This chapter is OK. I like it. XD Anyway, this is a new chapter and I want you all to leave more reviews. I may not be able to put many more chapters up since I'm at someone else's house for a visit right now. And I should really edit those other chapters… --; And editing the document sucks.

Chapter 3: InuYasha's Soft Spot

As soon as the sun set, InuYasha's hair turned black. His dog ears were gone and his yellow eyes became brown. Kyoumi was amazed by this. InuYasha was becoming human before her very

eyes!

"Don't you dare tell anyone about this! If you do, I'll kill you. I won't have any trouble doing it either, because you have youkai blood in you," warned InuYasha. Kyoumi gave her word that she wouldn't tell... She didn't realize then why it was so important.

Kyoumi felt a tad hungry, so she decided to make something for them all. She was running short on food because of the larger portions she had been making lately, but she could make due until tomorrow. She made them all tasty foods and they ate it all quickly, complementing her on her cooking.

"You are a really good cook!" Shippo exclaimed.

"You're much better at it than Kagome," InuYasha said.

"SIT!"

InuYasha plunged to the ground, getting his bowl of rice all over himself and leaving another dent in Kyoumi's floor. Kyoumi sighed and looked at her floor with a sad gaze.

"Kagome, can you try not and do that in the house?" asked Kyoumi.

Kagome blushed and nodded, looking at her bowl of rice instead of at anyone else, especially the scowling InuYasha.

"You know that hurts much more when I'm human, don't you?" InuYasha complained.

"By the way, why is InuYasha human?" Kyoumi asked.

"InuYasha is a hanyou, and all hanyous turn into humans," explained Miroku. "InuYasha just so happens to turn into a human on the night when there is no moon."

"Like tonight you mean?"

"Yes."

Kyoumi looked at InuYasha and turned her head sideways, as if she were begging for food, but she then realized she was staring, and returned to eating.

"Why are you guys traveling around so much?" Kyoumi asked all of the sudden.

"We're looking for the Shikon Jewel Shards," Kagome said, brightening up. She seemed to like the idea of looking for the Jewel Shards.

"Oh, sure! Why don't you tell her everything! Why don't you tell her about my past too, and how you mess up all the time! Why don't you tell her that you get kidnapped so often, we can hardly keep track of all your kidnappers!" yelled InuYasha. He looked angry, and even more threatening than he did when he thought that Kyoumi was going to hurt Kagome.

But Kagome looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"InuYasha! All she was telling me is what you were doing! I never even asked about your past! Are you always this mean to her?" Kyoumi asked with a fierce expression.

InuYasha looked like he was trying to think of a good way to get back at Kyoumi for telling him off, but he just got up and said, "Feh. I'm sleeping outside."

Sango sat next to Kagome and comforted her, and Shippo and Miroku looked at Kagome with concerned expressions.

Kyoumi stood up and marched outside, and Kirara followed her to see what she was doing. Kyoumi saw something move on the top of her roof, and she looked up there to see InuYasha pouting.

"Why did you have to be so mean?" Kyoumi asked calmly, but with force.

"She was asking for it," he answered, looking at his feet.

"No she wasn't. No wonder people in this town don't like me. It's hanyous like you that give us all bad names," Kyoumi said with a fierce glare.

"What did they do to you?" InuYasha asked.

"What?" Kyoumi said, thoroughly confused.

"The villagers. How do they treat you?"

"Don't try and change the subject!"

"Just answer the question," InuYasha said rather calmly.

Kyoumi looked at a tree and cleared her throat. "They like to throw rocks at my head."

"But that's not all, is it? They also like to tease you, don't they? You aren't the only one who had a hard life, you know. I wasn't exactly treated like a nobleman myself," InuYasha said. He sat up and looked at Kyoumi carefully. "I'm going to go back inside and apologize to Kagome," InuYasha said suddenly. He jumped off the roof and walked towards the door, but stopped before he went in. "Just so you know, I'm usually only this nice when I'm human. And I usually don't apologize to people when I'm human or youkai."

Kyoumi watched InuYasha walk inside, and heard a few muffled voices. Kirara soon followed InuYasha in, meowing to Kyoumi before she left. The single candle lighting the shack went out, and Kyoumi was left in darkness, besides the light coming from the stars. About a half hour after everyone but InuYasha went to sleep, Kyoumi walked back inside and thought about what InuYasha told her.

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The morning light woke Kyoumi before everyone else, and the first thing she saw was the sleeping InuYasha, his white hair and all. He had returned to normal at the first sign of day, and once he was demon, he decided that he could sleep. She started making breakfast for them all, and slowly each one stirred. InuYasha woke first at the smell of breakfast, and he looked quite happy to have gotten some rest.

After everyone woke up and had their breakfast, InuYasha stood up.

"We should leave now, so we can see if we can find a Jewel Shard," said InuYasha. Kagome seemed to be avoiding anyone's gaze so she wouldn't have to talk to anyone. She didn't want to tell them that Kyoumi had a Jewel Shard, and she was still kinda angry at InuYasha. She didn't know what Kyoumi's Jewel Shard was for. It could be to keep her alive, or to heal her wounds faster. If she told InuYasha, he would go berserk!

The group got up and got ready to leave, and they soon left the small shack. They said goodbye to Kyoumi and thanked her for her hospitality, and walked down the path. Not a quarter-mile away, Kyoumi stopped them, carrying her sword in it's hilt and a small bag of money hidden in her pants.

"Kagome," called out Kyoumi. All of them turned around except InuYasha.

"Yes?" she answered, wondering what Kyoumi would want with them.

"Can I travel with you?" she asked, trying to hide her excitement.

Before anyone could answer, InuYasha turned around to face her and said, "Yeah, you can. We could use another fighter around here, considering that Shippo is useless."

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