I'm dedicating this chapter to "lil1diva" because she (or he) read this entire story in one night and reviewed for every chapter. It makes me want to write more!

Something wasn't right. That unnerving feeling lingered over him. But what was it? Is nose twitched, trying to pick up a strange scent. No luck. Everything was normal, but it didn't feel like it.

"Inuyasha are you all right?" Kagome asked. "W-what?" Kagome eyes him curiously. "I called your name three times and you just continued staring out into space," she shrugged her shoulders. "Oh," he said, relaxing a bit. "Whad' ya want?" he asked, looking behind him for the 20th time that day. "Nothin'. I just wanted to show you a really pretty flower, but we passed it all ready."

Inuyasha smiled. That's one thing he loved about Kagome, she always found something good out of a bad situation. Let me tell you, neither of them was having a great time in this "under water adventure".

For starters, there was no ramen. Although Inuyasha wouldn't have been surprised if Kagome could make a flame under water, there was still no ramen. Sleeping was terrible, the wet sandy bottom always bothered him. He liked the hard, wooden branches of the trees. On top of that this whole 'no gravity' thing was really really hard to get used to.

It was obvious Kagome felt the same way as well. She hid it very well, masking her feelings, but inuyasha knew better. She could always fake out Sango or Miroku with phoney smiles and empty laughter, but not him. He knew what she was really feeling all the time, any time. Why? Because that's what mates, er, friends know. They know those kinda things.

What made things feel worse was that no matter how long or how far they traveled everything looked the same. Seriously, everything. Water, plant, sand. That's it. Nothing much more. At least, in his eyes. In Kagome's, well, she was something different. Inuyasha sighed. Kagome. . . . He snapped himself out of his thoughts.

"Do you think we'll get there anytime soon?" Kagome said aloud to know one in particular. "Maybe," he said. Gods she's beautiful. . . . "Inuyasha?" "W-what? Oh, sorry. . ." His face blushed from embarrassment. Kagome giggled. "You know you got to stop doing that," she said, still laughing. "Doin' what?" he snorted. There was nothing wrong with him.

"Drifting off into who knows where!" she said and threw her arms up, another fit of giggles followed. "Yeah! Well. . . .er. . . .feh!" he scoffed. "Smooth," Kagome joked and tweaked one of his ears. "Hey!" he said and fake growled. "Stop that!" he said, only to be answered with her adding another hand. "Oh yeah, what are you gonna do about it, hm?" she smiled.

He thought about that for a moment. "Nothin," he decided. "What?" Kagome asked, hardly believing her ears. "Psyc!" he smirked and whipped around to face her. Kagome didn't have time to get out of the way before he moved, causing their noses to touch. Surprisingly, neither pulled back, though Kagome blushed wildly.

"That was a dirty trick," she said softly, just above a whisper. "Keh," he said, turning around. He came waaaay to close to kissing me. Kagome's heart was still pounding, though Inuyasha looked totally unaffected by anything. Kissing me? No way! Besides we're under water, that wouldn't really work, would it. I don't know. . . .maybe. Why am I even thinking about this anyway?

Kagome 'eeped' in surprise when she felt Inuyasha's hand grasp hers. "Sorry," he mumbled, pulling away, his head bowed so that his hair fell over his face. "N-no it's ok. You just surprised me is all," she smiled, reaching out for his hand. Inuyasha looked back up at her and she saw the slight hurt in his eyes. He gladly took her hand none the less and she squeezed it slightly to show that she did care about him.

Inuyasha looked over at her and a small smile curled onto his lips. He gently squeezed back as they continued swimming. But then something happened that neither would have expected. Currents are every where in the ocean, that's how it circulates all the time. But suddenly a current light up in a soft pinkish glow. Like when you read a paper and highlight only the important ones.

"Current. Follow the current," Kagome whispered in shock, remembering what the dolphins had told her. "I think that's the one," Inuyasha said, his voice soft as well. "Let's go," she smiled. He nodded back in reply.

Short, but it's an important part of the plot. Slight fluff. Good or bad? You tell me. It's 11 at night so it was a little shorter than what I wanted.

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