Chapter 1 A Truce

"Inuyasha, it's the new moon tonight…"

Inuyasha, still in his demon form, sat down under a large sakura tree and crossed his legs. "So? Why are you bringing it up anyways?"

Kagome, clenching her fist at his demeanor, took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to my era for a few hours. There's a festival happening and well…"

Her voice trailed off as she realized that Miroku was nearby. She gave a small smile as she stood up slowly and walked away.

Miroku, a little confused, motioned towards the silver-haired half-demon.

"Did I interrupt something? It looked like Kagome was asking you-"

Inuyasha gave Miroku this deadly glare. He got up and stretched.
"I do not know what you are talking about, monk. She cut off in mid sentence and left."

Miroku smirked and nudged the dog demon.

"Maybe it was a date? Maybe she was waiting for you to follow…"

A loud thump and a small yip of agony could be heard from where Shippo was picking up mushrooms. He squinted to see this rather large bump on the monk's head.

"Inuyasha can be quite violent at times…" He muttered to himself.

It didn't take long for Kagome to reach the bone eaters well. She sat on the edge of it, thinking to herself now. Here she wanted Inuyasha to have some kind of fun night with her and she messed it up.

Not only did I use the cursed necklace around his neck, I also made a huge fuss about how he didn't ever listen to our opinions… I was really looking forward to this festival.

Within seconds, a hand met her shoulder and a familiar voice spoke her name.

"You wanted to say something earlier?"

Kagome turned around swiftly so see Inuyasha behind her. His golden eyes shone brightly as he spoke to her. He didn't seem to have an overpowering voice, but a gentle yet stern one.

"Yes. I wanted to ask you a question."

"So what are you waiting for?" he smiled lightly "Ask me it already"

Why must he always act so superior? Well, besides holding up to his ego and titles… I mean, can't he be nice one day and let the tough guy attitude go?

With that, she finally opened her mouth, searching for the words that would make it seem like a fun idea.

"I was wondering" she began "I was wondering if you were able to come to the festival in my era. It's quite beautiful and-"

His face became even sterner as he saw that she was fumbling for her words and trying to make it seem like she was not nervous.

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have asked in the first place."

Crap, he isn't interested at all. Good job, Higurashi, you did it once again.

"It sounds like an idea. Besides, there aren't any demons there and I wouldn't have to hide these." With that, Inuyasha poked his little fluffy ears.

Wait… I got him to accept!

"When do you want me to go through the well?"

Deep in thought, Kagome tried to pick a particular time, but knew that he wouldn't be on time. Who were these days? Five minutes meant thirty. It was a natural male thing to do. Make a woman wait was always something they did.

"Well, let's see… A few minutes before the sky is painted with stars?"

Inuyasha nodded in agreement.

She's a little gentler with me. I think this is our truce. Or is it because she really wants to take me there and have fun? We chase around demons and the shikon no tama shards all the time; it's a good day to rest.

"I'll be there."