Kagome's Song and Inuyasha's Love

Me- Ok, I got a review that depressed me for a while before I updated. Kenshinlover45 (whom is probably reading this,) said that what Kagome did to Inuyasha at the end of the chapter with the duck tape was too mean and OOC and that, (I think...can't find the review right now,) my other characters were also OOC and that I could do better and that she was disappointed in the chappie.

Kachie- This upset Hekele quite a bit, because she had so many computer troubles and all she wanted to do was update for her loyal readers. Also, she has NEVER been put down in a review before, so it took her a while to realize that this wasn't an insult, even so, it really hurt her feelings.

Me- nods Now, I do NOT want anyone badmouthing Kenshinlover45 or anything, cuz like Kachie said, it wasn't meant to hurt my feelings, it just did. As for Kagome's duck tape moment, it wasn't too bad. Kagome has never had duck tape around Inuyasha before so we aren't sure how exactly she would act, this is what I THINK could happen. Plus, she was really annoyed with him. I also realize, after reading my chapter over a few times, that Sango seemed rather malicious closer to the end. This, I know, is REALLY out of character, but as I was finishing the chapter I was getting rather impatient because I wanted to get a certain amount of information into it and I didn't know how to deliver. As I wrote the chapter it seemed funny BECAUSE it wasn't like her, so if it made anyone mad, sorry. And last but not least, Koga and Kachie. Now, I am not going to say much about these two, other than when you finally meet Mr. or Miss Perfect, nothing can stand in love's way. As we all know, love at first sight isn't impossible, so why should a quick, strong bond that is turning into love, be impossible? Koga realized without knowing it how attracted he felt towards Kachie. His overly huge crush on Kagome diminished because it WASN'T that strong, plus, Kachie feels the same way back, and that can only intensify a loving emotion.
Oh, and I have a KILLER idea for the rest of the story, as I said before, I know what I want to do now, and my idea gets more and more clear everyday. If you feel that I am rushing the emotions of some of the characters, but as you read in the last chapter, their love for each other is going to be tested. How can love be tested if it isn't there??? Which is why I may be rushing things a bit...sorry. And OOC isn't that bad a thing, I have no objections to OOCness, considering all the AU fan-fics I read, I can't have an objection. Please, like Kachie needed to think about why we had our argument in the last chapter, think about what you write in your reviews, I get hurt feelings easily, and it takes me a while to get over stupid stuff. If you have a problem with certain parts, don't leave me to wonder what I did wrong, tell me WHY you hate the OOCness or event, and give a suggestion that would easily give me the same result in events.

Kenshinlover45, thanks for the review, I am sorry if this offended you, but I decided to kill two birds with one stone and talk to both you and my other readers and explain stuff, if this DID offend you, let me know in your next review. This chappie is dedicated to you since I may have just put you on public trial. Hope everyone enjoys the chappie.

Disclaimer: I own nothing...oh, and I don't know Rin's age, so I am gonna make something up...sorry!

Adventures in the future and the New Moon

"Mom, I'd like you to meet Sango and Rin, Sango and Rin, I'd like you to meet my mom. Oh, and the cat demon in Sango's arms is Kirara! Hey Mom, where are Grandpa and Souta?" Kagome asked as she made the introductions of her mother's newest guests. She had rushed ahead into the house to make sure it was all right, having forgotten that little detail earlier. Her mom was delighted to have them.

"It's a pleasure to meet the both of you...and you too Kirara!" she said, petting the cat demon, (who was purring contently,) "...I've heard so many good things about you from Kagome and Hekele...Souta is in his room playing with his Gameboy and your grandfather is...oh dear...where is he..." Ms. H. thought aloud. Hekele, Kagome, and Kachie had to stifle a laugh while Sango and Rin just looked around in awe of whatever they saw.

"Aahh!! Demon be gone!!!" yelled Grandpa from the doorway, throwing a paper anti-demon talisman at Kachie. Kachie sighed and took the talisman off her head and threw it in the trashcan.

"...Found him...why does he do that Kagome?" Kachie whined. Kagome blinked at Kachie as her mother tried to calm down her grandfather.

"He's done that before?" she asked incredulously. Kachie nodded.

"Yep...last time was when he and your mom picked me up from the airport...in front of all those people...hey, why didn't he do that to Kirara?" Kachie asked angrily. Kagome and Hekele burst out in laughter while Sango and Rin just shrugged; neither knew what an airport was, but they would ask later.

"Grandpa, these are Sango and Rin. Kirara is the only demon here, and she is a NICE demon. Be nice and no talismans." Kagome said warily to him. He pouted and went back to another part of the shrine where he muttered that he would be sweeping.

"He's probably looking for stronger talismans to ward me away with..." Kachie scowled. This time, everyone laughed.

"Come on, I'll take you upstairs to meet my brother Souta, then you can meet my cat Buyo..."

"...And my guinea pig Tai!!!" Hekele and Kagome practically bounced up the stairs. Sango and Rin followed with Kachie bringing up the rear. Once they got up the stairs they were led to Souta's room, where Kachie knocked on the door.

"Souta...I bought a new videogame..." she bribed, deciding to play a joke on the boy. Souta came running out the door and nearly bulldozed the group of girls over.

"Hi Kachie what game did you-oh...you were kidding...hey, who are these guys?" Souta realized instantly when Kachie held out her hands that she had been joking with him, and then he saw the new girls.

Hekele smiled, "These are Rin and Sango, from Inuyasha's time."

Souta's eyes got wide, "You mean the demon slayer Sango? And isn't Rin the girl that travels with Inuyasha's brother Sesshoumaru? COOL!!!" he shouted, shaking both girls' hands, leaving them rather confused.

"Umm, we were kind of bragging about you two..." Kagome said, embarrassed. Hekele just whistled in a suspicious manner and nodded. Rin smiled at Souta broadly.

"Yes, Rin travels with Rin's Sesshoumaru-sama; Rin loves to!" she said proudly. Everyone smiled at the little girl and Hekele picked her up into a spontaneous hug. Rin squeaked with delight. Sango smiled and drew her attention back to Souta.

"And I am indeed the demon slayer Sango, we are pleased to meet you Souta, Kagome speaks of you often..." she said politely. Souta beamed at the fact and decided to show Sango and Rin around.

"Come in my room! I wanna show you my t.v., my game system, my games, my movies, my computer, and-"

"Ok, Souta, they need to find out what those things are first...we were going to take them to meet our pets right now and perhaps a little later once they get used to everything you can show them, ok?" Kagome said. Souta nodded sadly and Rin, being the cheer giver she is, had to make him feel better.

