CLOSE TO YOU

Chapter 1: Just Desserts

Kagome stepped out of the tent slowly, parting the tent flaps with her fingers. She was instantly greeted with the sun. Squinting, she looked at her watch. 12:30! She realized it was far too late to make it back in time for school today, so she might as well take a bath and see if she could make it tomorrow. She collected her things quickly and started off towards the woods, to her secret hot springs. She looked up and was startled at the face looking down on her.

"Where do you think you're goin'?"

"Well, as a matter of fact, Inuyasha, I'm heading off to take a bath. Alone." She quickly added.

"I'm comin' with you."

"No you're not. I said ALONE. What part of that do you not understand?"

"Well, I don't care what you said."

"You mean you care about me enough just to protect me?"

"No. I just wanna make sure no other filthy demon gets the shikon."

"UGH! Sit!" Kagome yelled as she stomped off towards the woods, leaving Inuyasha 'six feet under'.

Inuyasha just sat there growling in the dirt as Kagome stomped off.

As she reached the hot springs and threw down her bathing equipment,

Kagome thought she heard a snap behind her. She flipped around to simply see more trees. She quickly undressed and slipped into the spring.

She decided to hum one of the American classics she had once heard in a store:

"Why do birds suddenly appear,

every time, you are near?

Just like me, they want to be,

Close to you…"

Inuyasha stepped into the clearing. There he heard Kagome's voice, singing sweetly to an unfamiliar tune. "Wait. What am I thinking? Sweet voice? More like disgusting voice that is used to s-i-t me ALL the time!"

He placed one foot forward on a small pile of twigs. Slowly, he placed more weight on it, unknowingly setting off an alarm to Kagome. SNAP! Kagome flipped her head around to see a very embarrassed Inuyasha cowering next to the edge of the clearing.

"What's he so worried about. Oh yeah! Duh, Kagome! Better yell now.."

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

"Kagome.. I'm sorry, I just came to check on you… I mean, the jewel shards… I didn't know you were nak-"

"I don't care! You should know better than to barge in on someone when they're taking a bath! OH WAIT… you're too dumb to understand!"

"Well wench, if you weren't always requiring protection, maybe I wouldn't have come here!"

"I DON'T need your protection or anyone else's! You know what?"

"Oh no….", Inuyasha groaned.

"SIT!"

Inuyasha plunged into the ground, mumbling curses as he went.

"Hmph!" Kagome quickly stepped out and put on her clothes.

"Serves you right!" she yelled, kicking dirt and debris at the poor hanyou's body as she stomped off.