Chapter 4

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I would like to thank those of you (you know who you are! smiles) for reviewing my story so far in its profound glory (not!). But thanks for reviewing my beginning story so far.

(Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters from the show. So don't think otherwise. smiles)

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Can we go now? Sesshoumaru thought. Why was she trying so hard to just leave Kagome with Inuyasha? Of course, she didn't like her and he knew that. He just sighed, "I guess we can go, but why so soon?" He gave her a questioningly look and raised an eyebrow.

"But, Lord Sesshoumaru," Rin cried out. "I want to leave now!" Not so much yelling was put in her voice though, just her having a tantrum. She thought that she had won, but maybe she didn't. She knew Sesshoumaru wanting to keep Kagome here with him, but why? I thought I was the only human he was ever taking with him, she thought.

"Kagome," Sesshoumaru said, pausing, "have fun and we will meet again. I just know it. Farewell." He bowed and let –for once- Rin hold his hand and just followed her away. His eyes had shown of sadness and regret.

Inuyasha sighed, "Let's go Kagome. We can find a place to sleep before the night comes." He looked at her and smiled, not him at all. He didn't really care at this point, besides, Kagome was with him. Also, he had to get her home as fast as possible. He was certain that her family was missing her, and she did belong there with them. She just didn't belong here; it wasn't a place for someone like her. All she knew was this "technology" stuff that was in her time.

"Okay," she answered after the silence. She wanted to get home, but didn't want to seem rude to Inuyasha that she wanted to get home so bad. She had missed him and now here he was, here and helping her. He was the only person she knew here and he was the only one around to help right now. She needed him, yet she didn't want to tell him that.

A single tear had fell down her cheek again. She even hated crying in front of him, it was just too much for her to handle. Plus, she didn't like to have people pity her, and especially Inuyasha.

Inuyasha raised his arm and wiped away the tears with his forefinger. "Don't cry, Kagome," he said soothingly. He sighed and wondered why she would be crying. "What's wrong Kagome?" he asked her. Not knowing whether she would answer or not, he still thought he should ask it.

She sniffled a bit, snot sounding in her voice, "I don't know. I just want to be with my family." She paused. "I mean, it's great to be here with you and all, but I wonder how my family is taking my being gone." She looked up at him with questioningly eyes, confused and needing answers.

He couldn't give her the answers she wanted, but he could give her something else… a place to stay for the night and some food. "Well, we can go to a place that I know of and then possibly take you home." He smiled at her, not knowing of whether this would help her or not. At least he tried, right? Of course, he had to. But like he knew, it wasn't like him at all. "So, what do you say?" he asked her one more time. If only she was being happier, I mean, I did help her, he told himself. Or at least Rin did. He sighed and waited for her answer.

"Uhh… ummm… I don't really know," she replied, then sighed. She sniffled once again. "I mean, I really have to get home and… and… and I… I don't know." Tears began flowing down her face. Stained is what her face was becoming. She really did hate doing this, crying in front of him. It wasn't what she did, she was usually glad to be away from home. But not this time. Why does this always happen to me? she asked herself. Of course, she never knew that answer and probably never would.

"Kagome, please. Please, don't cry," he said comfortingly. He couldn't stand to see her like this and he really did need to do something about it. So, against his better judgment, he reaches over and grabs her into hug. Something he really never did.

She stiffened a bit, then relaxed after realizing that he was trying to comfort her. Her frown had gone and turned into a smile, tears running all over her face and lips. He looked down at her and smiled also. He was just glad that she was smiling and feeling a little better. "Better?" he asked her. He really didn't need an answer to that one, he knew for her smile shown better now than it did when they had had their little reunion. "Let's go get some food and figured out how we're gonna get you home." He smiled and led her off.

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TOKYO

"Grandpa, who's he?" Souta asked him. He seemed to be very concerned for his sister right now. What are people going to think at school? he asked himself.

Souta's mother seemed to be very worried as well, who was this man who was going to rescue her one and only daughter from that… that… that monster of a man! So, why wouldn't she be worried? "Who the hell is he!" his mother yelled out. Man, she had never done this before, so why was she starting to now? Very confused Souta was. She was not the person to come out and just cuss for no apparent reason. But, there was a reason, Kagome was missing.

"You already know him you dimwit!" Ojii-san yelled right back at her. Now, he never yelled either, besides not being able to hear. But, never at his own daughter for something she did. He sighed, "I'm sorry dear. Just don't be so ignorant, okay?" he asked her. Looking really sorry for what he had just done. "But, you do know exactly who I'm talking about." And that was all he said. Because he just disappeared out of the room and went down the hall to his own room.

Souta just looked shocked, staring between both the door his grandpa went out of and his mother, only to see her shocked as well. Confused even. "Are you okay, mum?" he asked her. He was very curious as to what had made her confused, but he may have already known that.

