Hey everyone. I'm so proud of myself, I'm updating early. It's October now! This is a busy month for me, so I'm sorry if the updating slows down.

Sakura-Maylo-G: That's our Inu. Always doing something to make someone mad. No worries though.

Keya: you'll find out in a later chap. Once they make up or something. I'm not sure yet.

Megan Consoer: Thanks, of course I'll write more.

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Nienna Whitethorn: Sure, here ya go!

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Disclaimer: Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish, I wish tonight. . . I wish I could own Inuyasha! (it'll probably never happen no matter hw many times I wish for it.)

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Inuyasha jerked his hand back and exited the stables. He walked over to the couch and quickly fell asleep. Right before he did, though, a single tear fell for his eye and made its way down his cheek.

Kagome sat down on her bed and looked around her room. She sighed and then rose to her feet and began to dig through an old trunk that she only opened when she was depressed. She took out a picture album and went back to her bed.

She flipped through it quickly, searching for a certain picture. She finally found the page she had been looking for. Her finger touched the face of the older man delicately.

"I miss you Daddy." Kagome said to the picture.

She turned the page and her eyes fell on another picture. This one was of a handsome boy and herself when she was 16. He had his arm slung over her shoulder, both of them smiling happily.

"Oh, I miss you as well, Sirius." Kagome said. She smiled weakly at the picture, remembering all that they had done together.

She lied down on the bed and stared at the ceiling still clutching the album to her heart. A tear slid down her face slowly.

"I miss you all." She whispered. She shut her eyes and cried herself to sleep

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Kagome woke up that evening. She quickly sat up in her bad realizing how late it was. She hadn't meant to fall asleep. She had work to do. She grabbed a tie and quickly pulled her hair into a pony-tail.

Kagome ran through the hose, right past Inuyasha on the coach and straight to the dragon stalls. She looked around and quickly got to work.

Kagome grabbed some of the dragon feed and began to put t into each one of the stalls. She worked fast and didn't stop to play with each dragon the way she normally would.

As soon as they all had food Kagome went back to the first stall and opened the door. Inside was a small light green dragon named Rio. Rio had been named after a nearby river. It was small, but it was very swift and very strong. It described Rio perfectly.

Rio looked up at Kagome and walked over and began to lick her face. Kagome laughed and pushed her away.

"Come on." Kagome said motioning to the dragon to follow her. She led Rio to a path opposite of the training dome. Kagome jumped to the side wall and let Rio pass through first when they came to a giant arch.

Rio let out a pleading whine and Kagome smiled.

"Go ahead." She said to Rio trying not to laugh at her. He ran quickly to the large tub and dived in. "Hey!" Kagome yelled, "I told you before, no diving! You're wasting water!" She said

Rio looked at her for a second and with a swift movement of her claw Kagome found herself drenched in water. Kagome shook some of the water off and glared at the dragon sitting in the pool. She sighed and then moved to a self near the edge of the pool to grab the soap. Before she could grasp it though, Rio turned and swished his tail.

Kagome gasped as she plummeted into the water. She came up for air laughing. The dragon sent another wave of water her way.

They had a huge water fight resulting in a very wet room that would later need mopping. Kagome laughed.

"Okay! I think that's enough of a bath already." She said, "Go ahead back to your stall. I'll be there is a second to dry you off."

Rio turned and headed down the path. Kagome shook her head at his retreating figure. "Every time." She said to herself. She wrung out her hair a little and then she sighed as she gave up.

Kagome walked over to Rio's stall with a large towel in her hand. She quickly began to work on getting the dragon dry, before she got all dirty again. That was a very though challenge when it came to Rio. He was well behaved, but he was also very hyper.

"You are very lucky I only have to give you a bath today." Kagome said to Rio still drying him. "I don't like moving around so much in these clothes when they're wet."

When she had done a satisfactory job she turned and headed out. She walked into the kitchen and started to look for something to eat. Kagome felt like having some good food so she took some chicken out of the freezer. She had prepared to when she bought it so all she had to was stick it in the oven. She got everything ready and while it was cooking she turned into the living room.

She turned the corner and ran straight into someone. Both of them were sent tumbling to the ground.

Kagome's eyes went wide when she realized her situation. She found herself staring straight up into a pair of golden eyes. Kagome was stretched out on the floor with her hands above her head. Inuyasha was right on top of her his hands on either side of her head.

Inuyasha found that he couldn't move. Kagome couldn't either. Both were seemingly lost in each other's eyes. After about five minutes Kagome blinked and realized what was happening. She looked away, breaking the bond.

"Could you please get off of me?" She said slowly avoiding eye contact.

Inuyasha blushed. "Sorry." He mumbled.

He stood up quickly and then offered Kagome, who was still on the ground, his hand. Kagome took it hesitantly and got to her feet.

"Why are you all wet?" Inuyasha asked looking at her. She wasn't wearing white, but the outfit was tight and it being wet really showed off every curve of her body.

