In With the New

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-Key of Minds-: Here's some more fluff, and then some, for you lol….

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Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing; it really motivated me, but I just couldn't get this update out faster! I really hope you enjoy it and love it.

-Warning: Long read ahead! Also, fluff/citrus warning for the beginning of this chapter….I hardly think it's anything rated M, however, read at your own discretion, if you'd like to skip over it go to the: o0o0-

Chapter 10: Come Together

Kagome felt Inuyasha about to pull away and break the kiss. She lightly whimpered for fear she would lose contact with him, and kept her lips locked on his. Their lips opened and closed against each other's in unison, taking breaths between moist mouthfuls, and continued to move together sensuously. She unconsciously took hold of his shirt collar and pulled him down to her. She was on her tip toes and now her feet were planted on the carpeted floor. He was slouching over her, his hands now gripping the sides of her shoulders.

She pulled him further down as she sat at the foot of the bed. Her hands tantalizingly slid down his chest to the bottom of his shirt. She ran the thin cloth between her fingers and caressed the rim of his khakis with her thumbs. She fiddled with his belt buckle. He put his hands over hers and helped her undo his pants when he noticed she was having trouble; clearly she had never done this before, neither had he, but his instincts took over on what to do. Her cheeks tinted with a slight blush. He was becoming more brave with her now.

His lips finally left hers and moved to the nape of her neck. She moaned his name heatedly, which only encouraged him to lay her back onto the mattress and position himself on top of her. Her scent became stronger as he did so. He didn't need to rely on his demon senses to tell she was aroused, though, with the way she clung to him and pressed her thighs against his side. She writhed beneath him as he placed his hand under her blouse to unclasp her bra. She gasped as his free hand moved its way under her skirt.

She yanked at the sleeves of his shirt and he smirked. She arched into him as he held her tightly with one arm behind her neck to support her. He pressed his upper body against hers, keeping most of his weight off of her by kneeling between her legs to make sure he didn't crush her. He kissed her tenderly, preparing her for what was about to happen next. He finally stripped her of her clothing, then his clothes followed hers onto the floor. He kissed her more deeply and passionately right before making her his.

o0o0o0o

Sango sat up on her bed with her back against the wall as she read her homework assignment. After Inuyasha and Kagome had gone to Inuyasha's room, she didn't see the point of staying in Miroku's room; although, he tried to keep her there. From the wall behind her she heard a slight thump against the wall, which she didn't find unusual. Since Inuyasha's room is right next to hers, she could hear whenever he rummaged through his closet. She had even accidentally made a thump or two against the wall herself when she was trying to get comfortable in bed to go to sleep.

She didn't think anything of the sound, until she slightly heard passionate moans as well. Her eyes widened. "These walls are paper thin!" She thought aloud as she turned bright red and covered her ears. She figured out quickly that his bed was positioned against the wall like hers was. She ran out of her room shaking her head to get out the thought of imagining Inuyasha and Kagome together. She came out into the hall and crashed right into Miroku's side as he was walking down the hallway.

She started to fall backwards, but he caught her. Almost afraid he could read her thoughts of the involuntary mental picture, she violently shoved him away. "I didn't do that in a perverted way, I swear!" He cried defensively. Miroku noticed the traumatized expression on Sango's face and happened to catch a faint earful of what she could hear from her room. "Oooh, these walls are paper thin…" He said with a grin and was about to step further inside her room, but, she slapped him and slammed the door shut. "You're such a pervert!" She exclaimed and grabbed him by the ear and dragged him outside. She didn't want to invade on Inuyasha and Kagome's privacy more than she already had; even though she hadn't meant to.

"Sango, let go of my ear!" Miroku pleaded. She released him when they were at the sidewalk. "It was necessary! You were listening in." She stated with her hands on her hips. "I couldn't help it!" He said. "Stop talking about it already! I'd like to forget it." She replied with a blush crossing her cheeks.

"I have homework to do, Sango! I have to go back inside!"

"Well, I can't and I have to make sure you're not going to be a pervert and go back to listen."

"Sango, I like to grope women not listen in on people-"

"Miroku!" -SMACK!-

"You can hang out in my room until they're-"

"No! I don't want you getting any ideas." She interrupted him again. "I'll do my homework on the dining table while you're in my room." Miroku suggested. "Okay, then." She finally agreed and marched back inside with him following closely behind her. He stared at her rear and reached out his hand; he couldn't resist the urge to touch her. She turned around and thwacked him on the head. "See what I'm talking about, you lecher!" She scolded and waited for him to walk in ahead of her.

