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Chapter Four

Kikyou stormed into her bedroom filled with rage. She began to kick the walls and punch pillow, she had never been so angry in her life. Kagome got away. After all those months of planning and gathering ingredients, she had gotten away.

"Lady Kikyou, are you alright." One of the servants had heard Kikyou's burst of anger and went to see what was wrong.

"Leave me alone." Kikyou yelled in such a harsh way that the servant went running.

Damn it Kikyou thought How will I get Kagome. She sat in a chair next to one of the windows and looked out. She could almost see Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kagome, and Inuyasha walking away.

"Lady Kikyou", another servant had appeared at the door.

"I want to be left alone."

"But Lady Kikyou, I know how you can get Kagome."

Kikyou turned from the window and looked at the young girl standing in her door way. "And how could you possible help me?"

"I over heard Kagome talking with some other girl when they were outside."

"So."

"Well, Kagome said she could hear the other girl — what was her name — Sogo, Mango -"

"Sango."

"That's it! Kagome said she could hear Sango's plea for help, in her head."

"When?"

"When she was in the woods with Inukasa, Inusasha, Inu -"

"Inuyasha."

"Yeah, him. When she was in the woods with Inuyasha, the night you kidnapped the others."

Kikyou thought about it for a few minutes, "Alright, thank you, you may go now." The servant bowed her head slightly and walked away.

"Interesting." Kikyou said to herself. While in a panic, Sango was able to contact Kagome. I'm sure I could do it without trying to hard. She thought. Then Kikyou sat down to work on a plan.

She would call Kagome's name and lead her back to the castle, then perform the spell. "I wonder if it will work, that Kagome girl has very strong will power." Kikyou closed her eyes and silently called out Kagome's name.

With Kagome

The entire Inuyasha gang had decided to set up camp when the sun started to go down. Everyone had their little chores to do. Shippo made the beds (except for Inuyasha, whom was sleeping in a tree tonight), Inuyasha went to look for some fire wood, Miroku was in charge of getting water, and Sango and Kagome were supposed cook food.

"What are we eating tonight, girls." Miroku asked while carrying two buckets of water.

"Stew." Kagome responded.

"Stew." Miroku said with a tone of disappointment. "Well, I guess that's alright."

"Damn, I wish that sit command worked on him to." Kagome whispered, making Sango laugh and making Miroku and Shippo wonder what the hell was going on.

"Speaking of sit', where is Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

"You want to sit' me!" Miroku was shocked, he didn't think that Kagome was mad at him.

"Where's Inuyasha." Sango asked again.

"Oh umm," Miroku said "I think he's still getting fire wood."

"He sure takes a long time." Shippo complained, "Do we have to wait for him, or can we eat now."

"I guess we can start now." Kagome said, and she started to serve everyone. Dinner only lasted a few moments. Sango, Shippo, and Miroku hadn't eaten much in two days so they were all really hungry.

"Didn't Kikyou feed you?" Kagome asked as she gathered up there empty bowls. There was some stew left for Inuyasha, but other then that, they had eaten every bite.

"No, she's mean." Shippo answered.

Kagome thought about it for a minute then said, "She can't be that bad Shippo."

"What!" Miroku and Sango said in unison, "You're defending her."

"No. I just mean — she healed your arm, Miroku, so she can't be all bad."

Sango and Miroku both looked at each other, they hadn't thought of that. "Wow Kagome," Sango said, "you really try to see the good in people don't you."

"Yeah, I - " Kagome was just about to start talking when she heard someone call her name, Kagome. "Who said that?" She asked out loud.

"Who said what?"

Kagome remained silent, wondering if the voice would come back again, but it didn't. "Nothing. I'm going to take a bath."

"Do you want some company?" Sango asked.

"No. No thanks." She said, Kagome just felt like being alone.

"Poor girl." Sango mumbled as Kagome walked toward the stream.

"What do you mean?" Miroku asked.

"It's one thing to know that someone set a trap for you, but for it to be Kikyou It must be hard for her."

"Why would it be hard."

"She probably wants to protect herself, but doesn't want to hurt Inuyasha's feeling. We all know he still loves Kikyou."

"No he doesn't." Shippo piped up.

"What. How do you know?" Miroku asked.

"I followed Kagome when Inuyasha wanted to talk to her alone."

"Shippo, that was very rude." Sango said.

"Do you want to know what he said?"

"Yes." Miroku and Sango responded. Apparently they thought it was wrong to spy on a private conversation, but didn't have a problem with gossiping about the information Shippo had.

"He told Kagome that he didn't love Kikyou."

"He told her that!"

"Yeah, and guess what, there's more."

"What?"

"He was about to tell Kagome that he loved her, but he couldn't bring himself to say it."

"Inuyasha must be afraid of rejection." Sango said, and for a fleeting moment, she felt bad for Inuyasha.

