Forever in My Heart An InuYasha fiction By: Brittany 'NightWalker' Haugen

Chapter One 'Ending' is only another word for 'Beginning'

The sun was shining just right, hitting InuYasha's hair making it shine like the platinum it was. Kagome stared at him, InuYasha just stared into her eyes as they began to water and the tears began to flow. The moment was silent, but the emotions were loud as a thunderstorm. For once no one was spying on them, no one watching, just the two of them, alone, InuYasha and Kagome. Kagome could not, no matter how much she wanted to, hold the tears back. Her heart was full and it was just punctured. Her pain was rising, not physical, but emotional. She cried.

"Kagome please! Don't do this. Don't cry. Don't make this harder!" he pleaded his golden eyes staring into her soul feeling her pain making him want to hold her and cry with her, but he didn't. He stood where he was, still as stone. He new if he said anymore he would hurt her more than he already had. He felt that if he even touched her she would shatter like glass.

"InuYahsa! Don't do this to me please," she paused. The waterfall began, the dam had broken, her words were not going to stop. "InuYasha! I love you with everything that I am. I would give up life its self to live with you, I would, I will leave present day Japan!" she paused to wipe her eyes. "I will risk it all for you! Don't do this!" she pleaded pouring her heart before him.

InuYasha was awestruck with what she was telling him. He couldn't believe how much emotion this stupid girl had. This stupid girl loved him, and he was just a stupid boy who loved her just as much and even more; even enough to let her go.

"Kagome," he whispered. "I don't want to hurt you-" Kagome interrupted him.

"Well, you blew it now mutt!" she yelled. "You have hurt me!" she added. The words of insult to InuYasha stung her tongue. She felt like she shouldn't have said it. And for the first time in all their time together she saw him cry. A single tear, a single diamond, glistening, sliding down his perfect cheek, his flawless face.

"Kagome, t-t-that h-urt!" he said slowly and painfully. Kagome felt so horrible. InuYasha the indestructible demon had been struck down for the first time. She found that sore spot, the one thing he cared for. Her.

"InuYahsa I didn't mean-" she said.

"I know," he said wanting to grab her and hold her tight, never to let her go, but he had to. He had too! "Kagome go now!" he said sternly covering up his emotions once again and for an instant Kagome thought she saw Sesshoumaru in him. His eyes had become cold and his tone like ice. He was hurting inside so much, she could tell that he was becoming evil. "Kagome! GO!" he yelled pointing his sharp white claw to the well. "Go and never come back!" he shouted in a deep voice.

She took a step away from him, her heels touching the well, the sun shining in front of her blinding her. She watched as InuYasha approached from the sun's hiding light so that she could see him. He was brilliant with the orange around him, like an angel.

"InuYasha I want to stay with you!" she said finally running to him embracing him, holding him, feeling him, smelling him. She wanted every memory of him for herself. She knew InuYasha all to well to know his mind was made and that was set in stone. Nevertheless, she held onto the moment. She held time.

InuYasha's arms moved slowly around her delicate waist holding her, than he made a bold move. He lifted her chin and stared into her hazel eyes whipping away the tears on her face. She stared in bewilderment, but than the shock came. A pleasant shock, a passionate shock.

InuYasha placed his warm lips to hers. He wanted to taste her lips, her sweet lips, before she was gone forever. She did the same, with the same urge to explore his mouth, for the first and last time. She parted her lips granting him access first, letting him take control. Inside all she felt was love, she was in ecstasy, and felt dizzy. What else would she expect, she was in the arms of the only man she loved, and their very essence were connected through their lips.

His tongue slowly went to work, set in place. Kagome was blown away by his kiss. He was amazing. He was gentle, yet vigorous. He poured his soul into this one last kiss.

She was almost skeptical about taking a turn in fear that she was bad. This was in fact her first kiss. She slowly intertwined her tongue with his and did what felt right. She let her emotions go where they wished. She entered his mouth. He backed off while he let her go. She explored, making memories, memories that she knew would haunt her forever. She felt even more dizzy and relied on InuYasha for support. She tried to remember what his arms felt like touching her, she tried to construct vivid memories as InuYahsa did too.

He was shocked by her kiss, it was amazing, so much emotion, so much love being poured in. He never wanted to let go. Yet his emotions, and happiness were crushed when he remembered that he was letting her go away from his arms, out of his protection, forever.

Kagome reluctantly broke away for air. She gasped breathing in the sweet, fresh air. She wanted to kiss him again but was cautious. She watched InuYasha panting. She had to sit, she was so dizzy and could barely see past her nose.

InuYahsa placed his hands on his knees and hunched over. The only words that escaped his mouth were, "good bye Kagome. I truly, truly, deeply love you!"

"What," she was still trying to breath. "What do you mean? AHHH" she was pushed backwards into he well by the hands of love, and heartbreak. The touch was cold, and dark, and it hurt. She fell over tumbling to the bottom of the well, back to her time. She could hear a distant and muffled echo. She thought she heard the words, "forever in my heart," but she could have been mistaken.

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Back in feudal Japan, InuYasha fell to his knees letting two tears trace down one of his cheeks. The both came together making one drop that fell onto the grass, only to be a dew drop, a tear, on a single blade of grass hundreds of years separated form the one he loved. He pulled off a necklace with a lilac gem on it. The Shikon no Tama. Without it Kagome cannot pass back into feudal Japan. Now InuYasha was sure that Kagome could not get hurt.

He walked away to suppress his pain of loss by the pleasure of power. In his grasp was the compete Shikon No Tama. He would use it, all its power, to become the full demon he dreamed of even before he met Kagome. He would now destroy his brother and gain the land that was and is rightfully his.

