Summary: A rather funny (in my opinion) about what happens when Kagome drags Inuyasha to the future for her little brother's birthday party, and Souta's birthday present is - a puppy! HAHA! There's fluff in here and InuKag pairings! READ!!!

Disclaimer - I don't own Inuyasha...-sniffle-

Chapter Four- The Talk -

Later that night, after all the family left, Kagome and her mother were cleaning the house up, Inuyasha having ducked outside to hide in the tree and refusing to come down short of Kagome sitting him. "So what is going on between you and Inuyasha now, Kagome?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Um…I really don't know. I mean he kissed me earlier and everything, but…I just thought he was in love with someone else." Kagome replied.
"Well, dear, from my vantage point, it has always looked like Inuyasha was in love with you, whether he realized it or not. And now, maybe he has finally realized it. "
"But, I mean, what if I am just a replacement for the other girl? I mean, we do sort of look like." (Author's note: I don't know if Kagome's mom knows about Kikyo and everything, so I just made it that she didn't.)
"Well, honey, if it is bothering you so much, I think you should go talk to Inuyasha. We're almost done here, so I can finish this up myself. Why don't you go find him?" Kagome smiled at her Mom and set the trash bag down.
Kagome was just about to pull open the front door when Souta ran up, his puppy squirming in his arms. "Hey, Kagome," he said. "Do you think Inuyasha would be insulted or anything if I named my puppy after him?"
Kagome laughed. "Well, knowing him, most likely," she said, but when she saw the disappointed look on his face, she added, "But I will ask him anyways, okay?" Souta's face lit back up and he nodded. Kagome gave the pup a quick pat and walked into the cool night air, heading for Inuyasha's tree.
Inuyasha looked up when he smelled Kagome's scent on the air. 'If she is coming out here to make me go clean, I swear…' he thought, but he didn't really mean it. He actually wanted to talk to her, but he was too nervous. He stood up and leapt down onto the lowest branch of the tree and waited for her to come. He saw her walking towards him through the darkness and once again, his mind wandered back to the kiss they shared on her bed.
"Inuyasha…INUYASHA!! Earth to Inuyasha! Hello?" Kagome shook her head, bewildered at Inuyasha's strange behavior. He was just sitting there on the lowest branch of his tree staring off into the distance like she wasn't even there. "Sit boy!" she yelled, sending the hanyou plummeting into the ground.
"Hey! What the fuck was that for, bitch!?!? I didn't even do anything this time!!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping up when the spell wore off.
"You were ignoring me." Kagome calmly replied.
"Oh, I was…I didn't even realize you were there. I was…um…thinking." He replied, jumping back up into the tree, in a bad mood now that he had been sat. "What do you want anyway?"
"I need to talk to you…about, well, about us. Can you come down here?" Inuyasha jumped down out of the tree and placed his arm around her waist.
"Why don't you come up?" he said and jumped up into the tree, setting Kagome down on a branch about halfway up the tree and settling himself on the branch just above.
"Well, Inuyasha…I just…I want to know what is going on. I mean, I thought you were in love with Kikyo and everything…" Kagome stammered out, not quite sure how to make her point.
Inuyasha dropped down to her branch and sat down in front of her. "No, Kagome," he said gently. "I thought you would've realized by now…but then again, how could you? I only figured it out myself a few days ago. I don't love Kikyo, and I know now that I never did. She was the only person who didn't shun me for being a hanyou back then. Everywhere I went, everyone called me a half-breed or a freak, humans and demons alike, but Kikyo, she didn't. She wanted to change me, to help me and to help herself, and at the time I wanted to change. But now…I don't want to change anymore. Now, I have you, and I never would've thought that someone like you would accept me for being what I am. And not only you, but Sango, and Miroku, and even that damn Shippo, you all accept me for what I am." Inuyasha left off, looking at the ground.
"So, what are you trying to say, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes.
"I'm trying to say, Kagome, that I love you. Not Kikyo, you. And I don't want the Shikon Jewel anymore because I don't want to become a full demon. I want to stay just the way I am, so I can be with you and protect you. "
"Oh, Inuyasha, I love you too!" Kagome threw herself into Inuyasha's arms. "I was always too scared to tell you because I thought you still loved Kikyo." Kagome buried herself into Inuyasha's strong arms. He cupped her chin in his hand and turned her face up to his.
"You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that." And with that, Inuyasha leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips.
After a while, Kagome pulled away from Inuyasha. "Oh yeah, Souta wanted me to ask you something." Inuyasha looked at her questioningly. "He wants to name his new puppy after you. He wanted me to ask you if you would be offended or not."
Inuyasha rubbed his hands together, a plot forming in his head. "No, I wouldn't mind a bit. In fact, that would be perfect, now that I think about it."
