Note: Slightly lemon here, so be aware...
Kagome awoke to the sounds of light chatter. At first she thought she was back home in Tokyo, but quickly realized she was still in the feudal era. She sat up.
"Ah, Lady Kagome! You are awake!" Miroku saw her first. "The villager's have brought us a veritable feast, are you hungry?"
"Yes, I'm starving!" She said getting up. She realized that she was still in her robe, and excused herself, blushing, outside to change into her clothes in the darkness.
She returned to a plate of steaming vegetables and rice, and it never looked as good as it did at that minute. She devoured her meal and was talking with Sango, when Inuyasha asked her to join him for a walk.
Uh oh, here it comes; she thought to herself. She agreed and followed him out of the hut. Sango and Miroku looked at each other quizzically.
Kagome followed Inuyasha up onto a grassy hill that looked over the village. The near full moon hung in a clear sky, dotted with stars. As she was following him she was rehearsing in her head exactly what she would say to him, when he started arguing with her.
Inuyasha sat down at the top of the hill and motioned for her to sit down next to him. She did.
"Kagome, you know that we have a long road to go still, right?" He asked her.
"Yes, I know." She answered.
"I don't know exactly what you saw in those dreams, but I want you to understand something. You knew that I had been in love with Kikyo, and had wanted to become fully human to spend my human life with her." He said.
Kagome was pulling blades off grass out of the ground and twirling them around her fingers. She couldn't look at him. After all that rehearsing she had done she was rendered silent.
"But everything has changed now. Kikyo is dead. She still wanders the earth as a soulless being searching for revenge on Naraku, but she is not the Kikyo I loved. She is no longer in my future. But when I look at you, I see a future full of possibilities. I think with your help I can defeat Naraku, and on the day we beat him, I want you by my side." He said looking directly at her.
Kagome gasped and looked at him. He leaned in close to her and said, "Will you be there?"
"Of course I will. I will be by your side for as long as you let me be." She said almost breathlessly.
"Sometimes I may be rude and crass, but that is just the way I am. I don't act that way because I don't care. I do care, about you, the others, and defeating Naraku. Please don't let the memories of a past life hurt your heart Kagome. Because that is all they are. Just memories."
Inuyasha leaned in and gently touched his lips to hers. She froze for a split second, but quickly relaxed and allowed Inuyasha to pull her up on his lap. She put her head against his chest and listened to his quickened heartbeat through the red cloth of his haori.
"That was my first kiss. I'm glad it was you." She whispered.
"Your first kiss? Did you like it?" He asked.
"Yes, very much."
"Would you like another?"
"Yes." She said and looked up into his eyes. There on his
face was the loving look she thought he would never bestow on her. She had been wrong about him.
He lowered his head and recaptured her lips. This time he lingered and teased her lips with the tip of his tongue.
She opened her mouth to it, and he kissed her deeply. He moaned against her mouth. She tasted of those sugary confections she had brought him from her world. She was holding on to him tightly. Her hand slipped inside of his shirt and her fingers came in contact with his skin. He felt as if he could go up in flames.
"Kagome, if we don't stop, I might lose my chivalry." He said.
"So lose it." She said with a small grin pulling at the corners of her mouth. Her leaned her back on the grass. Her face looked so beautiful in the moonlight, her eyes all soft. He stroked her cheek with his fingers. She pulled him down for another kiss. He kissed her all over her face. She could feel his sharp teeth grazing her skin, but they did not cut her. He kissed her neck and his lips brushed her collarbone. His hand grazed the side of her breast and she, as if on instinct, arched her back and groaned. He though he might lose all control then and there. He knew he shouldn't go any further than he already had, so he lay back in the grass next to her, and pulled her in close beside him. She rested her head on his chest.
He stroked her back and sighed. "Kagome, I don't know what I would do without you."
She smiled to herself, because that was as good as if he had said he loved her.