Sorry if the chap is soo short, but this is the chap where we get to see what Inu's response is gonna be! YAY!!

On with the story!

(Disclaimer: I wish.)

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I looked up into his golden eyes, I watched them flicker between different emotions. I prayed silently, hoping, wanting him not to turn me away, not to close his heart once again. I watched as his mouth opened and he was about to speak, his answer would either shatter me once again or fling me over the egde into love.

"Kagome," He said cupping my chin."I will never leave you again."

It took a bit for me to register what he had just told me, and when it did, tears of overflowing joy filled my eyes. "Oh, Inuyasha!" I cried once again but not out of pain, but out of love and happiness.

Before I knew it, our lips had connected in a passionate kiss. His lips, so soft, full and warm, I kissed him back with just as much intensity. We both drowned out our pain and heartbreak of the past, with just that one kiss.

We pulled apart, both grasping for air. Our eyes locked and we both fell into one one another's depths. I into gold and him into blue. We stayed like that for the rest of the night, just holding each other.

Sighing happily, I fell into dreamland with just two words in my ears. "Ai shiteru Kagome."

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I awoke the next morning in my room, I shot up from my bed, looking around for Inuyasham who wasn't there. My mind raced, what if he had left me?! What if he was just toying with me, just playing???

No, I have got to get a hold of myself, Inuyasha wouldn't leave me! Not after we had finally expressioned our feelings, not after what we went through.

I jumped from my bed, and almost colasped to the floor with my shaky, unsteady legs. I grabbed the corner of my desk to steady myself. I took in a slow breath before walking to my door.

I ran down the steps and didn't even say good morning to my family, I was intent of finding Inuyasha.

I ran to the well house and without even thinking if I had I had went feet first, jumped into the old dried well.

I looked up to see a clear blue sky and quickly scrambled up the vines. After slipping a few times I made it to the top. I fell out onto the ground.

"Oww." Sitting up and rubbing my head. I looked around and was hit by a flying fur ball.

"Kagome! You're back! I thought you left me forever!" The fur ball cried into my arms.

"Oh, Shippou, I could never leave you, you are my pup." I stroked his hair soothingly, hugging the little shaking kitsune close.

A tear ran down my cheek as it occurred to me that I had abandoned my pup when I ran from Kouga's. "I'm so sorry Shippou, for leaving you. I will never to it again, you will always be by myside, my son." I cried with him, thinking of all the things that could have happened to him while I was gone, dealing with my own heart breaking problems. Shippou had already been though more pain and heart break than I have been through, he lost his mother and his father, he was now an orphan.

And then when I came into his life, he got me as a mom, and I left him, letting him think I would never come back. I had broken his heart now. "So sorry, Shippou, I promise, as long as there is breath in my body I will never leave you alone and unprotected, I'll never leave you without a mother ever again." I whispered, and I knew I would forever keep my promise, this was one that I could never break.

We cried for a few minutes before looking at one another and smiling. "My boy, my boy!!" I said happily standing up and spinning around in circles with him in my arms. He laughed and I ruffled his hair affectionately.

We walked the rest of the way to the villiage in bright spirits.

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A review response to Fred, from Aff.net:

Well, I'm not going to go into the detailed response I wrote earlier. To get to the point, this is fanfic world, the fanfic doesn't have to follow the series word for word, and personalities identical to the anime and/or manga ones. Yes, it is good to keep from going too OOC, but this is Fanfic world, anything can happen here, it's all up to the author(s).