Disclaimer I do not own Inuyasha or anything that relates to Inuyasha.

A/N Well, here I am again...umm sorry for not updating for like a year? BUT! I do have a good reason! My Word Processor was not working at all, so I've been saving money to buy new software. And I finally got it. Today actually. And I installed it as soon as I got it, just so that I could update. So anyways, this chapter is kind of depressing at first, then really it turns sweet and slightly limey. So I think that y'all will like it. Have fun and thanks for waiting! Ja!

Revelations

By: Ali B.

Part 3: Of Beauties and Team Work

Kagome decided to take a walk when she and Inuyasha had finished talking. There were so many things to think about. Now that she had made her feelings known to Inuyasha, Kagome felt as if a great weight was lifted off of her shoulders.
She no longer had a sense of fear every time she spoke to him. She had always been afraid that she would let something of her feelings slip and she would loose Inuyasha forever. Thank the gods that she never had to feel that way again. Kagome knew now that Inuyasha accepted and returned her feelings. There was nothing left to fear.

Kagome marveled at the beauty of the day. She wondered if it had always been so peaceful in Inuyasha's Forest, or if it was ever more spectacular because she was so happy.

As Kagome continued to walk in her dreamy state, she failed to notice the dark shadow that loomed behind her. A pair of angry eyes watched her intently and followed her every move unblinking. Suddenly a swishing noise sounded, knocking Kagome out of her whimsical phase. She turned at the sound and saw a glowing arrow zooming towards her.

Kagome let out a small squeak and jumped out of the way. But it was too late, the arrow pierced her calf as she dove away. The time she didn't squeak, she full out screamed bloody-murder as the pain seared through her body. Kagome fell to the ground on her hands and knees as tears leaked out of her eyes.

She heard footsteps approach, causing her to slowly look up.

"Kikyo!" Kagome gasped, cupping her hands over her newly formed laceration.

"Hello, Kagome..." Kikyo replied, stopping only feet from Kagome's bent form.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome asked in genuine confusion.

"I thought that that would be obvious. I am here to kill you, Kagome." Her eyes were vacant and she spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"But why?!" Kagome gulped, she wasn't sure if she really wanted to know the answer.

"Why? Why do you think?" Kikyo answered scathingly. "Surely you are not that naïve."

But what could she, Kagome, have done that Kikyo would find the need to kill her. Then it hit her.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered.

Inuyasha had heard Kagome's scream and had immediately started running to location from where it had come. Not until he neared the scene did her notice the heavy scent of death and clay. He knew at once what it meant, and he knew that he couldn't waste any time in getting to Kagome.

She was never safe when Kikyo was around. Now wasn't any different. Especially when he could smell Kagome's fear and pain...and her blood. Inuyasha quickened his pace and it wasn't long before he neared the location where Kagome's scent was the strongest. It was starting to make him feel light headed and sick. He couldn't stand the thought of one drop of her blood being spilled.

Just before he crashed into the small clearing, he could hear a clear voice. It was a woman's voice. One he knew only to well. And her words froze his heart.

"You have interfered with our lives long enough! I will kill you now, regain my soul, and reclaim Inuyasha!" Kikyo shirked at Kagome, a mad glint in her eyes. "He is mine..."

Inuyasha couldn't believe it. Kikyo was going to try to kill his Kagome! There was no way in heaven or hell he was going to loose the love of his life to a sick and demented dead miko bitch! His and Kagome's journey was just beginning...they still had a lot to do together...they still had to live...

"NO!" Inuyasha yelled as he landed infront of Kagome; protecting her.

"Inu-uh!" Kagome tried to get up and call Inuyasha's name at the same time. This proved to be impossible. The cut on her calf was deeper than she originally thought. The gash on her leg was bleeding profusely, and didn't seem as though it would be stopping anytime soon.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "Are you all right?!"

"Do I look all right?!" Kagome asked him sarcastically.

"I was just worried about you, you know!" he retorted. But his face took on a tender expression as he bent down to check her vitals.

"Hello, my love..." Kikyo started, annoyed at being ignored, her voice filled with fake sweetness. "There is no reason to check on Kagome, Inuyasha. She will be dead shortly anyway. Now, move away so that I may rid us of her! Then we can be together...FOREVER!" Her smile was pure evil.

