A/N: Ok, I know I said one shot, but this popped into my head as a perfect song to offer some sort of conclusion for all of those who wanted a conclusion.

To those people who reviewed or emailed me, thanks ^_^ … nothing is better than getting good feedback for a story. This is a songfic to Queen's- You take My Breath Away. If you have anything to say about this crazy fic, feel free to email me at Bella_Notte_321@yahoo.com…

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You Take My Breath Away

This had to be the hardest thing he had ever done in his life. This was different of course-no battle with Naraku or Kouga or any other youkai along the jewel quest had put his heart on the line, only his body. This young, fragile girl held the most vulnerable part of him in her fragile hand.

And she didn't even know it.

Kagome stood there looking at the young man with silver hair, golden eyes, fire engine red clothes (A/N: So shoot me, I couldn't think of another adjective short of apple. hehe), and adorable puppy dog ears who stared back at her. She sat there braced against the well in the early spring morning contemplating whether this place was the place to put her heart out there, for the hanyou she loved to either accept or reject it. She was going to tell him here -where the past they could not change met the future they could not predict.

What an appropriate place too, she thought ruefully, how many times I ran here. If not to think about him, then to think about what I could possibly do after the jewel was completed and Naraku defeated. And now that the time has come, I still don't know what to do. I ran here every time I saw him and Kikyo together, too foolish to face my feelings for him…

How many times my heart has broken here.

Inuyasha stepped out of the foliage with the sun at his back and Kagome was surprised when the thought of how much he looked like an angel popped into her mind. The sun shone at his back, with his silver hair and puppy ears contrasting to the gold of the midday sun and his face in an unusual serene state.

It figures I would fall in love with someone who sometimes acts nothing like an angel. He can be rude, possessive, arrogant, and insufferable occasionally. She thought to himself, but sometimes the compassion he shows for others, and the fact that he doesn't want them to know he feels it makes it even more special. Sometimes I see little glimpses of the caring person in him, and I see sweetness in his eyes… so much that it steals my breath away.


Look into my eyes and you'll see
I'm the only one
You've captured my love
Stolen my heart
Changed my life
Everytime you make a move
You destroy my mind
And the way you touch
I lose control and shiver deep inside
You take my breath away

"Kagome" he whispered to himself, knowing she was still too far away from him to hear, but feeling the need to say something to make sure he was still able to speak. This was the perfect place to tell her, a place where he had come to think about her almost every night that she wasn't with them… when she had gone back home. This was a place that held both of their heartbreaks, both oblivious to the other's, and a place where they felt comfort.

What a perfect place to let it out in the open. He continued walking toward her until only a few feet separated the two hopelessly in love souls. He reached out, feeling the coldness of her hands even though it was only spring and the morning air was far from crisp. He could smell in her perfect scent, along with some traces of nervousness and when he took her hand he could feel the pulse pick up.

"Kagome… I don't know how to say it… I'm not good at showing people my emotions… but I want- I need- you to stay." He paused, unsure of how much to tell her and also uncomfortable with how much of his heart he was putting out to her. She's worth it. The thought helped the normally gruff hanyou continue with his confession, "I think I may need you more than life itself, more than the want to stay here. I would even be content to go to your world. Please, I just need you to stay with me." He paused, not sure of how to continue and instead looked into the eyes that reminded him so much of Kikyo, but that also held their own beauty. Kind of an innocence that the troubled eyes of the undead miko had not held, but not only an innocence but also a laughter… a love of life that had never ceased to amaze him.

She was his perfect match.

If an onlooker had happened onto the scene in the clearing they would have seen a beautiful black haired maiden leaning against what appeared to be a broken down well, holding the hand of what appeared to be a demon with puppy dog ears. Neither would have heard the onlooker, nor paid attention to him even if he had called attention to himself. Both were so totally absorbed in each other and their uncertainties that they wouldn't even have heard three people creeping ever closer in the woods, peaking out from behind a fallen log.

Which is exactly what an orphaned kit, a demon slayer, and a hentai monk were doing at the moment.

Kagome couldn't believe her ears. She had been so sure that Inuyasha was going to break whatever had been going on between them off before she had left for good. She had been so sure he was going to say good-bye…not be begging her to stay. Was this the same insufferable hanyou she had come to know over the years? The same one who had been so callous when it had come to showing his emotions openly, but had still shown such caring and tenderness towards her in the moments when his guard was down?

