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Chapter One: Happy Birthday Kagome

"Inuyasha!" Kagome had just arrived back in the past, and was waiting on Inuyasha to arrive like he said he would.He said that he would meet her here at exactly 4:00, to take her to the hot springs for her birthday. It was 4:30.

"Kagome! there you are! Where the hell have you been?" Inuyasha jumped out of a tree.

"I've been here, waiting on you, you said you'd be here by 4:oo?"

"I know. This stupid time teller thing you gave me doesn't work." he showed it too her and she started giggling. "What the hell! Do you know how much trouble this thing has put me through? I've been trying to read it like you showed me, and you told me that when the big line is pointing that way, then it would be 4:oo! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING AT!"

Kagome finally quit laughing, and told the hanyou that he had been wearing the watch upside down. He just scratched the back of his head and muttered something that sounded a lot like his famous "keh, whatever".

Then he bent down, and motioned for her to climb onto his back, so she did. She loved riding on his back. It was so comfortable for her. she rested her head on his shoulder so that she could be even more comfortable.

"So where are we going anyway? I know you told me you'd take me to the hot springs, but why couldn't i just go to the one in the forest next to Kaede's village?"

"Because its your birthday, and I want this to be special for you. Besides, I have something else for you, that Sango told me you'd enjoy. Just be happy." He smiled up at her. She loved it when he smiled. It made everything seem so wonderful! I wonder what Inuyasha has planned. He's not usually this nice, maybe its something he'll enjoy too. He needs to do something that will make him happy. Thats all I really want for my birthday. I want Inuyasha to be happy. Kagome fell asleep on his shoulder after about half an hour.

Inuyasha stopped and reallized that she had fallen asleep on him... again. I love it when she does that. She looks so peaceful when she's sleeping. oh kagome, you're turning me soft. He didn't want to wake her up, so he just took her off of his back and held her in his arms and kept walking towards their destination. She woke up anyway. It was the beat of his heart that had kept her asleep, but when he moved her, she couldn't hear it anymore and woke up. "Inuyasha?"

"Its about time you woke up" he said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep again. I just... i mean..." she didn't want to let him know what had put her to sleep in the first place, she was kind of embarrassed, and kind of afraid that he wouldn't let her ride on him anymore.

"Its alright, Kagome" he said as he put her back on the ground. She just smiled up at him, and wondered what was in store for her.

"So where are we going anyway?"

"Sango told me that you liked to do something called... um... shopping?" Kagome's smile widened when she heard what Inuyasha had just said. He could tell that Sango had been right, and continued what he had been saying. "Well, a few months ago, I was out looking for that bastard of a brother of mine. He said he had something for me.

"What did he have?" Kagome interupted after letting her curiosity get the best of her "sorry, go on"

"it was nothing, he was wanting to "see how stupid a half-breed really was", but oh well, it doesn't matter" Inuyasha just sort of looked down at the ground for a moment, but then continued. "Anyway, before i found him. I found this place in a village around here somewhere" he turned to look at Kagome, to see what her reaction was. She was still listening to what he was saying, so he went on. For some reason, he felt nervous. He wanted this to be so great for Kagome, and was afraid that she wouldn't like it.

"Well, there were a few shops here. I told Sango about them when i got back. She told me that you told her about times when you were shopping back in your time. She told me how much you enjoyed it. I ... er... well, i got some money(A.N.- I'm sure they had some kind of money back then-) , and... um... well... here, happy birthday." He was so nervous, he didn't know why. He looked back at her once again to see her reaction. She had the biggest smile on her face. Not because he had given her money to shop with, but because of the fact that he cared enough about her being happy that he did this for her. She didn't know what to say! Sure she had gotten things like this from her family, but this was Inuyasha.

"I-Inuyasha... where did you... I mean... thank you! " she embraced him in a big hug as tears ran down her face. "thank you" she said again. She felt bad for crying, even though they were tears of joy. She never thought that Inuyasha would do something so caring for her

"Kagome? why are you crying? I didn't mean to make you cry" he hated to see her cry, even if it was from joy

"NO! Its not that! Its just, you had to have gone through so much trouble to do this!"

"Don't worry about it." He smiled down at her, satisfied with her joy."Now then, don't you have some shopping to do"

She pulled out of the hug, grabbed his hand and ran to the small shops, dragging him behind her. She's happy. He just smiled.

Well, there it is. The first Chapter to my first Fic! woo hoo! does little dance Please review and tell me what you think! I'll have the next chapter up as soon as i can!