Inuyasha and Kagome were eating when Kagome noticed Inuyasha staring at her hard. "Uh... Is everything ok Inuyasha? Is there something on my face? You're staring.." Kagome asked.

Inuyasha couldn't help but stare, every time he looked at her he noticed something new and he was captivated. She had her beautiful hair up in a high ponytail. When Kagome had turned towards him to ask him the question, something black on her neck caught his eye. It was his mate mark; he was so preoccupied in everything else he forgot about the mark that would be on her neck. Feeling like an idiot, he stretched his arm out to cup Kagome's face and tilt her head to the side, exposing her deliciously smooth neck. On her neck was the Kanji characters for,

"Beloved wife." He said as a loving smile took over his face. Inuyasha thought it was fitting, A mate mark with a human term for marriage, embracing both their human and demon side.

Kagome was highly confused by her hanyou's actions, but the confusion was quickly replaced with awe, 'he just called me his beloved wife!' She swooned in her head.

Kagome twiddled her thumbs before shyly replying, "So... do you think I look ok like this? As a half-demon I mean."

Inuyasha removed his hand from her face before flushing at her question, rubbing at the back of his neck with his hand, he sat up straight before answering her.

"Well, yeah... I mean I already thought you were the most beautiful being in the world before, but now... I mean you're stunning, I honestly can't keep my eyes off you. I have a feeling I'll be beating villagers away with a stick when we get back. He chuckled, but there was a threat for all future creatures that looked her way in his voice.

Kagome smiled sweetly, "Thanks!"

"Do you want to see?" Inuyasha asked digging Kagome's compact mirror out of the bag.

"Oh ! Yes!" She excitingly replied.

Inuyasha was almost more nervous about Kagome seeing the changes then he was watching it happen on the first night. He handed her the mirror and squinted his eye's afraid of what he thought was the oncoming reprimand. He was pleasantly surprised and immensely relieved when he heard,

"Oh wow! My eyes match yours! I've always loved your eyes..." Too stunned to bother worrying about the blush consuming her face as she continued to look at her new appearance. She opened her mouth to examine her fangs; she noticed they weren't quite as long as Inuyasha's, more feminine looking. They looked extremely sharp none the less. As if the thought was a bad omen she cut the corner of her lip with her new fang. Kagome instinctively rubbed her tongue over it to soothe the pain. When she removed her tongue, the cut was gone! She couldn't believe it. She continued looking when she noticed 'Beloved wife' on her neck in Kanji. This time feeling the blush consume her face, she lightly touched over the characters.

"Ah, what the heck was that!?" Barked a startled Inuyasha while slapping his hand down on his neck.

"Ah!" Kagome winced, startled by the warmth and slight stinging pain coming from the mark on her neck.

Inuyasha's eyes went wide as he snatched the mirror from Kagome's hand and examined his own neck. He was shocked to find 'beloved husband' in Kanji on his neck. He let out a bright, booming smile, one full of happiness and pride,

"Well shit! 'heh' I knew I felt a sting in my neck the other day, but I didn't think you bit me!" Inuyasha had his face in his palm as he let out that deep booming laugh she loved.

"You're one to talk!" She laughed, a little embarrassed by the situation

Taking a deep breath to get his laughter under control Inuyasha gave Kagome back the mirror.

"I know I know, but usually females, demons and human mates alike never return the bite mark. Myoga said something about it affecting the male's power or something. But what I want to know is how exactly did you know where and how to bite me for a mating ritual?"

Kagome went a delectable shade of red before answering shyly, "...I... Might have asked... Sango... for some advice about how Inu yokai mating works and what to expect. She told me how the ritual is normally done but nothing about how the females don't return the bite. I'm sorry, did I do something wrong?"

"No, don't worry about it, I'm sure it'll be fine, I'll ask Myoga about it when we get back. Now, get your pretty little hanyou ass back to bed wench." He joked out, trying to get a reaction out of her, and got the result he wanted.

Kagome went as red as the robe of the fire rat before nodding and doing as she was told. She had no complaints though as she felt a nasty migraine coming along and didn't feel the greatest. She didn't feel sick, but she didn't feel right either.

While Kagome slept, Inuyasha had kept himself busy by catching some fish for dinner, cutting some wood for the fire and even took a dip in the spring.

When dinner was ready, Inuyasha tried to wake Kagome up to eat, but she had awoken with tears streaming down her face saying she had a lot of pain from her head. Inuyasha tucked her back into bed and told her to try to sleep it off. Under her eyes were still a bit dark and her skin was still pale. He was worried how her body was taking the transformation but was hopeful she would feel better by morning. He wanted to take his pretty new mate outside to play, hanyou style.

~AN~ I know this chapter was a little shorter, but I'm trying to be nice to my wrists before the next couple chapters which should be quite long, fun and most likely zesty :) Please Review and let me know what you think of the story so far! :)