"Get off of me idiot" Inuyasha yelled as he was holding Hojo back from trying to land some blows to his face on the ground.

Kagome grabbed Hojo by the waist to pry him off but Hojo just wanted the satisfaction that he at least hit the half demon once for stealing Kagome away.

Grandpa, Sota, and Kagome's mother just watched as the scuffle took place.

"alright that's enough" Kagome said annoyed and grabbed hojo by the ear and pinched so hard he though his ear was gonna tear off its place.

"owww….aaaaahh…okay okay okay Kagome" he said tearing up.

"that's enough of that, can we just talk about this?" she said while holding Hojos ear.

"Fine" Hojo said visibly upset that his fiancé beat his ass in front of everybody when he was clearly trying to teach the half demon a lesson.

"okay then" she said letting go of the tender, red tip of the ear, then she pulled him for an embrace, making Inuyasha growl a little.

"Kagome" Hojo said sincerely and held her back in a tight squeeze.

A single tear escaped closed eye and rolled down her cheek.

"Hojo I'm so sorry, can we talk please" she whispered into his shoulder.

"of course, my dearest"

She wiped the tear off her face, took his hand and led him to the garden where they were meant to say their vows, leaving her family behind and giving Inuyasha a piercing look for him no to follow. Reluctantly, but understandably he stayed put as Kagomes, grandpa, and brother began interrogating him.

Everything was left just how it was when she was kidnapped, pink blossom adorns the four corners of the garden and the calla lily arrangements were still beautifully placed while some of the pedals had fallen on the floor.

She walked down the aisle with him to sit down at the very front were there was a bench.

"Kagome is everything alright?"

"Hojo" she began then paused "what did you think about what happened today?"

"Well to be honest Kagome I was worried, but then as I thought about it more, I figured you had staged all of it to no get married with me"

"Whatever gave you that idea?" she asked incredulously

"Common Kagome everybody knows you were gonna marry me out of pity, you were never really in love with me"

"Hojo how can you say that"

"I felt that deep down you were just settling with me, and you know what I convinced myself that it was okay because you were going to learn to fall in love with me, to see me more than your friend, to see me as your man. To feel desire for me when I touched your body, to feel the need to have me just like I feel the need to have you. To make you my wife was a dream come true. I have loved you since school"

"Hojo I'm sorry, I didn't stage that it all did really happen, but you are right, I was never really in love with you and I also said to myself that I was going to learn to feel for you but I just don't think that can happen"

He chuckled, "yeah I figured" "so…who is that freak anyway"

"to be honest I have no idea, he says he's known me, but I have never seen him in my life, then to my surprise he revealed a lot of stuff about me that only a person that known me really good could know."

"sounds like he is dangerous, be careful Kagome"

"I can defend myself you know"

"yeah I know" he said chuckling again and standing up.

He took the brides hand and stood her up

"you look breathtakingly beautiful" he said looking into her eyes. Taking her chin between her index finger and thumb he kissed her tenderly, and Kagome obliged because at least he deserved that out of her.

He pulled back and caressed her chin with his thumb, Kagome looked at him with tears rolling down her eyes,

"Goodbye Kagome" He said with a smile and walked away towards the back exit of the garden.

Kagome just stood there watching him leave as the soft moonlight touched all around, he never looked back.

She felt someone behind her then a second later she was being embraced her back against a strong chest, and she knew all too well who that was by the red sleeves the wrapped around her chest.

She turned around in the hug and sobbed hard.

"It's okay Kagome, he will be okay, you need to be happy and find true love" he said while he put his cheek on the top of her head.

"I feel so bad, I let it go too far I'm a bad person"

"look at me" Inuyasha demanded lifting her face up to see him.

"there isn't a mean bone in your body, you don't see that you were willing to throw your happiness away just so he could get his?" "stupid you never change" he chuckled as she frowned with a flash of anger in her eyes.

"What do you mean stupid!" she pushed him aside. Kagome turned around to admire the beauty of the Garden and sat down on the bench again and sighed.

Inuyasha followed and sat next to her, looking out the garden as well.

"I never thought I would get married let alone come this far as to walk down the aisle adorned with lilies and heavenly music playing as I walked with everybody staring at me. It seemed so surreal and beautiful" she said with a small side smile. "but it was wrong" "I was never good with love, I feel stuck, like I can't make that leap, ….like I won't let myself…there's a wall there that I can't seem to break no matter what I do I always turn back." She said turning around to look at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha could not help but feel pain and guilt. The woman with the big brown eyes looking at him for answers that came to him at the tender age of 15, was scarred. 15 was the age where all sorts of feeling were awakened including falling in love. Young Kagome did not have the luxury of her love reciprocated because the hanyou she had fallen in love with, was still holding on to something that was not there anymore. He only wished that he realized it sooner. How did they get here, everything was such a mess, and to make matters worse he knew he would have a hard time opening Kagomes heart because unconsciously she has sealed it to not feel rejection thus not allowing her to love like she wants. He messed her up and she had no clue.

