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The Assassins

By: darkangelprincess24

Chapter Eleven: Forever And Ever

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Last time:

Before she knew what she was doing, Kagome stood on her toes and pressed her lips against Inuyasha's. She didn't even care if he didn't love her, she just wanted to pretend for the moment. Kagome knew now that he didn't.

Which explains how surprised she was when he kissed her back.

Then his eyes opened suddenly. He was kissing Kagome! This wasn't supposed to happen! If someone found out about their feelings towards each other, the enemy could use Kagome as blackmail!

No!

Inuyasha pulled back abruptly, biting his lip.

"I-I-" He stammered. "I've gotta go."

Upstairs, Kagome closed her door and threw herself face-first onto her bed, sobbing.

She knew why Inuyasha pulled away so quickly, for she just realized it.

They could never be together.

This time:

"He did what!" Sango screeched, pulling her hair out as far as she could without ripping it out of her head.

"He kissed me!" Kagome said simply, as if happened every day. She leaned forward on her bed. "Then he said, 'I've got to go', and he just…left!"

"Okay." Sango said thoughtfully, relaxing, albeit slightly. "Have you talked to him since?"

"Well…he did ask for the ketchup yesterday-"

"No, not talked to him…talked to him. One-on-one. About…The Incident." Sango said, chewing her lip slightly.

Kagome shook her head mournfully. "No. I think he's avoiding me…"

Little did she know that Inuyasha was walking up to her door to have a simple, elegant, "chat" with Kagome, "accidentally" overheard their conversation. He frowned slightly. How did that woman always figure her out?

He listened in on the conversation again.

"Kagome…was that your first kiss?" Sango asked hesitantly.

Kagome sighed the smallest of sighs. "Yeah. Maybe it's just because it was my first kiss, but…I really, really lo…I mean, like, Inuyasha." Inuyasha's eyes widened at what she almost said. Did she-?

Sango giggled and plopped down onto Kagome's bed. "Was it…nice?"

Kagome grinned sheepishly. "Ho yeah."

Inuyasha smiled from the other side of the door and bit his lip. Those were the only words to describe the kiss…his first kiss. There was just…no other way to describe the bliss that had come over him. Sango's words brought Inuyasha crashing back into reality.

"Is it like…or love?"

"I-I- Sango…I-" Kagome threw her hands into the air and stood. "I don't know!"

She sighed and sounded close to tears suddenly. "What if he doesn't…" Her voice caught; Inuyasha cursed mentally for not having better ears. She continued. "…me? What if…"

"Kagome." Sango interrupted. "Inuyasha cares about you, and loves you, more than you can even imagine."

Inuyasha smiled. The truth hurts, Kagome, don't it?

"Sango, I've made up my mind about him. I really, really l-"

Dumdumdumdum…The theme song for Law and Order played from Inuyasha's pocket. He cursed mentally at the timing. Inuyasha scrambled to press the answer button before Kagome recognized it as his cell phone.

He failed.

Kagome opened the door with her nose scrunched up, as if trying to convey that she wasn't just talking about Inuyasha. She raised an eyebrow at him.

He smiled a mixture of hastily and sweetness and pressed the little green button. "Hello?"

Sango shot out of Kagome's room, saying to her with a wink, "Well, I'm going to meet Miroku! See you, lovebirds!"

Kagome scowled and waved Inuyasha in, who was mumbling into his phone. She closed the door and sat on her bed. Inuyasha pulled out the chair from Kagome's desk and sat in it backwards, resting his elbows on the top.

"Um-hum. Okay, bye." He finished off the conversation and put his phone in one of his green cargo pant pockets. He smiled apologetically that conveyed many emotions he couldn't explain. "Hey."

Kagome smiled and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, looking down. She didn't know how cute it made her look in Inuyasha's eyes. "Hey. What have you been up to?"

"Nothing much. That was just Naraku. I got a job tonight."

