Wooo chapter 8! I got this one up as fast as I could! Hmm, I don't know, lately I haven't been fitting in a lot of songs to my stories, so I thought today would be the perfect time to! To warn you readers of this story, there's going to be a lime (isn't that just the soft intimate stuff?) in this chapter. It might not be that good, because this is the first time I've tried to write something like that.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I also don't claim the right to the title "Maybe Memories" by the Used, the lyrics are, again, at the bottom of this page. I ALSO don't claim the rights to the song "So I need you" by 3 doors down. Well now, that's over with lol.

Enjoy!


Maybe Memories

From Friends to Lovers


He waited until Kagome slowly nodded, surprised by the kiss. What was he going to tell her? Inuyasha pulled in a shaky breath and finally let those three treacherous words escape his mouth "Kagome… I love you."


He was sweating up a storm as he wrung his hands together, waiting for how she would respond. The look on her face gave nothing away and it was beginning to worry him. Had he been stupid to do that?

She finally seemed to get a grip on herself and she leaned forward and gave him a passionate kiss and when she pulled away there was a smirk on Inuyasha's face "Can I guess that you feel the same?"

"You don't have to guess, you can be certain that I do." With that she was pulled into his arms and he gave her a passionate kiss, deepening it as much as possible before she opened her mouth a little to get air. He snuck his tongue in and heard her squeak a little.

He smirked in the kiss and nibbled on her lower lip a bit, surprising a moan from her. He'd waited for this moment all too long and decided he didn't want to have rush it for fear they'd be caught. He picked her up bridal style, still kissing her and carried her off until he reached the little abandoned hut he had been looking for.

He brought her inside it and laid her down on some furs that just "happened" to be placed there. Both of the couple couldn't seem to get enough of each other and soon they were craving for more than just a kiss.

His hands groped her backside and he groaned a bit, needing her badly now. But he was unsure if she wanted him too, so he just waited to see if she'd make a move. The waiting was becoming just a little too much for him when Kagome finally shyly grabbed the front of his harato and started to fumble with the ties, trying to get it off of him.

Happily going along with this he began to unbutton her top. His patience wasn't enough to keep him from just taking his claws and shredding it all of her, wanting to see more of her, feel more of her against him. What he saw before himself was almost enough to send him over the edge.

A cute little human growl emerged from Kagome's throat when she realized her clothes were shredded. But she quickly forgot it when she felt Inuyasha's body and hands against her own. Blushing a bit, she finally got his harato's off of him.

Bare skin met bare skin as the two continued to caress each other and become even more intimate, needing more than they had thought they ever needed to have. Kagome's hands were soon fumbling at the ties at Inuyasha's pants, and Inuyasha was about to rip her skirt off of her.

Before he could rip her skirt to shreds like he had done her shirt and bra, she grabbed his wrist and scowled slightly at him "Don't rip it up." She said in between pants. He growled a little and unhooked her skirt as carefully as he could and then threw it off to the side, leaving Kagome in only her underwear.

He smirked a little when he looked down at her. Her cheeks tinted with a blush that was beginning to spread down to her chest from the way he was looking at her. Her hair tousled and her eyes glowing slightly with need. Need for him. He wanted to stay in this moment forever.

The moment seemed to pass quickly when his pants were taken off. He heard her gasp a little and he blushed himself, unaware until now at how shy he was about his "buddy" down there being seen. He tried to cover himself a bit as he stuttered out "Wh—what is it Kagome?"

Kagome stared, a little confused at the moment. Her whole "innocent-curious" look was on her face as she pointed and asked "What is that?"

'Oh my gosh… Don't tell me she doesn't know what it is… How am I supposed to explain this to her? Wait… I guess its good that she doesn't know. This means I'll be her first, like she'll be mine…' he thought to himself, debating on how he would explain what 'it' was without totally embarrassing himself and ruining the moment "It's my… ya know…"

A look of realization slowly filtered over her face as her blush escalated into dark red "Oh... Oh my… Sorry… I'm so stupid…"

'Ok, better go in and make her forget before this gets ruined.' With that Inuyasha leaned in and took her lips in another kiss, and he trailed tender kisses down her body. He paused before he reached past her stomach and traveled back up to her neck and sucked on it.

