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Blossoms

Inuyasha tried to run after her but he could barely stand after that battle. Sesshomaru told Inuyasha that he wasn't going to kill her because she had put up a better fight than he ever had. Inuyasha felt only mildly insulted.

He picked up Tetsusaiga and stumbled over to Miroku and Sango. "You guys alright?" he asked them wincing from the effort of standing.

Sango had a hand on her thigh "It's just my leg" she said and tightly bound it with a bandage from Kagome's first aid kit that Kilala and Shippo had brought.

Miroku had an arm wrapped around his torso. "You taught her too well Inuyasha" he smiled slightly before gasping in pain. Sango pushed him down and pulled his robes down to see his wound, blushing madly.

Miroku's wound was bigger than anyone had expected but thankfully it was only a shallow slash. While Miroku was being treated he glared across at Koga. "I don't know what happened here, but Kagome went to great lengths to cut you up so I'm guessing that you were the one who made her turn into a full demon"

Inuyasha glared at the wolf, his own wounds already close to being fully healed, Shippo had just finished binding his arm. "Yeah, I noticed that too. What did you do?" he growled at Koga.

Koga was leaning against a tree and wasn't getting any bandages or treatment because everyone knew that he deserved every one. "I found her here by that well and she looked really beautiful with those ears and tail so…"

Sango gasped and wished she was strong enough to throw Hiraikotsu "You tried to mate with her" everyone gasped and then when Koga looked down guiltily Inuyasha stalked up to him and punched his face.

"You idiot! If Kagome stays in her demon form she'll lose her human heart and soul!"

Koga gasped in horror as he fully understood what he had almost done "I didn't know" he said weakly.

Inuyasha saw a slap mark on his face like the ones Miroku gets when he flirts with Sango. He felt so mad that if he didn't have Tetsusaiga he would have probably turned into a full demon too. "Did she tell you to stop?" he asked.

Koga put his hands up "It really depends on if-"

"Did she tell you to stop?" Inuyasha demanded a hand on Tetsusaiga.

Koga looked down "Yes" he admitted.

Everyone glared at the hurt wolf. "Disgusting beast" Sango hissed "He makes Miroku look decent"

Miroku was too hurt to protest and gasped out to Inuyasha instead "Inuyasha, go after her" Inuyasha looked at his hurt friend. "She's probably really hurt and confused now, she needs you" he struggled into a sitting position.

"Miroku, don't move!" Sango said worriedly putting a hand on his shoulder.

Miroku put a hand over hers. Then he rummaged inside his robes and found a sutra that he had been saving for something special. He threw it at the wolf and he cried out in pain.

Miroku prayed for a spell to be placed on him that would be all the revenge Inuyasha and Kagome would want. The sutra blended with the demon's skin. Miroku sat back down "Koga, you can't go near Kagome without her permission without suffering from now on"

Koga looked horrified and tried to rip off the spell but it was too late.

Inuyasha smirked, Kagome wouldn't want the scrawny wolf around her anytime soon. He helped Miroku and Sango get onto Kilala and then went off to find Kagome.

Even now he could smell her tears.

Kagome…I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you… forgive me…

After a long time Inuyasha found himself going in circles. "Damn, I did teach her too well" he complained. She had gone in circles so that her escape scent would be harder to find. Inuyasha had to use all his dog demon abilities to find the real path she had made.

Her scent lead him through trees and across a river and then he finally heard her sobs that broke his heart to hear.

She was in a tree curled up in the leaves of newly bloomed blossoms. Her tail was the first thing he saw as it never kept still. She had her head tucked away against her knees, she didn't move.

Inuyasha reached up and gently pulled her tail. She jumped in surprise and looked down to see her beloved smiling up at her. He jumped up and sat next to her. They didn't speak, they didn't need to.

Finally Kagome asked as quiet as the wind "How is everyone?"

Inuyasha saw how worried she was "Sango and Miroku got a cut but are recovering alright…" Kagome sighed in relief.

"Does Sesshomaru want to kill me?" she asked, she was only mildly concerned over that one because she didn't feel like she deserved to live because of what she had done.

Inuyasha laughed and Kagome looked at him in confusion. "What's so funny?" she asked, Inuyasha touched her ears lightly and she closed her eyes and purred without thinking.

Kagome pulled his hand away after a minuet of the cute nonsense.

"You don't need to worry about him" Inuyasha said "He says that he won't kill you because he respects you" Kagome looked up in confusion. "He told me that you put up a better fight than I ever did"

Kagome's chocolate eyes sparked with humour for a second then fear replaced it "What about Koga?" she reached into her pocket and held out the jewel shards. "These are his, aren't they?"