"Rin will come and visit Souta as soon as Rin meets Tai and Buyo, Rin and Sango-san should also introduce Tai and Buyo to Kirara!" she said happily, pointing to the small cat in Sango's arms. Souta smiled happily, no longer feeling left out.

"Deal!" he said shaking Rin's hand. This time, Rin had an idea of what it meant. She and Sango were ushered away by the other girls as they were showed to their room.

"It's a good thing that we have an extra guest bedroom, why Mom didn't put Hekele in there I will never know..." Kagome said as she opened the door, exposing a room with two beds, one that had been claimed by Kachie the night she had arrived.

"Sango, you'll be staying on the bed with blue blankets...the other one is MINE!" Kachie said in a foreboding voice. Sango smiled and shook her head. She sat on the bed and was in awe of how comfortable it felt.

"Wow...this is amazing..." she said. Rin climbed onto the bed and plopped down on her back.

"Rin likes it here, it's almost as comfy as Sesshoumaru-sama's tail!" Everyone laughed at the cute little girl's remark and dragged their companions a few rooms over a few doorways to Kagome and Hekele's room. Hekele bounced onto her bed and Rin bounced onto Hekele, earning an 'oomph' and a giggle. Kagome sat on her bed and picked up Buyo, who had been lying there, and put him onto her lap. Sango sat next to her and Kirara, having been awoken by the scent of another feline, climbed off of her lap and sniffed Buyo. Buyo gently batted at her two tails, being completely entranced by them, and meowed at her. Kirara, apparently happy with this, meowed back and pawed at his ears playfully. Everyone giggled at the two cats and put them on the floor together so that they could play; Buyo actually ran back and forth a bit. Kagome grinned at this.

"Yep...only a girl cat could get him off his lazy butt! Go figure...if anyone can get him to lose weight its Kirara!" she said. Hekele smiled and set Rin on the bed. She stood up and walked over to her guinea pig's cage; took him out, and went back to the bed, allowing him to run around a bit. Rin squealed happily as he did laps around her small frame and ended up with the little creature in her lap.

"I guess he likes you Rin..." Hekele said happily.

"How does Hekele-chan know?" Rin asked as she pet Tai.

"Cuz he always bites Inuyasha when he sees him...they don't get along too well..." she said, reminiscing.

"Well, Rin is glad that Tai-chan likes Rin...Tai-chan is cute!" she squealed as the guinea pig ran around her lap. Kachie smiled and reached out to pet Tai when he nipped at her finger.

"Dang it! He remembers me!!! Hekele, why does Tai hate me??"

"I have no idea Kachie...he must be smart..." Hekele said jokingly. Kachie grabbed one of her pillows and chucked it at her, narrowly missing her face. Hekele grinned.

"Hey Kagome, you think we can teach these two unfortunate friends of ours the fine art of pillow fighting?" she asked mischievously. Kagome smiled and rolled her eyes.

"Of course we can..."

"Umm, Hekele-chan?" Rin asked sweetly. Hekele looked over at her.

"Yes Rin-chan?" she said to the small girl as she reached out and stroked her now calm guinea pig.

"Why would one fight with pillows?" Sango finished for her, just as confused. Kachie smiled and threw another of Hekele's pillows, this time hitting Sango square in the face. Hekele had to fight a laugh as Sango's face turned from one of confusion to one of utter and complete shock.

"Why did you throw that at me?!" Sango questioned indignantly. Hekele grabbed the pillow that Kachie had thrown at her and threw it at Kagome.

"Cuz that's what you do in a pillow fight!!!" she yelled as Kagome launched a pillow at her. Hekele grabbed it and hit Kagome over the head with it, earning a laugh and a whack in the face with another pillow, this time by Kachie. Rin put Tai back in the cage that she had seen Hekele take him from, (not wanting him to become squished,) grabbed a pillow, and hit Hekele with it cautiously, (just to see if she was serious.) Hekele smiled and gave her a gentle bop on the head with her pillow, causing Rin to giggle. The two started going at it playfully and Sango, feeling a bit left out, joined in the fun. All five of them were whacking each other jokingly when Souta walked in, right when Kagome was dodging one of Sango's pillows. He froze in shock when the pillow came in contact with his face. He stood there dazed for a moment when Sango immediately started apologizing.

"Oh, Souta! I am so sorry! Are you alright?" she asked, running up to him in guilt. Souta just laughed.

"Wow, if you hit that hard with a pillow...I'd hate to see you with your boomerang! No wonder Miroku-sama is always unconscious in the stories Kagome tells me about Feudal Japan!" he said.

Sango was astonished, "You're not mad?"

Souta shook his head, "Nah, Kagome throws stuff at me all the time...'course I always cause the trouble...Oh, now I remember what I came up here for! Mom says it's dinner time, we're having oden!"

Kagome was out of the room faster than you can say 'shoot', "ODEN!!! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!" Everyone laughed and filed out of the room downstairs. Sango hung back a moment and sighed.

"I will tell them about Kikyo after Hekele puts Rin to bed...she does not need to here about all of this..." Sango set her eyes downcast and walked downstairs; this was going to be a difficult evening.

Feudal Japan; with Inuyasha:

Inuyasha sighed as he looked up at the night sky; Kagome and the rest of the girls had been in her time for about five hours now, and Inuyasha couldn't help but feel lonely.

Tomorrow's the new moon...kami, why did they have to go NOW? Don't they remember? he though sadly. Kagome had always been with him when he transformed ever since she had found out about his night of weakness when he became human. Why would she forget NOW? Even though he had always rejected it, Inuyasha knew that Kagome knew how afraid that night made him; she wasn't stupid. All the company Inuyasha would have the next night would be Shippo, Kaede, and Miroku. Sesshoumaru and Koga were looking for rumors to the shards, so even they wouldn't be around. Not that Inuyasha cared about them not being there...they never were, but he did care that Kagome wasn't there.

I can't believe she forgot about me... he thought sadly, his ears drooping. Inuyasha, who was sitting in Kaede's hut by the fire, stood up and walked outside towards the God Tree. He jumped into one of its lower limbs and stared through its branches at the stars...and the last sliver of the moon.

"I'll try again to go through the well tomorrow...Kagome wouldn't have it sealed that long...I hope..."

With Sesshoumaru and Koga:

The two demons walked along a trail that had long been worn away by travelers. It hadn't been a fruitful search for rumors so far, but that was all right: Sesshoumaru wasn't hunting for rumors anyway.

"Wolf Prince...there is a matter that needs to be discussed."

Koga glanced at Sesshoumaru with indifference, "...So discuss."

