Once again I must apologize for the delay in the update.

Chapter 36: Can't sleep without you

Inuyasha noticed Kagome stir in her sleep after he stroked her cheek. He smiled down at her. Kaede's herd were working fast and her sickness was nearly gone, it was only like a common cold now.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned as she fluttered her eyes open. Inuyasha looked into her now open eyes. "What happened?" She asked. Her wounds felt numb and her she was warm and comfortable. She felt even better with her head resting on Inuyasha's lap.

"Naraku... he's finally dead and gone." Inuyasha said. Kagome looked around.

"Where are Sango and Miroku... and Kirara?" Kagome asked.

"Kirara brought us here to Kaede's, with Shippo because you were sick and Kirara went back to get Sango and Miroku." Inuyasha explained. "We were all out for about a week and I have."

"Inuyasha where are the jewel shards?" Kagome suddenly asked. Inuyasha looked surprised for a moment. He had no idea. He had forgotten about them a while back in the fight with Naraku.

"They're here!" Shippo said as he jumped over to Kagome handing her the last peaces of the jewel.

"I thought you were sleeping runt?" Inuyasha stated.

"I.. I couldn't sleep. I was worried about Kagome." Shippo said feeling wimpy.

"Awe, It's alright Shippo, anyway, where did you get these jewel shards?" Kagome asked.

"Miroku gave them to me, he said Koga gave them to him yesterday and he picked up the ones Naraku dropped. He told me to give them to you when you got up." Shippo said now feeling more proud.

"Thank you, Shippo. You better get some rest now, okay?"

"Alright!" Shippo jumped away to bed. Kagome sat up with Inuyasha's help holding the jewel fragments. She only than realized what she was wearing.

"Inuyasha what am I wearing?"

Inuyasha gave her a dumbfounded look. "It's a Kimono."

"I know what it is. Where did it come from?"

"I got it for you, I was going to give it to you another time, but you had nothing left to wear that was clean."

"Thank you." Kagome hugged him and then pulled away and dragged out her shards. She held all of the pieces of the Shikon no tama in her palm now all she had to do was fuse them. She looked worried not knowing what would come of it.

"Don't.." Inuyasha said as he placed his hand over the jewel fragments in her palm. "Not yet."

"But Inuyasha..."

"What will happen once the jewel is complete?" Inuyasha asked. He looked over for a moment as Kaede left. Then turned back to Kagome.

"I'm not sure. Do you still plan on..."

"No."

"Then what wish are you going to make?"

"I already have everything I've ever wanted." Inuyasha looked at Kagome with a smirk, causing her to giggle.

"Well so do I... but when the jewel is purified, won't it close up the well?"

"I'm not sure."

"If it did then I'd never be able to see my family again." Kagome felt heart broken.

"Then we just won't purify the jewel."

"We can't not purify it. What about all of the demons that will come after it?"

"I'll always protect you remember?"

"I don't want you to always be out fighting though Inuyasha, it's dangerous.'

"Feh, like any demon could take me?"

"Well Naraku did a pretty good job." Kagome laughed.

"What's so funny wench!"

"How about we talk about this in the morning, so we can get some much needed rest."

"You've been resting for over a week now."

"That wasn't resting that was just being passed out from loss of life energy."

"It was resting."

"Goodnight." Kagome said ignoring him and lying down under her sleeping bag.

"I think I'll sleep outside." Inuyasha pouted. He disliked being ignored. Inuyasha walked out and into a tree. He moved around uneasily in the high branches. "Damn, why the hell can't I get comfortable!" Inuyasha said to himself in frustration. He knew the reason, he just didn't want to admit it. He was lonely without his Kagome in his arms. "Damn wench, she must have put a spell on me to have me so uncomfortable in trees." He knew that wasn't at all true, since Kagome was no witch. He finally just sat back and sighed. "No use trying to get comfortable because it ain't gonna happen."

Meanwhile

Kagome was also moving around restlessly. She knew exactly why and could admit it, if she felt like talking. She was so tired still, but could you blame her she had most of her life energy sucked away and needed time to recover it. Sure the others had suffered from wounds, but she got wound's as well as loss of life energy. She was freezing and the hut was warm. She wasn't used to sleeping alone anymore and it felt strange with out Inuyasha's warm protective grasp. She finally ignored her discomfort and began her snooze, where she was greeted by unpleasant dreams.

Meanwhile

Inuyasha wasn't even trying to sleep anymore. This was his damn fault. All because he got a little mad and wanted to make Kagome feel sorry, but she obviously wasn't coming to get him and he was to stubborn to just go and sleep with her. He crossed his arms and admired the sky. Kagome had made just about everything seem better than it used to be. She explained how the stars were so beautiful and got Inuyasha into the habit of liking them to. He had also come to appreciate his time more that he had seen, more like smelt Kagome's. Everything there was polluted, even the cleaners smelt polluted. Her everything was fresh and clean.

Inuyasha suddenly jumped down from the tree in a rush as he herd Kagome scream. He ran in and saw Shippo up against the wall wide eyed, like he'd just had a heart attack and Kagome... Kagome was fine. She was sleeping, but moving around a lot. She was having a nightmare. Inuyasha sighed. he actually thought something had gotten to her.

"Calm down Shippo she's only having a nightmare." Inuyasha said as he walked over to Kagome. He sat beside her and watched her sleep and then watched Shippo go back to sleep. Kaede entered a moment later.

"Is everything alright? I heard a scream." Kaede said.

"Yeah, it was nothing."

"Alright, you should get some rest Inuyasha." Kaede alerted.

"Yeah, yeah, I already know." Inuyasha said. Kagome let out a yelp. He looked down sorrowfully. She was never like this when she slept with him. He rubbed the hair out of her face and watched her calm down a little. It was him. She was the same as him. Without his presence she was lonely. He grinned. This made things even. He slipped into the sleeping bag and wrapped his arms around Kagome. His prescence crashed upon the girl in a wave of thunder and she seemed to calm in bliss.

"I love you, Inuyasha..." Kagome said in a whisper. She was still asleep.

"I love you too, my Kagome." Inuyasha kissed her forehead and finally fell asleep.

This was a fluff and a filler. Sorry it wasn't that long, but I'll post the next chapter real soon. Hey and if you like this you should all be readind 'Adoration And Fidelity'

VERY IMPORTANT: I've been working on this new fan fiction that I think some of you would be interested in, but some of you would find offensive. It's - of course - an Inuyasha and Kagome fan fiction. Should I post it?