-o-o-o-

Inuyasha fell limp next to Kagome; his chest heaving against her back. He briefly rested his head on the bend of her neck, then, butterfly kissed her shoulders, and rolled onto his back. Kagome lay her head on Inuyasha's muscular chest and listened to his heart beat calm down. Her breathing became even and the light headiness she felt started to subside. He wrapped an arm around her and caressed her forearm. A single white sheet that they had just practiced love on lay over their sweaty, entwined forms. She tilted her head upward to look into his handsome face.

She smiled, unable to hide how absolutely happy she was to be with him. He placed his hand under her chin and flicked his thumb across her cheek, then leaned down to kiss her affectionately, suckling her bottom lip and nipping it gently. She reached a hand up to one of his pointed ears. Her fingers brushed his velvety ear slightly and it twitched. She giggled and went to touch both his ears.

She remembered when she first encountered him when he was asleep on the dining room table and she couldn't suppress the desire to pet his ears. She stifled a laugh at the memory. A blush fell upon her cheeks. She released his ears and he looked curiously at her and asked, "why'd you stop?" She shrugged, a little embarrassed at her past actions, and looked down at her twiddling fingers. "Well, I was just thinking." She began. "About?" He asked as he held her closer to him and ran a hand through her soft, silky hair. She blushed and continued to avoid eye contact. "C'mon, Kagome, don't tell me you're shy after all we just did." The red glow on her cheeks deepened now with his comment.

"Uh…when I first moved in, I saw you asleep at the dinner table and…."

"and?"

"and, I couldn't help myself, you looked so cute there and I wanted to touch your ears."

"So?"

"So, I did."

He flashed back to that day. He had awakened to the feeling that someone had tugged at his ears. He thought he was dreaming and had seen Kikyo walking away. Now, he knew that it was real and none other than his precious Kagome had been the culprit. He looked away from her sharply with a "keh." She sat up alarmed, "You're not mad at me are you?" He could hear the desperation in her voice. Her eyes were wide with worry and she clenched the sheet to her heart.

He couldn't stand to see her look so distressed, so he couldn't go along playing angry with her. He took her in his arms and felt her relax in his arms and she tightly hugged him back. "You can touch my ears whenever you want." He whispered in her ear. She lightly giggled and added, "and anything else I want." "That goes for me, too." He replied. She blushed when he ran his hands all over her body.

"Oi, don't grope me in public like Miroku though." She jeered. Both their eyes widened and they shot glances at each other. "Shit! Miroku and Sango probably know what we've been up to." He said getting out of bed and slipping on red boxers and a white undershirt. "Oh, no!" Kagome gasped as she saw the time on the clock. "What, what is it!" He asked concerned and rushing to her side. "I have a homework assignment due tomorrow!" She exclaimed and leaped out of bed. She dressed quickly and felt arms slide around her waist.

She turned to face him and he kissed her soft and slow, the motion of their lips in perfect rhythm. He broke the kiss and lifted her up by her waist, his arms still wrapped around her. She peered down at him with her brown eyes lovingly. His view of her as he held her up was from her breasts up to her beautiful face. At that moment, he truly realized how much he cared about her; how much he loved her. She saw his wide smile fade into a serious slit. If it weren't for the gleam in his golden eyes, she would've thought that something was wrong.

"Inuyasha?" She asked softly as he slowly let her slip through his hold and placed her feet back on the floor. Her hands remained on his shoulders. The sweet sound of his name from her lips sent chills all over him and he embraced her once again. She smiled beamingly in his hold. He didn't want to let her go, almost afraid that she would disappear the minute he did so. "Kagome." He whispered as he held her tighter. "I have homework. I'll be right back. I was gonna do my homework in your room." She said. "Can't your homework wait?" He asked. She laughed lightly and said, "Inuyasha! You have work to do, too." "Yeah, but I don't care about it." He replied. "I know. I'll be right back." She told him and he released her, then she went out the door.

Kagome came out into the hallway and she heard Miroku say, "finally you two are done. I can go to bed now." She blushed fiercely and replied, "what!" "Sango couldn't stay in her room 'cause she could hear you two going at it, so I had to give up my room 'til you were finished 'cause she wouldn't let me in my own room!" Miroku explained, then knocked on the door of his room. Sango came out and noticed Kagome was maroon. Sango blushed, too. Both girls couldn't make eye contact with each other. "I have to get my homework." Kagome said as she went straight to her room, avoiding the glares of her two friends.

