Disclaimer: If Inuyasha was mine this wouldn't be a fan fiction, would it?

Chapter 2

After Kagome left

Inuyasha growled angrily, Stupid wench! She killed my back, and all for that? Inuyasha thought back to their fight.

-Flashback-

"Hey, Kagome, you okay?" Inuyasha queried, helping the miko up.

"Yes, Inuyasha, I'm fine." Kagome giggled and wobbled a little. She'd fallen after tripping over a rock, and hit her head, resulting in a large headache and and dizziness.

"You sure?" A small voice came from behind Kagome, coming from a small kitsune. The small fox-demon bounced over and looked over Kagome, his eyes searching frantically over her, adding a comical look to the small orange-haired fox child.

"I'm absolutely certain, Shippo." Kagome laughed. She turned around and looked at her dog-eared hanyou, only to find him rummaging through her bag.

"Ha, found it!" Inuyasha yelped happily, an instant ramen packet in his hand. He laughed victoriously and looked at Kagome, and realized her eyes were all but flaming.

"Inuyasha... Sit!" She yelled angrily, screeching the command angrily. Inuyasha face-planted, leaving a crater around him.

"Ouch..." Inuyasha got up and rubbed the back of his head. "What was that for?" He barked, hurt, looking at Kagome his glare angry and demanding.

"SIT! Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" Kagome commanded over and over. "Is ramen more important to you than I am?" She ground her teeth together. "That's it, Inuyasha! I'm going home!"

-End of Flashback-

"I was just hungry!" Inuyasha hissed. His teeth clenched and he threw a large rock across the clearing he was sitting in. He rose and growled, even angrier than before. "Stupid wench."

He started to stomp toward Kaede's village, but stopped suddenly, his gaze froze. He sniffed the air and smelled it again. "K...Kikyo?" He called into the wind. No reply. No... I'm being delusional, Kikyo died... I can't even smell the scent any more... He sighed and started for the village again.

-Meanwhile-

"But Kaede-!" The small fox demon, Shippo, whined. "Inuyasha has to go get Kagome!"

"No, child. You must not ask Inuyasha to go, for he will decline, and not go at all. Ye must just wait, and be patient. He will go soon enough." Kaede answered calmly.

"Yes, Kaede..." Shippo sighed sadly and scurried away to play with Sango and Kirara.

-Somewhere near the well-

"No, I can't get her... But maybe I should... No! I can't go get that stupid wench!" Inuyasha huffed as his protective side won the small battle. He rushed toward the well and disappeared in a flash of blue light.

He traveled through time quickly, and jumped out of the well in a small leap, propelling himself in the air, and landed in the well house. He rushed through the door and jumped onto Kagome's roof, just outside of her opened window.

He looked in to see her sitting at her desk, asleep. Ugh, that stupid wench is going to hurt herself, sleeping like that! His eyes flashed with worry momentarily, but it faded as he climbed through the window, grateful that she had left it open.

He picked her up, careful not to wake her, and looked at her sleeping form. He stayed like that for a few minutes, staring at her figure, until she mumbled something, startling him. "I...Inuyasha..." She sighed. "I'm... sorry..."

Inuyasha gasped and looked at her with a forgiving gaze as he set her down on her bed and pulled her blanket over her. "Inuyasha... I love... you..." She sighed happily and turned towards him, her hands reaching out and entangling their fingers in his hair, pulling him toward her.

"K...Kagome..." His eyes where pools of emotion, gazing at her. He leaned toward her and kissed her softly. The sleeping miko sighed happily and released her grip on his hair. He stepped backward and stared at her, his eyes full of love.

He saw Kagome's eyes flutter open slowly, and stepped into a dark corner, unseen.

He watched her survey her state calmly until she suddenly gasped "Pillow and blanket?" and stumble out of her bed, clumsily entangling her feet in a portion of her blanket, starting to fall. Inuyasha rushed forward and caught her in his arms.

He pulled her to him and sighed inaudibly in happiness as she relaxed and accepted his embrace. He released her and looked into her eyes, thinking of her beauty. "Kagome..." He stuttered on the word. "I... I love you too..."

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A/N: Hey, guys! Wow, my new record for writing a chapter of anything... XD So, what do ya'll think? Good for someone who started only two days ago? Please review!
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