A/N: Sorry for the late update. I got a bit of writer's block that's why it took me long to update…If you find the scenes here a bit annoying…well then, too bad for you as I'm suffering a TERRIBLE writer's block now. I don't have any idea what dialogues to put in here…but I still hope you like it. It's the best I can do for now!

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Enemies or Lovers

Chapter 11

Inuyasha carried the sleeping Kagome out of his car and into his house. Good thing his mother is out for business, or else, he would be bombarded with questions that can rack his brain to death.

A maid met him halfway down the hall. After receiving a shocked statement, an annoyed Inuyasha ordered her to get the first aid kit and to bring water and towels. When these came to his room where he decided to treat Kagome of her wounds, he arranged them neatly on his table and started wetting the towel.

He stayed silent while gently wiping the dirt off Kagome's face as to avoid waking her up. It as just now that he realized she has some scratches on her face.

Probably from Kikyo's long nails, he thought. But another statement was waiting to be spoken inside his mind.

He is going to apply some medicine on the cuts now with the use of cotton. He did this as gently as he could. His eyes were glued on Kagome's peacefully sleeping face.

"You're so beautiful…" he blurted out softly while applying the medicine on some area of her face. The pressure of his hand increased because he was concentrating too much on Kagome's face that treating her.

Kagome flinched because of the pain she felt on her forehead. "Ouch…" she muttered, then opened her eyes to see a completely messy room. Panic filled her chest. She suddenly sat up and shouted, "Where the heck am I?"

Inuyasha, now out of his trance, just looked at the panic-stricken Kagome. He placed the cotton in the trash and finally spoke.

"You're in my house. In my room, specifically." Inuyasha stated.

Kagome didn't speak. She replayed what happened to her in her mind.

"That…that Kikyo…" she whispered to herself.

"Are you feeling okay now? It's a good thing I forgot something in the room…Kikyo could have killed you." He said, again applying medicine to her bruises.

"I—thank you…" Kagome said rather reluctantly.

"You don't need to thank me. It's my fault you got in this kind of trouble…so I'm just paying you back." He answered coolly.

"I still want to thank you. Anyway, we're just quits before…I called you…uhh…names." She said, keeping her eyes from Inuyasha's gold ones. "Sorry…"

Inuyasha stood up to collect some dirty shirts from the floor and throw them into the laundry basket. "Sorry if it's so messy around here…Umm, you don't have to be sorry that you called me a half-breed. I get that most of the time, especially from my father's colleagues…and those who pretend to be my friends."

Kagome stayed silent and just looked at the hanyou in front of her. She didn't know his life was that cruel. 'Maybe that's why he's so mean to everybody…it's his defense mechanism…' she thought to herself.

"I'm not an artwork you know…so you don't have to look at me like that." Inuyasha said, returning to his airy sort of voice.

"Oh!…uhh…sorry. I know I shouldn't stare. I just—"

"—couldn't stop it?" Inuyasha cuts in. "I thought you hate me…then now, if I'm not mistaken, you're falling for my good looks…" he added a smile playing in his handsome features.

Kagome scowled, got hold of a pillow and threw it at him.

"No need to be murderous—"

"OW! THAT HURTS!" she shouted right after she threw the pillow, she laid herself on the bed again with a pained expression on her face.

"Where? Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked, concern for the girl filling his face.

"My back, it's where that accursed girl hit me with a bat."

"Would you mind if you turn? I think you should be lying on your belly so that we could apply some ice." He said, already assisting the hurting girl.

"That girl…AAARGH! Curse her!" she cried as she felt pain flow through her back.

"Just calm down for the moment or you might end up killing yourself." Inuyasha said, highly amused of his fiancée's behavior.

"Why are you smiling? You're quite enjoying yourself seeing me in this kind of state…" Kagome said, catching a glimpse of Inuyasha's face.

"I just didn't think I could talk to you this much. And it's fun to think that we have some similar attitudes…and same hated person." Inuyasha remarked, chortling despite of himself.

"How could you say that?" Kagome said, smiling at Inuyasha.

"Well, for one thing…you can still curse a person or smile, like what you're doing now, even though you are heavily bruised. And from what I've seen, from our very first meeting until now…you are quite stubborn, not as stubborn as me though." The hanyou said, now relaxing in Kagome's presence.

"And if I'm not mistaken, both of us could not avoid our mothers' orders. Both of them just got to be there and…I dunno…bother us?" Kagome added.

They succumbed into silence for a few moments, avoiding, to no avail, to smile.

"You know…uhhh…Hey! Don't get any ideas that I already like to marry you, okay?" –Inuyasha nodded – "I think we can be friends if we just try to see our similarities and not our differences. In that way, we will cause less trouble to our loving parents…" Kagome said, her gaze concentrated at Inuyasha's bedside table.

Inuyasha blinked and said nothing. 'Is this the barbarian he just met weeks ago? She seemed to be more human now…'

Kagome looked at him in alarm after hearing no response form the hanyou. "Okay…just forget what I said. I'm just being foolish as always…don't listen to me—"

"You're right."

"What?"

"I said you are right. I mean what you said is right…umm…so…can we start out as friends?" Inuyasha asked uncertainly. "This is serious and sincere now, I promise." He added.

It seemed like Kagome's voice left her. She continued to search for it as she gaped at the smiling form of Inuyasha.

"What do you say? Want to be friends?" Inuyasha asked again. "Well, I don't mean we won't have any more arguments, you can't avoid that if you're talking with me. What I mean is just to—just to be more civil to each other…?"

"O—okay then…that is fine with me." Kagome finally replied, smiling inwardly.

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I know it's too short for a very long wait, guys. But please, please bear with me and my writer's block. I promise I'll update as soon as I can after this chap…when I don't have heavy and difficult homework and projects, that is…hehe.

Please review…please, please…and please no mean things from anyone. If you don't like my story then don't waste your time to review. What I need are reviews, suggestions and well-constructed criticisms. One very mean and obnoxious review will already last me a lifetime. Thank you.

Anyway, next chap: you will know there backgrounds…well, actually, some kind of life story. There are hints, by the way, I just don't know if you will see it…in deep thought

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