~*~You Stole My Heart~*~

A/N: Let's see..about 1-2 more chapters left after this.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, so don't sue me.

Chapter 29: She's Back!

Sango gasped and whipped around.

"Kagome!" she cried and hugged her best friend's legs.

"What's this?" Ayame asked in the microphone. "Kagome Higurashi is here!"

"Higurashi is HERE?" Kikyo screeched. She turned towards Naraku and screwed up her face. "This is all your fault!"

"How is it my fault?" he protested.

"You should have done something worse!"

"I'm already a criminal! A murderer. Isn't that worse enough?"

"No," Kikyo sneered and stomped back to her position.

*****

"Kagome, you're back!" Sango sobbed. "I thought you were going to move."

"I thought so to," Kagome smiled. "But someone convinced my mom to reconsider her decision."

She smiled warmly at Inu Yasha. He blushed.

"Kagome, thank goodness you're here!" Miroku took her hands. "We're tied."

"Miroku," Kagome said slowly. "LET GO OF ME!"

Miroku dropped her hands quickly.

"That's a good boy," she smirked. "Okay. Let's do some serious whooping to Team B. Why? Because we're Team A, number one!"

*****

"Higurashi is now in the game!" Ayame said excitedly.

"Yo, Kikyo," Kagome shouted. "Are you ready to lose?"

"In your dreams, Higurashi!" Kikyo hissed.

"Humph," Kagome snorted. She threw the ball high up into the air and whacked it over the net. Kikyo screamed. "What a wuss."

Bounce. The ball hit Kikyo's side.

"3 points, Team A."

"Kikyo!" Yura said angrily. "Why do you always have to be scared of the ball when Higurashi throws the ball over? Huh? We're going to lose if you scream every single time a ball flies over the net!"

"Shut up," Kikyo whined.

"Kikyo," Kouga yelled. "Do you want Naraku and I to switch with you and Yura?"

Kikyo fumed, "No! I'm the best, so I'm in the front! I could even beat them without you three!"

"Slut," Yura gritted.

"Bitch," Kouga scowled.

"Wench," Naraku growled.

*****

"Last match!" Ayame screeched through the microphone.

Squeak! Everyone covered their ears again.

"There are three rounds in the last match," Ms. Kaede called out. "Begin!"

Kagome stood patiently in the front with Sango while Inu Yasha stood a distance behind her and Miroku a distance behind Sango. Kikyo, still in the front with Yura, served. The ball flew over to Miroku. He whacked it to Kagome. With one punch from her, the ball flew over the net.

BAM

The ball hit Kikyo's side.

"If we don't score a point next round, we'll lose this whole competition!" Yura stomped her foot. "But you think you can do everything yourself, Kikyo! Stop being a hog."

"I am not a hog," Kikyo said coolly. "I-we'll score in the next round, don't worry."

Kagome served. It flew towards Yura. She was about to hit it back when..

PUSH. Yura tumbled to the ground. Kikyo sent the ball flying over to Sango. Sango missed.

"BOTH TEAMS ARE TIED! LAST ROUND!"

"What'd you do that for?" Yura hissed. "I could have hit it back myself!"

"Could not!" Kikyo argued and took the ball from Kagome.

"Who will win?" Ayame jumped up and down.

Kikyo served. The ball flew over to Inu Yasha. He pounded it to Miroku. Miroku passed it to Kagome. Kagome whacked it to Sango.

"Come on, Sango!" Kagome encouraged her while the ball was still high up in the air. "You can do it!"

Sango looked nervously at the ball and watched it drop down towards her. She took one look at Yura and her eyes flared.

"TAKE THIS!" she hollered and punched it over with all her strength. The ball became a blur and zoomed over to Kikyo's side. Yura squeaked as it came towards her.

*Bounce* The ball hit the ground.

Silence.

"TEAM A WINS!" Ayame shouted. "INU YASHA, MIROKU, SANGO, AND KAGOME ARE THE TOP VOLLEYBALL TEAM!"

The class cheered.

Kikyo wailed. Yura, Kouga, and Naraku stared angrily at her.

Kagome ran over to Sango and gave her a big hug.

"You did it!" she grinned.

"Thank you, Kagome," Sango whispered. "Thank you."

"Sango," Kagome said more seriously. "You need to go to the nurse."

"I'll take her!" Miroku piped up behind her. Sango slung an arm around his shoulder and he held her up.

"Just let me rest for a few minutes," she told him. He nodded.

Kagome smiled at them.

"Kagome."

She turned around.

"Hi, Inu Yasha," she said shyly. He pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I'm glad you're back," he murmured against her ear. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thank you, Inu Yasha," she whispered. "For asking my mom to reconsider her decision."