"Nothing," she blurted out, not knowing whether that would suffice him or not. She didn't really want to let him know everything there was to know about Kagome's kidnapping. Plus, she did know who her father was talking about. Inuyasha, the little boy that Kagome came home screaming about everyday and the same little boy she let come to her house that one particular evening. The same evening that he went missing and Kagome never saw her friend again. Why would he be able to help? Why would he want to help? she asked herself. "Get ready for school, Souta. She'll be home shortly or not." She didn't know what to say to the school or what to tell them. 'Kagome's been kidnapped.' Of course, that wouldn't work, why would it?

"B-but," he paused, knowing that it was of no use to argue with her. Why should he? He would only be yelled at and would only lose. So, of course he would go to school and if any of Kagome's friends asked, he would just tell them that she was sick or something. It was the most logical explanation, the most logical thing to do. "Fine, I'll just tell everyone that she's sick, right?" he asked her. He glanced towards her, but only to see her look mortified at something, anything. "Are you okay, mum?" he asked worriedly.

"Get to school now! I'm fine," she spit out rather quick. She didn't know how to act now, her only daughter and best friend was gone. Why did he have to take her, why? she thought, hoping God would hear her. But of course, no one answered her.

She continued to weep there on her daughter's bed; there seemed nothing more logical to do, and nothing more to even do. She could call the cops and file a missing person's ad, but why do that. She knew exactly where she was and they wouldn't believe her anyway. Why would they?

Hopefully he'll bring her back here, she thought. Maybe he will, just maybe. He seemed nice then, why wouldn't he be now?

The thoughts of her daughter being with him became more and more. They seemed to make him seem almost perfect and nice, but she really didn't know Inuyasha, now did she?

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Feudal Era

Sesshoumaru thought about what he had just done. Why had he left her in Inuyasha's possession? Maybe it was because Rin had been so convincing with her act? Well, he knew that it was just an act to see Kagome gone and he went along with it. So, he seemed to be putting on an act for everyone as well. Of course, Rin didn't know this. And he didn't plan on letting her know either.

"Rin," he said. "Why don't you like Kagome?" He seemed to want to know an answer and well he thought he already knew it, but didn't want to depend on that thought as much as the real reason.

She walked there in silence and didn't talk for quite some time. She just stared down at the ground and just bit her bottom lip. He knew she didn't want to tell him why, but why was he so worried about a little human girl's reason to not liking another human girl? He didn't know, but knew that he was probably becoming just like his father, liking a human. Two humans for that matter.

"Rin? Answer me," he calmly said. He didn't want to lose his temper in front of the child, but sometimes it did happen. Not often though. "Why won't you answer me, Rin?" he simply asked her. He sighed and then stopped right in front of her. What was making her not talk? he wondered.

She didn't speak as she stepped right passed him. She normally stopped when he did and was very talkative, but not this time. Why? This really wasn't like her, and he seemed to know a lot about the little orphan.

He walked right behind her and just followed. Maybe she would just tell him later, some place private. A place where they could talk. He needed to get this out of her system and fast. If she just kept this fear or whatever it was deep inside of her, she would turn out to be just like him. Lifeless and boring. And he didn't want that to happen to her. Ever! Did he really care for her?

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Kagome followed Inuyasha to wherever they were going. She didn't ask and didn't talk, just followed. She was smiling the whole time and couldn't help it. Inuyasha was here with her and her with him. It was just like old times, when they hung out at the school playground in Kindergarten.

She looked up at him and smiled. Those cute fuzzy ears of his. God, she always wanted to touch them, but he never let her. Why, she didn't know. He looked down at her and noticed that she was smiling at him, and he smiled back. His smile was soo cute! Man, she loved it when he smiled, and she had thought about it everyday since he left. In her dreams and in reality, it was something that she enjoyed and missed.

She giggled at the thought that he was smiling again and she was enjoying his companying so much. "What?" he asked surprised. He glanced down at her and looked surprised also.

"Nothing," she answered, a tinge of laughter was in her voice and she just smiled. "I… I… I just can't believe I'm here with you, Inuyasha." She smiled and hugged him more. "I really did miss you, though. I wish you never would have left," she told him, happiness showing in her eyes.

He looked down at her and smiled as well, "I'm glad you're here, too." He hugged her back and continued to walk. She smiled as she thought of her friend. He was so kind and nice; she couldn't wait to meet his mother. But, what would she say to her?

She continued to think about the things she would say to his mother just to keep up a conversation. She really didn't know her and somehow she felt like she didn't even know Inuyasha. But, she did like him. She liked him? How is that possible? she thought. I can't like him! I just can't. He's my friend and I've never seemed to like him before. I mean I do think about him constantly, but still, she paused in her thoughts. Maybe I can like him. Maybe I do like him. Oh my God!

She stopped, shocked at her discovery of liking Inuyasha. Her face that once had a smile on it now had a thoughtful and shocked and scared look on it. She didn't even notice if he stopped or not, just stood there. She seemed scared about everything, even Inuyasha. She didn't think that she could trust herself around Inuyasha at this point now. Kagome needed to get home right then and there.

She turned around and started to run. Run, far away and away from him. She didn't want to be around or with him right now. She started crying, but just kept running away, not knowing where to go.

