This is a songfic about Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship. It's based on the song "Like I Am" by Rascal Flatts…I have a gut feeling someone already did this and if you did please tell me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or its characters or anything about it…except some merchandise…but who cares… on with the story!

----------------

Like I Am
(Inuyasha's POV)

----------------

Another moonless night. With my current human state, emotions are crashing into me like bricks; emotions I wouldn't normally feel as a half-demon.

I look around at my companions. Everyone seems to be asleep. As I scan the small hut, my eyes stop on one sleeping figure.

Kagome.

Lying here with you
I watch you while you sleep
The dawn is closing in
With every breath you breathe

I don't think I ever really stopped to think of all the ways she's influenced me. She's made me a more loving person. She tells me she loves me but I still don't know why. Sure, Kikyo loved me too…but Kagome's different…

I can feel the change
The change you've made in me
But will I ever see
All the things you see in me

I remember back when we fought that wretched Princess Kaguya. Kagome told me she wants me to stay a half-demon. She said she loved me just the way I was and that I shouldn't become the full demon I always wanted to be.

When you say that I'm one of a kind
Baby I don't see it but you believe
That I'm so strong and true
I promise you
I'll try to be that kind of man
Because you love me like I am

Normally when a human sees a full demon, they either fight or run like cowards. With a half-demon, it's different. You usually can't tell if they've adapted to their human side or their demon side just by looking at them. I've always tried adapting more to my demon side, but Kikyo made me change my course.

When it comes to love
I may not know the rules

When I first met Kikyo, I hated her guts. Everywhere I went, there she was. Every time I challenged her, I lost. But she wouldn't kill me. At first I thought she only pitied me, but then I realized she loved me, and I had feelings for her as well.

Even at that time, I wanted to be a full demon. But Kikyo wanted me to become a full human and live the rest of my life with her. Believe it or not, I actually considered it.

But when Naraku pitted us against each other, I just wanted all that to go away. I told myself I hated her, but deep down, I still had those feelings for her.

Then when I met Kagome, I acted just as harshly toward her as I did Kikyo. Not just because she had her scent, but I felt like I couldn't trust anyone again. However, Kagome obviously "inherited" Kikyo's persistence. Soon I found myself attracted to her as well. But I think at that time, she was only a replacement to me.

Even after Kikyo was revived, it just wasn't the same. She was only an imitation…like a living memory. It was then that I realized my feelings for Kagome were much stronger than I thought.

She keeps feeling jealous of Kikyo, I know that. If only she knew…

But there's one thing I know
My heart belongs to you, just you

We always have these little moments here and there, and I wish they'd last longer than they do. I try my best to return her displays of affection but with all the pain in my life, it gets harder and harder to.

You show me you love me
With a fire that burns deep inside

Going back to the fact that she wants me to stay a half-demon, I don't see what's so great about it…why do you think I wanted to be a full demon in the first place? I'm sick of the criticism and the underestimating from my enemies. What's the pride in all that? But still… if Kagome wants me to stay the way I am…then I will.

I'll never understand
I don't think I'll ever understand
Why you love me
Why you love me just like I am

----------

END

----------

Review!