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Summary: Inuyasha and Kagome tell each other how they feel, Kikyo shows up and tries to ruin their chances of being together, what will be the outcome?
Full Summary: Inuyasha has fallen head-over-heels for Kagome and she feels the same way about Inuyasha, so what happens when they tell each other? When Kikyo ends up back in the mix, she stirs the pot between Inuyasha and Kagome, and puts lies into their heads… Will their bond become stronger or will they both end up broken-hearted? This fic is filled with action, comedy, fights, drama and occasional romance…
Disclaimer: I'm gonna say this once and only once cuz I have to: I do not own, nor have I ever owned, Inuyasha or any of the characters in the anime/ manga… However any of the characters that might appear in this story with names that you don't recognize are mine!
A/N: Hello and welcome to my very first published fanfic! Being that it is my very first fanfic I hope that you will enjoy it… being that this is my first fic I could use helpful advice and comments that could help me improve… so if you have any ideas please share them in a review.
Thanks, AliceCullenLucky13!
Now without any further adieu… here's chapter one, enjoy!
Chapter 1: I need you
He needed her, more than he thought he would need someone in his whole entire life. As long as she was near him, nothing else really mattered. She started out as a shard detector and then she became his friend. He had gotten to know her a lot better over the past two years, and they had kissed a couple times but he didn't know how he felt about it until now. For the last couple of days all he could think about was her, he couldn't get her off his mind and finally he figured that his mind was made up he was hopelessly in love with her. He didn't dare tell her this, for fear of having his heart torn to pieces again.
As these thoughts ran through his head, she was having thoughts of her own running through her head as well.
He was not always nice to her, although she did use her "privileges" more than necessary. They had known each other for a couple of years and she still didn't know how he felt about her. She really loved him, almost more than one person should love someone and wanted to be with him but she was afraid that he was in love with someone else, and she was only just a friend. But looking into his soft amber eyes made her heart melt. Whenever he touched her, even if it was just a casual brush, she felt butterflies in the pit of her stomach.
As these thoughts ran through their minds they finally reached the well in the feudal age. "Well, here we are" Inuyasha said looking around in the dark well. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand causing butterflies in the pit of her stomach. She knew that she was blushing, she could feel her face getting warmer; she just hoped that Inuyasha couldn't tell. They leaped out of the well, landing softly on the forest floor.
I have to tell her, he though to himself. Inuyasha let go of her hand, turning his back toward her. Kagome felt slightly nervous as she gazed at his back. She was merely inches away from him; she probably could have reached out and brushed her hand against his shoulder. His actions were nervous, as if he was about to do something that terrified him. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but it made her heart beat slightly faster. She was almost positive that Inuyasha could hear it.
Finally turned back around to look at her, eyes guarded, cautious, face merely inches from hers he said in a hard voice, "Kagome there's something I need to tell you." At that her heart began to race, unsure of what he was going to say next. She felt like she knew what was coming next, so she put on an emotionless expression and braced for impact.
Inuyasha deliberated for a minute, like he was choosing his words carefully and after what felt like an eternity of awkward silence he finally spoke…
"Kagome" Inuyasha began carefully, "how long have we known each other?"
"Two years," Kagome said hesitantly, "almost three…"
"Right" he said, his expression giving away nothing, "And in those two years we've become good friends, wouldn't you say?"
"Yes…" Kagome said quietly voice trailing off, feeling like she was on the verge of tears.
"I would say we were even close friends, wouldn't you?" Inuyasha said still expressionless.
Kagome held up a hand and spoke, "Inuyasha I think I know where you're going with this…"
Inuyasha's eyes widened in surprise "You do?"
"I'm pretty sure I do," Kagome said broken "I can take a hint, I won't come back anymore…"
At that Kagome turned around toward the well and started to walk toward it when a hand gently caught her shoulder, causing her to turn around
"Where are you going Kagome?" Inuyasha's expression changed it was no longer that guarded mask that he was wearing just seconds earlier. He looked sad, confused, hurt all in the same instance.
"Home" Kagome said tears welling up in her eyes "it's obvious that you don't want me here anymore… I'll go back and try act like none of this ever happened, even though I know it did… and you can find the rest of the jewel without---"
Kagome couldn't finish her sentence, she was to busy concentrating on how to breathe as Inuyasha pressed his warm lips to hers. The butterflies danced in her stomach as Inuyasha put his hand on her jaw and his arm around her waist crushing her closer to him.
Inuyasha pulled back slightly and spoke breathlessly, "I don't want you to leave Kagome, I need you …"
"What are you saying?" Kagome asked still trying to catch her breath.
"What I mean to say is, I love you Kagome, I've just been too afraid to tell you."
