hello all, this is not my first attempt, but it will be my first attempt at a finished product. I am very dedicated to this story as i am practicing my skills for the actual story that I am chewing my nails to write. I give cookies and candy for reviews so please do, I need the input on my writing...Well I hope you enjoy it...Dark

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, nor do I own the song "Cool", those credits are given fully to Rumiko Takahashi and Gwen Stefani, my favorites, so you can't sue me for either.

It was a beautiful day in Japan when Souta was searching for Buoyo the fat family cat in the old well house. Kagome searching for the obese little fur ball is drug in to the old well by Lady Centipede, and the rest is history as we all know.

Kagome's feelings for Inuyasha had grown over the past two years along with her bond with her friends Sango, Miroku and Kirara.

Even Shippou was unofficially adopted by Kagome, things we're going well, until the witch Urasea resurrected Kikyo. It was hard at first but Kagome accepted Kikyo and Inuyasha's situations and stuck beside him all the way, even though there were times that Kikyo did things to her that she never told Inuyasha, she just couldn't bring herself to hurt Inuyasha, so she sat back and kept quiet. Sango and Miroku seemed to get closer by the day, although something held them back deep down. Kagome figured it was Naraku, he had everyone's life on a thin thread and even though no one wanted to admit it, it affected all of them, they were scared. They had become so close, all of them, that the thought of losing even one member of their strange little band of friends would devastate them all.

The demons seem to grow in strength every time they fought another one for the shards of the Shikkon, but then again everyone seemed to be getting stronger, even Shippou had master his fox fire at his tender age. Kagome grew tired of it, she had tired of sitting back and watching everyone fight for her while she hid, it's hard on a 'mother' to watch your kit fight while you hide behind some object or another. So Kagome made up her mind and called a meeting between the small followers.

"Is there anything wrong Kagome?" Sango asked her as Kagome sat down on an old tree stump and readied herself for the fight that she was sure to provoke from a certain hanyou.

"Well yes and no." Kagome replies meekly, sighing and closing her eyes.

'I have to get my resolve in place or I'll never get him to listen.' She thought

Whipping her face of the stress and hesitation she straightened her shoulders and looked at them all right in the eye before saying her peace.

"I have traveled here for two years now, and have put all of my effort into this era and none into my own, I have thought a few times that after this mess with Naraku is over that I may stay in this era on the prayer that the jewel allows me to and that the well does not close completely so that I may travel to see my family on that side. I have asked nothing in return for the things that I do one because I know that this is partly my fault and two it would seem selfish of me to look for special treatment. I ask a favor now." She stopped and hesitated, waiting for any comments, they came in a rush.

"Oh Kagome I'm so happy that you might stay here with us, I was so worried that I would have to let you go." Sango said while at the same time Miroku gave his peace as well "It is true that you have not asked for anything, we will give you anything just for repayment of the friendship that you have given to us so freely."

Kagome looked to Inuyasha, he was sitting in a tree that hung over the area they were sitting under, with his legs and arms crossed in his usual 'closed off for discussion' manner, he only looked at Kagome with a suspicious look but surprisingly said nothing. 'Well I might as well just go for it'

"I would like to request the permission to take a small break from the shard hunting, since we already have most of the jewel and we know that there aren't that many more out there, besides what Naraku has. The purpose for this break would be to train, no funny business, no playtime or tests or school, just to train. I cannot sit back and do nothing to help any longer."

When she finished she waited for the string of curses that she was sure to follow, but they never did. Everyone including Inuyasha just looked at her with surprise; she'd never said anything about this before, it was a little shocking.

Miroku was the first to speak,

"Lady Kagome, though I don't believe that your request sounds unreasonable, I must inquire as to where and how you will get this training, in this era it is hard to find what you will need, usually children are raised to fight or wield a certain weapon. Who will you have train you, and how long do you think it will take, we should not allow Naraku to fester for too long."

Kagome smiled at him; thank Kami he'd said it and not Inuyasha,

"Well I thought that I would give myself a strict time limit for this exercise, 3 or four months perhaps, and as of whom, well I thought who better than my friends. Sango can teach me the demon fighting skills I'll need, Miroku you can teach me the basics on my holy powers, Inuyasha, if he'll agree can teach me the other combat skills and Kaede can finish my Miko training?"

