Don't Leave My Side - Part 7

A/N: This is a Inu/Kag romance ficcy (my first), goodie goodie gumdrops! Please enjoy reading this and review. I really hope it's good ^_^;; give me reviews and give me hope!

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"Let's go...I bet Shippo is waiting for us."

"All right."

They together went inside the wooden shrine, which contained the Bone Eater's well. Inuyasha lead her closer and opened the well, bring Kagome closer to his side.

"Ready?"

Kagome nodded in reply and together they jumped through soon entering into Feudal Japan. They rested at the bottom of the well with Inuyasha covering her for protection, just in case. He got up and crouched slightly.

"Climb on."

Kagome did as she was told and tried to circle her arms around his neck and rested her head onto his back. With one giant leap Inuyasha was already on the ground, where he kneeled down and gently placed Kagome on the ground. There a small fox kitsune was resting and his eyes brighten with delightment as he saw the raven haired girl.

"Kagome!"

Shippo jumped at her and threw his arms around her, holding her tightly as if he hadn't seen her for ages. He rested his head on her shoulder as Kagome embraced him.

"I missed you so much. I thought you would never come back and you worried me so. Oh how I am glad to see you again."

Kagome smiled warmly and moved back a little to see the adorable fox.

"I'm glad to see you too."

Shippo smiled back and his mood changed as he jumped from Kagome's arms and changed into his pink balloon form, moving closer to Inuyasha's head.

"You did something right for once dog face!"

Inuyasha moved is face downward, clenching his hands tightly. He took his fist and punched Shippo away from him, causing Shippo going back to his original form and rubbing his head from the punch.

"HEY! THAT HURT!"

Kagome walked over to Shippo and crouched down to his side.

"You alright Shippo? Inuyasha!"

"Keh..."

Kagome grabbed Shippo in her arms and walked over to Inuyasha, him looking dumbfounded.

"Both of you...apologize."

The both blinked at each other and moved their heads away.

"Come on you guys..."

"I'm sorry." They both said in unison. Kagome then smiled and rested Shippo back.

"Now that we dealt with that, let's continue our search for the shards, okay?"

They both nodded in agreement and walked through the woods. Shippo looked at Kagome and Inuyasha curiously.

'I wonder...what happened while Inuyasha was in Kagome's time. They aren't mad at each other anymore like they were before. What exactly did he do...and what's with thing around Kagome's arm. Maybe she hurt herself...that's why she didn't come back for awhile. That makes sense...but what about Inuyasha? Hmm....guess I will have to find out the hard way.'

Shippo ran in front of Kagome and Inuyasha and held out his hand.

"HOLD IT!" He shouted out.

Kagome and Inuyasha both stopped in their tracks, first looking at each other and then back at him.

"Something the matter Shippo?" Kagome asked.

"What exactly happened between you two?"

"W-What do you mean?"

"I mean...you don't seem as mad as each other than before. I think something happened when Inuyasha went to your time and I want to know."

"Look fox, you told me to bring her back and I did. What are you complaining about now?!" Inuyasha shouted out in reply. Shippo only could think of one reason why he would react in such a way. He smirked and went up to Inuyasha's face.

"Inuyasha…YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH KAGOME!"

"Nani??"

"You love Kagome...admit it!" Shippo was amusing himself as he taunted Inuyasha, "Inu and Kagome sittin' in a tree...k-i-s-..."

Inuyasha slammed his fist onto Shippo, being annoyed and angry.

"CAN IT WILL YA?"

"Inuyasha! OSWAURI!"

Inuyasha's body slammed into the ground as Kagome went over to Shippo, while whispering 'sorry' as she passed him by.

"Ouch...you didn't have to hit me THAT hard."

"Shippo...what happened between me and Inuyasha is only between us, okay?"

Shippo only nodded in reply as Kagome began to speak once more, "I will tell you later on what happened. In the mean time, apologize for taunting."

Shippo looked away and only muttered his apologize. Kagome went over to Inuyasha and extended her hand to his, helping him back on his feet. She mouthed out 'sorry' and Inuyasha nodded and smiled slightly. They then continued to walk before the sun was beginning to set.

"We should set up camp now, it's getting dark." Inuyasha spoke up.

Everyone in the group agreed and looked around for awhile for a nice place to rest.

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Inuyasha jumped up in a tree branch looking at the crescent moon, it gave him time to think of himself. He then gazed at Kagome's form as her eyes gleamed into the fire. He slightly blushed at her sight and looked up back at the moon. His ears then twitched as he heard her soothing voice.

"Inuyasha?"

"Kagome?"

"I can't sleep, can I come and stay by you for awhile."

Inuyasha stood silent as he went down to Kagome and looked into her eyes. He had been lucky it was nighttime because his face was very red and his body felt hot as his heart beat faster with every second. She then laid down against the tree, taking hold on Inuyasha's hand and slowly pulling him down to her. Inuyasha laid his body with her as he slowly took hold of her, cradling her against him. He slowly began to speak to her.

"Kagome...I never thought I could feel this way again. I know I loved Kikyo before, but after she died...I thought I could never love again. I thought she was my only one, but you proved me wrong. When you go back to your time, when you aren't in my sight...I'm just half a soul. But when you are with me, I become one. I feel as if I was already full youkai or full human. You make me stronger and weaker at the same time. It feels right when I look into your eyes but yet makes me feel strange. Thank you for accepting me for who I am. I just wanted to tell you how much you mean to me and how this feeling I have for you will never go away."

He looked down at Kagome's resting form as she smiled lovingly hearing his words. It had calmed her and let her sleep peacefully. He planted a kiss onto her head and pulled her closer to him. He then took off the outer layer of his haori and gently placed it against Kagome, keeping her warm. He then let his eyes shut only to see images of her.

'Kagome...'

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A.N: To all the readers, I want to apologize for not writing this chapter so soon. I was going through one of my 'writer's block' and couldn't think of anything. So I had to think for some time and hopefully this chapter came out good. Again, I must say thanks so much for reading the story and I am grateful to know that you like it so much! as it good? Pretty good? Corny? Chapter 8 will be up soon (I hope) ..thanks for reading and see ya next time!

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