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"Aren't we heading back to the village," Kagome questioned, not wanting the cuddling to stop. But she knew that he was just going to deny that he had feelings for her again the next day. So she didn't want to welcome the hurt back again.

"Hell no, and let everybody see you soaked like you are. Your practically naked right now!" Inuyasha huffed. "Besides they'll all think I tried to drown you or something," he added to try and throw off the jealous comment he just made.

Kagome had caught it, and it felt kind of good, "Just like all the rest of the jealous gestures he does." Kagome snuggled back into his arms. She knew tomorrow shed be hating herself for falling right back in his arms like usual, but tonight she welcomed it for now. It wasn't long before her breathing became rythmatic, as she started to fall deeper and deeper into sleep.

Inuyasha was starting to fall asleep himself at the sound of her breathing. "Her breathing sounds so peaceful. She really is so beautiful when she sleeps," he started to think to himself as he himself started to get really tired. Before he did he leaned down to Kagomes' ear and kissed it softly, "I love you Kagome." He felt her sift, and then fell asleep.

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AUTHORS NOTES: Miroku, Sango, and Shippo had been out looking for Inuyasha and Kagome. They had been gone all night and late into the morning. The group had actually gotten worried. It wasn't like Inuyasha, well Kagome to stay away from the group all night. And she did seem a little madder than usual when she left this time.

"Hey Inuyasha we see you actually gave Kagome some last night huh?" Miroku yelled up the tree. Both Inuyasha and Kagome were still sleep, but Inuyasha keen hearing caught the Monks comment. But before Inuyasha had a chance to say anything or even open his eyes, he heard a "THUD" "Ouch what was that for." Once he opened his eyes and looked down he saw an angry Sango standing over Miroku, who was now face down into the ground.

"Thank you," Sango heard coming from the tree. "But be quiet your going to wake Kagome, she had a long night."

"Too late," Kagome said stretching in Inuyashas' arms, and making little noises as she did. Inuyashas' ears twitched. He kind of liked those noises, maybe a little too much. Kagome could tell too, and he knew it, which made him blush. He could since her own arousal rising.

"Come on down you sleepy heads," Sango yelled up as she helped Miroku off the ground. "Kaede already has dinner cooked by now."

"We'll meet ya'll back at the village," Kagome yelled down, startling Inuyasha. "What does she have planned," he started to wander to himself.

"Ok but don't take too long, we are all vulnerable out here when were split up," Miroku replied as him and Sango headed back into the direction of the village.

"Speak for yourself MONK," Inuyasha growled back.

Inuyasha watched until he couldn't hear or see the three anymore, then turned to face Kagome. As he did he started to ask, "What was that all.." before he could get the rest of the sentence out Kagome was kissing him. He sat there in shock for a minute then returned her kiss, deepening it a little. As his tongue slide ever so gently into her mouth, his hands groped her ass and pulled her up onto his lap. Causing her to squeal a little, turning him on even more.

When they both stopped kissing to take a breath, Inuyasha couldn't help but growl. It was one of those low moaning growls. He was really turned on. Kagome grinned, and kissed his neck gently, which caused him to shiver.

She whispered softly into his ear, "We have to get going or the others will be back out looking for us again." Kagome looked at him. His skin was really flushed, and she could tell he was really turned on by the thing in his pants bulging against her.

"Let them," she heard Inuyasha growl as he pulled her closer to him. He could tell she was turn on by how hot her flesh felt. Their clothes weren't much of a barrier.

"We need to go, I'm starved," Kagome pleaded as she scratched the tip of one of Inuyashas' ears. She could tell he liked it because his lips trembled. She starred at his lips for a few more minutes. Then leaned in and softly brushed her lips against his, but pulled away before he could respond. She smiled, and Inuyasha took it as a "We will finish this up a little bit later."

So Inuyasha stood up and let Kagome get on his back, and then he started to jump and ran their way back to the village. Inuyasha stopped a few feet from Kaede's hut where the rest were already inside eating.

Kagome leaned to Inuyashas' ear and said, "I love you too Inuyasha."

Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks. "Wait a minute you heard that? How could you have heard that you were suppose to be sleeping," he called after Kagome right before she entered the hut.

Once inside Inuyasha let the subject drop. He didn't really want any of the others to know about the events that had taken place last night. Eventhough he knew that they had their own ideas of what had happen. Which were all wrong of course.

Inuyasha sat down and started to eat, but he continued thinking. "Had Kagome not been sleeping after all? Of course she was I could tell by her breathing that she was sleeping. But how would she know what I said if she had been sleeping? Was she just guessing?" He had a lot of unanswered questions that he would have to get Kagome to answer, even if he had to grab her and take her somewhere he was going to get them answered, tonight.

Kagome was sitting down by Sango on the opposite end of the hut. "Is Inuyasha going to take back what he said, now that he knows that I had heard him? Did I actually hear what I thought I had heard? Did he really say he loved me? What's going to happen next? Everything's moving so fast and there's so many questions that I want to ask him. Will he even want to talk to me after last night and this morning?" Kagome wasn't eating anything she was too wrapped up in her thoughts.

Shippo had been watching Kagome and finally said something, "What's wrong Kagome? You haven't even touched your dinner." Everybody in the room now turned to look at Kagome. Kagome looked up from her food like she had just woken up from a dream. The first person that she saw was Inuyasha who had had a blank look on his face too up until now. Kagome knew that everyone was now watching her, and felt her cheeks start to blush. "I was just thinking of a way on how to apologize to you all for the way I acted yesterday. Especially to you Shippo. I shouldn't have been as mean as I was too you." She watched the young kit.

Shippo seemed to have had twenty pounds lifted off of his chest. He jumped up and into Kagomes lap, almost spilling her bowl of food. "Yay!" He yelled. Kagome managed to put on a smile and scratch the little guy on his back.

Inuyasha growled a little to himself. Nobody seemed to notice it, so he didn't either.