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Chapter 29: Lost and Found

Kagome stormed off. Away from Sango. Away from InuYasha and the village. She wanted to go home. She wanted to go to her mother and tell her how big of a baka InuYasha was. He thought she was lying to him. She would never do that. Kagome would never lie to InuYasha. Not about something like this. She wanted to know what was going on just as much as he did, if not more. Only a few yards away from the well, her rage made her break into a run. It would be great to be home with her mother, grandfather, and Souta.

Without thinking, Kagome plunged over the side and into the well. She hit the bottom with a loud thud. Kagome cried out as she landed on her wrist, feeling all her weight press down against it. She pushed herself to her knees with her other hand. "Way to go Kagome!" she yelled at herself. "Leave it to you to go do something stupid like this. How could you forget the well was sealed!" She stood to her feet and looked up through the opening. No one knew where she was. She knew InuYasha would be able to find her, but after sitting him so many times he might not be looking for her for awhile, hours even. She would just have to wait for him.

"Just great Kagome. Now you're stuck here. How do you always manage to mess everything up like you do?" She hopelessly tried to pull herself out of the well with her one good arm and her feel, but only found herself falling on her butt. She sighed, rubbing her sore bottom. "You are just a stupid, clumsy, wench, aren't you?" she told herself, she pulled her legs close to her.

"I'm just going to have to wait." She whispered to herself. "And hope that InuYasha finds me soon." She didn't really even know why she was yelling at everyone. It wasn't like her to get so angry like that. She was tired, and always getting those stupid headaches. It wasn't their fault, and they were just worried about her. That thought made her feel even worse. She held back a sob. Maybe she should have gone back to her time instead of staying here. Maybe her friends would be better off without her around to always worry about. But, then again, InuYasha…he'd be alone again.

Then she felt it. It started slow at first, but then escalated rapidly. It shot through her entire body this time, not just her head. She felt as if a giant bolt of lightning had just hit her. She grimaced in pain. Why was this always happening to her? Why did she sense a familiar presence every time this happened? She closed her eyes and reached with her good hand to grip something, anything that would ease the pain. "InuYasha!"

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He raced ahead to the well. InuYasha had her scent now; it was a little faded from time but he could tell he was getting close. It didn't take him long to figure out she was in the well, and she was hurt, again.

"InuYasha!" she screamed. He didn't hesitate in jumping down after her, landing to find her cuddled up in the corner. She had her eyes squeezed shut, and one hand digging at the ground in pain.

He rushed to her side, wrapping one arm behind her head and another cupped her face. "Kagome, what's wrong? What's happening?"

"I…don't know…" her teeth were tightly clinched. What was he going to do? What could he do?

"Kagome. Listen to me." He lowered his voice to almost a whisper. "You have to listen to me, now. Alright?"

Kagome nodded, opening her eyes to look into his. "…alright…"

"Shhh. Don't talk, just listen to my voice. You're going to be fine, I promise. Just concentrate on me." He pulled her closer, allowing her grip his hand instead of the dirt. He flinched at the tightness of her grip, but went on to stroke out her hair with his other hand. "I'm sorry if I made you mad, Kagome. I just want to help but I can't do anything." He sighed. "You still mad?"

She just shook her head.

"Keh. I don't know what I'm going to do with you. Gonna have to tie a rope around your legs where I'll always know where you are." He looked down at her when her grip loosened on his hand. "You alright now?"

"Y-yes." She exhaled deeply. "I forgot."

"Hm? Forgot what?"

Kagome paused. "I forgot the well was seal. I don't know what I was thinking, InuYasha." She let out a heavy sigh.

"It's okay, Kagome. I just… I… I'm here. For you. Anytime you want to, you know, talk or something. Or if you just want to be alone. I'm always going to be here." He was blushing as he looked at her. She was absolutely worn out. Her eyes were already half way closed, dark underneath. And her face was so pale. "Go to sleep, now. I'll take you to the hut." She nodded. He picked her up in his arms and leaped out of the well. When he got to her hut; Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Shippou were all there waiting for him. He lay her down on her bed and allowed Kaede to tend to her wounds. Her wrist ended up being merely just a sprain. Kaede was able to wrap it without Kagome even noticing. As soon as InuYasha had picked her up inside the well, she had fallen asleep. InuYasha was relieved she was sleeping now. If she was asleep, then she wasn't feeling any pain. And that, to InuYasha, was good.

"She was at the well after all."

"Yea. She told me she forgot it was sealed."

