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Befuddled Thoughts

Kagome woke up in the morning to find no one was awake yet so she decided that she would make breakfast for them. She went over to InuYasha and noticed that he was still sleeping. She decided that she would change his bandages when he woke up. She walked outside and say Lady Kaede walking with the village children. She smiled and started to rummage through her backpack to see what she could make for breakfast. She decided to make Ramen. As she heated up the water her thoughts again turned to the sleeping hanyou in the hut.

"I wonder what will happen when we finish collecting the jewel. Will InuYasha let me stay or will he make me go back to my time?"

Kagome sighed and became very sad. InuYasha would probably want her to go home because he still loved Kikyo and she was only a jewel detector. Kagome had realized a long time ago that she loved InuYasha but was afraid to tell him how she felt in fear of rejection. She could see it now…

Fast Forward

" InuYasha?"

"Yah Kagome?"

"Ummm, well you see, umm…"

"Spit it out wench! I ain't got all day."

"InuYasha… I I Love You"

"Keh! That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. You know as well as I do that you are just a jewel detector. I love Kikyo not you so if you have nothing to say then beat it!"

End Fast Forward

Kagome sighed as she fought back the tears that threatened to spill forth. InuYasha loved Kikyo, not her so what was the point in even trying to get him to even consider her. She busied herself with the Ramen and waited for the others to wake up.

Miroku woke up to the smell of food. As he sat up he grimaced at the pain. In the fight with Naraku, he had sucked in a lot of Naraku's poison insects into his kazanna. He slowly got up and walked over to where Sango was sleeping. Miroku knelt down beside her and moved her hair away from her face.

"Sango is so pretty, this was one of the reasons I fell in love with her."

Miroku smiled at the sleeping Sango. He was in love with her. Miroku frowned. Yes he was in love with her but he had yet to convey that message to her. So she was unaware that the monk that she had grown unaccustomed to was in love with her. Little did Miroku know that the same Tayaji that he had fallen in love with had fallen in love with him also. Miroku softly shook Sango to wake her up. Sango opened her eyes and stared into Miroku eyes. Sango slowly sat up for the injuries she sustained from Naraku would not yet be fully healed. Sango and Miroku soon made their way outside.

Shippo and Kilala were outside playing with some of the village children when they saw Miroku and Sango exit the hut. They stopped playing and ran over to them.

"Hey Sango, Hey Miroku"

"Mew"

"Hey, Shippo, hey Kilala" Miroku and Sango answered in unison.

"Why are you up so early guys?"

"We smelled food cooking so we decided that it was time to get up and eat" Miroku chuckled.

The group headed over to where they saw Kagome dishing out bowls of Ramen.

"Hey Kagome" "Mew" Four voices said at once.

"Hey guys, good morning, did you sleep well?"

"Yes we slept very well. Don't mind me asking but, where is InuYasha? I expected him to be here the minute he smelt the Ramen." Sango stated.

Miroku was also thoughtful as he answered " Yes, it is most unlike him not to be here"

"He is still sleeping"

Little did the group know that InuYasha was not sleeping but pondering on his feelings.

InuYasha sat up soon after Kagome left the hut. sigh "I'm so confused. I love Kagome, but yet how can I love her if I love Kikyo? I can't love them both can I? Grrrrr I don't know. I know that I once loved Kikyo. Back when I first met Kikyo I thought I loved her, was it really just that she was someone who was a friend to me? OH GOD DAMN IT I DON"T KNOW!" InuYasha growled in confusion.

"I may have loved Kikyo back then but, the Kikyo that was reborn… Isn't the same one, or is she? She claims to love me yet she tries to drag me to hell, but I still love her don't I? And then there's Kagome. I have always felt something towards her. The way she smiles, her scent, everything, it just calls to me but ARGGGGGGGG! Over time I fell in love with Kagome, but isn't she the reincarnation of Kikyo? Doesn't that mean I am really in love with Kikyo? No Damn it! Kagome isn't Kikyo! She is different. She may look like Kikyo but she is totally different. She is her own person. Damn it! What do I do? Kikyo, I know I love her but am I willing to live with someone who wants me to either go to hell with her or to become ningin for her? But I also fell in love with Kagome and she loves me the way I am, as a Hanyou. I can't figure this out."

As InuYasha drifted farther into his thoughts he didn't smell the youkai heading towards the village…

GOMEN NASAI! (sorry) It's a cliffy. I hate cliffies but I can't think of anything else to write right now. Tell me what you think. Am I doing ok, bad, what? You can tell me by reviewing. YOU CAN EVEN FLAME ME JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! I repeat, review! Thank you for reading this. I will update as soon as possible but I have to go now. I am going to try and writ another chapter for my other story, Hanyou Slavery. I think that Hanyou Slavery is my best story but I will keep up with this one of you want. Please tell me. Hope to get at least 2 reviews! Ja ne!

Japanese words used:

Hanyou: Half-demon or half-breed

Youkai: Demon

Kazanna: Wind Tunnel

Tayaji: Demon exterminator

Ja ne: Goodbye