This is the first story I've ever written so I hope you like it. Please read and review.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha (unfortunatley) it belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Enjoy!

It was a quite summer evening as Kagome and her half-demon companion ran breathlessly through the thick primeval Inuyasha forest. Inuyasha's enticing, amber eyes scanning for the gem that held his inner most desires. "Kagome, I thought you sensed the jewel," the demon's voice shattered the placidity of the night. "I did, could you complain a little more." She said, sarcasm dripping off her words. Inuyasha, hearing her remark with his sensitive ears, replied,"Well if someone wasn't always leading me in circles with her false-hood sensing, then maybe I wouldn't complain so much!" He smirked and looked over at the menacing glare she was giving him. He knew what was coming and before he could say anything she yelled,"SIT BOY!" He went head first into the cold earth. There was a sudden rustle in the forest. "What was that?" Inuyasha, having recovered from his minor concusion, closed his eyes and listened. "It's coming from behind us." He said turning to the west. Kagome stood behind him, watching safely from over his shoulder. A small demon appeared on a high branch. "Look there Inuyasha." Kagome said pointing to the wide-eyed creature. Inuyasha pulled tetsiaga from its sheath. The demon lept from the branch and ran in seeing the hostility of the hanyou. Their instincts told them to follow the demon; but reason, and expirience, told them otherwise. They continued their search for the any sign of the jewel of the four souls, but had no luck. It began to turn dark so they decided to make camp for the night. Kagome stocked the fire and in the flames she stared,she began to reminisce about her life up to this point in time. She was in the fuedal era to fix what she had broken. She spent the majority of her time looking for fragments of the shikon jewel that she had shattered so long ago. She hated Naraku, he who has caused so much pain to her friends and mostly to Inuyasha. After so much hard work and pain it happened. Naraku was slain and the jewel came together once more. A tangible feeling swept the battle scarred plain. Inuyasha seemed shocked and satisfied for once in his life. But no one expected what happened next. Everyone was rejoicing, and then he came. He brought everyone to their knees, and being completly exhausted from the previous battle, that wasn't a hard task. He took the jewel and would have taken everybodys lives if it wasn't for the innocent eyes of her. He always protected her from everything, but they didn't know why. It was all because of him...Sesshomaru. But kagome couldn't figure out why he cared so much for rin. Although... Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts by Inuyasha, who was now two inches away from her face. He was going to see if she was alright, but was dumb-struck by her. She gazed into his amber eyes, those eyes. Kagome then felt a warm blush arise on her cheeks. Inuyasha noticed this, and realized that he liked it. "Inuyasha..." she whispered. She felt his breath on her lips. He loved the way it sounded when she said his name. He could sense the tension between them and he realized that she wasn't sure about her feelings. But inuyasha knew, and so he acted on it. Inuyasha placed his lips on hers. She melted under his touch. Inuyasha broke the kiss to gaze into kagome's chocolate orbs. Kagome wasn't sure that it was real; she brought her hand up to touch her lips. "Inuyasha..." she repeated. Inuyasha thought he was going to go crazy if she kept saying his name. He began to think that he made the wrong decision. He got to his feet and settled on the other side of the flames. Sitting opposite of kagome he closed his eyes to think on what just happened. Kagome then made a decision, one that she knew she would never regret. Inuyasha heard kagome get up. He thought she would never speak to him again. When his thoughts were interrupted by the warmth of kagome's lips on his own. He pulled her in his lap. When they broke the kiss Inuyasha just held her. She didn't mind, and she closed her eyes to sleep in his warm embrace. But her mind never stopped her thoughts of the past. Inuyasha and I had been left alone. After Naraku was killed and the jewel was stolen, miroku and sango gave up. Miroku decided he would like to settle down with sango. It had seemed that their spirits were broken. They thought all that work was in vain. So sango took kilala and they found a village where I guess they still reside to this day. As for shippo he had an ironic fate. Shippo felt as though he was of no use to anyone anymore. Kouga felt sorry for the little runt, so he took shippo in on one condition. That he would keep the wolves well-groomed. So he left also, we haven't heard anything from anyone since then. Finally her mind was put to rest and she fell into a deep slumber.

