Hello, I am back with another chapter, this time should be sooner than the last xD...I really have no idea what I am going to put beforehand, so this is all going to be done off the top of my head in this.

Tmntgirl: You stick by me and read this and review, I enjoy having you as a reader and hope it doesn't change. Even if the story seems slow at times (to me at least) you still stick with it and read, and for that, I thank you!

Now onward with the fic!

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Kalim stepped the boundary to Kutsiko's land and she made sure to stick next to him so everyone would know he was with her. They walked side-by-side which made Kutsiko very happy. She was glad to have actual alone time with him where there would be no annoying classmates asking what was going on between them.

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(flashback)

"So is there something going on between you and Kalim, Kutsiko?" one girl asked. Kutsiko just blushed and looked to the ground, pulling off the shy, innocent schoolgirl look.

"You should just tell him how you feel." another girl said to her and she jumped suddenly from surprise and shook her head.

"N...no, I c..can't do that" she said shakily trying to pull it off even more, she told them that she clung to him at first because it was one of those days where she is braver, she explained that some days she is brave and others she is shy.

"What's the worst that could happen?" she was asked.

"Well...he could say he likes someone else?" she responded with a question.

"Look, there he is" one girl said pointing to Kalim as he was walking down the hall of the school, "Tell him how you feel" she grinned and Kutsiko stepped back and ran the opposite direction.

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Kutsiko tried sending off signals such as bumping her hand into his, hoping that he would take it in his own, but he was too focused on something else. His eyes were focused straight ahead of him, she could see it as she looked at him. He was definitely a different Kalim than she had seen before.

"He looks so cute when he's determined" she thought with a smile and a blush fresh on her face.

"I will learn about my real family" Kalim thought and then heard some rustling as they approached a forest, he held Kutsiko close to keep her protected.

"Who goes there?" he asked as he stood still making sure Kutsiko was safe from harm. His eyes became even more focused and alert as a demon from the lands came out and swung a sword at Kalim who just kicked at the hand of the demon to make sure his arm couldn't come down.

"So sorry miss Futaka" the demon apologized seeing her, Kalim looked at her not knowing it was her true name.

"Well I am here to see my parents, my friend here has much to discuss." she said putting her hands on her hips showing she hadn't forgiven him for the sudden attack. The demon nodded and went with them as an escort to make sure other demons didn't attack as they walked.

"Again I am sorry, but we have been getting attacked recently, and I couldn't see you with your protective boyfrie..."

"I'm just a friend" Kalim cut the demon off and it kind of hurt Kutsiko for him to say it so quickly, so easily.

"Kalim...why can't you return my feelings yet?" she thought as she put her hand to her chest, she wanted to hear three magic words from Kalim and was starting to think she'd never hear them escape his mouth. Disappointment was easily seen in her eyes but Kalim didn't even look back. They finally reached where her parents were and she stepped up to them removing the look from her eyes to look of happiness.

"Mother, father...I have brought someone along with me" she said as she stepped aside to reveal Kalim who knelt down in their presence. He looked up at them with calm eyes.

"You need not kneel before us, it is okay" the lord of the lands said and Kalim stood with a nod, "I know not who you are, but you must have something you want from me" Kalim nodded to let him know that he was correct.

"I want to know...about"

"Wait, we just got here, I think we should rest, it has been a long walk" Kutsiko interrupted, her father glared lightly but nodded.

"Yes, I think that would be for the best" he said as he got someone to show them where they would be. The two of them went to the room and Kalim looked at Kutsiko with a slight glare in his eyes.

"We aren't stopping now, we haven't even found a single jewel shard!" Inuyasha said screaming at the group.
"Exactly why we are stopping" Kagome closed her eyes and crossed her arms, she still did seem a little angry from before. She was angry not just from Inuyasha, but from Kalim's actions. She wasn't in the mood to be looking for jewel shards, she just wanted some relaxation time from the events that had taken place. Sango asked if Kagome would like to go to the hot springs around where they were, Kagome nodded, it would be relaxing for her. They both went in after making sure Miroku wasn't peeping.

"So what's wrong Kagome?" Sango asked noticing that something was obviously bothering her.

"Kalim...he...hurt my friend back in my time and didn't seem phased by it at all...now he spends all his time with that other girl." She said as she started getting sadder looking down. Sango frowned seeing her friend in the state she is in, she wanted to say something but knew everything would make Kagome feel worse, but the truth had to come out.

"Maybe he does feel bad, and maybe by having Kutsiko near him, makes him feel better...to have someone beside him." Sango stated, Kagome nodded and thought that maybe it could be true.

