An InuYasha Fanfic by: Melanie Yanes

'I wonder what he's thinking of now...' thought an exhausted Kagome, sitting up against the Sacred Tree that brought her to this mysterious, and dangerous era. 'He's probably thinking of Kikyo, now that she passed on. I guess there's no space for me.' With that, Kagome stood up, and went to her sleeping bag to get some sleep.

In Her Dream...

"No! You can't leave, you can't leave us!" Kagome cried, tears pouring down her face. InuYasha had just chosen to go to hell with Kikyo, and was leaving that day. "I'm sorry Kagome, I have to go, Kikyo's waiting for me." InuYasha said, but as he turned to go, Kagome took grasp on his arm, and refused to let him go. "Please don't go, I need you. Please InuYasha!" Kagome's tears came flowing down even harder down her face, like an unsteady waterfall. "Please..." "Goodbye Kagome." InuYasha shooked away from her death grip on his arm, and raced off into the direction of Kikyo's soul collectors. Kagome, now crying more than ever, layed on the cold, rocky floor, and layed there, for her life had come to its end. "Inu...Ya...sha.." she panted, for her heart was now broken.

(End of Dream)

InuYasha, sitting on the highest branch of the Sacred Tree, lookked down to Kagome, to see her covered in sweat, and whispering his name. "Inu...Yasha..." she repeated. 'Was she having a bad dream? Am I part of it?' his thoughts collapsed, as he saw Kagome shoot up from her sleeping bag, and was know sitting up infront of the campfire. 'Whats wrong now?'

'What an awful dream! That might probably happen, and InuYasha will soon forget about me.' Kagome thought, and she then decided to go for a walk, so she wouldn't disturb the still sleeping team.

Clear up...

Their arch enemy, Naraku, was now a decomposing corpse, because he was slein by InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku. They were all now asleep, and Shippo and Kilala decided they wanted to head on a journey on their own. In the morning, they planned on seprating, InuYasha would go his way with the jewel to do as he pleased with it, Kagome would go back to her time, and last, Sango, and Miroku would be married, and share a house. The jewel was now whole, Kohaku was in heaven, and their long journey had now come to an end.

So Kagome headed into a path into the forest, and walked toward a big rock that layed next to a small river. She took some water, and poured it onto her face to cool off, and took a seat on the rock, with her knees tucked in, and her arms hugging them. She then went deep into thought once again. What she didn't realize was that her hanyou companion was watching her.

'Where'd she go off to now?' He finally had enough, and leaped off the tree, and headed in the direction she had been through. He finally came to a stop, when he saw her, sitting on a heavy looking boulder, that sat in the direction of the crescent moon. The moonlight hit her body in a way, that made her look even more beautiful than she was already. "Shes so beautiful..." InuYasha said under his breath so Kagome wouldn't hear him. He took two more steps forward, and then hid in panic, because he smelt salt water, and looked again to see that Kagome was crying. He then started his way to her again.

