"Kagome... I will take Inuyasha away now, if you don't mind..."
"NO! Please don't take Inuyasha away from me... I...I...Love...Him..."

Kagome woke up, beads of sweat trickled down her face, which shimmered like diamonds in the sunlight. Kagome looked at the horizon, the sun is slowly raising, marking the start of a new day. "Oh, it's morning already..."She said, more to herself than out loud. "What was that dream? No, to me it's more like a nightmare... I had said it in my dream... Do I really love Inuyasha? Do I really?" Kagome's head was in a mess, and she did not know what to think. She looked up at the treetops, and spotted the half-demon easily, red coat standing out from the green leaves.

"Inuyasha! Wake up! It's morning!"She shouted. Shippo stirred in his sleep, upon hearing Kagome's voice, he awoke, walked over to Kagome and tugged at her skirt. Kagome smiled, Shippo reminded her of his own younger brother, Sota. She bend down and picked him up, and carried him in her arms.

Inuyasha has already worken up, even before Kagome, and was deep in thought. He had thought about what Kagome had said last night...

FLASHBACK

"Hey Kagome... You almost got eaten today right?"

"Ya... So?"

"Well, aren't you frightened?"

"Will you get frightened if you're going to get eaten by a lion demon? If you're human that is..."

"No! I'm not afriad of ANYTHING!" Kagome looked up at Inuyasha lying on a tree branch, and replied, smiling,"Well, I was afraid. I almost cried, but I knew you'll come to rescue me... I believe in you... Then, I wasn't that frightened anymore."

END OF FLASHBACK

Inuyasha can feel his face burning up again... He was blushing, but why? Kagome's shout penetrated his thoughts. He shouted back,"Huh! I'm up already! No need to shout!" Kagome smiled. She was getting used to Inuyasha's short temper. "Since you have the energy to shout, come down from that tree and let's get going." She replied. Walking over to the bicycle parked under the tree Inuyasha was on, she gently put Shippo into the basket at the front and hopped onto the bicycle.

Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and landed on the back of Kagome's bicycle. Kagome, after ensuring that Inuyasha is on, started cycling slowing at first, before picking up speed. Inuyasha was again deep in thought. After his run-in with Kikyou, he felt that the mission of collecting the Jewel Fragments is going to be much more difficult.

So deep in thought was he that he failed to notice a low branch a head of him. Kagome, on the otherhand is alert and yelled a warning,"Inuyasha! Look out for that..." There was a BANG sound as Inuyasha's head came into contact with the branch. "...Branch"Kagome finished her sentence too late.

Inuyasha lay semi-awake on the ground. Kagome slamed on the brakes and rushed over to Inuyasha. She bended over him and asked,"Are you alright?" Inuyasha opened his eyes to see two pairs of concerned eyes, Shippo's and Kagome's. "Huh! As if a branch can hurt me much!" Inuyasha said arrogantly. "Yep, he's alright."Shippo concluded.

Just then, Inuyasha's senses pick up a demon near by. Kagome's senses pick up a Jewel Fragments near by. They both came up with a conclution: There is a demon near by with a Jewel Fragment!

A low growl came from their left, and right! They were surrounded! Inuyasha drew out Tetsusaiga and got in a 'I am ready to fight and win' pose.

Suddenly, a fast demon leap out of the bushes and captured Kagome! It was too fast for Inuyasha... Kagome shouted with all she is worth,"Inuyasha! Help me!" Her voice trailed away... Shippo and Inuyasha were alone in the dense forest they were in...

Inuyasha was stunned!

"Kagome...", was all he could manage. Before he knew what was happening, he shot off in pursuit of Kagome's kidnappers, telling Shippo to stay where he is and not to go anywhere else.

.:How was it? Stay tuned to find out what happened to Kagome, and Inuyasha who is after the kidnappers!:.