This is the first FanFic I've really worked on, and I hope you enjoy it. There will be future chapters, I promise. I know this isn't perfectly straight, but if you ask a question I'll answer it.

Enjoy!

Kagome stared at her grandfather like he was a perfect stranger. He was angry, and he was waiting for her answer.

"Grandfather! I can't not go back to the feudal era, I have responsibilities!" She exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips. He crossed his arms and shook his head.

"I cannot have my own granddaughter associating with a DEMON!" He snapped right back at her. Kagome angrily turned on her heel and ran to her room, fighting tears. Behind her grandfather, her mother sighed. They couldn't have this happening anymore, was the problem. People were beginning to suspect there was something fishy about her long absences.

"Perhaps-" Kagome's mom began to say to her father, but he shook his head. From Kagome's door came the sound of her sobbing into her pillow until she finally fell asleep.

Later that night, had anyone in the family been awake, they would have seen the figure of Kagome as she snuck towards the back door. Unfortunately, just then a bottle flew through the door. And it was glowing.

"What the?" She said, then screamed as it erupted into a fireball of flames. She ran out of the house, instinctively towards the well, she knew Inuyasha would be there to protect her. She was blazing as she shoved open the doors, arms like flaming wings and legs burning like in cartoons. She tripped at the top step and fell headfirst down the well. She screamed as she fell, till the coolness of the place between times extinguished the fire. As soon as she was in the well, though, she found she couldn't climb out, she hurt everywhere.

"Help!" She yelled, it hurt too, but she had to get someone to come.

"Kagome?" Came Shippo's curious voice.

"Shippo, please, get the others. I'm in the well!" She called to him, she was sobbing.

"Kay!" yelled the tiny fox demon. Kagome relaxed as she heard him run, and that proved to be her undoing, as she passed out immediately, if not sooner.

The next time Kagome managed to pry open her eyes, she lay on the ground in Kaede's hut. She blinked, then blinked again. Beside her sat Inuyasha. That wasn't what truly shocked her though- it was the look on his face. He was asleep, but his face was worried. She tried to lift a hand, to touch his knee and tell him she was fine. She did, her bandaged hand light. He started awake, looking around then down.

"Kagome?" He said, his voice worried, and containing an emotion she had never heard. She nodded a little bit. He smiled at her, looking so relieved that she was shocked. He didn't like her that much – did he?

"How?" She asked, meaning how had she gotten there. The last thing she remembered was going through the well.

"Don't you remember? You called Shippo from the bottom of the well and asked him to get us. When we got there you were laying on the ground, burned really bad. I carried you here as fast as I could. It's been three days." Inuyasha said. He sighed, and brushed some hair off of her face. Kagome managed a small smile. Her arms and legs hurt like anything, but she smiled for him.

"I'll be fine Inuyasha." She said, trying to reassure him.

"You better be!" He snapped. She smiled- same old him, for sure.

"Inuyasha? Do you know what happened too...?" She couldn't bear to say what she wanted too so bad. She had to know if her family had survived. Inuyasha looked down and away. He put one clawed hand on her shoulder.

"Sango went and looked. Kagome… Sota and your mom are alive, but your granddad died. They are here too. The fire was set, it was demon fire…" He blurted it out, biting his lip, hoping she wouldn't sit him.

"D-d-dead?" She asked, eyes going wide, and tearing up. He nodded, not knowing what else to do. Tears came at that point, leaking down her cheeks. She held back the sobs. She couldn't help but blame herself, she had wished he was dead, and now he was. She should have just accepted it and done so, not argued. Maybe then he would be alive. Inuyasha didn't say anything. But he did gently lift her up into his lap, gently holding her as she cried. He wished he could fix it all for her, make it all better. He was stunned when he realized that he had gone and fallen in love with the one woman who he couldn't have.

"Shhh…" he murmured, stroking the fall of her silky hair. She seemed to calm down some, beginning to breathe deeper, not in the tiny gasps she had been.

"It's my fault…" She whispered into his robe, unable to not say it.

"How could it be your fault? You aren't a demon." Inuyasha argued.

"He said that I couldn't come here and I lost my temper and I wished he was dead…" She replied. Inuyasha tightened his hold on her, shaking his head.

"Kagome, that doesn't make it your fault. He was banning you from doing something you like doing and consider important. That dosen't make it your fault, that you got mad at him." Inuyasha said, being truthful.

"But…" She protested, looking down.

"Shhhh. It's true Kagome, no matter what you believe."

"But. But. But." Kagome couldn't believe it. Inuyasha put one clawed hand to her lips, silencing her.

"You need to rest Kagome." He said gently. Kagome nodded. He set her down on the pallet again, and then blinked when she looked up at him.

"Inuyasha? Promise you won't vanish?" She said softly, worry creasing her features. Inuyasha gently covered her up.

"I promise. Sleep." He said. Kagome nodded, closing her eyes. After a few moments, she was fast asleep, her body dragging her down into it's warm, comforting dephs. Inuyasha looked down at her, worried. He wondered how she would hold up, having to go back. Sango had told the media the shrine owners were in a small, far away hospital, and they bought the story. Looking down at Kagome, he was just glad she was alive. He had always cared for her, even when he first met her. He admitted fully that at first it was because she looked so much like Kikyo, but now, it was because of who she was. She was nothing like Kikyo- she was sweet, innocent, and caring for everyone. When he first met her he thought she was just another human woman, who would end up betraying him, but instead she became a close friend. And… Honestly, she meant more than that to him.

"Inuyasha... Inuyasha?" She said in her sleep, the words sounding scared for him, not for herself, and the half-demon reached out, touching her shoulder to comfort her.

"Shhh… I'm right here." He said softly, smiling when she relaxed, settling down again. Looking at her beaten up, burnt, hurt body, Inuyasha realized something that made him reel. He loved Kagome more than anything else. He blinked away sudden, sappy, goof tears that flooded his eyes. A smile, one that was happier than any anybody who was living had ever seen on his face, spread slowly across his face.

"Inuyasha?" came Kaede's voice, percing though his thoughts.

"Yeah?" He asked, turning towards her.

"Did Kagome awaken?" the old woman demanded, coming in.

"Yes. But she needed to sleep again." He said, crossing his arms.

"Well, of course. Why is your shirt wet?"

"Because Kagome was crying on it."

"Why?"

"Because I told her about her grandfather."

"You idiot!" Kaede snapped, smacking Inuyasha on the head. He held his head as a lump rose on it, making a face.

"What was that for?" He asked.

"You shouldn't have told her! She will blame herself!" The old woman replied.

"No she won't, I won't let her!" Inuyasha argued.

I hope you enjoyed this first chapter!

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