Well people! We have made it to Chapter 4!!!

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Lets hope that it turns out like the first three!!

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Chapter 4: I will go

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"You can count on me Keade," Kagome said determined,"I won't let the child die."

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"I knew you would, Kagome,"She said slightly relieved,"You have a good, pure heart."

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Kagome would have given anything to not have to go, but she knew she had no choice, a life

was far more important that a feud she carried with her mother. She, none the less, was

terrified to go alone. Kagome started to prepare to go when all of a sudden...

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"I will go with you, Kagome, that is, if you want."

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Everyone was shocked, Had Inuyasha really just said that? In front of everyone?

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He had, and he still had the same serious expression on his face with no sign of coming up with a

cocky, and most likely hurtful, excuse for his asking.

Kagome, still slightly stunned shook her head "yes", and said "Yes,Thank you Inuyasha, I would really

appericiate it..." her voice trailed off..'This has to be too good to be true,'she thought.

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"Ok," Inuyasha replied,"Lets go."

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He had been waiting for a chance to be alone with Kagome since she had woken up this morning. He needed,

andwanted to talk to her about last night, even though he had no clue as to what to say.

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Kagome was slightly angious for Inuyasha to say something after they had left, they were nearing the well

and once on the other side that wouldn't have much of a change to talk.

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"Kagome," Inuyasha forced himself to speak,"I-I think that we, we um, need to talk... about last night..."

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"Yeah," Kagome replied,"I think you are right..."

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"But I, um, really have no clue what to say..." he added. He had plenty he could say, but... well, there

was no way he was going to risk embarrasment.

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"Me either." Though that was not entirly true. She too had plenty she could say, but didn't want to run the

risk of embarassment.

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Well, they had ran out of time, there was the well, and they couldn't wait because a life was at risk, the

longer they took, the less chance of the child surviving.

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Kagome jumped into the well, with Inuyasha close behind her.

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"Kagome", Inuyasha began when they were out of the well," Does your step father know about, well, where exactly

you go?"

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"Honestly... I really don't know, my Mom may have told him, or he may just think that I ran away yesterday..."

she replied.

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They started up the hill together, going quickly and hoping that they might not have to run into anyone. Until

they saw him Takato, Kagome's step father. When Inuyasha saw Kagome stop and stiffen, he asked"That guy him?"

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She nodded yes and started forward again.

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"Oooohhh" he said in a sarcastic voice,"I see that you have finally decided to come crawling back home, and

who isthis?"he asked looking in Inuyasha's direction, "You know, its considered a little odd to dress up like

that," he said refering to Inuyasha's appearence, "So Kagome, did you go to HIM(refering to Inu) last night?

Is HE your boy friend? Because he seems like the perfect match, just as strange as you."

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Inuyasha was seriously considering killing the guy! 'What gave him the right to talk to Kagome like that?' he

thought."Then he said in a rude voice, "What gives you the right to talk like that?!"

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Then Takato said,"What gives YOU the right to wear those rediculous dog ears???"

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"The fact that I was born with em!!!" Inuyasha yelled back.

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"Oh yeah right! You expect me to belive THAT?" he asked mockingly.

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"I don't EXPECT you to belive anything, I didn't come here to prove to you anything and I don't intend to,"

then he added tenderly to Kagome, "Go and get what you need," then he added a little louder so Takato could

hear, "Then we can leave."

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"Ok, sure" Kagome said meakly as she started off into the house.

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"So tell me, what buisness do you have with MY step daughter? I don't think I much like her hanging around with

the likes of you," he said rudly with his arms crossed, eyeing Inuyasha up and down disapprovingly.

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"Well luckily, who Kagome does and doesn't hang out with isn't for you to decide, besides, her mother doesn't

seem to have a problem with it." Inuyasha was getting more pissed off at the guy by the second, no wonder

Kagome had been so upset, the guy was an ass!

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"Kagome's mother...Knows? About... YOU?" he was baffled. She hadn't mentioned any of this to him.

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Suddenly a female voice rang out and asked "Whats all the noise out here?"

It was Kagome's mother, much to Inuyasha's relief.

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"You knew about this," Takato said somewhat angrily as he jerked his thumb in Inuyasha's direction.

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Inuyasha crossed his arms and gave her a smirk.

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"Oh Takato," she said calmly,"This is Kagome's friend, Inuyasha... he's not from around here..."

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"Well... did you know that Kagome was with this boy ALL night???" he asked menisingly.

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"She did? Oh thats a relief! I was begining to think she REALLY ran away..." she said relieved.

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"What do you mean?" he asked sternly, "You mean you knew that she was galavanting off with this... boy? Doing

who knows what?"

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"Uhh-- Don't worry! I um trust Inuyasha! He wouldn't hurt Kagome." She said reasuringly.

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"Well did you know she was going to leave with him?" he asked slightly pissed.

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"Well, she has to, I mean, doesn't she Inuyasha?" she spoke to him for the first time.

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"Yeah, she is bringing medicine to a child who was poissened, the kid would die without it," he said defiently.

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"Well then, that settles it, Kagome has to go!" she said.

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"You acctually belive that story? It was pure BULL!" he said, now clearly upset.

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"Listen, I will explain it to you later, I need to speak with Inuyasha and Kagome when she comes down here, so,

honey, I would appericiate it if you would wait inside." she walked over to him and gave him a kiss.