"Kagome… Do you want to be mine forever? Do you want to be my mate?" Inuyasha asked softly and shyly, hoping with all his heart she would say yes.

His heart soared as she nodded and gasped out "Yes… Forever."

Without another moment passing by he carefully placed his fangs over her neck and bit into her, marking her as his. He licked up the blood and then took off her underwear and slowly let himself into her so he wouldn't cause her too much pain.

After that it was all a blur, and what seemed to both to be impossible to ever happen, had now happened and was over. The mates were lying curled up with each other on the blankets, Kagome's head resting on Inuyasha's chest with Inuyasha's arms around her.

A small yawn escaped Inuyasha's mate's mouth and he smiled "Are you tired already, my mate?" When he saw her nod he smirked slightly "Then sleep up… We'll have to return to the village tomorrow."

Inuyasha watched as Kagome fell asleep against him and smiled to himself. 'She's so beautiful… She's mine.' He paused another moment in his thought 'But she's human. I'll have to find out a way to make her live as long as I do. Because I want to live the rest of my life with her.' He sang softly to her sleeping form

"If you could step into my head, tell me would you still know me? If you woke up in my bed, tell me then would you hold me or would you simply let it lie, leaving me to wonder why? I can't get you out of this head I call mine. And I will say 'Oh no I can't let you go, my little girl, because you're holding up my world, so I need you.'
Your imitation of my walk and the perfect way you talk. It's just a couple of the million things that I love about you. So I need you, so I need you, so I need you, so I need you. And if I jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, tell me would you still follow me. And if I made you mad today, tell me would you love me tomorrow? Please.
Or would you say that you don't care, and then leave me standing here like the fool who is drowning in despair and screamin'. Oh no I can't let you go, my little girl, because you're holding up my world, so I need you.
Your imitation of my walk and the perfect way you talk. It's just a couple of the million things that I love about you. So I need you, so I need you, so I need you, so I need you. I'm on my own, I'm on my own, I'm on my own.
Oh no I can't let you go, my little girl, because you're holding up my world, so I need you. Your imitation of my walk and the perfect way you talk. It's just a couple of the million things that I love about you. So I need you, so I need you, so I need you, so I need you!"

A yawn escaped his throat as he realized just how tired he was. He kissed Kagome's forehead and gently whispered in her ear "Goodnight my mate." Sleep overtook him soon and for once it was a completely peaceful, restful sleep.

Another day dawned as the two young lovers still lay peacefully asleep wrapped in each others arms. These two had gone so far in their relationship. From acquaintances, to companions, to friends, to crushes, to mates. Neither would wish to ever face the world again, both just wishing that it was only the two of them that existed.

A breeze and a chill settled on the two bare bodies. One shivered against the cold and curled into a masculine chest, her being human causing the cold to get to her more. The hanyou slowly opened his eyes when he felt his mate shiver and curl closer to him. Shoving the covers over both of them he retreated back to his position with her next to him, refusing to admit defeat to the new dawning day.

Soon enough Kagome began to rouse in his arms, and soon her liquid eyes looked up towards him. At first they were a little confused looking, but soon a blush spread across her face, reminding her of why she was so sore.

"Inuyasha? Are you awake?" Inuyasha waited a few moments while he tried to decide to act like he was asleep or not before he grunted a bit and pulled her closer. This brought the desired effect as she squeaked and jumped close to him.

"Yah I'm awake. What do ya need?" He inquired as he peered down at her lazily.

"Ummm…. Am I still your mate?" she was still a bit confused on how long being 'mates' worked. She hoped forever.

"For as long as we both live. Why? Are you regretting it now?" A disappointed look crossed his face as he turned away a bit.

"No! I was just hoping it would be forever. I want to be with you forever. I want to be able to go to heaven with you."

"I thought we already went over this. I'm not going to heaven, Kagome. I'm a hanyou; therefore I'll go to hell." He sighed and his ears drooped a bit in his unhappiness.

