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Chapter 9

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Inuyasha woke up feeling like someone was watching him. He opened one eye and looked around the room. Sango, Shippo and Miroku were all looking at him from around the fire in the center of the room.

"What are you guys looking at? Can't a guy sleep around here?"

Sango and Miroku smiled and Shippo giggles and pointed at Inuyasha's shoulder. {Why is he...} Inuyasha felt the extra weight on his shoulder and something holding on to his arm.

"What the..."

Inuyasha looked down and saw Kagome asleep with her head on his shoulder and she was holding on to his arm like a stuffed animal. She was smiling.

Inuyasha sputtered. {When did this happen? I can't just wake her up. What should I do...} Right then, Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She yawned and looked up to find to gold eyes staring right at her.

"Do you mind..."

"Oops, sorry." Kagome let go of Inuyasha's arm and looked at him again. He was beat red. The other three quietly got up and snuck out of the hut. Kagome looked down at her hands. She fiddled with the draw string on her pyjama bottoms.

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha. I didn't mean to."

"Don't be sorry, Kagome."

She tried to look up at Inuyasha but was quickly caught in his embrace.

"Don't ever be sorry."

{Now's my chance to tell her. To tell her how I feel.}

"Inuyasha. I need to tell you something. Something important." Kagome held her breath. {Should I tell him? Should I tell him that I love him?}

"Kagome?"

"I...I love you, Inuyasha."

"K-Kagome." He pushed her away to look into her eyes. They appeared scared at what me might say. Inuyasha pulled Kagome back into his arms. "I love you too, Kagome."

"You do?"

"Yes."

"Inuyasha..." Kagome hugged him back. {This is the happiest day of my life.}



[Outside]

Shippo was playing with some ants by an anthill while Sango and Miroku talked about how Elle went with Kouga to visit the wolf den up in the mountains. They didn't notice Kagome and Inuyasha step outside. It was Shippo that noticed first.

"Are you two together?"

Shippo's tone made Sango and Miroku turn around to stare at Shippo.

"Not you two, them!" He pointed excitedly towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Sango and Miroku looked over and stared bug-eyed. Inuyasha had his arm around Kagome's waist and Kagome had her arm around Inuyasha's side. Kagome was smiling, but Inuyasha wasn't. His eyes gave away the happiness he was feeling at that moment.

"Well, I guess, right Inuyasha?" Kagome looked up at him. Inuyasha looked back and nodded. Kagome's smile got larger.

"I'm going to the hot spring to have a bath. Coming Sango?"

"No thank you, Kagome. I had a bath already this morning."

"Alright. Inuyasha, do you want to come?"

Everyone did that wired anime-fall-over-when-shocked thingy at what Kagome just asked Inuyasha. Inuyasha sputtered. {Did Kagome just ask me to bathe with her?!}

"Oh come on, Inuyasha! Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud! Let's go!" Kagome grabbed some towels and Inuyasha's wrist and started running off towards the hot spring. Inuyasha fallowed along like he was a rag doll, to shocked to protest. He found his voice though.

"Kagome! Wait! Stop!"

As the new couple ran off, Miroku sighed. Sango gave him a questioning look.

"What's with you?"

"That lucky ¾ He has the honor of seeing Kagome nak-"

BANG!

"OWWWwwww...." Miroku fell unconscious and Shippo ran into the hut.

"HENTAI!"



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