Disclaimer (again): I do not own the hot hanyou, Inuyasha.

Allright, well, here's chapter two. Hopefully it will be longer than the first (I wanted chapter one to be longer, but then it kinda ended at a good point and I was tired, so...), and hopefully I won't get extremely sleepy while typing. Again. Hehe

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Chapter 2: Waterfall

Kagome woke up the next morning feeling extremely well-rested. Glancing around the camp while stretching, she seemed to be the first one up, so she decided to take another look at the pictures she had taken the previous evening.

Pulling out her camera, Kagome took a look at the very first picture, the one with the sunset, and started smiling. The next few were unrecognizable images, all of them blurry, because she'd had everyone try to take a picture after she explained how to use it. Miroku was the quickest to understand, and proceded to take nearly a dozen pictures of Sango, who blushed prettily in each one.

Inuyasha had had the most trouble, and very nearly broke the camera a few times after getting frustrated at it. Kagome had luckily grabbed it before he had a chance to damage it at all and had decided that Inuyasha probably wasn't to be trusted with anything expensive and breakable.

The last few pictures were ones that Kagome had taken while they had set up camp. A few were of Miroku and Sango talking while they collected firewood and built a fire, either angry or smiling at each other. The rest, she realized with embarassment, were all of her beloved hanyou.

In a couple of the pictures Inuyasha was yelling at her (looking at these, she could almost hear him saying, "Damn it, Kagome! When are you gonna stop taking pictures with that camera of yours?"), but mostly she had caught him off-guard when he didn't really have a strong emotion on his face. He wasn't smiling in any of the pictures, but Kagome vowed to herself that she would eventually get a good picture of Inuyasha before her camera's memory was full. Which, if I keep this up, will be really soon, she thought.

Without waking Shippo, who was still snuggled in one of Sota's old sleeping bags next to her own one, Kagome walked over and stoked the fire that was almost dying with a long stick.

"You're up early," said a voice from close behind her, making her jump and drop the stick into the fire.

Kagome twirled around and sighed. "Inuyasha, you scared me!" she said, placing her hand on her racing heart.

"Sorry," he grumbled, smiling slightly. He stretched his hands high above his head, the smile broadening, so that when he was back to facing Kagome, he had a sleepy grin crossing his handsome face. Now that's the smile I wish I could capture in my camera...Kagome thought idly as she smiled back at the hanyou.

"We should probably get going," Inuyasha said, his smile fading. "As soon as everyone else wakes up."

Kagome nodded and reluctantly turned away to roll up her sleeping bag, wishing she had something else to say to him--something more meaningful. Of course, she would never admit that she was in love with him, not in a million years. But she still longed to know that he loved her back... Oh, who am I kidding? He'll never tell me he loves me. He's still in love with Kikyo!

As the miko rolled the sleeping bag up tightly, the young kitsune beside her stirred. "Morning, Kagome," he said groggily, rubbing his eyes.

"Good morning, Shippo!" Kagome answered cheerfully. "How are you feeling?"

The boy smiled. "Great!" he shouted. "Oh, look, Sango and Miroku are getting up, too!"

"Well, I guess I should start breakfast, then..." Kagome sighed, lugging her huge bag over to the fire.

"Come on, Kagome!" Inuyasha stopped and called to the miko, who was currently holding her camera up and focusing hard on taking a picture of a beautiful waterfall they had happened to pass.

"Hold on one second!" she shouted, frowning as she looked down at the camera. A red light was blinking where the green one had previously been. It was out of batteries.

Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kilala continued to walk down the path while Inuyasha walked back to Kagome. "Will you hurry up?" He yelled impatiently as he approached the girl.

"My camera's out of batteries," Kagome muttered, handing the hanyou the silver box. "Hold that for a minute." She then proceded to dig furiously in her bag again, this time muttering about batteries.

Inuyasha was about to yell back about the order she had just given him, but instead looked down at the camera. He had accidentally pressed a button while taking the camera from Kagome, and a bunch of colored little squares appeared on the black screen. It took him a second to realize that these must be the pictures she had taken, and he used what Kagome had taught him about how to use the camera and began to look through them.

It didn't take Inuyasha long to realize that most of the pictures were of himself, causing a small blush to creep across his cheeks. Why did Kagome take so many pictures of me? he thought, looking up at the girl who was still searching through her bag. She is so beautiful...I wish I could just tell her how I feel...

"Got it!" Kagome shouted, pulling a small package out of her backpack. When there was no response from the hanyou, Kagome looked up. "What's wrong, Inuyasha?"

It took Inuyasha a moment to discover that he was still staring at Kagome, and shook his head, embarassed. "N-nothing," he stuttered as he gazed into her big, chocolate eyes. "I was just wondering why you took so many pictures of me."

Kagome's mouth fell open as she looked at the camera. He looked at the pictures! she screamed in her head. Oh, no! Her face flushed as she grabbed the camera back from Inuyasha and hastily stuffed it into a side pocket of her backpack. "Umm...well, I was just...testing my photography skills, and you were always the nearest to me when we were walking, so..." she lied horribly, knowing he would probably see through her easily.

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed as he laughed at the girl. "Sure," he replied. He opened his mouth to say something else, but closed it when he realized how uncomfortable Kagome looked. Instead, he said, "So, I guess we should catch up to the others, then." He smiled a little, and Kagome relaxed.

I wish she would tell me how she feels sometimes, Inuyasha thought as they continued down the road, but, then again, why would she talk to me when she has Sango?

Kagome, who had completely forgotten about taking a picture of the waterfall, smiled to herself as she walked next to Inuyasha. Without even thinking, and surprising the hanyou completely, she grabbed his hand.

Inuyasha jumped slightly at Kagome's touch and turned to face the girl. "Kagome..." he muttered, but she rested her head against his shoulder and kept walking, her eyes closed as she continued to smile. He saw the smile and couldn't help but smile back. Some day...I'll get you to tell me how you feel...he thought.

So the content hanyou closed his fingers around those of the girl he loved so much, and gave them a slight squeeze. And then the couple headed off down the road, unaware that a certain demon slayer, monk, and kitsune had all been watching from a convenient place in the trees...

"Aww, that's sweet," Sango breathed as she watched her friends walking down the path, hand in hand.

Miroku just grinned, no doubt thinking about something perverted, so Sango was content to just leave him alone. But then she realized that they were supposed to be up ahead of Inuyasha and Kagome...

"Miroku, we need to go!" she shouted as the couple disappeared behind a bend in the path, heading deeper into the forest.

Miroku shook his head, snapping out of his lecherous thoughts. "Oh, right, I suppose we do," he answered, pulling Shippo onto his shoulder and walking out onto the path.

"Not that way, stupid monk," Sango said, climbing onto a transformed-Kilala's back. "Climb on."

Miroku did as she said, but then Shippo hopped down onto the ground. "Hey, look! Kagome dropped her camera!" he shouted, grabbing the small box from the path.

"Oh, it must've fallen out of her bag...well, I guess we can slip it in her bag when she isn't looking. I just hope she doesn't notice it's gone before we can," the demon slayer sighed. "Come on, Shippo, let's go."

The kitsune hopped on top of the feline's back just as Miroku decided to grab a certain woman's butt. Sango shrieked before striking the monk across the face. "You idiot," she muttered as Kilala took off, flying around the trees so as not to be seen by Kagome and Inuyasha.

Hehe. Not sure if I like this at all, but...oh well. Hmmmm...I don't have anything else to say.