Loves labors nearly lost

Hello they're Inu fans! Lady of light here with my first fic on this site. I hope you all enjoy this story and for the record I don't own Inuyasha or any rights there of. Now, on with the show!

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"Inuyasha! I'm back!" Kagome called as she climbed out of the bone eaters well. "Well it's about dang time you got back. We're a whole day behind on the shard hunt on account of you!" She just smiled at his usual aggravated tone. "Oh calm down will you. I'm here aren't I? And besides, look what I brought." She held up three cups of beef ramen and giggled as his face lit up like a Christmas tree. He snatched the ramen from her and sat smiling like a five year old.

On their way back to Kaede's village, Kagome couldn't help but notice Inuyasha thoughtful expression. 'Hmm, I wonder what he's thinking about. I've never seen him look so concentrated on anything. He's so serene and kind of… WHAT AM I THINKING! Bad kagome, bad kagome, bad, bad, BAD!' they arrived at Kaede's hut and kagome was almost knocked over by the little kitsune cub. "Kagome! We missed you sooo much! Inuyasha gets all sad and mopes when your gone for so-"

Inuyasha cut Shippo's greeting rant short by A loud thump to his head.

"OSWARI!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha looked up as best he could from his place on the floor. "Hey, what the heck was that for you stu…pid…" A shut himself up quickly, least he be imbedded further into the hut floor.

After dinner, they all lay down in their respective corners and went to sleep. All, that is, except for Inuyasha who sat up in his tree in deep thought. 'We've been seeing a lot of my brother around lately and I don't think he's too happy about me almost beating Naraku and getting in his way but if he wasn't always in my way, we wouldn't have a problem! Anyway, what are we going to do when I defeat Naraku? And what about when the jewel is complete? Kagome will leave and I'll never see her again. But why should I care? Oh, come on Inuyasha! Why can't you even admit that you'll miss her in your own head! Besides, it's not like you… love her or anything. Right?'

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Well that's the end of my first chapter. I hope you liked it. Sorry it was short but I'll try for a longer one next time. Until then, read and review. Arigato ne.