Disclaimer: Who owns Inu-Yasha?:

Rimiko Takahashi

B) Me

C) Kagome

D) Paris

Correct Answer: Either A or C. (Though it should be B ^_~)

Author's Note: Hello, people!

Here I am, doing another one of my beloved one shots. . .

^_^;

Anyway, this fic is dedicated to my friend Rin-chan, who had the original idea but let me mold it to my liking. (Her ending was different then mine, and I added a few little bits to it. ^_^;).

Please enjoy!

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Kagome leafed through her book with half lidded eyes; occasionally glancing up at the round, full moon- whose light was glowing through the window. `What time is it. . .?' she thought lazily, trying and failing to stifle a yawn as she glanced towards her clock and fixed the ear plugs in her ears. She had originally put them in when doing her homework, but found she liked the quiet they brought and kept them.

Her eyes widened as they fell on her clock.

`Curse it! One already?!'

Sighing, she fingered the cover of the novel she had been reading, tracing its elegantly typed title: "Sleeping Beauty".

`Wish I could sleep as long as she got to,' Kagome thought with a sigh. `I can barely squeeze in a few hours as it is. . .'

Flopping weakly onto her pile of pillows, the girl gave into the inevitable call of slumber- her book still open on her stomach.

*

Inu-Yasha hopped out of the dry well, leaping into Kagome's era with an air of annoyance. Why wasn't she back yet? She had said three days, damn it! Well- it was the third day, right?

. . .

Technically, anyway.

At least, according to the watch she had taught him to use. After 12, the next day began. . .

`Feh. Stupid wench,' he grumbled as he reached her window, rapping it smartly with his knuckles.

The girl inside- he knew she was there, he could smell her- didn't acknowledge him.

Grr. . .

"Kagome!" he hissed, tapping his claws on the glass.

Still, nothing.

Muttering dark profanities under his breath, he yanked the window open and crawled through it, landing on the floor with animalistic grace. His amber orbs quickly flicking across the room, he took in the situation.

Kagome was asleep.

Keh- that was his lazy bitch, all right.

But at least it was nothing dangerous. . .

"Kagome," he whispered, crawling over to the side of her bed- though careful to stay away from her alarm clock. He didn't like that thing. "Kagome, wake up. . ."

She made no reply.

"Kagome!" he hissed, annoyance poisoning his voice.

She continued to snooze.

"Damn wench, wake up!"

She simply let out a soft snore.

Inu-Yasha's eyes narrowed in frustration. `Is their ANY WAY to rouse her?!' It was then that he noticed something- something lying on her tummy. "Curse it, did she wear herself out with that `skool' shit again?!" he growled, his eyes falling on the book.

She was always reading those things for her `tests'. . .

Snatching it off of her stomach, the hanyou flipped though the volume, trying to decipher its strange, encrypted message.

No such luck.

Her time's people still wrote funny. Or. . . Maybe it was just because he couldn't read.

"Damn," he cursed softly, squinting at the book's title as he brought the cover close to his nose. Pressing his feet together and crossing his eyes, he tried his best to figure out the spell. Of course, his attempts remained fruitless. "Can't understand an accursed thing. . ."

Sighing and reopening the volume, he flicked lazily though it.

`Since she's not gonna be waking up any time soon, might as well do somethi-'

But his thoughts were cut off as his eyes landed on an illustration taking up the whole left side of a page.

It seemed to depict a strange, sleeping maiden. . .

And a man leaning over her, trying to awaken her.

`Keh, the situation's ironically similar,' Inu-Yasha thought dryly, about to turn the page when a small detail caught his eye.

The man and woman's lips- - -

Were touching.

In fact. . .

The hanyou bit his tongue, trying to make out the picture in the dark.

Their mouths were pressed together pretty tightly. . .Was that the way to wake a woman. . .?

A dark red blush crept up his neck as he imagined using that method. Glaring up at the ceiling, he silently cursed the gods. True, he'd wanted SOME way to awaken her-

But-

But-

But-

But wasn't their another option?!

. . .

Not that he *didn't* want to kiss her, or anything. . .

He just. . .

Just. . .

`Oh, fuck!' he mentally swore, crawling over to the girl's bedside, watching her sleep as his cheeks flushed pink.

