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Bring Sango in the picture... Will do!

I really love the show (without being an annoying, rabid, fan girl about it!) and hope that you like my little story here. [Little of course being an understatement!]

Disclaimer: I don't own them, (but I rule you!) I'm just borrowing them for a little while. Sorry if I spell any names wrong, but I'm pretty sure they're correct.

Summary: For the sake of all that is Inuyasha, the character's names will stay the same though the roles have changed. This is a KagxInu fic, and Kikyou will not be appearing, but there will be other conflicts, don't worry.

Author: SailorCreative [she is the one named sailor creative]

""this means talking, ' ' this means thoughts

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To Live by Love

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Scroll 4

Kagome noticed that the monk had long forgotten his duties and exited the room with one of the servants. 'At least I'm technically safer than I was.' She then caught the sinister gleam in the hanyou's eyes and trembled. 'Shall my blood be spilled in the hands of a hanyou or my honor stripped from me in the arms of a depraved monk? I shall die either way. Simply, and utterly die.'

Unconsciously she mouthed the final word, the thoughts burning into her mind as she replayed what she had foretold herself. Without thinking she grasped the jewel, somehow it soothed her, though she wasn't sure why. Why she had this strange and bizarre treasure, why the hanyou had saved her and most of all, why she felt the way she did. When she tried to think of it, she'd get confused and frustrated. She wasn't quite herself since the jewel fell into her possession.

She finally noticed that she was alone now, and then sighed under her breath. 'Maybe I'm wrong,' she tried to assure herself, 'Maybe there is some kindness in his heart. Maybe, I could find it...' She opened the door to find the moon hovering in the sky. The eerie glow emanating from the pure-white orb lightened up the darkened sky.

At last Kagome sucked in the frigid night air, and walked towards her room.

The entire time, she felt suspicious of being followed but tried to let what ever it was know she was aware of their presence. Finally when she had reached the door, she spun around and met with a golden pair of eyes reflecting her own.

"What are you doing?!" she demanded, her heart crashing against her rib cage. It wasn't enough that he tormented her thoughts, no; he too tormented her just by being there.

His reply came in the form of a kiss, his lips crushed against hers as he took her in his arms. Kagome was breathless and her eyes widened. An instant later her hand swooped around his arm to land on his cheek.

Startled he pushed her into the wall and she fell to her knees, clutching her arms as if to hold onto her soul that was trying to be snatched. "I am not some cheap harlot for you to push around and to have in bed!" she roared, her face flushing with color.

Inuyasha's ears twitched and he looked around. He signaled out Kagome's raging voice as he heard a strange sound heading in his direction.

Without further notice a gigantic boomerang came at him and he barely dodged its attack. Kagome had stopped yelling at the site and stood to see the attacker when the dust had settled.

"Next time, I won't miss," she muttered through the mask. Her eyes turned into slits until she shifted her attention to the princess. "Your father sent me, to protect you. It looks like I came just in time."

The woman walked toward then hanyou, who gripped his sword in both hands. "I don't know what happened, but be sure next time I'll kill you."

'Confident for a human,' he noted to himself. "What ever helps ya' sleep at night." A grin played on his face as she turned sharply and grunted.

"Come, Kagome, I will keep close watch over you."

Kagome blushed slightly as she was in awe of the woman's beauty. Her hair fell to her back and was in a high ponytail, her eyes lined with a maroon color, her auburn eyes smiling warmly at her.

Once inside, Kagome brushed her fingertips along her lips, remembering what had happened just moments ago, then realized that she had been completely ignoring her. "Who are you?" she finally blurted out.

"My name is Sango, I come from a long line of demon-slayers. Where is the monk, or has he failed to comply with the lordships' orders?" she asked, a single brow lifted. "You could say that," she replied nervously. The whole time her thoughts circled around that solitary moment when his lips were locked with hers.

"I see," Sango queried, "I'll go have to find him and straighten him out."

Kagome didn't linger on the subject and turned around bashfully as she started to undo her sash. After a moment Sango instinctively turned around. Finally she slipped out of her Kimono and laid it aside, then slipped under the covers. 'Why did he suddenly kiss me like that?'

She squeezed her eyes shut, as if to erase the memory from her mind, but the sting from the sheer force remained as a painful reminder. 'What am I to do,' she whispered to herself. She felt crumpled lying on the floor, the butterflies in her stomach fluttering needlessly and bounced against the walls.

Soon he was there again in the garden, and she in front of him. At first she felt terrified that she had been left alone with him, then realized in this dream she was in his arms, a flood of warmth washed over her from his eyes, calling to her. He rested his hand under her back and tilted her chin foreword with the other.

Her words were breathy as he drew her closer to him,

"Inuyasha..."

Before their lips could touch Kagome arose, one hand clutching one of her bed sheets, the other firmly holding the jewel, as if to cling on to life itself. The clouds had started to shift, partly covering the moon outside for the room became slightly darker.

Searching for Sango she had not found her and figured that she was outside standing guard when a glint of light caught her eye.

Kagome gulped and pulled the covers up to her neck. A bead of sweat trickled down her forehead and slid down her face. 'Someone's in my room.'

The pounding of her heart seemed to drown out any thought except one, "Who are you? What do you want?"

As if from the depths of darkness itself an outline of a man, and then the man himself was revealed.

Kagome screamed loudly as she searched for her kimono, "What are you doing in here?!" Within the next few seconds the door slammed open and Sango appeared with a candle. "What happened, are you okay?!"

"I don't know," Kagome whimpered, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. "If you laid so much as a finger on her-" Sango began.

"I haven't touched her at all!" he insisted, raising his hands up to defend himself from the assault. "She just woke up and started screaming before I could explain myself."

"If I find out you're lying to me not even your god can save you, monk. I've finished my rounds, you have my permission to leave," she grunted. "Next time, I'll report you."

He shook his head, "Sango, you know you're the only woman for me."

"OUT!" she barked and pointed to the door. Quickly he obeyed her order and closed the door behind her.

"You... know him?" she stuttered.

There was silence.

"You could say so. It'll be morning in a few hours, you still have some time to sleep."

"No, I don't think I can sleep after that."

"I don't blame you."

The two laughed, but it was brief. Sango left and stood outside while Kagome changed. 'That... degenerate lunatic!' Trying to sooth her anger she gently stroked the stone and breathed deeply.

'What if... what if my dream was trying to tell me something,' she pondered. 'What if I could make him...'

"Oh, what am I saying?!" she asked herself, hastily fastening the sash. 'He's a half-demon, it's not possible... It could never be.'

A long slender finger swept against her petal-soft lips once and drew away to open the sliding door.

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So long as school isn't being a major pain there shouldn't be huge lapses between each scroll. (Then again you never know) It was a lot of fun writing this chapter, and hopefully later on I'll be able to get Shippo involved too! (So many possibilities) Remember, I won't put up the next till I get at least a billion reviews! [I am kidding, you know... I don't think I could handle that much. XD] You know the number.