(Hey everyone! quick author's note here. I'm SO sorry that I haven't updated in so long. You see, my computer crashed and I just got back on line this week. My updating might be a bit slower these days, but don't worry I don't intend to leave a story hanging. Thanks Misskagome)

"Hey Kagome!" Koga shouted again as kagome stood unmoved, a sort of friendly face smiling at him.
"Hi Koga. We were just on our way back home. You know we are very tired and everything so we will just be on our way!" Kagome replied nervously as she grabbed part of Inuyasha's cloak and started to drag him away.
"Wait a second," Koga said suspiciously as he put a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Kagome...who are these two cloaked strangers? they smell kind of funny."
'Think kagome think!'
"Uh.....well Koga, I think it's just that dog nose of yours that is picking up the scents of everywhere Sango and I have been on our trip." Kagome stated as she figited under his stare.
She then motioned for Sango and Miroku to follow her and Inuyasha as they started moving again.
"Bye Koga!" Kagome waved wearily, hoping that Koga wouldn't say anything to anyone about the strangers he saw.
"Yeah, yeah....That's wolf nose to you!" Koga scoffed back at her, a bit offended that she would name him as a dog.

They did not speak, or let Miroku and Inuyasha to take the cloaks off until they were in the safeness of a small wood hut in the clearing of the woods.
"You both can stay here until we figure out what to do you," Kagome said as lit a few candles that were hanging on the wall. "These wooden huts are places for travelers and unwanted guests to sleep in."
"Unwanted guests?" Miroku questioned.
"Well, unwanted by the elders." Sango tried to explain.
"Yeah, not us." Kagome added with a smile as she caught eyes with Inuyasha for a moment.
Inuyasha smiled back at her, but it slowly faded at the sudden sound of rain pounding down onto the roof.

"How about you two stay with us in here till the rain lets up?" Inuyasha asked as he took in a deep breath and waited for their answer.
The two young women looked at eachother for a moment, then back at Miroku and Inuyasha.
"No thank you, we will be fine." Sango replied with a small bow.
Kagome, doing the same added in, "Besides, we are warrior women!"
With that the two were out the door, a little laugh escaping their lips from what Kagome had said.

Inuyasha's lips formed into a smile as he closed the door behind them and then leaned against it.

"You like her, don't you." Miroku smirked as he came up next to Inuyasha.
"I don't really know her that well, but maybe.....I might." Inuyasha replied sheepishly.
Miroku laughed and said,
"I half expected you to be so embarrassed about it!"
"Hey!" Inuyasha said with a laugh. "What about you now, huh? I knew you were a womanizer, but I HALF EXPECTED you to be so desperate and all over Sango like that."
This time Miroku didn't laugh, but took a seat near the small window and looked out it dreamily.
"I guess that's because I've never really felt this way about anyone else. In my mind I know that I just met her, and it must seem desperate, but what the hell; I'll try anything to win her over."

"Miroku....I had no idea you were so poetic!" Inuyasha joked.
"Oh for the love of god! will you please just go to sleep?"

The two laughed and joked for a couple minutes more, but then Miroku settled down and fell asleep, leaving Inuyasha to sit by the window this time and stare out at the dark pouring rain.
What Miroku had told him earlier about Sango made Inuyasha rethink the desperate acts of affection, and wonder if Miroku had really found the girl of his dreams.
Inuyasha had already found the girl of his dreams, literally, but he had no idea what was to become of their starting relationship.
He then decided just to sleep on it.

(Meanwhile with Kagome and Sango.)

They ran without speaking all the way to the entryway of the temple door.
"Kagome! Where have ye been?" Kaede questioned, her facial expression looking concerned.
"Uh, Goodnight Kagome. Let's meet again in the woods." Sango said, trying to secretly tell Kagome where to meet without her grandmother suspecting something.
Sango then bowed to Kaede and ran off towards the direction of her room where her cute fiery pet was waiting for her.

"I...I was helping Sango with something in the ship." Kagome answered as she began to ring out the water from her dripping wet hair.
Kaede said nothing and began to walk slowly.
Kagome followed by her side. She knew the quietness had something to do about Raku.
"Ye must know that we didn't get Raku." Kaede said sternly, her hands held elegantly behind her back.
Kagome nodded slowly.
"Then ye must also know who we got instead."
Kagome stopped in her tracks, a few wet strands of her hair sticking to her face as she turned to look at Kaede.
'Damn it! she must have figured it out.'

"Kagome," Kaede said slowly, her voice firm and suspicious. "Tell me again why ye were so late to come home."
Kagome just froze, she didn't know what to do!