13. Inuyasha & Kagome

A/N: Working title: Inu is the language of love

Kagome was sitting in her hut, reading. The window was opened - not that she was hoping a certain hanyou would appear on the windowsill, demanding entrance, but to let the fresh air in. The air in the feudal era was so nice - especially after three years of living in the cloud of polluted gas passing for air in Tokyo.

It was a really pretty evening and Kagome was doing her best not to be distracted by all the sounds from the outside - the villagers were preparing for a feast which would start just after the sunset. She could hear laughter, shouts and running feet outside, all coming from the direction of the vilage square. It was so different from the sounds of the busy modern city.

She was slowly adjusting to living in the feudal era, calling this newly built hut her own. It was cozy, located near the forest and close to Sango and Miroku's place. But it was lacking one very specific detail.

The detail was spending the whole day running around the village and the woods to make sure there werre no youkai lurking in his forest. Since the day he had pulled her out of the well two weeks ago he had been a sweet, helpful friend - in his own, Inuyasha way. He was still the same rash, easily embarassed and rude boy from the three years ago, but he was more inclined to try to keep his temper on a short leash. He was much more affectionate than before, taking her for walks in his forest, bringing her rare herbs or just sitting close to her when she was cooking (Kagome suspected the last one could be because she was a much better cook now). She hoped he'd soon come back from his partol and they could join their friends at the feast. Maybe they'd finally kiss - all the previous attempts at kissing had been ruined by their friends or villagers and she was quite frustrated by that.

Kagome shook her head to free herself from the very distracting thoughts about her favourite hanyou and focus on the scroll - she wanted to use all the sunlight she could before the festival. She wanted to train making barriers with Kaede the next day and that was about what the scroll was.

And just then a dog started to howl just outside her window. It was not the haunted howl of a lone canine you can hear at night, not a howl of a stray or mistreated dog complaining about its fate. It was deep, full of joy, but also mischef. The dog seemed to enjoy itself as it continued to howl, once in a while adding barks and yips.

The irate miko reached for an empty basket and threw it outside to scare the dog away and get some silence.

"Damn it!" exclaimed the dog, prompting the young woman to jump to her feet and run to look outside through the window.

Inuyasha was sitting on the ground, the basket in his lap, his golden eyes glaring at her from behind his bangs while he was rubbing his head.

"Oi, wench! That ain't the way to answer to that song!" he growled at her.

"You were howling like a crazy dog!" Kagome pointed out and tilted her head when a thought came to her mind. "Wait a minute, that was a song?"

"Duh, obviously." Inuyasha shrugged and blinked because Kagome ran to leave the hut and join him on the grass, her scroll forgotten.

"So Inuyasha..." Kagome sat close to the hanyou, her eyes focused on his lightly blusing face. "Tell me about what was the song?"

" Keh!" Kagome was rewarded with a deeper blush and leaned in.

"Tell me!" she demanded and moved an inch closer. The old Inuyasha would already bolt and flee, but the new one was staying his ground, even if blushing. He looked in her eyes and suddenly a grin appeared on his lips. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around her and pulled her even closer - an another thing the old Inuyasha wouldn't usually do

"I can tell you, but... What will you give me in return?"

"I won't say the word," Kagome offered. Since the well wasn't working there was no chance of bribing him with instant ramen. "For a while."

It was not like she needed the beads so much now.

"It said: Kagome's back, I am not alone anymore, Kagome's staying with me forever, my miko is the most amazing one," Inuyasha translated. "There was more, but you threw the basket at me."

Now it was Kagome's turn to blush. She leant against his warm body and smiled up at her hanyou, her heart speeding in her chest.

"Will you sing the rest, please?" she requested with clearn eagerness and curiousity in her voice, and earned a quiet chuckle from him.

"In inu or in Japanese?" he asked in return.

A/N: I'm sorry, guys, but I will skip some ships - and by some I mean almost all of them. I don't feel well and it's hard to write ships I actually ship,
But I'll try to update my other stuff, so yeah.