Kagome awoke to the feeling of two strong arms around her and she couldn't help but smile. She looked up to see he was still asleep. She just starred at him, he looked so peaceful. She planted another kiss upon her half-demon. She hadn't meant to wake him, but she could tell she did when she felt him kiss her back. "Good morning." Kagome whispered. "All of them will be as long as I wake up by your side." He smiled, and placed a small kiss on her forehead. He began to pull back when something landed on his head. The weight caused him to lock lips with his young miko. Kagome thought that he was just being aggressive, and she liked it. Inuyasha was going to back off when he felt kagome's tongue swipe over his lower lip, asking for entrance. Inuyasha took this oppurtunity to explore her. Their tongues battled for dominance until they needed to breathe. When they broke the kiss, kagome began to laugh. Which in-turn caused a cascade of red to overtake inuyasha's face. Seeing this kagome quickly pointed out what caused her convulsions of laughter. "No it's not you," she began to laugh," look on your head." Inuyasha looked relieved that she wasn't mocking his kiss, but then he looked confused. His head? He reached his clawed hands up to his head and felt something move. He quickly snatched it up and brought it into his view. Two large scarlet eyes starred back at him from a very familiar deity. "Kilala, what are you doing here?" kagome asked with a giggle still lingering in her voice. She didn't respond in words, but her tails wagged furiously. She hopped out of inuyasha's grasp, and again perched atop his head. Kagome forgot how cute she was and couldn't stop cuddling and petting kilala. Inuyasha thought for a minute and asked,"Where are Miroku and Sango?" Kilala's expression, and actions turned solemn. Kagome reached to kilala, but she jumped from inuyasha's head. She burst into flames, and this indicated that she was ready to go. Kagome got onto kilala's back, and said,"Take us to them." With that they took off to retrieve something, better yet someone they had lost so long ago. Kilala lead them to Mount Hakurei. The air seemed to palpitate with the entrance of the demons. A small village slowly came into view. She shrank into the embers, and led them to a shanty in the center of the village. Inuyasha lifted the flap, used as a make-shift door, and entered. He saw two figures and as he got closer he realized that these were indeed his former companions. Sango was sitting in the corner, pale as fresh fallen snow.Her eyes were blank, and dull. She was wearing a deep crimson kimono that cut off at mid-thigh, which only amplified the paleness of her skin. Miroku sat opposite of her in the pitiful excuse for a house. Inuyasha walked silently, looking over the poor condition of the place they call "home".He cringed at the condition that they were living in. He went over to Miroku and placed a clawed hand upon his old friends shoulder. "Miroku, what happened?" Miroku jumped at the sound of inuyasha's voice. Miroku looked at inuyasha with mournful eyes. He took a deep, shakey breath and replied,"It's my fault, sango's lost." Kagome walked over to the hollow form of her dear friend. "What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked confused. Kagome raised her hand and touched sango's face. She quickly pulled her hand back, sango was freezing. Miroku starred at his beloved, and hot tears began to sting his face. "Her body may be here, but her soul no longer is." Inuyasha looked at the once lecherous monk and then to the lifeless demon slayer. "Who did this?" Inuyasha asked through gritted teeth. Miroku sighed,"I know not." Kagome thought about it for a minute realized who it was. "Kanna..." she whispered. A growl resounded from deep within inuyasha's throat. "That Albino Bitch!" He roared. Miroku looked up in surprise. "This doesn't make any sense." He said to himself. "What doesn't make sense?" Kagome asked nervously. Miroku then told his friends about their journey to this place and their life since they left. About how their journey had been manageable and, how their home use to be satisfactory. He explained how he had gone to exorcise a demon from a nearby village, he left sango at home. All she talked about before he departed was how she always wanted to be with him. When he returned he entered his once happy home to find the love of his life, but she wasn't the same. She was as pale as the moon, and there wasn't any life in her. He didn't know what to do. He tried everything that he could think of to help her, but all his attempts were to no avail. "It has to be her," Kagome explained,"she is the only demon that we know of that can seperate the soul from the body." Kagome saw inuyasha clench his fist tightly, she gently placed her hand on his. "We're going to find her." inuyasha said rashly. He stood up and began to leave when miroku said,"I want to go too, after all this is all my fault." he looked longingly at sango. Inuyasha turned to face him and was shocked to see that spirit in his eyes that he thought he had lost so long ago. "You can go, under one condition,"Inuyasha began, a small grin gracing his lips,"don't slow me down." Miroku nodded real sternly. "I think you forgot one thing." Kagome said sounding annoyed. Inuyasha looked at miroku, silently asking, am I missing something? Kagome rolled her eyes and exclaimed with sarcasm,"Oh nothing important, just SANGO!" By miroku's expression it seemed as though a light bulb just went off in his head as he exclaimed,"Oh, what should we do with her?" Inuyasha thought about it for a minute before coming to the conclusion that there was no other choice, but to take her with them. Kagome mounted inuyasha, miroku and sango mounted kilala, and they were off.