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Yeah, Inuyasha is really OOC in this, I don't know, I kind of didn't mean to make him like that, but it just happened like that. So on with the fic!

"Come on Kagome, you have to get over your fear." Miroku said walking towards her. Ok, maybe his is scary. She thought, I do not like this.

*~*~*Chapter 7*~*~*

Kagome ran behind Inuyasha. "Oh I'm so sorry for scaring you! That is not what I meant! I was simply going to escort you to Inuyasha's car. You see, he has your swimsuit in there, and I figured we could all take a dip."

"Oh, sorry." Kagome replied quietly, looking down. Miroku walked over to her and placed a hand on her back. He gently started pushing her to Inuyasha's car. She went rigid when he touched her.

Inuyasha could tell Kagome was really scared; the smell of fear was overwhelming. So, he walked to her and whispered into her ear, "look, Kag, you have to learn that not everyone is out to get you. I've known him my whole life, and I trust him. He is not going to do anything to you. Now go with him." She looked up into his eyes. He felt bad for her, but she did have to learn. What he said did not make her less afraid, only more determined. She looked away from Inuyasha and went with Miroku.

He did not grope her the whole trip, (Strange huh?). When they got to Inu's car Kagome opened the back seat door and started to look.

"Here I know where it is," he reached over her, and as he did so she stiffened. He acted as if he did not notice and got the suit. "Here you go," he said as he handed it to her and shut the door. "Come on, let's get back to Inuyasha." She nodded, and they started to walk back to the house, Kagome walking a little distance away from him. "Ok. I'm sorry, I can't take it anymore!" he stopped and turned to her. Her eyes were wide. He probably scared her twice as much as normal with his little outburst. "Why are you so freaked out around me? I try not to take it personally but I'm having a hard time!"

She looked away from him, to the ground, "well, its just that I.. Well," she paused when he gently grabbed her chin and brought it up so she was looking at him. "I have had, I guess you could say bad experiences with guys, and you are like twice as big as me, and I have heard what big a pervert you are. And.... and." By now she was crying lightly. He reached for her and leaned down. He wrapped his arms around her. In turn, she wrapped her arms around his waist and cried into his chest.

"Shhhhh, its ok." He whispered encouraging words into her ear.