Kagome saw the look on Inuyasha's face and the mischievous glint in his eyes, and wondered if it would be better to tell Souta that Inuyasha had said no, but when she remember the sad look he had given her, she decided to let it go. Inuyasha couldn't do much anyway, as they were going back through the well the next morning.
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome by the waist again and jumped lightly out of the tree, heading for her room to get some much needed sleep. On the way, Kagome stopped in Souta's room to tell him that Inuyasha had said yes.
A few minutes later, Kagome was sitting at her desk, trying to work on some homework and Inuyasha was playing with the stereo when the door creaked open and a cascade of little yelps came from the floor. Kagome looked over and saw Souta's puppy, which Souta had dubbed Yasha for short (and for while Inuyasha was there to spare much confusion), rolling over on the floor. Inuyasha looked up from the stereo and swiveled his ears forward towards the puppy. Kagome pushed her chair back and reached for the pup, but Inuyasha got there first, carefully picking the him off the floor. "I guess go take it back to Souta's room, Inuyasha." Kagome sighed, turning back to her schoolwork.
But Inuyasha shook his head. "No, I think I am going to play with it for a while. A pup is much more fun to play with than that damn cat of yours." Inuyasha gave Kagome a lopsided grin and sat down on the floor beneath the window, playing with the puppy.
Ten minutes later, Kagome realized that the room was really quiet and the puppy had stopped squeaking a while ago. Turning around she saw Yasha sitting calmly in front of Inuyasha, looking him in the eye with rapt attention, and Inuyasha was, upon closer listening, growling low in his throat.
"Inuyasha, what are you doing? Why are you growling at your namesake?" Kagome laughed.
"What?" Inuyasha looked up. "I'm not doing anything. I'm just talking to it." Inuyasha replied, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Talking to it? You can talk to dogs, Inuyasha?"
"Of course…dog, dog-demon. It's really not that far of a stretch. I could even talk this way to the damn wolf Kouga, not that I would ever want to. This is how pack-mates communicate with each other." Inuyasha resumed his growling, the puppy now rolling over and showing the white on its stomach, yelping back in reply. Kagome smiled at the pup's antics and returned to her homework. After about an hour, Kagome looked back over to the dogs and nearly fell out of her chair.
Yasha was sleeping in Inuyasha's lap, and Inuyasha, for intents and purposes, appeared to be sleeping, though Kagome seriously doubted he actually was. Kagome cleared her throat quietly, and Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, turning his head to look at her. "Come on, let's go to sleep," she whispered. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at her, but carefully moved the sleeping puppy off his lap and stood up. He followed Kagome into her bed after shutting the lights out.
"Kagome…" he whispered.
"Hmm?" came the mumbled reply.
"Will you be my mate, Kagome?"
Kagome rolled over to look Inuyasha in the face. His eyes were wide with expectation, and filled with his love for her. Kagome smiled. "Of course I will be, Inuyasha." A tear rolled down her cheek, but Inuyasha leaned over and kissed it away. He tenderly trailed kisses down her neck till he reached just above the shoulder. Barely moving his lips from her skin, he said, "I'm going to make you mine." Then he carefully bit down on her neck.
He could feel her wince, but she relaxed almost instantly as Inuyasha licked the wound. It quickly stopped bleeding and Inuyasha laid back down a gathered her into his arms. "Now you're all mine…forever."
Kagome snuggled closer, whispering into his chest, "I wouldn't have it any other way."
The next morning, Kagome packed her yellow backpack with medical supplies and food and extra clothing, including a few boxes of Fruit Loops in addition to the ramen at Inuyasha's request. She knew Inuyasha was already downstairs plowing through the last dregs of the cereal in the kitchen, so she hurried to finish packing and get Inuyasha out of the house before he could eat all the food in the entire house.
After a short battle, and a well-placed 'sit', Inuyasha and Kagome were walking towards the well, ready to go back to the Feudal Era. "Hey, Inuyasha," Kagome spoke up. "Exactly what did you talk about with Yasha last night?"
"Oh, well nothing really. I just told him to behave himself, and made sure he knew his place in the pack,…and to terrorize that damn cat in my absence."
"WHAT?!?!" As if on cue, at that moment a loud puppy bark came from the house, followed by the loud screech of a cat and a Buyo-colored streak running past the pair into the temple. Inuyasha laughed loudly and Kagome just shook her head as they walked up to the well, and together, jumped back in time.

-The End-

Author's Note - Well, sadly, that is the end of my tale. I had tons of fun writing it, and I hope you guys all had fun reading it. Thanks for all the reviews, I love every single on of them. Oh, and I don't really know if Inuyasha could talk to dogs, but the idea was just o good to leave out, ne? LOL. Well, bye everybody!