Okay…I'm not sure if I should make this the last chapter or not, I'll leave you guys up to that one, so tell me if you think that this is a good ending or not in your reviews. This chapter is a song fic to Maroon 5's "She will be Loved" I know I already used a Maroon 5 song in a chapter before, but the song's fitting, I mean, come on! Here ya go!

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(Inuyasha's POV)

I heard her call out my name, and all I could wonder was what was she doing here when she could be with that other guy…unless…

Beauty queen of only eighteen

She had some trouble with herself

He was always there to help her

She always belonged to someone else

My thoughts were cut off as I saw her approach in the distance, still wearing that beautiful dress that seemed to show her every curve. I stepped toward her, but stopped myself. She was taken, and there just wasn't any room for me anymore. That one cold hard fact stung in my heart as she drew nearer. I shut my eyes and bowed my head, waiting for her to tell me goodbye, waited for her rejection and my heartbreak…but it never came…the next thing I know she's standing right before me…softly panting from running.

"Inuyasha…look at me…please…" I slowly lift my head and instantly get lost in her bright hazel orbs…the doorways to her soul…

"Inuyasha…" She whispers as she hugs me tightly, clutching the chest of my haori as she buried her face in it. I feel like I'm somewhat whole but completely empty; just having her there was enough to make me want to take her and make her mine, but at the same time, I thought that this was a goodbye hug…I really hoped that it wasn't…I really did…

(Kagome's POV)

I drove for miles and miles

And wound up at your door

I've had you so many times

But somehow I want more

I'm clinging to him like he's my lifeline, that if I let go I also let go of my very life. Suddenly he whispers in a weak voice,

"Why?" I lift my head and gaze into his tearful amber orbs, hardly noticing the rain lightening up to an eventual stop around us.

"What do you mean 'why'?" He averted his eyes from mine as another teardrop fell down his face.

"Why did you do it?" I can't answer...my throat closes as I see the pain in his eyes…the pain that I caused him. He tightly wraps his arms around me for an instant, but just as I feel the warmth of his body, he places his hands on my shoulders and pushes me back enough to look me in the eye.

"Don't you see it! Don't you understand yet! Didn't that kiss…not yours and hobo's…but OUR kiss…didn't that mean ANYTHING to you?" He searches my eyes desperately, pain reflecting off of each golden iris…pain was something that he had more than his fair share of, and I wasn't helping to ease it at all.

"Inuyasha…it means the world to me…but I only kissed Hojo because…" He leans his head in slightly, silently urging me to continue.

"…because I thought…you were going with Kikyo and everything…" I look down at my closed hand, opening it to reveal his note.

"…but then I read your note…"

I don't mind spending every day

Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Look for the girl with the broken smile

Ask her if she wants to stay a while…

(Inuyasha's POV)

I stare at the folded piece of parchment cradled in her hand, utterly amazed. She had read it…she actually read it after all that I had put her through…after Hojo kissed her…she still read it.

And she will be loved.

And she will be loved.

"You…you read it…" She nods, taking a shaky breath to continue.

"If I would have known…that you feel that way, I would have never even left here to go to Homecoming." The desire to hold her in my arms is increasing by the second as my heart mends itself at her words…but…does that mean…?

Tap on my window knock on my door

I want to make you feel beautiful

I know I tend to get so insecure

It doesn't matter anymore

"I'm sorry that I…that I hurt you…it's the last thing that I would ever want to do…this is all my fault…I'm so sorry…"

It's not always rainbows and butterflies

It's compromise that moves us along

My heart is full and my door's always open

You can come any time you want

She's too much to resist now as I give into my temptation and pull her into my arms, feeling her tears seep through my haori and drench my undershirt, my tears falling down onto her hair. I raise a clawed hand and comb it through her soft, miraculously dry hair.

"Shh…there's nothing to be sorry for…especially not with what I have to make up for…make up for to you…" Her sobs only increase as she presses herself closer to me. I know that there has to be a way to console her. A sudden thought pops into my head as I remember a part of a song that was from her time. I lean down and begin to nuzzle her neck, moving her hair away from her ear. I feel her shiver as I whisper into her ear,

"I don't mind spending every day

Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Look for the girl with the broken smile

Ask her if she wants to stay a while…"

(Kagome's POV)

Shivers crawl all along my spine at the sound of his deep voice gently singing to me. It was one of my favorite songs from an American band called "Maroon 5" that I had listened to all the time…how did he know that? He must have listened to me play it enough to remember parts of it. I smile into his chest, not being able to think of a sweeter thing that he could do for me…just for me. I lift my head and gaze into his eyes, him doing the same as we both sing the last two parts of the chorus.