Back in present day Japan, Kagome laid at the bottom of the well when she heard an old raspy voice. "Kagome?" it asked.

She sat up, her face covered in dirt where the tear trails were. She began to climb out of the well, but did so very slowly. She was weak and her muscles ached from crying. It was no big deal though; her true love only just sent her packing, right? Wrong! It was a big deal, she was shattered inside, her heart a pile of broken glass, and every time she moved the glass cut into more flesh causing her pain, emotional pain.

"Kagome, what is wrong? When did you come back? And why were you at the bottom of the well?" he asked.

She mumbled some words that sounded like 'I am never going back so it doesn't matter.' She walked past the curious old man letting his imagination solve the information gaps themselves. (Who knows what he will come up with!) She walked in and ignored her mothers words of welcome and her brother's questions about the next time InuYasha would visit. That question made her laugh inside. What was she going to say? 'Ha Souta sorry, he is never coming again!' she laughed. Not laughter of happiness or amusement, laughter of cover. She laughed to cover the pain inside.

Her mother backed away knowing something was wrong. She let her daughter go on to her room. She would ask tomorrow when she felt batter. Ha! Yeah right!

In Kagome's room she stood by the window. She smiled and a tear fell down her face when she stared out of the window hoping to see InuYasha jump up and ask to come in, or better yet, let himself in. She laughed, but than the tears came again. She missed him so much. Not only him, but Sango, and Miroku, and Kaede, Kouga, and shippou. She even felt a little bit for Sesshoumaru, knowing she would never fight him again, knowing that she wouldn't see Rin again, or Sango and Miroku's first child (she knew it was bound to happen soon). She closed her eyes. She was right, the kiss was wonderful, yet haunting! She smiled touching her lips.

"InuYasha," she whispered, standing up, deciding she needed to clean herself up.

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InuYahsa stopped, he thought he heard something, someone say his name, but he went on settling with the fact that it was the wind. He walked into the village where he saw many pairs of questioning eyes. They had all seen InuYasha walk with Kagome into the InuYasha forest, towards the well. They remembered his solemn face and her smiling unsuspecting face.

"What happened? Where is lady Kagome?" said a calm Buddhist monk's voice.

"Yes, InuYasha, tell us," came Sango's voice.

InuYasha stared at them blankly. He was hiding his emotions well, like Sesshoumaru, which is if he even had any. "Not now," he said simply to them, walking into kaeade's house.

"Kaede-Baba, I need to stay here tonight," he said.

"Of coarse InuYasha," she said. "Why is there a-" she looked around but he was already gone.

"Hmm, okay," she nodded and went back to work.

InuYasha was in the other room writing on a piece of paper a note. It read: 'Kaede-baba, I don't need to stay, but make sure the others think I am here. I have some business to attain to and will be back later. If they ask where I am after tonight tell them I went to bathe or something. Oh and make sure the monk doesn't try and look for me, shippou too. Thank you, InuYasha.'

He placed it on the mat and snuck out the back running into the forest. The sun was setting, and the shadows were taking over. It didn't bother him with his keen eye site. He ran quickly and swiftly getting as far as possible from the small village. He didn't want to risk anything.

He finally broke out of the forest and found himself facing a vast, hilly plain of green and yellow grass. He could see no trees and knew he was far from any civilization. This was the spot. Here is where he would do what he had to do. He was going to use the Shikon No Tama and summon his brother for a final fight of blood against blood.

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Kagome walked out of the showered and walked to get dressed. She put on her pajamas and stepped into bed hoping tomorrow would be better. She closed her eyes and slipped into a state of sleep.

Kagome stepped lightly towards the bone eaters well. She had her yellow pack on along with wearing cloths for travel. She was ready to go visit her friends. She jumped through the well, excitement building. It was crushed.

When she crawled out of the well, she found herself in the well house instead of the InuYasha forest. She walked away disappointed, and sad. She wanted to go, but the well would not let her and she didn't know why!

Kagome awoke from her sleep. Not only could she never return to the feudal era in real life. She couldn't go in dreams either!

She got up and dressed for school. She was still sad, but she missed too much school and couldn't stay home. She grabbed her stuff and ran downstairs.

"Are you feeling better honey?" her mother asked while cooking over the stove.

Kagome fake smiled. "Yes, I am, but I am also late. Bye!" she ran out of the house.

"Don't slam the- BAM!" she did it any way. "Aw it's no use," she smiled and continued cooking for Souta and grandpa.

Kagome ran past the well. She didn't dare look at because she knew it would cause her pain and cause her memories to become sour. She ran down the streets. She knew she would be late, but she didn't care.

"Kagome-Chan! Your back!" one of Kagome's friends called.

"Yes, hello Yuka-Chan," Kagome said bowing.

Eri approached her. "Oi, Kagome-Chan! Are you feeling better from your, well you know," her voice dropped, "rashes?" she said.

Kagome sweat dropped. "Thanks grandpa!" she whispered in frustration.

"What was that?" asked Yuka.

"Oh, nothing," Kagome said as the bell rang. "Got to run, see you guys later!" she said running off.

"Good bye Kagome-Chan!" the two girls said in unison running off to their own classes.

"Miss.Higurashi how are you?" asked her teacher. "Are you feeling better? Your grandpa told me about your...well condition," said the teacher.

Kagome sweat dropped again. "Uh, yes I see," she said. "I am feeling better thank you," she bowed and walked to her seat zoning out when the teacher began to talk. She also didn't notice her classmate Hojo staring at her.

((AN: ooooo what is Hojo thinking? And what will happen when Seshoumaru and InuYasha battle it out? What will happen when the gang finds out that InuYasha got rid of Kagome? Read on in the next Chapter 'Forever in My Heart' titled 'Blood against Blood'))