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Author's Note: Hey, I'm back with chapter 12! I think you'll like this one, its one of my favorites. We see a lot of Inuyasha being clueless about what to say to Kagome, and Miroku and Sango being pretty amusing, in my opinion. There's some fighting between our favorite couple, but don't worry, it all turns out okay in the end. Now, I wants to say one thing before I let ya all read, some of you wonderful reviewers are saying that it's just weird for Kagome and Inuyasha to get married, and I know that too, but a reviewer asked to make that a dare, so I tweaked it by making it a contest between Koga and Inuyasha. Believe me, it would be very strange if Kagome and Inuyasha got married because like if they like had kids or something, the baby would be like only one-fourth demon and that's crazy. The only way they could ever get hitched is if Inuyasha becomes full human with the shikon jewel, but we know he can't do that, because Inuyasha just has to be a half-demon, it's the way of life.

Well, sorry for that loooong note, but I just wanted to get that's out.

Now read! And review!

Thanks to you all for reading so far!

SilverRose88

Chapter 12

Winning Her Heart

Part II: Inuyasha's Turn

Silence.

Silence for a long time.

Kagome felt like if someone blew breath at her, she'd fall over. Had she just been proposed to? She looked at Koga, who was still staring intently at her. "Ah-um, well…"

"It's all right, take your time." Koga said.

What am I supposed to say? I don't want to hurt Koga's feelings! B-but I'm only fifteen! And-and I love Inuyasha! Kagome thought.

"Ooh, his proposal was just as good as I thought it would be." Sango said to Miroku.

"I'm thinking he's going to win." Miroku said. "But, maybe Inuyasha will surprise us all and beat this."

"I don't think he could do that." Sango said, shaking her head.

"What the HELL are you two mumbling about?" Inuyasha demanded storming over to the two humans. "Adding more points to Koga's side are you?"

"Actually, we haven't yet. Thanks for reminding us." Miroku said, taking out the slip of paper.

"No you don't!" Inuyasha said, and snatched the scoreboard and ripped it up. "There." he said satisfactorily.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku said. "That's not very nice."

"Doesn't matter, Miroku. We know the points by heart anyway," Sango said.

"Argh! Will you two stop it with all these points!" Inuyasha said. "Winning Kagome's heart isn't something for you two to enjoy! Just butt out, will you?"

Sango and Miroku looked at Inuyasha with curious glances, then turned to each other and started muttering, "How many points do you think Koga just got?"

"I don't know. It was really good."

"But, it could have been better."

"You're right."

Inuyasha was slowly pulsing and then stomped away muttering, "Fools, the both of them." Inuyasha walked closer to Kagome and Koga and was watching them closely.

"Umm, Koga, I-I don't know what to say…" Kagome said. "I-I never thought I'd actually be proposed to when I'm only fifteen."

"Please, Kagome, say yes. I will be the happiest man on earth if you were my bride. My days would be brighter and I would never cease to enjoy seeing your smiling face." Koga said.

Kagome shook her head. "I-I'm really sorry, Koga. B-But, I-I can't marry you." she said, sadly.

Koga looked extremely crestfallen. He had a sad look in his eyes. "Are you sure?" he asked.

"I'm sure. I'm sorry Koga. I-I like you and all, but-but, I don't love you, and even if I did, I couldn't get married now. I-I'm only fifteen." Kagome said. "I'm sorry. Don't hate me."

Koga straightened up and let her hands fall out of his. He let a small smile cross his lips. "Kagome, I could never hate you." he said.

Kagome smiled up at him, and let out a small sigh. "Thanks Koga."

"No problem." he said. "But, I'll always love you Kagome. And, maybe someday, you'll be able to love me back."

"Maybe." she said, though knowing it would never happen. She looked over at Inuyasha, who quickly glanced away, not wanting to get caught that he had been staring directly at her the whole while. She smiled. "Let's keep on going you guys." she said.

"Koga, it's your turn to chose someone." Sango said.

"Ah, yes. Um, Sango, truth or dare?"

"Dare," Sango said.

"I dare you to act like you and Miroku are actual lovers," Koga said.

"WHAT?" Sango yelled, blushing.

"Thank you Koga for such a wonderful dare!" Miroku said happily.

"No, no, no, no, no, no…" Sango kept muttering, while moving as far away from Miroku as possible.

"Sango! The love of my life, come heeere!" Miroku said, walking towards her.

"Kagome, hide me!" Sango said.

"Nope. This is funny." Kagome said. "Go on, go to your lover,"

"Kagome!" Sango hissed.

