Chapter 15

Kagome awoke the next morning, in the one place she never thought she would. And never, had she been so happy about being wrong. For she awoke, in the arms of her love, her hanyou, her Inuyasha.

Sun danced over her closed eyelids, as she closed them tighter, trying to bloke it out. She had never wanted to wake up least in her entire life. She just wanted to lie here for hours. And her wish would have been granted, except for the sudden feeling of soft lips on her neck. And she knew her companion was awake.

"I know you're awake." He said.

"No I'm not." She protested.

"Really?" He asked skeptically. "Are you sure?"

"Positive. Now go back to sleep." She murmured.

"Feh. Lazy." He snorted.

She opened her eyes reluctantly to glare at him. "Am not!" She protested.

"I knew you were awake!"

"Damn." Kagome cursed, Inuyasha raised his eyebrows. His face was only a few inches from her own.

"What was that?"

"Nothing" She said quickly, as she sat up, and stretched her arms.

"I believe... that was a swear, Who are you and what have you done with Kagome?" He asked, the playfulness from last night again in his eye.

"Look who's talking!" She said, as she got up. She glanced at her alarm clock to see it was nine o'clock. "Well, so much for school."

"What?" Inuyasha asked, as he picked up his haori.

"Nothing. I'm hungry, lets go get some breakfast." She said, as she headed for the door. But it was opened before she got there.

"Kagome, have you seen Inuyasha? He's not in the..." Mrs.Higurashi trailed off at seeing the said hanyou on her daughters bed, shirtless, his legs still under the covers.

She blushed beet red, before muttering. "Never mind!" And closing the door.

"No mama! It's not what you think!" And she ran out the door after her mother, forgetting that she was still mad at her.

She found her in the living room, already on the phone. She over heard the last few words.

"In her room, Under the blankets even!" Mrs.Higurashi was telling the unknown person. Kagome squealed desperately as she ran into the room.

"Mama!"

Noura looked up to see her daughter watching her, before putting down the phone with a quick, "I love you!"

"Kyle?" Kagome assumed.

Her mother nodded, "He knows all about Inuyasha and Sengoku Jidia. I tell him everything. Just last week when-"

"Mama, what you just saw wasn't what it looked like!" Kagome cut in rudely, her mother looked affronted for a minute before it turned to discomfort.

"Then what was it?"

"He slept in my bed yes, but that was as far as we went!" Kagome protested, pointedly ignoring the voice inside her head that was whispering 'and you're disappointed by that fact!'

"That was it? Because, frankly, I think you're to young for that kind of behavior Kagome. I don't want it happening again, he sleeps on the couch." Mrs.Higurashi insisted. Reminding Kagome of her anger towards her mother.

"No"

"No?"

"No. I'm not doing anything wrong! Not to mention, he asked me to be his mate last night, and I excepted." the Miko said proudly.

"You excepted?" Her mother shrieked. "Isn't that like marriage? You're not getting married!"

"I'm 18! You can't stop me!…… I love him Mama." Kagome insisted, crossing her arms over her chest stubbornly.

"Kagome you're to young. You don't know anything about love! You have a crush, you two can have your relationship for a while, and then when it falls to pieces you can get on with your life!" Noura insisted.

"No! You don't know him like I do! He doesn't just go giving out marriage to proposals to every girl that comes along! If I said no, he'd be crushed, I can't do that! And that would be if I didn't want to marry him! Which I do, And you can't stop me!" Kagome spun on her heels, and left the living room, stomping up the stairs as she approached her room.

She opened her door, to see Inuyasha sitting on her bed, looking guilty. Kagome suddenly realized he had heard everything.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome started to say, but he gave her a pained look, before jumping out the window, "Wait!" She called out. But he was already gone.

Inuyasha listened to every word that was screamed, Noura Takahashi screaming that it wouldn't work out between the two, and Kagome screaming back. She thought he wasn't good enough for her daughter. That he didn't deserve her, and how could he argue? What was he besides a disgusting hanyou? A filthy half-breed? What could he offer Kagome?

