A/N: Okay faithful readers. I've decded that the first couple of chapters need to be re-done,
but I'm not going to do that until the story is complete. I will start posting 'The Inevitable'
(check out bio page for more info) after those chapters are complete. Please forgive my
lack od updating. I really am sorry. I wish I had more time to do these things. Anyway..

Disclaimer: What's the point in theses things? Does anybody REALLY read them? And we
already know that I don't own Inuyasha and co. I'm not rich enough.

Shout- Out:

"Jamie"- Sorry. I'm updating as quick as my brain can work. The beginning of this chapter
wasn't that easy to write.

Last Time-

Naraku stood behind a tree, watching Kagome and Inuyasha with a distusted look on his face.
'Love. What does it get for you? Nothing. It just makes you weak.' He was just close enough to
see and hear what the two were doing, but far enough away not to be noticed. He watched as
the pair started to get closer and closer to each other. He scowled at them. He was about to
turn away when he saw the ball fly towards them and the little boy run up to them. He snorted
as he saw Inuyasha give the ball back. "Well, well, well, little Inuyasha has a crush. I can fix that.
" He said aloud. His lips curved into a smile that would send a chill down the spine of even the
cruelest of people. He walked away and went back to his 'employer' to give the new information...

Kagome pressed the "End" button and started laughing. Inu chuckled lightly, yet sadly. "Why
didn't you just tell Sango I was here with you?"

Kagome stopped laughing and looked at him with a thoughtful expression. "I don't
really know. I guess I just wanted to be a little mischevious." She smiled brightly at him.

Inu gave a lightly smile back to her. 'I think we're corrupting her.' He shook his head and
looked down at his watch. His stomach started grumbling when he read 1:30pm for the time. He
looked back to Kagome with a slightly innocent smile and asked, "Do you want to go somewhere
and get something to eat?"

Kagome looked at him, still holding her earlier smile and nodded. She quickly picked up her
things while Inu stood up. He offered is hand down to her and helped her up on her feet. She smiled
at him and graciously took his offer.

This Time:

Inuyasha drove away from the park to find a nearby cafe with Kagome in the passenger
seat. Inu kept passing glances to Kagome, still thinking of what had happened at the park
moments ago. Or what almost happened. A light blush faintly tainted his cheeks as a samll

grin graced his lips.

Kagome stared out of the passenger side window as pedestrians and little shops passed
by. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. She couldn't quite thinking of the kiss
she almost shared with Inuyasha. Her fist kiss. 'I wonder how Inu became so nice all of a
sudden. When he first met me, he was a pain in the butt, now he's trying to kiss me. What's
the deal?' she thought to heself. 'Why am I suddenly getting nervous around him too? This
is too much thinking for my brain. I need to quit doing this to myself.' She groaned lightly
as she felt a light headache coming on. And the fact that her heart was racing didn't help
matters.

Inu could hear Kagome's speedy heart. He knew that he was the cause of her nervousness
and he reveled in the joy of his success. 'We almost kissed.' he thought to himself, almost
sarcastically. 'Why am I feeling this way around her? I just met her and yet, I can't get my
mind off of her. I have to admit, though. She DOES look alot like Kikyo, but she is NOTHING
like Kikyo.'

Fed up with the uncomfortable silence, Kagome pushed back her nervousness and asked,
"So, what cafe are we going to, or do you even have an idea?"

Inu looked thoughtful for a few seconds (while keeping an eye on the road) and said,
"Well, that depends. Do you want a small place or a somewhat large place? Do you
want a large crowd or just a few people?"

Kagome looked at him and said, "Well, you don't look like a people person type of guy,
so a less populated place would be okay."

Inu raised an eyebrow at her. "Now what's that s'posed to mean?"

Kagome smirked and looked back out the window while sweetly saying, "Nothing, Inu.
It means nothing." She passed a side glance to him and saw the corner of his lips curled up so
slightly that any normal person would miss it. "So, are you going to call Miro back or what?"

Inu's small grin grew wider. "No, I'm gonna let him worry a bit. It was your idea, afterall."
Kagome snorted lightly and turned away, looking back out of the window.

Inu pulled into an empty parking space in front of a small cafe. Kagome smiled at knowing
he would pick a small place. Being the well brought-up gentelman that he is (A/N: Riiiight),
Inu opened Kagome's door and offered his hand to her. Kagome looked at him and smiled,
while gracefully taking his hand. He led her inside the cafe and said, "You go find a seat. I'll
get the stuff. What do you want?"

