DISCLAIMER:
I, unfortunately, do not own Inuyasha & co. If I did, Inuyasha & Kagome would have already gotten together & Sango would be pregnant with Miroku's child on the show. SO DON'T SUE ME, I HAVE NO MONEY!Pre-Post Author's Notes:
Ok just so you know, Inu & crew have been searching for the jewel shards for three years, so Kagome would be 18, Sango 19, Miroku 22 I think, Shippo 10, and I think Inuyasha is 20 if you don't count the years he was pinned to the tree.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Prologue; The Truth Is Told
The sun was slowly going down when Kagome and Inuyasha climbed out of the Bone-eaters Well. Inuyasha helped Kagome carry her pack up because she was a little tired from a previous battle for a shard of the Shikon jewel. Neither of them could believe they had almost all the pieces. When they got to her house she pulled out a key and unlocked the door. She called out to her family but got no response. No one was home.
"Where is your family, wench? I thought you told them you'd be back by today." Inuyasha grumbled as they walked into the empty house.
Kagome sighed. "I said I MIGHT be back today. And I don't know where they are."
Inuyasha dropped her backpack on the ground & headed out the door. "I better go. See ya in three days."
Kagome grabbed his arm before he got all the way out the door. "You could stay for diner, if you'd like."
'Did she actually say that?' "Whatever."
So Kagome and Inuyasha went into the kitchen. She found a note on the fridge for her saying that her mom and the others had gone out for diner & wouldn't be back till way late. She made Inuyasha sit down at the table and made them both some instant ramen. He gobbled his food down with out taking a break before Kagome had even started to eat hers. He stayed and watched while she ate. He wished he could be the one feeding her. 'Damn it Inuyasha, why can't you talk to her when no one is around, ESPEACIALLY when the perverted monk isn't around, or that blasted kitsune. Just think of something to say to her.' Inuyasha broke the silence, his voice no more than a squeak. "Um Kagome?"
"Yes Inuyasha?" 'Why does he sound nervous?'
'COME ON THINK' "Do you have any tests tomorrow?" 'Nice one dog boy.'
'He's actually curious about what's going on with me. That's a shocker.' she thought, though it did feel nice to have him ask about her life. "No I've just missed too much school & need to catch up. Why do you want to know?"
'Because if I don't hear your voice I'll go nuts.' "Can't a guy just ask a question to his friend?"
Kagome got a surprised look on her face when he said that. "Oh is that it? When was I upgraded from shard detector to friend?"
'When I fell in love with you' "Who said you've been upgraded?" 'IS MY MOUTH LISTENING TO MY BRAIN AT ALL?' He mentally hit himself for not having control over his big mouth.
Kagome glared at him as she finished her ramen. "Well if that's all you think of me why don't you just say so?"
'I was just trying to nice.' "BECAUSE IT ISN'T!" 'AW SHIT I SAID THE LAST THOUGHT OUT LOUD!'
Kagome's eyes filled with shock. "What?" 'Did he what I think he said? No it couldn't have been, this is Inuyasha I'm talking to. I must be delusional.'
'Well there's no hiding it any longer, might as well spill it.' He took a deep breath to prepare for what he was about to say. "I don't think of you just as a shard detector or a friend. I also don't think your ugly, useless, a weakling, or anything like that. I actually think just the opposite," 'Looks like you've finally taken control of your mouth.' "I'm sorry."
Kagome couldn't believe she just heard that. Had the proud hanyou finally apologized and admit his real feelings? She check to make sure her hearing was ok, it was. Then she checked his forehead for a fever, maybe that had caused him to say that. Inuyasha was as cool as a cucumber of course. The hanyou got a confused look on his face. "Uh Kagome what are you doing?"
"Making sure I heard you right. You did just tell me I'm not any of the things you've said I am multiple times and apologized about it?" said Kagome. She checked her own forehead for a fever. 'Nope I don't have one either.'
