" What's so funny?" Sango demanded.

" You two lovebirds!" Inuyasha said between his laughing.

Sango's eyes narrowed. Hiei fingered his katana.

" Stop laughing!" Sango shouted, " I don't like him!"

" I don't like her!"

" Stop denying it!" Kagome said between giggles. " You two are so in love!"

" Well then," Sango said, smirking as an idea hit her, " You must be head over heels for Kurama."

Kagome stopped laughing mid-giggle. " W-what? No way," she defended, " He's just a friend."

" Yeah right," Hiei said, catching onto Sango's plan. " You brighten up whenever when he's around."

" Same thing when he's with her," Sango said, " He gets really happy when he's around her."

" Yeah," Hiei agreed, " So if Sango and I like each other (which we don't), then you're really head over heels for Kurama!"

" Yeah Kagome!" Inuyasha snickered.

She scowled at him. "As if its any different with you and Yukina."

He stopped laughing to glare at her.

" She has a point," Sango agreed, " You were actually nice to her, which is unusual for you."

" She likes you too," Hiei agreed, " She was worried for you. At you're better than Kuwabaka."

" I don't like her," Inuyasha said, turning away to hide his blush, " I love Kikyo."

" We know that," Kagome said impatiently, " But you also love Yukina more since you know Kikyo's at peace and you can't be with her anymore."

Inuyasha didn't answer.

Back At The Sunset Shrine

Kagome yawned. What a long day. Sango hadn't come back with her this time, since she wanted to stay in the Sengoku to finish her honouring of her family. She would return when that was done.

It had been a long with everyone ending up teasing each other about who they 'liked' or 'loved'. While it had been amusing at first, she had gotten rather embarrassed when Kurama had showed up. So she had left pretty quickly, only to run into Eri, Ayumi, and Yuri. Her friends dragged her off with them to do some serious shopping. Kagome wasn't sure if she wanted to be with them or with her other friends. Either way, her friends bothered her about being boyfriend less and her other teased her about liking Kurama.

Sure, he was cool and hot and stuff, but she didn't like him in that way right? He was just one of her best friends, so surely she wasn't falling in love with him. And anyway, this wasn't the time for that. Not with Kisa, and Kanzuka attacking them. It wasn't the time to fall in love.

So now she was glad to be home, away from everyone else. She needed some time to herself. Even Buyo didn't bother her. So she hugged herself and fell asleep, thinking about her mixed up feelings.

Kurama's House

Kurama sat on his bed, thinking. That had been embarrassing. So much so, that Kagome had left. She wasn't mad or anything, just a little surprised at his arrival.

FLASHBACK AT THE BURGER JOINT

Kurama walked into the Burger Joint, where he was supposed to meet up with his friends. There was quite a commotion coming from where his friends were.

" I do not," he heard Kagome say, " He's a wonderful friend and all, but I'm not in love with him!"

" You are so Kagome!" Inuyasha had said, " You're blushing madly."

She didn't answer.

Kurama approached them.

" You are so in love with Kurama!" Yusuke said, laughing his head off.

Kurama nearly stopped in tracks, but that wouldn't have been wise since they would have noticed him quicker.

" I--I'm not!" she stuttered, probably meaning the exact opposite.

" We all know you are," Yusuke said, " And don't worry. I'm sure the feeling is mutual. I know he loves you too."

" I don't though…" she stammered again, still meaning the opposite. " You know, I have to go now okay? Umm…Ayumi and I are going…to see a movie!"

She abruptly stood up and turned only to stare in shock at Kurama who had just arrived.

" Ah! Oh, hi Kurama," she said quickly, blushing more. " Sorry, I have to go. Bye!"

" Bye Kagome," he said as she ran out of the Joint.

END OF FLASHBACK

He has heard it all. He wondered if she really did like him. He really liked her, it was true. He always had, though his feelings had changed toward her. Not in a bad way however, just grew stronger.

He didn't blame her for leaving either. She must have been feeling so confused and embarrassed. In fact, he's left shortly after her. Not to find her, just to get away from his friends, who had then taken to teasing him about her.

But he couldn't decide if he loved her. And he still couldn't decide when to tell her about Kanzuka. If he was falling in love with her, this wasn't a good time for it to be happening.

The Next Day

Sango visited Kagome the next day. Seeing how Kagome was acting, she decided not to tease her. Kagome seemed to be off in her own thoughts quite a bit, and Sango wasn't the kind of person to continually tease someone when she could plainly see that she wasn't up to it.

Most of the morning passed rather slowly, mostly because Kagome wasn't up to doing a whole lot. That all changed when at about eleven in the morning, someone knocked at the door. Since Kagome was too caught up in her own thoughts to notice too much, Sango answered it.

" Hey Sango," Kurama said.

" Oh, hi Kurama," she said cheerfully, unknowing to what had occurred the previous day, " What's up?"

" Nothing too much," he said shrugging, " But I really need to talk to Kagome. Is she around?"

" Yeah…but she not really up and about," Sango said uneasily, " She's been sitting around thinking for like…the whole damn morning! Its so boring when she's like that."

" Oh…that's probably because of me…" he said rather guiltily.

Sango raised an eyebrow. " How so?"

" Umm…I kinda arrived at the Burger Joint yesterday when the boys were teasing her…about me. She left just as I approached, hearing most of the conversation. I want to know that she's okay."

" Oh…" Sango said in a relieved voice, " That's it? I thought you meant that you got mad at her or something."

He shook his head. " I have something to ask her something. Can I come in?"