Kagome saw that the half demon and turned her face back to the garden. "It's time to go, we will come back to the garden tomorrow and clean this mess you made." She said playfully shoving Inuyashas arm.

"keh, sure the mess I made, we wouldn't be in the mess YOU created if only you told the truth about your feelings wench."

"yeah yeah, let's go"

They both exited the garden back into the kitchen to meet up with the family

"Kagome dear will you and your friend stay for dinner after all we still have all the food from your reception in the main room."

"No mother we just ate but save us some for tomorrow, we will be back so that I can clean up the mess, I'm just tired and need to get to bed, and change out of this dress."

"wait we are going back to the feudal era?" Inuyasha asked confused

"pff, no we are going to my place to sleep, goodnight mom we will see you tomorrow" she said as she kissed her mother goodnight.

"what do you mean your place" Inuyasha asked as they walked the door and slide it open.

"Inuyasha I don't live here anymore I'm on my own in college, I have a part time job and I have my own place" she looked at him proudly.

"then why where you in your room, old room, at the shrine when you were in the fancy kimono"

She giggled "wedding dress, it called a wedding dress, and its tradition to get ready at your mothers house before you go to meet your future husband."

"oh"

They walked down the shrine steps towards the nearest intersection, and she waited for a taxi to arrive.

"what are we waiting for kagome"

"for a ride I'm super tired im not about to walk home in these shoes and this dress"

"HEY!" kagome protested as Inuyasha picked her up

"tell me which way to go" she stopped giving him a death stared and her face soften as she realized what he was trying to do.

"Just go straight on, its not far from here but I can't bear to walk it"

"okay"

"then he sore through the sky jumping atop buildings" after some more directions they finally reached their destination.

"it's here" she said

He stopped right in front of a small home but what he thought was too big for one person.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Inuyasha yelled looking away blushing as Kagome lifted her dress up to remove her keys dangling from the garter in her thigh.

"will you relax and not yell, you are going to wake up the neighbors" she whispered, "jeez I'm only taking my keys out so I can open the door"

She unlock the door and push the door open with Inuyasha still carrying her in the door.

"wow this scenario I imagined different, Hojo was supposed to carry me in as a married couple"

This made the half demon scrounge up his nose and put the bride down on her feet.

"well make yourself comfortable while I go change" she said as she disappeared into a hallway.

Inuyasha smelled around the house. It smelled clean, and it all look very fresh. She had decorated with a calla lily at every end or coffee table. He made his way to the kitchen passing a cute round table the Kitchen was very cozy with yellow and gray accents, he opened the pantry and noticed she had a lot of Ninja Food, his favorite. He smiled to himself and sat down comfortably in the couch.

"I'm back" Inuyasha looked to where she was coming and blushed a little.

She came back wearing short pj shorts and a spaghetti strap that showed a bit of her mid drift and cleavage. Her nipples were piercing the thin fabric and she was wearing fuzzy slippers at her feet. She took off her makeup and looked more beautiful than ever with her hair tied in a ponytail.

"what I miss" she said plopping next to him, her breast slightly bouncing.

"u..uuhhu..nothin at all" he stutter.

"why are you flushed? Are you okay?" she asked getting in his face, invading his personal space. He swallowed hard and backed away from her face only to blush and look away.

"Nothing Is wrong I just…. you are just always invading my personal space that's all" he said still looking away. Then he felt some weight lift from his side and turned around only to find Kagome standing right in front of him.

"personal space?!" she said as he looked down at him,

He looked up at her and could not believe what was happening

In total shock and mouth totally agape, Inuyasha watched in slow motion as Kagome folded her knee and placed it at the side of Inuyasha's thigh giving her leverage to do the same with the other knee and place it at the opposite side, completely straddling him with both hands placed on his shoulders.

"K…Ka…..Kagome, what the hell are you doing" he stuttered through the sentence with a high pitch voice.

She took his large hand at his wrist with her small hand and place the heavy limb softly on her breast. "Am I invading your personal space now Inuyasha?" He gulped and could help but feel her hard nipple right under his palm.

Now that she had his full, confused, gaze she looked at him intensely with lustful eyes.

She slid her arms behind his head, and she inched closer to his lips without breaking eye contact.

Inuyasha couldn't do anything but shake in place as her lips hovered over his.

He felt the apex at her inner thighs rub on him and instantly became turned on.

Then his attention focused on the warm breath of air that landed on his lips

"how bout this? Is this invading your personal space too?"

He trembled

"Kagome" he whispered as he closed the distance….

"hellooooooooooooo?"

"earth to Inuyasha, snap out of it " Kagome snapped her fingers, making Inuyasha realize that he had just fantasized about how he would want the girl from the future to work on him.