Near the Stream

Inuyasha could feel his ears burning as he picked up some wood. Someone's talking about me he thought, and he wondered who. He was holding enough wood to last them a week, nobody had told him exactly how much they needed.

"This should be enough." He said to himself and started to walk back to the camp.

As he walked, Inuyasha looked up at the stars. They looked really beautiful tonight. I should look at the stars more often he thought to himself. When Inuyasha looked up at the stars, he thought about Kagome and what his life was like with her.

He thought to the time before he knew he, though he tried to block that part of his life out (to many bad memories). Back then he never would have looked up at the stars and thought about the beauty of them.

Kagome had changed Inuyasha, he wasn't the same cold hearted half demon that he used to be. That girl can work wonders he thought. But Inuyasha was torn out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of splashing.

He walked off his path, to the side, and came to the edge of a stream. It only took him a few seconds to realize that the splashing he heard was Kagome taking a bath. She wasn't facing him, so all Inuyasha could see was water dripping down her back.

Kagome hadn't noticed Inuyasha standing there, so he thought that he could get away without a sit', but as soon as he took his first step back to the path he stepped on a twig, making a loud snap.

Kagome tuned around to see where the sound came from and saw Inuyasha trying to quietly sneak away. "Inuyasha!" She yelled out with more surprise then anger.

"What?" Inuyasha stopped walking away, but he didn't turn around to look at Kagome.

"Were you spying on me!"

"No."

Kagome stared at Inuyasha and debated in her mind if she should believe him. "Don't look Inuyasha." She said with a little less anger. "I'm getting out."

Even though Inuyasha had his back to Kagome he closed his eyes until she said it as ok to turn around.

"Sorry I walked in on you." He said, even though he didn't see anything he still felt embarrassed and was finding it hard to look Kagome in the eyes.

"Umm, it's alright." Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and tried to read his expression. She could tell that he was embarrassed. She even found it a little funny that he was more uncomfortable then she was, and he had his cloths on the whole time. "Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"What's your favorite color?"

Inuyasha stared at her blankly, "What do you mean?"

"What's your favorite color?"

"Umm, red I guess."

"Figures." Kagome said looking at his clothing.

"Why'd you ask."

"My mom told me that if someone was uncomfortable, just ask a simple question."

"Oh."

"What's your favorite animal?"

"Never thought about it." Inuyasha said. "What's yours?"

"Dogs." Kagome said while tugging gently on his ears. Inuyasha laughed a little bit and they soon found their way back to the camp.

"What's so funny?" Miroku asked when Inuyasha and Kagome stepped into the light from the fire.

"Nothing." Kagome said, but she didn't stop smiling.

Inuyasha put the wood down next to the fire and looked in the big pot of stew. "We left some for you." Sango said.

"Thanks."

"It was Kagome's idea."

Inuyasha turned to Kagome and looked her right in the eyes, "Thank you."

Kagome blushed a little bit and said, "Your welcome." She didn't know why they thank you' made her blush like that, but it did.

Miroku, Shippo and Sango fell asleep really quickly, but Inuyasha and Kagome stayed up for a little while longer. Inuyasha was up in his tree and Kagome was sitting on her bed on the ground.

"Inuyasha, why do you sleep in trees?" Kagome asked. She had often wondered, but always forgot to ask.

"Nobody can sneak up on me if I'm up in a tree."

"Other then flying demons."

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, he had never thought about flying demons. "I guess."

"Have you always slept in trees."

"No, I just fell into the habit."

Kagome stood up and started to climb up the tree. "What are you doing Kagome?"

"I want to see what's so great about sleeping in a tree."

"Kagome, you'll fall and brake you neck."

Kagome ignored him and kept climbing till she was in the same branch that Inuyasha was in. He watched her try to get to the end that he was in and tried not to laugh at her. She looked really funny. She had a concentrated look on her face, but still managed to stumble around.

"Stop laughing Inuyasha, I haven't climbed a tree in a long time." But when she said stop laughing' Inuyasha just laughed louder. "Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled and through herself off balance.

Inuyasha moved quick enough to grab her before she fell then he pulled her to where he was sitting.

"Thanks." She muttered.

Inuyasha pulled Kagome onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her and said, "Now try and go to sleep."

"Inuyasha." Kagome was a little embarrassed about they way he was holding her.

"What?" Inuyasha said with his eyes closed.

"Isn't this a little indecent?"

"You wanted to sleep in the tree, and I don't want you to fall in the middle of the night."

Kagome decided that he was right. So she closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest and fell asleep while listening to Inuyasha's heart beat.

Inuyasha was glad that she had decided to stay with him. He liked being able to hold her while she slept and was will to use the falling out of the tree' excuse.