"Are you out of your goddamn mind?!" Inuyasha shouted back. "NO!" he yelled again, "I won't ever let you touch her! Leave now, Kikyo, or I don't know what I might do to you! You will not hurt myKagome as long as I draw breath!"

"Y-your?" Kikyo's tone was half confused, half angry. "What in God's name do you mean by "your" Kagome?!" She clamored.

"YES! MY Kagome! She's mine just as much as I am hers! She loves me and I love her!" his declaration had two noticeable effects on Kikyo. One, her eyes now blazed with white-hot fire, and two, it looked if smoke was coming out of her ears.

Kagome fought back a giggle because not only was sure that Inuyasha would think that she was insane for laughing at a time like this, but also because she hurt so bad that she might start balling that moment she opened her mouth.

"If you try to hurt her, you'll have to come through me first!" Inuyasha growled at stood protectively infront of Kagome.

"Fine." Kikyo was deathly calm once again. "You have signed over your own fate, Inuyasha. If I can not have you then no one can!" She aimed an arrow at Inuyasha's chest. "First I will kill you, then I will kill that little bitch you love so much." She let go of the arrow.

Kagome held her breath. Inuyasha swore.

In slow motion, Kagome saw the arrow heading for Inuyasha's chest. It only took her a few seconds to think about what she had to do. Kagome hoisted herself up on her good leg and jumped in front of him.

The arrow punctured her left shoulder, she fell to the ground, and time resumed.

Kagome shut her eyes against the pain. "Inuyasha! Run!" she screamed.

But he didn't move. He simply sank to his knees and picked her up in his arms.

"I'm so sorry...I wasn't fast enough..." Inuyasha whispered in agony.

"It doesn't matter...don't apologize...! If you don't shut up...neither of us will...make it out of here alive...! GO!" Kagome said slowly, but sternly before passing out.

Inuyasha still didn't move incase Kikyo tried anything. He would protect Kagome with his life.

"Inuyasha, I will leave for now, but make no mistake, I will be back!" Kikyo snarled, before disappearing into the mist.

Kagome woke up the next day feeling like shit. Her body hurt like hell and she was sore all over. But, at least, the position she was in was comfortable. Her back was pressed against something soft and warm. That something was Inuyasha. Kagome turned her head against his chest to look at his face. His eyes were closed, but his ears gave away the fact that he was still awake.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned hesitantly.

"Yes, Kagome?" Inuyasha answered softly, slowly opening his eyes to look at Kagome's face.

"What happened? Where are we? Where is Kikyo? Are you hurt? How long have I been—Uh!" She had attempted to sit up and turn around, but her injuries prevented that.

"Lie still, if you move you may hurt yourself." Inuyasha eased her back against his chest.

"Please, tell me…" she whispered as he began to run his fingers through her hair in a soothing manner.

"Well...Kikyo attacked you and was trying to kill you. When I arrived you had already been struck once, by an arrow I assume, and you were on the ground. Luckily I got there before she could try anything else. Kikyo started yelling at me and then turned her bow on me. Then you...you jumped in front of me, and Kikyo just...left."

"Yes...I remember now..." She sighed in a small voice.

"Kagome, I'm sorry." Inuyasha said in a constrained tone.

"What do you have to be sorry for?" Kagome looked back up into his face.

"For not protecting you properly! I should have been there! You should never have been hurt! Not by Kikyo or anyone! I should have been there..." He was close to tears, just the thought of Kagome's injuries made him want to break down.

"Oh, Inuyasha, it wasn't your fault. Please don't blame yourself. I know that I don't, so you shouldn't either. You came to save me. And just knowing that makes me the happiest girl in the world." She cupped his face in her hands. "Okay?"

"I love you..." he groaned. "More than anything or anyone. Just the thought of loosing you... Kagome, promise me that you'll be careful from now on!"

"I promise, Inuyasha, and don't worry, with you by my side I know that I'll be safe."

"Why did you jump infront of me?" Inuyasha asked her suddenly.

"Because, I couldn't let you get hurt...I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself if...if something happened and it was my fault...I love you...so much..." Kagome had tears in her eyes.

