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 20

Kagome pounded her fist on the ground and began sobbing while cursing the half-breed in front of her. She couldn't believe she was actually going through something like this when she was only sixteen years old. She looked up at Inuyasha and the arrow that she allowed to fly and hit a spot inches above his head. She actually couldn't bring herself to kill him. She closed her eyes tightly and shook her head. She had so many memories of him that had flashed through her mind when she was supposed to be killing him.

"Kagome."

"I can't do it. I love you too much to let you go again." She said and looked up at him. "Inuyasha. what's wrong with me? You tried to kill my little brother- my flesh and blood and I can't even kill you and you're a demon."

"Funny thing is, I was no where near the village after we separated Kagome. You can ask Shippo if you want." Kagome looked up at him and she went up to him and threw her arms around his torso and clutched at his kimono. Inuyasha growled in pain, but Kagome was too busy crying to apologize.

"You hate me now, don't you?" she asked, her voice muffled since her face was in his chest. Inuyasha smiled and patted the top of her head.

"Sorry, but its kinda hard to hate the person who you've trusted all your life."

"But what's the use of trust if you keep secrets from each other. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other in confusion when they heard a voice.

"I think I'm going crazy. Did you hear that?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha nodded and suddenly, the sky began to get dark and the wind began to blow like a tornado had hi. Kagome held onto Inuyasha tightly and closed her eyes.

"Tell me Kagome-chan. How is it you can love a demon like Inuyasha when he's holding such a valuable secret from you." Inuyasha growled and Kagome opened her eyes and looked to see the stranger who always wore the ape fur standing a few feet from her and Inuyasha.

"Naraku. 'bout time you showed yourself." Said Inuyasha. "We've got some things we need to settle." He moved Kagome off of him and stood up, taking out the Tetsusiaga.

"Stop trying to change the subject, half breed. Tell Kagome your secret." Kagome looked at Inuyasha curiously, but he seemed just as confused.

"I have no secret that Kagome doesn't already know."

"Then she knows you desire to become a full fledged demon when you get your hand on the jewel?" Kagome stood up quickly.

"That's a lie! Inuyasha and I have already came to the agreement that he will become a human with the jewel!" Kagome announced and looked at Inuyasha, who hadn't said anything. "That is what we are gonna do, right?"

"Kagome. I've gotta become a demon." She backed away from him.

"So, when were you planning on telling me this?" she asked. Inuyasha didn't look at her. He looked at Naraku.

"That's not the issue. What I want to know is how he found out."

"I over heard your conversation with the monk this morning. Its funny, I could have sworn you wanted to become human to be with young Kagome-chan forever since you made each other that promise as children. Your mother would have loved that Inuyasha."

"What do you know about my mother!" Inuyasha demanded his grip on the sword's handle tightening.

"Come, come now Inuyasha. Haven' you put everything together yet?"

"You killed Inuyasha's mother and set it up to make it seem it look like he killed some innocent woman. You then told the villagers I was kidnapped."

"you were always the smart one. Oh yes, and you must know this one. After staging my death, I stayed in the village area and witness Inuyasha's entrance back into your life. I was there when he told you he'd become human and when you shared that little kiss of yours. That was what se me off. I had to get Inuyasha out of the picture. So I made it seem that he attacked you and you attacked him. Everything worked great. but it would have been better if Kagome had pinned you to the tree than if old Kaede had done it. That way the spell you have been stronger and you wouldn't have scared those boys into getting you off the tree. But now that you know this, it seems I won't be able to sneak about watching your every move anymore."

"You're crazy if you think I'm going to let you get away after that!" said Inuyasha and attacked. He sliced the head off and when the remainder of the cloak fell to the ground, no one was there. "He got away!" Inuyasha yelled and stopped, and looked over his shoulder at Kagome. He went up to her and looked at her sadly. He honestly didn't know what to tell her. "Kagome." She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Inuyasha." she began but began crying and threw her arms around him. She didn't know what else to do. "Why won't you become human? The jewel could be purified if you did. and we wouldn't have to worry about anything. We would be able to live normal lives."

"I'm doing it for you. I wanna be able to fight and know I can actually survive and continue to protect." Answered the half-breed. Kagome tighten her hold on him and continued to sob. Why was her life becoming more and more complicated?