Chapter 10:

A Night Alone 1 (evil grin)

Last time...

Kagome asked Inuyasha to sit down as she set up the movie...she pushed the play button and sat down next to him, but not too close, and looked at the T.V. as the movie began...

"Kagome?" Inuyasha turned to look at her. "Your family's back..." Kagome pushed the paused button. Just then the door opened.

"Hey sis...cool Inuyasha's here! How long are you staying?" Sota ran over to where the two were sitting.

"I'm staying until Kagome is completely better, then we are going to the feudal era."

"How long will that be?"

"It will be about a week Sota." Kagome looked at the clock, it was 1:33pm. "Oh...it's past lunch. Anyone want something to eat? We can watch the movie later Inuyasha..."

"Oh, no problem Kagome...I was getting kinda hungry anyway..." He watched her as she walked into the kitchen. Sota followed her. 'God...I'm losing it...just then she looked so...snap out of it damn it!!! I have been spending way too much time with Miroku. The lecher starting to rub off on me...or is it that I...no...no way...we're just friends...she was going insane when she when she said it...I'm a weak, worthless hanyou...she doesn't love me, not like that anyway. I know I don't feel that way about her...but why does she make me feel like I would die if she ever left me? And why do I care if Koga likes her...or that Hobo guy for that matter??? God...life is very confusing...' His thoughts were disturbed by Kagome's voice calling, "Inuyasha, lunch!"

Inuyasha got up and made his way into the kitchen. The rest if the family was already sitting down. He took the empty chair next to Kagome and pick up something that Kagome called a sand-which off his plate and sniffed it. Kagome giggled. "It's not gonna bite Inuyasha. Try it!" Inuyasha glanced at her and took at small bite out of the food. He chewed it thoughtfully and swallowed it. "So?" Sota pressed. "What do ya think?"

Inuyasha smirked. "It's good, kid..."

Sota's face broke into a huge smile. "Wow! Did you hear that Mom??? He likes the sand-which I made!!!"

Mrs. Higurashi laughed. "Very good Sota! You must be proud. What time are you going to Ricu's house?"

"At 2:30...I get to spend the night, right?"

"Yes, Sota dear, you can spend the night. You should finish lunch quickly and get ready, we have to leave soon..." Sota inhaled the rest of his food and ran up the stairs to pack.

"Kagome..." The girl in question turned her attention to her grandpa. "Your mother and I are going out tonight and won't be home until very late tonight. We will be leaving after we drop Sota off at his friend's house. You and Inuyasha will have the house to yourselves...and if anything unorthodox happens..."

"GRANDPA!!! Nothing is gonna happen!!! Honestly..." (A/N: We'll see about that...hehe. No lemon or lime but fluff is on the way...)

"Come on, Grandpa!!! We're gonna be late..." Sota ran out the door and got into the car, his mother right behind him.

"Coming..." The older man turned his attention to his granddaughter. "I'll see you tomorrow...bye..." He walked out the door and got in the car, waving at his granddaughter in the window as the car drove away and out of sight.

After her family was out of sight she turned to the figure behind her, "Inuyasha, can I ask you a favor?"

Inuyasha leaned against the wall and snorted, "Depends...what do ya want?"

"Can you teach me how to fight...like hand fighting or something like that...?"

"Why the sudden interest in martial arts?" He turned and looked at her.

There was a long paused, so long that Inuyasha thought that she wouldn't answer him. He was about to ask again when she spoke up, "Because I'm tired of being a weakling..." She was looking at the ground and speaking softly, as if expecting to be a victim of his sharp tongue. "I'm tired of depending on everyone else to save me...I want to save myself..." She looked at him expecting his usual attitude and arrogant smirk, but neither was there...'What the hell has gotten into him? Usually he would have given me his stupid 'Feh' as a response and told me that I was too weak to do anything...but he seems to be thinking about my request... "Inuyasha...?"

"You do realize that it won't be easy...you'll have to train everyday and build up you strength and..."

"I know it won't be easy, but I still want to learn..." She trailed off, nothing else needed to be said.

"As long as you understand I will teach you." Inuyasha pushed the couch out of the way to clear a space. "And we start now..."

-2 hours later

Kagome slumped on the couch, exhausted. Inuyasha said the he had been very easy on her considering her condition; still Kagome's clothes were soaked with sweat. "I'm gonna take a shower. I'll be out in about a half an hour, ok?"