"Who's there?" Kagome said in a protective voice, for she heard footsteps, and the rustling of branches. "Don't worry , it's me." Kagome knew that voice, and then saw the hanyou come from out of the dark. "Oh...oh, hey...InuYasha. I didn't wake you, did I?" Kagome said, wiping her tears away, so InuYasha wouldn't see that she was crying. "No, you didn't wake me. You should know by now, I'm never asleep, I don't need to, since I'm a half demon, remember?" he replied, coming to sit next to her on the boulder. "Whats wrong? Bad dream?" he asked, already knowing what the answer was going to be. "Yeah, I just came here to erase my head of the dream, nothing more!" She replied, standing up, and walking away, and on her way, she tripped on a tree root, and fell to her pain. But what she expected wasn't pain, or any type of injury, what she ell into was soft, and warm. When she looked up, she realiized she had been caught by InuYasha. She looked up into his amber eyes, and saw they had such sympathy, and concern in them. When he stared into hers, he saw she was scared, and hurt. They were flowing with tears, that made InuYasha seem so caring towards her. When the seal of their eyes finally wore thin, he carried her bridal-style back into the forest, and settled at a branch up high in a tree. He sat indian style with her on his lap, with her back against his chest. InuYasha had noticed that on their way to the tree, Kagome was tucked into his chest, cuddled, and comfortable. "Kagome, there is...there is something i've been wanting to tell you..." InuYasha started, embracing Kagome with a light hug. Kagome blushing madly mentally smacked herself, and replied, "yes? what is it?" 'here it goes...' he thought. "Kagome, you know how me, and kikyo had a bond, well, it has come for me to realize, there really wasn't a bond. I loved Kikyo, but she was more as a fighting companion, other than anything else. She was never eally my friend. I never would open up to her. Kikyo...Kikyo lost her life for me, and maybe she did love me, but she tried to change me for her own good." He finally released. In his arms, he felt Kagome shake, and her heart beet at a faster pace. Tears over flowing her face once again. "She tried to change me to become a human, so the jewel would become purified, and she wouldn't have to protect it anymore, but you..." He began again, taking a deep breath,"you care for me whether I was a demon, or half demon, or even human. You shed tears for me, that not even Kikyo did. And whats really strange is, that I shed tears for you. I never shed tears for Kikyo. Kagome, your my real friend, and your someone I can trust. You have changed me for the better, and broguht my trust in humans back. You gave me friends. But what Kikyo and I had was special. Something no one can replace."he paused again, for his arm was drowning of tears. "Kagome?" "So your saying you love Kikyo, right?" she said coldly. "No, wha I'm saying is...what I'm saying is Kagome I love you!"InuYasha said, squeezing Kagome even harder, for he feared rejection."Kagome, you replaced what I had for Kikyo. I know your her re-incarnation, but your nothing like her, your much better than she could ever be. You make me feel good inside. Kagome, I love you." These words replayed in Kagome's head, and made her feel as if she could die right now, and feel good inside."InuYasha... do you mean that?" She said cuddling into his haori once more. "Yes Kagome, always have, and always will."His warm breath soothed down her neck, and gave Kagome a stampede of goose bumps. "I love you too InuYasha. I was just scared to tell you, because I thought you loved Kikyo, and would go to hell with her, and leave me behind. I had a nightmare that you were going to leave me." Kagome said, now turned to face him. "Kagome..." InuYasha leaned forward, and planted a kiss on her lips, and cupped he chin with his hands. Kagome accepted the kiss, and kissed him back. When they finally parted, InuYasha wiped her tears away from her face and said,"Kagome, would you be my mate?" Kagome nodded her head in response, and said, "Yes! I'd love to be your mate." InuYasha smiled at her reply, and kissed her again, putting all his love into it. "Kagome, thank you so much."InuYasha said, resting his head on hers, nibbling at her ear. With this, Kagome rose her hand to InuYasha's head, and grasped for his ear. But as soon as it was in her presense, it moved away, as if declining her hand. "Hey!" Kagome said playfully. "What?" InuYasha said curiously. "Your cute ear ran away from me!"she said reaching for it once again, only to be led to another decline. As InuYasha watched, he couldn't help but giggle, and grabbed her hand. Kagome in shock, worried that she had done something wrong. "Don't worry, they love your touch, its just that, you have to pay fee first." InuYasha said with a cocky grin. "Yeah, and whats myy fee?" Kagome said, giving a grin aswell. "You have to prove you love me." He finally said. Like a reflex, Kagome then pulled InuYasha into a passonate kiss. Kagome ran her tounge against InuYasha's fangs, demanding entrance, and InuYasha gratefully allowed her to, as he slipped his into hers. As they finally parted with the need for air, Kagome looked into his eyes and said, "Did I prove it yet?" InuYasha grabbed her hand once again, and raised it to his head. "Yeah, they'll lett you pet them now." InuYasha said, as she finally got hold of his ears, and rubbed them. As this took place, A deep growl came from deep inside InuYasha's chest. Finally, Kagome stopped, and layed on InuYasha's lap. "I think we should get to sleep now..." Kagome said, inbetween yawns. "Yeah, I guess your right." InuYasha wrapped his arms around Kagome, and gave her a kiss in the head. "Goon night Kagome, I love you."InuYasha said. "Night, I love you too." And with that, they both drifted off into a deep sleep.