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Chapter 7 'Quick, Act Like You Love Me!'

InuYasha decided to take a break from training, and to show them around the forest a bit. "InuYasha," Kagome complained. "It's dangerous!" Shippou puffed out his chest. "We'll be fine," he said bravely. "I'll protect Shia, and InuYasha will protect you." Shia giggled and kissed Shippou's cheek. "My knight in shining armor," she giggled as he face turned bright red. Kagome smiled. "Alright," she gave in. "But not for too long." Sango ran over. "Don't leave me with this pervert!" she shouted. Miroku was running a few feet after. "Wait Sango," he shouted. "I was just joking!" Kagome laughed. "Oh, come no Sango," she giggled. "I think you two could you some time alone. Sango blushed in a combination of the meaning of Kagome's words and MIroku grabbing her hand. "Yes my love," he wooed. "Let's go back to the camp." With that, they walked away. Kagome shook her head. "They're so in love, it's funny some times." InuYasha turned towards the forest. "C'mon." he sounded impatient. "I want to get going."

Shippou and Shia walked in front, chattering on about flowers and leaves and trees while InuYasha and Kagome talked behind them. "InuYasha," Kagome started. "Why are you so anxious to walk through the forest? It's not like we've never been here before." InuYasha looked down at her and then at the tree canopy above. "Well," he began. "I guess you forgot that tonight is the new moon." Kagome pouted. "I didn't forget," she looked up at him. "So are you trying to find a place to hide or something? I still don't get why we're here." InuYasha crossed his arms into his sleeves and smirked. "I needed a break," he confessed. "Those two are tough for kids. I need to save my energy in case we get attacked while I'm human." Kagome looked up towards Shippou and Shia. They were holding hands and she could tell Shippou was nervous and Shia was carefree as usual. "Yeah," Kagome agreed. The ywalked for a little more until Shia and Shippou ran over to them. "Kagome," Shia whispered. "I see that wolf guy up ahead!" InuYasha growled. "I knew I smelled somethign rotten." Then they heard Kouga shout, "Kagome!" as he caught her scent. Kagome thought quick and threw herself into InuYasha. "Quick," she said. "Pretend you love me!"

'That won't be too tough,' he thought. And his first move was to passionately kiss the raven- haired beauty in his arms. Kouga stopped dead. Kagome- his Kagome- was kissing InuYasha, his rival. "Damn it!" he shouted, kickign the dirt. And then he stormed away. But InuYasha went on kissing. And Kagome returned it. They could have kept kissing all day if Shia hadn't interrupted. "Ahem," she mock coughed, a light blush on her's and Shippou's cheeks. The pair broke apart and looked away from each other quickly. "Kouga left," Shia smiled. "About a minute ago." She looked at Shippou and they began giggling. "Come on," Shippou gestured. "Let's go back to camp."

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Alright, so this one was short too, but I thought it was cute. You love how I added some SangoXMiroku in there. Please review!