Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Inuyasha and all other characters mentioned in this fic are copyright Rumiko Takahasi.

Chapter 02: Awakenings

Kagome let out a shiver and sat up in her sleeping bag. 'Brrr! It is absolutely frigid!' she thought. She took a quick glance around the hut. Shippou and Kirara were cuddled close. Sango had curled up next to Miroku. This put a small smile to her lips. She knew the slayer had a secret crush on the hentai houshi, and hopefully this would bring them a bit closer together. And finally, in the corner lay Inuyasha himself. His hair had fallen down framing his face. 'He looks so handsome' she thought, 'hmm...he'll probably get pissed at me for this but here goes.' She stood up, and grabbing her sleeping bag, she walked over to him in the corner. She laid her sleeping bag down right next to him and climbed in it.

By the next morning the rain had stopped. Inuyasha slowly wavered into consciousness. He gave a small smile. He had slept like a rock. But suddenly he realized he wasn't by himself. His eyes shot open. Lying in front of him was Kagome. He immediately froze. His human side said 'She's gorgeous. I'd give anything to wake up like this every day.' But his demon side only replied 'As if I need her. She's just a weak little human, a shard detector.' He shook his head slightly to shake the cobwebs out. It was then that he realized his arms were wrapped around her waist, and she was nuzzling his neck with her arms wrapped around him. His human side won him over. 'I might as well savor the moment. Kami knows if this'll ever happen again.' he thought as he pulled her a bit closer.

Sango and Miroku, on the other hand had not had a good awakening. In his sleep, Miroku had yet again groped Sango's ass, who immediately woke up and slammed her fist into his head. She sat up and cleared her mind. She then began to nurse her bruised fist as a lump began to form on the side of the houshi's skull.

"Ow! What was that for?" he whined.

"You groped me again you hentai! Jeez, even in my sleep I can't trust you!" she yelled.

"Would you two keep it down?" came a soft voice from the corner. They both turned to see Kagome cuddled up to Inuyasha, who happened to be glaring at them, "she's sleeping," he said motioning to Kagome. Miroku smirked and mumbled a 'sorry'. Inuyasha just gave a glare and a 'shut up'. Sango also gave a 'sorry' and began to make breakfast.

As Kagome drifted into consciousness, she stretched her arms with a yawn. She quickly curled back up, holding on to the source of her warmth last night. Smiling slightly she opened her eyes, only to be confronted by two piercing amber ones.

"G'morning" she said sleepily.

"Well," he started, but he was quickly interrupted.

"Kagome, you're up!" came Shippou's cry. Kagome sat up, only to be knocked back down by the Kitsune, again. "Why are you sleeping next to Inuyasha? Do you like him or something?" Both Kagome and Inuyasha face-faulted at that.

"Why you little..."

"Inuyasha, calm down. No Shippou, I was just cold last night."

"Oh, okay." Shippou said, almost disappointed, but he quickly cheered up and said, "C'mon, breakfast is almost ready."

"Okay, I'll be up in a second" she turned to Inuyasha, "Thanks for not getting mad" she said giving him a hug and getting up. Inuyasha lay there for a minute, wondering. 'Did she just hug me?'

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