The Flowers That Keep Us Alive

I don't own Inu-tachi. And I'm 0.0000000000000000000009 percent closer to owning Tessaiga. Wow, I'm getting closer... not really ;3

READ: I dunno if Kagome's mother has seen Inuyasha human. So we'll pretend she hasn't, for my reasons. Or Souta. Also, "Why do you use Japanese words?" I will answer that. 'Cos, VIZ can't translate worth crap, and the real translations sounds freaky. So, what I'll do, is every time I use a Japanese word I'll put in what it is. Like, youkai ISN'T demon, but you people who watch Inuyasha see it as demon, so I'll put demon. Even if that's not correct, it's how you see it. And WHERE the heck did they get "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer"? Are they, like, desperate to rhyme? Either way, that's how you guys see it, so that's what I'll put. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT KAGOME'S MOTHERS NAME IS. But a reviewer told me Akari, or something, so that's what I'll call her for now.

I'm also not 100 percent sure on Souta's "Inu no Nii-chan!" but I think it's right. I got it from ear - tweak . com

"Mama, I'm back!" Kagome called to her mother as she stepped inside, Inuyasha following. By then it was dark, and his hair had become black. The ears were gone, replaced by human ears in the right place.

"Oh, hello dear, and... who... Inuyasha?"

"Oh, I forgot... you haven't seen him in his human form before. Well, every new moon he turns into a human since he's a hanyou half-demon." Inuyasha gave a slight growl at the word hanyou, and Kagome gave him a glare - he didn't know what she meant - trying to say "I'll talk to you in a minute".

"Do you not being human?"

"Feh! 'Course not!"

"Now, Inuyasha, be nice..." she was sure to whisper the last part. "And don't cuss near my mom or Souta."

"Well, humans are we-" Kagome mouth started to form an "o", then slowly a "s", so Inuyasha started to twitch and stopped what he was saying. He probably would have stopped himself anyway; Kagome has proved him wrong on way more than one occasion. Sure, she was a miko, but that didn't make her any more skilled at aiming with arrows, yet she was determined to get better and aid Inuyasha in destroying any youkai demon they came across.

"Kagome, do you need anything? Or just visiting? Either way," Akari asked. "You should go see Souta once he gets out of the shower, he would love to see Inuyasha in his human form. And he's been waiting for you, Kagome."

"Cool... so... what's the current excuse?"

"He's been saying that you tripped coming down the stairs, and killed your back."

"Oh, goody. When they come I get to walk around like an idiot with a broken back."

"Or just tell them the truth." Haha... right. I can't tell them the truth. They'd never believe me, especially if they came tonight. Or, if I brought them tonight, and tomorrow, they could see... but... can I trust them not to tell anyone? What about Houjou? I don't want to be rude or anything, but seriously...

"I guess... how come you seem so calm about this?"

"There is NO way I am letting your freaky friends figure me out!" Inuyasha shouted in protest. "You don't know if you can trust them or not!"

"I'm sure I can trust them..." Kagome said, and whispered the following. "I just dunno if Inuyasha will be all that happy, after what I've been telling them..."

"And what exactly HAVE you been telling them?" Kagome's mother just went to do the laundry, as she could see a fight coming. And that was theirs to deal with, not hers.

"How'd you hear me?"

"I'm not deaf, woman," He said as if it was too obvious to miss. "Now stop changing the subject and tell me."

"Alright! Well... you see... we fight a lot and I kind of told them about it, so they think you're a big jerk... and that you're jealous... and some more..."

"What more? And jealous? Ha! of you and who!"

"Kouga! And Houjou! not like I care, you're always running off to Kikyou!"

"Kikyou's over!"

"Are you... serious?" Kagome asked. "If it's my fault... t-tell me... I d-don't have t-to... don't h-have t-to s-t-t-a-y a-at-t... f-f-eu-d-a-l e-e-r-r-aa..."

"No, Kagome, it's not your fault," He said, and his human heart was slowly coming out. Or not... was he still acting normal? he'd only been human for a minute or so, he could be speaking as a hanyou still... "It's hers. Everything you said, is true... don't cry, Kagome, I hate it when you do that..."

"I'm okay, Inuyasha, don't worry. Let's just... go to my room, I guess. Not much else to do, is there?" She told him. "I should probably study anyway. Or, do you want some ramen?"

"No," he said, and Kagome was kind of shocked with a look of wonder on her face. "I'd rather spend time with you." She was kind of shocked, but mostly excited... happy, excited, cheerful, joyful, any of those words could describe her. At the same time she felt sad, because all his saying might just be out because it's the new moon; making him human.

"I l-like it b-better w-when y-your a h-h-hanyou..." She said to him. Kagome couldn't stop the tears from coming down, but she tried to talk to him anyway; hoping he'd understand; and slowly started for her room, and he followed.