~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~

Inuyasha could smell Kagome's tears. "I trust him, I trust him," he kept repeating to himself. His hands were in fists at his sides.

~~~~~~Back with Kagome and Miroku~~~~~

Kagome loosened her grip on him and looked up at him. "Thank you" she said, wiping away her tears.

"No problem." He said putting an arm over her shoulder. They walked back to the pool in silence. Miroku remembered to take his arm off her when Inuyasha could see them. Kagome went up to her room to change into her swimsuit, while Inuyasha and Miroku went into separate bathrooms to change into their suits.

"You guys ready?" Kagome yelled as she exited her room, while wrapping a towel around her.

"Yeah!" she heard two voices say at the same time. She walked down the stairs to see Inuyasha and Miroku in their suits. They walked outside together and pressed the button that automatically took the pool cover off.

"So, umm do you guys want to tan or something first?" she said slowly backing away from he pool and trying to stall.

"Come on Kag, there is no point in putting it off, if you are going to be able to swim by Wednesday than we have to practice." Inuyasha stated.

"I guess your right." She said walking to the steps. She turned to Inuyasha. He simply walked up to her and went in first. Miroku went to the other side of the pool to go off the diving board.

"Ok now, just like last time, walk down the steps." He said reaching his hand out to her. She did as he said and walked. But her pool was different; it was a lot deeper, even at the shallow end. Inuyasha could barely touch, but Kagome couldn't. She walked o the last step and figured that she was at the bottom.

"What now?" she asked.

"You take the last step." He said.

"What do you mean?" she looked down and saw that there was another step. "But I can hardly reach here!"

"I know, don't worry, just try what we did the first time. Kick and paddle, ok?"

"I don't think so, last time that didn't work out to well."

"I know, but it's the only way." Miroku swam over to them.

"How is it going?" he asked.

"Ok, I guess, but Kagome wont take the last step." He looked at Kagome when he said the last part.

"Fine I'll take it!" she agreed. "But promise me you will catch me."

"Cross my heart." He said. "Now hold your breath too"

"Ok," she took a deep breath and took the last step, she felt herself sink and her feet hit the bottom. So she did the first thing that came to mind, she pushed off the bottom and did what Inuyasha said, she kicked and paddled. It didn't do much, it just made her move under water, she couldn't get to the surface. That is when she realized that Inuyasha did not pick her up. She started to panic, she wasn't running out of air quite yet, but she knew it would happen soon. Can you open your eyes under water? She thought. Well, I guess there is one way to find out. She opened her eyes to see blue, and two blurs. She guessed they were Miroku and Inuyasha. So, she decided to swim to one of them, and hopefully they would get the picture and help her up. So she kicked her feet and made it all the way to the blur on her right. She grabbed their arm and shook it. They immediately put their hands in her arms and pulled her up. She put her arms around their neck, and they carried her like you would a child, with her resting on his hip, a leg on each side of him. Only when they spoke she realized who it was.

"Why hello there Kagome!" Miroku greeted. "How was your swim?"

She decided to act like she didn't realize what position she was in, "I thought you guys would never pick me up! I was scared out of my mind!" she yelled. That is when she realized Miroku had his hand on her butt to hold her up. She let go of his neck with one hand, and moved his hand to her back. "Thank you very much Miroku." She gave him a death glare.

"Uhh, Inuyasha, why don't you hold her for a while." He said nervously handing Kagome to him.

"So Kagome, do you want to try again?" Inuyasha asked.

She looked away, "Can we be done for the day? Or better yet forever?" she asked, saying the last part extremely quiet.

"I'm letting go of you now." He stated simply. She grabbed onto him with all of her strength. And her eyes got wide.

"Please don't." she said. She was still a little scared.

"Look, I promise I wont let you drown."

"Ok" she sighed, "then I am ready"

He let go of her as she let go of him. Once again, she sank to the bottom. I have to do this. She thought. I have to. So she tried twice as hard this time, and she figured out how to move under water better, but she still couldn't get to the surface. When she started to run out of air she swam to Inuyasha, making sure it was him since she did not want Miroku to pick her up again. She pulled on his shorts to get his attention, but he did nothing. So she pulled harder, still he did nothing. So she pulled really, really, really hard, and can you guess what happened? He noticed her and picked her up, (no his shorts did not fall off!)

She gasped for air, "Gosh! What does it take to get your attention!?"

"Well you trying to get my shorts off was a bit of a distraction." Inuyasha laughed.

"What! I was not trying to get your shorts off!" she yelled.

"Sure." he said with a smirk on his face.

"Watch out below!" they both turned to see Miroku Doing a cannonball into the pool right next to them.

Kagome instinctively held her breath, and it is a good thing she did, cause Inuyasha let go of her and said, "don't worry, I'll be right back! Hold your breath!"

Now she was under water, and she didn't even have that much air. Isn't it amazing what you can do when you are motivated? Kagome being as freaked out as she was decided she HAD to get to the surface, she tried everything, and believe it or not, she managed to get to the surface, it was only for a brief 2 seconds, but it was something, so she took a deep breath and went back under. This time, she swam for the stairs, so she could get out. As soon as she could touch, she stood up and got out of the water to see Inuyasha and Miroku fighting,

"Forget about someone guys?" she asked sweetly in an evil way.

"We didn't forget about you, this is how we all learned to swim, that is why Inuyasha didn't bring you out right away that time, we were making a plan to get you motivated." Miroku said all in one breath.

"Well, it worked." She stated. Surprising the boys. "But I am still going to kill you!" she screamed and ran after them. She pushed Miroku into the pool with unnatural strength and turned to Inuyasha. He had a frightened look on his face. She chased him onto the diving board, and followed him out to the end. "Even though I am going to do this, I still trust you not to let me drown." She said. And charged him. She tackled him into the water and held her breath. She tried to swim to the surface like she did before, but this side was a lot deeper, she started to fear that she couldn't make it in time. That is until her night in shining armor pulled her to the top. "Thank you" she said after she took a few breaths.

"Don't mention it."

After awhile loner of goofing off and swimming, Kagome asked, "So you ready to go inside now?"

"Yeah, I think so, you?" Inuyasha asked in return.

"Yep, lets go." She stated.

He helped her swim to the ladder and they both got out. Miroku followed their example and got out as well. They put the pool cover back on and walked to the house.

"Well, I am going to go take a shower, you guys can use the other bathroom's showers if you can find them"

"Ok, we'll meet you in your room?" Inuyasha asked.

"Sure." She answered.

And they all walked in different directions. When Kagome finished her shower she dried her self off and started to get dressed, (she brought her clothes with her cause they were going to meet in her room). "Damn it! She said to herself "I forgot my skirt!" she decided that she would just run to her room and get it. She took a quick shower; they probably weren't even done yet. So she left the bathroom in her shirt and underwear. Running as fast as she could to her room she opened to the door and slammed it shut behind her. "Phew, that was a close one" she said, still facing the door. She turned around to see two guys staring at her wide-eyed. She just stared back. "Eepppp!" she finally managed to squeal, snapping them out of their trances. She opened the door and ran out as fast as she could, leaning against the door on the outside of the room.

"Ummm, Inuyasha?" she asked.

"Yeah?" he answered,

"Could you do me a favor and get me a skirt out of my bottom drawer please? I forgot to bring one with me." She asked, embarrassed.

"Uh, sure." He said walking to her dresser and getting out a skirt for her. He walked back to the door and slowly opened it; he went outside the room and passed it to her, trying his best to look her in the eye.

"Thanks" she said as he walked back into the room.

"Yeah, your welcome." He said shutting the door behind him. She walked into the room a couple of seconds later, fully dressed.

"Miroku I wanted to ask you something." She stated. He nodded. "Do you have Sango's phone number? I wanted to talk to her."

"Yeah I do," he said, here I'll write it down for you; he wrote it down and gave it to her.

"Thanks" she said as she went over to the phone. She dialed the number. "Sango? Hello, it's me, Kagome, yeah! Oh I'm so sorry about that! Yeah, really? That would be great! My family is out of town. Oh my gosh that is going to b so much fun! ok, I'll call you back, ok? Ok, bye!" she had a bright smile on her face.

"What's up?" Inuyasha asked.

"SLEEPOVER!!!!!" Kagome squealed. Excitement written all over her face.

*~*~*~*~ End chapter *~*~*~*

What did you think of that one? I am having a little trouble writing right now, school is crazy, so the next one will be out eventually, probably within the next 4 days or so, but it might be a week at the most.

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