Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, even though I'd like to. I hug'em and love'em and lock'em away some place no one else could have'em. Hehehe. Just kidding, he's too great to hide from the world.

Twisting time

Chapter 4

Kagome was struck dumb. 'Was that all true or is he just playing some cruel trick? Maybe he was hit in the head during the fight.' She looked up into his eyes, searching them for the truth. She stared up at him so long, that Inu Yasha began to squirm. Maybe he'd made a mistake in saying all those things. Maybe Kagome didn't feel the same. Oh god, please don't let that be! She had to feel the same! After all she'd kissed him. Granted that had only been a small peck on his neck. And when he'd kissed away the droplets of blood from her cheek, her scent it had changed becoming…

Kagome's hand slipped around his neck and pulled him down to her. Inu Yasha didn't realize what had happened until he tasted her. Closing his eyes he drank her in like a fine wine. Her silky lips, her intoxicating scent, the warmth of her body, the taste of her mouth, and the wondrous sensation of her tongue touching his. 'So, this is what it feels like to truly be in love.' Every little hair on his body stood on end and danced with pure delight.

At last Kagome pulled away. She looked up at him with a dewy intensity in her eyes. "I love you, too, Inu Yasha. I always have. From the very first moment I saw you pinned to that tree, I knew." She grinned. "And then you woke up and ruined it for me."

He smiled, understanding her meaning. "That was a rather rough first meeting, wasn't it?" He ran his fingers through her hair, the tips of his claws brushing her scalp. The sensation made every hair on her arms stand straight up in anticipation.

"But it was well worth it." Kagome flinched, the voice had been Inu Yasha's but his mouth had never opened. Then she realized the voice had come from behind her. She turned to see the older Inu Yasha standing in the doorway. He smiled at them. The human Inu Yasha had cleaned up since the battle, his hair was still slightly damp and he now wore blue jeans and white t-shirt instead of his usual fire-rat armor. Kagome admired him. The t-shirt clung to his muscles accentuating each curve and the blue jeans though snug were not tight accentuated other parts of his body. 'I wonder what he looks like from behind.' The dark haired Inu Yasha grinned, seeming to know what she was thinking. "I've seen that look before." Kagome turned scarlet and buried her face in her hands. 'Well, he's not gonna get any less crass.' The two Inu Yasha exchanged a look over Kagome's embarrassed form and the young hanyou understood what his older self had come to see them for.

"Kagome, he and I need to have a talk. Do you mind waiting down stairs for me?" Kagome nodded, relieved to have some excuse for getting out from between the two Inu Yashas. She leaned forward and gave her hanyou a soft chaste kiss as she rose to leave the room. She paused in the door and frowned a little. Was this such a good idea?

"Don't worry. I'm not stupid enough to tell him everything about the future. That could jeopardize what happened in the past and wouldn't want to do that for anything." Kagome nodded at the older Inu Yasha and accepted his words with trust. As she went to the top of the stairs, she couldn't help a quick glance at the human Inu Yasha's backside as he closed the door. 'The back's just as good or better than the front.' She mused about that as she made her way to the kitchen where everyone else was gathered.

Eri ran up to her and tugged at her skirt. The child seemed completely recovered from the day's earlier events. Kagome knelt beside her to hear what she had to say. "Mommy says you're her. So does that mean I have two mommys?" Across the room Kagome's counterpart muffled a snicker.

Kagome patted the little girl's head and smiled. "Yes, I suppose it does, but just for today."

The little girl's eyes lit up. "Wow! Really! I've never had two mommys before." Her little arms went round Kagome's neck and Kagome instinctively lifted the child from her feet and held her close.

"And you're not likely to again." Kagome's counterpart mumbled as she sipped her tea.

Mrs. Higarashi set down her cup. "Are you all right, dear? That bullet came awfully close to you. It scared me half to death."

"Scared you? It scared me." Kagome have chuckled. Then she frowned. "And it absolutely terrified Inu Yasha. I've never seen him so frightened in all the time I've known him."

"And you never will again." Her counterpart sighed. "Today was the worst and best day of his life." She raised her eyes to meet the young girls gaze. "Things will never be the same after today. And believe me you won't want them to be."

The young Kagome nodded. His sudden and deep confession earlier had proven that much to her. And the memory of his kiss was still fresh in her mind. It had been sweet and loving and even a little shy. She smiled to herself. No, she didn't want things to go back to the way they'd been. "Speaking of Inu Yasha, to you have any of my old clothes here?"

Kagome's mom thought about that for a moment. "I think there may be some in the hall closet in that old trunk you used to have in your room."

