A/N: Thanks for bearing with me everyone. I've been trying to remember everything and every detail so something doesn't screw up later along the way. Oh, and Monday was my 1000 hit mark I now have over 1300 hits! Woot for me! And Kagome and Inuyasha. Those guys are alright. Now if your dying for the Sango / Miroku potion of the show your just gonna have to wait. They have one of those slow relationships, but it's so cute. OK enough blubbering. Chapter 9.

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Chapter 9

Kagome held Inuyasha as close to her body as she could. "I'm sorry" she whispered over and over again clutching her hanyou to her chest.

"I know" he sighed softy trying to pacify the sobs that racked Kagome's fragile body.

He knew how much it hurt when he had seen her with Kouga, but he had walked away. He didn't fight; he didn't yell. He knew he loved her enough that if Kouga was who she truly wanted he couldn't stand in her way, he wanted her to be happy, he knew he didn't deserve her anyway.

Kagome's body slowly stopped trembling and he looked down into her eyes that were still red, puffy, and wet with tears. She had never looked more beautiful to him in her whole life. It killed him to see her cry, but the fact that she was crying because she loved him….

She stood on her tip toes and leaned in to kiss the half-demon before her. He felt her warm lips, tasted the salt of her tears along them as they kissed deeply afraid to let go of one another.

"Wait" Inuyasha breathed pulling away from their passionate kiss.

Kagome stopped at looked at him, afraid he was going to accuse her of something again.

"Is this what you want?" he breathed heavily allowing himself to back away from Kagome. She looked at him puzzled. "I'm only a half-breed. I don't deserve you and I know that. I couldn't give you everything a full demon could, nor anything a full human could. People would ridicule us all our lives, and I don't want you to go through pain and hate for me." he looked up at her, waiting for her to agree.

She walked toward him and placed her fingers gently on his cheek. "I know how much pain you've suffered in your life. I want to be here for you. I love you. And I don't care what anyone says, let them talk. I'd go through hell and back just to stay by your side."

She leaned in and captured his lips with hers pulling him close to her again.

He picked her up as she wrapped her legs around him. Kissing her passionately he walked into the edge of the forest. He kissed her lips and ears and pulled his fire rat away from her shoulder and draped kisses on her neck.

"Can you love me as a half-demon?" he asked again breathlessly.

"Yes…" she breathed gently entwining her fingers in his hair and letting then gently dance across his ears, emitting low purrs from her hanyou.

He felt complete with this girl, he felt his pain and anger at the world leave him as she played with his ears and grasped around his middle tighter with her legs. He stopped in a clearing, and lay Kagome down in the tall grass beneath him and leaned over her. "I love you Kagome."

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"Kagome?" "Kagome!"

Kagome slowly opened her eyes and looked around. Hours had passed and the soft afternoon sunlight was breaking in through the forest canopy above her, basking her and Inuyasha in a light glow. She looked up at the bright green leaves and rays of sunshine around her and sighed. She looked down to see Inuyasha's head resting peacefully on her chest, his ears twitching every now an then as he gently breathed in and out.

"Kagome!"

She her someone call her name again, only closer this time.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha's ears twitched. "Kagome!" Twitch.

She had heard it distinctly this time, and that voice only meant trouble. She gently leaned over and kissed her hanyou on the cheek waking him up, in the most loving way.

"Kagome…" he sighed as he leaned up and kissed her.

"Kagome!"

Inuyasha looked up and growled low in his throat. She heard a quick trampling behind her as Inuyasha's growling grew more intense.

"Kago…DOG SHIT WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING WITH MY WOMAN!" Kouga bellowed as he grabbed Inuyasha off Kagome and threw him to the side. "Kagome! What did he do to you did he…"

"Kouga I'm fine…" she stressed trying to think of the quickest way to explain the situation.

Inuyasha jumped up from where he was thrown and lunged at Kouga.

"SIT!" Kagome screamed stopping him mid-flight to go pummeling toward the ground.

Kouga looked back at Kagome. "But Kagome your clothes…"

"They're at the spring." she cut him off while tying the fire rat up into a dress as she had done before. "Kouga, I don't know quite how to explain this to you but, sit boy" she added looking at the recovering half-demon, "but you're a great friend, and I truly care for you, sit boy, but not in that way and, sit boy, Inuyasha and I do care for each other, and I'm afraid, sit boy, that's the path I've chosen. Sit boy"

"Your choosing him! But Kagome you're my woman! I decided…"

"Sit boy, I know Kouga, but I love him, I'm sorry." she finished quietly feeling bad for breaking someone's heart. They stood in silence for a moment before Kagome added another "sit boy."

"No Kagome" Kouga suddenly spoke defiance in his voice, "I'm not giving you up without a fight. I don't care what this mutt-breath wants he can't have you."

"Sit boy. Kouga this is what I want now go." she spoke sternly and pointed off in the distance. He stood an stared at her for a moment "Kouga GO!" she yelled as Inuyasha slowly started pulling himself up from the ground.

"Fine," he muttered as he realized the half-demon was fuming, and it looked like Kagome wasn't going to hold him back any longer, "but remember I'm not giving up without a fight" he yelled behind him as he disappeared in a whirlwind.

"Oh yes you are!" Inuyasha roared finally getting up and running after him.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelling causing the half-demon to stop in his tracks. "Let him go" she said softly walking toward him.

"But that damn bast…"

"Inuyasha" she lowered her voice to her sit voice and stared him straight in the eye.

"Feh, whatever…" he mumbled and turned to walk with her. "And what was with all the "sits" you stupid wench?" he grumbled angrily as he remembered them talking while he lay trapped on the ground.

"Well I figured you'd be mad but you'd probably KILL him if you realized he saw me naked." she muttered under her breath. Inuyasha's ears twitched.

"HE SAW YOU WHAT?"

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A/N: hehehe I like that chapter. Ok well now I've decided I'm just gonna have to rewrite these I think I've given up hope of finding them in my computer so I think startingtomarrow I'm gonna update more often (math midterm on tom. that's why) plus once I get going it's easier to keep going sooo….read and review, I love my reviewers and as far as 1300 hits and 20 reviews, what the hell guys! Lazy…your all lazy…REVIEW…ok love you! Till tomarrow…