Morning

Shippo was the first one to wake up in the morning. He rubbed his eyes and looked for Kagome. He was a little surprised to see that she was gone, but when he saw her up in the tree with Inuyasha he was happy. They looked cute together.

"Kagome." Shippo called. Kagome's eyes twitched a little bit but she didn't wake up, "Kagome." He called again.

Kagome opened her eyes and looked down at Shippo, "What?" she asked, still a little groggy.

"Kagome what are you doing in the tree."

"I felt like sleeping up here."

"You didn't like my bed." Shippo sounded a little hurt. He had worked a long time to make Kagome's bed more comfortable then anyone else's.

Kagome tried to get out of Inuyasha's arms without waking him up. It wasn't an easy task, considering how much of a light sleeper he was, but she found a way. It took a long time but she eventually got to the ground beside Shippo.

"I loved your bed, Shippo. Thank you for making it."

Shippo smiled, he couldn't help but be proud of himself.

"Shippo, I'm going to the river to wash my face, do you want to come."

"You took a bath last night. Why do you need to wash your face."

Kagome and Shippo started to walk toward the river, "Two reasons. My mom said that I should wash my face every chance I get, and it helps wake me up."

"Oh."

Kagome bent down and placed her entire face under the water when she got to the river. The cool water felt so good on her face. Kagome she heard the voice again Kagome. She lifted her head out of the water and looked around.

"Is something wrong?" Shippo asked.

"No." Kagome said. She didn't know if the voice in her head was her imagination or not, and she didn't want to anyone to worry.

Shippo and Kagome rested in the grass for a few moments then decided to go back to the camp. "Kagome."

"What?"

"Will you teach me to fight?"

"What?"

"I want to learn how to fight. You guys all seem so strong."

"Wouldn't Inuyasha be better at that. He dose most of the fighting."

"Inuyasha will laugh at me if I ask him." Shippo looked down at the ground.

"I could ask him for you." Kagome suggested.

Shippo thought about it for a little while then smiled and agreed, "I'll ask him later today."

"Kagome, are you -" Shippo started to talk, but stopped.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, tell me Shippo."

"I just wanted to know if you've given Inuyasha a kiss yet."

"What!!" Kagome's face turned bright red, she was really embarrassed.

"You like him. Don't you."

Kagome couldn't bring herself to answer. If Shippo could tell that she like Inuyasha then it must be obvious to everyone. She had to take a vacation, away from this embarrassing moment. "Shippo. I think I'm going to go home for a few days."

"Really." Shippo felt kind of bad. He didn't know that asking a simple question would make Kagome want to go home.

Camp

Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked around for Kagome. He was a little confused at first, wondering where she was, so he jumped out of the tree. "Kagome." He called out.

Sango sat up and looked at Inuyasha, "What do you want?"

"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, though he wasn't expecting Sango to know.

Sango looked over to her sleeping spot and saw that she was gone. Then she looked over to where Shippo had been sleeping, "She probably took Shippo somewhere." Sango replied then tried her best to go back to sleep.

Inuyasha felt really stupid about not coming to that same conclusion. And decided to go find them. He jumped from tree to tree sniffing for Kagome and Shippo while listening for the sound of their voices.

He saw them just in time to hear Shippo ask if you've given Inuyasha a kiss yet?'. Inuyasha (unlike Kagome) found it really funny . Shippo was smarter then he normally let on.

Inuyasha climbed out of the tree and walked over to where Kagome was standing to see that her face was still a little red. "Good morning." He said, still laughing a little bit.

"Morning Inuyasha." Shippo said, "Kagome's going home."

"What?" He looked from Shippo to Kagome, "Why?"

"I just want to go home."

Inuyasha was a little sad, but decided not to argue with her. It would only be for a few days. "Alright."

The three of them decided to walk back to camp. Shippo ran ahead while Kagome and Inuyasha stayed behind. "I woke up and you were gone."

"Sorry about that, did I worry you?"

"No." he lied. "I just thought you might have fallen during the night."

"That would have been impossible, you had your arms around me." Kagome said. Inuyasha laughed a little bit, he had been doing a lot of that this morning. "Oh. Inuyasha!" Kagome remembered the favor she had to ask him.

"What?"

"Will you do me a favor?"

"Umm — sure."

"I want you to teach Shippo how to fight."

"What? Why me?"

"You do a lot of fighting."

"So?"

Kagome stopped walking and grabbed Inuyasha's arm. "Please Inuyasha. He told me he just wants to be strong like us."

"I don't know." Inuyasha knew that he would agree to it, but he didn't want Kagome to tell everyone that he said yes right away. Deep down he looked at Shippo like a little brother, but he didn't want anyone, to know that.

"Please Inuyasha. You could do it as a favor to me." She looked up at him and tried to make a puppy dog face.

"Fine." Inuyasha said with a smile. "Just, don't think I never do anything for you."

End of Chapter Four

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