Sesshoumaru glared at him, "This is a serious matter, it has to do with Naraku...and Inuyasha's Kikyo as well..." Koga turned to Sesshoumaru suddenly, blocking his path.

"What the hell do you know Dog Lord?"

Present time:

It was 10:00 at night and Hekele had just finished tucking Rin into a makeshift bed for the night. Rin's bed was a traditional Japanese bed, which was on the other side of Hekele and Kagome's room. Hekele gently kissed the girl's forehead and bid her sweet dreams. Rin smiled cheerfully and closed her eyes in reply. Hekele smiled and walked down the hall to Sango and Kachie's room. Sango had requested that everyone talk after Rin was put to bed, and Hekele wanted to know what it was about. As she entered the room she saw that Kagome, Sango, and Kachie were already there; Sango looked grim.

"So...what's on your mind Sango?" Kagome asked seriously. Sango sighed.

"Sesshoumaru...approached Houshi-sama and I with some information about Naraku that he had acquired the day before the children were taken. It was the day that they were taken that he told us..." she began, then she trailed off, knowing that what she was about to say was going to hurt Kagome more than anyone else, "and there's some information about Kikyo as well..."

(AN: The following are two conversations. One is Sesshoumaru talking to Koga, and the other is Sango talking to Kagome, Kachie, and Hekele.)

Sesshoumaru talking

Sango talking

Everyone else talking

I was summoned to a meeting by Naraku; when I arrived at the meeting place,

Kikyo was there; Naraku had summoned her as well. Sesshoumaru was asked-

-to assist Naraku in a plan that would ultimately destroy Inuyasha and the rest of his friends. As a reward, I was offered the-

-Tetsusaiga. Sesshoumaru decided that he no longer wanted Inuyasha's sword, which he claimed to Naraku was his reason for NOT assisting him, but Kikyo, whose prize was-

Inuyasha to take to Hell with her, readily agreed. I have no doubt in my mind that the priestess is helping Naraku, and that in retaliation for not helping him-

Sesshoumaru and Rin are also targets, which is why we assume Rin and Shippo were kidnapped, as either a warning, or as part of their plan. When Sesshoumaru approached Houshi-sama and I with this-

-they believed me, and for this I am actually grateful. With all of Naraku's shards, his power has grown to that which even I will not dare face alone. I will be the first to say to you...your help is more than-

needed, Naraku has something nasty up his sleeve, and Sesshoumaru wanted to warn us about it...and help us. We wanted to tell all of you, and Koga, sooner, but we didn't want to tell anyone while-

-my half brother was around, which is why I am telling you now, and the slayer is speaking to the girls in the future. Inuyasha would-

never believe us...so, it's up to you, Kagome, whether we tell him or not; you know him best, and everyone knows-

-about her love for him, even you Wolf Prince. You are in our confidence, and unless the guardian of the Shikon no Tama wishes to disclose this information to Inuyasha, no-

-one will say a word, because we know that you will do what is best for him...

Do

you

believe

me?

Yes...

Feudal Era, with Sesshoumaru and Koga:

"...So...Kikyo is out for Inuyasha's head and he still loves her?! You are correct in that I know of Kagome's feelings towards him, but for him to love another and her as well? And to basically play the reincarnation factor on Kagome so much...now I understand why it hurts her so...If Inuyasha dares to betray her, I'll kill him and whisk her away...she'll love me eventually, because I love her..."

"And what of the new girl? Kachie, I believe? What of your feelings towards her? If you whisk the miko away with you, what will her heart be put through? Will they not be the same as with 'your love'? Will they not be the same in despair?" Sesshoumaru asked wisely. Koga stopped his ramblings and thought for a moment.

"Kachie is amazing. She and I are so alike and yet so tastefully different that it rids me of words to describe the feeling I get from it...I will not deny my growing need to be with her, but should Kagome suddenly say that she loves me as well...then, I don't know what I'd do...I would NEVER want to hurt Kachie, but at the same time, Kagome is-"

"-all you ever wanted?" Sesshoumaru interrupted, "Now I understand how my half brother must feel...you must choose between a past 'love', and a new one; it is the exact situation...and what you must both understand is that human hearts are fragile things. Kagome is ripped to pieces by Inuyasha's love as it transforms both in her favor and out of it, Kachie would be as well if she knew of your own dilemma, and Hekele, as you know from earlier today, is highly aware of what others think of her, and she must appeal to them or else she isn't happy. Rin was made mute by her parents' death before I resurrected her. You must be gentle with them, and that is something that none of us have mastered..."

"...You do care about that Hekele girl don't you?" Koga asked suddenly, catching the demon lord off guard.

"What makes you ask such a question? Other than this morning's coincidental position?" he asked haltingly. Koga looked at him seriously.

"Sesshoumaru, I am by no means that stupid. I saw your facial expressions of amusement and contentment as clearly as I saw your look of seriousness a moment ago. You love her..."

"Even if it were so, at least I am not divided in my...emotions...leave Kagome to Inuyasha, if I am correct in what I sense from Naraku's workings, she may be all that can save him..."

Present time:

"Hekele-chan...Hekele-chan...wake up Hekele-chan..." Rin carefully shook Hekele to awaken her. It was the middle of the night, but Rin had a matter of urgency that demanded attention.
Upon hearing the child's voice and feeling her little hands try to shake her awake, Hekele stretched and rolled over, facing the child.

"What is it Rin-chan...it's very early..." she said sleepily. Rin pouted a bit, not having wanted to cause trouble, but needing comfort.

"Rin had a bad dream...it scared Rin..." she said, still shaking from her dream slightly. Hekele immediately sat up and pulled the little girl into her lap. She began to gently rock the girl back and forth.

"So Rin...are you going to tell me what happened in your dream?" she asked. Rin buried her face in Hekele's nightshirt and Hekele sighed.

"Rin-chan...it helps to talk about these things...whenever I have nightmares, I talk about them, and I usually feel better..." she coaxed. Rin, who only wanted comfort and not to relive the dream, merely hugged Hekele tighter. Hekele sighed again and chucked a pillow at Kagome, hitting her in the head and instantly waking her.

"Hekele..." she whined, not even turning over.

"Rin-chan had a nightmare Kagome..." she said, almost as sleepily, yet just as awake as Rin. Kagome sat up and stretched. She then proceeded to get out of bed and walk over to sit on Hekele's bed with the other two girls.

"What happened Rin? Usually it helps to talk about it..." she said groggily. Rin thought about it for a moment but held firm.

"That's what I said to her, but she doesn't want tell me about it..." Hekele said. Kagome realized then that she had been reinforcement and decided to keep prying.

