Chapter 3: Love at First Sight

"Kagome?"

"KAGOME?" Inuyasha yelled

"What? You don't have to yell you know. I'm right here you know." Kagome said to him quietly; he jumped. Kagome looked at him as he still was in a freaked out stance. "And,… you were wanting to talk to me why?"

"Oh, I was wanting to know if you wanted to take walk." Inuyasha asked

"Sure. Why not?" Kagome replied as she walked next to him.

They walked off from the village and eventually arrived at Goshinboku. Inuyasha stopped at the base of the tree and stared into its branches. Kagome stared at him, he didn't notice. "Do you remember the day you woke me from here?" Inuyasha asked after a while

"Yes. It seems so… so much like it was yesterday to me." Kagome replied

"The day I met you… The day that started it all…"

"Started what all?"

"Well, started our journey to find the shards."

"Oh, yes."

It was spring so Goshinboku was starting to have flower buds on it. That also meant it was almost mating season.

"I'm glad Naraku is gone. Aren't you?" Kagome asked

"Duh. Who isn't wench?" he turned to her and said

"I was just asking. Ges, you don't have to get pissy about it." she said while looking at the well. It was the well that connected her to him. The well that started it all…

'I wonder what will happen once we complete the Shikon no Tama?' Kagome asked herself still looking at the well.

"Inuyasha?"

"Hmm?"

"I was wondering… what… would you think of me… if I was… an Inu-hanyou?"

This caught him off guard. Inuyasha looked at Kagome wondering if he heard her right. "Well, probably the same thing I do now…"

"And what is that?"

This killed him. He loved Kagome since the day him and her met. 'What am I supposed to tell her? What will she say if I tell her I love her?! I was able to hold it off before because we've been constantly fighting Naraku, but now its' too hard to ignore it. What am I gonna DO?!' Inuyasha thought; He wanted to scream at this thought.

"Well… I think… you are… well…"

"Inuyasha?"

"Umm…"

"Do you love me?"

"As a-"

"Like love, LOVE?"

Man. This is hard… "The truth is…" he sighed "Yes… I do. Kagome… please don't think… Uh, Kagome…?"

Kagome was just staring at him. No expression what so ever…

"Kagome? Do you hate me for telling you?"

Kagome snapped back to Earth. "Of course not! Why would I? The truth is… I love you too." She had the happiest expression on now. It wasn't an evil happy, it was just happy.

"Oh, Kagome." Inuyasha said as he pulled her into a tight embrace. She rested her head on his shoulder as he nuzzled her hair. She looked at him. They stared into each others eyes until his lips locked onto hers. They finally pulled away after they ran out of breath.

"I love you Inuyasha…" Her arms pulled around his shoulders more.

"Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"Would you…be…oh man why is it so hard to say this?!" He pulled away and Kagome just stared at him awkwardly.

"Ok. Will you …will you be… willyoubemymate?" He asked very fast.

"Say again…in Japanese/English this time please. So I can understand." Kagome told him

"Will you be my mate?" Inuyasha asked her quietly.

"Um… what is a mate?" She asked sheepishly.

"Its like… well… its what in your time what you would call a wife or husband."

"OH, ok! I get it. So you are asking me to marry you then?"

"I guess so…" 'I don't really get her modern terms'

"Well then I say yes!"

"Yes?"

"Yes, Yes!"

'Oh thank god! That was easier than I thought!' Inuyasha said to himself. He ran over to her and picked her up and gave her an electrifying kiss.

"Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"I have to mark you…"

Kagome just stared at Inuyasha with a puzzled look for a while. He eventually got the hint. "It means I have to bite your neck to show your taken."

"Is it gonna hurt?"

"Um… Not really… I guess… I don't know, ok?."

"Well, I don't care, just do it!" 'Get it over with!' Kagome told him as she turned around in his arms and leaned her head to the side. She felt his tongue lick her neck a little and the she felt his fangs seep into her skin. As he did this he heard a squeak and then a soft moan from Kagome. He withdrew his fang from her neck and licked the wound. He told her, "Come on, I don't want the others to notice anything too much. Get on my back if you want."

"Will anything happen to me?" She asked as they ran back to the village.

"No, I don't think so… What do you mean?"

"I meant will I turn into a hanyou."

"Well, only if you really, REALLY wanted it while I bit you!"

'Did I want It?… Well I'll find out soon enough!'