-sorry about that, chapters 20-21 were switched.-

Hi all! It s once again Hareyu!

Last time : It was Kagome that fell first.

This time: Chapter 20: a close encounter

Inuyasha smiled a cocky smile before passing out. The last thing he saw was Kagome fall to her knees, then pass out right before him.

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Kagome woke up with a groan. She was laying on a futon in Keade s hut. She looked over across the fire ,( she was on the right side of the fire facing the door , and the fire was in between Her and Inuyasha , who was on the left side of the fire.) and saw the red-clad Inuyasha sleeping soundly . He looks so peaceful while he s sleeping.

She thought dreamily. She slowly sat up, wincing at the pain in her lower abdomen, looking down she saw she was bandaged up. huh She sighed. She slowly crawled over to him, wincing every now and then, and looked down on his face.

Mmm he looks and smells tasty. Her youkai side said in a dreamy sounding yet deep voice.

What!? No, he he doesn t.

Yeah right, pretending that you don t love someone is unhealthy you know.

I do NOT love him, He s arrogant, and imbecilic, and stubborn, and handsome, and so peaceful looking while he s asleep and so kind

And that s why you re saying such nice things about him when you don t love him.

Yeah NO!!! No, No, No, I don t love him he s just a friend.

She shook her head, closing her eyes she stopped, and took deep breaths. At the same time inhaling his woodsy scent. mmm. Pine, wind and sunlight. She thought. Lately it had been his scent that would calm her nerves when ever things seemed to get out of control.

Like once, she had been training with Miroku and Kikyo on her spiritual powers, and she had nearly fainted in when all of her power came rushing back into her after she had released it. Both of her teachers, and those that were around them were shocked to feel, the wait of her aura, which was so strong, youkai that were nearby were frozen under the pressure.

That, of course, excluded Sesshomaru, Kikyo, Miroku, Keade, Inuyasha, and the other spiritual and strong beings. All they felt was a heavy weight on their auras , that was still a strong enough aura to make Sesshomaru stop in his tracks and look shocked , Before he put back up his icy facade.

They all came running as soon as the aura had appeared, expecting Naraku , but got the shock of their lives when they saw Kagome float slowly back to the ground from her meditation , and sense all of the immense aura be called back into her body .

As soon as the aura disappeared , Kagome slowly opened her speckled brown eyes and sway dangerously before calming herself as she fell back into Natasha s arms.

Now , She gazed down into her hero s face , just as she felt his hand cradle the back of her neck and slowly pull her face closer , whispering Kagome , as their lips were only centimeters apart Sango and Miroku walked into the hut, unnoticed.

Ouch, Dear lady Sango Maybe we should take lessons from them Miroku said . A second later , There was a scream of hentai , before Miroku passed out , having being hit with the giant bone boomerang , Hiraikotsu .

The two Hanyous ,( I m just going to call Kagome a hanyous , even though she s youkai. It s easier.) Had already separated , both blushing madly.

No sooner had Sango dragged Miroku out of the doorway , Had the others came in, All noticed the two blushing in opposite corners of the hut, causing several to smirk , and a young priestess to giggle ,( I know it s odd , but she s whole again and She s happy.) and an older one to laugh whole-heartedly.

What !? Inuyasha said raising his head from its hanging position, not realizing that his blush was still present.

So My young brother has chosen a female how sweet Rin Giggled at her lord s joke before running over to Kagome and kneeling staring at Shippo, while Shippo sat comfortingly in her lap . Kagome had sat cross-legged as soon as she had jumped away from Inuyasha. Shippo was sucking on a sucker , when after a few minuets , he withdrew a second unopened sucker from his Haori , and handed it to Rin who squealed and sat down next to Kagome and started sucking on it , after removing it from its wrapper.

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Hey all. How was that chapter? I ll be updating another soon. And sorry for updating so late. But we switched to road runner and our Internet wouldn t work because of it , so I did several chapters to make up for it.

-Hareyu