Chapter 4

He sat in the bathroom, looking at his human complexion. He hated himself. He hated everything about himself on this night. And he felt like an idiot for not telling Kagome about it. Every new moon he left the house and said he had to leave to go help Sesshomaru or said he had a business meeting in another city. He didn't think she had noticed. There was so much he kept from her. He still hadn't introduced her to Myouga which seemed to make Myouga pretty mad. He kept attempting to introduce himself but he always bit her and so got squished. She just thought he was a bug… not that he isn't.

"What to do?" he said under his breath.

He realized he had been in there for quite some time and so now was the time to decide what he was going to do. His only option was to go out there and see what happened. Why did she find out about things this way?

Slowly he opened the bathroom door. He put his head down, not making eye contact with anybody. Then he spotted his table. Kagome was looking around for him, he could tell. She over looked him about 5 times as she looked towards the bathroom. She obviously wasn't looking for someone with black hair. She didn't even look at him. That sort of pleased him. He knew she wasn't into looking at other men, even when he wasn't there… the only problem was that he was there.

He reached the table and sat down in the chair. He was immediately given a confused look. "Excuse me?" she said.

"It's me." He replied and looked up to her.

"Who?"

His face had been staring at the ground and as soon as he looked up at her she gasped. "Me."

"What happened?"

He sighed, "Kagome I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. I… I just hate being like this. On the night of the new moon my demon blood stops flowing and I become human."

She gave him a confused look, "So why didn't you tell me? I would have understood."

He just shrugged, "It's not something I like people to know."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm so vulnerable." He sighed, "I don't really want to talk about it."

"Ok." She replied.

Then the waiter showed up, "Where was the sir that was here before?"

Kagome laughed, "He had to go."

Inu-Yasha stared at Kagome from the other side of the table, 'She's so beautiful,' he thought.

Kagome could feel his eyes on her; she grew hot under her shirt. Even though the golden eyes and silver hair that she loved were gone she still found him irresistible.

He felt the need to go out and touch her, he craved it. So he moved his chair right next to hers. "Hi," she said.

Next thing she knew she was being kissed by him. His two hands ventured downwards and held onto her tiny frame. Her hands when around his back while slowly twisting the black hair tips that she could reach.

They kept getting closer to each other and soon Kagome was sitting on his lap, her arms around his neck as she kissed him passionately.

"Ahem." Came a voice from behind.

They broke away from each other. It was the waiter. "I'm going to have to ask you two to leave."

Kagome couldn't be more embarrassed. As they got up from their tables she saw so many faces looking at them. She didn't think she would ever be able to show her face in there again.

Inu-Yasha paid the guy at the counter and they left. When they got outside they both burst out laughing. That had never happened to them but to tell you the truth that was the first time they ever did something like that. They usually had some control but today that was lacking... Kagome figured it was because they had been away from each other all day.

In the car

"Do you think Miroku and Sango have left yet?" she asked.

He checked his watch, "Knowing Miroku they probably left about an hour ago."

She nodded that it was true, he did have that hole philosophy that the faster you eat the more time you have to…well you get the point.

So they figured it would be safe to return.

They came home to a mess in the dining room. Not only had they not cleaned up the table but they didn't even blow out the candles.

"Miroku probably wanted to do it fast and so he left in a hurry." Inu-Yasha remarked. Kagome laughed, good old Miroku.

"At least they ate the food." She added. She would have been pissed off if they hadn't. She worked so hard on it for it to be wasted.

She picked up the bottle of wine, "That's odd," she said.

"Hmm?" he asked.

"The bottles practically full." She looked at it questionably.

Inu-Yasha gave her a confused look. Miroku was always a drinker. Under stress he usually went full out and drank everything in site. Maybe he was trying to impress Sango…Or maybe it was the alcohol that made him hit on other girls. They should take him to alcoholics anonymous. The idea almost made him laugh.

He looked back to Kagome who was still looking at the wine bottle,"Up for a little bubbly?" she asked him with a huge grin. He returned her answer by grabbing a couple glasses.

One Hour Later

"Ok, Ok, my turn," she slightly wobbled as she got up from the couch. She walked over to the big piece of paper on the wall. They were playing pictionary. She read the paper. It said, 'Your favourite animal,' Ha! That was a no brainer. She loved dogs, she dated one didn't she?

So she began to draw very slowly. This game was a little to easy seeing as they were both artists.

She was just putting on the cute little nose when he said, "It's a dog."

"What about it though?"

"Your… favourite animal?"

"Bing Bing we have a winner!" She yelled. She was so drunk. "Your turn." And she handed him the marker.

He picked a paper out of the box. It said, 'The most beautiful thing in the world.' He smiled slightly as he began to draw.

"It's me!" she said.

He threw her the paper and she read it. A huge smile spread across her face. She got up and walked into his arms, "Thanks," She whispered and then tenderly kissed him.

She noticed something about him as she kissed him. He was being a lot gentler than usual. Then something made her wonder, 'Does he act a little different when he's human?' It was true; he had been acting a little different.

They broke away, "Do…do you want to?" he asked extremely shyly.

She shook her head no,"Why not?" he asked.

"I want my first time to be with you you, the hanyou,"

"Ok, so what do you want to do?"

She looked at the time, "MY SHOW IS ON!"

She dashed quick as lightening to the TV. and turned it on, found the channel and let out a sigh of relief that it had just started. She looked over to see Inu-Yasha just about to start going up the stairs, "Wait! Watch it with me!"

"Fine."

He joined her on the couch and put one arm around her. "Awe!" she exclaimed, "They started it over to the beginning!" she looked at him, "Oh well, now you can start watching it to and you will understand it."