He knew that she did indeed love him, and whatever doubts he had were dissolved that night. Now he knew that he could love her too; fully; without the hindrance of Kikyo. Kikyo had tried to kill both him and Kagome. Trying to kill him was one thing, but trying to kill Kagome was something that he could never forgive.

Kagome had protected him and even though she could have died she didn't care, just as long as he was alive. Kikyo would never have done that for him, but Kagome was different. Kagome loved him with all of her heart. The same way that he loved her. He had for a very long time. He understood that now, they were meant to be together. They always had been.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome murmured.

"Yes?" He continued to run his hands through her silky hair; to comfort her or himself, he didn't know.

"How long have I been asleep?" She yawed slightly.

He took a minute to think about it. "About three days..."

"Oh...have you been here all the time?"

"Ah, yeah..." he blushed. There was no way he could've left her here, lying unconscious. No way.

"Thank you," she whispered. She snuggled into him pulling the hand that was occupied in her hair to rest on her stomach; as such, his grip got tighter.

"Kagome..."

"Um?" She was drifting off to sleep again.

"I love you...very much...please don't ever leave me..." Inuyasha, too, was falling asleep.

"Do not worry Inuyasha, I won't..." And with that they fell asleep in each other's arms.

Kagome slept for only a few hours more. When she woke up, she found that Inuyasha was still asleep. Kagome turned over to face him and moved a strand of hair out of his face.

'He's so handsome. I must be dreaming. In real life Inuyasha would never lay with me and hold me. I must have dreamed about him saying he loved me too. But then why do I feel like it's real? I hope it is…because if it isn't, then I never want to wake up.'

"Kagome..." Inuyasha said in his sleep.

Kagome smiled and placed a hand on his cheek. "Inuyasha," she whispered to him, "it's time to wake up."

Inuyasha's eyes shot open and he pulled Kagome tighter against him. They stared at each other for about twenty minutes. Neither had the guts to go first; both too afraid that is was a dream. Too afraid that if they spoke their world would dissolve into nothingness.

Then Kagome finally realized something; she wasn't wearing anything but her bra and panties, and Inuyasha was only wearing his undershirt and his own undergarments. After coming to the conclusion that they had been practically naked for about three days, Kagome turned about ten different kinds of red. Mostly because of embarrassment and partly because she noticed how banged up she must looked.

She could see that her arms and legs held many scratches and bruises. 'What if he doesn't want me anymore? What if he compares me to Kikyo and decides that she's a better choice after all? I don't think that I could handle that...'

"Hey, why are you turning all red?" Inuyasha asked.

"Because I'm practically naked! Inuyasha you are such a pervert!" Kagome tried to cover up her insecurities. She glared at him and tried to pull away.

Inuyasha wasn't having any of that though. "Hey, you were injured okay? And you couldn't wear any cloths because they may have rubbed against your wounds and caused them to start bleeding again."

Kagome eyes him skeptically, but stopped trying to get away from him.

"Oh, come on, it's not like I was even thinking about taking you when you were so cut up!" he said in exasperation.

Kagome successfully yanked herself out of Inuyasha's arms and glared at him again. "So no I'm not desirable anymore because I'm a little scratched up?!"

"That's not what I said!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Close enough!"

"Where is all this coming from?!"

"Okay, prove it then!" she demanded.

"Prove what?!"

"That you still want me!"

"Do you have any idea what you're asking, Kagome?" He highly doubted that she did. He loved her very much and would never hurt her, but he was still a red-blooded man.

"Obviously not if you don't get it! Prove it me to damnit—"

Inuyasha cut her off by crushing his mouth to hers.

'She wants me to prove to her that I still want her, fine with me! She wont have any doubt by the time I'm done with her!' Inuyasha thought savagely as he deepened the kiss.

Inuyasha kissed Kagome until she was breathless and moaning in the back of her throat. Leaning down he started nipping her neck. He rolled on top of her, careful of his weight and her body, her shoulder. He rested his weight on his elbows and started licking down her chest.

"Inuyasha!" she gasped when he started to lick her right breast.

He continued, nuzzling aside the lacy cup of her bra to suck her nipple into his mouth. His other hand went to work on her left breast, massaging and kneading. Inuyasha kept this up, loving all the noise she was making, until the bottom half of her body started to squirm. He released her breasts and lifted and opened her legs for his body. He pressed his ever-growing erection into her mound, showing her physically just how much he wanted her.

