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A/N: Gomen Nasi, it took me sooo long to write more on this fic, I have been super busy lately and I have also been working on reviews for all of my favorites! it's a tough job but some ones gotta do it! Arigato for the reviews!

Chapter 13

He Knows….

With Inuyasha

He could sense it. Kagome was nearby, he could smell her blood. This is what terrified him.

"Why is it her blood I smell? Is she injured, does she need me? Can I help her?" He was questioning himself when he caught the scent of a youkai, an Inu-youkai.

"Sesshomarou?" he questioned to himself.

"No, that's not possible, his scent is much weaker then this…..what is this scent. Why does it seem so familiar?" Inuyasha began to walk towards the direction in which the scent was coming from. He didn't understand why Kagomes' scent seemed to be mingling with the youkai scent, but he definitely didn't like the thought that whatever, or whoever it was had hurt Kagome.

"I'll kill whatever……" he trailed off when the mirror image of himself appeared in front of him. This twin of the hanyou was carrying Kagome in his arms.

"Inuyasha." It was Sanoske Taisho; Inuyashas' own father whom he had not seen in hundreds of years.

"Father… what is wrong with Kagome?" he stuttered. "Why do I smell her blood, is she hurt?"

"No, son. The priestess will be fine once she has regained her strength. She has been through much turmoil in the past weeks and she has just broken her final curse, the one that will now allow her to continue her life here, this is the time frame that she is now bound to, forever."

Inuyasha was dumbfounded. What should he say at a time like this, what could he say. This was the first time that he had truly 'met' his father and now he was getting the chance to speak with the great lord, unfortunately, the only thing either one of them was worried about was Kagome and when she was going to wake up.

"Why was she bleeding?"

"When she went to the Sacred Tree, she had to break the last curse. To do this, she had to remove the arrow that Kikyou used to pin you to the Tree to break the curse, forever giving her heart to you."

"Why would she do something like that? That's crazy, she could've been killed. She never seemed to care about me that much in the first place, why now? It just doesn't make any sense to me."

"Inuyasha, she loves you, your existence means everything to her, she lives now only because of that will to become your mate in the future."

(Bug eyes) "Huhsh-she wants t-to be my m-m-ma-mate?"

chuckling to himself "Yes Inuyasha, she wishes to become your mate in the future."

Blushing " I…I …um I want to be with her too."

"Then why won't you simply tell her that? That's all she wants to here from you."

"I…I don't know, I'm scared that she won't truly want me, after all I am a half-breed."

Inuyasha looked over at the sleeping miko.

'Grrr, when is she going to wake up?'

"Inuyasha, Kagome doesn't care that you are a half-demon, she loves you for who you are, not who you could be. Things like that don't mean anything to her, they never really have."

"Yeah right….I…"

"Inuyasha……Inu-Inuyasha….onegei, Inuyasha, don't put yourself down so much, I love you because you're not like everyone else, you're unique." Kagome had been listening to the last part of the father and son conversation and had seemingly decided to butt in.

She pulled her way to Inuyasha, and leaned on his shoulder, he blushed but then, slowly, he wrapped his strong arms around the young miko and whispered gently in her ear:

"I missed you, Kagome, onegei, don't ever leave me alone like that again, I need you by may side forever, okay…..promise you'll stay with me."

Tears slid down her blush red cheeks.

'Well it's a step closer to him actually telling me that he loves me, at least he does want to be with me…..'

"I promise, forever…" she whispered quietly in return

"Arigato."

A/N: Ok Ok, this is a rather short chappie and I am sooo sorry for not updating in sooo long! I will try to update sooner next time! And don't worry, this fic isn't over yet, Inuyasha still has to break his curse and Sesshy & Kikyou have to get together, maybe even Sango and Miroku will get togetherwho knows! Please Review!

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