"Go ahead..." He paused for a few seconds then said, "When's dinner?"

"I'll start making it after my shower...and you're helping me." She quickly ran up the stairs and into the bathroom before Inuyasha could protest.

"Feh, yeah right." He walked up the stairs past Kagome's room and into the guest room. As he lay on the bed he took a deep breath through his nose, 'Kagome's scent is everywhere. It's so relaxing, knowing that she near...but why??? That's the real question, why do does she affect me like this??? Maybe I should ask Miroku...he knows all about this kind of stuff...yeah...maybe the lecher will be good for something...

-Kagome's POV

Cold water poured down on her, rinsing all the sweat and grime off her body. 'Wow...when he said it would be hard he wasn't kidding...' Yet she was still determined to continue...she refused to stay a helpless little schoolgirl. Kagome reached out of the shower curtains and grabbed her shaving cream and razor. She coxed the last of the cream from the bottle and applied it to her legs. She then took her razor and began...mind not really on her task, but on the last two hours she had just spent with Inuyasha...

-Flashback

"Stupid girl, you're stance is all wrong...here..." Inuyasha walked over to his new pupil, from behind, and grabbed her wrists loosely, shifting they're position. "Now punch..." 'God...what the hell am I doing??? This is way too close...' He took a deep breath to calm himself, unfortunately for him Kagome's scent fill his senses, driving him to the brink of insanity.

Inuyasha suddenly let go of her, as if she had burned him. "Inuyasha? Are you ok...?" Kagome stared at him eyes full of concern.

"Yeah...I'm fine..." The hanyou replied hoarsely, amber eyes looking back at her. "Try that punch again..."

-End Flashback

'He was acting so weird...' Suddenly pain shot up her leg. She looked down. 'Well that's what I get for not paying attention...'

-Inuyasha's POV

Inuyasha bolted into a sitting position, all calmness gone...Blood...he could smell her blood. 'Shit!!!' He tore out of the room and burst into the bathroom. "Kagome!!!"

"Ahh...Inuyasha!!! What the hell do you think you're doing???" Kagome quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself, falling onto the toilet seat in her hurry.

"What happened??? Why do I smell your blood???"

"I cut myself shaving...now will you get out?!?!?!"

"You cut yourself?" Inuyasha's eyes softened. "Let me see..." He knelt down and gently lifted her leg, placing it on his knee. It was a pretty nasty cut. "How did you do this again?" He asked softly as he used some toilet paper to blot up the blood.

The gentleness of his touch had Kagome breathless. She had no idea someone so strong could posses such tenderness..."I...cut myself...shaving..."

"Shaving...?"

"Yeah..." Kagome couldn't believe it...why was he affecting her so? She felt so...giddy. 'God...' She looked up to see her cut bandaged and Inuyasha standing up, looking down at her. He extended his hand to her, offering to help her up. She stared at him for a moment; not really grasping what was going on, shook her head to clear her thoughts and grabbed his hand. When she was on her feet she said, "Ready for dinner?" Inuyasha nodded. "Ok, I don't really want to cook, so let's go out to eat...is that ok?"

"Sure...I don't mind..."

"Great! I'm gonna go get dressed, meet you down stairs in 10 minutes..." Kagome walked into her room and closed the door. Inuyasha slowly walked down the stairs, pondering what he had just gotten himself into...

Author's note: I'm so sorry it took me so long to up date and that this chappie isn't very long...stuff at my house has gotten really busy and I have tons of stuff that I have to get done. Plus my normal writing time got cut a little short because of all the crap I do after school. So once again I'm really sorry!!!

BIG ass thanks to all my reviewers Kaitou-Inuyasha, Jes, fanfiction 1, and Yodagirl, (new reviewers) tamara moon, JadeElemental, the strange, mizurazame, and orange InuYasha. Oh...and lizzbeth, sorry ya feel that way, but before you judge my fic, you should read more than just the summary and the first chappie...k? And to answer the question that you gave me fanfiction 1, no this is not an Inu/new girl fic...I am a firm believer that Kags and Inu belong together. Ok? I promise that I'll try to up date as much as possible and I'll try to make the chapters longer. And the new girl will show up in a couple chappies, I just haven't gotten that far yet...I'll write more soon...

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