Love? No... that can't be right!
Chapter Two: A shopping spree and a warm bath.

DISCLAIMER:Nope... still don't own inuyasha and the gang... oh well

"KAGOME!!! Slow down!" Inuyasha yelled after kagome. Although he had his quick demon speed, he was trying to dodge villagers, and with kagome pulling him around to each shop, he was having kind of a hard time. Finally, she slowed down as she entered a shop that caught her eye. the sign on the front said "Kimonos".

Kagome had seen all kinds of kimonos that her friends had worn. Of course, she did love the clothes in her time, but she thought the clothes that the villagers from Inuyasha's time wore were so much more beautiful! She walked around the small hut, just looking around. Inuyasha decided that if anything else, he would go ahead and look around as well. He walked up to one that was silky and green. Kagome would look perfect in that. I wonder how her time does sizes. Maybe i'll have her try it on. yeah, that'll work. "Oi! Kagome, look at this one"

Kagome walked up to where Inuyasha was standing and looked at the silky green kimono in front of him. She fell in love imediately. "Oh! Its beautiful! I wonder if it will fit. I don't know how your time does sizes though. Maybe I should try it on." Inuyasha just watched her, slightly proud of himself He had made her happy quite a bit today. He took it off of the table it was laying on and handed it to her. She smiled and asked the shopkeeper if she could try it on. He nodded.

She walked around to a room that the shopkeeper had made for just that reason. She tried it on and called for Inuyasha to ask him what he thought. Inuyasha walked back to the room where Kagome was. "What do you think?" Kagome asked smiling wide as ever as Inuyasha walked in.

"I think you look be--" he stopped himself. He was going to say beautiful, but he couldn't say that to her. He knew that she was beautiful, but he couldn't let her know that he felt that way. " I think it looks fine". She just smiled up at him, she knew the meaning behind his words. She knew Inuyasha way too well. He wasn't as secretive as he thought he was.

"Okay then, I'll buy it!" She changed back into her school uniform and walked to the shopkeeper to ask how much it was. He told her, and she payed. Inuyasha had given her almost a hundred dollars (once again, i don't know how they did money, so i'm doing it this way! ) and she had spent half of it on that kimono alone.

Inuyasha and Kagome walked around some more, and Kagome bought a few more things, but this time, they weren't for her. They were for her friends. She walked into a store that sold books, and looked around for a minute. There was a book called "Exterminator", she looked inside it and reallized that it was a book about the secrets of Demon Exterminators. She decided to get it for Sango, she'd probably enjoy reading it. She also saw a book called "Curse Reverse". she read into it and figured that maybe Miroku might find it interesting. She found a section where there were books that had no words. She figured that these were like journals. She bought 3 of them. One for Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku.

She knew that when she wrote in her journal, she usually felt much better, maybe they would too. Like when Miroku is being a pervert like he usually is, Sango can always write how she feels in her journal. Yes... that would be the perfect thing to buy for Sango. Miroku would probably write in his as well, though he really doesn't have a problem with letting others know how he feels. But what about Inuyasha? I don't think he lets anybody in on his thoughts. hmm... i guess that's all the more of a reason to get him one too!

After they left the book shop, Inuyasha looked slightly puzzled. "Hey, Kagome?"
"hm?"
"Why did you buy three blank books? I figured the other two were for Sango and Miroku, judging by their names, but why buy three blank ones?"
"I figured they would make good journals"
"oh" Inuyasha was still puzzled. She already had a journal, why would she need another one? oh well, he pushed the thought aside.

Finally, Kagome made it to the last shop she would stop at. There was food there... That is where she bought Shippo all kinds of things. She bought him a few things that would be considered "candy" back then, and then of course, she bought real food for her friends to eat.

"Why'd you buy that, you know i can catch a rabbit just as easily as these people, if not easier?"

"I dont know, I guess these rabbits were bigger than the ones you usually catch, and besides, you deserve to not have to catch food for once!" She smiled up at him. This day had been just perfect for her! She couldn't think of anything that had gone wrong!

"I'll be back in a minute" inuyasha said, "Stay here okay... I mean it kagome, STAY HERE"
"Um... okay" She just looked around some more, even though she didn't have any money left.

Inuyasha walked to a small place, where they sold different kinds of plants to make cleaning things with. He bought the most expensive kind he could find to give to Kagome for her birthday. Maybe she could make it into that shampoo stuff she's always bringing. He walked back to where Kagome was and bent down, motioning for her to climb on to his back, and of course, she did.