'Great!' he sarcastically thought. He watched as the title of the episode came on, "The girl who overcame time and the boy who was just overcome."

30 minutes later

He was shocked at how cool that show was. Kagome had good taste in shows. He liked this ashayuni character. He was cool. But he couldn't help but think he bared a slight resemblance to him even though ashayuni was a cartoon.

He yawned, it was 12:30. "We should go to bed," he said, "We have school tomorrow." He looked at her but she was already asleep. He smiled and picked her up. He was always amazed at how everything felt different and heavier when he was human. No matter how many times it happened it always felt strange.

He set her down and crawled in after her, draping one arm around her as he usually did. This was the first time he ever slept in the bed with her as a human. It was nice but he did miss being able to smell her alluring scent and being able to hear her soft breathing. Well, it was only for one night…every month…for the rest of his life…ugh! That wasn't encouraging. That was the last thing he thought of before he fell asleep.

BEEP BEEP "Cursed alarm! Damn you." He grabbed the alarm clock, "Fucking," slammed it against the desk "Piece," again, "Of," again, "SHIT!" and this time he threw it against the wall.

"Inu-Yasha, why do I always have to buy a new alarm clock every week? Can't you just leave it be for once? You know… get up without hitting it."

All she heard was mumbles as he got up and headed for the bathroom. She sighed. Same routine every week. She almost wished she didn't have to do this every week. Almost. She loved her life at the moment and everyday brought new joys and excitement. One thing about Yash is there is never EVER a dull moment. She always felt like a free spirit blowing in the wind only someone was there to keep her from blowing away. The hanyou that she loves.

Love is a strange thing that will make you do strange things and it makes you wish for strange things… but wishing is what gets you into trouble… but that's enough of that talk, that will come LATER. Ha! Now you're curious. Maybe if you are all really nice to me I will take pity on your poor curious souls…To bad I don't believe in pity.

"KAGOME! I need to use the shower!!!" he pounded on the door.

'Yup, same old same old,' she thought. Then she got really brave, "You could join me if you like." Her voice was sexily seductive.

She could almost hear his eyes bulge, his muscles tense and his face blush. One minute later he responded, "Uhh…ok." His voice was higher than usual and was covered with fear.

He opened the door and saw Kagome right in front of him in a towel, "To late," she said cheerfully, "I'm done." She pecked him on the cheek and left the room.

He sighed in relief. To tell you the truth he had no idea what he would do when he got in there. 'I really gotta take lessons from Miroku or something,' he thought,"What the hell was that?" he asked himself in shock that he would ever consider doing such a lowly thing. Miroku would probably turn him into a womanizer.

He yawned and stretched showing his 2 canine fangs. He remembered one time he got mistaken for a vampire. Now that was weird.

Flashback

He was in the 10th grade. The school year had just started and he was meeting new people. There was still Miroku and Sango there but they always scouted out new people. They had just thought of the idea of forming a band in the summer. There only problem was it wasn't complete. They needed some others. Sesshomaru hadn't agreed to join at this time because they were both childish and hated each other. His father had just recently died and that brought on a heavy burden to Sess, that being Yash...

They were sitting around their usual table when they saw a kid all by himself. He looked lonely and sort of scared. They didn't recognize him so he must have been new.

They introduced themselves and became ok friends.

Now this was a time when Inu-Yasha had a less powerful illusion spell. His fangs didn't go away. That can cause major problems.

One day they went to the park with Joe (that was his name). It was a very hot summer's day and so Inu-Yasha took off his shirt.

"Hey what's that in your back pocket, Joe?" Yash had asked.

"It's a wooden stake."

The three of them looked at him in a confused manner so he added, "In case of Vampires." That time he got weirder looks but they shrugged it off and just assumed he had weird childhood experiences.

The day was winding down and the group grew tired so they all sat down around a tree. They were talking about how they couldn't believe Miroku hit on the teacher,"What? She was hot!" when all of the sudden Inu-Yasha let out a huge yawn. Joe looked at him and almost screamed. His face grew pale and he began to tremble.

"What is it Joe?" asked Sango.

"V-V-VAMPIRE!" he shouted and charged after Inu-Yasha.

"What?" he said in shock but it was too late. Joe had taken the stake out of his pocket and jabbed it into Inu-Yasha's chest.

"OW WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!" he screamed.

"Oh my god, oh my god!" Now Joe was frantic, "I've killed him. I've made a huge mistaka-"but the words caught in his throat as he watched Inu-Yasha's wounds begin to slowly heal. "What is this!?"

"Now Joe," Miroku had reasoned.

"You are a vampire!" he yelled back, "stakes don't work. Oh my god. I need something else. Oh my god! "Then he ran screaming down the street.

They looked at each other, "I didn't like him much…seemed kinda violent." Inu-Yasha said and everyone laughed.

For the next 3 years that poor kid had been made fun of and tormented about thinking Inu-Yasha was a vampire. It was a totally absurd thing to say. When he graduated, Joe had put HIMSELF into a mental institution at hopes of escaping the blood thirsty vampire that he had seen. Or so he thought.

And that's the end!...of this chapter. Sry I didn't update sooner, it is holidays after all and I got lazy. Plus I had to reformat my cp and it took a while to find a way to keep my files cus my cp was so screwed up. Well I will try to update sooner, I know I say that every chapter and it never happens but I do try. And that vampire thing was just something I thought up. Sorry, I watched all the Blade movies last week and I even went to the theatre to see the 3rd one. Oh yeah and I keep meaning to tell you guys about a mistake in the writing I made. Inu-Yasha and Kagome have known each other for 8 months. And now its Christmas… but you see if they met 8 months ago they would have started school in April…so yeah, if you noticed good for you. Just ignore it.

Hobey Jenn