I do not own Inu-yasha.

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The third chapter already! Yeah, I know I should work on ISOM more, but I'm in a story arc rut... I can already imagine the fanpeople yelling at me... T.T That's a scary thought. Anywoo, here's the third part to I'd Like to Believe It.

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Chapter Three

Ramen

Kagome held Shippo in her arms as they walked along the path. "This way, right?" she said with a smile.

"Yup!" Shippo said happily. He liked Kagome a lot. She was really nice and really pretty! He liked hugging her. Inu-yasha didn't seem to like her at all. In fact, when Shippo had told Kagome she was really pretty, he had just scoffed. Shippo had been kind of scared when he found out who Inu-yasha was, but now he didn't mind as much.

"I don't know why you're carrying around that damn twerp," Inu-yasha said.

"Because he's doing a better job than you are." Kagome patted Shippo on the head. "He's actually useful."

Shippo smiled at her and hugged her arm.

"Well, you could at least change out of that damn kimono! Haven't you noticed all the people staring? You could get attacked by men!"

"Well then, you should be there to protect me."

"I'm not going to protect you if you make yourself in a position that will get you attacked! That would make it your own damn fault!"

Kagome looked back at him. "Fine. In the next village, I'll buy something else. Alright with you? Master?"

Inu-yasha scoffed. "Stupid girl."

"My name is KAGOME!"

"Whatever. Stupid girl fits you better."

Kagome glared at him and then turned her attention to Shippo. "So then, how much farther should it be Shippo-chan?"

"Welly well... Maybe a day's journey still!" Shippo thought for a second. "We should be there in...yes, a day's journey. But it'd be nighttime. We should camp outside of it until morning, so Lady Keade can recognize you!"

"Now that, Shippo, is a good plan." Kagome smiled at him and gave him a hug.

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Kagome looked at what the small clothing store had. She picked up an outfit. "I like this one."

Inu-yasha and Shippo were waiting outside when Kagome came out in her new outfit.

"Kagome-chan! You look pretty!" Shippo said, catching sight of her.

Inu-yasha looked over and fell off the chair. "What the hell? Now you look more like a slut than a prostitute!"

Kagome glared at him. "It's efficient. It lets me move around and it's not baggy, so it won't get in my way." She had picked a dress that consisted of a black corset with spaghetti straps and a black skirt that reached to her mid-thigh. Her shoes were black boots that went to the middle of her calves. Kagome tied her hair up into a bun. "Now then, since men won't attack me because of their unbearable lust, can we go?"

Inu-yasha fehed and started walking again.

"I'm guessing that's a yes from the impatience master, Shippo," Kagome said and picked him up. Shippo laughed and held onto her arm.

"So then Shippo, what would you like for dinner tonight?" Kagome asked.

"Ramen!" he said happily.

Inu-yasha's ears perked up. Had he really heard the wondrous word of ramen? His eyesight dazed as he thought about the heavenly taste of the noodles...

"Okay then," Kagome said. "We'll get some instant ramen."

Inu-yasha made a motion with his lips that could almost pass as a smile. Even better. Ramen that would only take three minutes. He wasn't a very patience person and he wasn't going to start with the glorious ramen. Three minutes was almost too much to bear.

"Hey, Inu-yasha, is that okay with you?" Kagome said.

"Sure," he said, trying to not give away the absolute joy that would give him.

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Shippo happily ate ramen while Inu-yasha practically scarfed it down.

"If you had told me you liked ramen so much, I would of made it more," Kagome said with a sigh.

Inu-yasha stopped his massacre of ramen noodles a second to look at her. "Why would ya do that?"

Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Because you like it. It's not like I hate you or anything. Friends help out friends, ya know?" She smiled at him

Inu-yasha blinked. Friends? They were...friends? He didn't remember ever saying this to her, but somehow...he really didn't mind. And so the noodle holocaust began again.

Shippo smiled to himself.

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Inu-yasha watched from a tree while the two people below him slept. The girl was in her sleeping bag, still and quiet. He could still hear her breathe though, so he knew she was alive still. The little kitsune was curled up in her arms, his foot or hand moving quickly sometimes, as though he was swatting at something. Inu-yasha really didn't care.

Only a few days he had spent with these people. The girl wasn't on his nerves as much, but he still didn't want to know anything about her and the little kitsune...well...sometimes he'd like to beat him into a bloody pulp with a rusty stick. Now, he might be stupid, but he knew sticks couldn't be rusty, but then again, he really didn't give a damn. He'd still like to beat him to a bloody pulp with a rusty stick. Why rusty? So that it'd get infected. Then the damn brat would be in more pain.

Suddenly, it dawned on him:

He was hungry.

So, being one to listen to his stomach, he jumped down slowly and picked up the girl's bag. He still refused to call her by her name, although she acted like she would beat it into him if she could. He smirked to himself. Like she could. 'Anyways,' he thought and went back to looking in the bag. He wondered if the girl had anything good in it. He picked up a bag of chips. Eh, not really good, but it'd work.

Into the tree he went and happily munched on the chips. He really didn't pay much to the taste. He didn't care, food was food.

Suddenly, it dawned on him again:

He had had to pay to talk to the girl in the shogi ie. She owed him big time.

He pushed that to the back of his mind and continued eating his chips, occasionally glancing down at the slumbering idiots. He'd deal with it all in the morning.

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"AHH!" Kagome screamed. "Someone ate my chips!"

Inu-yasha rolled his eyes. "You owe me girl," he said from the tree branch, cutting right to the point.

"What do you mean?" She looked at him.

"At the shogi house, I had to pay to talk to you. And I didn't get my money's worth! You owe me!"

Kagome's face turned red. She threw her backpack at him, contacting with his face. "PERVERT!"

He glared at her with a slightly red face from the impact of the backpack. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!"

"I am not doing anything with you." She crossed her arms and turned her back on him.

He glared at the back. "You idiot girl! Like I'd do that with an underdeveloped brat like you!" He threw the backpack at her, which connected with the back of her head.

She irked and fell onto her knees, rubbing her head. "Ite! That hurt!" She glared at the hanyou who smirked at her from the shadows of the tree. He would so pay. Lady Kaede had the perfect thing to fix that damn smirk... At least...Kagome hoped she did.

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Until next time!