**~~ Review!!!!! Arg, ppl aren't reviewing cuz they all have damn scool like me...DAMMIT!!! Arg, well, sorry this chappy is kinda short. But I wont be able to post one for a long time....I'm guessing. When I have spare time, I'll write ^^" Man, damn exams, they're freakin the hell out of me since this is my first year in highschool wit exams like these T_T NOOOOOOO ~~ And "yagirl-123" I added some of your ideas that would be able to fit into this chapter ^^ Your LONG paragraph of ideas was very good, I just didn't know how to change it so that it would match my story T_T Man, you should write an InuYasha fic, Y dun you?!!!!!!! ~~**

The first half (I think) of the chapter is dedicated to the fluff lovers -_- " LOL, enjoy

============= Chapter Fifty-Three =============

InuYasha walked out of the hut and leaped up onto a tree branch. He looked out into the cool night sky. The stars glittering in the silky night sky, the soft moonlight brushing over the land.

Memories flashed through his mind. Memories of Kikyo's blood splashing onto the ground. The memories of the day he had found Kagome soulless. And.....the day when the yearning in his heart for Kagome had almost gone too far....

InuYasha sensed someone near. He touched the end of his Tetsusaiga and glanced down through the slit of his eyes to see a slender shadow on the ground.

He turned to see that it was Kagome.

"K....Kagome" InuYasha whispered. ~She still looks distressed....~

Kagome sighed and sat under the branch InuYasha was resting on. InuYasha jumped off and stood next to Kagome. He looked down at her, then sat down close next to her.

They sat in silence, not able to face each other.

InuYasha looked down, seeing Kagome's hands on the grass, near his hands. His hand brushing against hers.

~Even the slightest brush of Kagome against me makes my heart start to speed~

InuYasha slowly wrapped his fingers around hers.

Kagome slowly turned and looked down at his hands over hers.

"InuYasha....." Kagome whispered, "maybe...it would be better for you to just be with Kikyo"

"Kagome, I told you, even though she's back, I know you're probably pissed at me because you think that I miss her or something, but you're the only one I want to be with....."

"InuYasha...." Kagome said with a smile, "that's not my reason"

"Oh......"

"Why would you want to be with a clumst, weak human girl like me....? I got you hurt then......because I ran out to see Kohaku.....Kikyo would have always listened to you, or would have fought with you....But me....Anyway, I don't get why you'd chose me over Kikyo......"

"Cuz...You're sweet, kind and a wonderful person, Kagome. It should be me that asks why you chose to love me. And it wasn't your fault that I got hurt. Kagome, you're the one I love" InuYasha silently confessed.

"But...I'm just.....A cheep imitation of Kikyo" Kagome whispered, even when her soul had been gone when Kikyo had said that, the soul within Kikyo had heard it all.

InuYasha also had heard what Kikyo had said, he tightly held her hands.

"That's not true Kagome..... You're so different from her. And you're not a cheep imitation of her. I .....love you because of who you are......" InuYasha whispered.

InuYasha looked away, it felt so strange for him, saying so much of his heart..... He had always kept his feelings hidden in his heart......But with Kagome, they all wanted to burst out.

Kagome closed her eyes and leaned back against the tree bark.

InuYasha looked at her angelic looking face. Her skin glowing from the soft moonlight. Her skin looked so soft and smooth.

He hesitantly reached out his hands and brushed his fingers against her cheeks.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes and looked at InuYasha, he gazed at, his heart beating fast as he moved closer to her and held her tightly in his arms.

~What if Kikyo tries to hurt you again.......~

~Just holding you like this, when I can feel you close against, so that I know it's not a dream, and your scent intoxicates my mind, it's more than I can possibly ask for in life. When I hold you......My heart feels light and free~

InuYasha's lips brushed against Kagome's cheeks, she felt a shiver run down her back.

His lips brushed softly across her cheeks, finding its way to her lips as his warm breathing brushed against herlips.

Kagome closed her eyes,

~Never would I have imagined a few months ago, when I thought InuYasha would never love me, that he would someday kiss and caress me, and tell me that he deeply loved me~ Kagome thought.

"Kagome......." InuYasha whispered.

He moved his lips closer and kissed her.

A light wind blew across the land, as Kagome's hair brushed against InuYasha's cheeks. He gently held her face, as the kiss got deeper, and more passionate.

A kiss that expressed but a bit of the burning feeling he had for her.

Kagome could feel her lips burning against his.....

They slowly stopped kissing as Kagome rested her head on InuYasha's shoulder. He could feel her soft breathing brushing against his neck.

He closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Kagome.

The thought suddenly struck him, he was a demon, she was a human...... Demon's lived longer than humans.....way longer.