"Rin...please tell us what happened, it might bother you less."

"And maybe," Hekele tried, "we can help make it better...after all, it's the three of us versus one dream...I think we can take it on..." Rin giggled at the absurd thought of Hekele, Kagome, and herself attempting to attack a dream and decided to give in.

"...Rin was walking around here...in this house, and Rin was looking for something. Then it felt like someone was grabbing Rin, trying to take Rin away, but Rin couldn't see whom it was. Then Rin saw Hekele-chan and Kagome-san disappear as well. After that, Rin saw Hekele-chan, Kagome-san, Sango-san, Kachie-san, and Rin somewhere dark...like a dungeon maybe. At first Rin thought that maybe our friends would save us, but then the dream got scarier. Rin saw Sango-san crying, Kachie-san was mad and really sad too, Kagome-san was falling from somewhere high and yelling something, Hekele-chan was in a room with lots of blood filling it up like water in a bowl, and she was really scared, and Rin was laying somewhere asleep and no one could wake her up...the strangest part was that only Hekele-chan and Rin seemed to be in the same place, Sango-san, Kagome-san, and Kachie-san were all in different places..." she said slowly, trying to grasp what was left of the horrifying dream.

Hekele looked at Kagome for a second, as if pondering something and looked back at Rin, "How did the dream end?" Rin shook her head.

"Rin's dream ended after that, nothing happened to show why or how it started either..." Kagome gave the girl a small hug and Hekele continued to hold her and lightly stroke her hair.

"I don't know if I am right, but perhaps you had that dream because you're a bit nervous...Do you feel safe here? Even without your Sesshoumaru- sama?" she asked.

Rin nodded, "Rin misses Sesshoumaru-sama a little already, but Rin feels safe..."

Kagome smiled, "Maybe you had that dream because you felt a little alone without Sesshoumaru, and that if anything happened he wouldn't be able to protect you if you're here. Perhaps the reason you saw Hekele, Sango, Kachie, and I in the dream with you is because we are the ones here that you are with now...in your dream we were all alone, maybe that's because none of the noisy, bossy boys that we are so used to are here with us. And didn't you sit in Souta's room for a few minutes after dinner and watch him play video games?" Rin nodded.

"And Souta let Rin play a little too, it was a fighting game, but Rin wasn't that good at it..." she said. Hekele gave the girl a little squeeze.

"I think that that's why you dreamed that you couldn't wake up, or that Kagome was falling, or even that I was in a pool of blood; you were useless in the game because you aren't good at playing it yet, then you died and that's why it showed up in your dream!" Hekele said cheerily, making Rin smile a bit.

"Thank you Kagome-san and Hekele-chan, Rin feels better now..." Hekele and Kagome smiled. Kagome gave the girl another hug and went back to her bed. She was still pondering everything that Sango had revealed to her a few hours before. She wondered what she would do about Inuyasha. She had to tell him, but at the same time, she didn't want to make him think that she was betraying him. She closed her eyes and prayed for sleep.

Hekele combed her fingers through Rin's hair for a moment before speaking, "Rin, want to stay with me tonight? Whenever I had a nightmare when I was little, I always would stay in my mom's bed and it helped me feel safer..." She released the girl's raven locks, idly wondering how she was going to style her hair the next morning. Rin surprised Hekele by turning around and giving her a huge hug.

"Thank you Hekele-chan, Rin won't have bad dreams now!" she said happily. Hekele gently hushed the girl, for fear of waking the rest of the house and nodded to her. She got Rin's pillow, (not willing to spare either of hers,) and helped the girl get back to sleep by gently rubbing her back as her mother had often done to her. Hekele smiled as she heard Rin's breathing even out and yawned. It was well past 2:30 according to the new alarm on the nightstand, so Hekele rolled over to her side of the bed, curled up, and went to sleep.

The next day:

"Rin-chan...I think Kachie's sleeping habits have worn off on Sango...can you go and wake the two up???" Hekele asked as she, Ms. Higurashi, and Kagome made breakfast. Grandpa Higurashi and Souta were sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper; Grandpa, the new reports on supposed super natural sightings, and Souta, the comics.

"Ok! Rin is happy to help!" said the little girl. Souta paused and then dropped the comics.

"Can I help?! I wanna show Rin my silly-string gun!" he said suddenly, standing up. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Let Rin try to wake them up nicely first, if they just roll over and go back to sleep, then you can get them with the silly-string...ok?" she said. Souta nodded and took Rin upstairs. Kagome had seemed a little down that morning, as if something had been bothering her, but Souta didn't say anything, he just tried to make things happier and easier for her so that she could forget whatever was bothering her.

"And be nice about it!!!" Kagome called after them. Ms. H. chuckled and Grandpa plugged his ears. Hekele and Kagome braced themselves and then it came. The shriek.

"SOUTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kachie could be heard screaming as she ran down the stairs after the said boy. When Souta made a dive into the kitchen and behind his mother, Kachie could be seen running into the kitchen. She looked like a decorated Christmas tree with multi-colored string covering her body. Rin cautiously bounced in with a groggy Sango close in tow. Sango, whom hardly made it to the kitchen table without collapsing, wasn't decked out in Souta's silly- string.
Ms. H. laughed at the girls and Grandpa just rolled his aging eyes. Souta cautiously sat opposite of Kachie at the table as Hekele and Kagome began placing food from the stove on everyone's plates. Rin sat next to Hekele's spot and Sango next to Kagome's seat. Ms. H. sat down on the other side of Rin and started to chat with the young girl.

"So Rin, how old are you?" she asked.

"Rin-chan is six years old, she will be seven three days before the fourth moon cycle from now."

Hekele looked at Kagome and the two smiled, "That means three months and twenty-seven days from today. Right Kags?" Kagome nodded, being used to how time was marked in the feudal era.

"Wow, lucky, I gotta wait six months before MY birthday..." Souta complained. Everyone laughed and began to eat. Kagome was the first to speak.

"Well, what are we going to do today? I wanna show these two around!" she said excitedly; she had decided to try and forget about her impending decision for a few days and enjoy her friends' stay with her. Hekele looked at their friends and smiled.

"Well, we could take them shopping. We have stuff that they could wear and blend in with for now, but it would be fun for them to have their own stuff too..." she said. Kagome smiled and Sango woke up a bit.

"Shopping? But Hekele, Rin and I haven't any money..." she said. Both Hekele and Kagome shrugged.

"We can pitch in and buy you a few things; it's no big deal," Kagome said. Hekele nodded. Kachie was still trying to get the silly-string out of her hair so she really didn't have an opinion as of yet.