Inuyasha stretched, yawned, and walked out into the hallway as well. Miroku stared at him with a huge grin painted across his face and eyed him admiringly. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at his best friend and snapped, "what!" "Oh, you sly dog." Miroku said, nudging his friend with his elbow. "Stop talking bullshit." Inuyasha replied.

"C'mon, Inuyasha, aren't you going to share details?"

"What the hell!"

"I know about you and Kagome, so spill!"

"You pervert! I'm not telling you anything! How do you know anyway?"

"Sango overheard, you know, these walls aren't sound proof."

"What!"

Miroku dodged Inuyasha's blow to his head and chuckled. "Shut the fuck up!" Inuyasha yelled. "Miroku, cut it out," Sango said, "stop embarrassing him." "Yeah, at least I'm gettin' some!" Inuyasha remarked to Miroku. "Hey! I'm getting some!" Miroku shot back, then he realized what he said. "What! You pervert! At least Inuyasha and Kagome are in a relationship!" Sango scolded and slapped Miroku. "Sango, wait! I may have fooled around with other girls, but you have my heart!" Miroku claimed as he followed after Sango into the kitchen. "Idiot." Inuyasha muttered under his breath.

Kagome could hear the ruckus down the hallway. She poked her head outside the door to see what was going on. "C'mon, Kagome, aren't you ready yet?" Inuyasha asked impatiently from his doorway. "I'm just checking to make sure I have what I need for the assignment." She replied. "Feh. Just hurry up, would ya." He stated and went back in his room. "What's the rush?" She asked herself as she carried her backpack to his room. "You're not going to do it again, are you two?" Sango asked, annoyed. "Shut up!" Inuyasha shouted as he slammed his door shut. "Fine, then, Kagome I'm going in your room!" Sango's muffled voice said from the other side of the door. "Go ahead!" Kagome replied nicely.

Kagome heard Inuyasha curse under his breath at his homework. She laughed a little. "What's so funny?" He asked. "You; you get so frustrated." She replied with a soft smile. "What?" He growled. She went over to where he was sitting at his desk and seductively said, "I know what you need." "What's that?" He asked. She straddled her legs on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, then, pecked him on the lips. He caught her mouth with his.

She broke the kiss, his eyes half lidded, and she asked, "feel better?" Then, climbed off of him. His eyes shot open and he uttered, "huh?" "We need to get back to work." She simply said and returned to her spot on the floor. "Bitch." He grumbled. "What did you call me!" She angrily snapped. "You can't just tease me like that!" He snarled and crawled over to her.

He had her arms pinned over her head with one of his hands. He knelt over her, her legs between his knees, and he was hunched over her butterfly kissing her cheeks, lips, then down her neck. She smiled with delight, feeling sublime as his free hand caressed her body. It happened so fast, she didn't know exactly how she ended up in this vulnerable position. When he had come to her area on the floor, she put up a playful fight to keep him away from her; not that she could put up much of one even if she was being serious because he was much faster and stronger than her.

There was a knock on the door. They tried to ignore it, but it continued. "Dammit!" Inuyasha groaned loudly and got up off Kagome and swung the door open, "WHAT!" It was Koga, "Hey, Mutt-face, where's Kagome?" "Feh! What the hell do you care?" Inuyasha remarked. "I want to talk to her, runt," Koga said, "I know she's here because I went to her room and it was Sango. She told me she's here, so make it easier and-" "I'm right here!" Kagome blurted, standing up abruptly, and smoothing out her skirt. "Kagome." Inuyasha growled. "It's fine, Inuyasha." Kagome said. Inuyasha crossed his arms and angrily said, "make it quick; we have an assignment due tomorrow." Now he cares about homework. Kagome thought.

Kagome followed Koga to the kitchen. Inuyasha stood guard in his doorway, eyeing the two carefully with a scowl. "What is it, Koga?" Kagome asked. "I just wanted to thank you." Koga said.

"For what?"

"For having lunch with me that day."

"Uh, Koga-"

"Wait, let me finish. If you hadn't agreed to have lunch with me, Ayame and I wouldn't have hit it off."

Kagome smiled brightly at what he said. "So, you found you really did like her!" Kagome exclaimed, clasping her hands together happily. She loved to play matchmaker. She had been wanting to get Miroku and Sango together next.

