I wrote this fic whenI was sick in bed for a while. I came across it the other day and decided to post it. Please review and thanks to all of you who already have.
I went back and coreccted a lot of small mistakes so it's better now. This was done to all the chapters
Disclamer: I do not own Inuyasha and am not a part of the show in any way other then fandom.
The jewel was complete and Naraku destroyed, now the only task at hand was to decide what to do with it and what should happen next. Kagome and the others had talked about it and they all knew what had to be done. No, we aren't talking about the jewel. We are talking about Kagome. Everyone knew she couldn't stay in feudal Japan forever; she had to return home to her family in modern day Japan. And alas as they had decided many nights ago Kagome had one week left before she must return.
Kagome wasn't sure if the well would close or not. But then she wasn't sure if their journey was over yet. Had they really collected all of the jewel shards, helped millions of people to survive, defeated tons of demons, avenged Sango's family, gave Miroku's life back to him, put Kikyo to rest, defeated Naraku and made so many friends. The list went on forever, she and her friends had done so many things to help people, they had worked up quite a resume.
Kagome thought about their journey and the people involved, most of all she thought of Inuyasha. She would give the jewel to Inuyasha when she left at the end of the week but she wanted to do something special with him before she left. Just then an idea popped into her head.
Inuyasha was sitting in his tree thinking, well it wasn't his tree but he liked to call it that. The tree was special to him, it was were a lot of his life happened, he was sealed here by Kikyo and also met Kagome here. 'Why is it that every time I love somebody I lose them?' He wanted to tell Kagome how he felt about her, he wanted to say 'Kagome I love you and only you and I don't want you to go back to your time, I want you to stay by my side forever and ever and never stray I don't want to fight anymore and I don't want you to leave, I want to marry you, mate you so that my children are your children and that we would grow old together.' But he stopped at that; he knew that would never come true. Kagome was leaving and he could do nothing about it. Just then when he was thinking about telling Kagome of his feelings that her sweat scent filled his nose.
Inuyasha looked down at the base of the tree to see the smiling girl. "Hey Inuyasha, wanna take a walk with me" She hoped he would say yes but doubted it. To her surprise he jumped down without question and landed beside her. "Sure" he said "were to?" Kagome smiled and said, "You'll see!"
The two started walking side-by-side stealing glances at each other. It was a small game they were playing Inuyasha would look at Kagome and when she turned her head to look at him he would turn away quickly and then when Kagome synced that he was going to turn his head she would quickly turn away just like Inuyasha. They didn't get to far before they caught on another and blushed turning away. Not long after that Kagome's hand moved closer to Inuyasha's and his a little more towards hers. There hands brushed once before Kagome half took Inuyasha's hand, she blushed and looked at the ground before she felt his close over hers. Kagome lifted her head to look at Inuyasha but as their eyes met he turned away. She smiled and continued to lead him away.
"As you know I have to leave in one week." She started. Inuyasha nodded and turned his head to look at her; he picked up a hint of sadness in her eyes and squeezed her hand reassuringly. "Well there is a few things I want to do before I go." He looked at her wondering what she wanted with him.
They came to the edge of the clearing it was small but there was plenty of room for maybe five people. There were trees surrounding it with flowers and grass around the forest floor. "Inuyasha," Kagome said looking up at him so that their eyes locked. "Will you dance with me?" His gaze was intense, she was aware of his eyes burning holes into her own and she couldn't help but explore his as well.
Inuyasha knew how people in Kagome's time danced. They held each other close. Being that close to Kagome might make him go insane. But he wanted to, oh did he want to.
Kagome looked at him with hope in her eyes. Inuyasha smirked and took Kagome's other hand turning towards her "sure" he said simply. She smiled back at him and turned on the music. Nothing special just something slow they could dance to. Inuyasha placed each hand on either side of her waist, a small blush on his face. She placed her hands around her his neck. And for a while they danced at arms length before slowing moving towards on another so that they weren't touching but very close to it, swaying to the movement of the song.
'Oh gods I love this girl' Inuyasha closed the gap between the two, crushing Kagome to his chest. She gasped at his sudden movement and show of affections but relaxed into his hold laying her head on his chest. She would never forget this moment for the rest of her life.
Inuyasha thought about his next move. 'This had to be it the perfect time for him to tell her'
Inuyasha leaned down close to Kagome's ear and said in a whispered voice "I don't want this moment to ever end" Kagome was shocked he had never show this much affection or admitted that he like it ever. "I didn't realize till now, till I'm about to lose you, how much I really care for you. Kagome you are nothing like Kikyo ever was, you are so strong and caring, I don't know why you choose to stay with me all this time when I was so nasty to you but I'm glad that you did so that I can finally say this to you" Inuyasha eyes filled with love as he saw her lift her face off of his chest to look him in the eye. "I love you Kagome." he said. 'There! I did it and it wasn't as hard as I thought' he said to himself.
Kagome froze. She just looked at him taking this all in for a second before throwing herself into his arms saying "I love you to Inuyasha". Then the tears hit her, she couldn't hold them back " I love you and I don't want to go Inuyasha I don't want to leave". Inuyasha pulled the slack out of his arms. He swayed slowly to the music letting Kagome cry into his chest it was good that she let it out and he knew this. After a little while Inuyasha picked her up and walked to the base of a near by tree. He sat down letting her rest in his lap and giving her words of confront while rubbing her back.
He didn't know what would happen after Kagome left. He preferred no to think of it. He didn't know how he could live without Kagome at his side. But he didn't want to think of that now there would be plenty of time without her once she was gone. So he resolved to remember everything about her. Before long Kagome cried herself to sleep. Inuyasha picked her up and carried her back to Keade's hut.
'Her face doesn't deserve to be stained with tears' Inuyasha thought 'she's to beautiful' Inuyasha promised himself he would make up for her tears.
Miroku sat in the hut with Sango and Shippo; both were asleep curled up in the corner. He noticed Sango shiver and stood to pull the blanket farther. He didn't let his hand wander to her backside for fear of her wrath but he did let his hands rest on her shoulders a little longer then necessary. It was no secret that he loved Sango. But could he tell her that could he say 'Sango I love you' right to her face. He sat back down close to the fire and tried to sleep .
It was then when Inuyasha came into the hut carrying Kagome. Miroku looked at the two and knew what had taken place. Miroku only hoped that this week would never end for his friends, he knew that when Kagome left Inuyasha would be hard as ever to deal with. Miroku nodded to his friend in a simple manner a quit understanding running between the men.
Inuyasha tried to set a Kagome down on the futon but she simply wouldn't let him go. Miroku let out a small laugh and got up to help his friend who was trying to pry Kagome's arms from around his neck. Inuyasha set one foot down next to the futon and the other nee on Kagome's stomach pushing both at once while trying to unwrap Kagome's arms. Miroku walked behind Inuyasha and gently pulled Kagome's arms off Inuyasha. But before he could stop it Kagome had a hold of Inuyasha's hand. She seamed to be afraid to let him go like she was going to lose him. Inuyasha gave up and let Kagome rest in his lap. He stared down at his angle. But soon even he fell asleep with dreams of he and Kagome together leaving Miroku to watch over Sango without anyone knowing.