Woosh, sorry it took me so long to update. With high skool and work and community service (no I didn't do anything bad lol, I just do community service cuz im just a good person like that!) and karate. Woop.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. De dum –le sigh-

Yes, I do know some of the grammar is incorrect when Inuyasha speaks. I just don't think Inuyasha is the type for grammar, you know? o and yes... i do know how cheezy the title to this chapter is... lol

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The Raw Heart

Inuyasha's Feelings

Smiling lightly, he listened to her breathing even out before her wrapped his arms around her and fell asleep himself. 'I like this. Maybe we can do this more often?' he buried his head in her hair 'She smells so good… And feels so good…' he soon found himself falling asleep again.

The next morning dawned cold and dreary, a slow drizzle dripping down the sleeping couples faces. Neither noticed the cold from the drizzle, for the warmth they shared between their two bodies was enough to keep them more than content.

Tears joined the drizzle moving down Kagome's sleeping face. Her hands tightened themselves in the harato of the one she loved as the nightmare continued to grow worse. It didn't take long for the tangy scent of salt to reach Inuyasha's nose and he woke up to see Kagome crying in her sleep.

Silver eyebrows furrowed as he watched the girl he loved cry. Even if it wasn't his own heart and tears pouring down he still could feel his heart crack. Seeing Kagome cry like this, hurt like she was hurting, was getting to him. He couldn't take away this pain she had. He hadn't been there to protect her from whatever had gotten to her.

Tears continued to drip down her face with the slight drizzle, a few drops of her blood adding to it as her wounds reopened on her face from the rain softening them up. Yet she still slept as if she was caught in the nightmare. He took his moment and licked away the tears before he woke her up.

Gently prodding her and lifting her face up to his so he could look her in the eyes he attempted to wake her up. He could tell she had just woken up, because her eyes squeezed tightly shut as if refusing to look on a new day. "Kagome… Wake up, come on. The others are bound to be worried." Not to mention how worried he was growing about her.

Chocolate brown eyes opened up slowly to look up into his golden ones, hers big and round, watering a bit as if she was going to cry again. She shook her head a whimpered a bit, a silent plea for him not to take her back yet.

Golden eyes softened a bit from the look she was giving him. She was pleading for him not to take her back yet. What was he supposed to do? How could he refuse her when she had such a sorrowful look on her face? He couldn't refuse her. It was as plain as that.

"You want to go back to your time for a bit? I'm sure you're mother will be worried too." He asked. He almost missed the look of fright and dreading that flickered into his Kagome's eyes. The fear and dread soon dissipated into a look that gave no emotions away.

Her eyes stayed as emotionless as before but she put on a fake smile that only Inuyasha would be able to tell was fake "No, not yet. I'm sure she'll just believe I've gone to the feudal era for a while. Anyways, I sort of want to spend some time with you guys."

Troubled golden gaze was misused on her he found. She wasn't going to admit anything to him, so he decided to just let her be "Alright then. Let's go on a little journey then, ok? Just me and you. I'll tell the others and then come back for you, alright?"

Dark lochs of hair bobbed as she nodded slowly. She once again looked up at him pleadingly "Inuyasha… Please don't leave me here alone for to long…" a small whimper escaped her mouth as she began to think of being alone. She didn't want to ever be without him. She didn't want to be alone too long, to allow her mind to wander back to that dreadful day.

Slightly perturbed, Inuyasha nodded and took her head in his hands and said quietly "I'll never leave you alone for long. I'll always come back to you. I promise. Alright?" he waited until he saw her nod again "Good then. I'll be right back."

With that he rushed off and disappeared into the trees and such, headed towards Kaede's. When he reached her hut and walked in and sighed, wiping some of the rain off of his face before he looked towards the group "Hey. Kagome doesn't feel like talking or seeing anybody right now. I think whoever did this to her, gave her a good scare and she's still in shock. We'll be back in a week or so."

Without waiting for the answers from the group he grabbed Kagome's backpack and headed back to the tree. Miroku, Kaede, Sango and Shippou watched Inuyasha leave, all of them having confused looks on their faces before Shippou started to bawl.

Inuyasha rushed through the trees and was a bit panicked until Kagome's scent of vanilla and jasmine hit his nose. She was still in the same place he had left her. When he finally leaped into the tree and had Kagome in his sight he couldn't help but take her in his arms and bury his nose in her hair.

"You doin' ok? Did I take too long?" He asked into her hair, the sound of his voice a bit muffled.

A small gasp escaped her lips as she tried to understand why Inuyasha was being so kind and caring. Was he alright? "No, and I'm alright." She paused, debating if she should ask the question or not. She finally decided and got up the courage to quietly stutter out "Wh—why are you being so nice Inuyasha?"

