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Chapter 13

Inuyasha stiffened in surprise and fell over.

Kat's mind reeled over what she had discovered.

"You love me?" she repeated again.

Inuyasha sat up and sighed.

He couldn't meet her gaze, "Yes."

Kat was shocked beyond belief, "Then why do you want me to go after Kenshin?"

He lifted his gaze from the floor and met hers.

His amber eyes showed raw emotion, "Because I love you. Your happiness means every thing to me. Even if it means that you happier with someone else."

Kat let out a gasp, "Inuyasha."

At that moment he realized that Kat would never be his.

Her pure heart belonged to a manslayer whose hands still smelled of blood. and yet she still loved him.

She loved a man who was hated and feared by most everyone.

She had accepted the fact that he wasn't perfect and that he could kill her with his bare hands.

Inuyasha's ears drooped, "I'm sorry."

Kat snapped out of her trance, "Inuyasha, how could you be sorry? I'm the one who should be sorry. You still love me even when I love someone else. It must hurt to see me with Kenshin but if you truly love me, you'll help me find him."

Inuyasha had his ears flattened against his head.

He had just been pushed away.

It had taken him so long to tell her how he felt and look what happened.

His emotional mask slipped into place again but the hurt in his eyes didn't leave.

It reminded Kat of a quote she had heard, 'People are rarely at their best when they are alone. They usually put their masks of politeness, good order, and good breeding aside. So what's beneath? Some monster? Some discussing thing that would make people run away, screaming? Sometimes perhaps, but it's usually nothing bad at all. Usually people would just laugh if they saw us with our masks off- laugh, or make a revolted face or both at the same time.'

Kat sighed and hugged Inuyasha, "I'm sorry."

He sighed too, "No, don't be. I took a risk. I let myself love you when it was apparent that you loved someone else."

"Yah, but I'm still sorry. I love you as a friend, but I can't love you anymore than that," Kat said.

Inuyasha stood up looking emotionally drained before shaking it off, "Well, we better find Kenshin soon before it's too late to give him my present of a major ass whoopin'."

(A/N: Whenever you see a dot then a lowercase letter there's supposed to be three dots like if I write I.um the three dots for some reason don't show up. It's the same way whenever I try to italicize or bold something. If you can tell me how to fix that I'd be really happy! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)