Chapter 8

"Can I have that back?" she asked sweetly. Inu-Yasha had stolen her book while she was reading.

"Keh," he folded his arms and looked up as if superior to every living thing on this planet and the universe.

"Please," she gave him those most irresistible puppy dog eyes that always seemed to work.

"That won't work this time!" he yelled at her from the top of the stairs. "You will have to catch me!" Then he darted down the hall way just looking like a red blur but she could still tell which way he went.

She stood in shock for a moment before bolting up the stairs and in the direction she had seen him go. Carefully she crept around the hallway. She entered the bed room and opened the closet. "HA!" she yelled but he wasn't there. She frowned and blushed at the same time from her stupidity. She left that room and headed for another. She was near the bathroom when she heard the shower turn on. 'What? Is he going to bathe?' she asked herself but proceeded to the bathroom.

She looked around but no one was there so she checked the shower, still no one…but her book was on the other side of the shower. She could see it. It wasn't wet but she would have to turn off the water to reach it. She looked around the room to make sure that it wasn't a trick. She even looked up at the ceiling but he wasn't in there, she was sure of it. She bent over to twist the knob when 2 strong arms grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into the shower, getting her wet in the process. She screamed, it scared her not only because of being grabbed but because of the sensation of the cold water. Why couldn't he of used hot water instead?

She turned to see Inu-Yasha trying not to laugh with a cocky smirk on his face. He was soaked; he was right underneath the shower while she had only gotten wet when she was carried in. His white hair shimmered and his clothes clung to his body. He was so beautiful, she had to smile. She laughed as she watched his adorable little white ears twitch and pull back against his head so that they wouldn't get water inside them. It was so cute when they twitched.

Slowly she brought her hands up to his arms and gently touched it with the tips of her fingers. Then in one swift moment she was kissing him underneath the water. She had always wanted to kiss a guy underneath a water fall but this would have to do.

He pulled her in closer while weaving his clawed fingers into her hair. "Oh, Kagome." He whispered into her mouth. He had been longing for her touch, for her taste for days but he had been afraid to, he didn't think she would want to and he wasn't sure if he could control himself. His prayers had finally been answered. He just had to make sure not to go overboard and he was hoping Kagome would understand. Of course she realized they couldn't do more than this but this was good enough to her for now. There was a reason the water was cold, ever heard that when aroused have a cold shower? He was hoping this would keep him under control enough to do this.

Kagome reached up on her tippy toes to deepen the kiss but all did not go so well for her, she slipped on the bath tub floor and BAM down she went. As she was falling her hands were still in Inu-Yasha's hair, she grabbed it by mistake and he came tumbling down after ( Inu-Yasha came tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down, Inu-Yasha came tumbling down, onto Kagome) (to the tune of London bridge is falling down)

"Oofe!" she exclaimed as she landed but then started to laugh as Inu-Yasha yelped. The second he yelped he looked more embarrassed than ever. "Silly puppy," she giggled as she whipped some of the hair off of his face. He was acting like an umbrella; the water was hitting him but not her so he reached for the tap and turned off the water. He returned to her and lay down with her, wrapping his arms around her wet body. She snuggled into him hoping for warmth but he was just as cold. She was shivering like mad so he pulled her out.

5 minutes later

They both grabbed a housecoat and then layed together on the bed, the nice WARM bed. As she lay in his arms she played with the rosary that Inu-Yasha almost never took off.

"I've been meaning to ask why you always wear this." She said.

He looked up at the ceiling before saying, "It… belonged to my father…" he sighed before continuing, "My mother gave it to him as an anniversary present after their first year together and he never took it off…then he gave it to me…"

'When he died…' he thought.

"What…what happened to your parents?" she asked. She knew that Inu-Yasha's father was dead because of the visits she had from him in her dreams sometimes. It had been a while since she had been graced with his presence. She didn't know about his mother though.

He continued to look blankly at the ceiling and said, "When I was 5 my mother got sick… and never recovered…and my father was murdered when I was 15 by a demon named Ryukotsusei who was also killed after they found him stuck to a tree by one of my father's fangs."

"I'm…I'm so sorry." She said to him. "I know how you feel." She gently rubbed his arm in hopes to comfort.

"No you don't Kagome." He said as his eyes started to glaze over before he ran out of the room.

"…Inu-Yasha..." she whispered as tears started to flow.

Miroku/ Sango's house

"Now now, Kirara!" Miroku pleaded as the cat demon advanced on him "Sango!!!!"

Kirara had seen Miroku eying up Sango but Sango hadn't explained to Kirara that it was alright now and she didn't need to be protected from his perversions any longer…but now he was in trouble. He watched as Kirara went from cute innocent looking kitty to big scary saber tooth tiger thing. Kirara hadn't even been at Miroku's house till today so she had no idea of what the couple had been up to. "Sango baby… a little help?" That comment only made Kirara growl. She knocked over a table as she advanced on the now sweating man. "Kirara…please…I-I-..AHHHHH!" Kirara pounced on him before he even had a chance to react. Her body was heavy and was almost crushing his but suddenly the weight subsided. He looked up to see little Kirara's cute little face as she licked his face. "You were messing with me…" he sighed with relief. He would live to see another day…and have another night with Sango.

Sango came in and laughed at what she was seeing. Kirara finally warmed up to Miroku. She usually had to keep Kirara outside or in the kitchen when he had come over.

Miroku looked up at her and with a smile said, "Your cat has a wonderful sense of humor." Kirara meowed in appreciation.

Just then the phone rang. "Hello?" Sango greeted. "Hi Dad."

There was a pause before she exclaimed, "What do you mean Kohaku's missing!?"

Somewhere unknown

"Did you contact Urasue?" He asked from the shadows of the place he had come to know as his home…which had belonged to a nice woman he followed a week ago…a woman who now lay to rest in the bottom of a lake.

"Yes…Master Naraku." The boy replied with a blank stare as if under a trance…but he was under a trance, there was no questioning it…his usually warm friendly brown eyes were now pupiless blank and cold. His usual happy voice was now cold and emotionless and his usual pink tinge and freckled face had a slight pale aura that seemed lifeless.

"Well done Kohaku, you may go." The boy then exited the room and just that second was back to normal with no recollection of what had just happened and so headed home thinking that he had just been to the 7 11 down the street. That was where Naraku was always smart with his plans; he had put a chocolate bar in his pocket and a slurpee in his hand. The boy would think he was heading home after running off to the gas station for a weekend snack.

Naraku gracefully walked, more like glided, to the chair and took a seat. He picked up the vase that contained the ashes of the one he had loved and craved, desired. For an instant his eyes flashed a bright red before subsiding to its already red state. "I will get you back…Kikyo."

Sorry to end it so soon guys. This was all I had planned for this chapter an d I couldn't make it longer, I tried, trust me, if I hadn't tried it would have been even shorter. I need some time to think of some stuff I can put in between what I have planned for later so bear with me! Oh yeah, I was wondering if anybody watches Full Metal Alchemist. It was something I just started to watch courtesy of my new friend B (Brandon). So till next time,

Sayonara, Jenn