Chapter 2

Miroku, that perverted monk. I should kick him one. How could he possibly know anything about love. He asks every pretty girl to have his damn children. Well every girl except me. .. argh, that damned monk!

-Reasonings of a warrior maiden.

Two days later Kagome and the others was back at Keade's village. This was the same village where everything started, where Kikyo shot an arrow at Inu-Yasha and bound him to a tree, then where Kagome freed him.

"Inu-Yasha the full moon is three days away and I need to get home!" Kagome shouted. "We can't go running off and get another jewel shard!"

Inu-Yasha and Kagome was sitting in Kaede's hut, Miroku and Sango gne to do something. Inu-Yasha was trying to convince Kagome to go hunting, He had smelled a youkai the day before and he wanted to know if it had a jewel shard. The jewel was almost complete, just a few more shards and they would have it.

"Come on Kagome. As you said thenew moon is in three days. We're so close to completing it the jewel..."

"Then what will you do?" Kagome was getting REALLY annoyed.

"...What?"

"What will you do when we complete the jewel?"

"I..." 'I hadn't thought of that in a while. I want to become a youkai, but if I do then...'

"Will you take the jewel and leave?" Tears formed in Kagome's eyes at the thought.

"Never!" Inu-Yasha cried. "I'll never leave you!"

"Inu-Yasha?..." Kagome whispered, in shock.

"I won't leave Kagome. I promised to protect you and thats what I'll do."

Kagome faintly blushed, remembering that he did promised to stay by her side no matter what. It was so long ago, she hadn't thought of it since, well, he said it.

"Inu-Yasha I won't hold you to that promise if you don't want to be!" Kagome stated, her voice barely above a whisper.

"What do you mean by that?" Inu-Yasha practically growled.

"You could go back to Kikyo, you love her, she loves you." Tears flowed freely from her eyes now, thinking of Inu-Yasha leaving her.

Inu-Yasha was losing it. He hated to see Kagome cry, and he knew she was doing it because of him. "Kagome, I love you, not Kikyo!"

Both Kagome and Inu-Yasha was stunned. He said it, with meaning! "Inu-Yasha!"

The young woman stood up and walked over to Inu-Yasha. Raising his head she stared into his eyes, a deep amber color. Blushing deeply, she kissed him. Inu-Yasha was overwhelmed, so he pulled Kagome on to his lap and kissed her back.

Sango, Shippou and Miroku took the moment to step into the hut, Miroku's fast reflexes shoving Shippou out the door. Inu-Yasha and Kagomedidn't realize they had an audiance, so didn't bother to stop. Sango blushed a deep crimson and Miroku watched, a bemused expression written across his face. It took a few seconds for Inu-Yasha to focus on the scents that wasn't Kagome's, as soon as he did, he broke away from Kagome and let a low growl erupt from his throat.

Kagome looked at what Inu-Yasha was growling at, and jumped up in fright, surprised that they had been caught.

Miroku let Shippou in, the young kitsune bounding up to Kagome's shoulder and shot the monk the sternest look he could muster, which wasn't much.

"What are you three doing here?" Inu-Yasha said calmly, but Sango and Miroku caught the underlying threat of a long anti-interuption practice, one they would rather skip.

"We came to get lunch." stated the monk, his face a little uncertain.

Sango and Kagome was looking at their feet while Inu-Yasha glared at Miroku. Shippou, not wanting Inu-Yasha's wrath to settle on him, got down and poke at the embers in the fireplace,

Sango excused herself and Kagome and hurried the other away to get food for a soup.

Miroku helped Shippou with the fire while Inu-Yasha sulked in the corner. Soon Shippou ran out to help the girls, when he was gone Miroku sat across from Inu-Yasha.

Letting him cool down, Miroku stated, "Well, it seems that you have succeded where I have failed."

"What does that mean?" Inu-Yasha snapped.

"You got Kagome to kiss you! I've had about as much luck with women as a rock!"

"Ya well, I don't go around asking them to bear my children."

"You know I only do that because as we get closer to Naraku, it gets more dangerous. I have no doubt that I will die in our confrontation, I accepted that along time ago."

"Well why do you have to ask EVERY girl to do it, why not just get Sango to do it, your doing a good job of it so far."

Miroku blushed. Sango had come close to kissing him a while ago, and he knew she liked him.

Inu-Yasha sat up and excused himself, then walked out of the small hut. To Miroku's relief he heard Inu-Yasha drop down on the rocks near the river next to the hut. It would be a long day...

Meanwhile, out in the small vegetable patch near the hut, Kagome was talking to Sango.

"What was it like?" the younger girl enthusiasticly asked.

"It was... different." Kagome thought out loud, blushing. "I never felt like that before."

"Was it... intense?" Sango blushed a dark red at her question.

"I guess so. I kinda surprised him and when I relised that I kissed him he kissed me back." replied Kagome.

There was an odd minute of silence as Sango appraised the girl beside her. She didn't think they'd get as far as a kiss! She would had to watch them closer.

"He IS a hanyou!" Sango muttered under her breath. However that didn't stop Kagome from hearing.

"What does that mean?"

"Every year youkai go through a mating cycle. Inu-Yasha's a hanyou, so he'd go through it every two years. We've known him for about a year."

"So what has that got to do with me...?"

"It starts easy enough, they get easier to be around, less territorial, more sensitive. The're very romantic I was told. Then when they're ready, they mate..." Sango cut off, looking around for more vegetables.

"So you think Inu-Yasha will try to take me? I can just make him sit." Kagome boasted. Off towards the hut Miroku heard a loud noise. Looking out the hut he saw Inu-Yasha lying on the ground.

Back to the girls. "Then he'll resent you for it. Our village elder told us that they're VERY sensitive. He'd carry that with him, they don't see anythng wrong, they can't control themselves."

"Well, it doesn't matter because he likes Kik..."

"Kagome? Why'd you... unless... he does... doesn't he?" Sango sputtered, uteerly confused.

"No, that's why I kissed him." Kagome avoided Sango's eyes, digging around for some potatoes.

When Shippou came, the girls packed up and headed back. Shippou constantly bugged them with questions, but after receiving no answers, gave up. so the three of them headed back in silence.

Ok, this was my first fanfic, but my third one to be put up. Hope you like it.