Disclaimer: Inuyasha ain't mine....so there. *crosses arms and sticks tongue out at you*

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Inuyasha exploded when he heard what kagome had said.

"WHAT!!!!!!!!! You mean I just kissed a betrothed princess?!?!?"

Kagome blushed, " I ran away because I didn't love him. I love--......listen I need to go. Can we talk about this later?"

Inuyasha was still upset but gave in and snapped out a, "fine" and turned to face away from her. Kagome was hurt by the tone he used and walked to the door with her gaze on the floor. She was closing the door and through the last crack she whispered out to him, "I didn't love him, because I think I love someone else." With that the door softly closed. Inuyasha's head jerked to look at the door.

*Did she just say she liked someone else? Could it be me? I got to find out!*

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Kagome was hurt at Inuyasha's snapping tone. She couldn't get the kiss out of her mind though. It had just felt so...right. She slowly made her way back to her room and opened the door to see Sango on the end of her bed waiting for her. Kagome and Sango have had lots of gossiping conversations since she got back and Sango had a grin on her face, expecting yet another exciting tale. Kagome looked into her eyes with z frown on her face and it became contagious, as Sango's grin faded into a frown aswell. She decided to cut right to the chase, "Sango, the lord you just saw was actually Inuyasha-- the farmboy I told you all about. You see, the thing is I just found out something about him.....I love him."

Sango's mouth dropped. "But he isn't of Royal blood!"

"I know, what am I going to do?"

"Does he love you in return?"

" I don't know...I don't think so. He's mad at me now......I think the only reason he kissed me was physical attraction, not out of love. Maybe not even attraction..maybe because I'm rich...I don't know...Why do you ask?"

"Because if you both truly love eachother, nothing, not even royalty, should stand in the way of it. But first, you need to find out how he feels for you."

"How do I find that out?"

"The only way to truly know, is to ask."

"Yeah right, like I'm just going to walk up to him and say 'Gee inuyasha, do you love me? No? Oh, all right then.' and then walk away?"

Sango just stared at her.

"Oh my god...I am!"

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Well here he was........the farmboy inuyasha.........in a huge palace surrounded by priceless objects and only a bell ring away from having maids down at his feet. Yup.....he's still there....in the palace..........of a betrothed princess.....that he had fallen in love with........yup.

* Life is too cruel* thought inuyasha as he sighed.

He sat in one of the three couches in the room to lounge on. He was restless as he sat there. He fidgeted and drummed his fingers against the armrest. He wasn't used to relaxing...he needed to do something. He got up and went onto the balcony to look at the scenery. He looked at the vast amount of land before him. The rolling grass hills, shady trees, the--wait that's it! He knew what could keep him busy! He quickly raced out of his bedroom, down the grand staircase, and out to the gates.

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After her talk with Sango, kagome felt full of strength and was ready to confront Inuyasha. She marched, full of purpose to his room, and knocked on the door. "Inuyasha?" She knocked again, "listen, I know your mad but I need to talk to you." She waited...."Inuyasha?" she said while opening his bedroom door. What she saw was a room without inuyasha in it. Tears swelled to her eyes, *Has he left me because I'm betrothed?* She decided to head downstairs and ask around.

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The second Inuyasha stepped foot outside the grand front doors, he stopped and whistled. Answering his whistle, Totosai came galloping over a rolling grass hill to meet him. It seemed they had let him onto the grounds aswell when Inuyasha was let in. He pat his horse on the neck and then mounted up and immedeatley took off at a gallop. *This is going to be fun!* With that last thought, he lost himself in the joy of galloping over fields and weaving through trees.

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Nobody had seen Inuyasha. That was nobody had seen him until Kagome asked the doorman. He smiled at kagome when she asked him if he had seen inuyasha and had pointed to the front door and said, "Yes, I saw him run through the door with a big smile on his face and heard a whistle after the door shut. I hope this is of help to you, Your Highness."

"Yes, it was. Thank you Jenkins."

Kagome picked up her skirts and went running outside.

She stepped outside and into the dimming light of the day. She looked around for any sign of Inuyasha , but found none. Depressed, she sat down on the steps to stare aimlessly at the setting sun. Then something black blocked her view and she looked up to the gleaming amber eyes of Inuyasha. He grinned down at her and said, "It's a nice place you got here, great for riding. Care to join me?"

"I can't ride."

"Sure you can, I'll just sit you behind me and you can hold on tight, okay?"

"I guess so"

She reached out her hand and he pulled her up and sat her behind himself on totosai. "Okay, now hold on!" With that he gave Totosai a kick and they went galloping off over the fields once again, kagome's skirts blowing about and her hands squeezing Inuyasha for dear life.

After a while, kagome relaxed and sat back a bit to look at the scenery whizzing by. She had never seen this much of her land and agreed with inuyasha about how he had said she 'had a nice place'. Eventually they were let with a small stream running into a pond and dismounted to let totosai drink some water. They sat on the water's edge in silence, just basking in the silence. Until Kagome decided it was time to break it.

"Inuyasha? Can I ask you a question?"

"Umm.....sure."

"...Do you love me?"

He stared at her in shock for a moment before turning his gaze away from her with a frown on his face.

"Feh! What does it matter, your betrothed."

"Inuyasha....I really need to know this....."

" Fine...I'll tell you."

"..."

"Yeah kagome, I do love you."
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(A/N) How is Kagome going to react? Read on to find out ^_^