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OtakuGirlEmi: Hello everyone and welcome to chapter 6 of Decisions, Decisions, A Rainy Day. I feel so terrible for not updating in so long. I've been swamped with homework and haven't a lot of writing time. I hope you all can forgive me for the delay, I know it is very annoying. I feel bad saying so, but the next chapter could take another month, because I'll continue to be as busy as ever, but I'll do my best. Fans of An Unlikely Pair will also have to wait a little longer for an update. I apologize numerously for the inconvenience and I hope that I will keep receiving the wonderful support and reviews from you readers. (By the way, I received a record 11 reviews for chapter 5, I am so ecstatic! Thank you all so much and keep reviewing!) Anyway, this chapter shifts the focus back to Kagome and Inuyasha as they begin the search for the last jewel shard together. It takes place on one rainy day in Feudal Japan... (WARNING: FLUFFINESS AHEAD!)

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Chapter 6: A Rainy Day

-1 day after the group splits-

The spring rain fell thickly on feudal Japan, muffling the sounds of the forest. It rolled off the leaves of the budding flowers and dropped into the bushes. Birds sat in their nests and foxes lay in their dens, waiting for the shower to pass.

Footsteps squelched in the mud as two people walked along the road. A raven-haired girl holding a pink umbrella and a dog-eared boy walked side by side as the rain fell on them, their conversation seems loud in the peace brought by the clouds.

"Come on Inuyasha," Kagome whined. "Just do it."

Inuyasha shook his head vigorously; making droplets of water splash her face. "No Kagome! I've told ya already, there is no way that I'm sharing your stupid umbrella!" he growled as he pointed a clawed finger at the pink material like it was something disgusting. "I would have to be insane to use that thing."

Kagome glared at him, pouting. "Why do you always have to be such a jerk? I'm trying to be nice." Inuyasha glared back at her and said nothing as they continued to walk through the rain. His constant arguing is really getting on me nerves, Kagome grumbled silently as she continued to shoot daggers at the hanyou. Contrary to what she had thought, nothing had appeared to have changed between them after the kiss they had shared the previous day. Neither of them had brought up the subject, so they acted like nothing had happened. This caused Kagome to feel confused and agitated. She wanted desperately to know what on earth stubborn Inuyasha thought of her and get her feelings for him straightened out. But she held back on bringing up the subject for fear of discovering that Inuyasha was ashamed of kissing her or that he had hated it. Therefore, the two had acted as normally as ever.

"ACHOO!" Inuyasha's sudden sneeze caused two birds nearby to take flight from their nest and made Kagome jump ten feet into the air. Inuyasha wiped his nose on his red haori sleeve and mumbled "Sorry..."

Kagome leaned over and held her umbrella over his white hair, shielding him from the cold rain. "See? You do need it." She insisted, jabbing a finger at the hanyou.

Inuyasha pushed her finger and the umbrella away impatiently, receiving droplets of water on his head. "I am not using that thing! I don't need it!"

"But you're going to get sick! You just sneezed." Kagome argued back, shoving the umbrella over his head forcefully.

Inuyasha shoved the umbrella back. "I ain't gonna get sick! One little sneeze doesn't mean anything." He stuck his nose in the air slightly and a haughty look gleamed in his eyes as he added, "I'm not a weak human, remember?"

"Oh yeah? Well, what if you do get sick and then a demon attacks and steals the jewel? Huh, what then Mr. Smarty-pants?"

Inuyasha opened his mouth to further argue, but closed it as he realized that Kagome wasn't going to back down. I think she's…worried about me, Inuyasha thought, feeling foolish for pushing her offer away. She really doesn't want me to get sick.

He wrestled with the decision silently, then finally, scratching at one of his dog-ears, clearly irritated, he declared "Aawww damnnit! Fine, I'll share the stupid thing!" Inuyasha grabbed the umbrella with one hand and held it over his head, gesturing impatiently for Kagome to get closer to fit under the protective pink material.

Kagome smiled and stepped closer, her cheeks flushing at her close contact with the hanyou. She could smell the shampoo of hers that he had used the previous night, along with that slightly wild scent of earth and trees that seemed to follow Inuyasha. A strand of his white hair fell on her shoulder, sticking down as tiny rivulets of rainwater ran down it.