Inuyasha seemed to get a little frustrated at this point. "YES & DON'T YOU DARE MAKE ME REPEAT! I'VE TRIED TO TELL YOU HOW I REALLY FEEL BUT MY STUPID MOUTH GETS IN THE WAY & WE END FIGHTING!" 'Damn it I shouldn't have yelled. PLEASE DON'T LET HER "SIT" ME!' Kagome saw the scared look on his face and smiled "And how do you really feel about me?"
'I can tell, if I say something this is where I screw it up & put my foot in my mouth.' "You really want to know?"
Kagome was getting a little frustrated with him. "Yes now tell me."
Inuyasha did something Kagome didn't expect. He got up from his chair and kissed her on the lips. Though gentle, she felt so much love and passion in that kiss it startled her at first. But soon she had melted into him and the kiss and sent just as much passion and love back at him. How many times had she dreamed about this? Probably as many times as Inuyasha had. He knew he didn't want this to end. He also knew that he probably wouldn't be going anywhere too far from her side this night or any night. Kagome was thinking the same thing. He broke the lip lock for a moment started kissing her along her jaw, slowly nibbling his way down her neck to her collar bone, one hand behind head, entangled in her ebony tresses, the other on her back, pulling her close to him. If it hadn't been for him holding her closely, Kagome thought she might have collapsed. She started scratching him behind the ears, causing a sound she had never expected to come from him. 'Is he purring?' She could feel him smiling against the junction where her neck met her collarbone. He stopped his little kisses for a moment to pick her up and carry her to her room. There he set her down on the bed, lying down besides her. They started kissing again, this time Inuyasha exploring Kagome's mouth with his tongue. When Kagome felt his hand run down her side and start to go up her shirt she panicked. She grabbed Inuyasha's hand to make him stop. He pulled away and looked at her face. 'She's scared. Maybe this wasn't a good idea.' He pulled away and started to get up, when he noticed she still had his hand. "Where are you going?" She seemed to be more upset about him leaving than what he did a few seconds ago.
'Damn it women are confusing.' He sat back down beside her and kissed her forehead. "You seemed a little scared, so I thought it better if I went home." 'Well maybe just to the roof, I don't wanna go to far away.'
She smiled. 'He was considering my feelings? He can be such a sweet guy, a pain but sweet.' "I'm just not ready for that yet. You understand right?"
'Your not the only one.' He sighed with relief "I understand," he kissed her on the cheek. "None of that until we're both ready." With that they went to cuddling and kissing, hoping that moment wouldn't have to end soon.
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By the time Kagome's family got home they were both sound asleep in each other's arms under the covers. Mrs. Higurashi walked in but when she saw the scene she walked right back out. She decided to let them sleep; they looked so peaceful. 'At least they weren't doing more than that.' she thought with a sigh of relief.
In the morning Kagome looked at Inuyasha, he was still asleep. She pushed hair that had fallen onto his face back into place. His eyes slowly opened.
He kissed her on the forehead. "Good morning Kagome. Did you sleep well?"
"Yes and I'm sorry about waking you up." She giggled and hugged him.
"It's ok. I don't think it was a bad way to wake up," he said as he escaped the girl's embrace and got out of bed. That got another giggle out of Kagome and she got out of bed too. "That's good." She looked at her alarm clock. 'Thank god it's Sunday.' "I hope no one walked in while we were asleep."
He frowned a little. "Someone did. I think I heard the door open last night."
"Oh shit. Well we might as well go down together, they'll find out one way or another. I'd like them to find out from us." She raked a brush through her hair, seeing Inuyasha watch her in the mirror. 'Gods she's beautiful. I wonder…' "Um Kagome, I kinda want to know something."
She put down the hairbrush and turned to him. "Yes?"
Gulp! 'Here goes nothing.' "If I asked you, would you marry me?" 'Could've put it in a better way.'
