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Okay, I am so sorry I have to say this, but I have plans for the next two weeks.

From tomorrow morning until Friday, I will be gone out of town, shopping because I have to go north of the Country for five days. I will not be able to post then, but I assure you I will have a notebook and will be jotting down my best ideas for the story, so don't worry; the chapters you will get after my 'vacation' shall be well worth the wait, I assure you.

In the meantime, I most likely will post early Sunday morning, and that will probably be short to last you the next five days I shall be in Maine. So when I return from there, you shall have a probability of about three chapters for each of my stories, except Trails of the Heart and A True Friendship Withstands All.

For those of you that have been waiting, I will update on my original Fanfiction, Clarity as soon as possible. I have been getting ready for this trip for the past month, ever since school started. I need it before I do anything drastic and end up in trouble.

As far as Genuine Desires; I have already explained to you I expect this to be my best story so far. That mean I won't be able to post it everyday like I try to do Covetousness 2 : Discoveries because I want it to be absolutely perfect. So, in warning, you may not get the update for this story until after a day or two that I return.

Covetousness 2 :Discoveries is also I story I want to be absolutely perfect, and I'm trying my best, but my main focus in Genuine Desires because I am still debating whether this story deserves a sequel or not. Also, I am proud to say I have two of three artists that are willing to do a couple of sketches for me, so you'll be able to visual what the characters look like.

So, that's basically the plan until the end of the month. Sorry for the inconvenience. For those of you who would like further information on the upcoming delay, I will be checking my email as much as possible, though for the 17th-22nd, I doubt I will be able to do so.

Here's a preview of the next chapter.

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A wash of pain swept through her as she watched him play with the children, stubbornly trying to make those around him believe he wasn't having fun as he took each one and ran through the forest with them. The twinkle in his eye . . . the sadness yet pure joy that radiated in him . . .

She sighed as she crouched down on a large boulder, holding her face in the palm of his hands as he crouched down and allowed two of the young boys to ride around on his back, softly telling them not to touch his ears. They respectively obeyed him, and it seemed the least of their worries as they threw hundreds of questions at him, which he simply answered.

He caught her stare for a moment and smiled, giving her reassurance that everything was okay as the children demanded another stroll through the forest. InuYasha rolled his eyes, but took them for a run, this time having two children on his back, and one hanging on to his chest. 'Is this what he wishes for . . . a village full of children that are his own?'

'It's obvious Kagome. He loves children . . . he made that perfectly clear way before you defeated Naraku. Give him what he wants.'

'The problem is . . . will he take it?'

She didn't realize he was finished until he strided over to her, sitting down on the boulder beside her and laying his chin on her shoulder. She sighed and smiled, knowing that he was pretending to be exhausted. "I told you it wouldn't be so bad."

He shrugged and pulled her into his lap, brushing her bangs out of her face as fireworks erupted from behind them. She yelped and flinched, and he kept his golden stare on her, boring into her. Her breath caught in her throat, she could feel the ebbs of a blush stinging her cheeks, and yet he didn't move, didn't even flinch.

The evening sky was littered with pink and orange, and the children shrieked with joy as the fireworks exploded above their heads. InuYasha watched as Kagome's eyelashes tickled her cheeks, and his gaze fell to her lips. She grabbed his haori so tight her knuckles were white as anticipation began nagging at her conscience, and in a bold act of arrogance, she leaned forward, capturing him with a quiet demand so savage that he growled and wrapped his arms around her waist. . .

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