Shifting a little so he could take his nose out of her hair and look her in the face, he was a little taken aback. What did she mean by that? Wasn't he always nice to her? He looked down, a little ashamed. He supposed that he wasn't always his nicest to her. No wonder she was a little leery of his sudden change in attitude.

"What doya mean? Can't a guy be nice once in a while without having to explain himself?" He cringed a little and felt like hitting himself for what he had said. Why did he always have to be so vulgar towards her? He was all but amazed that he hadn't also added a 'wench' to it.

Her head drooped as she let out a small sigh. 'I guess it was too good to be true' thought Kagome. She looked up at him and smiled slightly "Sorry… Let's get going, ok?"

He nodded and took her onto his back and couldn't help but feel really guilty. She had just gone through something really traumatic and here he was being snide with her. His sigh mimicked hers 'Why can't I be nice to her for once? Is it because I can't get the guts to tell her how I really feel? It's almost as if I love her so much that every day that passes that I don't tell her my feelings a little bit of me is being eaten away…' a sort of depressed Inuyasha thought.

He growled a bit and cleared his head, grabbing her backpack as well and then leaped off of the branch and headed somewhere where they could be alone and Kagome could try to heal a bit. Both physically and mentally.

They soon reached a small hut in the middle of a very dense forest. There was a small river running past the hut and the grass around the hut was so green it looked almost like moss. Kagome would have usually gasped and stared in wonder, but it seemed that her emotions were on lock down, and she continued to be emotionless about everything.

"Err… If you were wondering, this is where I sometimes stayed when I was traveling around a lot. It was abandoned when I used to stay in it, and it looks the same way now." Inuyasha suddenly blurted out, trying to break the awkward silence.

She squirmed her way out his arms and looked around. She wished she could feel something other than the emptiness that she was feeling right now. Being this empty was starting to get to her and she was feeling pretty miserable.

"Kagome…." Inuyasha called out to her, not sure if it was the right time. He couldn't hold it anymore. He'd never been one to keep things inside. He was one of those people that just had to blurt out what they were feeling.

"Yah Inu…" She was cut off when he grabbed her wrists. At first she flinched away and turned her head away, a reaction that she had picked up from all the beatings she had gotten. She slowly looked back towards him and saw that his golden eyes were softer than usual and he was looking at her oddly.

He couldn't bear to tell her what he was going to say with her staring up at him like that. He looked to the side and slowly said "I don't know if this is the right time to tell ya… But I can't hold in what I wanna say any longer, wench. It doesn't even matter if you don't feel the same, I'm always gonna be there for ya."

Kagome was starting to grow a little worried at what he was getting at. Was he about to tell her that he hated her, but was now obligated to protect her for the rest of her life because he felt sorry for her? She hoped not. She didn't know if she could bear any more heartbreak and if it was Inuyasha doing the breaking, she thought she would die. She started to cry a bit "Inuyasha… Please don't say it… Please…" the tears thickened as she refused to look at him.

He gulped, but he had to go on, even if it was almost obvious what her answer would be towards him. She wanted to keep it the same, but he had to at least get his feelings out "Kagome, you have to listen to me. I don't care if you don't want to hear this, I have to get it off my chest or else my heart'll burst or something. Kagome, I love you so much I could shoot the moon and put out the sun."

He took a deep breath a plunged even further in, taking Kagome's head in his hands "Nothing can ever change my mind about that Kagome. I know what you're gonna say… What about Kikyo… To hell with Kikyo. She never made me feel the way you do. She never made me believe that I'd risk everything for her like I'd risk anything for you. I love you, plain and simple. And nothings about to change my mind."

He finished what he had to say and didn't look to her face but just looked down and away, afraid of what he almost knew for sure was written across her face. He could picture the look of disgust she had towards him.

Small hands lifted his head up to look at her and he found quite the opposite. She was crying and smiling happily, a true smile. She was shaking as she choked out "I… thought you were going to tell me you hated me… But… You just told me… You loved me… Like I love you…"

He smiled and took her up in his arms and spun her around. When she landed he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a deep meaningful kiss and when he pulled away he silently said "No, I could never hate you."

"Do you want me?" Kagome could feel all her feelings flooding back into her at once. Those three words could work magic on her, coming from Inuyasha's mouth truthfully.

"I want you so bad." He smirked a little and kissed her again, nipping gently on her lower lip "I want to make you mine forever. I want you as my mate. My Kagome. So nobody can ever take you away from me."

Brown eyes looked up at him trustingly "Then take me."

And there is the end of this chapter! Wahooo! I hope you like it! Well, I'm thinking of putting up a lemon or lime or whatever up for next chapter. What do you guys say? Yes… or no? yesss… or noooo? Review me and tell me!

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