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Inuyasha smiled as he held Kagome. Boy, he enjoyed having her here with him. He was just afraid of what his mother would say. She was sick and normally didn't allow visitors in the house. But maybe she would make an exception for Kagome, just maybe.

He heard her giggle and just looked down at her with a surprised expression of his face. "What?" he asked her surprised. He wondered what she was giggling about; he didn't do anything embarrassing, did he? He didn't think he did, but you never know.

"Nothing," was her reply, a bit of a giggle still left in her voice. She smiled and continued, "I… I… I just can't believe I'm here with you, Inuyasha." She smiled and hugged him more. "I really did miss you, though. I wish you never would have left," she told him, some happiness showing in her eyes.

He was glad that she was here with him and wanted her to know that so much. Why was he having trouble being with her though? But, he just looked down at her and smiled. "I'm glad you're here, too." And he hugged her back and continued to walk to his home.

He was a bit afraid to have her meet his mother, he had met hers, but his mother was different than her mother. Very different. She was from a different time and did different things, plus she wasn't as much of a working mother as Kagome's mother was.

Kagome seemed just fine for about half an hour or so, but then, she stopped dead in her tracks, like she had seen a ghost. Fear and shock shown in her eyes. She looked frightened about something and Inuyasha desperately wanted to know what.

He watched as she turned around and ran away, away from him. "Kagome!" he yelled for her, but she just kept running, farther and farther into the woods. Dear God, she's gonna get hurt or worse, he thought, killed!

He waited for a few minutes then started after her, running faster than light. Jumping here and there, catching up with her rather quickly. "Kagome," he said again. But what he heard hurt him. She was crying, lying there in the middle of a field. She was curled up into a ball and crying into the grass. It seemed to stab him in the heart. Nothing like this had ever happened before, why did it start now? When he saw Kikyo with another or crying, he never felt like this. What was happening to him?

He stopped running and walked right to her. Then he sat down next to her and grabbed her into his arms and just hugged her. Nearly squeezing her to death, but tried to calm her. He knew that she was upset, but he didn't know why.

"Kagome," he whispered ever so lightly. It was almost too soft for anyone to hear, but he thought that she did hear it, because she looked up at him.

Her face was tearing stricken; she was obviously upset at him or something else. He looked at her face, wondering what those tears represented. Who they were for, anything. He was concerned for her, but it seemed weird to be that worried for just one person. The only person he felt really concerned about was his mother and no one else. But why was Kagome the one he cared for a lot?

"Inuyasha," she said softly. "Don't be mad at me. Please, don't be mad at me. I'm sorry I ran off." She was still crying, but now into his chest. "I don't know what to do!" she sobbed into him. She is so fragile, he thought.

"Kagome," he said, pausing, "it's okay. I'm just worried about you is all. Don't cry its okay." He brought her up to a standing position, but didn't let go. He just held her, thinking that maybe he just might lose her again. He didn't want that, not at all. She was here and would stay here until morning, and then they would make the journey of getting her back home. He owed that much to her family, didn't he?

He looked at her and just smiled, "Are you ready to go now?" He was hoping that she would say yes, but was prepared for her to say no. Either way, he was prepared. He waited as she looked at the ground and thought.

"Inuyasha," she replied. "No, I'm not ready to go." She said it with such certainty and confidence. He figured that's what she might say, but why was she choosing not to go with him.

He looked at her with shocked eyes, and she just laughed. Maybe her answer was for something else, but what? He didn't know, but wanted to. "Why?" he asked surprised. "Why aren't you ready to leave?" He didn't know what to think, but why?

"You really are over thinking, Inuyasha," she said softly. She smiled and just hugged him tightly, then kissed him lightly on the cheek. "I really don't want to go yet. Can we stay for a little while here?"

He looked around and noticed that the field was full of white tulips, everywhere. It was like snow, but it smelt much better. It looked beautiful also. And so did Kagome.

She looked him in the eyes, and they told her everything she needed to know. Yes, they could stay here for a little longer and so much more. He wanted her to know this, because he thought that she was the only thing that was on his mind at that very moment.

"Oh, Inuyasha," she whispered. "Thank you, so much." She then pulled him with her onto the bed of tulips and laid there in his arms and looked at him, then the sky.

He couldn't believe that she had actually done that, maybe she had other things on her mind, but he wasn't going to ask. But then, he remembered something. Right now, her scent smelled of happiness and lust. For whom, he didn't know. He hoped it was for him, but he couldn't really tell.

"Kagome," he said softly into her ear. Leaning in the process just to do it.

"Yes," she said, turning around and looking at him. Her eyes shown of lust as well and he really hoped it was for him.

"Uh… can I… I… can I…" he didn't know how to put it. He seemed to be stammering and he never did that before either.

"Yes, Inuyasha" she said, seeming to know exactly what he was asking. "Yes, you can."

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Well, that's all for this lovely chapter! A bit longer than the last but that means that I have my writing style better! Yeah! So, just hold your horses and wait for the next chapter. You never know, something spicy might just happen—to either one of them! Au Revoir!