Well. . .

It was now or. . .

Or. . .

Well, it wasn't exactly `never'.

More like `now or wait until sunrise when the wench's freaky loud machine thing sounds off'.

But he didn't like that freaky loud machine thing so. . .

So. . .

It was now or. . .

Well, now or now.

. . .

Though that made absolutely no sense.

Slowly standing up, he carefully straddled the sleeping girl and lowered his face to hers, stopping as their noses brushed. It occurred to him that if- by some ironic turn of events- Kagome woke up now, he'd be facing a lifetime of sit commands. He swallowed, the thought encouraging to move along. `Okay.

Just do this and get it over with-

Escaping before she has a chance to curse you to hell.'

Closing his amber orbs and screwing up his courage, the hanyou gently pressed his lips to Kagome's- - -

As her eyes fluttered open.

`Wha- what's going on-?' the girl thought sleepily, about to sit up-

Until she noticed the warm weight upon her.

Someone's lips pressed to hers. . .

Was it a dream? It felt like one. . .

Like one of her many others with Inu-Yasha.

Well, if it was a dream, (and honestly, what else could it be?) she might as well make the best of it! So, without a thought, that was what she did.

Yet as the kiss deepened and she responded in a desirable fashion, her sleepy mind began to tell her that this was reality. First she was presented with subtle clues- like the way her hair began irritating her neck and the way his claws began tracing her skin. But when her elbow accidentally knocked her alarm clock off her bedside table, causing it to sound off with a loud `BRIIIIIIING!'-

And he was still there!- - -

That was when it all sank in.

Stormy blue orbs widening in shock, a dark magenta blush blossomed on her face.

"I-I-Inu-Yasha!" she gasped, pulling away and covering her flaming cheeks with a hand, punching her ringing clock to make it shut up. "I-I-I mean- wha- what are you doing?!"

Inu-Yasha blinked in shocked surprise.

`Wow. . . it actually worked. . .?'

"Well?!" Kagome pressed, her voice barely above an embarrassed squeak as she scooted away, pushing her back to the wall.

"Keh!" the hanyou snapped, his normal, cocky attitude quickly returning. "I was just trying to wake your lazy ass up!"

It was Kagome's turn to blink, though in confusion. `What did he say-? Oh!' "I'm sorry, what was that?" she questioned, removing her ear plugs- - -

And causing Inu-Yasha to face fault.

She cocked her head to the side with a nervous laugh as he did so, biting her thumbnail. `Something tells me I'm in trouble. . .'

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING SLEEPING WITH THOSE THINGS IN YOUR EARS?!" he bellowed as he hopped back to his feet, his face glowing red as he shook his fists. "DAMN IT, WOMAN! THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T ANSWER!"

Kagome's smile wavered out of confusion. "Well, you could have just poked me in the shoulder, or something. . ."

. . .

A breeze sounded outside the window, echoing thought the silent room-

As the hanyou face faulted again.

`Damn, she's right!' he thought hurriedly, his face very pink as he crossed his legs Indian style, fuming on the ground. `Why the hell didn't I just prod her into conciseness?! Did I want to kiss her that badly. . .?'

The two said nothing for a moment, instead sitting in an embarrassed silence.

Then-

"Inu-Yasha?" the girl inquired softly.

"Yeah?" he grunted.

". . . You kissed me to wake me up?"

`No point in trying to lie. . .' He nodded, not trusting his voice as he glared in the other direction.

Kagome contemplated this for a moment.

"Um. . ."

"What?" he grumbled, glancing in her direction.

"Will you wake me up tomorrow morning, too?"

. . .

His eyes widening to the size of dinner plates, the hanyou openly gaped at her. "What?!" he gasped in disbelief.

Kagome blushed again before getting out of bed and sitting next to Inu-Yasha.

"Well, you're better then any alarm clock," she whispered, an embarrassed smile on her face.

"Keh. I should hope," he muttered, though his face was rather red.

Another silence blanketed the pair, before being broken again by Kagome- this time by slipping her hand into Inu-Yasha's.

"So. . .um. . . will you. . . please?"

His amber orbs flicked over her face, the smallest of smiles tugging his lips as he linked his fingers with her's.

". . . Sure."

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