"And she will be loved

And she will be loved"

He stops and gazes at me, our faces so close…I can feel his breath tickling my nose, his forehead resting on mine.

"Ashiteru, Kagome...koi." He whispers as he brings me a little closer, if that was at all possible. I smile as our faces grow a little closer.

"Ashiteru Inuyasha…always…" He and I continue to sway to the music that only he and I can hear, the music that plays in our heads…in our hearts.

I know where you hide

Alone in your car

Know all of the things

That make you who you are

I feel his hand continue to comb through my hair, twirling my ebony locks slowly through his fingers. I know what's coming, and even though it's happened to us before, I feel butterflies floating in my stomach.

I know that goodbye means nothing at all

Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls

We're so close…he leans his head more to mine, and I can see the worry in his eyes. I can see what he's thinking- what if I reject him? What if this is all a joke? A dream? What if I don't really mean what I said? So many what ifs as he hesitates. I smile warmly, my eyes half lid, another signal that I don't plan on pushing him away. He smiles, too as he leans a little more…

(Inuyasha's POV)

I see her smile, and every worry…every doubt…it all just fades away into nothingness as I lean in a little closer, feeling the warmth of her body despite the cold left from the rain.

Tap on my window knock on my door

I want to make you feel beautiful

I shut my half lid eyes as I press my lips gently to hers, feeling her kiss me back. The hand that was stroking her hair slides up to cradle her head, bringing her deeper into the kiss while my other arm that is draped around her waist pulls her body closer to mine. I feel her coil her arms around my neck as she pulls me even deeper into the kiss. I moan into her mouth as I turn my head slightly to deepen the kiss further.

I don't mind spending everyday

Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Look for the girl with the broken smile

Ask her if she wants to stay a while

I can feel our heartbeats merge into one steady beat, as if her heart and mine have now become one. The rest of the world seems distant, as though Kagome and I were the only ones existing. It's like I can feel her delving into my soul, but this time instead of shutting the feeling out, I welcome the sensation of being wanted, being loved. She leans closer to me as we let the kiss soften a bit to a much softer kiss, and I just can't quite describe this feeling. Right before we kissed, I thought it was going to be just like in Kaguya's Castle, but from the moment our lips connected, I felt a passion that I never knew I had in me. All I could focus my mind on was her, all I could feel…see…hear…was her.

(Kagome's POV)

I can feel him bringing me closer, he moans softly in my mouth as he does. I feel like he's the same soul as me…like we're connected somehow…but I can't put my finger exactly on the feeling. All logic has left me…all I think about is what he said in the note, what he said just now, and this very kiss. I lose myself in his arms, and I suddenly feel weak…my legs are so shaky…he must have sensed this because his arm that's wrapped around my waist tightens to support me as we continue the kiss, hoping that it would never end.

And she will be loved

And she will be loved

(Inuyasha's POV)

The need for air broke the kiss, but my hold on her only tightened. She leans her head on my shoulder as she shuts her eyes, her hair brushing over her angelic face. I raise a hand and gently tuck the loose hair behind her ear, whispering her name. She doesn't react, and her steady breathing indicates that she's fallen asleep. I smile as I pick her up bridal style and head to Kaede's village, which wasn't far from the clearing she and I were in. Trees and shrubs fly past me as I tuck the shrine maiden into my arms closer to keep her warm. Kaede's hut appears in the distance, so I quicken my pace until I come to a complete stop in front of the bamboo curtain that she used a door. Pulling it back with my elbow, I quietly walk in and gently set Kagome down on the futon on the floor. I take my haori off, wrapping it around her to serve as a makeshift blanket. My eyes sweep over to a tiny scrap of parchment.

Inuyasha, Kagome and Kaede,

Miroku, Shippo and I went to the village of the demon slayers. Be back in a few days. Took Kirara with us.

Sango.

I shrug as I flick the parchment aside. I walk over to Kagome, quietly lying down beside her. I drape an arm over her, bringing her closer protectively. She smiles in her sleep and nestles into the chest of my undershirt. I smile into her hair, giving her a small kiss on the top of her head as I let her scent begin to ease me into sleep. I hear a tiny clink on the floor above her head, so I open my eyes and look to find the locket that she had given me lying right beside my chest. I smile sleepily as I shut my eyes once more, falling into a deep and content slumber. I don't think the smile ever left my lips as I played the memory of our kiss over and over again in my mind.

You know, I could tell her that I love her until the day I die, and she still won't know just how much she means to me.

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sniff that had to be the fluffiest chapter that I have ever written in a story before. Tell me if you think that should be the ending or not. R & R peeps!