Kagome's smile widened as large as it could get and said," A French vanilla cappacino and
a peice of Angel Food cake (A/N: I don't really know what they serve at a cafe, so just bear
with me. If you would like to give an idea, feel free to do so).Inu nodded and went to go get
their orders. Kagome found an empty table for two and sat down with her head propped on
her hands. She sighed as she watched couples pass her and enter the cafe, holding hands and
smiling. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a person stop beside her. She tunred with a
smile, thinking that it was Inuyasha. But what she saw, took the smile off her face. It wasn't
Inuyasha. It was... (A/N: I'm going to be mean. XD )

Kagome felt as if she were looking into a mirror, with a few slight differences: Kagome's eyes
were bluish-grey, while the other girl had brown eyes; the other girl had straight,dark brown
hair and a colder expression on her face, while Kagome had a friendly expression and raven,
wavy hair that framed her face.But they still looked about the same. (A/N: Get an idea now )

Kagome's eye widened slightly at the sudden realization of who this new comer was. It was...
Kikyo. She was latched onto the arm of a man. Not very great looking. His hair was wavy and
greasy looking. His red eyes held coldness and hatres. His expression one one that would make
a chill go down anyone's spine. Our absolutely favorite character, Naraku.(A/N: Of course,
Kagome nor Inuyasha know that he is the one trying to kill Kagome... Shhh... Don't tell them.
Read on...)

Kikyo looked at Kagome and gasped lightly. Then she narrowed her eyes at her. Kagome
mentally rolled her eyes at Kikyo, not wanting to start anything with the man she was with.
Kikyo said," What are you doing here?"

Kagome took a deep breath and said," I'm here for a late lunch with a friend. Not that it's
any of your concern."

Naraku looked at Kagome and a sly grin found its way onto his face. Kagome held back a
shudder and wished they went away before Inu came back. She didn't want to be in the
middle of a "lover's quirrel".

"If you're having lunch, where is the food?" Kikyo said with a hint of amusement.

Kagome had not thought of that. She said out of reflexes," My friend has gone get it." She
shrugged her shoulders. She turned away from the 'couple' and continued watching other
people, silently fuming in her head.

Kikyo continued looking at Kagome for a few second and said," Why hasn't she come back
yet?"

Kagome sighed, realizing Kikyo wasn't going to leave. " Why does it matter to you? It's not
she is going to want you here. She probably sees us 'talking' and wants to stay out of it in the
first place.

Inu left Kagome to go get their orders while Kagome found them a table. He walked up to the
register and ordered Kagome's cappacino and cake and ordered himself a mocha latte and a
peice os coffee cake. (A/N: Soooooooo Goooooood) He paid for the order and waited as the
person gathered their items. While he waited, a familiar scent caught his attention. He looked
around, trying to find the source and spotted it next to Kagome. He saw her smile and turn around
just as the person stopped next to her. 'Probably thinking it's me.' he thought to himself. He saw
her smile drop and a look of annoyance and fear flash across her face. He turned back around to
the counter to get the items and walked over to another table, still able to see Kagome and what
was going on. He watched them talk and Kagome start to get angry and wondered about her
patience. He started eating eating his cake and drinking his latte while Kagome and Kikyo shared
a few 'words'.

Kikoy was fed up with the way Kagome was acting, even if it was a nice, cool, calm way.
"Bitch, you're here with Inuyasha aren't you?" Kikyo peered down at her from standing above while
Kagome tried to keep calm.

Kaogme looked up and cooly said," And if I were, where is he? With me."

Kikyo huffed and turned to Naraku," Come on. Let's get out of here." Naraku nodded and, with one
last look at Kagome, left with Kikyo.

Kagome sighed with relief when they left the cafe. She was glad Inu hadn't come up in the middle of
the conversation. She lokoed around to try to find him, but to no avail. She sighed and tunred around
in her chair, only to come face to... ummm... stomach to someone. Her eyes shifted upward and
she took a deep breath to calm herself down. Inuyasha was standing right in front of her with her
cappacino and cake. She looked at him with pleading eyes as he sat down with a questioning look on
his face. "What was Kikyo doing here?"

Kagome said," No answers until I get my food." She crossed her arms stubbornly across her chest.

Inu rolled his eyes and pushed the cake and drink in front of her. Kagome looked at it with excitement
and said," Didn't say, but she was mad at me for no reason. She was with someone else, too. Don't
know him, described him later. Wanted you I think, but I beat around the bush." She gave a triumphant
smile and lightly beat her fist on her chest. She then attacked the delicious Angel Food cake and inhaled
the cappacino furosiouly. Inu watched her with eyes wide with amazement, thinking that at any second
she would choke. Kagome paused for a second to take a deep breath, then continue on her massacre
of the food. She lifted her eyes up to look at Inu, by his expression slowed down eating. She ate the
last bite of cake and swallowed the mouthful of cappacino before respectfully wiping her mouth of
crumbs and froth line. She took another breath and smiled at Inu. (A/N:She seems to be doing that alot o.O)

Inu looked back with the same expression continued. He finally blinked before saying, "How can you
do that? I thought Sango and I was were the only two patrons who could do that!"

