A/N: Once again thanks for reading! Guess Friday nights are where it's at...well there's no (AS) so I understand...(I can't wait for FMA tom. night -squeals!-) There might be some cutesy fluffy stuff in here w/ Inu and Kags, but it's adorable so who cares? Don't worry Sango and Miroku will get their moment in the sun too…oh, and don't think this all just fun and cute, it gets a little dark…oh yes…it does….

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Chapter 3

They walked along the dirt road listening to the chirp of the birds and the gentle ticking of Kagome's bike rolling along. Shippo walked ahead licking his lollipop and looking back every once in a while at his friends assuring himself of their presence. Sango stared at the sky humming a hauntingly sad tune, while Miroku entertained himself by taking in her figure every few seconds or so.

Kagome walked along the road letting her mind wander back to her dreams.

The same dream as before had occurred again last night. Only this time Hojo had disappeared, thankfully, and…and there was something else. The same thing that had eluded her last time eluded her this time as well.

She scrunched her nose as she looked into the cloudless sky trying to pinpoint it. Was it a person? Perhaps it was something that didn't belong there? Something was odd and out of place, and weighed heavily on her mind.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha whispered, trying not to call attention to himself, "can we talk?" he asked quietly, letting his ears droop and eyes fall to the floor beside her.

"Sure" she smiled up at him, slowing her pace to leave a larger gap between themselves and the rest of the group. I

nuyasha kept his eyes on the passing rocks as he quietly asked, "What are you going to do? When it's over I mean. Will you go back home or…" his voice trailed away leaving Kagome with a blush on her cheeks.

"I don't know," she replied softly, "I'll go back home I suppose. You could come with me if you wanted to…"

He looked up at her blinking.

"You know to visit or whatever. I know Souta would sure like it." She finished.

Inuyasha dropped his eyes back to the ground, ears drooping further than before. "Oh yeah, sure I'll visit, plus we have to keep the jewel safe, so I would visit, you know just in case" he stuttered.

"Yeah, the jewel" she sighed wondering when the half-demon would think more on her than the jewel.

"Hey you two! We've been walking all day! Think we could stop and eat?" Sango yelled over her shoulder at the two whispering in the back.

"Sure whenever you're ready Sango!" Kagome waved back.

"There should be a village on the other side of this mountain, if you'd like to continue, I'm sure we can get food and lodging there." Miroku said offering a large smile to Sango.

"Are you going to 'exercise' the lord's house again monk?" Sango glared at him.

"Why my dear Sango" he laughed, "surely I would want to offer my services to a great lord such as him."

Sango grumbled something to herself while giving the monk a cold stare.

"Lets just get there before nightfall" Shippo replied charging ahead.

At nightfall they came upon the village and after promising safety and security from demons were given rooms and dinner at the lord's house. After dinner Sango retired to her room, still complaining about the treachery of the monk, yet laughing to herself about the smack she had given him at dinner for the grab he had made.

"Well I tried." He muttered faintly while passing Inuyasha and Kagome sitting outside.

"He'll never learn." Shippo sighed as he and Kirara turned to follow Sango into the girl's room. Kagome smiled to herself as she watched the two walk inside.

"Aren't you going to bed Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he slid closer to her.

"No, I'm not really tired just yet," she answered turning her eyes toward the glowing moon overhead, "I've been having strange dreams lately and I just want to put it off for a bit" she finished sighing.

"What's wrong?" Inuyasha leaned in closer concern in his eyes.

"Nothing" she glanced at him smiling, "there just funny that's all, nothing to worry about." she said returning her eyes to the moon, she wasn't able to look him in the eyes, not with the glow of the moon glowing just like the jewel that has basked them in it's soft light right before…

She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to let the impulse to turn to him, go away.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered grabbing her wrist. Her eyes sprung open only to be staring straight into his golden ones. "Kagome, you need to tell me when something bothering you" he whispered pulling her close to him.

She leaned into him feeling his hands rub her back, warm and comforting. She snuggled to his chest and could faintly hear the beating of his heart and smell the light scent of the forest on him, as his hair fell against her cheek.

"Ka-Kagome?" he stuttered holding her close to him. She held him close and felt that if she were to let go he would leave her. He would leave her there alone, to go find Kikyo.

"Why can't you let her go?" She thought clutching him tightly, "why can't you see that I'm the one that loves you? Why can't you let her go and love me?" Kagome sighed aloud silently wiping a tear from her eye and sat back up quickly returning her eyes to the moon.

"Kagome…don't cr-" Inuyasha started worry in his voice.

"I'm just tired, that's all" she cut him off jumping up. She turned to run inside wiping another tear that had silently fallen from her eyes.

"Kagome. Talk to me." He whispered clutching her hand. She looked up at him. She wanted to tell him so many things, but… She stood on her tiptoes and leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.

"Thank You" she whispered. Then turned and went into her room.

Inuyasha stood in front of her door breathing heavily as the scent and feel of Kagome still tinged his senses.

"Good night, Kagome" he breathed as he walked to his room.

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A/N: don't you just hate me? Me too…me too…well R&R everyone! I love my reviews! Plus I need to know if you love it, hate it, or am screaming at me for the now formally dubbed "the goodnight scene". And thanks for the reviews so far!