He wanted to be with Kagome forever......but life didn't last forever...... The thought of someday not being able to be with Kagome ripped his heart apart. And Kagome belonged in another world, not his. But with love....the love Kagome had showed him, no matter where they would be, dead or alive, the love would be forever.

~When I knew that it would be hard to be with Kikyo.......that I'd never be able to be with her.......It didn't hurt as much as it hurts me to think that I can't be with Kagome forever~

InuYasha leaned against the bark of the tree, gazing up at the stars that glittered brightly in the night sky.

Kagome lay resting against him. Being with Kagome made him forget completely of his wound.

InuYasha saw a star shoot past.....

~I want to be with Kagome.....~ InuYasha wished, remembering what Kagome had told him last time, of wishing on a shooting star.

He could hear the trees rustling from the soft wind breezing by.

InuYasha held onto Kagome as if there was no tomorrow.

"Stay with me Kagome.....forever" InuYasha whispered.

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He lay on the matt in the dark room with a blanket draped over his and his new mate nude body (*cough*).

He looked to the side at her....... the woman he had yearned for, for so long. Finally, he had become one with her...

He smiled, ~Finally?.....It has been my second time making love to her.....but this is the first time in my true form. The first time I made love to her was right before I betrayed her as InuYasha. I had made love to her in the disguised form of him. She is a fool....and now.......Kikyo has given into my true form......Naraku~

~Poor woman.....she believes that her first man had been InuYasha....that's why she feels so betrayed when she thought he had betrayed her. She must have thought that he just used her....... Hah......~

Naraku smiled, ~the shards of the Shikon no Tama have all been recovered.....InuYasha now possesses one, and Kohaku. But Kohaku shall become handy some day, so I'll take the shard out of him later....~

~I have found a few of InuYasha's weakness......I must get the last shard from InuYasha......or else it means that I do not have it all. Just one more......I must get it back.......this means a battle.....a very big one~

~But I shall never tell........that it was I she gave to first~

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Kagome woke up to see that she was sleeping on a matt, the last thing she remember was her and InuYasha together.

She looked around to see everyone asleep still even though it was now morning.

InuYasha sat sleeping against the wall, as usual.

~He carried me here.......~ Kagome realized as a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

She quietly stood up and walked over to InuYasha and covered him with a blanket to keep him warm. Kagome sadly smiled, ~He's so paranoid.....always falling asleep this uncomfortably from staying on guard for Youkais.......for our sake~

Kagome yawned and decided to go make breakfast for them. She smiled, she knew that InuYasha would be very happy if she made him Ramon.

Kagome had to go out to get the water to boil. She went and got her jacket on and walked outside towards the direction of the river.

As Kagome was scooping the water into the bucket, she heard someone nearing her. She turned around to see a woman dressed in black with a red hair tie.....

Kagome went pale,

"K......Kikyo......"

Kikyo walked up to Kagome,

"You do not have to go all ghostly pale. I have not come to kill you, the time is not fit enough to do so. But to show tell you that InuYasha's love for you is as weak as his love is for me" Kikyo said in a vacant tone.

"I'm not going to listen to you.. Just because InuYasha wasn't able to pick you, which was caused by your stubbornness, don't try to hurt my heart" Kagome said, her voice shaking a bit.

Kikyo's cold fingers clutched Kagome's chin and she brought it up to face her,

"You are scared of me......I can tell by your tone of voice. I do not know what InuYasha sees in you.....Do you think the love he had for me and kept for over 50 years can fade away that easily? InuYasha still suffers from the memories of me.......He is still in love with me. If he loves you.....then why did he betray you?" Kikyo asked.

"B.....betray me?" Kagome asked.

"On the second day I believe, when you were soulless......InuYasha and I kissed. Is that the love you are talking about?" Kikyo coldly asked.

Kagome looked away, "stop trying to mess with my mind"

"I am not messing. If proof is what you want, then here" Kikyo touched Kagome's forehead as her soul started to have flashes of memory. Kikyo closed her eyes and saw what Kagome was now seeing.

Kagome saw a picture of InuYasha close to Kikyo as they kissed.

Kagome shot her eyes wide open.

"No....he wouldn't have......"

"And remember the time when InuYasha had though you were dead? But it had been Naraku's trap? Do you wish to know how you died? InuYasha hesitated in saving you and turned to the dummy that looked like me. He hesitated......on me and you. And he will forever as long as we both live. And even then, he shall still have a bit of regret lingering in his heart"

Kagome tried hard not for the hot tears to run down her eyes,

~I feel so weak.....so vulnerable.......~

"I was his first love, we are destined to be together......even though he may love you a bit more. Fate cannot be changed" Kikyo said, "and I was his first......"

"First.....what?"

"I gave my body to him, as he did to me........we have already become one in love"

Kagome's heart froze and shattered.

