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Don't own Inuyasha.

He was so bored that he could kill for a chance to kick Jaken at least once. Sesshomaru often wondered how his little party was doing. Jaken was surely having a hard time taming the wild child.

Concealed in the bushes, a little tired of playing hide and seek with his half brother's party, he was eyeing his pray.

The wretched girl couldn't be more tedious. Every morning she was waking early, running to a water source to bathe then she was taking care of breakfast for the rest of the group. Talk about monotony.

It was a strange insight for the demon lord. Not that he was fascinated or curious about his brother's pack life. Sesshomaru always considered his hanyou brother an idiot. Now he could clearly see how wrong he was.

Inuyasha was a BIG idiot. Not only that he was he was incapable of keeping his pack satisfied and happy, he was the main reason that they were not at harmony.

Most of the time it was between the hanyou and the big mouthed girl.

When he was told by the fallen divinity where he should wait for the priestess, he was not surprised that she was from the future. She always had on herself the faint scent of ancient magic. Now everything clicked in place. Her strange outfit, the odd items she would carry with herself and the ignorance she was so proudly displaying when it came to common sense of danger.

Freshly showered, or whatever you would call washing in a river with a sponge in less than five minutes, Kagome returned to camp only to notice the absence of a certain inu-hanyou.

This was all new to Sesshomaru. In the past few weeks since he was lurking in the shadows, tailing his charge, his bastard half-brother would not leave his companions unprotected over night. Before the dawn he heard the half breed leaving camp as quietly as possible but he did not care to find out why. The boy was his own problem. However, his nocturnal absence visibly saddened the forever happy girl.

Her once bright refreshing aura turned gloomy and depressing in a matter of minutes since she realized his absence.

Sesshomaru was not to one to care about the feelings of humans. Except for Rin. Maybe.

Nudging gently the sleeping kit from her sleeping bag, Kagome woke him up with a generous bowl of ramen waiting for him. Kagome woke the rest of the camp to have breakfast.

The others noticed Inuyasha's absence also, and did not pour salt on the open wound by asking the obvious question. They finished eating in uncomfortable silence.

`I'm so pathetic!" Kagome thought while cleaning up the dishes in the river. She just couldn't understand why she was so silly. Kikyo was always there by Inuyasha's side, fifty years ago, and now that she has been resurrected, it was only natural for her to return in her rightful place, in Inuyasha's heart.

She knew its crazy to love the dog boy, but she never meant to feel this way. Kagome blamed herself, tried to explain why she would cause herself such pain. His heart was occupied. No matter what she did she could not compare with Kikyo, she died for him fifty years ago.

Tears threatening to spill, she smacked herself on the cheeks with her wet palms and tried to forcefully smile. Having a smile on your face was already proven that the brain was receiving some happy hormones and the mood is instantly lifted up.

Big green eyes were watching her back as she was trying desperately not to cry.

"Kagome...", she heard a voice calling behind her. Kagome kept her back to the intruder, but he kept talking.

"Kagome, please listen because I will probably never say it again." Clawed hands grabbed hers."Inuyasha!" she squeaked, as Inuyasha gently placed a kiss respectfully on the back of her hand.

Kagome was shocked.

"My dearest" he began, holding her gaze." My love for you is too deep for my thick skull to understand, however, know that I care about you even if I will not show it all the time."

Kagome fell on her back laughing.

"You know how I can be. All that pride and stupidity can take its toll on me", he continued, and attempted to flex and make funny faces.

Kagome pulled on the fluffy tail from his back and with a loud"Poof!", Shippou transformed back to his short form.

Night came again and Inuyasha finally showed up… with Kikyo in tow.

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