A/N: glad ur back! And it will start taking off after this chapter, so bear with the setups. And don't forget to R&R! Domo!

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Chapter 2

Shippo paced back and forth across the threshold old Kaede's hut. "Where's Kagome?" he wined for the fifteenth time that evening.

"I agree, she should have returned by now" Miroku responded worry in his tone. Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Kirara all sat around the fire, keeping warm, while Kaede stirred a stew for supper.

"Hey runt why don't you come play with these things Kagome left you" Inuyasha snapped, already angry at Shippo's incessant nagging. He pointed down to a pile of cards, crayons, and other odds and ends Kagome had left to keep Shippo happy and entertained while she was away.

"But I want to play with Kagome" Shippo wined again.

Inuyasha growled "fine! I'll go there and get her, assuming she doesn't sit me for doing it" he finished to himself.

Kaede passed the stew around for dinner and Inuyasha grabbed his hungrily "Right after dinner of course!" he exclaimed. Sango and Miroku sighed, while Shippo crossed his arms and gave him a dirty look.

He looked down into his bowl, sighed and ate quickly. Setting the bowl aside he stood up walking toward the door.

"Are you going to go get Kagome?" Shippo exclaimed jumping up and down.

"Yeah, yeah" Inuyasha muttered while pushing past him into the cool night air. "Back before sundown huh?" he muttered to himself as he ran to the well.

He stood facing the clearing to the well, walking slowly toward it, yet feeling some reserve doing so. He twitched his ears and listened hard.

"Something…" he stopped, looking around slowly moving his claws to Tetsusaiga's hilt.

Suddenly he heard noise coming from the well, loud and clamoring. He spun around pulling the sword into its full form.

"Inuyasha sit!" Kagome screamed pulling herself out of the old well. "What the heck are you trying to do to me, you scared me!" she panted lifting her giant bag over the side of the well letting it fall into a soft thud on the ground next to her.

"Argh! I thought I heard something! You have to go and sit me for that!" he yelled struggling against the sacred beads.

"Well when you have that giant sword pointed at me YES!" she argued back.

Inuyasha slowly sat up rubbing his head. "And why did you take so long!" he exclaimed, "It can't take all day to take a test. You were just slaking off with your family again weren't you? Did you forget we still have to find the shards to the jewel or were you just having too much fun to remember?" he snapped back.

"Inuyasha…." Kagome grumbled fists clenched at her side.

"No!" he gasped jumping toward her.

"SIT!" she screamed picking up her bag and throwing it over her shoulder. "SIT!" she yelled again as she turned on her heels away from the half-demon to walk toward the hut. "SIT!" she yelled finally as she heard him start to recover from the last one. "You can be such a jerk Inuyasha! SIT!" she bellowed behind her.

She heard him yell and fall to the ground again. She crossed the grass passing through the trees grumbling to herself all the way back to her friends waiting for her inside the warm hut.

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Inuyasha, struggled pulling himself up from his last sit and ran full speed to the hut "That stupid girl" he growled to himself "she sat me because I want to find the jewel shards and for protecting everyone! Fine."

He walked noisily into the hut sighing and grumbling the whole way. Plopping into a corner he looked up at the girl he had just left to go get.

Kagome sat on the other side of the room, giggling with Sango and Miroku about something, while handing a package of some sort to Shippo.

"Great just what he needs, more toys" Inuyasha mumbled to himself. He stared at Kagome in the firelight and felt as if the fire was thawing his anger away.

He looked at her, knowing full well that even though she had only been gone a day this time, he had missed her. He let his eyes roam the rest of her body. Her hair fell gently over her shoulders, and as she leaned toward Sango he could see the side of her neck and almost feel her pulse as he stared at her.

Kagome turned toward him, the quick turn flicking her hair onto her back showing more of the beautiful face and neck he had been staring at. She looked flawless and enchanting with the soft glow of the firelight on her.

His eyes looked over her neck and cheeks, with a light blush in them, his eyes roamed to her lips, which looked warm and inviting in the glow. He looked up into her eyes. Her eyes burned deep as though she wasn't mad at him only hurt, and he cast his eyes toward the floor beside him.

"Inuyasha" she whispered, sending a tingle down his spine, "did you want some ramen?" she finished, smiling weakly at him.

Inuyasha looked up into her eyes and heard himself apologize before he could stop himself. "Kagome I'm sorry I" he grumbled, "I know your not a shard detector or anything" he finished, pouting, and staring back at the floor.

"And I'm sorry I "sit" you so many times." She sighed looking around. "Anyone else hungry?" she asked.

"No we just finished some of Kaede's great stew" Sango sighed patting her stomach.

"Yes it was delicious wasn't it my dear Sango" Miroku replied.