"Well, it would be interesting to return home with a few additions of attire from this time..." Sango thought aloud. Hekele grinned broadly.

"Alrighty then! Now that that's settled, let's finish our food so that we can get ready! I'm sure that there's something Rin can wear, and Sango can borrow something from either me or Kagome so that they blend in," she said happily. Rin smiled got excited.

"Can Rin get clothes that match Hekele-chan's clothes?! Can Rin cut her hair like Hekele-chan's?!" she asked in a slightly hyper tone. Hekele giggled.

"Rin-chan can get a few clothes like mine, but I don't think that your Sesshoumaru-sama would like it if you got your hair cut...are you trying to be my clone or something?" she asked, very flattered that the young girl wanted to look like her. Rin cocked her head to the side in wonder.

"What's a...clone?"

Souta bounced up, "A clone is an exact copy of something. So for you to be Hekele's clone, you would have to look just like her!" Kagome and Ms. H. looked at him oddly.

"Souta, what video game have you been playing lately?" Kagome asked. Souta shrugged.

"Naruto; I like the doppelgangers..." Kagome rolled her eyes again.

"Doppelgangers are just like clones Souta..." she said.

"Oh..."

Rin giggled, "Yes, Rin wants to look like her Hekele-chan." Hekele blushed but smiled. Rin was just too cute.
After breakfast Kagome sorted through her childhood clothes and picked out an outfit for Rin, (some blue jeans with pink vines on the sides and a pink t-shirt with 'Princess' written in a baby blue color,) and loaned Sango a tight blue t-shirt. Hekele loaned her a pair of black cargo pants. Hekele brushed Rin's hair and braided two French braids down each side of her head into pigtails that went just bellow her shoulders. She looked adorable.

"I used to wear my hair like that when I was your age, before I cut it short. It's a compromise. Deal?" she asked. Rin nodded.

"Deal!"
After another ten minutes of getting ready, the girls were off to the mall. They decided to walk, so that they could take in more of the modern world before they got to the mall. Kagome, Kachie, and Hekele were bombarded with questions left and right. Cars, light posts, signs, buildings, clothing, cell phones, you name it, Sango and Rin wanted to know about it. Kagome was used to questions like this because of Inuyasha whenever he came to her time, but Hekele and Kachie didn't know what to answer first. Slowly, Kagome's mind drifted to her favorite hanyou...she wondered how he was doing.

Probably trying to jump through the well still, or bothering Miroku, or even hurling Shippo into the sky for a couple of miles, or even- her thoughts were interrupted by a shout.

"KAGOME!!!" three voices seemed to yell simultaneously.

Oh no...not now... she thought as she in took a sharp breath and turned to face her three school friends. Hekele growled to herself, knowing what loud creatures these three were.

Oh great, I'm beginning to think like Sesshoumaru...perfect... she thought, both sarcastically and affectionately. Kagome's friends ran up to her and began talking a mile a minute.

"Kagome! How are you doing?"

"Have you recovered from the flu?"

"Who are these people?"

"I heard that you dumped Hojo two weeks ago, why did we have to hear it from him and not you?!"

"Where are you going?"

"Can we come too?"

"Why are you still hanging out with Hekele?"

"Didn't we tell you that she was a bad influence?"

"Why is your face turning red? Are you getting a fever?" They asked one after another, not waiting for an answer to any of the questions. Rin was holding her ears, for the three girls were hurting her ears with their chattering. Sango merely stood still and politely listened, though she wished she could politely cover her ears as well...

"Guys...could you please not ask so many questions, just this once?" Kagome answered them with her own question, though hers was a bit colder. She noticed as Hekele seemed to shrink to the back of the group while her friends were speaking about her. One second Hekele was seething, and the next she was depressed. Kagome was getting rather annoyed with her friends...again.

"Kagome, we told you that you shouldn't hang out with her, your picking up on her bad temper!"

"Yeah! And you never spend time with us anymore, she is almost as controlling as your abusive, stubborn, possessive, and not to mention rude boyfriend!"

"How does she treat Souta? Is she good to him?"

"And does she give your mother and grandfather the respect they deserve?"

"I hear that Americans don't respect Japanese culture and that-"

"STOP IT!!!" Everyone turned to the little girl who looked very angry with the three new people standing in a small huddle. Kagome's three friends instantly fell in love with how adorable she looked.

"Oh! Aren't you the cutest thing!"

"Are you Kagome's cousin?"

"What's your name?" said one with really short hair as she reached out to take Rin's hand. Rin pulled her hand away and ran next to Hekele and Sango.

"Stop being mean to my Hekele-chan! Hekele-chan's nice!" she yelled at them defensively, hugging Hekele's waist tightly. Hekele blushed at the young girl slightly and watched as Kachie also took a step in front of her.

"And even if she was everything you said, I'm ten times worse..." she said threateningly. Kagome's friends took a step back and glared at Kagome.

"Did Hekele brainwash the girl? Are you going to let them talk to us like that?! We're your friends!!!" one asked rudely. Kagome took in a deep breath.

"Guys, these are Kachie, Sango, and Rin. Along with Hekele, they are some of my best friends in the world, and I refuse to let you speak ill of ANY of them. Hekele has been through more in one year than you ever will in a lifetime; Sango and Rin have had it pretty rough too, and Kachie...well, Kachie's just a great friend that is so dedicated to her friends that she got herself expelled so that she could come here and see how Hekele was..." Kagome continued on and on, leaving her friends in a state of shock.

"Didn't I do that because I was bored?" Kachie whispered to Hekele.

"Shut-up, she's trying to make you look good..." Hekele whispered back.

"Oh..."

"...and I will not be friends with people who judge others before they try to understand them! I said it a few days ago and I'll say it once more, DO NOT JUDGE THEM!!!" Kagome finally finished. Her friends looked at her as though she were an alien.

"Kagome, are you saying that you don't want to be friends with us from now on?" they asked. Kagome fumed.

"YES!!! PLEASE STOP BOTHERING ME AND MY FRIENDS!!!" she yelled. The three girls looked at her with the most shocked faces imaginable, turned around, and walked away in a huff, chattering about how Kagome needed to hang out with different people. Rin thought for a moment and yelled to the girls.

"And Rin wasn't brainwashed by Hekele-chan!!!" Everyone looked down at the girl oddly.

"How do you know what that word means Rin?" Kagome asked. Rin actually smirked.

"Jakken-sama always says the Rin brainwashed Sesshoumaru-sama into keeping her and taking care of her, and eventually, Rin figured it out..." Everyone laughed until Sango said something.

