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Miroku found himself face first in the dirt.

"Kaede you don't happen to have an extra set of those beads do you?" Sango sighed. Miroku face showed worry as he waited on the old woman's response. Kaede just laughed.

"I wouldn't worry yeself over Inuyasha And Kagome. Inuyasha was here this morning to retrieve a couple of things, and said that he and Kagome would return later." Kaede replied changing the subject.

"Well I guess that leaves us free to help you Kaede, "Sango replied.

(Mean While) back to Inuyasha and Kagome

When Inuyasha woke it was night all around him. He looked down at the still sleeping Kagome. Her shoulder was almost healed. There was a crescent moon forming on the back of her shoulder, also. Inuyasha fell back asleep.

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Inuyasha awoke the next morning to his ear's being scratched. His lips started to tremble as Kagome kept going. She giggled when his leg started to twitch.

He winced, "Stop that I can't control it."

Kagome stopped scratching his ear's and frowned. He whined, this time burying his head in Kagomes' chest.

"More. Please don't stop scratching," He groaned.

Kagome giggled, "But you told me to stop."

Inuyasha looked at her with puppy dog eyes, and a frown, "Pl-e-ea-se."

Kagome smiled and started to scratch them again. Inuyasha let out a low mellow growl that sounded so cute to Kagome. She nuzzled him, softly rubbing her nose against his, and then gently kissing it. When he had started to fall back asleep she stopped Inuyasha whimpered, and nuzzled back into her chest. It was the first vulnerability that she had witnessed before last night. When she looked down at him, she notices that she had no clothes on.

"Where are my clothes?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha grumbled. He liked the sight of her nude body. "On the ground, but I brought your backpack. Thought that you might want to bathe before you got dressed," Inuyasha replied.

"Ok that sounds like a good idea, but no peeking," Kagome smiled as they jumped out of the tree with the backpack.

"Your kidding right?" Inuyasha looked shocked.

"Nope."

"But..."

"No buts Inuyasha. Just no."

He started to pout as Kagome walked off.

"She doesn't seem like your type," came an all to well familiar voice.

"Sesshoumaru!?!" Inuyasha growled as he reached for Tetsusaiga.

"Don't worry dear brother, I'm not here to fight. I just came to see if the rumor's are true, and now that I see they are I'll be leaving."

"Feh" Inuyasha replied. "What rumors?"

"The one that you took you miko as your mate. Which is puzzling to me on its own. She doesn't seem like your type."

"What's that suppose to mean!?!" Inuyasha was getting annoyed.

"Well she's stubborn, and set in her ways. And you. Well your just thickheaded, and always breaking her heart. How long before you are back to your old ways again?"

Inuyasha readied Tetsusaiga. "Your wrong. I would never hurt Kagome like that again. If your not here to fight then why are you still standing there?"

"I'm not," Sesshoumaru replied as he disappeared.

Inuyasha stood guard a few more minutes, until he was satisfied that Sesshoumaru had really indeed gone. The next thing that hit him was Kagome. He took off in the direction of the spring. "I swear Sesshoumaru if you've harmed her I'll rip your heart out," Inuyasha thought to himself. When he got there, Kagome was nowhere to be found. Inuyasha feared the worse. He Yelled, "Kagome!" as he looked around becoming more and more frantic by the second.

He smelled the air; her scent was still strong she was nearby. He walked towards the spring. Out of the corner of his eyes, he say something jump out of the bushes at him. He turned just in time for a something, or should we say someone to land right on top of him.

"Kagome!?! What are you doing?" He questioned as he looked down and saw she was wearing nothing.

She pinned him down to the ground as he tried to get up. "Nothing, just feel like being playful. Or do you not want me anymore," She said in retort.

He could sense that she was starting to feel hurt, and he quickly hated his words. "No it's not that. It's just that I just had a talk with Sesshoumaru about you. And I was worried that he might have tried to hurt you. You had me worried for a second there. Thought I had lost you," he managed to choke the urge to cry back down.

Kagome looked into his eyes. "You thought you had lost me? You could never lose me. Never," She reassured him as she nuzzled up close to him. Inuyasha held her tight, as his heart finally started to calm down. "I love you," he heard her whisper. "I love you too," Inuyasha replied.

"So what got you in such a playful mood," Inuyasha grinned from ear to ear. "Oh nothing," Kagome said as she started to stand up. When she did she stretched out her muscles, causing Inuyasha to growl. He stood up and hugged her tight, wrapping his hands around her waist and biting her neck playfully. "Tease," Kagome whispered. Inuyasha grinned, but it was short lived.

Before he knew it Kagome had wrapped her leg around one of his and Inuyasha found himself flat on his back. Before he knew it Kagome was back on top of him pinning him back down to the ground. Inuyasha gave a very confused glance back up to Kagome, who was laughing. "Aren't you going to wrestle back," She taunted a little.

Before Kagome could say anything else she was on her back with Inuyasha on top of her. She giggled, as he pinned her arms to the ground. She looked up at him, looking into his eyes. He wanted her really badly. The playfulness had gotten her what she had wanted all along. Inuyasha watched her bare naked body squirm up under him and smiled. While he was watching her squirm he lessened up feeling for sure she couldn't catch him off guard a third time. But sure enough Kagome brought a leg around Inuyashas' side and flipped him on his back pinning him back down. Inuyasha struggled for a minute then gave up.