Kagome just shrugged. "He's not going to leave you alone, so might as well just do the dare," Kagome said.

"But I don't want to!" Sango said.

"But, didn't you say you loved Miroku? You aren't really acting like it are you?" Kagome said.

"Just forget that." Sango said. "Oh, no, he's coming."

Miroku appeared at their side and took Sango's hand, pulling her close to him, and putting an arm around her. "Ahh, finally, I dare I really really enjoy,"

"Sango, choose someone," Inuyasha said.

"Oh, right. Um, Kagome, truth or dare?" Sango said.

"Dare," Kagome said.

"I dare you to go out on a date with Hojo when you return to your time. And, we need proof, so take pictures and bring back anything that he gives you so we can all see," Sango said.

"What? Sango!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Are you trying to keep us apart, Sango? What kind of a dare is that?!" Inuyasha demanded.

"It's a fun dare," Sango said.

"No it's not!" Inuyasha said. "Kagome, don't go out with him!"

"Bu-But it's a dare." Kagome said.

"So you want to go out with him?" Inuyasha said.

"I didn't say that!"

"But, that's what you meant!"
"No, it's not!"

"But you just said you'd go!"

"I didn't!"

"Did to!"

"Did not!"

"Trouble in paradise…" Miroku said to Sango, hugging her closer to his side.

"Was it ever paradise?" Sango said.

"Come to think of it, nope, never." Miroku said. "But, our love is truly paradise!"

"Let go of me you letch!" Sango said, trying to escape from his grasp, but Miroku held on.

"Someone shut them up." Shippo said.

"Totally juvenile." Sango said, shaking her head.

"You guys!" Miroku said. "Stop it!"

Inuyasha and Kagome turned to Miroku, and both said at the same time angrily, "Stay out of this, it's not your problem!" And Inuyasha shoved Miroku out of the way, and the monk tripped over his heels and fell to the ground.

"Oh, Sango, come heal my injuries with your kiss!" Miroku said eagerly.

"Hmph!" Sango said, turning away from him, and trying to drag Kagome away from Inuyasha. "Come on!" she said.

"No! I want to get this straight!" Kagome said. "How can he think that I like Hojo when I said I loved him?"

"Who knows? His mind is that of a beetle." Sango said.

"…That's true…" Kagome couldn't help but agree.

"I heard that!" Inuyasha said angrily.

"Anyway, Kagome, it's your turn to choose," Koga said kindly walking up to her.

"Oh, um, Inuyasha, truth or dare?" Kagome said.

"Truth, I guess," Inuyasha said.

"All right. Um, what did you feel when Koga proposed to me?" Kagome asked.

A moment's silence.

"Ah-ah-um…" Inuyasha said uncertainly. "Well…about that…"

"Yes?" Kagome egged on.

"I-I hateditandIwantedtotearthatbastardapartwithmybearhands,ormytetsaisuga." Inuyasha said in one long breath, so that all the words were jumbled together. (Translation: I hated it and I wanted to tear that bastard apart with my bear hands, or my tetsaisuga.)

Kagome and the others stared at him in another moment's silence.

"That definitely credits at least five points," Sango whispered to Miroku.

"Five? I was thinking three. He didn't say it clearly enough." Miroku said, marking points onto a piece of paper.

"Where the hell did you get more paper?" Inuyasha demanded, snatching it from their hands and reading it. "I've only got eight? I only got three more points! An-And why the hell did Koga get more? He's at twenty now!"

"Well, unlike you, Koga is still nice to Kagome, whereas you started yelling at her about Hojo." Sango said. "If you hadn't and had kept your cool, then maybe you'd have more points. But, well, that's not the case."

"Don't worry. We gave you three points for what you just said. If you hadn't said anything, we would have taken the points away and you'd be at zero." Miroku said.

"So be happy that you've got some points!" Shippo piped up.

"You three are on my last nerve!" Inuyasha roared, tearing up the piece of paper.

"Ah, well, there goes another scoreboard." Miroku said sadly staring at the shreds of paper on the ground.

"We'll just ask Kagome for another sheet." Sango said.

"No you won't!" Inuyasha said angrily. "Stop marking points!"

"Quit yelling, Inuyasha," Shippo said. "It's your turn now."

"Miroku, truth or dare?" Inuyasha said.

"Dare," the monk said.

Inuyasha got this little gleam in his eyes. "Great. Remember that dare I gave you about flirting with some guy at the next village? Well, I now dare you to flirt with at least five guys."