He kissed her in reply. She closed her eyes and deepened it. Sango and Miroku stared at them the whole entire time.

"Did something happen between them while we weren't with them?" Sango asked.

"Yup," Miroku replied.

*****New Year's Day, January 1, Sunday*****

Kagome sighed as she rested her head on the couch.

"I'm bored," she murmured. Her mother had gone off to another shrine nearby to help with a New Year's Day festival and Souta was at his friend's house for a party and sleepover. They wouldn't return until tomorrow.

DING! DONG!

She got up from the couch and walked over to the door.

"Oh, hey!" Kagome smiled.

"Hi to you too," Inu Yasha looked around behind her. "It's quiet."

"I know," Kagome said wearily and closed the door after he stepped inside. She walked back to the couch in the livingroom. He followed her and took a seat beside her.

"So, what are you watching?" Inu Yasha asked.

"The news," Kagome answered.

He chuckled, "You have got to be kidding me."

"Then what do you want to do?" she asked, annoyed.

"This," he smiled mischievously and locked her lips with his. She giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him back. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and nibbled her bottom lip. She moaned. Laughter rumbled in his throat. His tongue swept across her mouth, begging for passage. She opened her mouth and their tongues met. They broke apart for air and then kissed each other again.

Kagome sighed and pulled back.

"What is it?" Inu Yasha mumbled as he trailed kisses down her neck. She replied, "Nothing."

Their lips met again. Inu Yasha's hands crept up her back, underneath her shirt. A wondrous shiver went up her spine.

'Her skin is so soft,' Inu Yasha thought.

'My turn,' Kagome thought with a smile. She dropped down one of her arms from his neck and trailed her fingers down his well toned chest underneath his t-shirt. She felt him grin against her mouth. Inu Yasha deepened the kiss. Kagome groaned softly.

DING! DONG!

The two pulled apart and panted.

DING! DONG!

Kagome and Inu Yasha both got up and walked over to the door and Kagome opened it.

"Happy New Year!" Sango exclaimed. She gave them both a Sango-hug. Miroku just waved to them behind her.

"So," Miroku said suspiciously. "What HAVE you two been doing while we weren't here?"

Inu Yasha and Kagome blushed.

"Nothing," they lied.

"Uh huh," Miroku snorted. Sango jabbed him in the ribs.

"Shut up!" she scolded him. "Stop being perverted!"

"I'm sorry, Sango-dear," Miroku replied innocently.

"Whatever."

*****

"Did you hear that Kikyo was ditched by her friends?" Sango asked.

Kagome shook her head.

"It's true," Miroku nodded.

"She deserves it then," Inu Yasha pointed out.

"Very true," Sango agreed. "Since the day her team lost the volleyball competition, Yura was mad at her and spreaded bad rumors about her, and it's still going on. Kouga and Naraku are spreading bad rumors about her too, so bad, that all of Kikyo's friends left her. And guess what?"

"What?" Kagome asked.

"Kikyo told a rumor about Naraku," Sango whispered to her friends. "No one knows if it's true or not though."

"What is it?"

"Kikyo says that Naraku was the one who killed your grandfather," Sango said softly.

"Naraku-killed my grandpa?"

"It all fits in what happened on Monday. Naraku was absent, remember? I asked Kouga and Yura about this and they said that he told them too, besides Kikyo. He probably DID kill your grandpa."

"I'm calling the police," Kagome stood up.

"Don't," Sango shook her head. "He's already arrested. After the competition, Kikyo's friends left her. Kouga and Naraku were really mad at her. Kikyo got angry and started telling everyone after gym class what Naraku said to her. While I was at the nurse, I saw Naraku pass by, hand- cuffed and followed by police officers, Ms. Takahashi, and Ms. Kaede. I heard something about a knife and Naraku having 'the same fingerprints'."

"So it IS Naraku?" Kagome asked.

"I suppose so. Naraku was stupid too. He didn't even wear gloves. I heard him screaming down the hall that he just wanted to make Kikyo happy by making you miss the competition so you couldn't play & beat her. That's why he stabbed your grandfather, so that you would have to go to your grandpa's funeral and miss school and all that stuff."

"At least we found out who killed my grandfather," Kagome sighed sadly.

"Anyways," Sango changed the subject. "What college are you going to next year?"

"Tokyo University."

Inu Yasha, Miroku, and Sango smiled widely.

"What?" Kagome demanded.

"Nothing," Sango answered. "It's just that..the three of us are going there too."

A/N: YAY! One more chapter to go until the sequel! Well, I told you there would be a lot of fluff in the last chapters. It's to make up for all the other previous chapters that didn't have inu/kag fluff. Review! Review! Review! ^_^