Inuyasha nodded "Kagome, tell me, did that bastered hurt you?" he brushed her hair back and winced at her almost healed claw wound.

Kagome shivered then started to cry "He wouldn't stop!" she sobbed and Inuyasha held her close as she cried. She mumbled "I don't remember what happened next… he kissed me"

Inuyasha stiffened in anger, but he just held her tighter.

He feels so different than Koga Kagome thought his scent, his warmth, the way he respects me… it almost feels like he loves me. Kagome closed her eyes and pretended that he did to make this sweet moment even sweeter.

Kagome wiped her mouth, she could still taste Koga on her lips. It's disgusting! She moaned and spat out his taste for the hundredth time.

Inuyasha seemed to know why she was acting like that. Poor Kagome. She's been through so much and I can't help her.

Inuyasha felt his concern and protection grow into something else… he had felt a similar way with Kikyo but what he was feeling now was stronger and purer than anything he she ever felt with Kikyo.

Kagome, I think I'm in love with you. Inuyasha smiled at the beautiful hanyou, he leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Kagome" he murmured. Kagome stiffened she felt his warm lips and felt her own body respond in both a human way and a totally new way.

First she blushed madly and became shy, second she felt her skin tingle and her clawed hands held his kimono as she turned her face up to meet his.

Kagome's eyes closed and she relaxed in his warm arms as he kissed her. Kagome kissed back and when he asked silently she opened her mouth to him and their tongues tangled joyfully.

"I love you, Inuyasha" Kagome whispered and kissed him back more forcefully.

Inuyasha felt like he was going to burst into a thousand sparks when he heard her. "I love you" he murmured back.

Kagome glowed, the blossoms opened twice as wide and let you their sweetest scent in response to the two half demon's happiness.

Kagome smiled and couldn't help purring as Inuyasha ran his claws extremely gently through her midnight black hair. For a second everything was perfect.

Then that moment ended.

Kikyo.

Kagome thought. She felt her eyes prickle and she bit her lip in an attempt to not cry. Inuyasha heard her stop purring and saw her eyes fill with tears. "What's wrong Kagome?" he asked brushing away her tears with the pad of his thumb.

Kagome shook her head and pushed his hand away "I hate having a human heart" she said.

Inuyasha was confused "Kagome, please tell me why you're upset" he begged her gently.

Kagome had her hands in her lap and she looked at them her hair covering her face. "Kikyo" she summed up what she was thinking and feeling in just one word. "It's Kikyo"

Inuyasha understood instantly, he put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him. "Kagome, didn't I tell you? I love you for who you are not because you look like Kikyo, and you don't really anymore" Kagome gave a half laugh "I have never felt this way, even with Kikyo. I am grateful that I met her… because I would have never met you. I love you Kagome, only you"

Kagome let him pull her head back to his, this kiss had no guilt or hesitation from either of them.

As they watched the sunset a woman watched from the shadows, she carried no scent and didn't leave any prints in the light grass. The angel looked at the two of them up in the tree.

"So that was your plan, kami-sama?" she said to no one, a golden bird landed on her shoulder and it nodded.

She petted the bird for a second them told it "You are a sly one. But what of the undead priestess? How long will that happy scene last?" she sighed looking at the couple surrounded in the blossoms.

The bird flew in a circle in front of her. The circle it made showed the woman the future. Kikyo had gathered the rest of the jewel fragments, that had been re-scattered when Naraku had been defeated, and when she came to get the rest from the Kagome she would surrender her soul and the small part of Kagome's soul would return to Kagome while Kikyo finally would find peace in kami-sama's garden.

Kagome would wish for three things; one for Shippo's parents to return to life. Two for Sango's brother and village to return to life. She would ask Inuyasha if he still wanted to be a full demon and he would decline and made a wish for the well to always work so Kagome could return to her family, it also meant that anyone could use the well. (That will be interesting…)

The final wish Kagome would make would be for the jewel to vanish from the world forever.

The angel smiled and looked at the two in the tree, the bird trilled at her questionably. She looked at the bird as if it has spoken. "Yes, I did ask for Exscarra to be forged, do you approve?" the bird cooed happily and settled on her outstretched wrist.

"She reminded me of a daughter I once had… but you already knew that" she started to leave when she turned and whispered "They have so many trails ahead of them, they are so young… live long and well Inuyasha and Kagome, I hope that you will be happy"

The angel spread her wings and flew with the bird back to the clouds completely unseen. Although she would always keep an eye on the one who joined the spirit and the demon worlds as long as she was in service to kami-sama.