Koga blushed lightly and looked away, saying, "well, yeah. But, Kagome, I loved you and a part of my heart will always belong to you." He grabbed one of her hands and Kagome smiled nervously. "Hey, I told you to keep your hands off her!" Inuyasha barked, running over to Koga. "Dog breath, get away. I'm talking to Kagome." Koga snapped. Inuyasha bared his fangs. "Inuyasha! Don't be so jealous." Kagome scolded. "Jealous! Of him! Keh!" Inuyasha huffed and crossed his arms. To insult Inuyasha further, Koga said, "Kagome, you need to stop hanging around this jerk so much. You're starting to smell like him." Kagome blushed, looked down, and said, "Well, Koga, I'm with Inuyasha now."

Hearing those words come from her made Inuyasha's pulse race. He knew it was a fact, but to hear it spoken made it sweeter and more tangible. "Well, Kagome. I hope you'll be happy," he sincerely replied and turned to Inuyasha threateningly, "Listen, you punk, if I find out you break Kagome's heart I'm going to rip you limb from limb and-" "Whatever! It's not like you can lay a dirty hand on me." Inuyasha said smugly. "Try me." Koga challenged. "Any time, any where." Inuyasha shot back. "Okay, I'm going to go do my homework. Best wishes to you and Ayame. See you." Kagome chimed in and went back to Inuyasha's room. Just then, Koga's cell phone rang. It was Ayame. "See you later, Mutt face." He said to Inuyasha and took off.

Inuyasha came back to his room, cursing about Koga. Kagome embraced Inuyasha from behind. "Don't be so mad, Inuyasha. You're the only one for me." She whispered. He turned slightly to look at her over his shoulder. Her eyes were closed as she held onto him dearly. Whenever he was with her he couldn't help, but feel calm and relaxed. It felt so natural to have her. For the first time in his life he didn't feel lonely and felt he belonged somewhere. "Kagome," he said turning to face her, "where were we?" She smiled and giggled as he lifted her up bridal style and placed her on the soft bed where she would spend the rest of the night with Inuyasha.

-0-0-0-The next day-0-0-0-

It was warm. The sun was high in the light blue sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight. Most of the people on campus were concentrated at the lawn at the center of campus. There were plenty of signs with different arrangements of various Greek letters. Kagome stayed clear. She had no interest whatsoever in joining a sorority. She laughed to herself, she couldn't imagine Inuyasha in a fraternity. He'd probably beat up more than half the guys in the frat house. Miroku on the other hand would join hoping to meet tons of girls. Luckily, Sango made sure she kept him occupied running errands with her.

Inuyasha wasn't one for public displays of affection just yet, so he casually went his separate way from Kagome to his next class. She had no problem with it, she knew he would come around on his own time. Besides, he gave her plenty of affection in private to make up for it. She blushed slightly at the thought. Suddenly, a familiar person caught her eye. Standing amongst the recruiting sororities was a woman with long, flowing, black hair tied back in a loose pony tail. It was Kikyo.

Kikyo stood with her sorority sisters. She was smiling and felt truly happy to be there. The rent was much cheaper to live in the Kappa Alpha Gamma House (a/n: I just threw together whatever Greek letters, so don't get offended, get excited, or think I'm in a sorority or something, I just needed to put Kikyo somewhere, so that's all. Thank you.) and she was finally somewhere she felt accepted. Needless to say, Kagome was surprised to see Kikyo had joined a sorority. However, at the same time, it seemed to suit her.

Kagome came home finally after a long day of school and work. Inuyasha still wasn't home yet from his job, so she went to her room to put down her backpack. Then, went to the kitchen to make a late dinner where Naraku was talking to Kaede. She stopped at the corner of the hallway to listen in. The guy was so anti social and rude, she wondered why he would even talk to Kaede. Kaede was the manager of the house, maybe he was sucking up for some reason. Kagome listened.

Naraku mentioned where he had been the time he was away a few months ago(a/n: in Ch. 5 Naraku was gone for about a week-I bet no one cared lol, anyway...) He had gone to Kyoto to visit a woman named Rumiko Takahashi. She was a talented manga artist and writer. He had seen her about making a live action movie if should would script it; he was a film major after all.

Surely enough, she had written a story about a priestess guarding a sacred jewel and the demons that came after her for it. (a/n: you all MUST know the entire summary of the Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale story, which is why all of you even read/write fan fiction, I don't have to put the whole INUYASHA summary here, now do I? I hope not :-p -hey if I put INUYASHA in caps it's not a grammar mistake on my Microsoft Word, but if I put it normal: Inuyasha, it is a spelling error, how strange. SORRY! Back to the story.) So, he spent most of his time making sound effects for the movie. Those were the strange sounds from Naraku's room! Kagome thought.

