Chapter 3:

Inu-yasha distractedly strode out the hut door. He paced back and forth before the hut entrance. He dared not leave in case a demon came and he couldn't protect his friends. No. He did not have friends he was alone. HE would not become one of those people who cried every time something bad happened to someone.

He couldn't get the words written on the scroll he had successfully hidden from the gang. Guilt piled inside him because he had not even brought up the encounter with his brother's servant, Joken, or something like that.

The toad demon had disrespectfully handed him a scroll that had his elder brother's scent all over it. Then he had ran off deeper into the forest. HE lied he had smelt Naraku and gone after him but it had disappeared as soon as he got that far. HE had stuffed it inside his Kimono. Then the morning Kagome had promised to return he had read the letter.

The letter worried him and overflowed him with unnecessary guilt. IT wasn't his fault. He couldn't control it yet it got the better of him. Should he tell Kagome? No. IT would only worry her and make her sad and silent. HE would deal with it on his own. He had some time. Some time…

Kagome awoke from her dream in a cold sweat. Her dream had been bad and scary. Wait. What had happened in her dream? She had forgotten, all she could remember was that it worried her and frightened her. She tried to sleep again but she couldn't. Instead she sat up and looked around the room.

It was still night and creepy shadows crawled over the hut's walls. Kagome shivered and noticed Inu-yasha wasn't there. She lost her save feeling. She felt small and vulnerable. She told herself everything was affine and he was just outside the hut walls. Still she had to double check.

She stood up and walked out the curtain door, and she didn't see Inu-yasha. She shivered as the night air nipped at her arms. Then a shadow moved out of the corner of her eye and she grabbed her arrows.

Preparing an arrow in the bow she aimed at the darkest spot. "What the hell are you trying to do!" Inu-yasha yelled furiously. "You baka! Don't gp creeping around in the shadows at night!" Kagome yelled back. Then she prayed she hadn't awoken Sango, Miroku or Shippou.

Inu-yasha folded his arms and turned sticking his nose in the air. Kagome walked over to him. "Inu-yasha?" She whispered as she got really close to him. He slowly turned his head to face her. "Ya?" Inu-yasha's heart started to beat a pace quicker.

'What would she say? What was that special shine in her eyes?' "Inu…Yasha…SIT BOY!" She screamed in his ears. "When-" he was cut off as dirt filled his mouth. Then Kagome kneed down. She patted his head. "Good boy!" Then she stood up and turned on her heels.

By the time he could lift his head she was gone. 'Bitch.' He thought as he stood up. That sit had hurt his most recent wound across his lower back. HE dusted off his Kimono and went into the hut to see her pretending to be asleep. He sat beside her. "I'm not stupid you know." He whispered.

Kagome lifted her head for the perfect chance for an insult. "You could've fooled me." She shrugged. 5 minutes later…

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" He all but whispered to Kagome. Kagome ran out the hut door only to have Inu-yasha close in the distance behind her. She tripped on a root and was sent crashing to the ground. She hadn't known Inu-yasha was so close behind her and she kicked him in the shins on accident as he tried to catch her. The unexpected attack caught him off guard and sent him to the ground on Kagome. Kagome had turned in the process of falling so her back collided with the cool ground and her chest was squished by Inu-yasha's rock hard chest. Kagome couldn't hide her face from his and couldn't prevent the blush from glowing bright on her face. Her eyes had shut but as she slowly opened them she saw Inu-yasha in a whole new view. His hair had the moons light mingled in it and his eyes glowed an amber colour that had been dull before.

Inu-yasha looked down. HE had slowly started to lift his body when he froze. Her long black hair had a bluish tint to it and her chocolate eyes seemed golden as they reflected the moon's beam. Her lips were a soft cherry red and her golden brown eyes starred tenderly into his eyes.

A/N

Because of Megan Consoer, Katie, forgotten-innocent-angel, and lilgirl1 now is lilgirlroxs I decided to continue onto the third chapter. 2 more reviews necessary for chapter 4 to be posted! Sorry for the long wait! And sorry about it being so short!