"Inuyasha! Oh, god! I believe you! Don't stop!" Kagome managed to say.

"Baby, I don't want to. But you're still hurt, so I don't have a choice." he said huskily. Regretfully, Inuyasha climbed off Kagome.

"How long will I have to wait?" She asked, still breathing hard.

"I never thought I'd see the day when I had to fend you off, Kagome. I always thought that it would be you to tell me that I had to stop. But, to answer your question, we'll wait until you're ready, and until you're all healed up."

"Alright. But I promise, in a few days, we'll be together." Kagome vowed.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha felt like his heart was going to explode. Not only did Kagome want him, but she was also going to give herself to him in a few days.

"Yes, Inuyasha." She asked on a dreamy sigh. Her body was still tingling from where his lips had touched her breast.

"Do you really mean that?"

"Mean...what?"

"That you're going to give yourself...make love with me soon."

"You're that one who wants to wait, Inuyasha." She reminded him. "But, yes I do mean it."

"Then…" He took a deep breath. "Will you be my mate?"

Kagome's entire face lit up. "Of course I will! Oh, Inuyasha!" she practically jumped on him in her happiness.

Inuyasha turned Kagome's beloved face up to his and kissed her softly. "I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too, Inuyasha." Kagome replied, her heart in her eyes.

"Kagome?"

"Yes, Inuyasha?"

"I don't think that I have ever told you how beautiful you are…both outside and in." he smoothed a clawed hand over her cheek.

Tears forming in her eyes, she said, "Thank you…and I don't think that I have ever told you how beautiful you are…both outside and in." She repeated his compliment, meaning every word.

Inuyasha slowly leaned in and Kagome met him in the middle. They kissed for a while longer, before settling down on the bed again.

They laid in bed for about another hour or so, just cuddling and kissing. They finally got up when Shippo bounced in, excited to see Kagome doing so well in her recovery.

A/N Any one who reads my story 'Beautiful Disaster' will be happy to know that the next chapter will be out by Monday, the latest. And since my word is working again I'm going to try to work on all my stories as much as possible.

Preview

Part 4: Of Friends and Family

"Inuyasha, I'm okay! You can put—" Kagome started to say.

"Damnit, Kagome, I thought that I had lost you again!" Inuyasha shouted in an agonized tone. "After what happened last time, I just—"

"But you didn't lose me! I'm still alive aren't I?!" she tried to reassure him.

"Just barely! What if Sesshomaru hadn't of been here?! You could have died and I—" Inuyasha was visibly shaking.

"Shhhh, it's going to be alright, I'm not going anywhere, okay?" Kagome hugged him close.

"But Kagome—" He didn't know how he would have been able to keep on living if Kagome had died.

"Okay?" She insisted, tracing his face with her fingers lovingly.

After a long moment, Inuyasha whispered in agreement, "Okay..."

Trivia

This isn't really trivia per say, but I wanted to know what's up with the Tokyo Pop which I don't own commercials. I mean, it's great that Manga is streamlining in the U.S. but it's kinda sad that something as great as the Manga revolution has to be debased with shitty thirty second spots on t.v. But, hey, far be it for me to say don't do it cause I wanna hog the wonders of Manga. But, then again, I kinda do. Well, tell me what you think about this, please, I'd like everyone's opinion! Ja!

A little something extra Dialogue

Inu: You finally came back! I thought that you had forgotten about Fanfiction altogether!
Ali: Of course I didn't, you idiot. I just got in a fight with Microsoft (which I don't own) Word and I lost.
Inu: So you say.
Ali: And what is that supposed to mean?
Inu: Well—
All: NO!
Kag: No, Inuyasha! She just got back! Don't you dare scare her away!
Inu: But, Kagome!
Kag: Do you want her to write us a sex scene of not?
Inu: You have a point.
Ali: Sigh Figures...well I've got to go, it's time to work on Kagome and Sesshomaru's lemon-filled story, 'BeautifulDisaster'.
Inu: WHAT?!
Kag: Oh, goody... Fantasizing
Ali: Ja!
Inu: Hey, wait—