Kagome nodded. Inuyasha stood and scratched the back of his neck.

"We…can't do this, Kagome." Kagome looked up at him sadly.

"I know."

"If we do…you know what will happen." Inuyasha sat back down on her chair. "You could get hurt."

Kagome looked down. "I don't care."

"Kagome…"

"No!" She stood up and looked out her window, which was open. She closed it and shut the blinds. She turned back to Inuyasha. "I don't care!"

She sank to the floor with her head in her hands. Inuyasha sat on the floor next to her, putting an awkward arm around her shoulders. He saw Kagome shake in silent sobs, and hugged her tightly, making her face smash into his chest. She looked up at him.

"Kagome…don't…" Look at me like that. She was about to say something but she didn't get to say it because a certain wolf walked into her room without knocking.

"Hey, Kagome, want to catch a movi-?" He stopped in mid-sentence. Inuyasha faintly growled at him, scrambling away from Kagome.

"Nice timing." Inuyasha said, a bit red in the face. He glanced to Kagome. She was running a hand through her hair, blushing furiously. She looked at Inuyasha, and in doing so, blushed even more when his eyes softened.

Koga, oblivious to their secret "connection", glared angrily at Inuyasha.

"Kagome, can I punch this guy's lights out?"

Inuyasha snorted. "As if you could."

Kagome stopped running her hand through her hair. "No, Koga, you may not."

"But he was forcing you-"

"I was not forcing her to do anything!"

"Over to my bed!" Kagome carefully managed to avoid sitting Inuyasha, much to his like. "Both of you."

The teenage boys obeyed and say on the pink sheets, pouting.

Kagome smiled a sickening sweet smile and stood in front of with her hand on her hip. Inuyasha couldn't help notice how cute she looked when she stood like that.

"You," She said to Koga. "Butt out of my business."

"But-"

"No."

"You-"

"Zip it."

Koga clenched his jaw. A woman did not speak to him like that.

"And," Kagome continued, "Koga, knock before you come into my room. It's common courtesy."

"But I did-"

"What?" Kagome interrupted angrily.

"N-nothing." Koga said quickly, looking down.

"Good!" Kagome said cheerfully.

4 Hours later at 12:30a.m.

"Kagome?"

"Hm?"

Inuyasha propped himself onto his elbows. He was lying down next to Kagome on her bed. The door was closed. Inuyasha was on the side with the wall, with Kagome cuddled up next to him. He searched for his courage to say his feelings, but found absolutely nothing.

"I…I have…weird…feelings about you."

Kagome laughed quietly. "Um, okay."

"What I mean is…" Inuyasha searched for the right words. He wasn't used to this stuff. "…Whenever I'm around you…I…don't know how to describe it."

Kagome buried her head in Inuyasha's chest and smiled slightly. She knew what he was talking about. He smiled also, somehow knowing she was too, and hugged her, rubbing her back softly. He glanced briefly at the window, which was still covered.

Kagome grabbed fistfuls of his black shirt and smiled again, raising her head. "I understand completely, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha stopped rubbing her back and hugged her tightly. Kagome rested her head on his chest again.

"You don't have to either." He whispered. "Stay with me, Kagome?"

She nodded in his chest. "I will forever, Inuyasha. You're going to stay with me, right?"

"Yes, forever and ever." He mumbled, starting to stroke her hair. Kagome smiled softly.

"Forever and ever." She mumbled sleepily. Her breathing soon became steady, which told Inuyasha that she had safely fallen asleep in his arms. He idly wondered if he should get up, but pushed the thought away when Kagome snuggled deeper into his chest. He kissed the top of her head.

"Love you, Kagome." Inuyasha said quietly, reaching over and turning off her light.

She would be safe, if only for the night.

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Author's note: FLUFF! Don't worry guys…more action coming up! More Naraku crap…okay, it's really late, and I'm tired, so sorry if the chapter's crappy…

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