"I'll have…"

"ONE burger," Jakotsu interrupted ominously.

"Yes," Kagome said through clenched teeth, "I know. One fillet-o-fish, please?"

The poor guy behind the counter, terrified by the fierceness of the boy (or was that a girl?), hurriedly scrambled off to get the burger.

"Aww…you scared him off," She teased, with a pout.

Jakotsu rolled his eyes. "Anyway, the main reason why I'm even here is because you promised to tell me everything I want to know about Inuyasha."

The frightened worker came back with a hot wrapped burger, and with shaky hands, handed it over to Kagome, who sighed.

"$2…2.80, m…ma'am…" he stuttered. (ME: yes, I know, I'm making this guy too paranoid…wimpy…whatever…)

Kagome beamed. "Jakotsu…" she cooed, stretching out her free hand.

Grumpily he fished out his wallet from the depths of his bag and handed her some coins.

Visibly relieved, the guy-behind-the-counter thanked them and wished them a good day, and the two of them decided to stroll whilst talking.

'So…" prompted Jakotsu, with clear eagerness.

" Oh, yeah… Inuyasha's quite a nice guy…but you do know it's useless, right? He's straight. And besides, as I mentioned earlier, he's in love with Kikyo."

Jakotsu scrunched up his nose. "EEW… that Kikyo scares the fishsticks out of me. She always has that same deadpan expression on her face. All women are the same, anyway." He commented, not noticing that his present company was female.

Kagome choked on her burger, and gulped it down so that she could begin her rant.

"EXCUSE ME? NOT ALL WOMEN ARE THE SAME! I'M A GIRL, BUT DO YOU SEE ME WITH THAT KIND OF LOOK ON MY FACE?" she yelled, causing Jakotsu to flinch.

"Sheesh. Well, maybe not you then," he said.

Kagome blushed, wondering why she'd been so worked up over such a stupid comment. Something bothered her – Jakotsu's nonchalance, maybe? No, that wasn't it. It was probably the mystery of why he hated girls.

There HAD to be a reason.

She cleared her throat. "What's so bad about us girls, anyway? I hear some girls think you're cute."

He snorted. " Like I care. Look, I can't change the way I am, and if I like guys, I like guys. Deal?"

Kagome raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"I'm a girl, and you're talking to me, " she pointed out softly.

Jakotsu seemed surprised for a second, then scratched his head, as if confused.

" Yeah, well, that's only cos I wanna know about Inuyasha! Kyaah! He is sooooo adorable!" Jakotsu squealed, with a little hop.

This action made Kagome giggle, and she thought that at least, with this crush on Inuyasha in common, they might be friends. But why did she feel so weird?

It was a contradictory feeling. A bit of shyness… yet she felt so comfortable around him. He was like her best friend – only a girl trapped in a guy's body.

Well, okay, so she wasn't his best friend… but what did that matter?

"Hello, Kagome?" Jakotsu waved a hand in front of her face, and squinted at her.

Kagome realized that her half-eaten burger was still in her left hand, and looked directly into Jakotsu's eyes. She rather liked the colour, an intense black (er… is intense black a suitable description? I thought intense would perhaps be for blue, but maybe black is fine…) . She found herself subconsciously using her eyes to explore his face, from his eyes, then to his blue snake fangs under them.

After another "Hello, hello?" from Jakotsu, who was by now puzzled as to why Kagome was staring at him, she finally snapped out of it and sheepishly looked away.

"Sorry," she apologized.

Jakotsu harrumphed and continued walking.

"M…Maybe you want some tips on how to win Inuyasha's heart?" she asked uncertainly, though in her mind she thought : Er…pathetic attempt to make conversation, Kagome, and besides, only Kikyo has the key to his heart.

Jakotsu spun around. "Yeah," he said slowly, "Sure. We could pretend you're Inuyasha! "

He seemed excited at this thought, and clapped his hands in delight.

Kagome grinned. Thank goodness the awkwardness of her actions just now was covered up by a quick steer back in the direction of the original topic.

"So, shall we begin tomorrow?"

Jakotsu smiled, which Kagome found rare (well, when the smile was directed to girls anyway).

"Ok."

Ooh! I cannot wait until the next chapter! I've got ideas… heh… keep reading! And thanks guys, if you make an effort to review! It makes me happy cuz you guys rock my world! .