A/N: Yo! S'me, I'm back, but I doubt I'll be able to finish this chapter before I leave for the weekend, so you won't be reading this until probably Monday. With that said, let's get to the fic!

Disclaimer: ... *runs away*

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Kinetics:

Track 14: Drifting

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Inuyasha smiled as he flipped over the yellowy mass of egg, cheese and vegetables. Omelettes were his favourite breakfast food.

As he put her plate down on the table, he took a moment to silently admire Kagome. Her face, her form, her smile... to him it could all be summed up in one word. Angelic.

Kagome began to blush under his intense gaze. She glanced up at him, and smiled as he too began to blush and look away. It seemed funny to her, that even after last night, they were both still so innocent. She shrugged a little and took a bite of her omelette, Damn this was good!

Inuyasha went back over to the stove and began to make his own breakfast blob. As he was working, he began to feel a peace wash over him. He began singing, "I been drifting, for years it seems, but now you've come along, to rescue me, and the fog is lifting, we got the moon and the stars above..."

"Funny... but somehow, I think you got that one the other way around," Kagome said, giggling.

"What ever do you mean?"

"Nothing, nothing..." she smiled, giving him a soft glance.

Inuyasha shrugged. He had a feeling he knew what she meant, but... it was hard to put in words, exactly. Smiling, he sat down across from her. They sat, gazing into each other's eyes for a while, occasionally taking a bite. But for the most part, they were just happy to be with one another. After a few minutes, Inuyasha asked, "So... what do you want to do today?"

"Sleep?"

"Hmm.... that might just work..." he said, putting the dishes in the dishwasher. "Race you!" he called as he streaked down the hall and towards his bedroom.

"Hey, no fair!" Kagome called, running after him, "You got a head start!"

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Five hours later, and they were still in bed, laying in each others arms. Kagome slept peacefully, snuggling up to the young man next to her. Inuyasha was awake, however, thinking about things that hadn't been on his mind since last night. He wondered how Shippou would take the news...

And that led him down another dark path of thought. Was there really any news? I mean, sure, they had shared the same bed, and she had said she loved him... but...

He shook himself. How much confirmation did he need? He loved her, and she loved him, and that was that. But still... he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. As though this were some cosmic joke of a dream, and he would wake up and find everything laughing. Isolation does that to a person.

He felt a slight shiver that was not his own, and wrapped the large comforter tighter around Kagome's sleeping form. And to think, he pretty much owed all of this to 17 tequilas.

Glancing over at the clock, he saw that it was nearly 2:30. He groaned, deciding it was time to wake up his angel. He shook her gently, whispering, "C'mon angel, time to wake up. People will be coming home soon."

Yawning loudly, Kagome stretched her arms around Inuyasha and hugged him fiercely. "Mmnnngfhl..." she mumbled into his neck. "That was fun..." she said sleepily, "now what do you wanna do?"

"Well," he said thoughtfully, "wanna go to the movies or something? Just hang around town?"

"Hmm... I like the hanging around idea. So where you wanna go, lover boy?"

Inuyasha blushed. God she was so sexy when she was tired! "Err... well... It's about lunch time... why don't we check out Romano's?"

"Hmmm... sounds good to me," she said, slinking back into a half-sleeping state. She yawned again and stretched as he stood, pulling on a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt. She walked up in front of him, moving in lazy, drunken circles, and hugged him tightly, holding on to the last gasp, the last grope of their closeness. And they both wanted to just stay like that forever.

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Laughing as he walked down the street, Kagome beside him, Inuyasha felt at ease. Right now... he felt he was in another place, an alternate existence in which all of his hardships didn't apply. It was good a good feeling, but, that small, doubtful, paranoid part of him was constantly trying to remind him that the only place to go from here was down. He shrugged it off though. I his entire life, he had found pessimism a waste of time. Best to keep yourself cool and collected...

Kinda like James Bond.

He pushed all that out of his head, welcoming the feeling as he turned to face Kagome. He wondered what she was thinking about...

Meanwhile, Kagome had none of her partner's concerns. On the contrary, her head was humming with a different feeling. Worry. What would her mother say if she found out. No, no, she'd find out eventually, somehow. The question was when she found out.

Kagome sighed, and noticed Inuyasha's stare. She blushed, but turned to gaze back. God, how she loved his eyes... They were so open and revealing. She felt that if she ever needed to know something, she could just look in his eyes and there it'd be.

Now, his eyes were shining with a childlike curiosity, and she was sure he was thinking about her... She leaned over and kissed his cheek, and whispered, "We'll talk about it later," before kissing him again and giggled, running down the street towards Romano's.

He was a little unsure of what she meant at first, but decided things must be alright if she was happy. He smiled, and ran off after her, laughing a little.

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They stood, leaning on each other for support as they caught their breath outside. Inuyasha couldn't recall better times... well, maybe there was that one time when... nope, not quite.

Inuyasha nearly doubled over in laughter as he saw the message posted on the window. "Come in and eat, or we'll both starve!" It had to be the greatest marketing campaign ever...

After a few deep breaths, he hooked his arm through Kagome's ad walked in the diner. In one corner, splitting a pizza, were two teenagers, one blonde-haired and the other brown-haired. The sat, saying something about pipers and Propellerhead's Reason 2.0 and some guy named Hans. It was all very scary...

Kagome froze as she spotted someone else in the room. Sango... And today was going really well too...

Inuyasha felt Kagome stiffen, and turned to find out what had bothered her. He felt the annoyance before he saw the faces, and recognized Miroku, his face stern, and Sango...

