Chapter 4

By Sup-pup17

Discalimer: I do not own Inuyasha…though that would be nice….Dirty thoughts But I do own Okami.

"Sango!" Inuyasha sneezed and wiped the rain off his face with hopes it'd help him see. "Miroku!" Darn, he thought, Where the hell could they be? Inuyasha ran up to an old hut and looked inside, nothing. All he could do was growl. Where are they?

He retreated back to the cave where Kagome sat cuddled up in a blanket with Okami in her lap and a fire in front of her. "Did you find any thing?" She asked with worry plastered on her face.

"No," Inuyasha growled as he sat down next to her and shook the water out of his hair.

Okami growl as he was spayed with water, he'd just gotten dry!

"I looked everywhere," Inuyasha tossed another log on the fire. "You dry yet?"

Kagome shook her head. "My feet won't warm up."

Inuyasha took off his outer jacket and laid it out by the fire.

Kagome had laid out her sleeping bag and all her stuff to dry. None of it was. He shivered and looked tiredly into the fire. Inuyasha worried. He'd never seen her like this except when she was…sick. Oh…Inuyasha couldn't afford this! They were so close to getting the last shards between them and Naraku. They'd beaten some of his little henchmen with shards and the shards were lost. They were so close!

"You better not be getting sick," he mumbled.

Kagome chuckled softly. "Sorry."

Okami yawned. His black fur glistened in the fire light and his long tail covered his small feet. Kagome pet him softly.

Inuyasha sighed. He looked out the rainy, wet entrance of the cave and then back at Kagome. She looked cold. He couldn't have this. He stood up, getting Kagome's attention, and took off his undershirt. One thing about demons was that they didn't get cold easily and their hot blood ran though their veins with strong pumps and rhythm. Kagome looked back at the fire and pulled the blanket closer to her. Okami though, had opened an eye and watched Inuyasha intently.

Inuyasha took another note that Kagome never dried the clothes she was wearing. "Feh," Inuyasha said to himself.

"What," Kagome asked.

"Are you dry?" He asked again.

Kagome just looked at him innocently.

"Here," Inuyasha mumbled as he picked up her sleeping bag and shook the dirt off it. "You need to get dry." He held it up as a screen. Sadly, he didn't hear what he wanted to hear. He peeked over the sleeping bag and looked at Kagome. "Undress!"

"Pervert!" Kagome gasped.

Inuyasha ducked as she threw a shoe at him. "No you idiot! I'm not going to watch!" He peeked back up over the bag. "If you undress and wrap up inthat blanket, you'll get warm. Then you'll sleep better!"

Kagome knew it was for her. He wouldn't ask so much of her if it was for his enjoyment. She put Okami on the ground and began to undress. Inuyasha waited patiently behind his 'screen.' Okami looked up at Kagome with a curious look. Kagome found him so cute! Once down to her undergarments, she wrapped back up in her blanket and told Inuyasha softly that she was covered.

Inuyasha put her sleeping bag back by the fire and walked over to her. She'd picked up Okami and was petting him again. That, just that, drove Inuyasha nuts. Inside, that little puppy in him, thought that he was her little puppy. He sat down behind her and took a risk. He pulled her into his lap and rubbed the sides of her arms. He remembered his mother doing this to him when he was out playing in the rain.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha didn't respond. While he was trying to help her, he was also fighting something inside.

Okami on the other hand, was still watching Inuyasha. In his mind, he was loosing his new owner to a hanyou!

In time, Kagome fell into a warm dream Okami was confused. He didn't know that the guy that had just threatened him could be so nice. He didn't even know if he wanted Inuyasha to be that close to Kagome! There was nothing he could do though. He was happy enough in Kagome's lap.

Inuyasha wanted to put Okami off Kagome and lay her down. He knew he could be closer to Kagome if they laid down. He had no intentions with Kagome but he did want to warm her up. As his hand reached down to Okami, he stopped. He couldn't. Kagome would wake and ask him not to removed Okami, he just knew it. Instead, he leaned back against the wall and slipped into sleep.

"We're very grateful," Miroku bowed.

"It's no problem." The man bowed back. "Thank you for getting rid of that nasty spirit!"

Sango, Shippo, and Miroku had found a house and Miroku pulled some magic out of his sleeve earning them a nights stay out of the rain.

"What about Inuyasha?" Shippo took a big bite of his shrimp soup.

"I'm sure they're okay," Miroku nodded as he took a bite of his meal. "Inuyasha will take care of Kagome."

Sango nodded in agreement.

"That's not what I mean!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Jerk!" Kagome yelled back. "Of course you did!"

Inuyasha couldn't even remember what they were arguing about. "It's not!" He kept yelling anyway.

"I'm just your little jewel detector and when I'm through, you're just going to throw me away and become full demon!"

"No!" Inuyasha shook his head. "You're not!"

"Then what am I?" Kagome glared at him. "Am I your wench? Am I your little doll?"

Inuyasha shook his head.

"Do you know what?" Kagome screamed at him. "I'm going home!"

"Kagome! We're not done!" Inuyasha yelled. "We still have one more shard!"

"That's what I mean!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs.

Oh, shit, Inuyasha's muscles tightened. Here it comes!

"SIT!"

Inuyasha slammed into the grounds. When he lifted his head and got ready to get up, he saw the last thing he wanted to see.

"Great job, asshole." Okami said smoothly and sarcastically. Inuyasha freaked. He could talk!

Inuyasha jumped up and flung a sleeping Kagome off his lap. Okami jumped out of the way before he was trapped under Kagome and looked at Inuyasha curiously. Inuyasha looked at Okami carefully and then back at Kagome.

"What was that for?" Kagome asked. He blanket was reviling just a little more then Inuyasha wanted. He got up and wrapped her back up. He whimpered. Kagome smiled at him anyway. "Bad dreams?"

"If that's what you call them."

Kagome grabbed his hand. "It's alright." She laid down patting next to her motion Inuyasha to come close to her. "It's cold."

Inuyasha sighed. "Just for tonight." He laid behind her and again let his body heat warm her. "Don't tell that Monk about this either." In reality, he liked being near her and wanted to stay with her all night.

Okami sat down in front of them and looked at Inuyasha. Inuyasha shivered as he thought he was going to say something. But instead, Okami licked Inuyasha's nose and cuddled right up to Kagome's abdomen. Inuyasha surprised himself as he felt his hand rub Okami between the ears as he closed his eyes.

"Good night," Kagome mumbled.

Inuyasha closed his eyes and once more slipped into sleep.

There you go! Thanks for all the reveiws! Keep it up!