What he said had shocked her, though she had a feeling it was coming. She gave him a coy smile as she gave him her answer. "You'd find out if you asked."
'Hey she didn't say no, but then she didn't say yes either.' "Well will you?"
She scratched his ear, then pulled she herself up to the other ear whispered 1 word. "Yes."
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Inuyasha and Kagome walked down stairs together into the kitchen, where Mrs. Higurashi & Souta were eating breakfast. Mrs. Higurashi smiled and Souta was excited to see his hero was there.
"Morning mom, morning Souta." Kagome greeted.
Inuyasha waved. "Morning."
Souta jumped out of his chair and catapulted himself at Inuyasha, catching the demon by surprise & knocking him over. "When did Inuyasha and Kagome get here?"
Kagome blushed a little. "We got here last night when you all were out. Inuyasha kinda spent the night." Inuyasha nodded in agreement, if possible blushing more than Kagome. "Yea, I spent the night."
Mrs. Higurashi gave them a strange look. "Yea, right. So Inuyasha will you stay for breakfast?"
'You think I'd give up a chance to free food?' He nodded. "Sure."
While they had breakfast Inuyasha and Kagome told them about their engagement. Mrs. Higurashi gave her approval and Souta jumped up and down because his hero would be his brother.
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After breakfast the two lovers jumped through the Bone-eaters Well to tell their friends the good news. They found Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede outside Kaede's hut having breakfast. They could tell by the happy looks on those two faces and the way they were holding hands they had finally hit it off. When they told them about the engagement (Inuyasha and Kagome left out what they had done the last night of course) they all said in unison "FINALLY!"
" Inuyasha if you hadn't asked first I would have to have asked the lovely Lady Kagome." said the monk in a serious tone. For that Sango whacked the monk upside the head with her giant boomerang "Oh brother. Get your hormones under control."
"IT WAS JUST A JOKE!" cried the monk, rubbing his head.
Shippo ignored the other two. "So when is the wedding and are we invited?"
Kagome laughed. "Of course. You all are. Where is Kouga? I'd like him to hear it too."
As if on queue, Kouga appeared out of nowhere "Did you call Kagome?" He glared at Inuyasha. "Is the dog turd bothering you?"
"No he isn't. He asked Kagome to marry him and she excepted." chirped the little kitsune.
Kouga started to get a shocked look upon his face. "WHAT? KAGOME IS MY WOMAN!" Inuyasha growled in response. "I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON HER!"
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DID YOU PEEP IN ON HER WHILE SHE WAS BATHING AGAIN?" shouted the wolf demon.
Kagome stepped in between the two demons. "No he didn't & I don't think we shall discuss it."
Kaede nodded "Yes we have other things to discuss. Such as when and where is the wedding?" Kagome and Inuyasha went red at the question. "We still have to talk about that." So that led to a long argument among the group about the wedding.
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In a tree a few yards away a familiar foe watched them. Sesshoumaru was watching the display of emotions at the happy news. Jaken came running up to the tree he was in with Rin in tow.
"Lord Sesshoumaru-sama! Lord Sesshoumaru-sama! What is going on?" asked the toad demon.
Sesshoumaru smirked. "My half brother has finally asked that human girl to marry him."
"A wedding? Rin's never been to a wedding. Can we go?" said an excited Rin.
Jaken gaped at the girl. "Do not be stupid child. It is the wedding of the hanyou Inuyasha he speaks of. He would not stoop himself to go to see that disgrace."
Sesshoumaru raised his hand for amphibian like demon to be silent. "Hold your tongue Jaken. I like Rin's idea. I think we will go to this wedding."
So the demon lord went back to spying on the happy little group.
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A/N
: So what do you all think? If you like it review, if you don't review and tell me how I can make it better. NEED AT LEAST 5 REVIEWS TO POST NEXT CHAPTER! I have no idea how it got deleted but it did if any of you have already read this.