If You Only Knew Chapter 2, an inuyasha fanfic

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Inuyasha or its characters.

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If You Only Knew: Chapter 2

Miroku scratched his head as he watched Sango leave in a huff . 'What did I say?' He grinned as his vision moved south to the swaying of her hind side, his hand twitching in habitual longing. 'She's so sexy when she's angry!' With that thought he continued his original destination to follow the girls. Before he could get two steps off, a small weight that was Shippo propelled itself onto his leg, refusing to let go no matter how hard he pulled.

"I would stay here if I were you," Shippo warned.

"And why is that little one?" Miroku mused.

Shippo detached himself from the monk's leg, and started to count on his fingers. "Well, one, Inuyasha would beat you up. Two, Kagome would yell and then Inuyasha would still beat you up. And." He scrunched up his nose and then asked, "What comes after two?"

"Three," Miroku answered, starting to feel sorry he asked the kit why. He had much more important things to do at the moment. What if he missed his chance and they finished bathing before he got there!

"Oh, OK, and three Sango would knock you unconscious." With a confused expression he added, "Hey Miroku, why does Sango always get mad when you touch her? And why does she and Kagome scream when you see them taking a bath? They don't scream when I see them. And why does Inuyasha always threaten you about going near Kagome? And why." Shippo stopped when Miroku crashed to the ground, his eyes spinning in a dazed expression. He shrugged and went to raid Kagome's bag for some breakfast, or chocolate, whatever he found first.

When Sango got to the stream, she wasn't surprised to see Kagome sitting on the bank crying. With a sigh, she approached her friend, who may as well be her sister. 'That damn hanyou! When I get my hands on Inuyasha, I'm going to throttle him!' "Kagome-chan?" She addressed her softly.

"Good morning, Sango-chan," Kagome said while hastily wiping the tears from her eyes and putting on the biggest and FAKEST smile she could muster.

"Don't give me that cheerful stuff, I saw you crying." She walked over to embrace Kagome in a big hug. "You can cry to me, you know that." That was all the encouragement she needed.

"Oh Sango! Why does he have to be such a jerk!" Kagome threw her arms around Sango, almost knocking her over in the process. She began sobbing fitfully into the other girl's kimono.

Sango tried to calm her by hugging her and patting her back. "It's okay Kagome. Do you want me to kill him for you?"

Kagome sniffled, wiping her nose on her sleeve, and half smiled, "No, although I wish I could use HIM for target practice sometimes." Both girls laughed. "Shall we bathe before our favorite monk comes to join us?"

"Hmph! That lecher! I just can't believe him sometimes! I think my hand is getting callused from smacking him so much." Sango began to scan the surrounding area for the aforementioned houshi.

"I think you like it and just don't want to admit that you love him!" Kagome stifled a giggle as Sango snapped her head around to look at her with wide eyes.

"I do NOT like it! And I DO NOT love him!" Sango hopelessly tried to defend herself, but with her face going from a light shade of pink to a deep crimson by seconds, she failed miserably. Kagome could no longer hold in her laughter as she watched her bewildered friend in amusement.

"Oh, and I bet you'd admit that you love Inuyasha?" Two could play at this game. Or not. Kagome shifted her gaze to the water.

"Even if I loved Inuyasha, he could never love me back. He loves Kikyo, and I'm just her weak reincarnate. All he cares about is the Shikon no Tama. I'm just his shard detector, and when he's done with me he'll push me down the well and go to her."

Sighing, Sango decided she really was going to brain Inuyasha when she sees him. "You can't believe that Kagome-chan. You are not just someone's reincarnate. You're you and so much different than her. You're a better person. And if Inuyasha is too blind to see that and would choose a corpse over you, then it isn't worth your heartache anyway."

"Maybe you're right, we better do our business and get back to camp before we're missed." With one more look around, they undressed and stepped into the cool water.

Kagome recapped on what Sango said. 'It's so hard to have faith in her words when so often Inuyasha is telling me different. His words pierce me so deep, and it hurts so much. But I keep telling myself this is what I chose. It was my decision to stay by his side even if he loves another. I just get this silly hope that he may come to love me instead. Then he crushes those hopes in an instant. Why Inuyasha? Why can't you love me?'

Inuyasha made his way back to camp. The bits of the girls' conversation he'd "overheard" made him realize he had some thinking to do. Plus he wanted to make sure Miroku stayed as far away from the stream as possible.

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After Kagome left, Inuyasha decided to follow her, so nothing would happen to her while she's alone. Jumping gracefully from tree to tree he watched her angered stance falter. Her shoulders slumped, and he could smell the renewed salty stench of her tears. 'I always make her cry. Why do my words come out so cold when I really want to comfort her? I am such a worthless being to hurt someone so pure. I can never tell her I really do love... No, I don't love her. I can't. I vowed I'd never fall in love again. I don't want the pain of betrayal again. And I promised Kikyo I'd go to hell with her after I kill Naraku. I owe her that.' His heart felt torn in two. Everything was so confusing, and his feelings were all jumbled up. 'If Kagome had never come to this time, I wouldn't have to figure all this shit out! It would've been so easy to just do my duty to Kikyo. But would I have been happy? I want to know what all these emotions Kagome makes me feel are. What they mean. How to express them.' Out of frustration over basically arguing with himself, he punched the tree he currently occupied. 'Stupid wench, making me weak to human feelings.' Looking up he saw Sango making her way to the stream. Kagome was still crying, now sitting at the edge of the water. It seemed she was just gazing into nothingness. His sensitive hearing picked up most of their conversation.

