A Secret Love

Author's Note: Anyway, I did this to have some fun. I was thinking, what if 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. And starting now their journey begins.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the characters, just this fic. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~* Chapter 14

Miroku sat silently in a corner of Kagome's room watching as she worked at something absently. Her eyes were unfocused and Inuyasha was the same way before he left. Miroku looked at Kagome thoughtfully. She was actually about to use the jewel to make Inuyasha a full blooded human, and he agreed to it. He had never heard of such a thing before. He couldn't help but think that there was something deeper between them other than friendship, even if he had only been with them for a few days. There was something that made Naraku want them to go against each other, other than the fact Inuyasha was going to use the jewel to become human. Kagome then stood up. "Ok, I've got it!" she piped and turned to Miroku. "Kaede knows any and basically everything about all the people in this village, so most likely she can give us some details on Onigomu before he vanished."

"Should we go get Inuyasha?" asked Miroku. Kagome looked out her room window and shrugged.

"We're kind of connected. He'll find me no matter where I am." She answered. Miroku nodded in understanding, a small smile on his lips from what Kagome had just said. There was hardly a doubt in his mind that there was more going on between them.

"Kagome, where are you going?" asked Mrs. Higurashi as Kagome and Miroku made their way out.

"We're going to visit Kaede. If Inuyasha so happens to come around, or Shippo, could you tell them that's where we are?" asked Kagome. Mrs. Higurashi nodded and on the way out, Miroku gave her a charming smile and followed Kagome out. When Kagome had introduced Miroku to her mother, the woman did not seem to keen on her daughter spending time with so many men. Especially with Inuyasha being 17 and Miroku being 19. Inuyasha seemed to make it worse with his muttering things about perverted monks and roaming hands, but with enough convincing, they managed to get him a place to sleep in their house. Inuyasha was upset that he still had to sleep at Kaede's with Shippo when he knew Kagome longer and there were times when they slept even in the same bed when his mother was around.

"I think your mother is beginning to like me." Kagome narrowed her eyes at the monk.

"Don't get any ideas. She IS my mother." Miroku gave an embarrassed laugh and grinned.

"I wouldn't dream of asking your mother to bear my child, Kagome-chan!" he announced with his grin. "But her daughter.."

"Don't even think it, Houshi." They both turned around and Kagome grinned.

"Inuyasha, we were just heading to Kaede's to find out some things about Onigomu. You gonna come?" Inuyasha looked at Miroku and nodded.

"Course."

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"You want to know about Onigomu? Well I don't know what to say about the boy. he was very fond of Kagome though." Inuyasha let out a growl. The group was sitting listening to Kaede as she gave as much information as she could about Onigomu. "It was a shame when he was caught in that fire."

"Kaede. did he show any strange activity when it came to Kagome?" asked Miroku.

"He just always wanted to know where she was." Answered Kaede. "Though no one ever knew." Kagome scowled and they sat silently, letting the woman continued to tell her story. From what they learned, Onigomu did make attempts to try and find Kagome many times when they were young, including the night Inuyasha had ran away, and he always muttered things about revenge and demons to himself.

"He was a nut case." Muttered Inuyasha. Miroku shook his head and stood up. "Where are you going?"

"I have a friend I'm going to need to find. I need to tell him what's going on, so I may be away for a while." He answered and looked at Shippo. "You want to come with me?"

"OK!" cheered Shippo, not quite knowing why he agreed, but being a child, Miroku knew Shippo would enjoy it. He smiled when the little fox demon jumped on his shoulder and he waved good bye to the others before leaving with the little kitsune.

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Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting around Kaede's, occasionally trying to figure out what they could do. The door to Kaede's cabin opened and a woman with a child came in. "Kaede, would you please come see my daughter. Something is wrong with her." She said. Kaede looked at Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Can I leave you two alone without anything happening?" They nodded and Kaede left with the woman. Inuyasha let out a sigh and put his arms behind his head. Kagome let out a sigh and began twirling a lock of hair around her finger lazily.

"I wonder why Miroku decided to take Shippo with him." She said lazily. Inuyasha looked at her with a raised eyebrow and smirked.

"Maybe he was inspired by Kaede's story and decided he was gonna let us have a little alone time." Said Inuyasha. Kagome blushed and looked away so he wouldn't see it, even though she didn't do too well at it. He shook his head and just as he closed his eyes, a scream could be heard. Kagome jumped up and ran outside, Inuyasha close behind.

"What the." Kagome reached up to her face when something cut her face. She blinked and noticed hair everywhere like a web. Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and made her look at him.

"What happened?" he asked, looking at her face.

"There's hair everywhere. Can't you see it? It's cutting through everything." Inuyasha looked up and saw a girl with short hair and a revealing outfit floating over them.

"There you are with my precious jewel." She said. Kagome blinked and their piece of the jewel flew from her neck and into the woman's hand. "Come to Yura my sweet." Inuyasha growled and was about to attack, but she vanished. Kagome was about to walk forward when she saw hair in front of her.

"Inuyasha!" she called and he looked back at her. He came over and took off his jacket, handing it to her.

"Here, this'll protect you from the hair." He said and when she put it on, he put her on his back. "Now tell me where to look out so we can get our jewel shard back." As they made there way through, Kagome spotted a wounded Kaede and ordered Inuyasha to get her.

"Are you ok?" asked Kagome as Inuyasha rushed through the forest.

"I could be better, child." The old woman answered as Inuyasha sat her on the ground and began digging a hole. Kagome looked at him in shock as he placed Kaede in the hole and began covering her with dirt and leaves.

"Inuyasha! What the hell!" she yelled, and grabbed the demon's arm to stop him. "She's not dead!" Inuyasha pulled his arm away and scowled.

"I'm aware of that!" he announced and finished covering up the old woman so only her face showed. "She'll need to hide here so that hair doesn't come down and slice her old body up." Kagome gave him a look. "We'll come back for you when we get back our jewel shard." Said Inuyasha, nodding in Kaede's direction, before propping Kagome up on his back and running off.

"You had better not forget about her." Said Kagome, giving him a threatening look. Inuyasha snorted, but did not respond.