Her attention returned to Inuyasha's face as he mumbled something under his breath. "What? I didn't hear you." Kagome said, curious of what he was trying to say.

"I said don't tell Miroku about this. The damn monk would never let me live it down…" Inuyasha muttered, his cheeks flushing in embarrassment. Kagome giggled at him and nodded. He's so funny, she thought, though she could clearly picture the monk's jeering face.

The two walked along the road, enjoying the peace and the quiet patter of the rain. Kagome smiled up at Inuyasha, feeling more relaxed than she had in weeks.

The hanyou walking next to her, however, was struggling with inner turmoil. Tell her! Tell her! The little voice in his head chorused. Inuyahsa had struggled to tell his feelings to Kagome for a long time, but he had never succeeded. And he so wanted to tell her those 3 words. Kissing her the other day had left him happy and dazed: being near her was intoxicating and fogged his rational thoughts. He constantly wanted to be around her, to smell her sweet scent, to always see her radiant smile, to hold her in his arms forever, and experience the amazing bliss that her soft lips brought him. But, alas, fear held Inuyasha back from telling the raven-haired beauty how he truly felt.

I am going to fight this fear, Inuyasha proclaimed silently, looking down at Kagome. His heart quickened in anticipation and fear. And his mouth suddenly felt dry and clumsy. He was going to tell her.

"Kagome." The miko stopped walking and looked up at the sound of his voice, confusion etched on her face at his serious tone and the strange gleam in Inuyasha's golden eyes. The hanyou swallowed nervously, knowing that he had her full attention.

"Kagome I…I-"

"Inuyasha, look over there!" Kagome shouted, cutting off the hanyou, as she pointed farther up the road. A large lumpy form was lying across the path.

Inuyasha, completely taken aback by the interruption, could only stare stupidly as Kagome dropped her umbrella and ran over to the form. He had been interrupted again! Damnit, I'm never gonna get to tell her! He thought angrily as he picked up the dropped umbrella and walked over to Kagome.

Kagome turned around to look up at him, fear in her eyes. "Oh my gosh, Inuyasha! It's Koga!

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Inuyasha raised his eyebrows in surprise as Kagome moved over to reveal an unconscious, bleeding, bruised Koga of the demon wolf tribe.

Kagome looked over his wounds. He had a deep cut in his side, many bruises, a bleeding lip, and a gash in his leg where one of his jewel shards had been. "What could have done this to him? He's so weak, that I didn't even sense his jewel shard until a minute ago." Kagome turned back to Inuyasha, she looked appalled at the battered wolf youkai. "Inuyasha, we have to help him or he might die."

Though the hanyou felt a twinge of worry for his rival, his jealousy overpowered it. His insides burned at the sight of Kagome worrying about Koga. The stupid wolf had tried to take Kagome as his woman on more than one occasion and claimed to love her. And Inuyasha hated him for it. Not even seeing Koga so hurt would move him to real concern or worry. "Feh, so what? I don't care; he's just a scrawny, smelly, flea-bitten wolf. Let him die, I say."

Inuyasha immediately regretted his harsh words at the sight of Kagome's hurt, angry face. "I can't believe you! Even if you don't like Koga, you would still let him die! Inuyasha, you are a mean, cold, heartless jerk! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!"

Inuyasha yelped as he smacked face-down into the ground and created a large crater. He lay there, still for a few moments while Kagome stood over him, glaring at his back. "Well?"

Inuyasha's reply was lost in the dirt as he struggled to rise against the subduction beads. After a couple minutes of struggling, he managed to free himself and glowered at Kagome as he replied, "Fine, I'll help the stupid wolf! Are ya happy!"

Kagome continued to glare at him. "And?"

Inuyasha lowered his gaze to the ground as he mumbled, "And I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't really mean it." He glanced up hopefully and was rewarded by Kagome's lips curling despite her effort to stay mad at him. Kagome said nothing, but turned around to look at Koga.

After they managed to get Koga onto Inuyasha's back, the pair went in search of shelter. The whole time Inuyasha grumbled and complained about Koga, but Kagome silenced him with her glares and the short search was uneventful. After looking for about a half an hour, Inuyahsa stumbled upon a cozy cave just big enough for the tree of them hidden behind a group of trees. (He literally stumbled on it. He had tripped on Kagome's foot and fallen onto the cave floor.)

