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Chapter 2

Kagome muttered in her sleep, "I love you Inuyasha."

It was like the first time Inuyasha looked at Kagome, just looked at her. Did she hear what he said to her? Was she dreaming about him? He didn't know what to think; all he knew was that he was happy. The woman he loved said she loved him. He didn't know what to do; wake her up or let her sleep in his lap. He finally made his decision. "Kagome wake up were here, I found a campsite."

"Mmmmm….. Inu-Inuyasha…." It took a few minutes for Kagome to open her eyes. She tried to sit up but something was holding her down. She opened her eyes and all she could see was red. "Inuyasha where… where am I?"

"You're with me. You fall asleep so I carried you to the campsite because I didn't want to wake you up. I jumped into this tree and waited for you to wake up, but you were still sleeping. Miroku and Sango are getting things ready for supper, so I decided to wake you up."

All she could do was look at him and try to find the right words to say. He didn't want to wake her up, so he carried her to the campsite, jumped into a tree, and now she was sleeping on his lap. 'Oh my god, I was sleeping in Inuyasha's lap!' Kagome's cheeks turned pink and she moved her hands over her hot face.

"Kagome? Are you ok? You're turning red… Are you getting sick?! 'Cause if you're getting sick then no more baths for you."

"No Inuyasha, I'm not getting sick; I'm fine. Can you please just get me out of this tree?"

Inuyasha moved his arms from around her shoulders. During the time that Kagome had been sleeping, Inuyasha took off the top piece of his haori and put it around Kagome. "Sure, no problem. Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yes Inuyasha I'm fine; just a little shocked to wake up in a tree and with you holding me like you are."

Inuyasha looked at her. Did she not like the way he was holding her? "I'm sorry."

"No, it's ok Inuyasha, just the last thing I remember was sitting down by the tree. Is there a hotspring around here?"

"Yup. It's about a two minute walk from here, but you have to wait for Sango to get back before you go."

"Ok, I'll wait for Sango. After we're done, are you and Miroku going to clean up?"

Inuyasha was looking around for a bit before turning back to Kagome. "Kagome, can I ask you a question? When I was sitting in the tree with you, and I was thinking about something… you said something out loud."

Kagome was standing there looking at him confusion written all over her face, all while trying to understand what Inuyasha was talking about. "OH MY GOD… please say you're not talking about what I think you're talking about…." She murmured quietly.

Unfortunately, the dog ears heard all. "What do you think I'm talking about Kagome?" Kagome started backing away from Inuyasha, trying to get away from him, but Inuyasha moved towards her. He asked her in confusion, "Where are you going Kagome? Why don't you stay here with me? I need you to answer some questions for me; I need some answers from you."

Kagome started to panic and backed away as far as she could until she backed into a tree. Inuyasha put both of his arms around Kagome, against the tree, effectively blocking her in. "Please Inuyasha I don't wanna do this now. I am dirty, hungry, and tired. All I wanna do is go have a hot bath, have supper, then go to bed. Can you please leave this for tomorrow?" Kagome tried pleading with him.

"Sorry Kagome but I want answers now. I need to get this off my chest; it's really bothering me. I need you to answer this."

Kagome winced with pain. She didn't want to be rejected from the man she loved. Yes she loved him, but did he love her back? That she didn't know… she knew that Inuyasha was in love with Kikyo, but Kikyo was now on Naraku side. Does he still love her?

Inuyasha could smell her fear, which started to scare him. Was she afraid of him? "Kagome, why are you scared? Are you afraid of me?"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha with shock written all over her face. "No Inuyasha, I could never been scared of you. Why would you ask that?" he stayed quiet, so Kagome continued, "Well I'm not afraid of you. I am just scared of what you're going to say next."

"What do you mean 'what I'm going to say next'? If you're worried about that then I'll just say it. Yes I heard you talking in your sleep. You said, 'Inuyasha I love you', But don't worry about it; I love you too. I have for awhile."

EDITED AND BEATED BY Kaoli water goddess