Of course it is she thought to herself, immediately dismissing the idea as soon as it popped into her head. The old well suddenly found itself holding more weight than it had a few minutes ago, the young miko needing to put the weight that her suddenly weak knees couldn't seem to hold up. Kagome held onto his hand as though it was a lifeline between the past, the present, and the future. And she made her decision.

She could barely breathe, barely see through the tears that suddenly threatened to spill over. She could tell by the anxious look in his eyes that he was waiting for her to do something that would assure him that his worse fear wouldn't come true.

She took one step that brought the two face to face

And stepped into his arms


You can reduce me to tears
With a single sigh
(Please don't cry anymore)
Every breath that you take
Any sound that you make
Is a whisper in my ear
I could give up all my life for just one kiss
I would surely die
If you dismiss me from your love
You take my breath away

Kagome buried her face in his silver hair in the curve where his neck met his shoulder. This was the place where she had found herself sometimes wishing she could put her face just to hide from the world and its troubles. When they had happened on the horrors of Naraku's doing, she had wished sometimes that Inuyasha's arms would find their way around her, telling her it was alright. And now she was and loving him more than ever.

Inuyasha held the slender girl in his arms, wanting desperately to hug her but was afraid that by applying the pressure and crushing her against him the way he had wanted to for the past years, he would break her. I could never break her. She has shown so much more courage than anyone I have ever known or met, so much more courage than I have. Then he heard her whispered words and lost all thoughts running through his mind.

"Inuyasha… I think I'm… I think I'm in love with you. I'm not sure when it happened, but I want to be with you. What I told you two years ago hasn't changed… I want to be by your side forever. I never want that to change. But I've also fallen in love with this world and all of the people I have met when we traveled. I love feeling the contentment I feel here, with the people I love. I want to stay here with you and all of them"

At these words, Inuyasha lost all ability to think or speak, unable to say a word he just hugged her to him. And promised he would never let her go.

So please don't go
Don't leave me here all by myself
I get ever so lonely from time to time
I will find you
Anywhere you go, I'll be right behind you
Right until the ends of the Earth
I'll get no sleep till I find you to tell you
That you just take my breath away

He placed his cheek against hers perfectly content to stay like that, with her, forever. He could feel one of his hands, as though with a will all their own, travel up to her midnight dark hair and begin stroking it as she let out the tears he had been able to tell were coming . As the little miko stood in his arms, clinging to him with almost an inhuman strength, he let out a content sigh.

The two people and the kit hiding behind the log held their breaths waiting for a falling out that would make the miko stomp off and out of their lives forever. Of course, they had suspicions that the hanyou would never let her leave, but really from what they could gather the hanyou would rather eat his own ears than admit feelings for Kagome.

When the Inuyasha had begun walking toward her across the crisp green grass and through a ray of morning sunshine, they had held their breaths and after a fair bout of whispering, the two had embraced.

And the demon slayer's, the monk's, and the kit's hearts all soared.

They never should have doubted it.

Inuyasha would never let her go

And Kagome would never want to.

I will find you

Anywhere you go

Right until the ends of the Earth

I'll get no sleep till I find you to

Tell you when I've found you -

I love you

The girl and the hanyou stood there, embracing, until they both had summoned the strength to let go. When they did, Inuyasha stared down at the young girl who had taught him that there was so much more to life. That sometimes it seemed unbearable to continue, but with the love of a good woman you could make it through even the hardest times. He stared into the deep, dark gaze of the woman he loved and let out the biggest smile of his life.

This is where he was meant to be.

Kagome looked at him, unable to stop herself from staring into the golden gaze of a hanyou who was thinking the same things as her at the moment. How could I have doubted him? One deep look into his eyes is showing me everything he just told me. How could I have missed it?

Inuyasha took his hand from her hair and his other from her back and gently fit her as close to him as possible. Then, taking his hands up and stroking her cheeks with them, he leaned down. This is what he had been waiting for all of these years, just one kiss. And as their lips met for the first time and his senses assaulted him the taste and smell of her surrounding him, engulfing him Inuyasha was completely content.

When he had first put his hands on her face, as though trying to memorize it by just outlining it with his hands, Kagome's heart had stopped beating. And as their lips met for the first, and definitely not the last time, her heart soared in tune with her hanyou's.

And they both lost their breath.

Take my breath, take my breath

Take my breath, take my breath

Take my breath, take my breath

My love, Take my breath away.

A/N: Finite!

I hope you enjoyed it and please remember, feedback is always welcome.