Once again, they were off, this time to find the hot springs that Inuyasha was talking about earlier. When they finally arrived, Kagome was amazed. She looked around, only to find that her surroundings were beautiful. They were undescribable. There were all kinds of flowers around the water. There was a waterfall, and ...and... it was beautiful... just beautiful... Its hard to believe that Inuyasha put all of this together. I... I wish i could repay him.

"Inuyasha... Its...Its beautiful!" She turned around and gave him a another hug. Just a friendly hug, like the one before. Oh... I could get used to this, Inuyasha thought. He took the time to smell her hair. The scent she gave off was overwhelming I could stay like this all day. Then she let go of him, and looked into his eyes "Inuyasha, why are you doing all of this for me?"

Because I want you to be happy and I lo... i love you, kagome. Baka! I can't tell her that. She'll never talk to me again. She'll go home and never come back. She'll reject me, just like everyone else. Who are you kidding, this is Kagome. She's too nice and forgiving and caring, she'd never do that. but things wouldn't be the same. She could never love me anyway. What am I? I'm just a foolish half-breed who nobody could possibly love. "Because its your birthday. I wanted you to have fun and to be happy. Dont have a heart-attack" baka! Just fuckin tell her how you feel "well, are you gonna get a bath or not? I ain't got all day wench. Oh, and here" He took the plants out of his Haori and handed them to kagome.

He's always gotta ruin the moment with that word doesnt' he! "Well, thank you Inuyasha" she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. She slowly pulled back, but was still looking into his golden eyes. He's so beautiful. And he really does care, I can tell. "I'll try to hurry, okay?"

"Fine. I'll sit here and wait."
"And no peaking!"
"Keh, like i'd want to" God, she's so beautiful. Especially when she acts all modest. I wish I could tell her how i feel. -SIGH- I'm not scared of much. In fact, the only thing i've ever been scared of in my life is the new moon... and rejection.

Finally, after waiting for about an hour, Kagome screamed for Inuyasha. She had forgotten her towel, and asked him to bring it to her. He grabbed her towel and walked slowly down to the water, where she was. He knew she'd get mad at him if he looked at her, so he just threw the towel down to her so that she could catch it. "How did you know that's why I called for you?"

"I saw your towel a little bit after you left. I figured i'd be hearing from you" He said in an "as a matter of fact" tone.
"Oh, well thank you"
"keh"

Kagome got dressed and climbed on Inuyasha's back, as he ran back to Kaede's village. It was late and getting dark. Kagome of course, didn't want Inuyasha out when it was dark.

"But I'm not a pathetic human like you, so i can still hear and smell where I'm going" Inuyasha insisted, "Besides, in about half an hour, we'll be back home anyways"
"Please Inuyasha, can't we just camp out here for my birthday? Please" he can't resist my begging, can he? I hope not, its the last thing i've got. I can't sit him now... not with me on his back.
"keh, fine, if it will make you happy"
"thank you inuyasha!" He put her back on the ground and she hugged him again, for the third time that day. wow, she never hugs me like this. maybe... no... she's just a very caring person, thats all. Inuyasha hugged her back.
Wait a minute! Kagome thought to herself. he's actually hugging me back...? Inuyasha doesn't hug. Well... I'm sure he's hugged Kikyo... but... that's... Kikyo. He loved kikyo. He doesn't love me, does he? No... he can't love me. He's a hanyou, i'm just a pathetic human. Besides, he's probably only doing all of this for me hoping that I will get him some jewel shards. I am his shard detector after all. Kagome and Inuyasha hugged eachother for what seemed to be an eternity, but was really only just a few seconds. Finally kagome pulled out of the hug, and they both just acted like it never happened.

"So... um... what do you want for supper kagome?" Inuyasha asked trying to break the awkward silence that was taking place.
"Um... I don't know, why? are you hungry?"
"No, i just thought that maybe you were."
"Oh, no... i'm not... actually, I'm kind of tired. I think I'm going to go to bed now, do you mind?" She asked.
"No. Its cold though, here" Inuyasha took off his red Haori and handed it to Kagome.
"Um, thanks." she smiled up at him again and laid down on the floor. Inuyasha just sat up against a tree, as Kagome drifted away to the dreamworld. After a few minutes she started to shake gently. Inuyasha assumed that she was still cold. He picked her up and put her in his lap. She stopped shaking and laid her head on his chest. She could still hear his heart beat, even though she was sleeping.

After about an hour, Inuyasha fell asleep along with her.

Okay... Thats two chapters in one day... its not that bad if i do say so myself! lol... j/k... not trying to sound conceited! Please review everybody! I hope ya'll like it! Like i said before, its my first fic. so tell me what you think!