Kagome looked into his fiery amber eyes, tears finally brimming and running down her face as she spoke, "I love you too"
He wiped the tears from her eyes and leaned in to kiss her again…
Just then, Inuyasha's ears perked up as he heard someone coming up the trail he backed away quickly from Kagome, leaving her dazed and confused.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked. Obviously her hearing wasn't sharp enough to hear that someone was coming.
"There's someone coming up the path…" Inuyasha said gruffly.
"Oh" Kagome said disappointed. She had a feeling she knew was coming too… the group. Just when we were having a moment, Kagome thought to herself, the group has to show up. A few second later, the group emerged from the path. Shippo was the first to emerge, followed closely by Sango with Miroku bringing up the rear.
Shippo ran to Kagome giving her his famous flying-tackle hug because now he was too big to hug around her ankle. The kitsune came up to her shoulder now, he had grown so much in the past two years, he even stopped wearing his bow, which kind of made Kagome sad. Now he wore his hair down, occasionally he would tie it back but for the majority of the time he wore it down.
After Kagome successfully managed to pry Shippo off, Sango walked over and gave her friend a hug, "Hey kagome, nice to have you back." Miroku was standing next to Sango and he smiled as a way of welcome.
"It's nice to be back" kagome said with a smile, her mind still pre-occupied with other things… Why did he push me away? She wondered to herself.
On their walk back to the village, Kagome felt kind of awkward walking next to Inuyasha, who was staring straight forward acting as if nothing had happened. Kagome on the other hand felt sort of confused, doubting herself wondering if she was going crazy or just imagined the whole thing…did she?
As they walked through the village, Kagome stared at the ground as she walked occasionally sneaking glances out of the corner of her eye at Inuyasha. When they reached Kaede's hut, Kagome straightened herself up and walked in with a smile.
"Hey Kaede," Kagome said as she walked through the doorway, followed by the rest of the group.
"Why hello there Kagome" Kaede responded seeming to be in a rather good mood today. Everyone said their hellos except for Inuyasha, who stood there against the door frame oblivious to anything that was going on. Kagome looked back at him, this is so not like him, Kagome thought to herself, Maybe he's got a lot on his mind…
Kagome let it go and said to Kaede, "What smells so good?"
"Its stew," Kaede said walking over to the source of the tasty smell, "I figured ye would like something to eat when you got here."
The group sat down around the fire and dished some of the stew made by Kaede. The seating arrangements were slightly different than what they normally were: Kagome sat next to Sango, with Shippo on her other side, Miroku sat next to Sango as always, but Inuyasha sat and ate his stew in the far corner of the hut alone.
Every couple of minutes Kagome would look over at Inuyasha, There has to be bothering him. I wonder if I did something to upset him and not even realize it.
Kagome looked over at Miroku, who stared at the fire with a rather puzzled look on his face. Curiously Kagome asked, "What's wrong Miroku?"
Snapping out of his puzzled reverie, he said "Kagome, don't you find it odd that we haven't sensed any presence from Naraku at all these past few months?"
Thinking over the monk's statement she replied, "Yeah, now that you mention it, it is kind of weird."
Finishing off his first bowl of stew, Inuyasha looked over at Kagome and Miroku, he said, "What are you two babbling about?"
Kagome looked over at Inuyasha and said, a little caught off guard that he was finally speaking again, "I was just saying how weird it was that we haven't seen any sign of Naraku the last couple of months."
"Well, the way I see it," Inuyasha said pausing to eat his last bit of stew, "the less we see of Naraku, the better."
"But Inuyasha," Kagome protested, "we still need to retrieve the part of the Shikon Jewel that he still has."
"So we'll kill Naraku, take the jewel and then we never have to worry about him again," Inuyasha said trying to hide the irritation building in his voice.
"That sounds like a really great idea in theory, Inuyasha," she said looking at him still, "the only problem is that we don't have any idea where Naraku is."
"So then we'll just have to go look for him!" Inuyasha snapped, getting up and stalking out of the hut. She could almost feel the heat coming off of him as he blew past them to exit the hut.
Kagome got up after a minute to let Inuyasha cool off and went after him. She found him in his favorite tree, arms folded in his sleeves looking out at the sunset.
Walking up to the tree, Kagome looked up at the branch that he was sitting in and found that he wasn't there anymore. Disappointed, she looked back down and found herself face to face with Inuyasha. Surprised by the sudden closeness, she stumbled backward over a root and landed hard on her butt.
Inuyasha stared at her in amusement trying to hold back a laugh; he chuckled under his breath and said, "What do you want, Kagome?" He held his hand out to Kagome and helped her to her feet.