Smacking him lightly and pointing at him angrily, putting a little glare on her face as she said sternly "You forget your human half! And you're a GOOD person Inuyasha. You're going to heaven." A grunt and a laugh were followed by this from Inuyasha, since her look of seriousness just didn't seem to convince him.

Have had enough of this Kagome threw the covers off of them and stood up, putting her hands on her hips and glaring. For the moment she forgot she was naked and didn't understand why Inuyasha was now staring and starting to roll in laughter.

Realization hit her a little too late for it to matter and she dropped to the ground and took the blanket from him and wrapped herself in it while looking for some clothing she could wear. A few minutes passed until she turned to Inuyasha, who was leaning back on his hands naked and holding a smug grin on his face.

Spotting the skirt and underwear in his hands she sauntered up to him, giving him her "sexy" smile before sitting in his lap, and then rubbing up against him. Obviously this distracted him enough for her to grab her clothes from him and stand back up, giggling.

"Kagomeeeee….." whined Inuyasha, the need back in him again. Why did she have to tease him like that? He had really thought she was going to want to have some 'fun' again, but now he was left excited with no sense of relief.

Dressed now, Kagome turned around and smirked a little, waggling her finger "You should know better than to fight fire with fire. Now, since you shredded my shirt I'm gonna borrow you're harato. Mmk? Mmk!"

Sighing heavily he got to his feet and retrieved his white harato and pants and slipped both on. When she turned his back to him he came up from behind her and moved her hair out of the way so he could lick and kiss the mark on her neck before pressing his lips up against her ear, whispering "I'm not done with you yet. Just wait until later."

With that he let go of her and walked out of the hut, waiting for her to come back out so he could place her on his back. Coming out with a blush on her face she shyly got onto his back. 'What did he mean by that? He wasn't done with her?'

Picking up at a run he leaped through trees and they went a couple of miles before they arrived at Kaede's hut. They stopped outside of it a couple moments before walking in to see Sango, Miroku and Shippou leaping to their feet to greet the pair.

Kirara walked up to Kagome and started to sniff at her and after a couple moments started to meow and paw at Sango's leg. "What is it Kirara?" Kirara waited until Sango picked her up and then leaped to Kagome's shoulder.

Kagome let out a surprised squeak as the two-tail nudged her hair out of the way and then nuzzled the spot where Inuyasha had marked her. Another huge blush spread across her cheeks and Inuyasha growled a little bit.

"Kirara, shut up. It's not like we weren't going to tell them." Inuyasha said angrily as Kagome shot him a glance. He shrugged and replied to the unvoiced question "We have to tell them sooner or later. Why not now?"

"Tell us what Inuyasha?" Miroku asked as Sango and Shippou looked on with curious eyes.

Puffing out his chest in pride and shoving out his chin he said cockily "Kagome is MY mate now. See, I even marked her." He didn't see why Kagome was so embarrassed when he showed everyone the mark on her neck.

Angry eyes landed on Inuyasha as Kagome gasped out in exasperation "Sit boy!"

She shoved her nose in the air and pretended to not listen to Inuyasha's growling. Walking over to the wall she sat down next to Sango and the two began to talk. Sango soon blushed and admitted "Miroku and I have too… you know what!" asked Sango in an excited voice.

"What?" Kagome eyed Sango a bit suspiciously and smiled a bit, happy that Miroku had finally claimed Sango as his.

"We should have our weddings together!" Sango gasped out loudly. Both men turned to look at the two women who were now squealing excitedly and hopping around in circles. Sango assumed that Kagome liked the idea and went on "Well, when do you want to have it!"


-Gasp- Wow that chapter went by REALLY fast. All of a sudden I hit past my usual mark on chapters and was like wow! I didn't notice I'd already written that much! So this chapter was sort of fun for me. Maybe a little dull for you guys, but it was fun for me haha! Woop!

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Ok, here are the lyrics to Maybe Memories! Ta DAA!

And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.

Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.

You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.

I'm not going to look back

Write it out like glittering butterflies.

Quote: "A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."- Ingrid Bergman