" Huh? Ops…oh yea. Come on in. Maybe you can snap her out of her daze," Sango said irritably. That was clearly bothering her.

Kurama smiled and headed in. He found Kagome staring blankly out the front window. He couldn't quite understand how she had failed to notice him enter the room. Sango watched him approach her. Her eyes were liked daggers piercing into his back. It made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

He gently touched Kagome's shoulder, causing her to flinch and snap her head around at him.

" Huh? Oh hey Kurama…" she said, blushing slightly. " I didn't know you were there."

" S'okay," Kurama replied. " So, I came to ask you something."

" Oh yeah?" she asked, blushing a little more, clearly still uncomfortable with the other day.

" Do you wanna hang out with me today? Just us, no other people who um…make you and me feel funny…" he said awkwardly, referring to the other day.

" Sure…" Kagome said, standing up. " I'll get my purse. Hold on."

She ran upstairs, with the most energy Sango had seen her with for the first time that whole morning.

" You're asking her out?" Sango asked excitedly.

" No, I'm asking to hang out with me. Not go out with me. There's a difference," he corrected her irritably. " Don't know when we'll be back."

" Whatever," Sango replied, shrugging. " I'll probably just go back to the Sengoku, with nothing to do."

" I wouldn't…" Kurama replied, his eyes sparkling mischievously, " You might have a visitor. You never know…"

Sango was about to question him further, but Kagome arrived again, smiling this time.

" I'm ready now," she said.

He smiled. " Great. Lets go."

" Bye Sango!" Kagome said, grabbing Kurama's arm and bouncing out of the house after him, slamming the door behind her.

" So where to?" Kagome asked as she climbed into the passengers seat of his red convertible.

He shrugged. " Where do you want to go?"

She thought for a moment. " Do you like to play video games?" she asked.

He nodded.

" I do too! Why don't we go check out the new releases at Games Ville?"

" Sure…" Kurama replied, backing out of her driveway. He wasn't going to bring the other day up, unless Kagome did.

Kurama turned on the radio. Games Ville wasn't very far from Kagome's house, so it wasn't a very long time before they were piling out of the car.

It was fairly busy inside. Luckily, they didn't see anyone they knew. Kagome went straight to the New Releases section. There were a lot of new games out, most of which looked pretty interesting.

" Oh cool!" she cried, " The next Legend of Zelda game is coming out soon! I can't wait! I love those games!"

" Really?" Kurama asked, " Me too."

" They're so much fun, aren't they?" she asked excitedly, looking at another game.

" Oh yeah. So much action, but I haven't played for years."

" You'll have to come over sometime," Kagome replied, " I've got all of the games, and I've beat them all hundreds of times!"

" You must be really good then," Kurama complemented her.

" I guess so, since I'm the only one who ever played them," she said, " Sota never liked them much. I haven't figured out why."

Kurama chuckled as they left the store, not buying anything. " Now what?"

" I don't know…" Kagome said.

" We could…go to the mall."

" Yeah…wanna?"

" Sure."

Kagome climbed back into the passengers seat of Kurama's car. He drove off toward the mall. Each of them sincerely hoped that none of their friends were there.

" Is that Keiko and Yusuke over there?" Kagome asked suddenly, pointing to a young couple looking into a small, and expensive boutique.

" Yep, lets go," Kurama confirmed, taking Kagome by the arm and leading her away. Hopefully, Yusuke hadn't noticed them. They were wrong. He and Keiko were chasing after them.

" Damn," Kurama muttered, " He felt our aura's."

" Shoot!" Kagome said, as they rounded a corner sharply. " We have to go! Three hours here and they see us!"

Kurama pulled Kagome into the nearby music store. Keiko and Yusuke went on past. Quietly, they slipped out and toward the doors they had originally entered from. Sadly, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuri were coming in.

Kurama and Kagome turned right around and slipped into the book store just across from the music store. Since Kagome's friends didn't like to read a whole lot, they went into the music store instead. Kagome and Kurama made a run for it outside to the car.

" That was fun…until we were seen," Kagome said, catching her breath.

" Yeah. I'm hungry now. Are you?" Kurama asked Kagome, as he pulled out of the parking lot.

" A little," she admitted.

" Lets get something to eat then. What do you want?"

" How about a…burger? They're good."

" Sure. We'll go through the drive-through. That way, we can avoid any other meetings."

Kagome nodded. Just down the street was a burger joint. They could grab something there. Kurama pulled into the drive through. There was no one ahead of them.

" Yes?" came the voice from over the speaker system.

" Hi, can I have two burgers with everything on them, and two cola's."

" Sure. Your total is fifteen seventy five."

The voice died away and Kurama drove up to the pick up window. They had to wait for five minutes, but it was worth it.

" Where should we eat?" Kagome asked as she held their order in her lap.

" How about the park?" Kurama suggested, " We can eat under a tree at a table."

" Sounds good."

Kurama nodded and drove the nearby park.

That's it for now. It's only part one of their little 'date'. Part two will be the next chapter. Sorry for the long wait! I seriously have a writers block for all my stories and I'm working on another one which should be coming out soon.

Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own YuYu Hakusho or Inuyasha.

Reviewer Responses

DemonDonatello: Sorry for making you wait so long! Hope you like it!

Shadow's Kit: Thanks! Sorry that it took so long!

kagomeMIKO: Glad to hear it.

BakaKitsuneBri: Yeah, I might bring Sesshomaru into it, but he's not gonna defeat Kisa.

sunstar kitsune: You'll see in the next chapter. I promise!

badgurl136: Okay. Sorry for the long wait!