DISCLAMER- I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

Ok, this one is one that I have been working on for a while. It is something that I am doing to show a "softer" side of my writing. I hope everyone enjoys it.

Prelude: Listen to your heart

Kagome stood in front of the tree where she met InuYasha. She had no clue why she had ended up walking here again; it wasn't like she had seen him in ages. It had been almost three years since she had seen the demon, yet her feelings for him remained unchanged. She ran her finger over the trunk around where he was pinned by Kikyo.

"Hey! What are you doing in my forest?", Came an almost too familiar voice. Kagome's eyes started to water at hearing it, only one tear was let out of her eye, though. There was one easy way to find out if it was InuYasha behind her, or someone else. She moved her hand up the tree more, while whispering a simple word. "…. Suware….", she whispered.

A crash happed directly behind her; although she was tempted to look she kept her eyes locked on the tree in front of her. There was no way that Inuyasha was still alive, not after three years, he couldn't be.

"You bitch!", came InuYasha's voice, the being had become annoyed, "How dare you use Kagome's word!"

At that Kagome spun, her now slightly longer black hair swished around her. Her temple robes moved, reminding the dog demon of Kikyo. "InuYasha! Suware!", she shouted, stamping her foot.

The dog demon again slammed face first into the ground, growling while his face is in the dirt. "Don't think I haven't forgot what you said, InuYasha!", he heard her say. At that he stood up, his amber eyes looked her over. He clenched his fists sharply, grinding his teeth. "What I said, had to at least equal what the imposter Kagome said to me!", InuYasha said growling. He had to suppress a shudder of rage, he so wanted to kill Naraku now.

"Imposter? What do you mean InuYasha?", Kagome said, her eyes looking at the demon that she had grown to love. Something had happened three years ago, and she had been regretting it ever since.

-Flashback-

"Hey Kagome! Get out of here!" InuYasha said his teeth and hands showing more of his yokai form. Kagome didn't move, she couldn't believe it. "Yeah, you heard me! Go back to your own time!" he continued, moving slowly towards her in a threatening manor.

Kagome backed up slowly, her hand and butt bumping into the well. "InuYasha!?", Kagme said, completely confused with the attitude of the dog demon. The usual amber orbs were gaining the red tint.

The dog demon charged her, pushing her over the edge of the well. Kagome shouted the first thing that came to mind as she fell. "INUYASHA! SUWARE!" echoed all around her, then the sound of a crash, and then the all too familiar light appeared.

Kagome landed outside the well, on her knees crying. She continued to sob, her three friends and brother came running over, but she continued to sob. …InuYasha… she thought.

-End Flashback-

The dog demon that stood before her now reminded her of the dog demon from her memories. InuYasha's ears lowered closer to his head, as he growled, "Yeah! One of Naraku's goons was the one that told you all of that."

"Then why did I hear you fall face first while I was falling?" Kagome said, tears forming in the corner of her eyes. She had her arrows ready, as well as a large long bow.

"'Cause, I came to stop him, I had figured it out and came to find you." InuYasha started, watching her over; if he needed to move he could, but he knew he would not. "When I got there you had just slipped out of sight." He continued, a tear forming in his right eye.

-Flashback-

InuYasha had landed behind the yokai imposter. "What did you do to Kagome?", he shouted, growling.

"What you did was push her into her own time." Came the reply of the imposter. InuYasha had watched it closely as it turned, watching as the body transformed into a fox-like demon.

"Why you-" InuYasha said as he spirinted at the fox demon, then he heard it. "INUYASHA! SUWARE!" and the hanyo's face slammed into the ground. The hanyo, however, was quick enough to rebound and use an attack. "IRON REEVER SOUL STEALER", InuYasha shouted, slicing the fox demon in two.

The hanyo darted over to the well, only to find out that he was too late.

-End Flashback-

Kagome listened to him, thinking about what every fortune had said to her.

-Flashback-

Kagome had picked up the first fortune tile that she had seen, the tiles were part of the New Years celebration. She flipped it over only to see the words, "Listen to your hear.", carved into the tile.

-Flash Forward-

Kagome had been at the New Years celebration; she tried to avoid picking up a fortune tile, however her friends keep asking to see what she would get. Sighing, she picked one up, afraid to turn it over. The fortune from last year was hung over her bed, she didn't know why she had done that. This year though it had to be different, so she flipped it over.

All of her friends gasped, and she started to cry. "Listen to your heart", is what the tile said again.

-Flash Forward-

The past two years Kagome just went to the celebration for New Years, this year however she was working for it. She was actually at the celebration, working at the temple. This year was the Year of the Dog, so the entire temple was decked out in masks and other such that was related to dogs.

All year long people had just randomly said to her "Listen to your heart, Kagome." And every morning she looked at the two fortunes, both from the years before, that said the same thing. Some of her friends had come to visit, one holding a fortune tile. The one that was holding the tile handed it to her and only said, "Listen this time, Kagome."

They all left as Kagome flipped it over. The same four words were on this tablet as was on the others. 'Maybe I was wrong about InuYasha?' she thought as she ran over to the well.

-End Flashback-

InuYasha continued to stand rooted to the spot, He knew he hit on something, but wasn't sure what. The next thing the hanyo knew is that he was knocked over, black hair in his face.

"Please don't leave me, InuYasha.", came Kagome's tearful voice from around InuYasha's mid-section.

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Ok, I hope you all enjoyed this little thought of mine, I plan on making more of it. Mostly depends upon it's reception. Review and rate.