"F-Five?" Miroku said. "B-But that is so sinful!"

"Like you haven't committed sins before, huh?" Inuyasha said.

"Oh, right…" Miroku said not able to disagree. "B-But that's not my fault! Musshin taught me all of those sins!"

"Quit complaining! You've got to do the dare, got it?" Inuyasha said. "Even if it is a sin, though that's never stopped you before, has it?"

"No, no, it has not." Miroku said shaking his head. "Well, my turn, right? Inuyasha, truth or dare?"

"Dare," the hanyou said.

"I dare you to tell us all of your wonderful feelings for Kagome," Miroku said with the same devious gleam that Inuyasha just had in his eyes.

"What?" Inuyasha said.

"Tell us, tell Kagome, all of your hearts deepest feelings for her." Miroku said.

"W-Well, my-my feelings for Kagome is that I love her." Inuyasha said.

"But, that can't be all, can it?" Sango asked. "I mean, Koga went on and on about every little thing. You do want more points, don't you?" she asked quietly as she passed him by, standing beside Kagome, who was watching Inuyasha very very closely, so if he said the wrong thing, she'd be ready to sit him.

"Kagome," Inuyasha said, turning to her.

"Yes?" she said expectantly.

"I-I-I-um, you're really nice…you are a pretty good fighter, but not as great as Kikyo…" Inuyasha said but then realized at moment too late that wasn't the right thing to say.

"WHAT?" Kagome erupted.

"No-no, Kagome, that-that wasn't what I meant!" Inuyasha said.

"But you said it!" Kagome yelled. "So, you must have meant it!"

"B-But I-I didn't mean to say it!" Inuyasha said. "You are a good fighter, really, but-but Kikyo was just better."

"I can't believe you!" Kagome said. "You really don't love me, do you? If all you do is compare me to-to that clay witch, then-then, maybe I don't need you either!"

A very long silence followed in which Kagome clapped a hand over her mouth, Sango and Miroku stopped marking points to look up at the fighting couple, and Koga tried hard not to look happy about all this. Inuyasha, however, was slowly becoming more and more depressed. His ears drooped and he looked down at his feet.

"Ohmygod…"Kagome breathed. "Inuyasha--I-I didn't mean that…"

"But you said it," Inuyasha said.

"I'm sorry!" Kagome said.

"Yeah, fine, whatever, let's just keep on going." Inuyasha said, walking off and taking lead again. Though he said he didn't care, no one believed him one bit.

"Inuyasha, wa-wait!" Kagome cried, taking off at a run after him.

"So, are we taking or giving points?" Miroku asked Sango as they followed the others.

"Um, let-let's just leave the points. He looked really sad." Sango said.

"Yeah, I suppose so." Miroku said.

"It's all your fault. Do you realize that because of your dare that they might not speak to one another anymore?" Sango said angrily to Miroku.

"B-But it's not like I meant for it to happen! I just wanted him to say everything, get more points, and then win Kagome's heart! It's not my fault that moron compared her to Kikyo. He knows she hates being compared to her." Miroku said.

"Yeah, well, let's just keep off on the points until they make up," Sango said.

Inuyasha kept on walking even though Kagome was running after him and calling his name.

"Inuyasha, wait!" Kagome said, finally catching up to him and taking his hand. "Look, I-I'm really sorry. I-I didn't mean to say that."

"Then why did you say it?" Inuyasha said.

"Well, you said that Kikyo thing too, didn't you?" Kagome asked.

"Ah-um, b-but that's different!" Inuyasha said.

"How so?"

"What you said hurt a lot more." Inuyasha said.

Kagome felt her heart squeeze. "Oh, Inuyasha…I-I really am sorry. I-I wouldn't hurt you, I love you."

Inuyasha stopped to look at her. "What was that?" he said somewhat gleefully.

"Don't push your luck," Kagome said.

"Where'd everyone else go?" Inuyasha said.

"Dunno." Kagome said absently. "So, aren't you forgetting something?"

He looked at her curiously. "Forgetting what?"

Kagome glared at him. "You're kidding, right?"

"No, seriously. What am I forgetting?" Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha! I can't believe you!" Kagome said and then took off.

The hanyou stared after her for a moment and then he slowly realized. "Oops." he said, and ran up to Kagome, and took her hand. "Kagome, I'm sorry, okay? But you can never be like Kikyo."

"What?" Kagome said angrily.

"You can't because you're already so much better," Inuyasha said with a smile and Kagome smiled back.