Chapter 8

Junga: Hey guys! Thanks SOOO much for the reviews! …I hope you love me as much as I love you! Like I said in the last chapter…I don't think I'll be writing very many more chapters, I kinda got distracted and lost the inspiration that I had. So anyways, on to better things, like the story! R&E, and review!

When Inuyasha finally put her down it was dark. Kagome looked sleepily at their surroundings. She shivered as a gust of wind bashed into her, making her almost lose her balance. Luckily, there was a tree to hang on to.

"Are you going to stand there all night? …" Said a deep voice behind her. She turned slowly to the half demon sitting by a fire that he had obviously made while she was busy daydreaming.

"No, I intend to freeze to death, thank you…" She walked over and sat by him. She kept inching closer to him until he had no choice but to wrap his arm around her. She sighed into his chest. She felt good there, safe. Like no one in the world could harm her while she was in his arms.

After they sat there in silence, she began to get drowsy. She felt him cran his neck trying to see if she was awake or not. He must have figured she was sleeping because he picked her up bridal style, put out the fire and jumped into the tree above them. After he was up, about ten, fifteen feet, he stopped on a sturdy looking branch and made himself comfortable, Inuyasha leaning against the tree, Kagome in his lap, his arms around her waist protectively, and his nose in her hair. Kagome finally slipped off to sleep, mumbling 'Inuyasha' a few times as she slept. He smiled into her dark hair and drifted off to sleep himself.

Inuyasha wake up some hours later, to the smell of a demon. He looked down at Kagome, who was sleeping soundly in the protection of his arms. He sighed before studying hard on trying to figure out where that demon was. After some study, he figured it was a few miles away, and it didn't seem that strong, at least, his nose didn't think so. So he finally went back to sleep.

Some time after that Kagome woke up. She looked around, she wasn't sure yet, but she could sense that a shard was nearby. She shifted her body so she was facing Inuyasha. She gently shook him.

"Inuyasha, get up…" She said over and over again. Finally after some difficulty, he opened his eyes.

"Inuyasha, I can sense a jewel shard…get up!" He looked at her, half awake, before turning his body slightly and falling asleep again. She glared at him, took a deep breath, and said her magic word.

"SIT!" He opened his eyes as he felt his body surge down to the ground, braking the branches as he went. BAM!…then it was silent. He pulled his body from the little crater he made and looked around, ready to fight. When he heard little noises, he looked up to find Kagome hanging on to the remainder of the branch they where sleeping on. He smirked.

"Haha, not so tough now, are you Kagome!" She glared down at him.

"SIT!" He almost welcomed the ground as in smashed into his face. Just the satisfaction of seeing her stuck up there was good enough for him. When he pulled himself off the ground for the second time, he saw that she was climbing down. When she reached the bottom she turned to him.

"I sense a jewel shard, so MOVE IT!"

He glared at her.

"I'll move it, when I FEEL LIKE IT!"

She turned away from him, pouting.

"…You are a jerk…" and with that walked over to a few sticks and rocks and started making arrows, she had taken a bow, and quiver at the last town they stopped at. After an hour or so, she was done. The arrows weren't that pretty but they would work.

"NOW will you go? …" She asked, looking at him over her slim shoulder. He glanced down at her from his resting place before jumping down, and landing right in front of her. She looked him up and down, before walking away from him, into the dark forest.

"I hope your ready to fight, you seem to have gotten out of practice…" He saw her smirk, as he followed her reluctantly.

"Feh, I'm not out of practice, besides, after I saved your butt, and you sat me, I think you can take care of yourself from now on …" She laughed at this.

"Laugh all you want, but I'm not kidding around!"

But as he was following her, he couldn't get the demon he smelt earlier out of his mind. He quickly grabbed Kagome and ran for it.

Junga: Hey guys! Sorry this chapter was so short. I'll try to make the next one longer. I was bored, and thought this was enough..for now…anyways, I'll try to up date soon…please review!