kagome had just gone down the well. back to her time for the next three days. InuYash could not have been happy.

"the next few days are going to be peaceful for me" said inuyasha, swinging his arms side to side.

just as inuyasha turned a corner to get back to the village. he saw miroku spying on some women bathing.

"where's sango so she can hit you. or am i gonna have to do it" inu reached for his tetsigui in a playful way and miroku laughed, still glancing at the women. "would you give it a rest" for some reason inu was becoming irritated by miroku.

"i am merely trying to protect these young women from dangers"

"the only danger i see is you" inu gracefully kicked a rock into the water and the women responded by screaming at miroku.

"did you have to do that" spoke miroku as he nursed a wound, one of the women gave him.

"yes i did, its not right to invade peoples privacy like that" inu stopped for a minute 'i sound just like sango' he thought.

kagome wasn't here to bring out his soft side. which was the only time he showed a hint of feelings. normally he would have joined in and laughed when sango yelled at him. but something didn't feel right to him today. he felt different. miroku looked different.

and not in a bad way...

inuyasha's feelings did not change for the rest of the day. and at night it only seemed to strengthen as he watched miroku sleep.

"what to hell is wrong with me" inu wispered to himself. his mind began to wonder on things it had never thought of before and inu soon found himself rather...pleased. inuyasha quickly got up and out of the hut to fix his problem.

'what the HELL is wrong with me? i like kagome!' inu thoughts of kagome brought thoughts of an annoying whinny woman that couldn't take care of herself if her life depended on it. and her only defense is a stick with a pointy thing on top of it. inuyasha then thought of all the headaches and pain he had to go through just to protect her. why? to live a lie. to live up to his macho personality. but in reality...

early in the afternoon, inu, miroku and sango all set out looking for any demons to slay. sango walked as far away as she could from miroku. while she walked away from the two men, inu moved in for his first move.

"miroku..." inu caressed miroku's shoulder, causing him to jump slightly.

"eh...yes inuyasha" miroku placed a puzzled look on his face as inuyasha stared into his eyes dreamily.

inuyasha responded to miroku's question by placing his tounge in his mouth.

'why did i just do that! how am i going to explain this?'. inu then noticed that miroku was returning the favor. inu tasted miroku in his mouth, moving it around. exploring places in ways inu only dreamed. inu placed his arms around miroku and miroku did the same. all the while, sango watching in disbelief. coming back to reality, sango forced herself between the two.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING INUYASHA" sango shouted, causing several things to fall in the surrounding area.

inu was still slightly shocked from miroku's reaction and was to busy controlling himself to notice sango's anger. sang smacked miroku and stormed off in fury. inuyasha glanced at miroku and saw he was looking back at him. miroku's lips were slightly rosy from the kiss, and added to his beauty.

"inuyasha...you do feel the same..." miroku's gaze was piercing strait through inu. the two stood there for a long time just staring at each other.

"i don't know what your talking about miroku, i just...saw a demon crawl in your mouth" inu felt extremely stupid after saying this. why did he bother to cover up his feelings now that he knew miroku felt the same? inu folded his arms and stuck his nose in the air. miroku slowly walked away and inu sweat dropped. why was this so difficult for him? inu walked slowly behind miroku, sango now out of sight. "eh...miroku"

"whatever you have to say to inuyasha. i do not wish to hear it" miroku quickened his pace to the next village.