A Simple Walk

Well here u go peoples! its the third chapter...finaly! sorry it took so long to get up, but i got back from up north on thursday, and then it took two days to write...oh well...so much for my lame excuses. Thanks to all that have reviewed! I love getting reviews! On with the story!

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Chapter 3

An Explanation

"Well...," started Inuyasha, kinda still irritated from Kagome slapping him, ; ) "First of all, I'm Inuyasha. What's your name, wench?"

"My name is Kagome, Ka-Go-me! Wench is not included in any part of it!" Kagome said, now irritated.

"Fine then, wench." He said, just to irritate her.

(A/N: theres a lot of irritation going on here, isn't there? ; )

Kagome closed her eyes and forced her self to remain calm, and to keep herself from slapping him again.

Inuyasha could tell she was getting angry, so he said, "Well, anyways, it started when I went through a weird well, while I was following some kind of scent."

"Scent?" Kagome asked confused.

"Yes, but when I went into the well, it was like I was transported through time or something." Inuyasha continued, "When I came out of the well, I was in a totally different place then where I went into the well. But I continued to follow the scent, but then I came upon you jogging. Then you had tripped over a small log and started falling down a hill (not off a cliff ;). Even from where I was, I could see that you were hitting rocks and stuff, and you were getting hurt." Inuyasha paused to look at Kagome so it could sink in to her.

Kagome registered that, and then said, "And then what happened?"

"Then I went over to you as quick as I could to see if you were okay. When I got to you, like I thought, you were covered in scrapes and scratches. Not to mention that your clothes were practically shredded off of your whole body. So I jumped back into the well and took you back here to my time, at my castle."

"Whoa whoa whoa! Wait a minute!" exclaimed Kagome, "Your castle?" she asked, amazed.

"Uh...yeah, my castle." Said Inuyasha, kinda confused.

"But what happened after that?" she asked.

"Umm...well..." Inuyasha started, "when I got back, I had to change your clothes because the ones you were wearing were all torn up." Both Kagome and Inuyasha looked down blushing after he said the last part. "I didn't have any wenc-I mean women's clothes, so I just gave you one of my biggest shirts to wear for now."

Kagome just sat there looking down, not knowing what to say. Then a question popped into her head. "You said earlier that you were following a scent, what does that mean?"

"I'm a hanyou."

"What the heck is a hanyou?"

"A hanyou is a mix breed between a human and a demon, a dog demon in my case."

"You're a dog?"

"No! I'm half dog demon."

"Isn't that the same thing?"

"No! It means I have special powers and strengths, not that I'm some kind of pet!"

"Oh, I get it now."

"It's about time, you stupid wench." Muttered Inuyasha.

"I heard that you stupid jerk!"

"Feh"

Kagome and Inuyasha sat in silence for a while once again. Kagome took this time to look around the room. They were still sitting on the bed, but Kagome noticed for the first time that the bed was king size and had soft fur blankets on it. The size of the room was huge. It had two old fashioned dressers along side the walls, a medium sized table in the middle of the room on a rug, which looked like a coffee table. On top of the table was a vase with huge, beautiful flowers and a tray with two cups and a plate with what looked to be some kind of biscuits. On the wall on the opposite side of the room was a door, and another door was on the right side wall of the room.

"Hey," Kagome started, "you never answered my question."

"Oh yeah? What was it?" Inuyasha said boredly. He was already up putting a white, long sleeved shirt on.

When did he get up? Thought Kagome while she stared at him. When she looked at him, she could see his well built chest. Wow... she thought.

Inuyasha arched his eyebrow and looked at her. "Are you going to keep staring at me like you're stupid, or are you going to ask me your question wench?"

Kagome gasped when she realized that she was staring at him. She quickly looked away with her head down and blushed. "Uh...um...yeah. Well, my question was why were you following a scent, what does that mean, and what does that have to do with you being a dog hanyou?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Since I'm a hanyou, I have special powers, like my nose for instance," Inuyasha poked his nose with his finger, "is more sensitive to smells like a dog then a regular human nose."

"Oh, I get it now." Kagome said. "But what kind of smell were you following?"

That was a question that Inuyasha wasn't expecting. "Wh-what do you mean?" he asked embarrassedly.

"Exactly what I said, are your ears broken or something? I asked what kind of smell you were following." Now Kagome was getting impatient.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure what it was..." He said not looking at Kagome.

"What did it smell like?" she asked.

"Uh, well, it smelled kind of sweet, like something I should follow." Said Inuyasha blushing. But luckily for him, Kagome didn't notice.

"Oh. Are you sure you didn't know what it was?" Kagome asked, pressing farther.

Now Inuyasha was getting annoyed, and his eyebrow started twitching. "Why the heck do you care, you stupid wench?! You should stay out of my business and just take care of yourself!" he yelled at her. With that, he stomped to the door on the right side of the room, went through, and slammed it shut.