"Was I invisible a moment ago? Because, no one besides Kagome even mentioned my presence, or noticed me. And what was all that about anyway? I couldn't understand a word they said! Are they friends of yours Kagome? Did you just sever the friendship? What the heck just took place?!?"

Kagome laughed, "I'll talk to you about it some other time Sango, right now I wanna shop!" Rin grabbed Hekele's hand and pulled her in the direction that Kagome and Sango were heading in. Hekele smiled at the warm fuzzy feeling that seemed to over take her as she squeezed the girl's hand back and followed.

At the mall:

Hekele waited patiently outside the dressing room door with Rin as Sango attempted to try on a black dress that she had instantly fallen in love with, despite how low-cut the neckline was.

"Sango...you've been in there for five minutes, come out already!!!" Ok, so Hekele wasn't so patient, but she really wanted to see how it looked on her.

"Umm, I can't decided whether I like it or not..." came Sango's distressed voice. Hekele rolled her eyes as Kagome walked up with another outfit for Sango to try on.

"Sango, come out here so WE can see how it looks on you..." Hekele replied.

"...Fine..." With that, Sango opened the door to the stall and walked out. Hekele and Kagome just stared at her for a moment with one thought uniting their minds: Miroku would be in heaven.
Sango's dress was a sleeveless style that fit her figure perfectly and which flared out from the waist and extended to her knees. There was a silver snake-like dragon embroidered around her waist and stomach, it's head centered just below her chest. From the waist down were specks of silver every so often. A pair of black high-heeled sandals that strapped around her ankles completed the outfit. Sango looked gorgeous.

"Wow Sango-san, Sango-san looks pretty..." Rin said in awe. Sango blushed and Kachie strode up to them with another outfit for Sango, one that was much more casual. Even she was impressed.

"Alright Sango! I wonder what the monk would say if he could see how good you looked..." she teased. Sango blushed a few more shades of red before saying anything.

"Umm, so, should I get it? I know that I might not have anywhere to wear it to for a while...but I guess I like it...a lot..." she said, clearly thinking of the mentioned monk and wanting to show off for him. She blushed even more when a guy walking by whistled at her, which caused the other teenage girls to laugh.

"Yah, I think you ought to get that one Sango, it is so great looking on you," Kagome said truthfully. Sango nodded her thanks and went back inside the stall to change into the other outfits that had been brought for her.

Kid's section, an hour later:

Rin bounced out of her dressing room wearing a blue Evanescence t- shirt and black cargo pants that were similar to Hekele's. Kagome and Sango rolled their eyes at the girl.

"You were serious when you said that you wanted to look like Hekele eh?" Kachie mused. Rin nodded.

"Rin think that Hekele-chan's clothes are cool looking," she said, using the new word that Souta had taught her the night before when she was trying to describe what she thought of his game. Kagome, who had figured this part out, rolled her eyes, but smiled.

Five hours later, on the way home:

The girls each had at least two bags each as they were walking back to Kagome's house. By this time it was mid-evening. The girls were tired, but they still chatted like they had just woken up.

"Rin likes it here; can Rin come back for her birthday?" the young girl asked, to no one in particular. Kagome turned to her and smiled.

"Three days short of the fourth moon cycle from today, right?" she asked. But before Rin could answer her Kagome froze. Sango looked at her friend oddly.

"What is wrong Kagome?" she asked. Kagome stared into nothing as she spoke.

"Three days short of the fourth moon cycle from TONIGHT?" she asked, as if hoping she were wrong. Rin nodded and Sango understood.

"Inuyasha." she stated simply. Kagome nodded.

"What about Inuyasha?" Kachie asked curiously. Hekele and Rin nodded questioningly.

Kagome ran a hand through her hair in bewilderment, "Every new moon Inuyasha turns into a human. He loses all of his demonic powers, his claws, his fangs, and his ears. Also, his hair turns black and his eyes turn brown...oh kami, how could I have forgotten? This is the one night that Inuyasha is actually afraid...he feels useless and...alone...no wonder he was so upset that we left..." she trailed off, feeling more guilt than she could bear.

"...Kagome, would your mother be opposed to Inuyasha staying the night here with us? I believe he has before...perhaps he can come here, that way, you would get another night of rest and no one would have to worry about him getting hurt there..." Sango suggested. Kagome looked to her other friends hopefully.

"...You wouldn't mind would you?" she asked. Hekele, Kachie, and Rin shook their heads.

"Of course not Kagome! We all love Inuyasha, well, not love, but you know what I mean; it's no problem if he's here...Sango told us what she needed to tell us, so there's no reason NOT to have him here..." Kachie piped in.

"Besides, I think we owe him for duck taping him to a tree and sticking him with Miroku for a night...the poor guy must be going nuts..." Hekele said truthfully. Rin nodded.

Kagome hugged her friends tightly and took off running, "I'm going to unseal the well! If he comes he comes!" she shouted back to them. They looked to Sango for a translation.

"Inuyasha won't take a sympathy gesture, so she will unseal the well, and if he tries to jump down, which we know he will, he'll be able to get through and be here without feeling like we feel pity on him...Inuyasha HATES people feeling pity for him..." she said as she picked up her pace. Hekele, Kachie, and Rin did so as well as they all began running back to the shrine.

Feudal Era, just before dusk:

Inuyasha leaned on the trunk of the God Tree and sighed. He had been trying all day to get through the well, and it hadn't gone very well. He felt so lonely suddenly; Kagome had actually forgotten him, he had hoped that she would have come back today with Sango, Kachie, Rin, and Hekele, so that she could be with him on this night. She was ALWAYS with him on this night. But, like he had feared, she had truly forgotten him, and it hurt.
Inuyasha watched with dismal as the sun set in the west, hiding from him behind the horizon. It was then that he could feel the change. He had never told anyone, but to turn human caused pain. Turning back into a hanyou wasn't nearly as bad, because his healing powers and his strength were returning, but when he was loosing them, it was an entirely different story. He cringed slightly as his claws and fangs reseeded, and as his ears disappeared. He fought back the single, pained tear that threatened to fall when he grew his human ears. Gods but it ached! He slumped against the tree more as he felt his strength disappear, and when he saw his silver strands turn black he sighed. It was done; he was human. It was then and only then that he noticed something in the darkened distance.

Kikyo's soul stealers? She's here... Suddenly relief flowed over him. Kikyo...she would stay the night by his side...wouldn't she? Inuyasha stood and ran for all that he was worth to where he saw the stealers hovering. He burst into a clearing and there she was, like a fallen angel; beautiful, yet tragically poised.

