Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters..and blah blah blah.

Comments: still haven't picked a name yet but either next chapter or the one after that for sure. And thanks to all the people who helped me w/ the name problem. Also, thanks to Frieda for the kawaii Inuyasha fics…don't we look great together?…and to those who don't like OOC..I'm sorry..ill try harder..

Chapter Four: Confessions

Sesshoumaru looked after her retreating shadow. **How could one human female be so intriguing?**

He turned back to Kagome and Inuyasha. **Should I ask Kagome?** He quickly rejected the idea. **Hmph…Nothing for me here then.** and with that thought in mind he quietly departed. (on his youkai cloud thingy)

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Meanwhile…

"So you really didn't give into Kikyou?" Kagome injected through Inuyasha's stammering explanation.

"NO!!!" With that very furious denial he supposedly "lost" his incredible balance and fell…on top of Kagome…who happened to be on a rock…a very big rock.

"Oooowww…" Kagome wheezed as she tried to get her breath back.

As she struggled to get air back into her lungs she finally noticed how close Inuyasha was to her. **My God. I totally forgot how golden his eyes were..but so pretty. Its as if you could drown in them. so deep..so..gentle.**

**Sh-she's so close! What am I gonna do? Do I get off her? Should I apologize?..or-or should I stay here. If I stay here she might get mad at me..**

Kagome giggled as she watched emotions march across his face. He seemed so bewildered and confused. Maybe she could help him..but first she had to know if he was thinking about HER..

"Ummm..Inuyasha?"

"Nani?" came his soft reply.

"Are you thinking about Kikyou..?" she asked hesitantly.

"…….who?"

"Kikyou."

"Huh?…who's she?"

**Wai! He-he-he actually forgot Kikyou…have I….been making a fool of myself.. the whole time..?** Kagome blushed. She could feel the warmth flood her face, but her heart also warmed up with something else. She was so happy that while staring at Inuyasha she suddenly broke out in a huge smile.

"Nani?!" as he saw her suddenly grin. "What are you !" He was abruptly stopped as Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha and surprised him with a gentle kiss.

Inuyasha remained stiff for a few moments until the surprise began to wear off. As the moment began to dawn on him he quietly slipped his arms around her waist and drew her closer.

When the slowly separated for air Inuyasha smiled as he watched Kagome blush and look away.

**Finally. Finally I know for sure what I feel for Kagome is true. Finally I know. I know that…I love her** He never felt this happy, this blissful.

Kagome slowly looked back at him and what she saw made her catch her breath. Inuyasha was looking at her funny. As if she had become an angel, come to save his soul form damnation.

"I-Inuyasha?"

He placed a finger on her lips to quiet her. "Shhh..I have something I want to tell you."

"Whatever you saw two years ago was nothing. Kikyou merely had two shards and I could think of no other way to get them. Whatever I felt for Kikyou vanished when I met you. Ever since you freed me form the tree I've been drawn to you. The more time I spent with you the more I realized what I felt for you far eclipsed the infatuation I had grown to feel toward Kikyou.."

As Kagome's eyes widened he smiled and continued, "Yes. It was only an infatuation. I know that now. She was the only person who stopped to know me for who I was. But you…you not only did that but you accepted me. You didn't try to mold me into something that suited you. and…you cared. You cared if I got hurt or if I was gone for sometime. I could see care shine from your eyes when you cried for me. I don't know why you cried for me but it never failed to amaze me..and unravel me." He slowly lifted his fingers from Kagome's lips.

"I felt as if…as if the whole world had turned against me when you left. I searched for you for hours but the rain had washed away your scent."

"For two whole years, it was as if there was a big gaping hole where my heart was." Inuyasha looked down to see a tear course down Kagome's cheek. He silently brought a finger up to brush it away. "So you have to believe me when I say…"

Kagome held her breath as he gazed down into her eyes with no shadow in his golden orbs.

"…that I love you."

He waited for a response. Any response. But Kagome was too stunned to accommodate him. She know he was going to say it but..but actually hearing the words..those must have been the most wonderful three words invented.

Inuyasha began to feel a little depressed and awkward when Kagome just lay there staring at him, not replying.

"K-Kagome?"

She snapped out of her reverie and tightened her grip on him while sobbing into his shoulder.

"I love you too! I love you so much!" she sobbed into his shoulder. "When I saw you with Kikyou it hurt so much I couldn't take it. I'm so sorry I ran away. I-I should've stayed and confronted you but-but I was scared you might not deny it. And-and ."

Inuyasha put a finger on her lips again..

"Shhh..you don't have to explain.." he smiled. "Its enough that you love me." And he bent down to take her lips again.

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In the shadows where she last disappeared, she looked at the entwined couple.

"Finally…finally your heart can be settled..I'm glad you can have something I could never feel.." she whispered into the darkness. The words were whisked away even as she spoke them, by the breeze. And a lone tear coursed down her cheek as the memories caught up with her.

"….or give."

I know, I know..this chapter is based mainly on Inuyasha and Kagome but I had to put it in! Next chapter very, very soon.-Doragon