"What are you looking for?" Her counterpart was confused by the action.

The young Kagome got a mischievous grin. "Oh, it was just something, your Inu Yasha mentioned to me." She waved at her counterpart to follow her into the hall.

When the two men finally emerged from the private talk they found their Kagome's standing in the hall admiring themselves in a floor length mirror on the inside of a closet door. The young girl now wore a pair of very short and very tight blue jean shorts with a small spaghetti strapped top. While the older one admired the school uniform she now wore. Amazingly it still fit her perfectly. Well, almost. After all she was slightly taller and the skirt seemed slightly shorter. And age has a funny way of making things pock out in ways they hadn't in her youth. But neither Inu Yasha noticed the difference. It was all Inu Yasha not to scoop his wife up and carry her off to a bedroom, right then and there.

The younger Inu Yasha was not any better off. He'd never seen her wear so little, except when she wore that tiny little bathing-suit with the flowers. He could hear his counterpart complimenting on the outfit. But his own mouth was dry and couldn't seem to stop staring at her.

His Kagome blushed and looked away. "You don't like it do you?"

"No, I mean yes, I mean I've just never seen you wear so little clothes before." Kagome flushed an even brighter shade of red.

"He meant that as a compliment." Inu Yasha's counterpart explained from his place in his wife's neck.

The young Kagome looked to her Inu Yasha for conformation. "Uh, yeah, that's what I meant."

Kagome smiled. "We'd better get going. We've probably spent too much time here as it is."

"I'll walk you out." Linu appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. They nodded and headed towards the side door.

"Uh, Kagome?" Kagome paused at her counterpart's voice. She turned to look at her. The woman's husband was nibbling on her ear now. "The answer is D. Good luck!" Kagome fliched. Oh, yeah her math test. She'd forgotten all about that.

"Thanks!" She said and ran after Inu Yasha and Linu. She slipped her arm through Inu Yahsa's as they made their way back to the well. Standing inside the mini-shrine, Kagome felt a tug at her heart for leaving the young man, but she was comforted by the thought that one she would see him again.

"Thank you for everything. Your help was invaluable. You saved my family." He smiled across at the young couple.

"You helped a lot, too. I don't know if we could've done it without you." Kagome said giving him a hug.

"Yeah….I'd be proud to have a son like you, Linu." Inu Yasha blushed slightly. "What I meant was you're not a half bad fighter."

Linu grinned. "Thank you. That means a lot coming from you. I've learned a lot about my parents from you two. I never realized how deep their love was, until I met you. Thank you for that insight." Linu kissed Kagome's cheek softly and stepped away up the stairs. Inu Yasha had flinched at the kiss. Seeing another man kiss his Kagome was enough to make his blood rush. But just as quickly he had calmed, realizing that the kiss had been that of a son to his mother, very chaste and loving.

He slipped his arm around her waist as they hoped on the well's sill. "Goodbye." They both called as they disappeared into the enchanted well. Linu stood for a long time staring at the empty mini-shrine. His father had given up so much to be with his mother and make a life with her. (Not that their lives had ever been particularly normal.) He'd never respected his father as much as he did in that very moment. 'I hope that one day I will find a love like that.'

They landed gently on the well's floor. Above them birds sang and the sky shone a brilliant blue. "We must be in your time, Inu Yasha." The hanyou nodded and gave a push off the ground. They landed in the grass outside the well.

"Inu Yasha?" Sango appeared not far away with Shippo clinging to her shoulder. "Inu Yasha why don't you just let Kagome go and stop arguing with her?"

Kagome blinked in confusion. "Arguing? Go where?"

It was Sango's turn to look confused. "Well, didn't you say you were going home, because you had a big test or something?"

"Oh, yeah, my test." She looked up at Inu Yasha, who still had his arm wrapped around her waist. "It's strange, that's the second time I've had to be reminded of that test. I guess I've had other things on my mind." She smiled up at Inu Yasha and he smiled back. Had Sango and Shippo not been there, she thought he would have kissed her. But Inu Yasha was never one to like an audience. "Well, she's right. I'd better get going. I do have some studying to do."

Inu Yasha took the huge yellow bag and threw it over his shoulder. "Would you mind some company?"

"I never mind your company, Inu Yasha." She smiled as he wrapped his arm back around her waist and they jumped back into the well.

"That was rather strange, don't you think?" Shippo hopped off her shoulder onto the well's sill.

The demon slayer shook her head. "No, I think it was wonderful." She turned and headed back to the village to wait for her friends return.

The End

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