A Secret Love

Author's Note" I'm still trying to figure out a good way to do the second half to Summer Days. It won't be too long and things may happen quickly, but from the first chapters you won't believe the ending. Anyway, I did this to have some fun. I was thinking, what Kikyo didn't exists in their lives (don't we all wish that?) and Kagome lived in Inuyasha's time? Well this is what this fic is about.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the characters, just this fic. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 2

Kagome was making her way to Kaede's when a few of her friends came running up to her. She hadn't seen much of them since she had been sneaking off into the forest to see Inuyasha a lot lately. "Kagome, we've missed you a lot lately." Said her friend Yuka. She forced a smile at the three girls.

"Houjo had been trying to find you lately." Said one girl. She looked around. "And so has Onigomu." Kagome frowned a bit. She had only known Onigomu by seeing him, but not personally. She wondered why he'd be looking for her. Plus he was bout eight years old. He was basically older than them and never talked to them unless he was ordering them around. He was strange too. He had a strange fascination with demons that couldn't have been healthy.

"Well I can't talk. I have to go to Kaede's today." She said and quickly walked off.

"Kagome, I'm glad you made it to today's lesson." Said Kaede. Kagome smiled and sat down.

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"Lessons? What do you need those for?" Inuyasha asked. Sitting in front of Kagome later that evening. Kagome had just arrived from her lessons with Kaede and Inuyasha was very impatient.

"You take lessons so when you get older you won't have to worry about still living with your parents. You should take some lessons too. Since you'll be a grown man when you're seven." Inuyasha frowned and turned away, crossing his arms.

"trying to be funny I see." Kagome laughed and tossed him an apple.

"You know, you should come meet my family since I met your mom." She said. Inuyasha frowned.

"Kagome. I'm part demon. They won't accept me." He said,

"How would you know? You've never met them." She said. He frowned and turned away. "Inuyasha. what is it with you and humans?"

"It's nothing. I'm sorry alright." He muttered. Kagome nodded and looked at the sky. "Wanna go play?"

"At night time?" Inuyasha just shrugged.

"That way no stupid kids can bother us. No offense to you." Kagome nodded and climbed onto his back, having him carry them off towards a clearing. Kagome's eyes lit up.

"Oooo! Now we can play tag!" she said. Inuyasha looked at her in confusion. "It's when you chase another person and you tap them, making them 'it' and then they have to chase you." She informed.

"That sounds stupid." Inuyasha scoffed. Kagome crossed her arms.

"We could play hide and seek." She said. His eyes widened and she explained that game.

"Can't we cross the games and play them both?" he asked. Kagome looked at him. "Like I find you then chase you until you become it?" he asked.

"OK!" piped Kagome and slapped his shoulder. "YOU'RE IT! Now count to twenty so I can hide." She ordered. Inuyasha nodded and leaned against a tree, beginning to count. Kagome ran behind a tree and hid.

"Ready or not, here I come!" called Inuyasha and began bouncing through the treetops. Kagome watched him as he did. He was a REALLY cool boy to be able to do all that. It made the game more interesting that way. "FOUND YOU!" announced Inuyasha and Kagome screamed and began running. Of course, being half demon, Inuyasha had super speed and caught her. "You're it!" he announced, his arms tight around her waist and her back pressed to his chest. Kagome grinned up at him. He was a good two inches taller than her, but it made sense since he was older.

"Alright. You go hide. But no super speed when I have to chase you. And no hiding up in the trees." She ordered and he nodded. Kagome nodded and leaned against a tree, starting to count. When she finished, she couldn't help but notice a bush with a pair of dog-ears sprouting out the top. "I FOUND YOU!" cheered Kagome, causing him to stumble out the bush and have trouble getting onto his feet to run from her. I was a good thing too since he couldn't use his demon like speed while she chased him. She managed to get a head start and pounced on the half demon, causing them to go tumbling across the ground. Kagome landed on top of Inuyasha and pinned him to the ground. "I win!" she piped.

"We're you suppose to pounce like that?" asked Inuyasha curiously. Kagome looked down at him and shrugged, causing him to narrow his eyes at her and Kagome laughed.

"Want to play again?" she asked. Inuyasha sat up, having her fall off his chest and into his lap,

"No, I need to teach you to climb trees." He answered. "No mate of mine is gonna have to rely on the ground all her life." He said. Kagome looked at the six-year-old boy curiously.

"What's a mate?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at her with a blank expression, then he shrugged.

"I think it's a partner kind of thing. I sometimes hear demons at the taverns talk about getting a good mate. I guess from what they said, you would be considered my mate." He answered. Kagome nodded.

"What does a mate do?" she asked, still siting in his lap, facing him and looking into his eyes with great curiosity. Inuyasha scratched his head thoughtfully.

"Well I guess they're so you're never alone." He answered and looked at her. "You do good at that." Kagome grinned proudly and suddenly Inuyasha's ears began to twitch and a smell caught his nose. "What's wrong?" asked Kagome.

"I have to go home. I think something has happened to my mom." he answered. Kagome climbed onto his back and Inuyasha ran home at top speed. "MOM!" he called but didn't get far before some men grabbed him.

"Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome and tried to run and help him when someone grabbed him. "Let GO!" she screamed and looked to see it was her grandfather.

"Don't worry Kagome, we'll protect you." Kagome began to squirm in his grasp.

"Leave him alone!" she yelled and started crying when they didn't. Inuyasha bit one of the men and then looked over his shoulder at Kagome before running off so fast the men didn't see him.

"He got away." yelled one man angrily.

"What did you do to him!" asked Kagome, turning to her grandfather.

"We had reason to believe you were kidnapped by a demon child. He killed an innocent woman according to the person who gave us the information. Kagome fell to her knees and went into immediate tears. They really didn't know why she was crying, but it was because Inuyasha was gone.

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Kagome's mother wrapped her in a blanket and held her close, rocking back and forth humming. Kagome had cried for so long and hard that she had become sick and weak. The soldiers went looking for Inuyasha but never found him. Kagome knew that the woman that had been killed was Inuyasha's mother and she didn't really know who could have done that and reported that Inuyasha had kidnapped her. As she slowly began to fall asleep, the image of Inuyasha flashed before her eyes and she was out for the rest of the night.