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Chapter 8: True feelings

"Who...is it?" Kagome said weakly, afraid her father had come back.

"Open the doors, guys. It's only me!" a females voice said from outside the bedroom doors. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, who smiled and laughed.

"It's alright." he got up and went to open the door. "It's just Sango."

Kagome smiled also, she liked the fact that she could now call Sango a friend.

"Hey Kagome, how are you?" Sango asked, giving Kagome a hug and gasping at the size and majesty of the room. "Wow, is this your room, Kags?"

Kagome nodded at the bewildered girl. "Yes, but it's nothing special." she received the same look Inuyasha had given her when she talked badly about her magnificent room.

"Well, let's just agree that it's better and, might I add, bigger than the place we have, right yash?" Sango glanced at Inuyasha, who was looking at some pictures of Kagome when she was a child.

"Yeah. Hey, Kagome?" He motioned Kagome over and for her to sit next to him. "Who is this Lady here" he pointed at a beautiful woman sitting on a swing with a 6 year-old Kagome.

"That's.. my mother." Kagome replied, wearing a forced smile. "She died a long time ago." Kagome walked out onto the balcony. Inuyasha stared after her, then stared at Sango, who motioned with her head for him to follow the distraught looking girl.

Kagome wiped away a tear when she noticed Inuyasha at her side. He didn't look at her, he only looked out onto the large village below.

"I'm..ah.. sorry I brought your mother up.. I was only curious, I shouldn't have asked." He apologized, she sighed.

"It wasn't your fault, Inuyasha. And It's not my mothers death that made me so sad." She replied, looking out onto the village too.

"What do you mean?" he tilted his head.

"When my mother died, all I wanted to do was be by myself. I didn't go anywhere or socialize with any of the other royal children I played with as a younger child than I was at the time." She smiled, "I was 7 when she died. Though it only feels like yesterday. There was no comfort for me, my father acted as though it hadn't happened. He had been planning to go away on a trip soon after.. and he wasn't planning on taking me along." Her smile faded away.

"He left you alone a lot.. didn't he?" Inuyasha asked.

"He left me alone..the maids and butlers didn't have time for me, their job was to keep the palace in order...but like I said before, when my mother died, I wanted to be by myself, I wouldn't let anyone in and let them know I was hurting inside." She tried to fight back the urge to cry, but she was powerless to stop the tears.

"My whole life after then.. was a hell hole. I've only begun to have emotions again.. after I met you and your friends. I feel like there might be a chance for me to survive in this world." She looked into his eyes.

"I don't want to hurt anymore, Inuyasha. I just want to live my life and get it over with." She looked away again, shaking with anger. She hated her father for everything he had ever done and for all the choices he had made. He didn't care.. he never did. His love for his own daughter died with his wife.

"He said I am a constant reminder of my mother, he said he despised to look at me. He beat me once before. But no one believed that 'the great king' would beat his own daughter.. He 'loved me and cherished me'...no.. he hated me then and he hates me now!" She started of in a soft tone but yelled her final words, attempting to throw herself over the edge of the balcony.

"Kagome, no!" Inuyasha yelled, catching her. "If he hurt you so bad, why are you giving him the satisfaction in letting him know that he's hurting you!" they stared at each other for a moment before he pulled her back over the side. He still held her hands. " Don't hurt yourself, Kagome. You have people around you now that care about you. We're here now, and we wont abandon you. And you know how important promises are to me." He said firmly, squeezing her hands slightly.

She moved closer and began to cry into his shoulder. He rubbed her back telling her that everything would be ok. He closed his eyes, taking in her scent. He loved her so much, it made him feel so giddy inside.

"Come with me." he said, softly.

"What did you say?" she asked, not hearing what he had said.

"I said, come with me. I've heard enough Kagome, you're not safe here." She gazed at him, knowing she wanted to say yes, but her duty as a princess was leaning towards no.

"Look. Your father has treated you badly in the past and present. I wont let him hurt you anymore, that's why you're coming with us." He stated, walking into her room again.

"Inuyasha, but-" She was lost for words.

"But nothing, Kagome. I've made up my mind, you're staying with us. No more anger, no more hate, no more hurting. You can be free.. to be whomever you want to be." his words touched her, sure, she wanted to be free, but she had a responsibility here.

"Inuyasha. Listen. I'm a princess, next in line for the throne. I can't just get up and leave like this!" She protested. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, he was giving her the world and she wouldn't take it.

"What? So you'd rather stay here?" he asked, putting words in her mouth.

"Of course not!" She yelled, "I want to come with you, but it's not that simple." She said, looking at her portrait hanging on the wall. She was wearing a beautiful gown and jewelry. She hated seeing herself like that. Then she thought about her father and Lord Sesshomaru. She didn't want to get married to a stranger, one who was pig-headed, snobby and arrogant.

"I never knew true feelings before I met you, Inuyasha." She looked straight into his eyes. "Yes. Take me away from here. I wont be married off so father can get a rich new son-in-law. I wont be an object anymore." He reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

"I will never let anything happen to you, Kagome. I will never hurt you, I probably couldn't say it enough to prove that my words are true, but believe me, You wont be unwanted." He smiled, so did she, Sango blushed from her hiding place in the closet.

'That's so sweet!' the thought to herself, 'but why don't they just come out and say how much they love each other?' she scratched her head and came out. And snuck out of the room, into the hall and out of the window she snuck in through. Inuyasha watched her as she left, silently thanking her for leaving them alone.

"Kagome." he said out loud. She rested her head on his chest. "I need to tell you something." He began.

"Hmm? What?" She replied, hoping for certain words to sound from his lips and to her ears.

The door burst open. Sesshomaru and The King barged in. Seeing Kagome in another man's arms sent Sesshomaru over the top, he grabbed Kagome, throwing her to the King. The King held onto her and pulled her out of the room.

"Inuyasha!" She yelled, terror in her voice.

"Kagome!" He yelled.