"Kutsiko...why did you interrupt me like that earlier?" he asked her as they sat next to each other in one of the buildings that were in the land.

"Because...he doesn't know who you are yet, and you should at least spend one night here since it was close to being it when we got there, in case you aren't accepted." she explained to him. He stood up from where he was and started to walk obviously upset, but Kutsiko grabbed onto his wrist with tears in her eyes. Kalim sat back down next to her pulling her into a hug, hating to see her cry, he comforted her.

"Kutsiko, don't cry" he said as he rubbed her back, she looked up at him and he looked down at her, their eyes met and she started leaning to him, moving her face closer to his. Kalim didn't know what it was, but something was telling him to do the same, their faces were merely inches apart when screams were breaking the silence of the outside, the village was under attack. The two of them ran out to look and Kalim growled noticing the demons right away.

"Naraku..." He went after each of the demons cutting through them with his claws and Naraku showed himself shortly after.

"Why Kalim, it's been a while" he said as he stood in front of where Kalim stood, he just growled at Naraku.

"That's not nice, especially considering the lord is in trouble right now" Kalim's eyes went wide and Naraku disappeared from view.

"Damn, Kutsiko, let's go!" he grabbed her hand and ran towards where her father was, a larger demon was in the palace.

"Father! Mother!" Kutsiko screamed causing the demon to turn around, Kalim put his hand in front of Kutsiko and her father noticed that with a smile, he figured Kalim would make a perfect suitor and would be glad to have him as a son. Kalim cracked his knuckles looking at the demon.

"You may be big, but you aren't as fast as me." he said with a smirk which quickly disappeared when the demon moved so fast that Kalim was barely able to block the blow that it delivered.

"W...what is this speed?" he asked shocked, Kalim saw the demon disappear again and he pushed Kutsiko away since she was the demon's next target.

"Don't worry m'lord, you will be protected, as well as your daughter and wife." he said with a smile.

Kalim fought with the demon, blocking and delivering blows, the lord watched on with a smile on his face, an outsider protecting the place was something that was never really heard of before. He was glad that his daughter had taken an interest in such a man. Kalim found the opening he needed and drove his claws into the demon's chest causing it to fall limp from death, Kalim sighed and went to the ground on his hands and knees. Kutsiko ran over to him as he fell and knelt down beside him wrapping her arms around his body.

"Kalim...you're alright, thank goodness" she said softly. Her father walked over to Kalim along with his wife and smiled.

"Sir, I wish I know something...I wish to know about my parents...I am from...the other tribe." the lords smile soon turned to a frown, then anger.

"You...you're the kid?" he asked angered but remembered that he was in debt to Kalim, "Sorry, I owe you for this." he was a fair king so he didn't let a grudge cloud his thoughts. He saw the protectiveness Kalim had for Kutsiko and her feelings towards him, he sighed and nodded.

"I can't tell you much, since we were warring clans. I only know that they cared for you deeply, and they tried to make peace with us. They tried arranging a marriage between you and my daughter here" the lord said to Kalim.

"Wait, m'lord, you're saying..."

"Call me Shiro, and yes...if I had agreed to it you two would be engaged right now" he said simply, "I am regretting in a way that I didn't accept" he said with a slight laugh which caught Kalim off guard. Shiro told Kalim that they would talk more in the morning and to get some sleep. He had a guard escort them back to where they were and they smiled sitting back where they were.

"He accepts you" Kutsiko said happily, Kalim nodded and smiled back to her. She went to telling him how she was worried that he may not have been liked. She laid down on the bed that they sat on and looked up towards the ceiling with her hands on her stomach, Kalim looked down at her with a smile.

"Kutsiko, did you know?" Kalim asked her wanting to find out.
"Know about what?" she asked him confused and he looked at her.

"About how we could have been engaged..." she nodded slightly and closed her eyes. Kalim looked at her with his hair darkening where his eyes were.

"Why didn't you tell me that information?" he was getting slightly angered.

"I didn't feel you were ready for that information quite yet..." she answered with her eyes still closed.

Kalim looked down at her and whispered, "Your father, said he sort of regrets not accepting my parents' proposal." he softly spoke and Kutsiko nodded.

She felt something different about the room so she opened her eyes which soon went wide as his face was closing in on hers, she blushed but moved her head up towards his and their lips touched. They both had their eyes closed as their lips were connected.

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Tmntgirl, that last part was dedicated to you! Since you wished for it to happen, I made it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I hope you liked the tease I did earlier when they almost kissed at first.