Kagome arose from here sleep and looked over to Inuyasha. He was sleeping against the wall. Tetsusaiga rapped in his arms and legs. She looked at her sleeping friends. Miroku still had a huge bump on his head from the recent fight. She smiled when she was reminded of the past day. Suddenly something flashed through her head. She looked over to Inuyasha. 'He was so close to me...' She grabbed her fast pulsing heart to her thought, 'Was he going to--'

"Kagome, good, you're awake."

Kagome turned to the whispered voice behind her.

She sighed, "Yes, I am Kaede..."

"Good. Come with me, we shall start your training..."

Kagome got up and followed behind the old miko. Outside there were straw mats on the floor and some sticks. She examined the materials then looked at Kaede. The old women was smiling.

"This you will be doing with Miroku. He told me he would help you with your fighting. Since he was trained a a monk, he has some spiritual training he could teach you."

Kagome nodded, but she couldn't help but thinking Inuyasha or Sango would be better at that.

"Come child, the first thing of training is to wake up and meditate for a good time. When the sun peeks over that horizon, you will be done."

Kagome sat next to Kaede and closed her eyes.

"Now concentrate on the world around you..."

Kagome did as told. She listened to the harmony of the morning bird that were waiting for the sun. She listened to the crickets cherp, and the frogs rippit. Suddenly she sensed a person coming. She moved her hands to where her bow was. She spun around and pointed her arrow at the intruder. Kaede popped open an eye at the sudden movement and looked where Kagome pointed her arrow. Kagome sighed and lowered her weapon.

"INUYASHA!"

He looked at her confused, "What?"

Kaede and her looked at him with glares.

"WHAT?!"

They sighed and shook their heads.

Kagome looked at him, "Did you forget that I was doing training today..."

"No..."

"THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"

"I wanted to see if you could sense me coming. Besides you did, so I think it worked..."

Kaede smiled at this, "You know, he is right..."

Kagome turned to her with a shicked and confused face.

"That's another part of your training, and since Inuyasha is youkai, it was good you could sense him."

She was still confused.

"You need to know when someone is going to come up on you, like Inuyasha did. And since you could already sense his presense, I guess that part of the training was already mastered."

Kagome looked to Inuyasha, who was now grinning.

"What? I thought I should make sure that this training doesn't go any longer than it has to."

Kaede nodded, "Ye are right. He made his point. He just lowered your training to two weeks. It would be more if you didn't already know a lot of the abilities you needed to learn."

Kagome sighed, "And what does meditating do?"

"Ah, well, it maintains your spiritual power, so you could use it more flulently."

Kagome nodded.

Inuyasha waved his hand and walked away, "I'm going to be at Goshinboku if anyone needs me..."

They nodded to the retreating hanyou.

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"Ok Kagome, these are the basics. First you have to learn how to dodge. Here pick that up."

Kagome listened to Miroku and picked up the rock. It was small but it was enough to leave a mark.

"Ok. I'm going to close my eyes and face my back to you. You throw that and I will demistrate what this training does..."

"Bu--"

"No buts"

She nodded as he turned. She waited a bit then threw it. He moved over a step and the rock passed his head. He grinned and then looked at her.

"It's been awhile since I've don't that, but it's good to have someone to teach and train with at the same time..."

Kagome nodded.

"Now just like meditating, you have to concentrate on the world around you. I will use this for your first training..."

She looked at the object in his hand. It was one of the bean bag balls she brought back for Shippo. She grinned, as much as it wouldn't seemed to hurt, it could pack a punch, if someone threw it hard enough.

"Don't worry, I will not through it hard..."

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Kagome sighed as she duck into the hot bath Kaede had made for her. Ofcourse, she was the one who had to carry the buckets of water back. But if it wasn't for Inuyasha, she would have falling over numerous of times. Thanks to him catching the buckets and her, whenever she did fall, she was able to finish early. She smiled when she thought about him. He seemed the same, but he was actually different. He changed since the last time she left. She breathed in the summer air that blew on her face. She loved being in Sengoku Jidai. It was so peaceful and clean. And thank Kami she didn't have school to worry about at the time.

She yawned and stepped out of the bath. Putting on her fresh cloths and washing the training cloths she wore, then hanging them up. She rubbed her head with one of her towels as she walked into the hut. Everyone was sleeping, except for a certain hanyou. He had a pot of water boiling. He looked up at her, then looked back at his cooking. He took a bowl and scooped out some noodles. He held the bowl up to her.

"Here..."

She took it and smiled, "Thanks..."

He looked away, his black locks falling infront of his blush. He tryed his best to keep the offensive heat away, as he heard her sit next to him. 'DAMN THESE HUMAN EMOTIONS!'

"Inuyasha...?"

He looked at her, "Yea..."

"What did you do today?"

"Well, other than help you out before sundown, not much but sit in Goshinboku..."

"Oh..."

He looked at her, "What?"

She looked at him. The thought always came back, but she officially never knew what to say. Was he trying to kiss her yesterday? He had to have been...

"Nothing, it doesn't matter."

She ate her food as she looked away. 'Damn, that same feeling is coming back! LOOK AWAY YOU BAKA!" He couldn't. No matter what he did, those lips were so intreging. He forced himself to close his eyes and get up. He started to walk out when he heard her say his name. He turned his head to look behind him.

"Go to bed wench. You have more training tomorrow..."

She sighed, "Okay...Good night Inuyasha..."

"Night Kagome..." He lifted the mat and left.

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He sat on a root of Goshinboku. 'Man, what are you thinking? She doesn't want you. I mean why would she break away from me being so close...' He sighed and looked up at the sky. 'She doesn't want that. A life with a hanyou. Who would?' He looked away and stared at his human hands. 'She deserves better. She doesn't deserve to live like me. People may not accept her children, our children...' He made an exagerated 'feh' and looked up at the skies again. 'If she does want me, she would do something to show me...Wouldn't she?'

(A/N:)

Hey! I tried my best to make this chapter a bit longer. Hope you guys liked. Review please. Even if I get 1 review I update. And please make it more. Anyways, we all know Inuyasha. He always thinks the wrong side of the story, but trust me, he'll be fine. HE MUST UNDERSTAND! Okay I'm done ruining things for you guys. Review Review

Thx reviewers again!

--Liz--