"Happy birthday, Inuyasha!" Kagome grinned whilst giving him a big hug.
"Thanks," Inuyasha grinned back. He was turning eight now, Kagome only being a month younger.
"What are you gonna do?" Kagome and Inuyasha entered his garden, strolling down the stone path.
"I'm gonna show you something I learned," Inuyasha put out a hand to stop her and disappeared into a small patch of trees. Moments later he appeared with a plain ball as tall as his waist. "My mom's friend got it for me from far away. I learned a new trick."
"Really?" Kagome looked from him to the ball. "What?"
"Watch!" Inuyasha put the ball down and quickly got atop of it, holding his arms out steadily. Kagome smiled.
He moved onward with a triumphant grin down the path. But he suddenly slipped and fell, the ball flying up and bouncing onto his head as he landed on the soft grass. He sat in a daze for a moment then shook his head to shake off the flying stars. He blinked and stood with a laugh.
"Are you okay?" Kagome was standing nearby.
"Yeah!" Inuyasha chased after his ball. "I gotta catch this!"
"I'll help!" Kagome chimed in as she chased after it with him.
"I got it!"
"It's over there!"
"Ah! Quick! Get it!"
"I got it! Wah!"
"Kagome!"
There was a splash as the ball bounced harmlessly in the grass. Inuyasha and Kagome stood in the small stone pool, dripping water from the ends of their hair and soaked to the bone. Inuyasha hopped out and shook himself dry like a dog. Kagome made wet squelching sounds as she got out, shaking her kimono sleeves.
"Ehh, now I'm wet," Kagome frowned.
"So am I." Inuyasha showed her his hair.
"But my mom will get so mad," she became troubled. "I might not be able to come here anymore."
"What? No!" Inuyasha quickly grabbed her arm and dragged her behind him to his home. "We'll lend you a kimono until yours is dry, okay? S-so don't stop coming over okay?"
Izayoi took one look at them, clucking her tongue disapprovingly. Kagome was sent for a spare kimono fitting and Inuyasha went to change. Afterwards, they went to dry their damp hair in the sun as they sat on a warm stone bench together.
"You'll still come, right?"
"Right."
"Positive?"
"Positive."
"So, you're sure?"
"I'm sure."
"I love you, Kags."
"I love you too, Yash."