Ten Chances

By: StarKitten3360

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Disclaimer: Even though I wish I did I do not own any Inuyasha chacaters at all. Or the anime InuYasha. tear tear

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Author's Note: Hey guys! I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update this, but you'll all be happy with this chapter, at least I hope. Please don't kill me for it taking so long to update 10 Chances, all high schoolers and college students should understand why it took so long. But anyway enough of my jiber-jab on to the fic!

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Chapter Four: Fourth Chance

Once the two reached the village InuYasha carried Kagome into Kaede's hut where he layed her down next to the fire pit. "Kagome I..."

"Kagome!" Shippo charged into the room jumping onto InuYasha's head and then into Kagome's arms. "I was so worried about you!" Sanga and Miroku entered into the hut as well followed by Kaede herself.

"We were all worried about you Kagome." Miroku said as he sat down, leaning himself against the wall. Sanga set her large boomarang down on the far side of the hut and sat down next to Kagome.

"Very worried indeed." Sango smiled and then turned her attention to InuYasha. "Is something wrong InuYasha?" Sanga asked tilting her head to one side. The young half demon was biting his lip and nearly making himself bleed in the process. "Is there seomthing you need to say InuYasha?" InuYasha slowly nodded. "Then say it." InuYasha looked at Sango then at everyone else in the room before shaking his head quickley. Kagome narrowed her eyes as she looked at the half demon.

"Idiot." She muttered to herself. InuYasha's ears twitched as he heard her say it and turned his head to look at her.

"What was that!" He roared, startling everyone inside. "I am not an idiot!"

"Well you could have fooled me you idiot!" Kagome screamed back.

"You're the idiot, idiot!" InuYahsa rose to his feet and smirked knowing Kagome wouldn't even try with ehr injury.

"How dare you!" Kagome quickley pushed herself to her feet and relized her mistake to late. She screamed in pain as she collasped towards the floor. InuYasha rushed foward and caught her before she hit the ground. Kagome bit down on her lip as she tried to hold back the tears that she so desperatly wanted to let go.

"Kagome, are you alright?" InuYasha asked as he layed her down on the mat beside the fire pit. "You shouldn't put wieght on your leg." InuYasha leaned over her a concerned look in his eyes.

"Uhhh, maybe we should leave for now." Miroku muttered to the others inside the hut. The three nodded in agreement and slowly left, leaving Kagome and InuYasha alone in the hut. Kagome turned her head from the silver haired boy but was forced to look at him again as he used his left hand to turn her head towards him.

"Kagome I havr to tell you something." InuYasha swallowed hard as he looked into the eyes of the woman he loved. "Kagome I...I..." Kagome stared at him in wonder of what he was going to say, making it all the more harder for InuYasha to say it. "Kagome I...I..."

"InuYasha I get it, you're sorry right?" Kagome asked thinking she figured it out. She pushed the dog demon away from her and sat up. "Right?"

"Kagome that's not it you see I..."

"You what InuYasha?"

"I...I..." InuYasha could feel her eyes upon him and closed his eyes keeping them shut with all his might. "I...KAGOME I LOVE YOU!" His voice echoed in the hut and could be heard easily outside by the rest of the village. His hands flew to his mouth after noticing how loud he had said those words. Kagome looked at him in shock of what he had just said.

"This is a joke...right InuYasha." She looked at him and took notice to his sincere eyes. "This...isn't a joke is it InuYasha?" InuYasha slowly shook his head and looked to her.

"I'm sorry Kagome that I couldn't tell you. I understand if you might hate me now." InuYasha braced himself to get the "S" word shouted at him. After a few moments he turned his head to look at Kagome and noticed she was crying, her hands were in front of her mouth in shock. He mentally hit himself for telling her, he had obviously hurt her. Her quikcley stood to leave but Kagome reached out and grabbed the sleeve of his cloths.

"InuYasha...I love you too." Kagome stuttered as she slowly let go of InuYasha's sleeve. InuYasha stood there stunned by the words that had just escaped Kagome's lips. He felt his face quickley heat up as it began to turn bright red. Kagome's face began to grow red as she covered her face with her hands. InuYasha knelt down in front of her and pulled her hands away from her face so he could look her staright in the eye.

"Really Kagome?" His voice quavered as he asked her if she was serious. Kagome merely nodded her head and tried to cover her face yet again with her hands. InuYasha held ehr arms firmly so she couldn't cover her face and leaned forward and kissed her softly on the lips. Kagome slowly closed her eyes and returned the kiss, InuYasha released his grip on Kagome's arms allowing her to wrap them around the half demon's neck.

Miroku, Sango, and Shippo made their way over to the window to see if anything was happening. Miroku and Sango quickley pushed Shippo down and held him to the ground so that he couldn't see.

"Hey! What's going on! I want to see!" Shippo struggled against the two but was unable to succeed in freeing himself.

"Nothing that a young child like yourself should see." Miroku said as he applied more pressure onto the foxchild.

"I am not a child!"

"Oh on the contrar Shippo, you are a child. You just don't think you are." Sango said as she tried pushing the foxling away from the hut. "You may act mature for your age but you are still a child."

"No I'm Not!"