Naraku continued to speak, "I was going to borrow film equipment from school to shoot some amateur footage of some scenes I had modeled, but it turned out that she thinks I would be better as a director and leave the filming to people she has selected. I am telling you this because I must move to Kyoto. I will no longer be able to live here, however, I have a tenant ready to replace me." "Well, I appreciate you giving your 30 day notice, however Sesshomaru and I must approve of who you have chosen to replace you."Kaede said. "I have already given Sesshomaru a call," Naraku stated, "I have told him what I've told you and he arranged for an interview with the potential tenant next week." "Very well, then," Kaede said with a nod, "it is all settled then." Kagome bolted back to her room as she heard Naraku start to walk her way. She didn't want him to catch her eavesdropping.

-Day to Interview the Possible New Tenant-

Whether Sesshomaru and Kaede approved of the woman or not, Naraku was still moving out and they needed a tenant to occupy that room. It was the largest and most expensive room in the house. Sesshomaru certainly didn't want to lose any money. Sure, he owned his own mansion already, but he had adopted a young girl named Rin he had to support, not to mention himself, Jakken and Ah-un. Property taxes weren't exactly cheap and neither was sending Rin to a private school.

Kagome sat with Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango in the backyard by the pool. Kaede had asked them all if they could please keep out of the way as to not influence the interview. They didn't want the young woman to feel uncomfortable, become too acquainted with them if they didn't choose her, or show any dislike for her. Inuyasha couldn't care less who moved in. Sango and Kagome liked the fact that another female would be accompanying them. So did Miroku, but obviously not for the same reasons.

Kaede approached the group after the young woman had left. "She's moving in at the end of the month." Kaede informed. "Who is she?" Kagome inquired. "More important, what's she like?" Miroku asked. Sango clenched her teeth and groaned loudly at him. "She is a relative of Naraku. Her name is Kagura." Kaede replied. Miroku immediately became disinterested. "She moves in at the end of the month." Kaede added. None of them seemed anxious to meet her now.

Once Kagura had moved in, she wasn't home much because she wanted to enjoy her newfound freedom of living on her own, though Naraku called her constantly to keep her on check. She would be starting her Junior year at the college having transferred from Kyoto. Naraku and she had swapped living arrangements. Soon, her older sister, Kanna- though she appeared only to be a child- was sent to live with Kagura; which, added an extra hundred dollars (a/n: I'd put it in Yen, but I don't know how much that is, Gomen.) to her rent.

Inuyasha and the others didn't interact with her. They were introduced to her, but she wasn't too friendly. Frankly, she smelled too much like Naraku and it bothered Inuyasha. She didn't really resemble Naraku. She had dark black hair tied up in a high, short pony tail. The pony tail was so short, it almost looked like a bun. She wore dark pink, almost a magenta eye shadow to match her reddish-dark pink like eyes.

When the Inuyasha gang wasn't working or in school, they spent time with each other. Mostly, they'd end up pairing off; Inuyasha with Kagome and Sango with Miroku. Sango and Miroku soon became close that they even went on a double date with Inuyasha and Kagome. Kagome could see Sango had feelings for Miroku and he finally came around to telling her that he had feelings for her, too. "It's about time." Inuyasha had said. "You're one to talk." Miroku had sarcastically replied.

Soon, two years had passed and Inuyasha and Miroku had graduated from the Tokyo University they had attended since the day they moved into the house. They were the first to move out and get their own apartments. The tenant to replace Inuyasha was Jakotsu. When Miroku moved out, Bankotsu moved into his room.

Next, was Sango's turn to graduate. Instead of getting her own place, Miroku had proposed to Sango and she would be moving into his apartment. Sango blushed knowing what it would mean to be sharing a bed with Miroku, but she loved him and couldn't imagine a better situation. Sango put in her 30 day notice the day after her graduation- if she didn't give a 30 day notice, she wouldn't get her 500 dollar deposit back. It had been decided by Kaede and Sesshomaru-after having Kagura beg them-that Kanna would get Sango's room once she was moved out. Naraku was making plenty of money with his career as a Director that he could pay for Kanna to live there. Kagura refused to allow Naraku to pay anything for her, fearing it would clash with her personal freedom.

Sango's 30 days were finally up. Miroku helped Sango carry out her things that she had boxed up a few nights before. Inuyasha had already helped him carry out her dresser and bed, now there were only her boxed belongings left. Miroku wiped the sweat off his brow and commented, "girls have so much stuff." "Suck it up, Miroku, there's not much left." Inuyasha stated. "It's going to be lonely without you here, Sango." Kagome said. Sango started to giggle. "What is it?" Kagome asked. "Would ya shut up, Sango!" Inuyasha snapped. Sango couldn't control herself any longer and busted out laughing. "What's so funny?" Kagome asked again, this time a little more demanding.

