Chapter Seven: A Very Wet Feudal Farytale

Last time: She pushed the arms away and spun around, in a fighting stance only to see a very surprised Inuyasha standing in front of her with WHAT?!

NO SHIRT ON!!!

Now: "Inuyasha?" Kagome said, very surprised herself.

"I'm sorry Kagome," Inuyasha said before she could continue, "I've been acting like a jerk. Will you forgive me?"

"Oh Inuyasha, it's not your fault. I'm sorry for yelling at you" Kagome responded.

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha gaped, even more surprised by her words.

"Yea, now…. Why did you come down here again? Kagome said as she began to blush.

"Oh, umm…. I was wondering ummm…. If I… I could take a bath with you" Inuyasha replied, blushing even harder.

"Sure, I would like that... a lot" With her permission, he sank into the warm water, still wearing his pants. He let out a comforting sigh as he found an even ledge and rested on it.

"Ok then, If you don't mind, I think I'll start with your hair" Kagome happily chirped.

"What's wrong with my hair?" Inuyasha questioned as he grabbed a lock of it and ran it through his fingers. Kagome laughed to herself at his innocence. First she asked him to dip his hair in to it wet, which he did. She then floated over to where he was sitting and began to apply shampoo.

"What is that stuff?" Inuyasha questioned as he sniffed the air.

"It's kind of like soap for your hair" She responded.

"I like it," Inuyasha said back, "It smells like you" Kagome giggled at his comment and began to rub the shampoo into a thick lather. When she got to the top of his head, he began to purr quietly and pushing his head closer to her, telling her that he liked it. She finished scrubbing him and he dipped his head under, only to come up looking exactly the way he used to.

"What is this stuff supposed to do?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well a whole bunch of stuff, but it mainly just makes you hair smell better" She said with a smile. Inuyasha reached for his hair and began to sniff it.

"Your right! It does smell better" Kagome wandered off into La-la land while Inuyasha slowly scooted closer to her.

"But best of all, He said rather quietly, "It reminds me of you" He said with an embarrassed smile.

"How about we start on the rest of you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I have some soap I think you might like, here try it" Kagome handed him a bottle of soap. He opened the container and squeezed a bit to hard when he tried, sending the soap gel all over him. Kagome couldn't help but break out laughing as the hanyou attempted to remove the green colored plaster from his body.

"Here, let me help you" Kagome stepped in and helped him get the gel off of him. Just as she did for his hair, she began to rub the soap onto his skin. She stared at how his changed shape with each movement. She also began to trace his muscles as she continued to work at the soap. After finishing with his back, and both arms, she started on his chest. Kagome looked up to see that he was blushing very hard. Just as before she finished her job and Inuyasha dropped into the warm water and washed himself off. While underwater, he spotted her legs and decided to play a trick on her. He slowly pushed himself closer and grabbed her legs, making her topple over backwards onto the water.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome spat as she reached the surface.

"What?" Inuyasha replied with an innocent look spreading across his face.

"Very funny. If you want to play then go play out in the deep water" Kagome gestured to the other side of the spring.

"Deep water?" Inuyasha said rather nervously.

"What's the matter, come on and join me" Kagome said as she swam over to the deeper area.

"Well, I ummm…" Inuyasha stared down at the water, his face turning very red again.

"Can't you swim?" Kagome asked, kind of shocked. He slowly shook his head no.

"I guess I'll just have to teach you then" Kagome smiled and gestured for Inuyasha to come over. He timidly walked over to her until the water was up to his chin.

"First of all, you have to know that if you lie still on your back you will float"

"You, do?"

"Yea, watch" Kagome laid her head back into the water. Inuyasha watched in horror as her head continued to sink under the water.

"Kagome!!!" Inuyasha yelled and jumped towards her. Kagome was shocked to see Inuyasha jump in head first and quickly shifted to get out of his way. Just as she resurfaced to reprimand him, all she could see were his dog-like ears and his arms franticly flailing around. She wasted no time and swam over to him.

'What do I do now?!" Inuyasha yelled to himself, 'Kagome when under and now I'm sinking too!' He began to panic. Just then, he felt an arm come around his waist. He looked over to see Kagome trying to pull him back up. Inuyasha saw her say something as they broke the surface but could not hear her clearly

"Inu mmghmmg ave ghmmghmm ow or els mghmgmm!" thought he was unable to get the message that way, Kagome found another. With her free hand she began to gently message Inuyasha's left ear. He realized that she was trying to calm him and he decided to let her hands tell him what to do. He lay stiff as a board as he felt his feet rise up and his head reached fresh air.

"Kagome?! Kagome!! Are you alright?" shouted, still listening to her hands. She finally came up as well and said "I'm fine, are you ok?"

"Yea" the two of them floated there for a minute, Inuyasha still laying flat at the water's surface and Kagome still stroking his ear held onto him with her other arm.

"That wasn't too bad now was it? Kagome asked with a reassuring smile.

"Yea, if you say so" Inuyasha replied.

My chapters get longer every time! Damn I never thought the typing would end! Fehew...