Everyone was silent as they thought over their possible duties, after a few moments passed Sango and Miroku simultaneously nodded their consent. Hesitantly Kagome look up to Inuyasha "Inuyasha, what about you?"

He looked at her for some time before he 'fehed' his consent and then bounded off into the forest. Though there was a small victory to celebrate, Kagome couldn't help but worry about Inuyasha's behavior.

Inuyasha's POV

As he flew through the trees in an almost blinding streak of red and silver the other creatures of the forest fled from the path of the pissed off hanyou.

"What the hell is she thinking? She must be stupid to think that she can take care of herself at all. What makes her think that she can protect herself better than I can? Why does she need to learn to protect herself in the first place, aren't I good enough?" His thoughts were a blur in his mind as he steamed over the words the tiny Miko had just let escape her pretty little mouth.

'Yes he found her lips pretty, hell he found everything about her pretty, and not because she resembled Kikyo either, it was just something about Kagome that called to him, and other demons alike. Hell ya I like her, A LOT, but I'm just not ready…..'

"DAMMIT" he screamed at the top of his lungs, "What the hell was the girl thinking, honestly I wondered if she was thinking at all." Even the trees seemed to bend away from his anger, "Why would you want to put yourself in the middle of the danger when we try so hard to keep you out of it!"

He spent an hour out there talking to him self and fighting the trees, trying to calm the beast inside that raged at the thought of its charge being hurt, or worse. But as much as he raged he nor his beast could come up with the courage to tell Kagome no, so it was decided that Kagome would have her training if it made her feel better. He would still be sure that she stayed as far from the battle front as possible, he would definitely make sure of that. With that out of the way he settled into a tree with a particularly comfortable branch and dozed off.

Dark

Kagome had finished helping Sango and Miroku set up camp, and had started the cooking when she asked Sango to finish the fish and ramen they would be having for dinner that night.

'Inuyasha's been gone a while I hope that I didn't upset him too badly with my training idea' She thought as she walked off into the direction that he had taken flight in earlier.

Finding Inuyasha after a tirade was never a hard feat, one only had to follow the path of destruction, and it would lead you right to the hanyou. Though there weren't many people who went in search of a pissed off hanyou, let alone Inuyasha, but Kagome wasn't scared, she never was.

There he sat in a large tree; he actually looked peaceful when he was dozing off like this she thought with a giggle.

"What can I do for you wench?"

sigh "Inuyasha I know that your upset because of what I said earlier, I'm sorry that you feel that way, Naraku is just as important to me as everyone else, and I won't shirk my responsibility to destroy him. But I do feel that I should be stronger when we do face him, I could be an asset. I'm sorry if you can't see that through your revenge for Kikyo."

Suddenly she heard leaves rustle and felt Inuyasha's arms come around her from behind, one around her neck and the other around her waist, lowering his head to her ear she barely heard his whisper from the sound of blood rushing in her ears she got when his breath slid across her neck and ear in a hot caress.

"This has nothing to do with time Kagome; I care not for the revenge I sought for before. You asked me if I would allow you to put yourself in danger, how could you ask that of me." Inuyasha whispered ever so slowly,

Kagome thought she was going to faint from his closeness and the feel of his hot breath on her skin, her face she knew was the color of crimson, her heart beat against her rib cage with savage velocity, and she had Goosebumps on top of Goosebumps.

She felt him lean closer to her neck to take in a large sniff, and then he was gone.

She almost fainted from the instant loss of heat, and everything else that was flowing through her body right now. Reaching up, she touched her neck and began to walk back to camp not even bothering to look back or to see where he'd gone to again. Not sure that she wanted to see him for awhile.

'Oh my god what was he thinking? What was he doing? He's never done anything like that before.' And a million other thoughts flew through her mind while tripping back towards camp.

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Soooo, what did you think about my first chapter? I'm ok with it, but if I don't get it out now, then it will never get out, I'm far too critical.

I do have a question though: Could someone please beta read for me? Just so that I have someone else besides me looking at this stuff…..

Please review and let me know how I'm doing.

Well until next time…..Sayonara!

-DARK