It creeped Inuyasha out. But it got him to leave, which was a plus.

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"You usually don't come back with Kagome, why did you this time," she was slightly frowning.

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"I just felt like it, I don't have to tell YOU anything," he said, back to his old arrogant voice.

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"Well, was she crying when you saw her yesterday?" She asked introsivly.

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"Why does that matter?" he asked.

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"Whats going on?" Kagome asked timidly seeing her mother and Inuyasha talking.

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"Kagome," her mother said sternly,"I don't know what you told him, but it is like he thinks we are beating you

or something! Just because your not happy doesn't mean you have to go telling everyone how HORRIBLE

your little life is!"

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Inuyasha looked on dumbly, he hadn't said anything to make her think that! But he now saw Kagome's eyes fill

with tears, she brushed past him, not wanting her mother to see her cry.

He went after her and pulled her into a hug, while her mother was still in plain view.

Then Inuyasha yelled back at her mother,"I don't know what she did to you, but what ever it was I cant' belive

it made her deserve these tears!!!" He flashed her an angery look.

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Maybe he was right, she thought, but, she couldn't do anything about it at that moment, so she let them go.

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When they got back to the Fuedal Era, Kagome had began to calm down, she loved how caring Inuyasha was

being towards her... 'I love him' she thought, 'No use denying it anymore, I just can't, though, I wish there

was away I could find out how he feels about me.' She was somewhat happy and sad with her new realization.

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They hurried to Keade's hut where she was waiting for them, mounted on a horse, Kagome just did what she had

done so many times before, and climbed on Inuyashas back, and they were off. Though, it now felt a little akward

for her, and him too, though she didn't know.

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'She smells so nice' he thought as he ran along side Keade's galloping horse, 'she always smells nice.'

He was stuck on her, and he knew it. He just wished he knew what to do about it.

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They got there quickly, and entered the hut of the child. When they entered the room they saw a pale young

girl lying in a poorly put together bed. Kagome pulled out everything she had brought with her, as she looked

tenderly at the poor little girl.

Once Kagome had administered the medicine once, Keade said "Kagome, just tell me how long to wait

to administer the medicine and I can take over from here."

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"Every 2 hours, until you start to see some improvement," she answered looking at the bottle.

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Keade showed them to the door and told them that she would return when the child was well again.

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And then just like that, they were alone together again.

And once again, the tension began to build up between them. They both wished that they could hold the other's

hand, but didn't want risk it.

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'This is STUPID!'Inuyasha growled at himself,'It is just Kagome! There is no reason for you to not be able to

speak to her!'

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Finally, he rounded up the courage needed to speak to her,"Kagome," he said to her,"Your mother had no business

speaking to you that way. I-I, it, well, I can't belive she said that stuff to you, you didn't deserve it."

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She smiled, and said "Thanks", she accidently bumped into his arm, when she did, he took her fingers in his hand,

Kagome blushed, her stomache was fluttering. She like the feeling of his rough skin surrounding her hand, they

were strong and comforting, they held her when she was sad, and protected her when she was in danger, to her,

they were perfect.

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Inuyasha suprised himself when he grabbed her hand, but felt great when he felt her hold his in return. He wanted

to kiss her now more than ever.

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Kagome was watching Inuyasha through the corner of her eye, he had lovly eyes, Amber pools, she wished

she could just stare into them forever. Her arm brushed against Inuyasha's arm, she wished that he would just

pull her to him and... 'God Kagome', She thought to herself,'Whats wrong with you?'

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Inuyasha stoped, he just couldn't take it anymore, he turned to her, grabbed her other arm, slightly pulling her

nearer to him, and said,"I-I um, K-Kagome?" he said questioningly, she was starring into his eyes, and he was

starring at her's in return, they were so lost in eachothers eyes they almost didn't reaize it when there lips

met.

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Kagome, taken by suprise that she had now been pulled so close to Inuyasha, she looked into his eyes, they were

so beautiful. Something had come over her, his eyes hypnotised her, and the next thing she knew, she was kissing

him, her first kiss ever.

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Inuyasha now placed his hands on her back and pulled her closer to him, the kiss wasn't like anything he had

expirianced before, it was magical to him, all of his problems seemed to drift away from him, leaving him

feeling as he had never felt before. He loved her, he knew he did.

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Kagome felt his tounge press its self lightly into her mouth, she welcomed it. She became lost in her connection

with Inuyasha, she knew she loved him, she loved him more than he could know.

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There lips seperated at last and she burried her face into his chest. He just held her for a while, they were

finally together. Inuyasha kissed the top of her head, he could smell the shampoo's scent that lingered in her

hair.

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"Kagome, I, well," he couldn't find the right words, she was now staring intently into his eyes."I, think,

I mean..."

he couldn't finish it.

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She smiled and stroked his ear with one hand, while the other was resting on his shoulders, which of couse

made him blush while trying to supress a "prr".

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They kissed again, and she smiled... at that moment, she had forgotten all of her problems, the only thing

she knew was that Inuyasha was with her, and he loved her.

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My, my... aren't they becoming bold??? What will they do when they return to the group?

What will Kagome do about her mother???

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Well we shall find out it the coming chapters!!!

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Ok,

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TOOTLES!