When she came back in, he gave her one look, before leaving. He had to sort out the mess in his head. He couldn't be around her until he did. So he settled in the Goshinboku, in his time, his favorite place to think. And tried yet again, to answer the questions swarming his head with uncertainties.

Kagome ran down the stairs, and her mother stood up so abruptly she almost fell over, still slightly dizzy from when she had hit her head.

"What's wrong?" Noura asked immediately.

"What's wrong! What's wrong! Inuyasha heard everything you said about us! And he left! and it's all your fault!" Kagome screamed, losing her temper completely, and forgetting to show her mother the proper respect, not that she'd done that much at all in the last 24 hours.

Noura lifted her hand and covered her mouth, looking shocked. "I'm so sorry! I never meant for him to hear..."

"It doesn't matter, he heard!" Kagome said, as she quickly went for the well.

As she pulled herself over the lip of the well, she just hoped he was still in the area.

She first went to the Goshinboku, and saw him on his favorite branch. His eyes closed. Before she could even open her mouth to say something, he said. "I'm leaving"

Kagome eyes widened. She spluttered incoherently for a second, trying to say something, when he said, "But I'm coming back."

"Inuyasha..." Kagome started, not sure what she was going to say.

"I need to prove, not only to your mother, but to myself, and you, that I can be a good mate. I won't come back till I can do that." He said, as tears started collecting in her eyes. He smelt them, and jumped down to meet her.

"Don't cry" He said, as he wiped away the first tear that escaped her chocolate brown eyes. "Wench, you know I hate it when you cry."

"You don't have to go Inuyasha! I don't care about what Mama said! Inuyasha don't go, please?" She cried.

He smiled sadly, as he wiped even more tears from her face. "I'll be back before you know it."

"Then take me with you" She said, Inuyasha suddenly pulled her into his arms. Marveling at the warmth she possessed.

"I can't, This is something I need to do on my own. But I want you to stay in your time, till I come back. I won't leave you here unprotected."

Kagome pulled back, angry now. "No! I can take care of myself Inuyasha! Don't make me stay there the whole time!" She pleaded.

He wiped another tear from her cheek, before saying, "Get to know dad."

Kagome laughed, she laughed hard, and then it turned to sobs. How could he leave her? "How long are you going to be gone?" She asked.

"I don't know." He said, pleading for forgiveness with his amber orbs alone.

She leaned against his chest, listening to his heart. "When do you leave?"

He kissed the top of her head. "Now."

More tears streamed down her cheeks, to land on his haori, as she closed her eyes tightly. As if in pain.

"Don't." Was all she said. Inuyasha pulled back, and used his finger hooked under her chin to make her look into his eyes. Instantly, as those brown doe eyes connected with his golden orbs, all words were forgotten, as his lips descended on hers in a passionate kiss, which was not so much a kiss, but a battle of wills, and love.

When they finally broke apart, both of the lungs burning for oxygen, Inuyasha leaned his forehead against hers. Before saying, slightly out of breath, "I'm sorry." And then, he pulled away completely, making both there bodies cold where they had been pressed up against each other.

Kagome couldn't stop the tears rolling down her face. They'd only just started there relationship, and he was leaving for Kami only knows how long. Just to prove that he could do something everyone already knew he could do.

He picked her up bridal style, and he took her to the well house in her time, with one last kiss, he was gone. Leaving a heartbroken Kagome in his wake.

I'm so sorry it toke me so long to get out this chapter! I got back from camping, and finished it, but I didn't save it, and then our computer crashed! (So I lost the original ending to this chap, but see this way, is better. I'm half way glad I lost some of my work, because this one turned out better in my opinion.) I couldn't go near it for two days, then I had writers block! I finally Rewrote it today, And I really like it.
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! Plus, I would like to say, I messed up in the last chap, Inuyasha was supposed to be human in the last chap, and I made references to him being a hanyou, so I'm sorry for any confusion!
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