A sudden shriek gave a flock of birds a start, sending them flying in all directions. The source was from a none-too-happy Izayoi who had just caught two very muddy and dirty children. The two of them stood close to each other, hands behind their backs and looking down as Izayoi lectured them about staying clean and yada-yada before sending them off to take baths.
Later on, they both sat on a warm stone bench in the garden under Izayois' careful watch. They sighed and leaned against each other, slowly intertwining their hands together loosely. Kagomes' hair was put up in a neat bun with a simple hair ornament to pin it up and (despite his protests) Inuyashas' hair had been put into a long silver braid tied with a purple ribbon at the end. To calm her spiteful friend that fumbled with the bow, Kagome had smiled and said, "I think it looks good on you, Inuyasha." To which he grumbled something under his breath then sighed, giving up on the 'dumb, girlie ribbon.'
"Inuyasha..." she said quietly. "What're you gonna do when you're grown up?"
Inuyasha followed a small bug as it flew across the small patch of flowers before them. "I'll be the biggest, baddest powerful guy there ever was."
Kagome widened her eyes. "The biggest powerful..um, why do you have to be bad?"
His gold eyes flashed to hers for a second then looked back to the serenity of the garden with a vacant stare. "I want to make something of myself."
Kagome tightened her hand around his. "You're something very important to me, Inuyasha."
He nodded slightly, keeping his gaze forward. "I have someone to protect." he murmured quietly.
"What about artifacts?" she furrowed her brow in confusion.
"Nothing," he replied.
[A/N] I really need to know who this 'kate' person is, leaving reviews on my stories and other authors just telling us to update. I see 'kate' everywhere and my last chapter was a fail anyway 'cause it was the wrong document...telling me to hurry isn't going to make me think any faster than I am already anyway. Sheesh...when was the last time I successfully updated anyway...?
~LonelyButLovely