A/N: Hey, here is Chapter eight of this one! I hope you guys enjoy it! Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks!

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Dream of Me
Chapter Eight

"What do you mean, you don't have any ramen with you?" Inuyasha whined.

Kagome sighed. "I was gone for thirty seconds, Inuyasha." she reminded him. "The minute I got to the top of the well, my mother told me to come back here to get you and pushed me back down. I think something is wrong with my grandfather. Souta said something about his having gone mental...what do you think that means?"

"That he's gone mental?" Inuyasha suggested.

Kagome shrugged. "Whatever." She took his hand. "In any case, I guess you do get to come along this time, seeing as how my mother won't let me come home without you." she told him.

Inuyasha picked her up, smiling, and jumped down the well without another word. In seconds, the two of them were at the bottom of the well in Kagome's time, and the well house was quiet. Inuyasha jumped up, out of the well, and into the actual well house. No one appeared to be there anymore.

"What's going on?" Kagome wondered out loud. "Where did mom and Souta go? They were waiting right here when I left!"

"Let's just go on and head inside. They are probably just waiting for us in there or something. You never know." Inuyasha pointed, and opened the well house door. He still did not even bother to put Kagome down.

Kagome frowned. "Inuyasha, wait...I really think something is wrong. I don't understand why my mother would want me to go back and get you for no reason...there has to be a reason."

"Yes, one which we probably won't find out until we actually get inside." He chuckled slightly to himself.

Kagome shivered in spite of herself. "All right, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha slid the door open to her house, and stepped into her kitchen, still holding her in his arms. Kagome's mother was standing in the kitchen with Souta. Neither of them said a word.

"Mom, what's going on? Why did you push me back down the well? Why does Inuyasha need to be here? And what in the world is wrong with Gramps?" Kagome demanded.

"Kagome, sit..." her mother said, a note of warning in her voice.

Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha and frowned. He quietly set her down in the nearest chair.

"You have a seat as well, Inuyasha." Akira frowned. Inuyasha took his seat next to Kagome, who worriedly squeezed his hand.

"What happened, mom? Is gramps ill?" she wondered out loud.

"No, but you and Inuyasha certianly need to have a few words with him. He does not approve of Inuyasha...I'm sorry to say it has a lot to do with Inuyasha's being a hanyou..."

"Doesn't everything?" grumbled Inuyasha.

Akira pretended not to have heard his comment, and continued on. "You need to talk to him...let him know how you feel...before he does something irrational..."

"Like what?" demanded Inuyasha.

"Like sending Kagome's photo off to the Hojo family..." Souta said under his breath, although just loud enough for Kagome and Inuyasha to overhear.

Kagome paled. "Where is he?" she gulped.

"Out by the sacred tree..." her mother answered.

"Come on." Inuyasha took her hand. "We're going."

Kagome's grandfather was indeed out by the sacred tree, brushing away dead leaves and dirt with a broom, and pretending that he wasn't aware that Kagome or Inuyasha was looking at him. Only when Inuyasha cleared his throat in an unnecessarily loud manner did Kagome's grandfather finally wheel around and face the couple.

"What?" he growled.

Kagome reddened when she heard his tone. "What?" she mimicked. "Why did you send my photo off to the Hojo family, huh? Do you realize that I know Hojo's great, great, great, great, great grandfather or something? Why would you do something like that without talking to me first?"

"Because I do not approve." he snapped. "And you do not get to tell me what to do, Kagome. I've ran this shrine for over fifty years. I'm the man in this household."

"You can't marry Kagome off to someone!" Inuyasha protested.

"And why not?" he snarled.

"Because, gramps! I want to be with Inuyasha!" Kagome blurted. "It should be my choice, not yours! It doesn't matter to me what Inuyasha is...because I care about who he is."

Her grandfather blinked. Kagome's hand was entwined in Inuyasha's, and both of them seemed to be very flustered about his plans. His granddaughter...his only granddaughter...was in love with a demon. He had to put a stop to it.

His face was stern. "You will do as I say, Kagome." he said, a note of finality in his voice.

"No, she won't." Kagome wheeled around. It was her mother, coming to their rescue.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, gramps. I'm sorry, but you're just going to have to cancel your plans. I am Kagome's mother. She is eighteen years old, and she can be with who she wants. It took me a while to get up the nerve to say something like that to you, but now I have."

Again, he blinked.

"Mom?" Kagome whispered. "Thank you."

"Kagome..." Her grandfather sighed. "I don't want you to hate me. I was not trying to be mean. I was just trying to protect you. I don't want you to end up getting hurt. The feudal era is dangerous. What happened to you proved that to me recently...and I don't want you to get hurt, physically or otherwise."

Kagome opened her mouth as if she was going to say something, but Inuyasha beat her to it.

"Mr. Higurashi, I promised I would protect Kagome. I don't break my promises. I won't. I love Kagome...and I will do everything that I can to keep her safe, and to keep her happy. I promise you. I won't ever hurt her..." he said quickly.

Slowly, Kagome's grandfather nodded, and gulped.

Akira allowed a small smile to grace her lips, and nodded softly to Kagome and Inuyasha.

Inuyasha wrapped Kagome in a hug.

"Thank you..." she whispered. She turned to her grandfather. "Thank you, gramps. We wanted your blessing so much..."

He nodded quickly, and got back to his cleaning duties without another word.

Kagome turned to her mother. "We did...get his blessing, didn't we? I mean, he's okay with Inuyasha and I, isn't he?"

"I think he understands now how the two of you feel, and what forcing you apart could do. He loves you, Kagome. Really. He does. Now that he sees how you feel, I think he will be all right." Akira explained.

Kagome smiled. "I'm glad..."

Inuyasha wrapped her in a hug. "So am I..."

Kagome's mother laughed to herself and turned to go inside. She stopped abruptly, and blinked. "Ah...Ka...Kagome...?" she called, her voice stammering slightly.

"Yes?" Kagome asked, turning around.

Her jaw dropped, and Inuyasha gasped. Standing in front of the Higurashi house was Kikyou...

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A/N: Ha! Short, but oh well.Leaving it there...please review! I might update sooner, though...:D