Kagome blushed lightly and said," Well, I was picked on as a young child. I bascially learned ways to
avoid the bullying. Being able to eat super fast helped a lot."

Inu solemly nodded his head, wondering how such a beautiflu girl could have been picked on. 'Wait,
beautiful? What the hell am I thinking?' He started a battle with his feelings about liking and disliking
Kagome.

They sat for two hours, doing nothing but talking. Inu pushed the small internal battle back, and
saught to figure out himself what he felt for this young girl sitting in front of him. As she talked, he
listened with an intent ear, keen on keeping every word, phrase, and conversation stored in his mind.
He started to compare Kagome to Kikyo, but he stopped himself. He wasn't going to live in the past.
Doing so wouldn't let him move on in the future. This girl seemed different to him. Like Sango. Sango
is physically stronger than any girl he had ever met. Kikyo had strong spiritual power, but it wasn't pure.
Kagome's spiritual power was the most pure any one could ever have. He wondered if she even knew
she had any spiritual energy. And Kagome's scent. It lulled him into a trance. He could fall asleep just
breathing it in. He knew for a fact that he liked this girl. But, he didn't know if she liked him as well.
Sure, she would get nervous around him sometimes, but that could mean anything.

Kagome looked at him with concern. He had been staring at her with the same expression for a while.
She would waved her hand in front of his face to snap him out. He jumped and blinked dumbly at her.
Kagome just smiled and looked at her watch. She looked back at him with wide eyes," We've been
her for about two and a half hours. We need to go." She stood up and gathered her thing. Inu nooded
his head and stood up after her, then walked with her as she threw away her trash. They walked out of
the door together and got into Inu's car. Inu hesitatedbefore starting the car. He had made up his mind
whether or not to ask her to be his girlfriend. He hadn't know her, but he felt he knew enough to ask
her out. He could feel her looking at him, could sense her concern. Inu turned to look at her with a serious
look upon his face.

"Kagome," Inu started feeling slightly nervous. 'This is the first time I've ever nervous about asking a
girl to be my girlfriend.'

"Yes, Inu?" Kagome asked lightly.

Inu flet a light blush come about his cheeks. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Kagome's eyes widened and a heavy blush crossed her features. 'I can't believe he wants me to go
out with him. What should I do?' She frantically searched her head for the answer.

Inu's anxiety grew with every passing minute. He couldn't take the silence. 'Maybe she doesn't like
me. Maybe being a half demon scares her.' He mentallysighed and turned his head away from her.
He stared out the front window and audibly sighed again. "Kagome.."

"Yes!" Kagome said rushedly.

Inu looked at Kagome with caonfusion written all over his face.

Kagome had opened her mouth to give her answer just as Inu said her name. "Yea," she said calmly," I will
be your girlfriend." She smiled brightly at him.

Inu blinked his eyes a few times, letting the answer sink into his mind. 'She said 'yes'. She's going to
be my girlfreind!' He smiled at her and felt his felt start to beat faster just looking at her smile.

Sango was sitting on the steps of the porch, waiting for Kaomge and Inuyasha. She sighed for
the upteenth time in an hour. 'They've been gone for two hours. Maybe I should call them back.'
She was about to pull her cell phone out of her pocket when Miroku opened the door behind her.
She turned around to look at him with worry in her eyes.

Miroku gave her a samll, reassuring smile and said," Don't worry, Sango. I'm sure they'er fine."

Sango looked back out at the road, doubt in her mind. ' I'm sure he's right. I mean, Inu, no matter
how much he despises her, won't let a girl get hurt.' She looked back at Miroku and nodded her head.
Miroku offered her a helping hand and she gladly took it, before slapping him one good time as he
groped her. She stomped back inside the house, steaming, while Miroku stood, shocked. He slowly
started walking in when he heard a car pulling into the driveway, snapping him out of his daydream.
He looked back then heaved a deep breath when he saw Inu's car with Kagome in the front passenger's
seat.

Inu saw Miroku standing on the porch. He heaved a sigh then loko at Kagome. "Well, we get to face the
wrath of Sango for leaving her here with Miro for over two hours."

Kagome slowly nodded her head. "Do they live here with you?" She turned to look at him, curiosity
streaming through her eyes.

Inu smiled at her and replied," Yeah, We're house mates. Sessy and I pulled some money together and
bought this land. We had this house built from scratch. There are ten rooms. A few rooms are used for
storage; stuff for the insturments, other instruments, etc. We built one room especially for parties or get
togethers. It has board games," Inu got out of the car with Kagome in toll behind him," and game systems
with any gane you could think of. Steros with drfferent genres of music, including my personal favorite:
metal." He gave her a wink then got his guitar from the back seat. All Kagome could do was smile and
wonder what the rest of the day would bring.

A/N: Ok guys... How was it? Please review.

Next time: What happens when Kagome and Inuyasha face Sango? What will Sango do?
And what will happen when Kagome goes home to face her mom?