"Why?"

"B-bec-cause... I-I d-don't k-know i-if y-y-our-r o-onl-ly n-nice t-to me-e n-now b-beca-a-use y-y-ou're h-h-uman..."

"Once I figure out what you've just said... oh! Well..." He didn't really know what to say. Right now, he was probably about half human half hanyou. His human side was telling him to just lie since it involved his human side, and oddly enough, his hanyou side said to tell her the truth, because it involved the hanyou side. He decided to act quick. before the next few seconds sucked the hanyou out of him. "It's not that I'm human, that I say all of it... it's all true, no matter what side... I just say it when I'm human because my human side decides to come... out..."

"I-I d-don't w-want y-you t-to b-be a-a h-human..." Kagome told him. "I l-like i-it b-better when y-you have t-to say it, and mean it in y-your hanyou form..." The tears were slowly stopping, and once at her door, she told him to wait, while she went and got ready to sleep. Once she was finished she opened the door and let him inside.

"Thank goodness you've stopped crying. I hate it when you do that."

"Inuyasha..."

"What?" It took her everything to gain the courage to say what she needed to say. She'd thought about ways to say it as she got dressed, and realized she didn't have to worry. He'd told her the truth, now she'd tell him the truth.

"Hold me..." He was a bit taken aback, not expecting she'd say anything along the lines of it. But by her tone, he could tell, even as a human, that she really meant it and had longed for it for a long time... and slowly realized that not even the new moon would stop him from letting his human heart take over. he'd stay a hanyou inside, and prove to her that he could do it. He swore he'd remember the next morning, swore he'd tell her he was preventing his human side from getting in the way so he would say the truth because he meant it, not just to make her feel better.

He did as told and blushed a little at the thought since he was trying as hard as he could to keep his hanyou spirit, then sat on the floor, and leaned up against her bed. Kagome stepped toward him and started to sit down - he twitched at the mere thought of that word - and once she got close enough he reached for her waist and pulled her down into his lap. He couldn't resist but wrap his arms around her.

Kagome was just thankful that he couldn't see her face.

"Thank you, Inuyasha... stay like this until the next morning... I want you to remember as a hanyou..."

"Looks don't mean everything."

"What do you mean by that?"

"All this time I've been trying to prevent my human spirit from entering my thoughts and mind... because I want you to know that I'm doing all this because it's the truth, not just because I'm a human at the time."

"So... you have the ability to control if it enters or not?"

"Apparently... but it's not that easy. It's like a giant battle between Naraku and one other guy going on inside my mind. A big headache."

"You don't have to-"

"I want to remain a hanyou."

"Na-ra-ku... have you thought lately about the Shikon Jewel? And how we'll possibly defeat him?"

"I'm sure we can defeat him, no problem," He told her. "As for the jewel, I'm not sure." Kagome positioned herself better, than cuddled up to him even more.

"You can still use it to become a youkai, you know."

"What if I don't want to?"

"You said you hated being a hanyou."

"I said a lot of things, didn't I?"

"I guess you are right, but if you really want to be a youkai, so be it."

"I don't." Inuyasha turned his head outside the door and Kagome lifted her head up then turned it to look outside the door. They could hear the sound of Souta's shower go off, and wanted to make sure he saw Inuyasha as a human. Kagome wondered what he'd do once he saw Inuyasha, and especially her and Inuyasha together like this. At the same time, she didn't give a care, because she refused to move since she felt so nice like this. Something she'd wanted to do for a long time.

"Inu no Nii-chan!"

"Squirt! (I dunno if he calls him that but I found it funny xD)"

"You've got black hair."

"Ah! Really? No duh!"

"...and you're with Kagome." Kagome gave a slight blush and buried her face in his haori again, but Inuyasha just hid his blush and kept staring at Souta.

"Soo... why's your hair black?"

"New moon. Since I'm a hanyou I turn human on a certain night."

"Did Mama see?"

"She caught us when we first got here. Well, actually, Kagome called to her, but she still saw."

"I see... is sis going to school tomorrow?"

"Not if I can help it..." She said, lifting her head up and wrapping her arms around Inuyasha's neck. "I'll say my back is still hurting me or something and that I'm only allowed to do a bit of walking."

"That's a first, sis not going to school..."

"I have my reasons."

"What exactly are they?"

"Stop acting like Miroku-sama and go to bed." Souta ran off, he could tell she wasn't about to answer with her tone like that.

"So, will you tell me what your reasons are?"

"Only if you promise to remember every last one of them tomorrow."

"Of course."

"Well, here goes." She pulled tighter on his neck to bring him down a little, then sat up to get higher, and brought her lips to his.

"Kagome..."

"Just a second." She stood up, went over towards her door, then shut it and came back towards Inuyasha and kissed him again.

"I love you, Kagome."

"Same here, I love you too."