"Well I was just trying to help you figure out what it was, you stupid jerk!" she yelled at him, even though he was already gone. But there was no answer. I know he heard me. He has those stupid dog ears with some super hearing thing. Well, actually I think that his ears are cute, heck, he IS cute. And he has a really nicely built chest and...No! I can't forget what a jerk he is! He started yelling at me for trying to help him! Kagome sighed and laid back on the bed, which she was still sitting on. Maybe this is a dream, and if I go to sleep, I'll wake up back home in my own bed. Kagome closed her eyes and went back to sleep in the huge bed.

Meanwhile...

Right after Inuyasha had slammed the door behind him, he heard Kagome yell at him, "Well, I was just trying to help you figure out what it was, you stupid jerk!"

He hadn't yelled back, because he didn't want to make her any madder then she already was, and because he wouldn't be able to tell her that he already knew what it was. Because then she would ask what it was, and he just didn't want to tell her, just not yet.

The door that Inuyasha had gone through actually went into a huge bathing room. It was almost as big as the bedroom. It had a huge pool like bathtub mad of blocks of stone that went about 3 ft above the ground, and had a small set of steps on each side. There was a small bench next to the door where Inuyasha put his clothes after he took them off. He walked over to bathing pool and got in. It was very hot, since it was filled and heated by underground springs.

When he got in, Inuyasha sunk down into the water up to the bottom of his nose. Then he let his thoughts overtake him.

:: Flash Back ::

Inuyasha was outside his castle, patrolling his territory. He was in fact, the ruler over the western lands. He wasn't out on his regular rounds though, he was looking for something in particular. He wandered into a forest called Youkai Woods. He had never actually been into this forest, he always went around it because it was so small. But he had caught the scent of something sweet and intriguing to him. He had followed it and came upon a small clearing in the middle of the woods. In the clearing was a small, old well covered in vines. He walked over to the well, which was where the smell was coming from. "Through here is it?" he said out loud, and jumped through.

It was like he had gone through some kind of portal. Inuyasha came through what seemed to be a purplish glow and then ended back up in the bottom of the well. What was that all about? Inuyasha thought to himself. He jumped up and landed outside of the well.

"What the Hell?" he said out loud. Where am I? He was still standing outside of the same well, but everything was different. The trees were much taller then they were when he jumped in, so much, that they blocked out most of the light from the sun. He was still looking around him when he heard someone coming. So he jumped straight up into a tree and landed on a branch. Before he saw someone coming, he smelled them. It's the same scent I followed into that well! He thought to himself. The smell was even more sweet and intriguing to him now then before. Then he saw a girl come into view, jogging on a dirt path. She looked human to him and about the age of 15. So that's where it was coming from...

He followed her for a little while, jumping from tree branch to tree branch, wondering how he should go down and meet her. He wanted to get to know her... But before he could decide what to do, she had tripped on a log and started falling down a hill (not a cliff :). He could smell her blood from where he was. He went as fast as he could to go and catch her. When he got her, he went as fast as he could back to the well, hoping that he would be able to get back to his castle that way.

:: End of Flash Back ::

"Feh" he said out loud. "I don't see why I rescued her, I should have just left her. I have no need for her...that's right..."

Geeze, I'm even lying to myself. He thought. I brought her here for a reason, and I know what it is...

After thinking that, Inuyasha's eyes softened as he thought about the raven haired girl he had brought back to his own time. Maybe I should check on her...I did just leave her in a place she doesn't have any idea about.

Inuyasha got out of the bathing pool and put his pants on. He then stuck his head out the door into the bedroom. He looked over to the bed, where Kagome still was. He twitched his ears forward and looked at her. He could hear her even, small breaths, which signaled to him that she was asleep. He walked quietly over to bed and crouched down next to her. She looked so peaceful, and just looking at her made him feel peaceful.

Oooh! I wish I could just tell her and get it over with...But I have to let her get to know me, and I her, first...

Before he stood up, he gently wiped a piece of hair out of Kagome's face and tucked it behind her ear. She snuggled farther into the blankets and pillow, and smiled peacefully. Inuyasha smiled and stood up. He was thankful that she was still asleep, because he would have had one heck of time explaining to her why his face was so close to hers while she was sleeping. And not to mention he would have been slapped again. Man, he thought, she sure can slap hard too. He chuckled a small laugh on his way back to the bathing room to resume his bath.

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There! its done! well, i thought that that was the best place to end it for now. i know that its not that long, but i'm workin on it. at least its longer then the last chapters. o.0 lol. Well, i probably put up a new chapter every weekend, or maybe, maybe, for now, or at least untill school starts for me. But i'll tell ya if it changes.

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