"I am no longer a virgin and neither is he........"

Kagome's fingers dug into the soil, as she stared at the ground with her eyes wide open. Pain ripping across through her heart......

InuYasha woke up to see Kagome's blanket over him.

"Huh......Kagome?"

Silence.

He stood up and looked around the hut, but Kagome was no where to be seen.

"Kagome?" InuYasha called again as Miroku and Sango woke up as well.

InuYasha looked out the window to see Kikyo and Kagome talking near the river. His heart started to beat fast,

~Kikyo......you're alive.....Kagome, get away from her!~

InuYasha ran out. Miroku and Sango just exchanged glances.

"We'll go see what's happening when we think something bad is happening" Miroku suggested.

Sango nodded.

InuYasha stopped running and stood behind a tree, overhearing their conversation.

"You must live with those facts. By loving him, a demon who has already had first love, you are bound to have a life of sadness.......you are too late"

Kagome clutched her heart that was pounding in pain, ever thud of the heart felt as if a dagger was being pierced into her. A tear escaped from her eyes.

"And I also gave myself to Naraku.......I have gained some of his power through becoming one with him......." Kikyo said, and realized that she had gave out the secret she had planned to keep.

InuYasha stepped out and stared at Kikyo in pain and betrayal.

Kikyo stared back at him in shock, the face she saw on him......it was a bit of the expression she wanted to see when she betrayed him......But not this. She did not want InuYasha to know this.......~I was InuYasha's first.....and I wanted him to know that......not another's ......no.....InuYasha........~

Kikyo stepped back and sadly looked at InuYasha. Purple swirms of cloud appeared around Kikyo as she disappeared.

InuYasha stared at the spot Kikyo had been, ~Kikyo's......gave herself.....for the first time to that son of a bitch NARAKU?! K.k..KIKYO! Disgusting......how could you....do this to me......You have had.......your revenge on me. This fact shall haunt me all my life.....~

InuYasha gritted his teeth, his mind throbbing in pure, bitter betrayal and pain. He felt more hatred towards Naraku,

~Why Naraku?!!!! The person I thought you hated!!!! Did you just say that, or do that just to spite me?! Kikyo! What the hell is wrong with you!!!!!!!!!~

InuYasha stood standing, his hands clutched into a tight fist, and Kagome was still kneeling on the ground, staring at the ground with pain throbbing in her chest....

"Kikyo......how could you" InuYasha whispered weakly.

~InuYasha is probably jealous......But, how could he......do this to me......this is......cruel. Why didn't he tell me that.....he had already given himself to Kikyo.....That he had already become one with another person~ Kagome painfully wondered.

InuYasha looked down at Kagome,

"Did she hurt you...." InuYasha asked in a whisper.

Kagome stood up, still looking down at the ground.

"It would be more than right that you chose Kikyo" Kagome said.

"Kagome....what the hell did she tell you?"

~I don't want to hear what you have done with Kikyo through my own mouth.....and I don't want to hear any of your excuses......Or the warm words you'll try to sooth my throbbing pain with, I don't want to be tricked into letting myself go on as if nothing had happened. I have to find a way to abide with this fact, by myself, or......something~ Kagome couldn't even look InuYasha in the eye.

"Nothing......she told me nothing" Kagome whispered as she turned away from InuYasha.

"Kagome......!" InuYasha called.

But Kagome continued to walk away, sadness and betrayal filling the atmosphere,

~How much do you love me InuYasha........the words you told me from before......now feels like mere words you would mutter to any passin person. Now that I know........that you permanently belong to another, and haven't even told me......all you have told me feel like false words........~ Kagome's arms hung by her side as she walked on, she walked faster, trying to run away from the pain, trying to leave it behind. But she could feel it following her,

~I feel so betrayed.....so hurt.....~

~ Did he think I wouldn't love him anymore if I knew that he was already one with another? Yah, maybe it would hurt me a bit......but still. I guess.........as usual.......he didn't trust me. I guess he never did. But I'm not surprised seeing how clumsy at times I am.........like the time I didn't listen to InuYasha and thus he got hurt, how could he trust a person like me anyway......~ Kagome sadly thought,

~But then.......what is love without trust.....~

**~~ MWUAHAHAHAHA, I left you guys in my angst ending!!!!! HAHAHHAHAHA.....lol. Well, gess I'm gunu have ta leave you guys there for...a week or two -____- MAYBE if I get a lot of reviews, I'll update........but by the time I get a lot of reviews, it'll probably be the end of the exam season T_T *sigh* I want MORE reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, well, sorry again that this chapter was super short ^^ Gomen.......Well, Sayonara, I will leave you guys now to suffer, as I do when I dun get reviews, j/ks ^^" BYE~~**