Hee…I got this chapter out fast! I'm so good…

Disclaimer: Picture yourself in a happy place…Are you there? Good. Now, listen carefully… I DON'T OWN INUYASHA! Thank you, and have a nice day.

Last Time: "I'll just…," Kagome began edging her way past Inuyasha, "…be leaving now, then."

Before Inuyasha could respond, she dashed out the door and down the stairs back to the safety of her new room. The same thought ran through both of their minds.

'Why am I so embarrassed?'

This Time:

Dinner that night was tense, with Inuyasha and Kagome occasionally glancing at each other, and then hurriedly looking away, and Kaede giving them both amused looks. The old woman didn't know what had happened earlier that day, but she could see the furtive glances now. The poor teenagers had obviously started falling for each other, and it was unfolding right in front of Kaede's eyes.

In short, Kaede was having more fun working for Inuyasha right that moment than she had in years.

After dinner, Kaede coerced Kagome into helping with dishes with the intention of prying information out of her. While Kagome was in the middle of washing a plate, Kaede decided to start her interrogation.

"So…," she said, looking slyly at the young woman washing dishes next to her, "You have feelings for Inuyasha, do you?"

Kagome started and dropped the dish back into the soapy water filling the sink.

"Kaede obaasan! What m-makes you say that?" The blush on her face was painfully apparent, even as she turned away.

"You know," Kaede smirked, "He is single…not even any female friends."

"I would have though he would be married by now…his parents look rather wealthy."

"Yes, his Chichiue was Kyuuhanshu of the Western Lands, and his Hahaue was a princess. No matter what side of his bloodline you look at, Inuyasha is royalty."

"Sugoi…," Kagome said, awed, "I'm just the daughter of a normal woman and a shrine priest…"

Kaede shook her head. "But you have proved to be more than an ordinary girl… You are a miko."

Kagome closed her eyes thoughtfully. "I don't really feel any different… A little more powerful, I guess you could say, but no different."

"That is because you are still the same person you were before. The miko power changes nothing, because it has always been there, only dormant."

Kagome nodded, feeling reassured about her new powers.

"Arigatou gozaimasu, Kaede obaasan," She gave the old woman a hug before dashing upstairs to her room.

Kaede smiled at her retreating back.

'If only Inuyasha could be this open with me about his feelings, I could start the matchmaking right away.'

The aforementioned teenaged boy was currently staring at his ceiling, but not really seeing it, and thinking about one thing that seemed to be frustrating him more in the past two days than anything else had in all of his 150 years.

Kagome. Inuyasha had no idea what to think of her. She was different, to say in the least, from modern girls. An odd mix of manners, radiating cheerfulness, and a fiery temper that he had caught a few glimpses of. He winced. It seemed that he was able to bring out the worst in her.

Inuyasha shook his head fiercely to clear it of less than pleasing thoughts. For some reason, even the idea of making Kagome upset put him in a foul mood.

'Dammitt, why is she still in my head?' Inuyasha mentally yelled to himself repeatedly.

After several rounds of banging his head against his bedroom wall hard enough to rend a normal human unconscious, Inuyasha flopped back on his bed. As if thinking about Kagome hadn't been tiring enough, the raging headache from the wall left him wanting to do nothing but sleep for fifty years. He closed his eyes, even knowing that he might be left to dream of Kagome.

'Ah well,' he thought, 'better than some things I could think of.'

"Inuyasha…Why did you betray me?"

I didn't! I swear I didn't do anything!

"How could you kill me?"

No! I never…I never did anything like that!

"How could you…You told me that you loved me!"

I did love you! I still do!

"Inuyasha…Die!"

Kikyou, NO!

Inuyasha woke with a start, gasping and clutching at his chest where the only scar he retained from all his battles was.

A single gunshot wound from a purifying bullet.

'Kikyou…'

Ooh…Scary dream/memory thing here. And another chapter in the same day! AHA! Next chapter will have the shattering of the sacred jewel, the rosary, and other things… Mwaha. Fear the evilness of the authoress who doesn't even know exactly what's going to happen next… I'm winging it.

Japanese Words Used: (in order of use)

Chichiue- Father, respectful.

Hahaue- Mother, respectful.

Sugoi- Amazing; Incredible.

Arigatou Gozaimasu- Thank you very much, polite.

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Much love,

Miji