"I was giving Rio a bath, he loves pulling me into the pool with him." Kagome shrugged

"You let him do that?" Inuyasha asked amazed at her.

"Sure why not?" Kagome replied giving him a strange look.

"You see a business partner of my brother owns a dragon home and if one of his dragons did that they would be dragon stew in a matter of minutes." Inuyasha said

Kagome's hand went up to her mouth, "That's horrible." She said

"I know." Inuyasha said looking away from her, "But there is not much I can do about it."

"Why don't you try to him?" Kagome asked.

"I tried once. A friend and I tried." Inuyasha said. He focused his eyes on the couch, "She died in the end. I could never let that happen again."

"I'm sorry." Kagome said reaching out to him, "I didn't know."

Inuyasha accepted the gentle, comforting squeeze of her hand on his arm. "I know, it's alright."

"I have to go take a shower, so I'll be back in a soon."

Inuyasha nodded and returned to his place on the couch.

Kagome closed the bathroom door behind her. She leaned against it and thought about Inuyasha's strange behavior. 'I just don't understand him. One minute he's declaring that he hates me and the next minute he's-' Kagome shook some thought out of her head, 'I don't know what to think about him anymore.'

She sighed and then went to take her much needed shower.

Inuyasha lay back down on the couch. 'NO!' He thought. 'What am I doing?'

'You're showing her your true feelings.' His conscious said

'I can't do that.'

'Why not?'

'Because of what happened last time. I lost her. Julia was taken away from me.'

'There was nothing you could have done. You have to move on'

'I can't forget about her!'

'You don't have to forget. Just keep on living, keep on loving'

'But-'

'No buts- you like her and you should tell her'

'But-'

'Would Julia want you to give up on love just because she isn't here anymore?'

Inuyasha hesitates, 'I guess not.'

'Be nice to Kagome, make sure to apologize.'

"Hey." Someone said from behind him

Inuyasha jumped about ten feet in the air. He looked over and saw Kagome standing there wearing a pair of jeans and a white long-sleeved shirt that clung to her body. In Inuyasha's opinion she looked great.

"Did I scare you?" Kagome asked smiling

"Just a little." Inuyasha replied. He was going to try to be honest and nice to her.

"Sorry."

"It's okay." Inuyasha paused, "Is something burning?"

"Oh no! The chicken, I forgot about!" Kagome said running into the kitchen.

She pulled open the oven. A cloud of black smoke came out. Kagome couldn't see a thing. She coughed and reached into the oven. Kagome cried out in pain and yanked her arm out. Her hand was all red with small burns. Inuyasha saw and he quickly ran to her side.

"Get the food out first." Kagome said. Inuyasha nodded and took the food out easily.

"Do you want me to throw it out?' Inuyasha asked referring to the chicken that was now burnt to a crisp. Kagome nodded.

She got to her feet and quickly ran some cold water over her burned arm.

"Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome turned off the water and walked over to the table.

"I'm fine." Kagome answered sitting down.

"It looks like it still hurts."

"It does." Kagome said wincing in pain. "It's at times like these that I wish I had a dog."

"Why?" Inuyasha asked looked at her

"Something my father told me. He said that if I ever got burned I should have a dog lick the wound."

Inuyasha was still giving her a strange look.

"He said that something about the feel of a dog's tongue against a burn soothes it." Kagome said wincing in pain again. "I was going to get one, but I never got around to it."

Inuyasha was silent for a moment. He wanted to help her, but he wasn't sure if she would appreciate him licking her arm.

'Maybe you should ask.' His mind said, or thought.

"I don't know if you noticed or not, but I'm a half-demon."

"I could tell" Kagome said nodding

"I'm a dog demon and with what you said." Inuyasha muttered, "Wouldyoulikemetolickyourarm?" Inuyasha asked quickly.

Kagome understood and turned five different shades of red. Inuyasha looked away from her, blushing as well.

"I better go." Inuyasha said taking her silence for a no

"Wait!" Kagome said. Inuyasha looked at her. "Yes, you can lick my burn."

Inuyasha was still red when he took her non-burned hand and led her to the living room. They sat down and Inuyasha took her injured arm. He slowly began to lick the burn. Kagome couldn't help but smile. Her father was right. It did feel good.

After about ten minutes of the treatment Inuyasha stopped. He looked up at Kagome's face. Her eyes were closed, but they opened when the comforting feel on her arm stopped.

Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes and he into hers. This time neither of them broke the bond forming between them. Instead they did the opposite. Inuyasha leaned in and placed a gentle kiss upon her lips. Kagome closed her eyes. Inuyasha deepened the kiss by slipping his tongue into her mouth. They finally broke apart gasping for air.

Kagome smiled and snuggled into Inuyasha's chest. She fell asleep in a matter of seconds. Inuyasha leaned his head on top of Kagome's and fell asleep as well.

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