"Kikyo..." he said softly. The dead miko turned to him and, despite her demeanor, her eyes grew wide and her jaw seemed to drop a bit in complete surprise.

"Inu...Inuyasha?" she said tentatively. Inuyasha nodded.

"It's me Kikyo..." he said quietly, but he knew that she had heard him. He didn't expect what would happen next.

"Inuyasha! How could you?! How could you turn into a human?!?" she yelled at him, suddenly enraged. Inuyasha took a step back.

"B-but, Kikyo...you wanted me to become a human..." he said, almost sadly. Kikyo fumed.

"When did you do this?!? How did you do this?!" she continued, wanting answers. Inuyasha's face downcast.

"It happens every new moon, and then I turn back into a human in the morning..." he said, confused and hurt. Kikyo's face turned slightly less cold at this, but still held all the hate that she dared to show.

"Why haven't you ever told me of this!?! Don't you trust me?!? How long has this been occurring?!?!?!" she continued her shouting, altering her voice to seem hurt.

Inuyasha felt as though she had just fired her miko's arrow into his heart again; not trust her? She thought that he didn't trust her? "Kikyo...it's always happened like this...since I was born...and the reason that I never told you was because I didn't want to reveal any weakness...I trust you..."

"Do your other friend's know of this?!? My reincarnation?!" she pressed forcefully. Inuyasha dropped his hands to his side and looked down. He nodded slowly, wondering to himself why he hadn't even thought of telling her, and yet he wanted Kagome near him so much during this time that it hurt. He felt sick of himself.

"You won't trust me and yet even SHE knows?!" Kikyo was now very aggravated.

"...Yes, Kikyo...I'm sorry, I should have trusted you with my secret...but it was a complete accident that Kagome found out anyway, though it was quite a while ago..." he admitted, feeling more and more hurt by her harsh words.

"Inuyasha, you've betrayed me for the last time! Go!" she yelled, faking tears that she didn't even know that she could create, "Leave me alone! I never want to see you again!"

Inuyasha's heart broke, he could actually feel it happen, "Kikyo..." he began, taking a step towards her, wanting to explain and do whatever it took for her forgiveness. Kikyo stepped away from him and surrounded herself in her soul stealers. They raised her into the sky.

"Good-bye Inuyasha!" she spat. With those last heart-wrenching words, she disappeared. Inuyasha stood there for a moment, completely frozen in anguish. He was sad, hurt, but mostly scared. Inuyasha was scared that he was alone again. Kikyo had just rejected him, had just abandoned him, all because he hadn't trusted her...again...
Suddenly Inuyasha started running. He didn't want to feel alone. He knew of one place that he could go that he would not be alone. He had been trying to get there for the past two days, but something inside of him pulled him towards the well, to Kagome, as if telling him that he could go now. He didn't want to stop and think about how illogical this impulse was, he only wanted to be by her, that's another thing that he didn't understand. Kikyo had just abandoned him, and he ran to Kagome? What would she say to him? Would she...reject him as well? Inuyasha didn't want to think about that. He just ran until he saw the well. He didn't even pause before he jumped inside, and was overjoyed when the familiar blue light enveloped him in all its warmth.

"Thank you Kagome..." he said softly as he landed on the other side of the well.

Kagome's house:

Kagome sat on the couch with a bag of chips in her lap. Her mother had taken Souta and her grandfather to visit their ill relative again, as they had done Hekele's first night in Japan, so they would be gone for a day or so. Kagome had waited up for Inuyasha, just in case he came. Everyone else had decided to go to bed and give the two some privacy. Hekele and Rin were the first two to bed, followed by Kachie a few minutes later. Sango had been expecting this and had remained awake to speak to Kagome.

!!!!!Flashback!!!!!

Sango sat next to Kagome on the couch and watched the television for a few minutes before speaking.

"I'm sorry if I am intruding Kagome, but are you going to tell him about Kikyo when he comes?" she asked, concerned. Kagome sighed.

"No...not yet, I want a chance to apologize for forgetting about him, and to make it up to him somehow...and don't you mean IF he comes?"

Sango laughed a bit, "No Kagome, WHEN he comes. You know as well as I that he will be here. I don't know why and I don't know how he'll know the well will work this time, but he will, and he will come." Kagome smiled a bit and nodded.

"When I do tell him...I want everyone to be there to back me up, I don't know if I could face him alone while delivering the news to him..."

"Do you fear that he would harm you?" Sango asked. Kagome shook her head.

"No, I just don't want to be alone when I watch his heart break...it would break mine as well..." she said sadly. Sango nodded and gave Kagome a supportive hug.

"I'm going to go to bed; mend his emotional wounds when he comes, and we'll be there when you tell him, ok?"

"Alright, good night Sango."

"Goodnight Kagome."

!!!!!End Flashback!!!!!

Kagome stretched and heard a noise outside. She braced herself for his entrance, and for his yelling and accusations. But they never came. She heard first a tentative knock at the front door, one that seemed not to know whether it should be knocking at all, and then she heard a slightly more urgent knock. Kagome stood at this and smiled on her way to the door. Inuyasha was learning; he knew that people would be asleep upstairs so he came to the door for once.
Kagome slowly opened the door to reveal a human Inuyasha. He looked a bit relieved that she had opened the door for him, and yet, most of his features were laced with anguish.

"Umm, hi Inuyasha...want to come in?" she asked, not knowing what else to say to him. Inuyasha nodded and Kagome stepped back to grant him entrance. Inuyasha was at a loss for words as well it seemed.

"...Have you eaten anything? I could fix you some ramen...I know that Hekele practically banned you from it while we were back in your time..." Kagome continued, remembering how Hekele had insisted that he eat something besides his favorite food.

"No, thank you Kagome..." he said, trying his best to be polite. Kagome seemed a bit surprised by this but she tried not to show it.

So much for my peace offering... she thought idly as the two walked into the living room and sat on the couch. Inuyasha hesitated but sat next to Kagome, still feeling his need to be near her. They were silent for a long time; neither knew what they should say. Finally, Kagome took the initiative.

"Inuyasha?" she asked.

"Yeah?"

"I'm...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have forgotten about the new moon and you becoming human. I didn't even remember until earlier this evening..." she admitted.

"Is that why you unsealed the well?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome nodded.

"Yeah, I figured that maybe you might get sick of Miroku or something and try heading down the well once or twice..." she said, only half lying. She closed her eyes and braced herself for his reaction. She could not believe what happened next. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist and pulled her into a tight embrace. He buried his head into the crook of her neck and held her possessively. Kagome, surprised by his embrace, sat there for a moment before cautiously snaking her arms around him as well and returning the affection. She gently combed her fingers through his hair and inwardly wished that he still had his dog-ears so that she could rub them for him, knowing very well that despite his protests and whines that he truly liked it when she rubbed them. She contented with herself fingering his hair, however, and began to hum a soothing song without realizing it.

