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Together for Life

Written and edited by: LovingSesshomaru

The lake was calm, not a single ripple disturbing the surface of the lake. As he stood there he looked up into the clear, star filled sky. His long black hair blowing softly in the wind, the uneasy look in his eyes.

"Damn," he thought aloud "why did it have to be tonight."

With a sigh he sat down on the edge of the lake. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed something shining on the lake. He turned towards it, squinting his eyes against the darkness. Carefully he stood up, drawing his sword as he did. 'Its getting closer' he thought 'but was is IT?'

Before he realized it the light was at the edge of the lake at his feet. He looked at it confused. Suddenly the light expanded and became a stone platform, its power calling him, as if trying to tell him something.

He cautiously stepped onto the stone platform. As soon as both his feet were firmly on the platform, it moved. Slowly at first but it soon started to gain speed. Soon a castle came into his sight and he wondered why he was being brought here.

The platform was not going to slow down; instead it slammed into the stone walkway. The force of the hit caused him to be sent flying and he hit the wooden gates, breaking them of the hinges in the process.

"Shit," he groaned as he slowly got to his feet. He looked around, "where is this?"

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Inuyasha sat up quickly, his hand on tetsuiga. When he saw where he was he relaxed. 'What the hell was that,' he thought. Unable to think up a possible explanation for the strange dream he sighed.

"Just a dream" he said to himself, unaware that Kagome was also awake.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome put her hand on his shoulder. Inuyasha jumped in surprise, his hand once again on tetsuiga and a deep growl in his throat. He blinked when he saw Kagome looking at him questioningly.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha 'what's been up with him these past few days,' she thought, concerned 'he seems so tense.'

"You startled me," he said as he sat down next to her. "I didn't think you were still awake."

She looked at him and smiled, "so, what were you dreaming about?" Seeing the look on his face she quickly added, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"Thanks," he said putting an arm over her shoulders, smiling.

"Thanks? For what?" she asked, more then a little confused.

"For being here, with me," he said blushing slightly. She had taught him long ago that it was okay to show his feelings once in a while. In truth he only showed his true feelings when he was alone with Kagome. Over the years they had become very close, they even slept together when they were alone. He grinned at the thought that one day she might be his mate.

Kagome saw the grin on his face, "what are you so happy about?" she asked as she slipped her arms around him.

Shaking those thoughts out of his head, "Oh, nothing much" he replied, a low purr beginning to rumble in his chest. Putting his arms around her, he pulled her so she was lying with him. Closing his eyes, he nuzzled the crook of her neck. 'She smells so good,' he thought as he closed his eyes.

Kagome snuggled against him, feeling the warmth of his body. Slowly she began to drift to sleep by the sound of the soft purr in his chest. "I love you, Inuyasha." She said sleepily in his ear.

"I love you too," he whispered in reply. Soon after they were both sleeping contently in each other's arms.

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Slowly Inuyasha came awake, he could hear the breathing of the woman in his arms. He soon became aware of voices nearby and cautiously lifted his head trying to see who it was through his clearing vision. The voices were close and sounded vaguely familiar.

"I wonder when they are going to get up," a female voice said "it's well past mid-day!"

"Just let them be," a male voice said, "They will get up when they are ready."

Suddenly there was a loud slapping sound and a sigh from the male. "Pervert!" the female shouted. "Can't you do anything else with that hand of yours!"

"Shit," he said aloud as he realized whom the voices belonged to. He sat up, trying not to wake the sleeping woman in his arms. He looked up to see Miroku, the perverted monk, and Sango, the Demon huntress, sitting side by side near the fire.

Miroku had a red hand mark on his face from where Sango just slapped him. "So when did this start?" Miroku asked with a big grin on his face.

"Shut up," Inuyasha growled.

"Oh, I was just wondering how far you two went," Miroku said, his grin growing wider. This comment got him another hard slap from Sango, this time on the other side of his face.

"Don't be rude!" Sango said darkly. Turning to Inuyasha she said, "having fun while we were away?"

Inuyasha blushed, "umm, yea," he said not really knowing what she meant by it. 'Why did they have to show up now' he thought to himself. He looked at Kagome, who was just waking up and smiled.

"Inuyasha?" she said groggily. Sitting up she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Seeing Inuyasha smiling she put her arms back around him. "I think we slept in a little late," she giggled.

"You don't think?" came Miroku's voice from behind her. Turning around she saw both Miroku and Sango on the other side of the fire. "Miroku! Sango! When did you get here!"

"At sunrise," Sango said casually. "When we got here we found a really cute couple sleeping together" Sango said smiling.

Kagome and Inuyasha both blushed deep red. "So, what have you been up to?" Kagome said, trying to get a hold of herself.

"Oh nothing much," she said while blushing. Miroku sat there grinning.

Inuyasha sniffed the air and Kagome turned to him wondering what he smelled. Suddenly he grinned knowingly and Sango went red like a tomato. "What is it?" Kagome asked.

"Once a lech, always a lech," he said looking at Miroku "when?"

"5 Days," Miroku said proudly

"Inuyasha, what are you talking about?" Kagome asked.

"They are mated." Inuyasha said with a big smile on his face.

Kagome looked at Sango, "is it true?" she asked. Sango nodded. "Well it's about time!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Well what about you two," Sango said, "Are you two together yet?"

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha. He nodded and kissed her lovingly. Turning back to Sango "well, yea. What did you expect?" She started to giggle at the look on Sango's face and placed her head against Inuyasha's chest. "So why don't you tell us what you have been up to while you were gone." Kagome said

Sango then went on to explain what they had been doing over the past week.

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A/N: So what did ya think? It's my first attempt at a fanfic so if it sucks it's not my fault. If you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them with your reviews!