He winced inwardly at her words. 'Is that what she believes?' Again, that pesky voice inside his head reminded him, 'that's all you let her believe moron.' 'Shut-up, nobody asked you!' 'You're just talking to yourself dumbass!' 'Feh!' When Kagome and Sango started undressing, that was his cue to mosey on out of there.

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He arrived at camp to find Miroku sprawled on the ground, obviously out of it. All he could spot of Shippo was his tail sticking out of Kagome's bag. Lifting him by said appendage, Inuyasha pulled him from the monstrous pack and up to eye level.

"Hey runt, what happened to Miroku?"

"I dunno, I was telling him he shouldn't go to the stream with Kagome and Sango because he would get beat up, and he fainted."

"Why the hell would that make him faint?" Shippo just shrugged and started to unwrap the chocolate bar he dug to China and back to get. 'Fucking lecher, trying to spy on my Kagome.' Inuyasha involuntarily flexed his claws. 'My Kagome? What the hell am I thinking? She doesn't belong to me. I haven't claimed her. Hell, she would be disgusted by the thought anyway. When she's done searching for the Shikon shards, she'll probably go back to her time to be with that Hobo guy for good.' His ears drooped, 'Kagome deserves to be with a human, not some pitiful half-breed.'

With a mouthful of chocolate Shippo brought Inuyasha back to reality. "Earf voo Imuhasta!"

Inuyasha growled, "What the hell do you want?" His fists were balled at the sides, ready to hit Shippo over the head at any given time.

The kit swallowed and asked, "Ya know, if I wasn't here, Miroku would've peeked on the girls. Where were YOU when you should have been here, keeping him from leaving?"

"None of your business twerp!" Inuyasha scowled, hit Shippo on the head, and turned his back, folding his arms across his chest.

Shippo took a deep breath, rubbing his sore scalp. "Were you down by the stream? Did Kagome yell at you? Did Sango smack you? Why do women scream so much? When are they getting back? I'm hungry! Is Kagome..." And down went another victim of his tirade of questions.

Sango and Kagome walked back into camp to find Miroku and Inuyasha both passed out on the ground, with a very confused looking Shippo covered in chocolate.

"Kagome!" the Kitsune exclaimed and catapulted himself into her chest, leaving a new brown stain on her uniform top.

"Good morning Shippo," she greeted. "Um, what happened to Inuyasha and Miroku?"

"I dunno. Hey Kagome, can we eat breakfast now?"

"It looks like you found your own morning snack," she smirked, wiping some of the chocolate from the youkai child's face. His stomach growled in protest.

"OK, I guess we can have breakfast," she said, giggling at the all too innocent look on Shippo's face.

Kagome searched her bag until she pulled out some matches and sent Shippo to get some firewood. "Well, shall we try to wake the boys?"

"It seems so much more peaceful this way," replied Sango. Here serene expression turned to one of discomfort, then fury, as a familiar hand caressed her bottom.

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SMACK!

"Hentai!"

"Ah, good to see you too Sango-chan!" He rubbed his reddened cheek with a silly grin on his face.

Shippo returned with the firewood, so Kagome started a fire and began preparing breakfast. Inuyasha awoke to the smell of ramen and shook his head out of the stupor.

"Everybody, foods ready!"

The group took their seats around the fire as Kagome passed the bowls around. Her eyes met Inuyasha's for a brief moment, and she swore she saw a look of apology and guilt in their golden depths. He turned his gaze from her and proceeded to scarf his food. An uncomfortable silence fell upon the camp and Sango was the first to speak.

"So why were you guys unconscious when we came back from our bath?"

"Yeah, why did you..." Shippo was cut off by Miroku covering his mouth with his hand and Inuyasha bonking him on the head as they both cried in unison, "NO MORE QUESTIONS!"

Kagome and Sango looked at each other then back at the scene before them, and they both burst out laughing. The boys all froze at the sounds the girls were making and stared at them in horror. It wasn't until Kagome got a serious look on her face that everyone calmed, looking right at her.

Inuyasha, hoping for some action, asked, "What is it wench?"

"I sense a Shikon Shard, four of them, coming right at us."

Sango and Miroku both stood, grabbed their weapons, and prepared to fight. Inuyasha stepped in front of them all, drawing his sword and it transformed into the mighty fang. Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms and buried his face in her chest. She took a few steps back and waited for whatever was coming for them to arrive. A chill ran up her spine, it was something big.

(a/n) Okay, this chapter is a little bit longer.Next chapter will have more action I promise! Anyways, please R&R!