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Trust

Epilogue

Kagome waited impatiently outside of the apartment that Inuyasha and her shared. They had moved into the nicely sized place shortly after finishing high school. Kagome was now going to university, studying child services, while Inuyasha was studying auto mechanics at a near-by colleage.

Inuyasha had told Kagome to wait out here and not to come inside until he said so. She had only been out here about 5 minutes, but she was tired, cranky, and a little pissed off. Her day had been a long one, and she had been extremely upset with herself when she hadn't managed to get a 90 on her exam. Ok, so it had been an 87, but she had been so sure she would get a 90.

'I can't believe I spelt 'purpose' wrong.' Kagome thought angrily, berating herself not for the first time that day. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, she never noticed the door open slightly infront of her, until a voice brought her back to reality.

"You can come in now." said a deep, masculine voice that Kagome easily recognised as Inuyasha's.

Stepping over the threshold while pushing open the door, the first thing that Kagome noticed was that the rug, normally beige, was now a deep red. Panicking that someone had died or something, she at first failed to notice that the red, was in fact, a bunch of little red rose petals.

At first Kagome had to resist the urge to roll her eyes. This was probably just another attempt from Inuyasha to be romantic. The last time he had tried something like this, he had ended up shreading several important documents of hers by accident. Kagome had had a hell of a time getting everything sorted out.

'At least rose petals don't stain.' Kagome thought ruefully, and followed the little trail that the petals made. They led out onto the balcony, which overlooked the sea, as their appartment was on the coast. Kagome smiled at the sight. The sea had always had a calming effect on her.

Sensing someone behind her, Kagome turned to find Inuyasha, clothed only in a pair of sturdy black pants and a pair of white ankle socks, twiling a single white rose in his hands.

"What the matter, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, concerned. He was looking as though he was heading for the gallows.

Inuyasha approached Kagome slowly, and indication that whatever he was going to say/do was very important to him, and he didn't want to screw it up. He reached out slightly with one hand, offering the rose to Kagome.

Kagome smiled reasurringly at him, and took the rose. Lifting it to her nose, she inhaled deeply, smiling at the trainquil fragrance as it washed over her.

Inuyasha, comforted by Kagome's actions, decided that he better do this, before he lost his nerve. He would have thought that he had nothing to lose, but if this went wrong, he would have lost everything he held dear.

"Kagome...ever since I met you I have felt things for you that I have never felt before. Just one look from you can give me strength, or make my insides melt. I can't imagine my life without you in it, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

At the last part of the sentence, Inuyasha got down on one knee and removed a red velvet box from the inside of his left pocket. Looking up at her and capturing her chocolate orbs with his amber ones, he kept his face serious as he said the words he had been planning to say for over a year now.

"Kagome Higurashi, will you marry me?"

With that he opened the red velvet box to reveal a simple band of silver with one large strange looking jewel in the centre, framed by two other jewels that looked to be of the same material.

Kagome gasped, and ran a finger over the ring. The jewels didn't sparkle like diamonds would, yet they were beautiful in their own way. There was something familiar about them too. Kagome frowned, trying to remember exactly where she had seen this material before.

Looking up at Inuyasha, he smiled weakly, revealing missing canines. Thats where she had seen it! It was his teeth. His canine teeth. Inuyasha had personally designed a ring that said she was his, and only his, by putting a part of himself in the ring. It was cute and possesive all at the same time.

Kagome was thinking about what she should say. The more she thought about it, the clearer her answer became. She loved him, and he obviously loved her right back. Kagome couldn't picture her life without Inuyasha in it, and she would be devastated if they ever parted. Kagome smiled and voiced the one word that would make Inuyasha the happiest man, or rather, hanyou, on the earth.

"Yes."

THE END (Or is it?)

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Well, what do you think? I haven't decided weather or not to write a sequel, but one things for sure. I'm not writing a sequel until my other stories are finished! lol, R&R people, and I hope you liked it!