Looking for a Reason #10

Jamie: Teehee! The moment y'all been waiting for!

Of course thanks to all my wonderful reviewers. Damn, I don't know if I want this story to continue into Kagome's time. It probably will, don't you want to know what's happening there?

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Feudal Japan

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"No I can't-" Kagome said quickly.

"Ok fine," he backed away. So she was just toying with him, she didn't mean any of it. She loved someone else. Inu Yasha made plans to leave, leave and never look back. He would cut his hair, in humility.

"No! Come on Kagome-" Sango clutched Miroku's shirt.

"It won't end like this..." Miroku held his breath. Her heard the short wisp and knew Sango was doing the same thing.

"Wait Inu Yasha-" the dog demon turned around. His eyes lit up.

"What?" he said trying to hide his excitement.

"I'll be your mate," Kagome laughed, "I was just joking!".

Her happiness shown by the dim, romantic glow of the candle.

"Really?" he seemed radiant now. Kagome nodded greatly. Inu Yasha strolled over to her and wrapped his muscular arms around her warm body. Kagome responded by still holding her chest under her crossed arms.

"Great! Now you can get dressed," Sango dropped his haori and Kagome's school outfit.

Inu Yasha snarled as he wrapped his arms around Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened and she blushed an deep scarlet color. Now it really hit her, her "boyfriend" and she were in a hot spring, naked and they weren't objecting.

"Ok, we'll leave you two-" Miroku grabbed Sango, "Let's go."

"What does it mean to be a 'mate' Inu Yasha?" all Kagome thought about was nature shows where mates were two lions...well...she frowned.

"I don't know how to describe it, you're...my...mate!" he grinned simply. It was funny, just his smile made Kagome melt inside.

Kagome smiled weakly. 'Well if it gets out of hand, I have the power to stop him! I think...he is a lot stronger then me-'

Kagome shivered.

"Are you cold?" Inu Yasha wondered. Kagome nodded. So the dog demon began half way over to her, ready to wrap his arms around her.

"Y-You know what- I think we should go back!" Kagome blew out the candle and got out of the hot spring. It was extremely dark out so Kagome didn't worry. She felt her towel on the ground and picked it up, wrapping it around her shivering figure.

"Ok-" Inu Yasha got out of the warm water as well, he sniffed the air, and could smell Kagome's scent. Just like an immediate high, he felt a rush of ecstasy swim through him.

"Here Inu Yasha-" she handed him his towel. He wrapped it around his waist. Kagome's feet made the leaves under her crack as she walked back towards Kaede's hut.

"Wait Kagome-" Kagome turned around and smiled into the dark. Kagome could hear him approach her and her heart sped up. It was weird for her, carrying her clothes around her chest, to be in the dark with Inu Yasha.

"What is it?" she said softly.

"Are you sure you want to be my mate?"

Kagome wanted to yell out 'No of course I'm not sure! I'm only 17 and I don't even know what you mean completely by 'mate' I mean come on Inu Yasha, are you going to force yourself on me, like that lion on the discovery channel onto that other lion? What does it mean? Are we going to have to have babies? Well that's a no brainer! But It's just too weird. Are you going to change now that we're 'mates'? Or is it going to be like always?'

"Yeah I'm sure," Kagome smiled. Even though part of her was so scared, so tense to be a 'mate', she was so happy for reasons she did not understand. But she knew she was in love with him, she knew that she had true, raw, pure emotion from him, that were real. She felt genuine. Now the reality seemed to hit her. She did love Inu Yasha more then anything, and she was his (technical) 'girlfriend'. She had always wanted for him to be hers and only hers, and she knew how much he stuck by his words. As Inu Yasha began walking ahead, Kagome's heart sped up and her footing became faster. Now that he was hers, she wouldn't let him out of her sight. She couldn't bare to see him hurt again, or to get on his bad side. He had threatened to harm her.

But even though they didn't always get along, it was because they had such strong feelings for each other. When you feel so much towards a person, it's easy to be tipped off. Kagome felt around in the dark, finally she felt Inu Yasha's strong arm.

"What?" Inu Yasha raised his eyebrow in the dark. He could smell her uncertainty, but also he could smell her affection.

"I want to walk with my 'mate'," she smiled as she hugged his arm. He pulled his arm out of her grasp and wrapped it around her shoulders. He pulled her against his chest. His ears kept flicking cautiously.

"Why are you so nervous?" Kagome looked up at him.

"Just in case I hear or smell something worth checking out, I have to protect you now-"

Kagome giggled.

"What's so funny w-" he stopped.

"Wench?! Well fine then!" Kagome stormed ahead.

"Wait Kagome!" Inu Yasha pushed forward and jumped in front of her, "Instinct, you can't break habits!"

"Yeah well forget everything!" Kagome tried to get past Inu Yasha, who only wrapped his arms around her.

