Inuyasha had woken up a little before dawn, rising on one elbow he looked over his mates sleeping form, still securely wrapped in his other arm. Removing the arm he had tucked around her waist, he felt her forehead; the fever was finally gone, the dark circles that were around her eyes had vanished, and her skin was finally back to a warm, healthy colour. For the first time in days, Inuyasha took a deep breath of relief. The mating ritual was complete, and Kagome had survived through the transformation. Inuyasha smiled as watched black ears start to swivel and twitch in the directions that birds could be heard singing their morning song as the sun rose over the horizon. He tried to stifle a chuckle when he lightly ran his finger up her ear, and she tried to flick him off.

Kagome felt a tickling sensation come from the top of her head, followed by an odd sensation and what sounded like a soft snapping sound. She blinked her eyes open and rubbed at the area where she felt the strange sensation. Her fingers reached the top of her head, and her eyes widened briefly before a huge grin took over her face. She ran her fingers over the new fuzzy tips on the top of her head. Her morning had gotten even brighter when she looked up and seen the loving smile on her husbands face.

"Morning beautiful," Inuyasha said before softly planting a kiss on her forehead.

Kagome watched him for a few moments before leaning up and lovingly kissing Inuyasha on the lips. "Morning, saiai no otto."

His heart had melted when her words that were said with such love hit his ears. Smiling he asked, "Feeling better today?"

She thought about it for a moment before nodding her head. She still felt a little off but 'that's to be expected when you go from human to half-demon' she thought to her self. She was so happy that everything worked out, she knew it would, but she felt terrible for scaring Inuyasha the way she did. He looked so worried last night when he tried to wake her up for supper, and she was in to much pain to even really comprehend his words. Everything was so loud last night, and she had this obnoxious ring in her ears. Remembering this she looked up Inuyasha and asked,

"Is everything usually this loud for you? She asked as her ears flicked around the room to catch all the different sounds that she wasn't used to hearing.

Planting one last kiss on her twitching appendage before getting out of bed he chuckled softly, "You get used to it."

Sitting up, Kagome took a deep breath in through her nose. "Everything smells different too; it feels like my senses are going into overdrive."

Putting the pot of water on the fire to boil, he chuckled again, "Something else you get used to, try focusing on what's in front of you for now until it gets less distracting and branch out from there."

Kagome closed her eyes and took another deep breath through her nose. While making a mental note of what each of the new scents were when a warm, familiar smell hit her nose, one she knew quite well already. She opened her eyes to see Inuyasha smiling at her with his arm reached out and a cup of freshly brewed tea in his hand. Kagome smiled brightly taking the offered drink and wrapping her hand around the warm cup bringing it up to her chest, "Thank you!" She said sweetly.

While pulling out some rice and dried meat, Inuyasha stirred his thoughts around in his head. He suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked at Kagome with mischief and curiosity glinting in his eyes,

"Hey Kagome, after breakfast do you want to go outside and play a game with me?"

Kagome was shocked by the question, in all the times she had asked if he wanted to play any games with her and Shippo he always flat out refused.

"You want to play a game Inuyasha?" She asked warily

Inuyasha smiled while directing a cheeky grin towards his wife.

Raising an eyebrow at her now suspicious husband she asked, "What do you want to play?"

"Hide and seek tag," he replied, as his grin widened.

Hide and seek tag was something her and Shippo had started playing when he would want to play both tag as well as hide and seek at the same time. Unsure of what her husband was up to she hesitantly replied, "...Sure. Ok"

After they had finished eating, Kagome had changed into the gorgeous red and black kimono that Inuyasha had brought for her. The fabric felt at soft as silk, and the black details along the hem were breathtaking. It was feeling pretty warm today, so she decided to tie her hair up in a high ponytail to keep her newly thickened hair off her neck. When she finished getting ready she looked over at Inuyasha, he was in his usual robe of the fire rat, but she wasn't expecting to see his hair tied up in a high ponytail as well.

"When did you start putting your hair up?" She asked as a natural heat ran to her core brought on by the sight of her sexy hanyou.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome while slipping the Tessaiga onto his hip. "Last summer it got really hot, and I got so desperate to cool down that I tied it up for some relief. I realized it wasn't so bad if it was a warm day."

"Oh, well, it looks good like that, I think it suits you," she said with a slight blush across her face.

Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and pulled her into a loving kiss. When he pulled back to look at her, he smiled wickedly before leaning down to her ear,

"It smells like you really like how it looks," he whispered deeply. Causing the smell to grow stronger.

This time Kagome had caught the smell of what was her own arousal. She blushed fiercely before tucking her face into Inuyasha's hakama, taking a deep breath in through her nose to calm her pounding heart she took in Inuyasha's scent. It had a fresh summer forest moss smell to it with an undertone of vanilla and... bursts of sweet cinnamon? Yes, she was sure that was it. She noticed the sweet cinnamon scent got a little stronger when she pushed up harder against Inuyasha. Wait, was this the scent of his... was he aroused? With a blush on her face, she looked up at him shyly and swallowed her embarrassment down before trying to ask,

"Uhm... I can smell.. uh... I mean, are you.. uh... Shit.." She swore under her breath due to her stuttering.

Inuyasha's eyes slightly enlarged for a brief second before regaining his composure. With a slight dusting of pink appearing across his cheeks he replied,

"If you're asking if you can smell the desire I have to play with my seriously sexy mate, naked in the bed... then yes." He chuckled as he watched her ears thump quickly to match the pace of her racing heart.

"Let's play outside first before we play inside." He said as he picked her up bridal style and headed out the door. He wanted to take her to the field where the forest ran along the edge. It would be easier to have her get used to her new physical features and the capabilities that came with that, over there.

Arriving at the clearing, Inuyasha placed Kagome down on the ground. Inuyasha was admittingly very excited about this. He always dreamed of being able to go for runs with Kagome through the forest on the nights of the full moon and not be carrying her on his back, but to be running side by side with her, following only the guidance of the moon.

"Ok Kagome, I want you to try to find and catch me. We're going to try to train you a little on how to use and become familiar with your new abilities as a half-demon, ok?"

Kagome smiled excitedly; she too had always wanted to be able to run and leap through the trees side by side with Inuyasha. "Ok!" she giggled out.

Inuyasha smiled and lifted his wrist up to Kagome's nose, "Take a good whiff, memorize every last little detail about my scent. When you're ready to start, close your eyes, count to ten, and track me down by my scent. I won't go too far as this will be your first time. If you find me I want you to try to catch me, but please try to remember that you now have these," he said lifting her hand with his free hand and placing a kiss on the back of her claws, "As beautiful as they are, I don't exactly want to get hit by them any time soon." He joked.

Kagome took a couple more deep breaths in through her nose, and looked up to Inuyasha, "Ok, I think I'm ready!" She said with a strong determination in both her eyes and voice.

Inuyasha nodded before Kagome closed her eyes and he took off into the forest. There was barely any wind today, making it perfect for trying to train Kagome's new Inu nose to track. He counted to ten in his head while he leapt from tree to tree, once he made it to ten Inuyasha perched himself high up in branches of the tree he was in.

Kagome had closed her eyes and began to count to ten; she could hear the general direction he had taken off in with her new hearing capabilities. When she reached ten, she opened her eyes and turned to face the direction that she thought she heard him run in and took in a deep breath through her nose. She could smell him! She followed the scent leading into the forest, there weren't any trails stomped down, and the brush was a little thick to try to walk through. Kagome looked up at the tree in front of her, 'I wonder..' she thought as she took a calming breath and jumped. She leapt high in the air and landed on a branch about fifteen feet off the ground. She swayed back and forth a little while trying to get her balance in check. Once she stood firmly on the branch, she looked around for another tree to jump to. Deciding not to overthink it and let her body do what came naturally she leapt to the next tree. To her surprise, she didn't need to regain her balance this time. Kagome smiled a wicked smile before jumping from tree to tree following Inuyasha's scent throughout the forest.

Inuyasha could smell her coming and started looking around the forest in an attempt to spot her. He scanned the forest floor for a minute before he heard her land on a branch a few trees to the left of him. At first, he was surprised to see her in the tree, but when he watched her leap from her tree and into his, landing gracefully, he felt nothing but pride for his wife.

She sat crouched down on the branch six feet lower than Inuyasha on the tree and sniffed the air around her, this is where his scent was strongest... 'Where is he?' Confused, she looked around at her surroundings before looking up and seeing Inuyasha with a massive grin on his face before he chuckled and took off into the surrounding trees. She smiled at the challenge then leapt through the forest behind him while attempting to catch him. Her blood was pumping, and she was thoroughly enjoying the thrill of the chase.