Chapter Eight – Love's Impatience

"Screw this!" yelled Inuyasha angrily to Kaede, "I can't wait another fucking day!"

"Now, now." Kaede began saying, "You haven't even been parted from Kagome for over a week! Do you not think that maybe you are over reacting just a little bit?"

Inuyasha looked at Kaede and glared, then became less tense and looked at the ground.

"I said that I was going to wait a month, before going back…" said Inuyasha quietly

"Oh," said Kaede smiling, "How long has it been?"

"Two fucking days ago!" yelled Inuyasha angrily standing up. "No matter how hard I've tried, I can't get her face out of my head!"

Kaede looked around her hut, quietly, and finally decided to get up. She walked up to her door, and looked at Inuyasha.

"If you can't stand not being around her, go be around her" said Kaede smiling

"You know for an old-bag that is supposed to be wise, you really are fucking stupid!" said Inuyasha irritably, "I have already told you that I can't go back, even though, I really do want to see her again…"

"Kagome will understand…" said Kaede, "She loves you too Inuyasha, and you know that, I know that you do."

"How the hell would you know that I fucking know that. I don't know anything about that kind of stuff" said Inuyasha rolling his eyes

"Remember," started Kaede, "I may be old, but I am as old as I am wise. Listen to my words of wisdom Inuyasha, and go find Kagome. It's not the same without her here anymore."

Inuyasha looked at Kaede and walked out her door, and then turned around to look at her again, leaning on her hut.

"What if she doesn't love me anymore? What if she ignores me? What if she tells me to go home? What happens if she likes her new boyfriend better than she liked me? What would I possibly do without her?" asked Inuyasha.

"Many questions you are asking me Inuyasha. She still loves you, and she can't ignore you forever, she will not ask you to return here, unless you give her a reason to, and she can't replace someone's love from her heart, and if none of this helps, and I am completely wrong, you are just going to have to get over her now, aren't you." Said Kaede, catching her breath after her long talk in which she said very quickly.

"If your wrong old-bag, I'll fucking kill you!" said Inuyasha with a smirk, and walking away from Kaede's hut to where the Bone Eater's Well was located.

"For my sake, I hope that I am right…" said Kaede to herself, "Oh Kagome… Please don't let me down…"

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"Oh my god!" yelled Kagome happily, "Look at what Aki got me!" she held out her hand to Sango to show a beautiful silver ring with a jewel in the middle.

"Well, look what Ani got me!" cried Sango happily, "Isn't it just adorable?" she asked pulling her hair back to reveal a necklace with the name 'Sango' written in silver, with little jewels surrounding the letters.

"I think…" started Kagome, "That we should tell Miroku! It's only right, we've gone out with them for what 3 days?"

"Yep, that's right, exactly three days since we saw them at that Café." Said Sango smiling, "But what will he say?" she asked nervously

"I don't know, but I think that it's only right to tell him." Said Kagome

"I know its right to…" said Sango quietly, "I just don't think that we should… What would he say…? I still love him, but of course, you know that it is important that he never finds that out! But, if he loved me back, and we told him, how do you think he would react?" asked Sango

"I guess you're right, I will just tell him that I am going out with someone, not you, is that alright?" asked Kagome

"Yeah, that's fine" said Sango, "Thanks Kagome!" she said hugging her

"No problem" said Kagome smiling, and then sighing.

Sango and Kagome walked into the house that evening. The lights were almost all off, except for the kitchen, the living room, and 2 rooms upstairs. Kagome and Sango were about to go upstairs when Miroku came out of the living room smiling.

"Kagome, Sango, we have a guest!" said Miroku

"Oh really?" asked Kagome, "Who is it?"

"I am not quite sure, come and see." Said Miroku, "Um… Sango, there is something really important that I need to talk to you about, do you mind if we got sit outside and talk for a little while?"

"I… Uh…" Sango sounded uneasy, and then sighed looking at Kagome and smiled, "Sure thing Miroku, lets go."

"You guest is in the living room, Souta, Shippo and Grandpa are all upstairs." Said Miroku calmly and happily.

"All right, thanks for that" said Kagome.

Kagome walked up to the doors of her living room, and opened the door slowly and quietly, and closed it after herself, and looked on the couch. Kagome's eyes widened, there sitting on the couch cross legged, staring at the television was Inuyasha. Inuyasha turned his head, looked at Kagome and smiled.

"Long time no see Kags, I missed you…" he said quietly standing up, with his head down.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, "What are you doing here? I… Didn't expect you, you said that you were never going to come and get me…"

"I wasn't…" said Inuyasha quietly, "But I really missed you Kags, I haven't seen you for only four days and I am going crazy thinking about you!"

Tears began falling down Kagome's face slowly as she stared at Inuyasha.

"I couldn't get your face out of my head, or your voice, or your smell, I couldn't forget you, you're like part of my very soul… I need you Kags…" said Inuyasha, his head slowly rose up to see Kagome's face in tears. "Oh my god! Don't cry!" said Inuyasha quickly standing up and hugging her.

Kagome's face was still in tears. She was being embraced by Inuyasha, and without thinking she hugged him back.

"Oh Inuyasha, I was hoping that you would come back! I missed you too!" said Kagome

Inuyasha smiled and lifted Kagome's face so that she was looking directly at his face. Their eyes met, and Inuyasha moved in slowly.

"I love you Kags, I can't live without you…" he said

"I love you too, Inuyasha…" said Kagome

Inuyasha and Kagome moved in closer and closer, and shared a kiss. Kagome felt as though the kiss was lasting forever, but she didn't care. She felt happy, and alive. She had finally gotten the man that she truly and deeply loved. When suddenly a thought came through her head, what about her boyfriend, what about Aki. The kiss ended and Inuyasha smiled looking at her.

"I'm glad that I came to get you" he said.

"Me too…" said Kagome smiling

"We're not the only ones…" said Inuyasha

"What?" asked Kagome

"Well…" started Inuyasha, "Miroku couldn't wait any longer, he is outside right now, confessing his love to Sango, he loves her."

"Oh no!" said Kagome quietly

"What?" asked Inuyasha

"Oh… It's nothing don't worry… I will talk to her about it tomorrow, but for now I've got to go to bed, I have to go to school tomorrow."

"Where can I stay?" asked Inuyasha

"Come upstairs Inuyasha," said Kagome smiling, "You can sleep with me tonight."

"With you?" asked Inuyasha, "Are you allowed to have me sleeping with you, will your mother mind it at all?"

"We're not doing anything Inuyasha, just sleeping!" said Kagome sternly.

"I knew that…" said Inuyasha smiling

Kagome and Inuyasha both walked into Kagome's room and turned off the lights and got into bed.

"Goodnight Kags" said Inuyasha

"Goodnight, Inuyasha…" said Kagome