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Chapter Three: The Longest Day of Their Lives

22 October

As Kagome got ready for school she pondered whether she had been dreaming about somebody being in her room or if she had really had a rude nighttime visitor. She was staring out into the shadowed yard when she was surprised by a knock on her door. "Kagome, dear are you okay? You're awful quiet this morning."

"Yeah mom, I'm okay, just thinking."

"Well, breakfast is on the table, so get it before it goes cold." Kagome looked at the clock and was shocked to see that it was already 7:00; she was usually downstairs by 6:45.

"I didn't realize what time it was, thanks mom."

"Okay dear."

Just like the day before Kagome was distracted throughout all of her classes. She had never been this preoccupied. Each time a teacher broke her from her day dreaming she wondered if her grades would be affected by this strange man of her dreams. She wondered if it had in fact been a dream. What had he said his name was? Oh yeah Inuyasha. Now that she had time to think about that it was Japanese. It meant 'dog demon'. Who would name somebody that? She was starting to find reasons why this boy was probably not a dream.

Inuyasha spent his awake hours being surly. He was upset that he could not get that girl out of his head. What was with her, why did he want to care? She smelled so good. That was the worst thing. He couldn't get her scent out of his mind. It was cherry blossoms and vanilla, with just a hint of lavender and mint. It was the first time in many years that he wished he could go outside in the daylight. It would mean that much more time being able to be near her even if she didn't know about it. Why does it have to be so long until night fall?

As she finally finished her homework for the afternoon she was wondering if she would have another visit tonight. She ran home so she could go to bed early. Maybe he would come earlier today. She was anxious throughout the entire evening. Finally it was her alone time. She went straight to her room and made sure the window was open. She was not sure why she was not afraid of some stranger being in her room. She felt a weird kind a trust in this guy she had now convinced herself was real. Thinking back on it why was she so happy to think of him coming back, he had been rude to her. She was so confused.

It was starting to get dark, Inuyasha was so eager to see caromed that he was willing to go while the sun was not all the way down. He was pretty sure that the tree would be shadowed enough by the time he got there. As Inuyasha left his house he was disgusted with himself, he was acting like a teenager with a crush. Oh well, nothing he could do about it now. He was already headed to her house. He used rooftops and trees to get there. Nobody even saw him as he traveled the few miles to her house.

As he reached Kagome's house he noticed that her window was open again. He was pretty sure that even though she was in bed she was not asleep. He could smell anticipation and excitement coming from her. He was shocked by that, she seemed to be waiting for him. He took a survey of the house and found that although they were not asleep the other two occupants were in the same rooms they had slept in the night before. He decided that he should just watch her for a while and see what she did. He watched as she pretended to be asleep. She fidgeted quite a bit actually. He finally decided to end her suspense. As he leapt through the window he did a quick check to make sure everyone else was still in their rooms. They were, so Inuyasha quietly walked over to the bed.

"Oh Ka-go-me, I know you're awake," he whispered in a sing song voice. She was so surprised that she had not heard him come in at all. Slowly she sat up and opened her eyes, he was so close to the bed that she actually had to scoot back a little to try and see into his face. That was definitely the same voice from last night, no doubt. She peered closely at this Inuyasha through her lashes. He had very long hair, there was a small amount of moonlight streaming in through the open window. She was not sure if that was what gave her the impression of silver or if it was her imagination. His eyes, shadowed by his bangs, were golden. She wondered briefly if he wore contacts. He was dressed in dark colors she assumed it was black and seemed to be wearing a cloak or cape of some kind. "Do you like what you see?" Inuyasha smirked at her. She was startled and dismayed, slightly disgusted with herself because she had started staring at him. He was surprised by her scent, she seemed to be disgusted, that was not what he expected, embarrassed maybe, but not disgusted.

He moved away from her, his ears and nose twitching, as he once again made sure everyone else in the house was in their rooms. Kagome frowned as Inuyasha moved away from her, she watched him and was distracted by something moving on top of his head. As his head lowered and he gave the impression of finding the floor fascinating. She squinted to get a better look only to find that what she had seen seemed to have disappeared behind his bangs. He had not seen her intense gaze at the top of his head. He was surprised when her scent changed to curiosity and desire; it was not a sexual desire but that of wanting to do something, just what he could not fathom. She started to slowly get out of bed as to not scare him. Inuyasha's head shot up so fast Kagome was sure he must have given himself whiplash. He stared at her as she started towards him, he gave her a weary look and was about to step back when he looked into her eyes. They held a look of wonder as she raised her hand to feel into the top of his hair. They were both shocked by what happened next. She felt his hair as she looked for what she had seen and it was much softer and silkier than she had expected. Inuyasha was frozen in place even as he wanted to move he couldn't. Kagome felt around in his hair until she unexpectedly came upon two fuzzy ears. She stopped for a split second before a huge grin crossed her face and she started to pet them. Inuyasha was surprised that she hadn't screamed and had a fit, he was also surprised that it felt GOOD. He was disgusted with himself when he actually started a light growl that was very similar to a purr.

As Kagome slowly removed her hands from his ears she tried to surreptitiously move her hands to look for regular ears. As Inuyasha realized that she had stopped her assault on his ears and what she was currently trying to do. At this he laughed deeply and grabbed Kagome's hands from his head. "You won't find anything else, these," as he inclined his head and wiggled his ears, "are the real deal, I only get one set of ears just like anyone else."

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