"Err... you wanna... go somewhere else?"

"Yeah, that'd be great," Kagome answered, releasing a breath she hadn't noticed she was holding.

As they walked away, Inuyasha turned to her and said, "I feel kinda bad now, for starving those poor employees."

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Kagome was still laughing as Miroku caught up to them. After a short exchange of pleasantries, they departed again. Kagome was feeling better now, and smiled softly as she noticed the shade of concern in the amber pools beside her. "So," she said, the cheery tone in her voice making that shade disappear, "where do ya want to go?"

"Hmm... home would be fun, if there weren't people there... how about the mall?"

"Sounds good to me..." she answered, a slightly seductive tone entering her voice. She giggled at his blush and leaned on his shoulder. Life was so much more fun now.

But still, she did have her regrets...

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Inuyasha smiled across the table to Kagome, listening intently as she told him about Souta, her brother, who was attending St. John's Military Academy in Wisconsin.

"Seems like a long way to go to study for the Military..."

"Yeah, but he loves it there. He'll probably go on to West Point pretty soon, so he'll be a little bit closer to home."

"That's cool... West Point... that's crazy."

"Yeah, we have high hopes for him. Mom thinks he'll be a great General someday."

"Yeah... you must really care a lot about your family..."

"Yeah, well, it's one of the most important things in my life, I guess. How about you? What about your family?"

"Well..." the sadness from before crept back into his eyes, "My mom died when I was 5... some weird activist hit, and I was the target. My dad was pretty shook up for a while... he always took time aside to make sure I was alright though. I dunno, I think my closest family member is my brother, even if he is only half. He's... well... I look up to him, a lot."

"Wow... it must be really hard, being you..."

"You don't even know..."

She moved over to hug him, and sat on his lap. "It's alright now though... I'll keep you safe and warm..."

Inuyasha blushed. This was all very embarrassing, but it made him feel... good. He noticed a salty smell in the air. He pulled back and looked at her, and saw the tears rolling gently down her cheek.

"What's wrong?" he asked, concern pervading the air, "did I do something wrong?"

"Promise me... that you won't be sad anymore, k?" she sniffled.

"I promise, I promise... but why are you sad?"

"Because, I don't want you to be sad..."

"Shhh... it's alright. I'm not sad anymore? See? Now c'mon, smile for me."

She wiped her eyes, and tried her best at giving him a smile.

"I love it when you smile, you know..."

She blushed. There was a suave, sexy glint in his eyes...

Goodness knows what would have happened if Inuyasha hadn't noticed Shippou opposite the food court. "Would you excuse me for a few minutes? There's someone I hafta talk to..." he said, getting up as Kagome nodded.

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Shippou smiled as he talked to the man behind the counter. Looks like he had come to the right place...

He eyed a nice Motorola flip-phone that was covered by the plan he wanted. 900 any-time minutes and free nights and weekends... it would be perfect. Affordable too... his poor-assed data banking job would be able to cover it.

He smiled as he walked out of the store, and noticed Inuyasha walking his way. He thought about what Miroku had said the night before, and went to greet him with a smile. "Hello, Inu!"

"Hiyo, Shippou!"

"Funny seeing you here..."

"Yeah, I was just sharing a pizza, with, umm... Kagome..."

"Really? Cool," Shippou said. He was kind of happy for his friend... for some reason, the idea of Inuyasha and Kagome sounded good to him. "I just bought a cell-phone, so I can keep in touch with... someone..."

Inuyasha quirked a brow. "Who?"

"Someone I met in California..."

Inuyasha evaluated his options. He could A). run around screaming "Shippou's got a girlfriend!" and embarrass the living hell out of both of them, or B). let it go for now. He decided to follow course B... besides, there'd be plenty of time for A later...

"Cool, that's good. Well, I don't wanna keep Kagome waiting, so, I'll see you around. Hey, you me and Miroku gotta hang out together sometime soon, considering it is Christmas Vacation this week."

"Yeah, that'd be cool. Well... see ya!"

Shippou watched Inuyasha wander off before smiling, and dialing a number he knew all too well. "Hey babe, guess what?"

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Inuyasha sighed as he helped Kagome pop the screen off of her window from the branches of the tree outside it. "So, err, this is the part where we say goodbye..."

"I guess so..." she replied.

"Well... call me, you know, if you wanna hang our tomorrow or something."

"Will do..."

She watched him from inside her room as he climbed down the tree. Just as he was about to leave, she called out to him, "Err, you know... my Mom's not supposed to be back until tomorrow afternoon..."

He looked up at her. Even from this distance, she could make out the glint in his eyes, "Oh, you dirty, dirty girl you!" he said, racing up the tree again.

"Look who's talking," she half-moaned once he was in her room. She threw herself upon him, planting kisses all over him. Just as she was about to remove his shirt, he stopped her.

"Kagome... what exactly are we? I mean, are we lover's, boyfriend girlfriend, a casual fling?"

"Why are you asking? I thought it was rather obvious..."

"What?"

"That we're soul-mates, silly!" she said, throwing herself upon him again.

And he had no more questions.

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A/N: Yay! More cutesy-ness! I know there was some stuff left out at parts... but that's co'z of my other fic, Lost Prophet! It's the semi-awaited companion fic to this, that I had planned on calling St. Patrick's Day. Why the change? Read to find out!

So yeah, I'll pretty much be working this and Lost Prophet off of each other. You won't have to read both, but I think it'd be better if people did. That's all I really hafta say for now...