"I didn't mean it-" Inu Yasha buried his face into her shoulder. He felt Kagome's laughter against his shoulder.

"What?!" he grabbed her shoulders and forced her off of him, still holding her slender shoulders. He faced her in the darkness.

"I'm not mad, I'm only playing!" Kagome giggled.

"You worry me-" Inu Yasha let go, anger burning his cheeks. She had been playing with him, he was very gullible.

"Oh Inu Yasha stop it! I'll be stranded all by myself- And then a rabid wolf will attack me, and I'll die of rabies!" Kagome said in a fake tone, a melodramatic whimper could be hear from her.

"That won't happen-" Inu Yasha turned around.

"Why not?" she snapped out of her fake play.

"Because you're so gross they wouldn't get near you!" Inu Yasha cackled. He began running, and Kagome chased him.

"TAKE IT BACK! SIT BOY!" she said randomly, she ran in the darkness and stupidly tripped over him.

"Ouch!" he howled as Kagome slammed down on top of him. Inu Yasha grinned and wrapped his arms around her waist. His fingers wove together and he hugged her to his chest. Kagome laid her cheek against his solid chest.

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Miroku wrapped his arms around the (unfortunately) fully clothed Sango. He hadn't gotten what he wanted, but in one way he had, he was with Sango and that was enough for him. And now, his best friend had gotten what he had always wanted, Kagome. Even though they show a rocky relationship, he knew under their thick skin, they were so truly and deeply in love.

"Do you think Kagome and Inu Yasha will work out?" Sango cuddled against Miroku.

"Inu Yasha acts cool, but he is the most sincere person I know, it will work out, I know it. And Kagome won't leave him, she loves Inu Yasha too much-" Miroku held onto Sango tightly.

"We will always be together right?" Sango smiled.

Miroku gulped, Sango could feel it, his head resting on hers. 'We will be together as long as we can-' Miroku thought, he had always had fear in the back of his mind, he knew one day his wind tunnel would eat him alive.

"We will always be together," Miroku promised. He closed his eyes, anger for being him grew. He wished he had never been burdened with the powerful weapon in his palm, he wish he could be strong in another sense, but not in such a deadly way.

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"Inu Yasha?" Kagome whispered.

"What?" he said in his usual rough tone.

"I can't see my clothes-" she said in a harsh whisper.

"What do you want me to help you get dressed or something?" even though he acted arrogant, he really wanted too. He had a mischievous grin on his face. It was early morning, probably around 2 a.m. Darkness had begun to lift, and the gray sky above was beginning to illuminate the landscape. One could finally make out the outline of trees and movement. He begun towards the tree that Kagome hid behind, he acted blind and reappeared next to her.

"Inu Yasha where'd you go?" Kagome now fully clothed was on the other side of the unusually large tree. Inu Yasha gave an anime drop and twitched.

"Were you trying to peep on me?!" Kagome giggled.

"Of course not! You said you needed help!" Inu Yasha said defensively.

"Yeah right- liar and pervert!" she pointed her finger at him, even though she had a wide grin on her face.

"I'm not! You just described the monk!"

"Haha! Pervert! Liar!" she hopped around playfully. She dropped her towel on his, he had dressed in his haori before she had changed.

"Shut up!" he chased at her, "I wasn't!"

"Heh! Liar, pervert!" she repeated.

"I wasn't!" he was angry now, he ran after her, and since he was much faster her pushed her lightly against a tree.

"Ouch!" she said softly. She had her arms raised above her head, since she had been romping around waving her hands in the air. Inu Yasha had his hands on her waist.

"I wasn't!" he repeated one last time.

"Liar," her face got closer, trying to intimidate him, "-pervert."

Her face was close to his, senselessly he pressed his lips to hers. Unlike the first night she had arrived, this kiss was real. Both Inu Yasha and Kagome had their eyes closed (Kagome knew he had his eyes closed because she had peeked ^^;;) and she was kissing his bottom lip. She had seen it in the movies, a romantic, true kiss was where the actress would kiss the actors bottom lip, while he would kiss her top. It made it different from CPR. Kagome heart was pounding against her chest, but not out of fear. It was because she was kissing, a real kiss, the person she adored. It was like seeing the person, you have a crush on in the hallway of school, wink at you, or say hi.

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End of Chap. 10

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Jamie: ^_^! There we go! Now you know. But the next chapter will be the last. But don't worry, all you faithful to know what happens next, will be surprised. I am created a sequel called "Now I know why!" (Get it: Looking for a Reason and Now I know why! ?). It will be in depth about what happened in Kagome's time, and it will have a super rivalry between the two new relationships that flourished in this story. Duh, Miroku and Sango vs. Inu Yasha and Kagome. You will see more rivalry, in my sequel, between Miroku and Sango then with the girls of course.

Well I will finish this story with...well you'll see! tune in next time for the final chap and the preview of the sequel!