"Is this good enough for wolf-boy?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically, receiving another glare from Kagome. Inuyasha hated making her mad, but he hated Koga even more and he couldn't resist insulting the youkai as much as possible.

Kagome sat down and rummaged through her large, yellow backpack, then smiled in satisfaction when she found what she was looking for. She pulled out her warm, fluffy, sleeping bag and placed it on the floor of the cave near the back, so Koga wouldn't get a chill for the outside air. "Set him down gently here." Kagome commanded, though not unkindly. Despite how badly he would have loved to drop Koga on his backside, Inuyasha did as he was told and carefully placed the wolf on top of the sleeping bag. The miko nodded in satisfaction, kneeled down next to Koga and began searching through her bag for medicine and bandages.

Inuyasha, taking her nod as a dismissal, turned and walked to the mouth of the cave. He stood and gazed out through the trees, listening to the falling rain. But the only thing the hanyou truly heard was the sound of his raging thoughts. That damn wolf, always getting between me and Kagome! Inuyasha's jaw clenched at the thought of Kagome kneeling next to Koga. I hate him! I hate him! I hate him! In fact, if it wasn't for Kagome, I definitely would have left him on the road, maybe I would have got lucky and he would have died. Though Inuyasha knew deep in his heart that this wasn't true, he felt a searing anger towards not telling Kagome his feelings. He had been so close! And that baka wolf had to ruin everything, Inuyasha snarled inwardly. I-

Inuyasha's thoughts were immediately silenced her felt a hand on his shoulder. The surprised hanyou looked down to see Kagome standing next to him. Her eyes were soft and understanding as she looked at him and a small smile graced her lips. Inuyasha felt himself quail under her intense, serious, gaze. "What?" he asked impatiently, feeling uncomforted by her presence, but unable to take his eyes off her.

Kagome continued to look into his eyes for a few seconds, then "Thank you." Her voice seemed breathy and quiet, different from her usual confident, loud tone. Her change in speech made Inuyasha realize that she was being truly sincere. Inuyasha didn't open his mouth as he nodded, for fear that he would end up kissing her. The urge he fought to hold her, to kiss her, to have contact with Kagome in any way, was overwhelming and he was finding it very hard to fight.

Kagome nodded back, seeming to understand that he was listening. She looked out of the cave, her deep, chocolate eyes drawing in everything they met as small rain drops blew onto her face. "I know that you don't like Koga, but your help meant a lot to me. So thank you." She lifted her head to look at him, waiting for a reply.

Inuyasha stepped closer to her, feeling suddenly daring. He heard a small intake of breathe escape Kagome, like a small gasp. The miko's eyebrows furrowed slightly in puzzlement as she wondered what he was doing. Inuyasha gently placed his clawed hands on her shoulders and turned her around, so that she was fully facing him. Kagome felt her face heat up from the close contact. Inuyasha kept his hands were they were as he lowered his head slightly, a smirk playing on his lips as he replied. "You'll always need my help, won't you?" Kagome, her cheeks red, opened her mouth to rant, but was silenced by Inuyasha's soft chuckle. "Just kidding…You're welcome Kagome…" He lowered his head even more, reducing the space between them to mere inches…Inuyasha noticed Kagome follow suit…He could see every raindrop clinging to her skin…

"Where am I!" a loud voice made the pair jump apart as if they had been electrocuted. They looked to the back of the cave as Koga struggled to sit up, cursing at the sleeping bag that he was currently tangled in.

Inuyasha silently cursed the wolf as Kagome, blushing at what had almost just occurred, walked to the back of the cave to calm down the distressed demon. What just nearly happened, Kagome asked herself, slightly breathless. Did Inuyasha really try to kiss me? The girl was forced to shove her ponderings from her mind as she approached Koga, she needed to focus on calming him down and helping him.

"K-Kagome? What are you doing here? And, where is "here" anyway?" Koga asked as she knelt down next to him, he seemed slightly reassured by her presence and stopped fighting with the sleeping bag.

Kagome smiled gently at him as Koga lay down and opened her backpack to rummage through it. "You're in a cave about twenty miles away from the wolf den. We brought you here after finding you lying unconscious on the road, something I'm guessing that Darkmoon did." She extracted a first aid kit from the yellow pack and opened it up, sifting through its contents.

