The Way You Love Me

Disclaimer: I only own the thought of the story; I do not own the characters, sadly because if I did I wouldn't make InuYasha be such an idiot! He would marry Kagome and turn the Clay Pot into dust and placed on a mantel piece.

"Kagome, words could never express how much I love you." InuYasha said while looking into Kagome's eyes.

"I know," she said as her eyes filled with tears, "but there's no helping it, you have to follow your mother's orders."

In one quick step InuYasha closed the space between them and held her in a tight embrace. "Kagome please don't cry! I can't stand it when you cry."

"I told myself I wasn't going to but well look at me." She said with a smirk trying to brighten the mood.

"This is not a goodbye forever, Kagome." InuYasha said as he glanced at his mother, who was standing by the entryway to board the plane, a piercing glare boring straight through to him.

His mother didn't approve of the relationship that InuYasha had with Kagome, hence the reason why they were moving away. This woman wasn't InuYasha birth mother, just his father's second wife. InuYasha's own mother died when he was five, his father had decided that his son needed a mother so he married again. Kisa Tai-youkai was a perfect mother figure, she wanted everything for her adopted son, but when she found out about the relationship between Kagome and InuYasha she instantly saw it as a threat towards InuYasha's future. No matter how much he protested and said that Kagome and he were meant to be together.

"Then don't say it, don't say good bye." She said as she broke their embrace, "I'll wait for you until the day you are free to come back for me." With that she picked up his bag and held it out for him to take.

"Kagome…"

"He's gone", Kagome said as she woke up from her recurring dream, "it's been a whole years and I still dream about our last parting moment." She said as she stared down at her bed sheets. Boy did she have it bad. After everything they had together there was no way that she could forget him so easily.

After he left she didn't have anyone to go to for comfort, they had kept their relationship a secret from her friends. Not saying that she didn't love her friends to death, but it was just something that was kept secret. Her "best" friend happened to be a guy, Miroku Priest, but that didn't stop her from telling him her secret. InuYasha and her, both agreed that they would tell them someday but before they ever had the chance InuYasha left. Kagome never felt right about telling her friends without him. She had other friends, Sango Taijjia, who Kagome love like a sister, Shippo Kitsune, a teen who was two years younger then everyone else, and Rin Ningen, a girl whose bubbliest mood could never be popped.

Kagome and InuYasha were close, the closest anyone can be really, and she lost her virginity to him. They were evening taking about moving in together but that was when Kisa decided that they were too close, though she didn't know how much. She packed him up and they moved away, Kagome didn't even know where to, Kisa didn't want Kagome to come for him. That was last March break, and now this one wasn't proving to become any better.

Sighing Kagome rolled out of bed and turned on her radio while she got her things ready for school. It was a chilly morning Kagome shivered as she wrapped herself up in a blanket. The song on the radio was a song by James Blunt called "Goodbye My Lover", as it played the song filled the entire room.

Did I disappoint you or let you down?

Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?

'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,

Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.

So I took what's mine by eternal right.

Took your soul out into the night.

It may be over but it won't stop there,

I am here for you if you'd only care.

You touched my heart you touched my soul.

You changed my life and all my goals.

And love is blind and that I knew when,

My heart was blinded by you.

I've kissed your lips and held your head.

Shared your dreams and shared your bed.

I know you well, I know your smell.

I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

Kagome looked over towards the radio and frowned like she really needed to hear a song like this in the morning, mind you it was a good song.

I am a dreamer but when I wake,

You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.

And as you move on, remember me,

Remember us and all we used to be

I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.

I've watched you sleeping for a while.

I'd be the father of your child.

I'd spend a lifetime with you.

I know your fears and you know mine.

We've had our doubts but now we're fine,

And I love you, I swear that's true.

I cannot live without you.

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

"That's right goodbye my lover, InuYasha if only you could be here."

And I still hold your hand in mine.

In mine when I'm asleep.

And I will bear my soul in time,

When I'm kneeling at your feet.

Goodbye my lover.

Goodbye my friend.

You have been the one.

You have been the one for me.

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.

I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.

"Hollow…too true." She thought as she turned off the radio, "Enough sappy songs for me."

"Hey cheer up Kagome last day of school before the break." Miroku said as he wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulders.

"Hey Priest, what's up?" she answered half heartedly.

"Lunch is what's up! You haven't even touched your fries."

Across the bench that the group was sitting at Sang and Rin were in deep conversation about prom. They were now in grade twelve, and all the fun activities were starting to come. A grad class swim was scheduled on the last weekend of March, they had all signed up.

"So Rin, who's your date to the prom?" Sango asked.

"Don't have one yet, this school sucks, there are no hotties. I'm guessing Miroku is your date?"

