If I owned Inuyasha, I wouldn't be making Fan fictions. I'd be making new episodes.

Chapter 3

Kagome opened the door to her house and yelled, "I'm home!" She heard a door rack opened, and then heard it immediately shut.

'That must have been Sota,' she thought sarcastically. She then heard something in the kitchen, and then footsteps coming her way.

'And that must be Inuyasha...'

Inuyasha appeared in front of her with a half eaten doughnut in his mouth, and powder on his face. Kagome couldn't help but laugh.

"Inuyasha! You look so cute! I wish I had a camera!"

"Hmmm." Kagome continued to giggle while she sat down the stuff in her hands.

"Hey Kagome. What's that?" Inuyasha pointed to the box with blue paper around it and white dogs on it.

"Uh, nothing!" Kagome grabbed the present and put it behind her back.

"Hey. I wanted to see that." Inuyasha took a step closer to Kagome, and she took one step back. He advanced toward her and she began to back up even more with a smile on her face.

"It's a surprise..." Kagome backed up into the couch and fell backward, and Inuyasha fell on her as well.

"Uhhh..." Kagome and Inuyasha blushed a crimson red. Kagome brought the box from behind her back out and showed it to Inuyasha.

"H-h-happy birthday Inuyasha. It's a... gift for you."

Inuyasha took it from her hands and got off of her and they both sat next to each other on the couch.

"Can I open it?" Inuyasha asked still blushing.

"Not yet. Not until we get Sango and the others and we cut the cake." Kagome looked up the stairs toward Sota's room. "And not until I get my little brother."

Kagome grabbed the bag off of the table and began to walk up the stairs.

Knock, knock, knock. "Sota... It's me. Open up."

"Go away."

"Sota. Quit acting like a baby. You're not thinking..."

"No you're the one who's not thinking!" Sota screamed opening the door.

"Sota......."

"Look Kagome! After you finish your mission, what if the well shuts!? What if you can't come back here!? You'll be stuck there forever! You won't come back Kagome! You won't! You'll be gone. And you'll leave me all alone. I'll be alone!"

Sota began to hit Kagome in the stomach, but she didn't care. He was always a sweet little kid and he was never a good fighter. Kagome let him hit her until he was exhausted and fell into her arms crying. Kagome fell to her knees with her little brother in her arms.

"Sota... You've never seemed to worry about things like this before," Kagome whispered. "Who put things like this into your head?"

"Momma. I heard her talking about it to gramps a few weeks ago. She always acts so happy she said. But deep down inside she says it hurts everyday. She says she's afraid that one day when you go through the well, you won't come back. She says she wouldn't let you go through anymore if you hadn't fallen in love with Inuyasha."

Kagome's eyes widened in surprise.

"She... said that?"

"Yeah! Even I noticed it."

Kagome hung her head and smiled pathetically.

"Is it that obvious?" Kagome began to shake her head. "It doesn't matter anymore. Inuyasha loves... someone else."

Kagome pulled a small bottle out from her bag and handed it to Sota.

"Take one every 6 hours and you should be better in no time."

Sota wiped his tears and hug his sister tightly.

"Thanks sis. You're the best."

* * *

At the bottom of the steps, Inuyasha stood flabbergasted at what he had just heard.

'Kagome... loves me? But I thought she loved Koga...' Inuyasha shook his hand violently and felt like hitting himself. 'No, no, no! Kagome's told me time and again that she didn't love Koga. I guess I was so caught up in Kikyo, I didn't realize that she was in love with me.... And I............ and I was in love with her.'

* * *

Kagome and Inuyasha stood in front of the well in Kagome's time looking into the darkness.

"You ready?"

"Uh huh."

Kagome and Inuyasha jumped into the well together on there way to get Sango and the others.

* * *

Inuyasha stood outside of Kaede's hut waiting impatiently for Kagome to get the others.

"Come On Kagome! You're little brother is home alone, remember!?"

He listened to Kagome sigh and exit the hut with Sango, Miroku and Shippo.

"So Inuyasha. It is your birthday?" Sango asked curiously.

"Yeah. What of it?"

"Nothing, I was just curious. I didn't know that demons celebrated birthdays."

"They don't," Inuyasha muttered. "It was Kagome's idea anyway."

Kagome smiled at Inuyasha from the corner of her eye. 'You know you're enjoying the attention.'

* * *

Miroku, Sango and Shippo stood before Kagome's house in complete awe.

"Kagome! Your house is huge!!" Shippo yelled.

"Uh, no not really---"

"Kagome! Are you related to a princess?"

"No. We're just average---"

"Kagome! This mansion is huge! You must be married to a Lord of some kind!"

BAM! BAM!

"NO I'M NOT! I'm just an average person!"

"Yeah Miroku! We would have known that by now if you hadn't interrupted!" Sango yelled.

"But, but... I only said one thing," he whimpered. "Why is it that as soon as I say something, I am smacked in the head?"

"Because," Inuyasha laughed. "Haven't you ever heard of the rules? The girls say what they want, then you shut up."

"I never heard of these rules before."

"Just come on in."

They walked to Kagome's door and walked in slowly.

"I'm home Sota!"

Sota ran down the steps and gawked at all of Kagome's feudal friends.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! You brought them home with you?! Oh sis, this is awesome!" Sota hugged his friends tightly and looked at all of them!

'Wow! I'll defiantly get an A in history for this!'

Sota greeted all of them, and held on to Sango a little too long for Miroku's liking.

"Hey Shippo!"

"Yeah?"

"You want to play video games?"

"What are video games----"

Before he got a chance to finish, Sota had already grabbed his hand and dragged him up the stairs.

Kagome chuckled and yelled, "I'll save you some cake!"

"Thanks!"