"Ai. That is highly probable. We often forget important things in our rage, and Kagome wanted to be with her mother most likely." Kaede finished bandaging Kagome and stood to her feet. Miroku and Sango stood with her. "Let her sleep as long as she needs, InuYasha. I need to be going now."

"I'll escort you, Kaede. Sango?" Miroku turned to his wife.

"I'm coming. You too, Shippou. Kagome needs to rest." The kitsune huffed and crossed his arms, but followed reluctantly.

She's gonna be hungry when she wakes up. He said to himself. He gave her one last look before going outside to the pond. The water was warm from the afternoon sun. InuYasha took off his haori and undershirt, jumping right in. He stood still and silent, waiting for a fish to swim by. He caught one, then another. Finally he settled with four fish, tossing them to the side and heading to the edge of the forest. He picked a few of Kagome's favorite fruits before heading back inside and starting a fire in the pit. InuYasha smiled at how Kagome was mumbling in her sleep, until she distinctively uttered the word 'sit', sending InuYasha face first into the fire.

"Gah!" he struggled to his feet, patting down at his clothes to put out the flames. InuYasha grumbled to himself as he set the fish above the fire, backing away simultaneously and giving Kagome a glance. She opened an eye half way. "Bout time you woke up." He moved to her side.

"Sorry."

"And cut that out! Don't apologize when you didn't do anything."

She was silent. "What happened to you?" she grabbed at his burned clothes and scorched face.

"I fell in the freakin fire."

"And you call me clumsy."

"Keh."

"Um. Something smells good."

"Fish."

"Is it almost done? I'm starving."

InuYasha tossed her a piece of fruit. "Not yet. Eat on that until it's finished." He turned the fish.

She took a few bites until her eyes went wide. "Oh no! I yelled at Sango. I can't believe I yelled at a pregnant woman."

"She's fine. I've already talked to her."

"Still. I want to talk to her."

"You can talk to her tomorrow." He handed her a fish. "Here. Eat it. And I got another one over here when you finish that one." After they both finished eating, and InuYasha finished cleaning, they both walked outside the hut as the sun started to set across the pond and field. Most of the flowers in the field had already bloomed, leaving a wide variety of colors spread all around the hut.

"You know InuYasha, I've been wondering something."

"Oh yea? What?"

"Who did you build this hut for?"

He looked to her dumbfounded. "You, wench. Who else?"

"I know that much, but… was it just for me? I mean,…" she fidgeted with her prayer bead bracelet.

What is she getting at? InuYasha thought to himself. He turned toward her, giving Kagome his full attention.

"What are we InuYasha? What am I to you?"

"K-kagome? I…I'm…I mean, we're… aren't we…?" He had been dreading this moment, but he also knew it was inevitable. What should he say? He looked pleadingly at Kagome, wanting to know what she wanted him to say. Other thoughts crossed into his mind. Maybe she was regretting her decision. Maybe she found out she didn't want to stay with InuYasha after all. His ears drooped at her silence.

"I-I don't know. InuYasha? Will you stay here with me?"

"What do you mean by that?" His heart stopped. What was she getting at? What could she mean?

"Well, right now this is just my home."

"So?"

"And you don't have a home."

"So?"he flicked his ears.

"Why don't you live here, InuYasha? There's more than enough room and that way you don't have to be alone and…"

"You sure?" he cut her off.

She smiled. "Yea." She stood up, grabbing onto his hand and pulling him up, she yawned. "I'm sleepy."

"Sleepy? How could you be sleepy? You've been sleeping all day."

"Doesn't matter. I'm sleepy now."

"Keh. Fine."

Kagome squealed as InuYasha picked her up and carried her into the hut. He flattened his ears to his head at the sound. He sat down on the bed and smiled, seeing that Kagome was already well on her way to sleep. She even started to snore a bit as he pulled the blanket over her. InuYasha settled for leaning upright against the wall to the foot of the bed, watching as Kagome slept. He couldn't help but smile. He'd been doing that a lot lately, smiling. He reached over and tucked a lock of Kagome's hair behind her ear, stopping to let his fingers graze her cheek. She had given up her own family and her own home to give him a chance at a family and a home. How could she throw everything she had away just for him, a half-breed. Hanyou's are never loved. They never get a chance to grow old and settle down with a family. They never lived long enough to. But here he was, with the most beautiful woman he had ever met, making a home and life with her. It was more than he could ever imagine, more than he ever thought he would have.

A/N: Short chapter, but it had a bit of fluff, and you learned a bit more of InuYasha's feelings. :sigh: Like I said before, more is coming so stay tuned! I think you are all going to enjoy the next chapter::wink, wink: I promise it'll make up for the last two.