IK11

Okei! KC11 reporting for duty! Project Promise me, ready for update! Start update now!!!

LoL, sori, iv just finished watching Full Metal Panic : Fumoffu so I thought now would be a good time to write Chapter 11 of my fanfic, seein as I'm got so much energy! Onegai, R+R!

New key!

=.[singing].=

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"Higurashi-san? Ah! Ano, this is Marekete Inuyasha. . ." Inuyasha said nervously into the phone. He had never called a friend's parent before, and was unsure of how he should talk.

"Oh? Marekete? You mean, Shiyuki-chan's son?"

"H-hai. . . . .. I'm calling about Kagome, she's fallen ill at school. . . . "

"Oh, hontoni? Hmm, I told her not to go, what with her throat. Ne, would you mind taking care of her for a while? Our house is being fumigated at the moment, and the hotel we booked has only 3 beds. I thought she could share a bed with her Otooto, but since she's sick, I don't think that would be too good."

"E-eh? Eto. . . it's not really my place to say if someone stays at our house or not, so you would have to ask Okaa-san or Otou-sama. . ."

"Oh, daijoubu. Are they there?"

"Iie, I'm at school. . ."

"Ara ara, I will call them then. I mean, I would make Souta sleep in Granpa's bed, but he simply refuses to. How can I contact your parents?"

Inuyasha gave her his father's mobile number and hung up. Kagome still lay on the bed, her breath harsh and unsteady. Inuyasha had admired Kagome ever since he heard that her father died. ~It must hurt a lot for someone so close to you die. . .~ Suddenly Kagome gave a small groan and her eyelids flickered open. Slowly she sat up, putting a hand to her forehead.

"W. . . what happened to me?" Kagome's voice was faint and scratchy.

"Kagome! You're awake!" Inuyasha stood up and sat down beside her on the bed. "You came down with a fever, so I brought you here."

"I. . Inuyasha. . . " Kagome looked at him blankly, then she turned away and blushed. "Did. . . did you really mean what you meant before?"

Inuyasha smiled and took her into his arms.

"Every word of it."

Kagome was a little shocked at first, but soon found a warm, glowing comfort in his arms. His aura was similar to Sesshoumaru's, but there was something different. It was less defined, kind of fuzzy and rough, like a piece of wood that had never been touched by sandpaper in its life. Kagome felt safe there. She began to sing quietly.

"=.[Futari ga ki-tto, deaeruyou-na maho-u wo ka-ke-te. . .].=" [--To make sure the two of us meet, I cast a spell]

Inuyasha knew that song. He heard it on TV once, it was the theme song to the anime, Chobits.

"Ryoute wo sot-to kasane-te-ho-ra hohoemuka-ra," Kagome sang. [--Our hands are gently touch, and then look at me smile]

Inuyasha tried to sing the next line with her, but he couldn'tm quite remember the words.

"=.[Ho-nto no ki-mo-chi, kitsukanai futishime. . .].= "  said Inuyasha, and Kagome giggled.

"Inuyasha, the line there is kitsukanai fu'R'ishi'T'e, but close enough." Kagome moved out of Inuyasha's embrace and smiled. "=.[Totsuze-n fu-ta-ri. . .].=" [--and suddenly.,. . ..  ]

"=.[Koi ni ochitano. . . ].=" finished Inuyasha,[--we fell in love] blushing and smiling in a way that Kagome thought was undeniably kawaii. She wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned on him.

"Inuyasha, when I get better, can you do something for me? Can you. . . promise me something?"

"Anything, if it's for you, Kagome."

"When I get better, kiss me."

Inuyasha looked down at her. Her eyes were closed, but tears flowed from under her lashes. Inuyasha knew what she was crying about. The promise from 10 years ago. The promise that, even though he had racked his brains for hours, still didn't remember.

"I. . . I promise."

At that moment, Inuyasha's mobile rang.

"Moshi moshi? Oh, hello Kikyo."

Kagome could hear Kikyo's voice from where she was.

"Yasha-chan, are we still on for Saturday?"

"Ah, Kikyo, now isn't the best time. . . . "

"Oh come on, Inuyasha, what could you possibly be doing that's more important than your GIRLFRIEND?"

Inuyasha felt Kagome freeze. She released herself from him and said 1 word that made Inuyasha's blood run cold.

