Yup yup. This is the last chapter. Sorry for the late update but I guess all my updates are slow. Not my greatest quality I must say.

The REAL You

Chapter 2

The Date Part 3

InuYasha jumped out of the well and into the well shrine. He was pretty angry. Kagome was always late coming back from her time to the warring states era. And he can't help getting angry. He missed her. Not that he will admit that to anyone.

Damn that Kagome, he thought. Where is she? She has to come back. Back to me…

He walked out of the well shrine and sniffed a bit. He could smell Kagome near, but he couldn't see her.

He followed his nose until he was near the front of the Higurashi shrine. He took another sniff and he noticed another smell.

The smell was familiar to him. Like he had smelled it before. A lot. And it smelled bad. Knowing that he knew he didn't like the person.

Also, there was something else in the smell. Like an animal. Maybe…A wolf!

ScEnE cHaNgE

Kagome and Hojo's lips were pressed together. Hojo's hand was pushing Kagome's head towards him. Kagome was struggling to get out.

Somehow, Kagome got her face away from Hojo's. She immediately slapped him. Hojo looked obviously shocked as he brought his hand up to the mark Kagome had left him.

"Wow," he said. "Is it just me, or have you gotten stronger since the last time you slapped me?"

"Wha?" Kagome was now very confused. She had never slapped Hojo. And she never thought she would.

Hojo's eyes suddenly went over her shoulder and looked at something behind her. He made a sneering face and, under his breath, he mumbling, "What is the mutt doing here?"

Kagome's eyes widened when she heard this. Why did Hojo suddenly remind her off someone from the feudal era?

ScEnE cHaNgE

InuYasha looked around the corner. There was Kagome. And that other guy with a familiar scent. Who was he? Then, it finally hit him.

"Koga," InuYasha said angrily. "What in seven hells are you doing here?"

"Koga!" Kagome said in disbelief. This couldn't be Koga. This was Hojo. HOJO. Not Koga.

"Stupid mutt. Can't you see? I'm having a conversation with my mate. Now go away before I suffocate on your nasty scent." Koga threw at InuYasha.

"Your mate? She has never agreed to that. You have to have a two-sided love to be mates. And I don't see Kagome returning your so-called love." InuYasha shoot back.

Koga looked stunned for a moment. He had to think about what InuYasha just said. But that dog-breath couldn't be right, could he?

"Koga or Hojo or whoever you are, I don't have feelings for you. You aren't the right person for me. You aren't the one I'm going spend the rest of my life with." Kagome added, trying to understand what was going on.

This is when Koga started to get really angry. "Then who is, huh! This old mutt!"

Kagome looked at InuYasha. She sighed then replied, "I don't know. Maybe. All I know is I don't feel that way about you. So please, I still want to be your friend, but I don't want you to harass me anymore. I sick and tired of it."

Koga gave Kagome a look of hurt and betrayal. "Really? Is this how it's going to be?"

Kagome looked at him, her eyes glistening over from tears. "Yes. I'm really sorry Koga."

Koga looked down at his feet, gave Kagome one last hug, and walked off down the street.

Kagome looked at InuYasha. "What just happened here?"

"Koga used and old demon magic to change himself into the shape of a human. He must have done it a very long time ago because I could identify his scent as his, not this Hojo person." InuYasha explained.

"So, was there ever a Hojo?" Kagome asked.

"Probably not."

"This is so confusing."

"I know."

InuYasha walked over to her and put his arms around her. Kagome leaned into the embrace and leaned her head on his chest.

She said she didn't know if I was the one for her. I'll show her. I am the one for her. I'm her mate. The one she has to be with.

"I love you, Kagome." InuYasha whispered.

Kagome was still for a moment. Then quietly responded, "I love you, InuYasha."

A few minutes. A few years. Neither knew how long they stood there like that, embracing each other in the sunset.

End