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The day had not started out well for Inuyasha. First he wakes up and discovers Kagome's not with him. Upon running down the stairs to find her he tripped. Making one very grouchy face in the floor hanyou. As if that wasn't bad enough Shippo had seen him and didn't even try to hold back his laughter. Inuyasha took up the responsibility of whacking him upside the head. This caused Shippo to bite one of his ears and yell how he was going to tell Kagome when she got back. That caught Inuyasha's attention and after a few minutes of threats, bumps, and bribing he finally knew where Kagome was.

Now Inuyasha was perched up high into the branches of the GoShinboku thinking.

'I can't believe I didn't notice her leaving. I didn't think she would leave so quickly.'

'Just admit it you miss her as much as I do.'

'Do not.'

'Do to.'

'Do not.'

'Do to. Your arguing with yourself.'

'Damn it!'

'You should have a little more faith. Its not like she's never coming back.'

'Who said I didn't trust her!'

'Same mind remember?'

'I hate you.'

'People often do hate those who are smarter than themselves.'

'WHAT!'

'Its all right I understand. It must be intimidating having another part of yourself that's smarter than you.'

'Stupid voice won't leave me alone.'

'I would be nice to me if I were you.'

'And why's that?'

'I'm the one who's so generously let you out so you could bond with Kagome but if you keep upsetting me I might come out and court her myself.'

'You wouldn't.'

'Want to bet?' Before Inuyasha could answer he was snapped out of his thoughts by a familiar scent.

For the first time he noticed how late it was. The sun would be setting in a few hours. 'I didn't think I was out here that long.' He caught the scent again. 'Is something wrong with my nose? It smells like Kagome but there's another scent on her.' Inuyasha jumped out of the tree and followed the scent.

Kagome had just entered through the gate and was making her way to the front door when she was tackled from behind by, the one and only, Inuyasha. Who was currently sniffing her. "What do you think your doing! Do you not understand the concept of personal space! Get off of me!" Kagome yelled. She attempted to push him off but to no avail.

He responded by holding her firmly in place and sniffing her again. 'What's he doing? It almost looks like he's searching or confirming something.' Kagome thought. After a few minutes Inuyasha let her get up.

As soon as she was able to get up Kagome looked him in the eye and started talking. "So are you going to answer me or am I going to have to make you?"

Inuyasha answered with a low growl. "I thought I smelt another guy on you and I was checking for myself."

"YOU MEAN I HAVE KOGA'S SCENT ON ME! EEEWWWWWWW! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Kagome screeched and ran inside. "SANGO HELP ME!"

Sango was instantly at her side. "What's wrong Kagome!" Kagome was franticly waving her arms and not making any sense. "You have to calm down and tell me what's wrong!"

Kagome just dragged Sango to her, technically Inuyasha's, room and grabbed some extra clothes. She then went to Sango's room and grabbed some of her clothes. She then ran to the bathroom and snatched up the bathing supplies and towels. Before Sango knew it Kagome had dragged her throughout the house and was currently sprinting out the front door while still holding her in a death grip.

Sango had finally managed to squirm away from Kagome. "What's wrong with you! What on earth are you doing! And why am I needed!" Sango screamed.

"You have to take me to a hot spring! Now!" demanded Kagome.

She had such a look of urgency Sango instantly took her to the nearest one. When they got there Kagome ripped off her clothes and started scrubbing furiously. Sango got in at a much slower pace and just stared as Kagome continued to clean herself spotless. After a few minutes Sango forcibly stopped her. "Kagome if you rub much more your going to hurt yourself! Now I want to know what's going on!" Sango stated.

Kagome stopped cleaning for a few minutes while she explained who Koga was and how his scent was on her. Sango then joined in on helping Kagome get rid of her scent. While she was helping her Kagome explained what happened in town. They both started laughing. A little while later they both left the hot springs. With Kagome holding the clothes an arms length away.

When they got home Kagome instantly went to the fireplace. After a few failed attempts Kagome had a fire going. Once it was nice and big she threw the clothes she had been wearing in it. She shifted the wood until she was sure the clothes were nothing but ash. When the fire was gone and the ashes were cool enough she wrapped the ashes up and went into the forest and buried them.

Inuyasha had been watching the whole time and smiled at her actions. When Kagome came back she started making dinner with Shippo's help. Soon everyone was sitting at the table eating. "So Kagome care to explain why you had some guys scent on you?" Inuyasha asked with a smirk.

Kagome shuddered and explained to everyone who Koga was, how much she hated him, and what she did when she found out about his scent on her. "Now I have to burn all my clothes next time I go visit my family." Kagome complained.

Inuyasha was holding up pretty well through her explanation considering his temper. He growled slightly when he heard about how much attention Koga paid to Kagome but instantly cheered up when he heard what Kagome did to him when he got too friendly. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Kagome say his name "…thank you so much! If you hadn't told me I would have never known and there's no way I want to be walking around with his scent on me! How too reward you? Don't worry I'll think of something."

Inuyasha spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out how Kagome was going to repay him. He didn't really think he was going to be rewarded when he mentioned that she had someone else's scent on her. It surprised him. Not in a bad way but in a good way. Soon it was time to go to sleep. Inuyasha was lying on his bed staring at his ceiling when a smiling Kagome came in.

"I know how I'm going to repay you." She announced. Inuyasha gave her a curious stare as she crossed the room and sat down next to him. Before he had time to ask what she was doing she had already started scratching his ears. He tried to protest but all that came out was a low growl.

Slowly his youkai eased its way out. Once free it started to nuzzle into Kagome's neck. He slowly eased both of them down until they were lying down side by side. He nipped at her neck for a while. Right before he fell asleep he wrapped his arms around her and buried his head into her neck and hair. Smiling as he fell asleep surrounded by her scent.

Kagome did not pull back from his strange behavior. In fact she was rather enjoying it. She couldn't explain why but she felt safe with him. She even thought how she could get used to this. Before long he embraced her and fell asleep. She didn't stop rubbing his ears until she too started to fall asleep. Then she slowly took her hands ways and let herself drift away into a comforting sleep.