"Betrayer."

The phone dropped to the floor. ("Eh? Inuyasha? You there? Inuyasha?? Moshi moshi???") Kagome looked at him. Her eyes were rivers of tears, and behind them he could see hurt, frustration and sorrow.

"Inuyasha. . . please leave." Kagome looked away again, like she was too disgusted to even look at him. Her voice was stronger than before, though a still a bit coarse.

"Kagom-" he began, but Kagome cut him off.

"I. . . . I don't want to hear it.. . . .Inuyasha, just leave, please. . . "

"Kagome! It isn't like that!" Inuyasha grasped her shoulders and faced her towards him. "Kikyo and I. . . we are just friends! Nothing more!"

"I'm sorry Inuyasha," Kagome's expression hardened into a furious hate, "But I don't believe that."

"Kagome! Please! Kikyo is my gangleader's girlfriend!"

"Bull. She said she was YOUR girlfriend, Inuyasha!!"

"Kagome, please, I-"

"I don't care, Inuyasha! Why don't you go see KIKYO, since as you love HER and not ME."

"Kagome, I don't love Kikyo!" Inuyasha got off the bed.

"Tell that to someone who cares! I don't even know if I love you anymore Inuyasha, seeing as you cant even remember something as important as a promise to a girl that loved you for who you were!"

"I only loved Kikyo because . . . .  because  . . . . ." Inuyasha hesitated, unsure of whether he should say it or not. "Because she reminded me of a girl I met when I was small, a girl who cared about me even though I was a hanyou, an outcast. Despite the fact that Kikyo was completely opposite to that girl in personality, the appearance of Kikyo was enough to make me remember you. Remember that you were, that you are, and that you will always be the only one to accept me for who I am!!!!"

Kagome fell silent for a little while.

"Why should I believe you?" she whispered.

"Kagome, I can't remember the promise I made to you all those years ago. I probably never will. But I make this one to you now." Inuyasha knelt down beside the bed, closed his eyes and held her hands in his.

"I promise to make you happy when you are sad, to calm you when you stress out, Kagome. I promise to love you for who you are, not for what you do or say. Even if you marry Hojo or Kouga or even Sesshoumaru, I promise to respect that. I promise I won't make you cheat on them by making you love me, but I will support you and make sure they treat you right."

"Inuyasha.. . . . "

Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked Kagome straight in the eye.

"And you know what Kagome? I think I'm going to remember that one."

Kagome looked at him, tears overflowing, and laughed. It was the first time she had truly laughed from joy. She threw herself onto him and laughed. Inuyasha's eyes widened, but then he began to laugh with her too. After the giggles subsided, Kagome said to him-

"You know what, Inuyasha? I think my fever's gone. . . "

"Well I'd better keep my promise then," he replied and kissed her passionately on the lips.

A few seconds later, Miroku came through the door. He walked in, wondering where they could be.

"Inuy-" Miroku stopped and smiled when he saw them. Silently he turned around and went back out through the door. In the hall, he scribbled a note and taped it to the door. As he moved away someone behind him read the sign.

"DO NOT DISTURB."

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"So. . .that's how it is. . . " said a tall, dark-haired figure, who stood next to the window, hidden in shadows.

"Hai, U-sama," a subordinate sat a few metres in front of the ornate window, nose nearly touching the floor, completely still except for his eyes and mouth. He was the kind of person that you would immediately think of as very weak and untrustworthy, sucking up to superiors in order to get recognition. And that's exactly who he was.

"Very well, Jaken. You may leave as soon as you tell me your source," the dark-haired man replied.

"I got it from one of my other youkai-masters, Marekete Sesshoumaru, sir. He has a spy working for him that monitor's Inuyasha, and in turn, Kagome-sama." Jaken explained.

"I see. Leave then." A pair of cold purple eyes stared back at him from the darkness beside the window.

"H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-hai U-sama!!!" Jaken leapt to his feet and scrambled out of the door.

"Damn you, Inuyasha. Do not think you will have your happy ending just yet!"

(switch to scene of Kagome and Inuyasha walking together, hand in hand, with U-sama's voice playing)

"Kagome WILL be mine!"

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Haha!! Just when you thought it was over, ITS NOT!!! Lol, the more reviews I get, the more reason I'l hav to write the next chappie!! Com on ppl!!!