"Yup! I already made him go dress shopping with me. Even though I didn't find one I like, so we have to look for dresses over the break."

"It's a date then."

Shaking his head Miroku looked over at Kagome, "So Kag, got everything sorted out for prom?"

"Huh? O prom, no I haven't even started." She said drifting back into her dream like state.

"God it's good to be back." Thought InuYasha as he stood in the doorway of his old home, a whole year apart was painful. But finally he had convinced his mother to let him move in with his cousins, the Okami's, there was only one down side this, InuYasha would have to live with his cousin Koga. They didn't exactly get along to well, but InuYasha was willing to make it work if it meant that he could be with Kagome again. He would be finishing off his twelfth year of school here where he belonged; his first day of school would start right after the break. And in the mean time he was planning to find Kagome, hoping that she hadn't moved on without him.

InuYasha wasn't the only family member who had taken refuge in the Okami's home, his half brother Sesshoumaru was staying there as well. When InuYasha was younger he had only seen his older brother twice. Sesshoumaru was ten years older then InuYasha, so when InuYasha was little and living with their parents Sesshoumaru hopped from one relative's house to the other. But the two brothers paid each other little attention.

"My god if I don't get out of this house soon I'm going to go stir crazy!" proclaimed InuYasha as he got up out of his chair. "Hey Koga, let's go to the park, the mall! Anywhere!"

"Fine, I was going to meet a couple of friends at the mall soon anyway. But remember this dog shit, don't make a fool of yourself or you'll live to regret it. Anything you do when your with me, reflects back to my rep. And if you tarnish it auntie won't have a scrap of you left to find." He finished with a bite in his tone.

"Keep talking and soon you won't even have a face left, ass." InuYasha tossed back as he put on his jacket.

"Hey Kagome what did you think of that green dress back there? The color matched your eyes, do you think your going to get it?" asked Rin as they took a seat at one of tables around the mall eatery.

"I don't know, I think I might get a pink dress, with some strap up heals." Kagome said while tracing her straw around in her drink.

"O my, hey Sango look at that guy! The one who just walked in with Koga over there." Rin whispered to Sango while pointing towards the door.

"Wow I've never seen long white hair like that before. Damn…"

"Now, now Sango your hunk is the one sitting next to you. You don't want to offend your boyfriend do you?" Miroku asked with a puppy dog eyes.

"Let's get something to eat, I'm starving!"

"You're always starving Ginta." Said Koga as they headed over to the swelling line ups for the greasy foods.

As the gang walked over InuYasha scanned the crowds, all of a sudden InuYasha stopped making Ginta walk right into him.

"Hey watch where you're going! Why did you stop like that, you're lucky I didn't have any food in my hands. Jeez, what's with you?" he said as he tried to find what InuYasha was looking at.

"Ah, so you're another guy who has fallen for the young Miss Higurashi." Ginta said with a smile. "Koga also finds her attractive, I wonder if we'll have a family feud on our hands." He said with a laugh.

InuYasha snorted at that, like Koga could ever take his Kagome away from him. "Hey Ginta save my place I'm going to the bathroom." With that he left Ginta side and made his way straight over to where Kagome was sitting.

"Rin look, He's coming over here! Wh-What could he want, do you think?" Sango squealed as she shook Rin's arm.

"I don't know, but remember Sango your already taken." She said laughing.

"What? O yeah I forgot." She said as she looked at Miroku.

"Thanks for remembering me, love." He said as he placed an arm around her shoulders. No guy was going to make Sango forget he was her boyfriend. Now it had become a personal battle.

Through out all of this Kagome has only half paying attention, she knew something had caught her friend's interest. But she didn't really care the day was slowly becoming a very drawn out one; she just wanted it to end.

That was when two arms encircled her shoulders.

"It's her! My Kagome, here with me at last." He thought as he wrapped his arms around her from behind. He couldn't wait to see what her reaction would be.

"What? Who is touching me?" Kagome panicked, "Wait" she thought, "I know these arms, they're InuYasha's." she calmed down and closed her eyes, reveling in the long lost comfort these arms use to give her.

Across the table three bewildered eyes soon grew into wide "deer-in- headlights" as they watched Kagome except the strangers embrace.

"Woh hold on here, who the heck are you!" Rin said as she snapped out of the trance holding them still.

"Yeah, I like to know myself." Said Miroku as his feature's started to darken, no one just walks up and does that to his best friend.

Okay Author's notes!

So what do yeah think? I have to get at least five reviews or I won't continue on with this story. Come on people 5 isn't hard; don't you want to know what else is going to happen? Oh and if you have any suggestions I welcome them with open arms! -