1. I Think I Love You

Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting up in a tree when Kagome sighed. Kagome was watching the sunset. "Isn't it beautiful, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha had fallen asleep and woke with a startle and said half asleep, "huh… what?"

Kagome's face turned beat red and she said, "Inuyasha, you insensitive meat head!" She calmed down and said in a clam voice, "Never mind… You wouldn't understand anyways."

"Hey, what does that mean!" Inuyasha said in a growl.

She jumped down from the tree muttering something incoherently and walked into Lady Kaeda's hut. "How could he be so insensitive? Well, it isn't like I was expecting him to say something like, 'O yes Kagome, it is as beautiful as you.' I also wasn't expecting him to kiss me or anything. Maybe I was…" she thought to herself. She sighed. "He doesn't feel the same way about me as I feel about him" she whispered to herself. She walked over to her sheet ad went to sleep.

Little did Kagome know that Inuyasha had run after her when she jumped out of the tree. He slid down the outside wall of the hut where he had listened to her talk to herself. "How does Kagome feel about me? Was she talking about me or someone else?" He said so no one could hear. Inuyasha peeked inside to hut to see Kagome with her head in her pillow crying silently. He walked back to the tree and went to sleep.

THE NEXT MORNING

Kagome woke up when the sun's rays hit her face. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Songo, Miroku, and Shippo were already awake and nowhere to be in sight. Lady Keada was cooking breakfast when she noticed Kagome stirring. "You are awake Lady Kagome. How did you sleep?" she said in a very politely.

Kagome got up, stretched, and yawned. "Very well thank you." She said in a sleepy voice. She walked out of the hut brushing her hair. Inuyasha was sitting Miroku on the deck. She walked right past them with her nose in the air and said, "Hmph."

Miroku looked at Inuyasha and said, "What did you do this time? Knock her out of a tree?" He laughed but not for long. Inuyasha has punched him in th head and was on the ground unconscious. Inuyasha said to himself, "Serves you right." and snickered.

Songo saw what had happened and followed Kagome into the forest. When Shippo tired to follow her she said, "You should probably stay here. He nodded his head with a disappointed look on his face. She soon caught up to Kagome who was sitting on a fallen tree in a clearing.

"Is love worth it, Songo?" Kagome said startling Songo.

Songo looked at Kagome with a puzzled look on her face. "I am not sure, I have never been in love before, and I may like Miroku, even though he is perverted monk, but I can't really say I love him. Why do u ask?"

"I don't know. I guess I am just a bit confused right now."

"Is it about Inuyasha? You seemed pretty upset with him."

"Maybe, I am not so sure he feels the same way about me as I feel about him. It kind of disappoints me a little but. You know?"

Songo walked over to the fallen tree and sat down next to Kagome. "I do know how you feel in this situation. I don't know how Miroku feels about me. I don't know if he really likes me or if he is just acting that way to get a feel in. How exactly do you feel about Inuyasha?"

Kagome sighed. "Does it really matter? He loves Kikyou. He doesn't love me. Inuyasha may love me because I am Kikyou's reincarnation but why would he love me. I may love him but I am too afraid he does not love me in return to say anything." A tear rolled down cheek.

Songo grabbed her hand and said, "You should tell him. I CANT tell Miroku or he will think he can get away with groping me till I am dead. He probably does love you but he feels the same way… Why were you so mad at him anyways?"

"I was sitting in a tree with him watching the sunset. I asked him, 'Isn't it beautiful?' and he was sleeping. It just got me mad because I was expecting him to kiss me or say something nice but instead I got a huh."

"Well, it wasn't really his fault he was sleeping you know." Songo said with a giggle in it.

"Ya, you are right Songo. It wasn't Inuyasha's fault."

Back at Kaeda's Hut

Miroku had woken up and Inuyasha was up in his tree staring at the trees. They had already eaten and he was thinking about what Kagome had said last night. "Does she love me? What did she mean? Is she still mad? Maybe I love her too. But I promised Kikyou… I have to forget about Kikyou…I love Kagome," he thought. "Wow" he said to himself. Inuyasha saw Kagome and Songo walk out of the forest. He jumped down, just missing them.

"Hey! What are you doing! You could have jumped on us. Whatever." Kagome said calming down. "Umm, Inuyasha, can I talk to you… in private?" Inuyasha nodded his head and they walked into the hut.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome's beautiful brown eyes and said, "what would you like to talk about?"

"Well, last night… I asked you what you thought of the sunset and I got upset because you fell asleep. I got mad and thought about you. I couldn't get you out of my mind…I-I think I lo─" Just then Shippo walked in and said "Hey Kagome! Wanna play a game!"

Inuyasha walked over to him slowly with fire in his eyes and said "Get lost runt!" Kagome said SIT and Inuyasha went crashing to the floor with a big thump. "I would love to play a game with you Shippo." Kagome said with an evil glance directed at Inuyasha. Kagome and Shippo walked out of the room with Inuyasha in pain on the floor.