Kagome said brushing the dirt off her skirt with one hand, "I just came out here because I was wondering, did I do something wrong Inuyasha?" she asked honestly, looking into his amber eyes, but they were hard and cold, not soft and warm like they were normally. They were almost the way they were when she first met him: cold, cautious, guarded, they weren't the eyes she had become so accustomed to, they were the old Inuyasha's eyes and she didn't like it.
The ice around his eyes seemed to melt almost instantaneously, " No," he said a little softer, " why would you ask?"
" Well " Kagome said blushing slightly, " when we were going to kiss again back at the well, you were leaning in and then you pushed me away. And then, when we were walking back to the village you wouldn't even look at me…" By this time Kagome could feel the tears welling up in her dark brown eyes, beginning to cloud her vision.
Seeing that he had upset her, which clearly weren't his intentions, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into an embrace, "Kagome, I'm not mad or upset with you " he said softly, "I'm mad at myself, I guess I just got a little embarrassed and didn't really want anyone to see us kissing, so I just acted like nothing happened, I'm really sorry."
Still holding onto Kagome's waist, he pulled her from him slightly and smiled at her and gently kissed her forehead, and pulled her back in and held her close. Closing his eyes he inhaled and was welcomed by Kagome's intoxicating scent.
Her scent made him feel alive, gave him the energy and the strength he needed to fight to save her if she was in danger. It also calmed his nerves when he was upset or feeling stressed or whatever was going wrong her scent made him feel better.
He had changed so much; she could tell just by the way he looked at her. His gaze was so much warmer and more inviting, than when she had first met him; he seemed so much happier, he smiled so much more than he used to and seemed so much more pleasant to be around, he had his moments though.
Inuyasha got pulled Kagome by the hand and said
Eventually, after a small deal of walking around they entered an area that Kagome was unfamiliar with, Kagome pressed on with hesitant steps. Noticing that Kagome was slowing down they stopped and he looked back and asked "What's wrong Kagome?"
"Oh, nothing" Kagome lied unconvincingly, looking down.
"Kagome, c'mon I know you way better than that. Now do you want to tell me what's really going on? Inuyasha said looking at her skeptically.
Kagome looked up and was caught in his entrancing golden eyes and what reflected back was a mixture of concern, love and hurt all at the same time but only for a fraction of a second before it went back behind a guarded wall. Her only weakness was that she couldn't lie when she looked into his warm butterscotch eyes and all of her excuses, all of her barriers, all of her thoughts seemed to fall apart and scatter every which way. Sometimes it seemed that she forgot how to breathe, she had to concentrate to come up with a coherent response, "Well, I'm in a place that I've never seen before and I just want to know where you're taking me, Inuyasha" Kagome said the words spilling out of her mouth.
Inuyasha looked at her, smiling "I'm taking someplace very special to me" he paused to run his finger along the side of her face down her neck and along her collar bone, "will you just trust me, please" he said bringing his face closer to hers eyes smoldering, boring deep into her soul.
Kagome had to look away, trying to clear her head with all her thoughts now entangled, "You're not playing very fair" she said still not looking at him.
Inuyasha brought his face even closer now to hers, noses almost touching looking eye to eye with each other, "I don't have to play fair" he said playfully "You don't know how unfair your being right now either."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked confused. As she spoke the wind blew by, whipping through her thigh-length hair causing it to fly all around her, some of it landing on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Inuyasha lightly sniffed the air before took the hair from his shoulder and put it back into place, " you're not playing fair because your scent it's intoxicating, it almost makes it hard for me to behave myself " he said with a wicked smirk on his face and then winked at Kagome.
Kagome blushed wildly in response " oh…" she couldn't really think of a coherent response.
When Kagome was finally able to think coherently, she said, "So you're taking me some place special? Are we almost there?"
"Not too far now, but I'm gonna have to cover your eyes from here though, 'cause it's kind of a secret", Inuyasha said smiling.
"O-okay" Kagome said hesitantly.
Inuyasha got behind Kagome and put his hands over her eyes. His hands felt really warm on her face in the cool afternoon air with the sun beginning to fall. Kagome's mind was racing, all that she could concentrate on was how close that Inuyasha was standing behind her, his warm hands holding her eyes shut her hands set on top of his she knew that she was blushing by how warm her face was starting to feel. She felt like her head was going to burst into flames—
"Kagome we're here", he said uncovering her eyes. Kagome looked all around her. I t was magnificent, like anything she'd ever seen before.
A/N: Oh cliff-hangers how I love thee… Originally the chapter was longer but since I don't know if people will like it or not I stopped it here. If you like it review it and let me know what you think, feedback is important if you're wanting another chapter…insert evil laugh here lol
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