassed, she started to cry.

"I'm so sorry, Inuyasha! I didn't mean to do that! Please don't be angry at me!"

"I...uh..." Inuyasha was confused. He wasn't angry. {What made her think I'd be angry?}

"Um, you two. The eggs are burning." Elle pointed at a large ball of smoke over the stove and eggs.

"Oh no!" Kagome ran over to the stove and lifted the pan out of the smoke. The eggs where burnt, alright. Her good mood was slowly slipping away. She placed the pan in the sink and turned towards the other two. Inuyasha smelt her tears starting again.

"Oh well. We'll just have cereal I guess..." she began crying again.

Elle got up and walked over to Kagome. "Why are you crying? There's nothing to be upset about. Me and Inuyasha," Elle looked at Inuyasha, who was looking sad because Kagome was crying. "don't mind having this thing called 'cereal'." She patted Kagome's back.

"I don't know what's wrong with me lately. First I-...huh?" Kagome saw a box of tissues in front of her. Looked up and saw Inuyasha holding them.

"Come on, Kagome. You know I hate seeing you cry." She noticed that his ears where drooping and his eyes seemed full with sadness. "Please stop crying..."

"Thank you, Inuyasha." She took the box and left for her room. "I'll be down in a bit..."

"Ok, Kagome. Take your time." Elle called after her. She turned to Inuyasha who looked the same as he did when he gave Kagome the box of tissues. "That was very sweet of you, Inuyasha." She stared at him but he just looked up the stairs where Kagome had gone.

"You really care about her, don't you?"

No answer.

"I knew it!" She jumped on Inuyasha and started tickling behind his ears. All he could do was laugh. "Get – off – me – wench!" he yelled between gasps.

"Not until you tell me!" Elle tickled harder with a big grin on her face. Inuyasha was laughing so hard; tears were streaming from his eyes.

"Fine! I – care – for –Kagome! A lot!"

"Thank you."

~*~

Later that day, they headed back down the well. Inuyasha carried Kagome on his back, while Elle had the over-packed backpack. While in the well, Kagome spoke up.

"I'm sorry about what happened today, Inuyasha. I-"

"It's alright Kagome. Stop apologizing. It's making me uncomfortable."

They landed on the other just then. Inuyasha with Kagome on his back was the first to jump out of the well. Before she had the chance to get off Inuyasha's back, she was pulled off and then put down.

"Hey! Let go of Kagome, you bastard!"

"Shut up, dog-breath. Are you alright Kagome?"

{Not again...} Her handsome stalker was back.

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That's it for now! I'm sorry if the characters were abit out of character in this chapter. Please review!

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