"What song is that?" Inuyasha asked after a moment of the peaceful music.

"It's a song by Jessica Andrews...'Helplessly, Hopelessly'." she said. Inuyasha frowned.

"I didn't sound sad..." he said. Kagome giggled a bit and shook her head.

"It isn't sad, she's just talking about how she feels about someone..."

"She thinks they're hopeless?"

"No silly, here, want me to sing it for you?" she asked. She didn't see Inuyasha's suddenly happy face. She would sing...for him? She had lulled Shippo to sleep with her beautiful voice...but now she would sing to him? Despite how distraught he was, he felt honored...

"You would...sing for me?" he asked, as if testing her. Kagome smiled.

"Of course I would! Do you really want me to?" she asked again. Inuyasha nodded softly into her neck. Kagome smiled and laid her head so that it rested on his softly.

"I can stand with the weight of the world on my shoulders;

I can fight with the toughest, of the tough.

I can laugh in the face of all my insecurities...

Anytime, anywhere, anything...

I'm strong enough..."

Inuyasha sighed softly into her neck as she sang the song. He was still holding her tightly, but somehow her gentle voice made him feel more at ease. Kagome began the chorus.

"But when you're holding me like this,

I'm carelessly lost in your touch.

I'm completely defenseless,

Baby it's almost too much...

I'm helplessly, hopelessly, recklessly falling in love..."

Inuyasha nodded a bit, to show that he understood the title now. He felt as though the song were meant for this particular moment in time between him and Kagome. He liked it. She's singing for ME...not Shippo, not Rin, not that wimpy wolf Koga...or that idiot Hojo for that matter...but ME... He smiled softly as Kagome squeezed him a bit tighter for a second before picking up the second verse.
"So let consequence do what it will to us, I don't care.

Let the stars stand as witness to it all.

Say the word and tonight I will follow you anywhere...

I just can't pretend anymore, I'm too sturdy to fall."
Kagome continued to stroke his hair, idly realizing that the song seemed to fit the very situation they were in, and exactly how she felt about him. She loved how they were wrapped in each other's arms for the moment...
"But when you're holding me like this,

I'm carelessly lost in your touch.

I'm completely defenseless,

Baby, it's almost too much.

I'm helplessly, hopelessly, recklessly falling in love."

Inuyasha nuzzled Kagome's neck softly. She deserves to know how I feel...even if I will always be held to Kikyo, though she hates me now...gods I feel confused. Kikyo hurts me and I run to Kagome, but I still love Kikyo...I'm afraid of being alone, but if I keep this up I will be... he thought as Kagome continued more softly. "I am not afraid, I am not afraid..."
A smile appeared on Inuyasha lips as the sweet lyrics touched his ears. And neither will I...everything will work out eventually...I hope...I'll tell Kagome how I feel...
"'Cause when you're holding me like this

I'm carelessly lost in your touch

I'm completely defenseless

Baby, it's almost too much

I'm helplessly, hopelessly, recklessly

Falling...

(Helplessly, hopelessly, recklessly falling)

I'm helplessly, hopelessly, recklessly falling in love..."
Inuyasha gently released Kagome from his hold and looked at her. Kagome looked at him sadly for a moment.
"You didn't like my singing?" she asked, looking downcast. Inuyasha was quick to respond.
"No, no! I loved it! It was beautiful..." he said, trying to comfort her quickly. Kagome looked up at him, surprised.
"You...think it's...beautiful?" she asked. Inuyasha blushed five shades of red and looked around the room, at anything but her, and nodded slowly. Kagome threw her arms around his neck in a tight hug, surprising him thoroughly.
"Thank you Inu-chan! That's sweet of you!" she said happily, having not expected him to be so nice about it. Inuyasha blushed again but gently wrapped his arms around her waist again. He was going to say it. Now was the perfect time to say it. He had to tell her...
"Aishiteru Kagome-chan," he said quickly, almost too quickly for Kagome to hear him...but she did.
"Inuyasha..." she said softly, trying not to choke on the words that she had longed to hear him say to her for so long. She gently released him and looked at his face. Inuyasha was looking at the floor, was determined not to look at her. He knew what she was about to do to him, but he had had to get it out...
Kagome cupped Inuyasha's face in her hands and forced him to look her in the eye. She smiled, "Aishiteru Inuyasha...I love you too..." Inuyasha looked at her with wide eyes for a moment before pulling her into a loving embrace. He gently placed a kiss on her forehead and rested his head on hers again. He rocked her back and forth for a few minutes.
"Inuyasha, we should get some sleep if you want me to round them up to come back with you in the morning..." Kagome said, nodding up the stairs where her friends were sleeping. Inuyasha looked at her again.
"You'll...come back with me tomorrow? But you were only here a day..." he said. Kagome smiled.
"Consider it my peace offering for forgetting tonight..." she said. Inuyasha leaned in and lightly kissed her lips, slightly shocking the girl in his arms. Kagome eagerly kissed him back, wanting to prove that she had meant every word that she had said to him. After a moment the two parted for air and Kagome blushed. Inuyasha smiled softly and lowered his gaze so that she couldn't see his own blush as he pulled her into his lap and let her lean on him. He pulled the blanket that was resting on the couch over her to keep her warm.
"Oyasumi nasai Kagome-chan..." he said softly. Kagome blushed deeper but rested her head on his shoulder.
"Good night Inuyasha... Aishiteru..." and with that, Kagome was asleep.

Me- I did it, I did it, oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
Kagome- No flaming here tonight, oh! Flaming here tonight...
Kachie- No, no, no, flaming here tonight...
Sango- She got the chappie up!
Inuyasha- Looks at the four singing girls with a bit of interest. If you wanted to attract attention to yourself, you could have just said so; there's no need to dance around on a stage in skimpy clothes and make Miroku drool...
Miroku- Drools all over himself at the four happy girls Must...grope...
Sango- Hits Miroku over the head with her boomerang DON"T BE A PERVERT!!!!!!!!
Me- I'm gonna sick Sesshy on your ass!
Kachie- I'm gonna sick Koga on you!!!
Kagome- Inuyasha! We are NOT wearing skimpy clothes!!! Oswari for being a hentai!!!!!!!!!!!
Inuyasha and Miroku- In a huge crater on the floor as the four angry girls walk away Was it something we said?
Me- R&R if you want them to live.