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Sorry for the short chapter.. my Easter holidays are over now, So I'm back to updating on the weekends.. sorry.

Anyways,

Thanks for the reviews, enjoy chapter 4!

Chapter four : A little too late

They walked along the sidewalk, taking in the cool, night air. Inuyasha looked around at the passing people. He stared at the clothes they were wearing, and then glanced down at his every now and then.

'No one is staring at me..' he thought, a smile creeping across his face. Kagome noticed him smiling.

"What are you so cheery about?" she asked, smiling herself. He looked at her and sighed.

"I dunno.. I just am." he looked away, trying to act tough. Kagome giggled, she knew he was only covering. She linked her arm with his while looking away too.

They were walking by the restaurant that Kagome and her friends usually ate in, Wacdonalds. She didn't know that surprised eyes were watching her from within.

"Wh-who's that?" Eri gasped.

"I've never seen him around here before..." Ayumi narrowed her eyes, looking at his odd hair.

"Hey, Hojo.. do you know who that guy with Kagome is?" Yuka poked Hojo who was scarfing down a burger. At the words of a 'guy' with 'Kagome' he almost chocked.

"WHERE?" he yelled, food flying everywhere. The three girls pointed in unison out the window at the passing couple. When Hojo seen this he jumped up and ran out of the door.

"Kagome!" he yelled after them.

"Hojo?" Kagome said with concern, wondering why he looked so peeved. Once Hojo caught up to them, Inuyasha growled, he could sense anger in this human boy. He grabbed Kagome's hands, pulling her closer to him, this made Inuyasha mad.

"What are you doing here with this guy, Kagome? You told me that you couldn't go out tonight because you were sick. And now I find you out here, perfectly well?" he shook her, rasing his tone. "Why do you keep lying to me?"

"Hey!" Inuyasha barked, pushing Hojo to the ground. "Where do you get off talking to her in such a way?"

Hojo got up, brushed himself off and Threw Kagome behind him.

"Stand back, Kagome, This guy looks like trouble." Hojo narrowed his eyes, glaring at the hanyou. He then charged towards Inuyasha, throwing a punch. Inuyasha laughed and ducked out of the way, in the process of the duck his cap flew off.

Hojo tripped, falling to the ground again. He looked up and stared at Inuyasha in horror.

"You...have...dog ears!" Hojo yelled. "Youkai!"

Everyone around stared at Inuyasha, staring at his ears, now noticing his claws, his fangs, his piercing, hurt, amber eyes.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, hesitated then turned to run.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out. He stopped, and looked towards her. He watched as the tears cascaded down her cheeks. "I'm sorry..." she whispered, which probably only Inuyasha could have heard.

"It's a little to late for apologies , Kagome.." he turned and continued to run. She turned to her friends, which turned on her and ran away. Hojo followed them, freaked out that he had actually seen a youkai, a real live youkai.

"Inuyasha..." he heard, echoing in the back of his mind. "Inuyasha!"

He tightly closed his eyes, rubbed them and opened them again. He looked around.. he was back at the Higurashi Shrine.

"Huh?" His ears twitched. "Where am I?"

Kagome poked him in the shoulder. "You're here at my house, getting ready to go out.. are you ok? Would you rather stay here or go home? Because I can just run out to the store and get some more shampoo."

He looked at her and she smiled warmly, it made him smile back. "Sorry.. but yeah, I'd rather stay home."

Kagome ran out to the store down the street and bought some sweet smelling shampoo, the kind Inuyasha liked. When she got home he was waiting for her in her room.

"Inuyasha?" she called, coming in the back door.

"I'm up here!" he called, looking out the window that he watched her leave and come back from.

"Ok." she announced, coming into the room. "Here it is." she headed for the bathroom. He followed her and grabbed onto her arm and lightly tugged.

"Come with me." He said, while she let herself be led down the stairs, out the door and into the well house. They jumped down into the dull well and traveled back 500 years to, what Inuyasha thought, was 'their' home. He motioned her to climbed onto his back, which she did.

As they bounded quickly though the trees Kagome was getting more and more anxious by the second.

"Inuyasha" she called to him. He looked back, not stopping. "Where are we going?"

He smirked, turning back to watch where he was going "wait...and you'll see."