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Once Chiou was gone Kagome returned to her sleeping bag. Not before long she had fallen asleep and the next day had come. Well sort of.
It was still dark, but it was morning. Everyone was still fast asleep. Even Inuyasha. So carefully, ever so carefully Kagome slid out of her sleeping bag. It was very cold, but Kagome wandered into the woods in search of her new friend. Since nothing get's past Inuyasha, he had awoken.
"Just where the hell do you think your going?" Yep she was caught. "No where." "I don't believe it." "Well, fine but I wasn't going any where." "Then why are you up?" "Stretching...um...my legs." "Sure you are." Crack. Rustle. Crack. "Who's there?" Inuyasha demanded. Chiou popped out in front of Kagome and stared at Inuyasha. He stomped his foot and snorted. Then his entire body became consumed by a flame. For an instant Kagome thought Chiou would transform because he resembled what Kirara looked like, a flame. But Chiou stayed that way.
Chiou ran towards Inuyasha with his antlers out. "No Chiou Inuyasha is a friend!" shouted Kagome. Chiou stopped. The flame disappeared and he looked at Kagome with confusion. "Chi this is Inuyasha. Inuyasha this is Chi. I didn't want you guys to meet like this. I guess I should have told you earlier, Inuyasha." "Damn right you should of." "What's that supposed to mean!" she demanded. "It means you should have told me sooner!" he replied. "Hmpft, you are a jerk," she mumbled. Come on Chi let's go back to camp. Kagome hopped on Chiou's back and they trotted back leaving Inuyasha standing alone.
"Hey you can't just leave me!" Inuyasha said while catching up to them. Kagome and Chiou were already at the camp fire, sitting down silently. "Grrr... Kagome!" he said once he had finally caught up. Chi, like I said before, had amazing speed so, for once, Inuyasha had been left in the dust. ( lots of camas in that sentence. )
The sun was beginning to rise and the group was starting to wake up. "Kagome who's that?" asked the now awake and nervous Shippo. Chiou snorted. "That's Chi," she Kagome calmly. Shippo, who was now hiding behind Kagome, slowly went over to see Chi closer. He stuck his hand out and touched Chi. Once Shippo had realized that there was really no danger he relaxed and gave Chi a hug.
Sango and Miroku were the next to wake up. Luckily they had woken up to see Shippo hugging Chi so they knew he was a friend. "Who's your friend Kagome?" asked Sango. "This is Chiou," said Kagome to Sango and Miroku. "Oh," said Miroku. Inuyasha was watching all of them from, you guessed it, a tree.
Who is this Chi and how did he meet Kagome? Grrrr why does she give HIM all the attention? Stupid deer. Inuyasha mumbled a few other things and then hopped own to, possibly, join the group.
"Inuyasha you've been very sulky this morning what's bothering you?" asked Miroku once he noticed the dog demon. "Nothing," Inuyasha snapped. "Stupid deer," he mumbled. Although Miroku didn't have dog hearing he still heard Inuyasha's last comment. "Inuyasha, Kagome helped Chiou when he was hurt. They're just friends. Weren't you listening to the conversation?" "No," said Inuyasha. Miroku shrugged his shoulders and walked back to the group. They had a long walk a head of them.
The group began moving when the sun had made it over the mountain peaks. Although it was a cold winter, the sun was still shining bright. Miroku and Sango had gone a head of them to see if there was any demons or such. Kagome and Shippo were riding Chiou and Inuyasha was walking behind.
"Grrrrr..." Pause. "Grrrr..." Pause. "Grrrrr..." "Kagome do you notice how weird Inuyasha's ben acting lately?" asked Shippo. "Ya you're right Shippo he does seen a little off today," she replied. "You two go catch up with Sango and Miroku, I'm going to talk to Inuyasha," she ordered. Chiou slowed his pace and Kagome jumped off his back and then they speed away.
"Inuyasha what's wrong?" Kagome asked. "Nothing," he mumbled. "There's something now tell me," she demanded. "Nothings wrong!" "Sit." Boom. "Grrr what the hell was that for!" asked Inuyasha when he pulled his head from out of the ground. "Now tell me what's a matter." "Everything's fine!" "Why can't you tell me? Do you not trust me enough? Don't you care about me!" Then she started to cry.
"Ah Kagome don't cry!" Inuyasha pleaded. "Oh should I laugh!" she wailed. "No it's just. . . . well. . . . that stupid Chiou." "What's wrong with Chiou!" Inuyasha didn't respond. He turned away and pretended to look at something that wasn't really there. Kagome had stopped crying and was now trying to figure Inuyasha out. She laughed softly, which made Inuyasha's ears twitch and he turned back to Kagome. "Inuyasha I don't love him, he's just a friend," she said. "I never said anything like that," insisted Inuyasha who was now blushing.
Kagome laughed again and sat down. "Oh what are you doing now?" he covered up. Kagome ignored his comment. "He's just going to stay with us until he can find a new family." "What happened to his old one?" Inuyasha asked. "They were killed." "Oh." They paused. "Come on we better get. . . um. . . . going," she Inuyasha. Kagome smiled. "Where are we going?" "To catch up with the others." "I don't think they'll leave with out us."
Inuyasha sat down next to her. "How long do you intend on making me stay here?" he asked. "As long as you want to," Kagome sighed. Inuyasha blushed. Once Kagome realized what she had said, she blushed too.
The day had passed quickly and the sun was beginning to set. Kagome leaned up against Inuyasha's side. "Isn't it beautiful?" she asked. "Um. . . ya," Inuyasha nervously replied.
What's she doing? What am I doing? Damn I not good with these kind of things.
Kagome sighed. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her side. That was all Kagome needed. She launched herself into his arms. Inuyasha was shocked at first, but then smiled and hugged her back. "This is all I need," she said. "Me too," he said.