Koga's jaw clenched in anger as he replied. "Yeah, that bastard Darkmoon asked me to walk with him about two nights ago, then when we were far enough away from the den, he knocked me out from behind. I don't remember anything after that." His eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Wait, how did you know about that traitor? You've never met Darkmoon."

"Oh, we had a little run-in with him a day ago. He tracked us down with one of your jewel shards in his leg demanding the jewel, and" Kagome added, blushing slightly, "me." At Koga's quizzical expression, Kagome summarized the argument and battle against Darkmoon, leaving out a couple embarrassing parts. "So that's basically what happened," she finished as she wrapped a bandage around Koga's wounded leg.

Koga's eyes burned with controlled fury. "That bastard! He stole one of my jewel shards!" the wolf-youkai glanced down at his wrapped leg and growled. "He will pay dearly…" As Kagome pulled out some peroxide, he seemed to realize something. "Kagome, you said "we found you". Is your group with you?"

Kagome shook her head, "No, it's only me and Inuyasha."

"So where is he? I thought I would be able to smell wet dog, but I can't." Koga asked, referring to Inuyasha in his usual insulting manner.

As she glanced around, she realized that Koga was right. Inuyasha was no where to be found. "I don't know, he must have gone off somewhere." She shrugged and asked, "Koga can you take off your armor? I can't get to your cut with it on."

Koga nodded, a small smirk crossing his handsome features. "Gladly, Kagome." He sat up, gritting his teeth as his side wound bled. He grasped his black and sliver chest-plate and lifted it off, revealing a tan, muscular chest a little broader than Inuyasha's. Kagome's cheeks heated up as her eyes roamed. She shook her head slightly, as if trying to clear a fog. You're in love with Inuyasha, remember? Her cheeks flushed even more at the mental image of her beloved hanyou without his shirt. (Bad Kagome! Naughty!)

"This might sting a little, but it will clean the cut, so it doesn't get infected." Kagome explained as she uncapped the bottle of peroxide and poured it on the cut, Koga gritted his teeth, but said nothing. When Kagome finished cleaning and bandaging the wound, he lay back down. "I think that you might have a fever, from being out in the rain, so you need to get some rest." Kagome instructed as she pulled out a wash clothe, pot, and bottle of water. Koga nodded his head, begrudgingly agreeing. Inuyasha always hated waiting around or resting, it seemed that youkai, or at least Koga, felt the same way. She poured the contents of the bottle in the pot and dipped the wash clothe in the cool water.

"Here you go." She said as she wrung out the clothe. "This and some medicine should help break your fever."

"Kagome?" Koga asked as the girl turned to him.

"Hm?" Kagome offered in reply as she leaned over him to place the fabric on his forehead. As Kagome leaned closer, Koga sat up, catching Kagome off-guard.

Koga quickly pressed his lips to hers smiling slightly at their contact. Kagome's eyes nearly fell out of her head in surprise. What is Koga doing! She silently asked, feeling slightly woozy.

As Koga pulled away from Kagome, a loud clatter met her ears. The young miko whirled around to face the sound.

There, in the doorway of the cave, his arms empty of the wood he had dropped and his mouth agape, stood a very shocked Inuyasha.

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OtakuGirlEmi: MMWWHAHAHAHHAHA! I feel so evil for ending the chapter there, but it's so dramatic! Heeheehee, I'm so eeevviill…. (And insane) Anyhoos, that is the end of chapter 6, so I hope everyone enjoyed it. I did, I love writing Kagome/Inuyasha romance! (Though all the Koga-haters will probably want to kill me now…) Oh, speaking of which, THERE WILL BE NO MORE KAGOME/KOGA ROMANCE, I didn't want anyone getting the wrong idea. This is a Kag/Inu story, Koga is just another character. (But I still love you Koga! You'll always be my only wolf-boy!) I just wanted to clarify that before I got any flames from people accusing me of a Kag/Kog story. Chapter 7 will continue where this chapter leaves off, where we will encounter an unexpected (and unwanted by me, but necessary) visitor. Who could this possibly be? You'll have to wait for chapter 7 of Decisions, Decisions to find out! P.S. From here on out, there will be mostly romance, and the conflict will start to become more clear, I promise. The title will also be more important too. P.S.S Chapter 4 of An Unlikely Pair will be up soon, I hope. I really am trying my hardest to update!