Sorry this chapter took so long to come out! I got a little writers block, and I had to reboot my computer so I couldn't write anything without losing it. Plus, my friend had an IY party! Yay! That was fun. Anyways, this chapter's finally out. Here you go!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha's not mine… But Miroku soon will be… -evil laugh-

One Last Chance

Chapter 6- Together

Kagome looked up into his face as they hit the bottom of the well. "Inuyasha?" she repeated, this time a little bit louder. Inuyasha stared right back at her, a gentle look crossing his face. 'She was coming back to us…' Kagome kept looking into the depths of his amber pools. They were filled with regret, hurt, sorrow, love… She shook her head, her mind had to be playing tricks on her.

"What are you doing Inuyasha?" 'Why would you possibly be coming to my time…' Inuyasha looked to the ground. "Kagome…" 'Damn it, now this won't be so easy… I'm just so happy to see her though, I have to tell her before she decides to stay here…' "Um… Inuyasha?" Kagome stopped mid-sentence as Inuyasha reached out and wrapped her in a hug. "Kagome… I thought you were never coming back…" Kagome blinked. 'I was going to tell him… But how?' Tears began to well up in her eyes. "I had no intention that you wanted me to come back…" she whispered shaking her head.

"No… no Kagome, don't cry." Kagome gasped as she was pulled closer towards him. Somewhere she had always wanted to be… where Kikyo always was. She tried to fight back the tears, but failed. Sobbing into his chest, she allowed him to comfort her, even though it was him that had been causing the pain for so long. Inuyasha's arms tightened around her. Surprised, Kagome looked up, stopping her tears for a moment. When they began to flow again, Inuyasha wiped them away, gazing into her eyes. His voice came full of sorrow and guilt, "Kagome… Please stop crying." Gazing into his violet eyes, she hiccupped, but her tears stopped.

"Inuyasha? Why are you here?" His eyes glistened in the dim light of the well. Kagome shivered slightly in the cool night air, but shook it off. "Kagome I-" Inuyasha began to say, but cut himself off, and stooped his head down and kissed Kagome lightly.

Kagome froze in shock at Inuyasha's actions. 'Did he just kiss me?' She finally shook herself out of her shock and kissed him back, something she had always wanted to do, but… Kikyo had always been the one to deprive her of having Inuyasha. She tensed at the name, but soon relaxed in the hanyou's arms.

Inuyasha broke the kiss and pulled back. "Kagome…" he whispered softly. All he'd been able to say since they'd bumped into each other in the well was her name. He gazed down into her eyes, trying to think of what to say. When he finally thought of something to say though, she spoke up.

"Inuyasha… I… Why- What about… Kikyo?…" the words tumbled out of her mouth, it was nothing like she'd been planning to say to him, but she couldn't help it. She was confused… Hadn't he just shattered her heart the other day? And now here they were, sitting in the bottom of the well…

Inuyasha tensed up at hearing the name, he hadn't wanted to bring the subject of Kikyo up… But there really was no way of avoiding it. He reached out and pulled Kagome against him again and held her tightly, as if she might disappear if he let go. "She means nothing to me now… Kagome… Please forgive me… for being so blind." He loosened his grip in order to gaze down into her eyes. 'Kami, I love her eyes…'

Kagome could feel the tears welling up in her eyes, she knew it wasn't easy for Inuyasha to do what he was doing, especially because of how she had acted towards him, showing no signs of forgiveness. She nodded her head and buried her face in his red robes. 'Kagome…' Inuyasha once again said her name, but only to himself, and wrapped his arms tightly around the schoolgirl's figure and held her. 'I won't hurt you again… Not ever, and I promise to never let anyone hurt you either.'

Kagome and Inuyasha sat together in the well for a good hour before the sun finally rose and Inuyasha could easily get out of the well. Climbing onto his back Kagome smiled to herself, she finally had the one thing she had always wanted. "I'm just going to get some food, clothes, and medical supplies for us and then we can go back alright?" she whispered, it was still early morning, and everyone was still asleep, so she had to be quick, and quiet. She ran up to her room and grabbed her yellow bag and started throwing changes of clothes into it, then headed towards the bathroom to get medical supplies.

Inuyasha leaned against the wall with his arms crossed on top of his chest, giving him a 'bad boy' look. He watched Kagome as she quickly moved down the hallway with her bag, kami, he hadn't noticed how much he really cared about her. "Come on, Inuyasha!" Kagome's voice called from the bottom of the stairs waking him from his stupor. He leapt down the stairs to where Kagome was standing, struggling with her bag, which had tripled it's usual size. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, "How long are you planning on staying with us?" Kagome smiled at him, "Oh, a while…" She then again had to grip her bag tighter and hoist it up onto her shoulders. "Here," Inuyasha offered holding out his hand to take the bag from her. Kagome smiled gratefully and handed it to him, since when had he been this helpful to her? They walked out to the wellhouse a bit awkwardly and jumped into the well. When they finally came out of the well, they kept walking in an awkward silence, until Inuyasha reached out and wrapped an arm around Kagome… Then the silence wasn't so awkward. 'Thank kami I gave it one last chance…'

THE END

Ok… so there you go. I'm sorry that chapter took so long to come out! I got into kind of a slump. But now that this is done, I'm either going to start working on Half and Half again. (finally) Or I'll start writing a new ficcy I've got stuck in my mind. It's called Fate's Curse, and it's all about when Miroku was a kid, struggling with the wind tunnel. - Please review and tell me how you liked the ending!

-Mari