Chapter 5

Kagome woke up the next morning and she felt so warm. She opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha right beside her. So she cuddles closer to him.

Inuyasha had woken up before Kagome had but he stayed in place so not to wake her. When he felt someone cuddle closer to him, he looked down and watched the girl. He then put his arm around her waist lovingly, and pulled her as close as he could.

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and smiled 'He's so handsome.' She thought. Inuyasha noticed her staring so he leant down and kissed her on the lips.

When they broke apart, Kagome got up and started getting ready to go back to the feudal era, and she made Inuyasha leave the room so that she could change.

When Kagome finally let Inuyasha back in the room, his jaw dropped! Kagome was wearing a green halter-top with a white sweater, and a pair of tight low rise jeans. The outfit together showed about an inch of her well-toned stomach. Inuyasha was surprised at Kagome's sudden change in clothes. He had barely seen Kagome in anything other then her school uniform, he liked this outfit much better. Inuyasha couldn't take his eyes off of Kagome, she looked so beautiful, and all he could do was stare.

Kagome blushed slightly at the attention Inuyasha was giving her with her new outfit. But she couldn't say that she didn't like it. 'Mental note' she thought to herself 'thanks friends for making me buy this!'

Flashback

"Kagome! Come on you have to come shopping with us! You barely ever wear anything other then the school uniform! You even wear it on weekends!" Kagome's friends, Yumi and Eri begged.

"Fine, I'll go, but I'm not buying anything!" Kagome told them.

AT THE MALL

"Kagome, this outfit would look so good on you!" Yumi cried.

"Yeah! You have to at least try it on!" Eri commanded. Eri and Yumi both knew that if Kagome tried on the outfit she would just have to buy it.

As Kagome looked at her reflection in the mirror, she decided that she really liked the outfit and would buy it. Her friends were right, it really did look good. She stepped out of the change room and said, "Fine, you win! I'll buy it" Kagome grinned as she went to pay for everything.

End Flashback

Kagome felt herself go into a deeper shade of red when she noticed that Inuyasha was still staring at her.

"We should probably go now Inuyasha." Kagome said, snapping him out of his trance. She went to go and pick up her huge yellow backpack but it wouldn't move off of the floor. 'NO no no no no no!' Kagome cried mentally. She opened up the bag and started taking out her textbooks.

'She's so beautiful.' Inuyasha thought as he admired Kagome in her new outfit.

Once again, Kagome tried to pick up her bag, but again it was to heavy for her to lift.

"Darn it!" Kagome sighed.

"What?" Inuyasha asked, blushing from his previous thoughts

"Oh, ummm, nothing." Kagome said, trying to pick up the bag again, but it didn't work.

"Here" Inuyasha said, gently pushing Kagome aside "I'll take it." He picked up the bag as if it was filled with feathers.

"Thanks Inuyasha." Kagome blushed, 'he's being so nice, I wonder why.' "Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, Inuyasha just looked at her, so she took it as a sign to continue. "Do you like it n my era?"

"Sure, it's not that bad. Other then the air smalls funny ("pollution" Kagome stated simply) and it's noisy." Inuyasha shrugged "But your family is cool" he added. Kagome nodded her head 'So he likes my family, Sota is going to be thrilled.'

Kagome laughed softly when she thought of her younger brother Sota. He looked up to Inuyasha, Inuyasha was his idol.

"What's so funny?" Inuyasha asked, not really thinking anything he said was funny.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about Sota." Kagome said simply

"Why did you want to know if I liked it in your era?" Inuyasha asked, realizing that she wasn't going to tell him any more about why she was laughing.

"I was just wondering. You always seem to relax a bit more when we are in my era, that's all. Just thought that there might be a special reason why." Kagome said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

'I guess I do relax more in this era. There are no demons and Kagome's scent is everywhere inside her house. How could I not relax?' Inuyasha asked himself "yeah, I guess I do. But there are no demons trying to kill people here. I guess that's why." He mentally kicked himself 'Why can't I tell her how I feel?' he thought. He loved Kagome and he knew it, but he just couldn't tell her. He was afraid that she wouldn't feel the same way.

'Inuyasha looks upset.' Kagome stated in her mind, 'I wonder if it's because of the question I asked.' "I'm sorry Inuyasha, I didn't mean to upset you." She said.

"Huh?" Inuyasha said.

"You look upset." She pointed out.

"Oh, it's nothing." Inuyasha said sounding irritated, but secretly he was surprised that Kagome noticed that he was upset, and even more, that she blamed herself for it! 'How wrong you are Kagome. But thinking about it now, she always does notice when my mood changes.'

"Ok" Kagome sighed 'He never talks to me. I wish he would open up to me once and a while. I wonder if he talks to Kikio?' Kagome regretted her last thought. A look of sadness flashed across her face as she tried to clear the thought from her head. But she couldn't make it go away.

"What's wrong now Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, sounding like he was getting annoyed, but he was worried, but he didn't know how to say it.

"N…Nothing's wrong." Kagome stuttered blushing like mad trying to hide her face from Inuyasha.

""I don't believe you." He stated simply

"And why not?" Kagome demanded. Still a dark shade of red.

"Because you stuttered, you resemble a tomato and you keep twirling your hair on your finger." Inuyasha chuckled when Kagome realized that she had been twirling her hard. She quickly tried to remove her finger from the grasp of her hair, but ended up painfully pulling her hair. Kagome yelped a bit from the quick pain and Inuyasha turned back to Kagome's only to see her momentarily eyes fill with water and trying to remove her fingers from the mass of hair. When her finger was finally removed, she stroked her hair, as if it could feel the caress of her hand. Inuyasha noticed she was acting very odd, but decided not to mention it again.

"Your not going to tell me, are you?" Inuyasha sighed

"Nope" Kagome said innocently. But giggled when Inuyasha stopped in his tracks.

"Why not?" He whined, making Kagome giggle even more.

Inuyasha smirked and he put Kagome's bag down on the floor.

"Well Kagome" Inuyasha said playfully taking a step toward Kagome "I will just have to torture it out of you!" he said wiggling his fingers at her threateningly.

"You wouldn't!" Kagome gasped

"I wouldn't!" He countered, jumping over to Kagome and tickling her sides making her wiggle around trying to get out of his grasp. Inuyasha laughed at Kagome's wiggling and how she was laughing so hard she was almost in tears.

When Kagome was wiggling around she lost her balance and fell away from Inuyasha, but he kept tickling her mercilessly. She kept jumping and wiggling around the shrine while laughing hysterically. "not fair!" she cried

"Oh really? And how is it not fair?" Inuyasha asked still tickling her.

"You're…not…. ticklish!" She gasped grabbing his hands from her sides. She looked into his golden eyes and he looked into her grayish blue ones. He wanted so badly to wrap his arms around her and press his lips against hers. But he had to restrain himself.

"God he's hot! Kagome thought, but was lurched out of her thoughts when Inuyasha started his tickle attack again. Kagome once again had to fight to get out of his reach. In her attempts to get away, she tripped over her big yellow bag and fell into Inuyasha's chest. She gasped as she felt his warmth through his kimono. Her heart started to race.

Inuyasha felt Kagome fly into his chest and he heard her breathing get faster. Before he could stop himself, he put his clawed hand under Kagome's chin and gently pushed it up forcing her to look into his eyes. Then he slowly brought his face closer to Kagomes. She instinctively closed her eyes when Inuyasha finally brought his lips against her own.

Inuyasha was surprised and very relieved when he felt Kagome kiss him back. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. When he did this Kagome put her arms around his neck and pulled him, if possible, even closer to her.