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Kagome stirred slightly in her slumber. Her limbs all ached from the constant throbbing. Inu-Yasha stared uncertainly at her. She truly was beautiful, if only he had the courage to tell her that. It was kind of funny when he thought about it. He could destroy any demon that crossed his path, go through unbelievable pain jump into hell at a words notice, and yet, he'd yet to tell this one girl –Kagome- how he felt. She was so complex. With her constant mood swings and carefree attitude. She was like a closed book to him. One that he was eager to discover its secrets. But he had to be careful. There was the high risk of her not returning his feelings, and with that flea-bitten wolf –Kouga- running around, he'd soon have to mark her. Something he would have done long before if he hadn't been so damn confused with the whole love triangle thing.

"Inu-Yasha....", Kagome's voice murmured in her dreams. God knows what she dreams about. He wished that he could see into her candy-coated world. A world of peace and security. All he'd ever known of was hate and betrayal, or at least that was before he met Kagome. She made all the difference. Changed him inside out, if only he had seen it sooner.

"So why were you here?" Inu-Yasha snapped out of his train of thought, barley catching her words. "I –I...." A slight blush covered his cheeks. "I wasn't sure if she'd be alright. Your world is far more dangerous than it once was. And besides, I wanted to guard her from-""Hojo?" His face flashed crimson before returning to the faded pink. Kahimi glared daggers at him. "Don't you be ruining this for her! Hojo is one of the few guys that honest to god love her. I won't allow you to take that away from her. Do you get my drift?" Inu-Yasha quirked a brow. He was about to answer when Kara intervened. "Yeah, we want to see her smile the way she use to. Before she fell through the bone eaters well. Before she met YOU!'' Kagome whispered another sweet-nothing and turned to her side.

"Shut up already! We all know deep down inside that she's much happier now. She never did fit much with Hojo, and you know it. So leave him alone" Inu- Yasha just stared at her in amazement. Someone was actually sticking up for him. This was something new. Kagome turned again and her eyes slowly lifted. The sound of voices had awakened her. All of her friends gathered around her. Kagome sat straight up and looked around over and to the sides of all her friend's faces. But Inu-Yasha had already gone. She slowly lowered herself back to the ground. "I-I heard your voices. But... I heard Inu-Yasha's as well. Where is he?" Her friends exchanged looks, deciding whether to tell her it was in her mind or tell her how worried Inu-Yasha had been. Would she even believe them? "Inu-Yasha was-""Inu-Yasha wasn't here. He left ages ago", interrupted Kahimi. "Rest easy" "But I was so sure...."

Yeah. Sorry for taking SOOOOOO long. I was grounded for like forever and then soccer started up, and all the final tests. I just didn't have time. That and my boyfriend and I were busy going to dances and the movies. So, there's the only chapter I've had done in a LONG while. Hope you enjoyed it. I'll be adding another, sometime soon.... Hopefully.