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 16

Souta sat down next to Kagome, watching as she bandaged up Inuyasha. The boy looked at Inuyasha with shinning eyes. He honestly couldn't believe the half-breed went through all that pain for his sister. Their mother had nearly fainted when she saw Inuyasha and Kagome return and rushed off to get Kaede. Most unfortunately, Inuyasha didn't tell Mrs. Higurashi where he buried Kaede. "So, did YOU beat her up really good, Inuyasha?" Souta asked. Kagome let a smile cross her face and Inuyasha growled in both pain and annoyance as he lay on the room floor.

"Actually Souta, I defeated Yura of the hair. Inuyasha was just playing as a distraction." She answered, causing Inuyasha to growl. Souta blinked and looked at Kagome then Inuyasha's sword, which was sitting in a corner of the room.

"Don't lie, Kagome. Inuyasha has that cool sword of his. He could have easily killed that hair demon." Kagome rolled her eyes and gave Souta a look.

"Listen Souta, Inuyasha has a lot of healing to do, and he'll need rest to do it. Maybe you should leave." She suggested. Souta gave his sister a look.

"And what about you?" he asked. Kagome lifted up the herbs and bandages she was working with to explain herself. Souta then scowled and obediently left sitting directly outside their house and sulking.

"Hey there Souta!" he looked up and forced a smile as Kagome's friends came running up to the house.

"Hi Rita, Yuka." He answered. The girls smiled at him and nodded toward the house.

"Is Kagome around? Her mother can't find Kaede and she and the villagers, along with your grandfather and his prayer scrolls went looking for her." Said Yuka. Souta stood up.

"Kagome's kinda busy right now." Souta already knew the girls would freak if they saw Kagome and Inuyasha, so he was planning on stopping them. Unfortunately, they just shoved past him.

"Kagome!" They called. They then entered the room and stopped. Souta shoved through them and Rita threw her hands over his eyes. Inuyasha was sitting on top of Kagome with her hands pinned over her head and eyes narrowed. They were both glaring at each other.

"Yuka quick, tell the villagers Inuyasha is attempting to rape Kagome!"

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Kagome tore her eyes away from Inuyasha's when she heard her friends' panicked voices. She and Inuyasha had just gotten into an argument, and he had shoved her off of him and pinned her to the ground to show that she didn't have any kind of control over him. She was glaring at him because he was trying to take control over her and she knew she couldn't use SIT on him this way. He actually use to do this to her when they were kids to her, except it probably looked worse because they weren't kids anymore and he had her pinned so his one leg was on either side of her and he was straddling on top of her. "Guys wait! It's not what it looks like!" she called and ordered Inuyasha to let her go. Rita sent Souta out of the room and both girls sat down as Inuyasha pulled his shirt on.

"So what were you doing?" asked Yuka, narrowing her eyes at Inuyasha, but when he glared back at her, she shrunk back against the wall.

"We just got finished trying to get our jewel shard back. As you can see, Inuyasha is very beat up." Said Kagome causally. Rita and Yuka leaned forward towards Kagome, making her move closer to them.

"It didn't look like he was in too much pain when he was sitting on top of you." whispered Rita and sat back. "And besides, at the rate you're going, you'll never get to spend anytime with Houjo." She said more clearly. Kagome looked at her friends in outrage and Inuyasha let out a growl.

"Houjo?! Why the hell would I want to spend time alone with him!" she asked. Her friends looked at her in shock for her choice of language, causing Kagome to throw her hands over her mouth.

"Well Houjo really likes you. He was planning on asking you to the festival coming up."

"Wow Kagome, you have a thing for attracting village idiots don't you?" asked Inuyasha, causing the girls to look at him in shock. Kagome blushed as the half demon lay on the room floor and placed his arms behind his head, closing his eyes.

"What does he know about Houjo?" asked Yuka. Kagome chose to ignore the question.

"Guys listen, as soon as Inuyasha heals up, we'll be leaving. Miroku and Shippo are most likely going to be away for a while and we need the jewel shards. I honestly don't have time for fun and games as much as before." Kagome informed. Her friends looked at her sadly and nodded in understanding.

"You were hardly ever around when we were kids either, Kagome. It's strange how this is happening all over again. Did you know Onigomu was the one who reported about that demon kidnapping you?" asked Rita. Kagome looked at her in shock and Inuyasha sat up quickly.

"Yeah, he said you were put under a spell or something. That he demon was trying to possess you." Added Yuka. Inuyasha let out a growl and punched the ground, leaving a hole in the floor and terrifying the two girls.

"Guys. could you possibly leave now?" asked Kagome quietly. "You're upsetting Inuyasha, and I'd hate for him to hurt any of you." The girls both agreed and left with a quick good bye. Kagome turned around and looked up at Inuyasha, who was now standing up and getting the Tetsusiaga. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going after Naraku. Or Onigomu- What ever the hell his name is." Inuyasha answered sharply.

"You can't fight him in that condition." Said Kagome, standing up and going up to him. Inuyasha looked down at him with narrowed eyes. "Please Inuyasha. just rest and heal up a little more and I promise we'll leave when you're in good enough condition." She said. Inuyasha looked away and let out a grunt.

"Fine. but we'll be leaving tomorrow so you know." Kagome smiled at him and looked at the hole he put in the floor.

"My mom isn't going to like this."