Yume no Unmei
"Dreams of Fate"

A/N: -inches towards a formidable hiding spot-

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Atashi - I (The feminine form of "Watashi" ["I"])
Bokken - Wooden Sword
Daijoubu ka? - Are you alright?
Dakara - Because
Gomen - Sorry
Hontou? - Really?
Iie - No
Onii-san - Older Brother
Ore wa.. - I..(The masculine form of "Watashi")
Tadaima - I'm Home
Tori - Bird
Un - Yeah

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Chapter VII
Going Back to My Real Home

"Inu...yasha...?"

"Kagome..daijoubu ka?" Inuyasha reached out a hand to help her up, but Kagome smacked it away.

"What are you doing here?" she cried, near tears. "Why did you come after me!?!"

"Dakara!" Inuyasha shouted. "Ore wa..I love you. I can't let you go now!" Kagome sank back against the tree, eyes wide. "I can't pretend that this past year never happened! I can't forget you!"

"Inu..yasha.." she whispered, tears falling silently from her eyes. "Atashi..Gomen. I don't..I don't love you." She avoided his eyes. "I don't know why I even came out here anyways. What was I looking for? The family that didn't want me? Why would they want me now anyways? I'm friends with their greatest enemies. I didn't even really want to leave. I don't know why I did it."

"Kagome..." Inuyasha whispered, and offered his hand once more. This time, Kagome took his hand and they walked through the forest together in silence.

Did he really mean that back there? Kagome wondered to herself. But why then? I thought he hated me.

Uh uh, Kagome, her practical side chided. He's been really nice to you since he started teaching you kendo. If you haven't noticed, something is really wrong with you. It's the only logical reason for him to be so nice: He loves you. And besides, why would he come all this way to bring you back if he didn't?

Kagome sighed.What an uncomfortable predicament she was suddenly thrown into.

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It was two days before they finally got back to the castle. Kagome was greated back with open arms, even if King Tsuyoi and Queen Hana were a bit disappointed in her.

"Kagome-chan!" Sango cried, running to meet her friend.

"KAGOME-CHAAAN!" Yamaneko yelled as she flung herself at Kagome in a great big hug, sticking her tongue out playfully at Inuyasha behind Kagome's back.

Sango too glomped her friend. "We're so glad your back!"

"It wouldn't be fun around here without ya," Yamaneko gushed.

Kagome laughed with carefree joy. "Tadaima!"

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"Ahh!"

"Tori!?!"

"Un," Kagome nodded. "Big, ugly birds."

"Mm..Bird is good eatin'!" Yamaneko drooled.

"These birds wouldn't've tasted good," Kagome laughed. "Don't worry."

"Ne ne?" Yamaneko said, bouncing beside her. "What happened then? Didja beat 'em senseless with your bokken? Or didja shoot 'em all with your arrows? Like how you beat Inuyasha? Pinned 'em to all the trees in the place? Huh? Huh?" She began bouncing again, eager to hear Kagome's heroic tale.

"Iie..nothing like that..." Kagome admitted, sweatdropping a little. "They nearly beat me..actually.." Sango quickly covered Yamaneko's mouth to keep her from screaming. "They knocked away my bokken and broke my bow."

"Why didn't you stab 'em, then!?!" Yamaneko protested, breaking fre of Sango's grip. "You still had your arrows, didn't you?"

"They..rid me of those, too," Kagome replied, sweatdropping further still. "Knocked 'em right away from me. Couldn't use them at all. But anyways, that's when Inuyasha showed up. He beat those mangy birds."

"Inuyasha-chan saved you?" Yamaneko said, looking quite annoyed at that fact. "Maybe he's not that bad afterall," she added with a ponderous look playing on her feline face.

"And I guess he convinced you to come back," Sango finished for her.

"Un..." Kagome said, nodding. She almost told them what he had said to her, but decided it was better to not.

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"Oi Miroku!" Inuyasha clamored, after beating Miroku over the head. "I thought you said telling her would make everything better!"

Miroku rubbed his head, glaring at his woebegone friend. "She came back, didn't she? What more of an answer do you need?"

Inuyasha frowned. "Miroku. Listen. This is what happened."

"Inu...yasha...?"

"Kagome..daijoubu ka?" Inuyasha reached out a hand to help her up, but Kagome smacked it away.

"What are you doing here?" she cried, near tears. "Why did you come after me!?!"

"Dakara!" Inuyasha shouted. "Ore wa..I love you. I can't let you go now!" Kagome sank back against the tree, eyes wide. "I can't pretend that this past year never happened! I can't forget you!"

"Inu..yasha.." she whispered, tears falling silently from her eyes. "Atashi..Gomen. I don't..I don't love you."

"Hontou?" Miroku asked after Inuyasha replayed the scene. "Hm. Maybe you're right. Maybe she doesn't really love you. Maybe you're just her Onii-san."

Miroku found himself in the bushes below Inuyasha's third-story window very suddenly. "'Get out' usually works."

"And stay out until you get some better advice!" Inuyasha roared from his window.

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Kagome sighed and flopped into her bed, retiring for the night. Sango and Yamaneko had already gone. "I really am home..aren't I?" She slipped into pleasant sleep and dreamed.

The silver-haired boy, looking frightfully exhausted, stood at the bottom of cliff, looking up at the black-haired girl, who's face was streaked with silent tears. When she turned around and saw him standing there, she forgot everything that had happened and ran towards him, and he to her. They embaced, promising never to let each other go again.

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KYAAA! -ducks knives, swords, axes, maces, and various other objects used for killing. Hides in her ring of blindfolded Battousais- K..Kowaii! ;.;.;.; Be nice! If I die, I can't post anymore chapters. O_O

Oi, minna-sama. o.o Pay attention the dream sequences. They are important, dearies. n.n Even if they come at the end, they be important.

Nya! Till next week! -scurries into hiding for a week-