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 3

Ten years has passed since Kagome or any of the people involved have seen Inuyasha. Her grandfather, Jii-chan didn't really understand why the girl was crying over the demon, but assumed she had been put under some kind of spell. Kagome did eventually return to her normal life, the half- breed she had learned to love far back in her mind, but unforgotten. As for things around the village, a lot had happened. Onigomu had been in an incident that involved a fire. Kaede had been taking care of him since he had been seriously injured, but one day she returned and he had vanished. Nothing of him but his bandages left. People believed demons had eaten his body and it was because he wasn't going to survive any way.

As for the others, things were fine. Souta is now ten and hangs around with boys playing ball. He will sometimes go off in the forest with the boys but never too far alone. As for Kagome, she was now 15 and had to take her raining as priestess. Kaede had given the girl the Shikon jewel and taught her how to shoot an arrow properly. "Attack!" yelled the villagers and began to scatter into hiding. Kagome came running out her house and looked up to see a red flash running over the roof tops and toward the forest.

"Coward." She muttered and grabbed her bow and arrow, running after it. Her brother ran out after her.

"Kagome, wait!" he called but she was already in the forest. She ran into the forest and shot her arrow.

"SHIT!" she smirked when the person she was aiming for was pinned to the tree, She ran up to the demon and when he tried to escape, she shot more arrows so his clothes pinned him to the tree. She went over and the demon glared at her. "So, you gonna kill me now?" he asked.

"No. not until I get a good enough look at you." She answered and climbed up onto the large tree root coming from the ground and went up looking at him. "You look... familiar." she examined his face.

"Familiar eh? You've killed that many demons that you could think I look like someone else? You're a pretty stupid girl." She tilted her head and looked him in the eyes.

"Inuyasha." he stared at her blankly and growled, narrowing his eyes at her.

"How do you know my name?" he asked.

"It's Kagome you jerk." She answered and pulled her arrows out of his clothes. She jumped back onto the ground and so did he, facing her. "Where have you been?"

"Keh, I should be asking you that. I thought we were friends Kagome." He said. Kagome glared up at him before slapping him.

"Jerk! Who do you think you are?! You're the one who went running off into the wild for ten years!" she yelled. He stared at her with wide eyes. He obviously couldn't believe she had the nerve to hit him. She then threw her arms around him and began crying. "I've missed you." She said.

"Yeah. I guess I missed you too." Said Inuyasha. He was about to put his arms around her when they both jumped to the sound of leaves crunching.

"Sis, did you get him." Kagome blinked in confusion when Inuyasha suddenly vanished. She turned around and saw it was Souta. She quickly wiped ears off her face and shook her head.

"No, he was a bit faster than I thought." She answered.

"Too bad." Said Souta and picked up her bow and arrows. "If I knew how to work these I would have helped you get him. He was probably after the Shikon jewel like all the others." Kagome smiled at her younger brother.

"Possibly." She said and looked over her shoulder once more before heading back to the village.

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Inuyasha watched as they made their way back to the village before turning to the flea on his shoulder. "Myoga, what is this Shikon Jewel that they're talking about?" he asked. Myoga was the guardian of Inuyasha's father's grave and was also around to each Inuyasha a thing or two.

"Ah yes, the sacred Shikon jewel. It is said to possess the power to grant what ever it is that the possessor wishes. Lets say, a human wanting to become demon. Inuyasha sat back to think about that.

"So I could become full demon if I got that?" he asked and Myoga nodded.

"But it may be heavily guarded my lord. You may not be able to get your hands on it."

"Feh. I'll get it." He said.

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Every time Inuyasha came for the jewel, Kagome would be the one to chase him down, pin him to a tree and spare his life. He made it clear to her that they were no longer children and they could no longer be friends and all he wanted was the jewel. Kagome made it clear to him if he ever got it and used it to become fully demon, she'd have to kill him, so the game between them continued until one day.

"Hey you!" called Kagome, looking up in the tree where Inuyasha was sitting. She scowled when he didn't answer and grabbed a rock off the ground, throwing it at him.

"I heard you the first time." He said calmly after grabbing the rock before it could hit him. She glared up at him and he jumped out of the tree.

"What the hell is your problem? Why do you want the jewel so bad?" she asked. "This little game is becoming old."

"Who the hell said it was a game. This is real life Kagome. We aren't kids anymore." Inuyasha snapped.

"Well since you want the jewel so bad, why don't you kill me for it. After all, if you're gonna be a demon you'll have to be able to be able kill me." She said. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her. "Or you could use the jewel to be a human."

"Become human. how could I.'

"If the jewel could turn you demon don't you think you could become human?" Kagome asked with an air of annoyance. "If you became human the jewel would become pure and you could stay with me. have a real life like you did with your mother." She said. Inuyasha hen turned his back on her.

"Get over it Kagome. I know what I want and it's to be a demon. A full demon so I can take my father's position." He said. Kagome sighed and turned her back as well.

"What ever you wish Inuyasha, but the offer still stands.." She said quietly and walked off. Inuyasha let out a sigh and walked off as well. Neither of them noticed someone had been eavesdropping on them the entire time.