Sango wiped the tears from her eyes and apologized. "C'mon, Inuyasha, how long are you going to wait?" Miroku asked quietly so only he could hear. Kagome was distracted by Sango. "Alright, already! You and Sango go wait in your car." Inuyasha said. "Come, my dear Sango." Miroku said as he put an arm around her waist. "Kagome, would you go back inside, I left one more box in there." Sango said. "Sure." She replied and went in. "Sango, you nearly blew it." Miroku said. "I know," Sango said, covering her mouth in embarrassment.

Kagome entered Sango's room and there was one last box. She went to lift it and found that it was EXTREMELY light. "It's empty." Kagome said, a perplexed expression on her pretty face. "Kagome." Inuyasha said from behind her. "I don't know, but Sango wants this empty-" she was caught mid-sentence with a kiss. The carboard box fell on the floor as the kiss suddenly deepened. He grabbed her by the waist, lifting her feet off the ground, as he took her in his arms, and pulling her close to his body. The kiss was passionate, hard yet soft, and sensitive all at once. Her heart fluttered, excitement and surprise rushed through her. She was completely taken by his love all over again. The kiss ended and she felt light headed, breathy, and dazed. She smiled, blushing like a school girl with a crush. Before she could utter even a sigh a velvety red box was presented to her.

She opened it up and inside was a silver, shining key. "It's for our new studio apartment," Inuyasha said, "I had put in your 30 days when Sango did. Unlike Sango, Kaede can keep her mouth shut long enough." "I had no idea." Kagome muttered, almost breathless. She wouldn't be moving in with him, they would be getting their very own apartment together. Kagome smiled brightly and thrust her arms around her wonderful hanyou. "Y-you're not disappointed it wasn't a ring?" He stammered. She looked up into his amber eyes lovingly and sincerely said, "not at all! I'm only 21!" She added jokingly, "though, you're probably getting up there in age and probably wanna settle down." He narrowed his eyes at her. She didn't care that he was angry and she smacked a kiss right on his lips. He kissed her back right before she pulled away.

Sango and Miroku appeared behind them. Sango asked, "Well? Are you ready?" "No, I have to pack!" Kagome said. "You don't have many things. Miroku and I boxed most of it while you were helping move out stuff and Inuyasha kept you in here." Sango replied. "We're actually lucky you didn't go back in your room." Miroku said. "I wouldn't have been able to! I was so caught up moving her things!" Kagome said with bright smile. "Well, c'mon, Miroku. We gotta move more furniture." Inuyasha said. Miroku groaned audibly. "It's just a desk!" Kagome said. "Oh, what a relief." Miroku said with a hint of sarcasm.

-0-o-0-

Kagome looked out the window of her new home. She and Inuyasha had just come back from visiting her mother, Sota, and grandpa. Her family was thrilled that she had moved in with Inuyasha. When they had met him over two years ago, they had taken a great liking to him-well, except her grandpa at first. He tried to exorcize Inuyasha. All around, Inuyasha liked them as well; even though her mother had grabbed Inuyasha's ears the first time they met wondering if they were real. Kagome had once again remembered doing that, too, though she didn't admit that to anyone except Inuyasha. "Like mother, like daughter." Inuyasha had said under his breath to Kagome at the dinner table.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Inuyasha asked, snapping her out of her musings. "I was just thinking." She replied with a pleasant sigh. The stars glistened like pieces of jewels scattered across the clear, midnight blue sky. "About me?" Inuyasha asked as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She nodded in response. Inuyasha was thinking, too about the way he would propose to Kagome in the near future.

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A/N: Well, that's it everyone! I hope it was a joy and didn't disappoint. I also hope it didn't get cheesy…The length of this chapter was the length of 2 that I normally write. I hope it didn't seem choppy. I realized that I could've made this go on for a few more chapter, but school starts and I HAD to finish it! Well, thank you all my loyal and lovely readers and reviewers! You are what made this fic worth writing and your support made it a real joy! It's been grand and this is THE MOST REVIEWS and HITS I have EVER gotten! THANK YOU! So many of you have added me to your favorites, it's wonderful! I feel all giddy! Lol…Thank you BUNCHES Minna in advance for reading and/or reviewing! See you around, Michi4.