"Kagome there is stew left if you wish to eat." Kaede offered.

"Thank you! It smells delicious!" Kagome replied as she walked over to the pot near Kaede.

Inuyasha sprang up "but what about my ramen!" he asked as he grabbed Kagome's wrist.

"Inuyasha! I didn't know you just ate. Don't be such a pig. You can have it tomorrow." She scolded, pulling her wrist back.

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They sat outside drinking in the soft moonlight as Kagome finished the last of her stew.

"Oh I couldn't eat another bite" she sighed, laying down in the grass.

Everyone lay quiet as the slow steady sounds of the little fox demon breathing could be heard.

"I think Shippo's asleep" Sango whispered, slowly running her fingers through the child's hair, where he lay, leaning against her side.

"So where are we to travel tomorrow?" Miroku quietly asked as he turned to watch Sango carry the sleeping child inside. He tilted his head to fully appreciate the delicate way she walked and the shapely bottom she possessed. He turned around waiting for an answer to find Inuyasha and Kagome staring at him.

"Lecherous monk" Inuyasha grumbled, he continued on "well now that Kagome's back we can start heading to the west. I'm hoping we can find something out there, there have been rumors of demons." he answered.

"Hopefully we can catch up to them" she whispered.

"Well if you didn't have to go back for that stupid math te…" he stopped and stared at Kagome who had thrown him a dirty look. "Never mind" he finished quietly letting his shoulders and ears droop slightly.

Sango returned from inside the hut taking a seat next to Kagome. "He's asleep" she smiled.

"Were heading west tomorrow" Kagome turned toward her girlfriend, "there's rumors of demons in those lands," she looked around and yawned wide, "I'm going to bed, we have an early morning tomorrow." She stood and walked toward the hut. She lay down next to Shippo, letting the little fox burrow itself under the covers next to her stomach.

Her friends followed her inside as she ran her fingers through the fox demons hair, letting sleep overcome her.

Inuyasha walked inside the hut, seeing Kagome settle into bed and watched her eyes close gently, and her fingers play over the fox demon's tail.

He sat down at the wall opposite of her and watched her fingers, move gently as her breathing became slow and steady, and her fingers slowed their movement. Inuyasha closed is eyes, knowing she had fallen asleep and imagined what her soft fingers would feel like threading themselves in his hair, her gentle touch on him.

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He turned around, panic in his mind. Where had she gone? His last swing had defeated Naraku he was sure of it, but had he hit Kagome too?

He looked around, "Kagome!" he yelled running toward the falling body of Naraku. "Kagome!" he yelled more panic in his voice this time, scanning the area for any sign of her. He sniffed the air trying to pick up any trace of her.

He could smell blood, his blood and… Kagome's blood.

"Kagome!" he choked feeling his throat swell and eyes start to flood. "Kagome…" he whispered, staring at the ground. He turned around as he heard a soft thud, as if something had gently fallen to the ground.

"Kagome!" he ran toward her, dropping his sword and embracing her. "I thought I had lost you" he whispered pulling her to him.

She pulled away and held the jewel up to him. It glowed as he stared at it, and then looked at Kagome through the soft glow, her eyes looked beautiful and he leaned in and kissed her waiting lips.

He pulled away lost in the moment as Kagome looked at him and smiled, returning her gaze to the jewel. He looked in her eyes and wondered why they now seemed to hold a strange hope as if the jewel were about to solve all the problems in her life.

"Will you come color with me Inuyasha?" Shippo exclaimed walking toward the couple standing in the glow of the complete jewel.

"What?" Inuyasha exclaimed staring at the little demon.

"Will you come color with me Inuyasha?" the child exclaimed again.

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"Whaa-what?" Inuyasha mumbled slowly jerking awake.

"There getting packed up to leave and I'm bored. Will you come color with me Inuyasha?" Shippo asked a third time.

Inuyasha stood up stretching "Argh! Why doesn't anyone wake me up?" he yawned as he looked around the deserted hut.

Shippo sat in the middle of the floor, crayons and paper scattered around him.

"Not now Shippo" he mumbled as he made his way outside.

The sun had come up not long ago and the smell of morning dew was strong in his nose.

Kagome turned around giggling "we were just about to wake you!" she laughed throwing things into her backpack. Sango and Miroku sat together near the house eating breakfast.

Shippo ran outside, "are we gonna go now Kagome?" he asked staring up at her.

"Yep Shippo, go grab your crayons so I can pack them, ok?" she answered, sending the boy running inside to pack up his favorite toy.

"Breakfast Inuyasha?" Miroku offered as Inuyasha slumped beside them.

"Sure" he grumbled ripping a piece of bread off the loaf.

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A/N: Don't we all wish Inu would dream about us? R&R! Thanks!