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Chapter 9 (wow! Nine chapters!)

Recap:

(Kikyo) "Then why hasn't Kagome gotten this so called 'power beyond belief'?"

(Dad)"Uhg! Because she is a stupid human that doesn't know how to use it! Now, go up to your room! I want you to go stalk her again tomorrow and try and find out where she is hiding the jewel!"

Chapter 9:

A First Kiss

"Kagome, do you want to do something over the break?" InuYasha asked as he escorted her to their first period as usual.

"Sure! Miroku and Sango are going to go visit their parents over the break and I'm not going anywhere," she said cheerfully. "Wait, aren't going to go visit your brother?"

"Nah! He doesn't really like me much, besides…I don't want to leave you alone," he said with a small smile.

"Oh, well… thanks," she said. They entered first period and the day went by very lazily.

Kikyo, on the other hand, was busy throughout most of the morning. After breaking into Kagome's room, she was preoccupied with snooping through all the drawers. She had found a diary and, of course, looked through it. She found that her pathetic sister had fallen in love with the white-haired hanyou.

'I'll have to fix that now, won't I?' Kikyo thought evilly. Her father would probably like to kill him off to have Kagome suffer; so she wouldn't tell him right away. She wanted to have some fun with this. Ripping a blank page out of the diary, Kikyo began to write something on the paper and put it inside an envelope.

The room had looked like a twister had gone through it by the time she was done getting into Kagome's things; far be it from her to bother to pick up after rummaging.

'Damn! She still must be wearing the jewel. Why did Father think she would ever take it off? Well…I guess he just wanted to make sure,' Kikyo thought as she walked down the hallway with a sigh.

She entered the cafeteria and caught some poor student off guard. She forcefully demanded that he give that letter to Kagome Higurashi.

"You got that, wimp? Give it to her right away or I'll come and kill you myself!" Kikyo threatened; the innocent bystander just shook his fearful head in agreement. With that done, she left to go back to her father with the disappointing news.

Kagome was taking to Sango about their plans over the break.

"We're going to go on vacation," Sango said with a smile, "somewhere near the beach. I haven't seen my brother Kohaku in ages. Though I feel bad about leaving you, Kagome," she stated.

"Oh, please don't feel bad. Take this time to relax; I'd feel guilty for ruining your trip with your family," Kagome pleaded.

"Excuse me, are you Kagome Higurashi?" a voice came from behind Kagome.

"Who wants to know?" InuYasha snapped, very angry with the boy.

"I um… have a, uh… message for her… please don't hurt me!" the boy called out, lifting his hands over his head in protection. Kagome sighed.

"I'm Kagome. InuYasha, please, calm down," Kagome said, taking the letter from the buy. The boy ran to his friend after Kagome had taken the envelope.

"InuYasha, you didn't have to be so mean to him. He was just giving me a message," Kagome said with some annoyance building up inside.

"Well, I don't want anyone I don't know to come near you. What if your father sent him and that message had got a bomb in it!" InuYasha explained. 'I just want her to be safe, that's all,' he thought. Kagome sighed again;

'I'm flattered that he wants to protect me, but I don't see what damage a message could…' she looked at the note. It was from… Kikyo! Her eyes widened and she held her mouth shut to not gasp out.

"Who's it from?" Sango asked with deep concern; worrying at her best friend's expression. Kagome was left speechless as she read the note to herself.

'Hey sis! Don't get too comfy with that InuYasha. He's gonna be mine. You've got no chance against me. And don't worry; your friends can go to hell with you if you're a good girl. Father'll make sure of that. Love, Kikyo'.

InuYasha was reaching to grab the note; Kagome tore it up before he could grasp it. She didn't want to face her friends right then, so she ran out of the cafeteria to hide where they wouldn't find her. Sango was about to get up to go see what was going on, but Miroku quickly brought her back down.

"I'm going to go check on Kagome," InuYasha announced before he ran after her.

"I think we should just let them be," Miroku told Sango.

"I just feel so helpless. Kagome is being harassed by her father and I can't do anything to help," Sango said on the verge of tears.

"You may not be able to, but InuYasha can. He loves her more than anything in this world. He'll take care of our little Kagome," he comforted while starting to wrap his arms around her. She needed to be comforted so she accepted his gentle embrace.

'It's amazing he hasn't tried to gro-' Sango's thoughts were cut short; she felt someone rubbing their hand against her butt.

"Miroku! You damn perv! Can't you keep your hands off me!" she yelled, attracting the attention of the students around them. She looked behind her to see that the spotlight of attention was focused on her; embarrassment took over and she quickly took a seat.

InuYasha had followed Kagome's sent all the way outside of the school grounds and into the forest area just beyond the university. She was sitting under the tallest tree in the woods. She just sat in the shade there, hugging her knees up against her chest and her head kneeled down.

InuYasha walked up and sat beside her.

"So, it was that bad of a letter, huh?" he asked as he stretched his body out, leaning on the tree trunk. She shook her head in agreement.

"What did it say?" he asked, looking over to her. She lifted her head. Kagome wasn't crying but she looked very sad and hopeless. It broke his heart to see her so miserable.

"It said that Kikyo was coming after you guys. Kikyo found my diary; she must have read it to figure out what connections I had. She now knows about you and everyone else," she sighed as she explained.

InuYasha couldn't find any words to help, so he just pulled her over so she could lean on his shoulder. As she did, he ran his fingers through her lovely locks of black silken hair.

All InuYasha wanted to do at that point was to tell her how much he cared for her. He wanted to lay his lips on hers and tell her how much he loved her. The doubt stopped him; he still didn't know if she loved him the way he did. While he was stuck in thoughts about her; she was also lost in her own thoughts about him.

'I can't believe myself. Here I am, with InuYasha, going through this life-crisis. And all I want to do is tell him that I love him more than anything. I should have never dragged him into this. I know I want him here but what if he gets hurt? What then? I'm a horrible, conceded person; if I love InuYasha this much, I would just leave him alone! It would be better for him. But I'll miss him so much! There won't be any reason for life to keep on going without him,' she thought, clutching his shirt tightly in her fist.

"InuYasha, I feel so guilty… all you've been doing is protecting me since you found out about my father… you haven't had time to do anything else… I've probably ruined your life! Why don't you just shun me away? I'm nothing but trouble for-" she never had a chance at finishing her sentence; InuYasha had done as his thoughts guided him to do, so he captured her lips within his own.

Kagome was taken aback by his quick action; this event had happened in her dreams almost every night since they met. She never had imagined that InuYasha would actually do it in a million years.

After the shock had worn off, she kissed him back passionately. She pulled his head closer to her, deepening this glorious moment. They eventually broke apart for air.

"Don't say such stupid things!" InuYasha scolded. "Kagome, I haven't shunned you away because I lo—because I care about you!"

"InuYasha," she whispered…'that was my first kiss!' Kagome thought. 'I'm so happy I could share it with InuYasha.' Kagome laid her head on his chest, holding him closely.

InuYasha returned her embrace; thinking 'That was my first kiss! And it was with Kagome…she didn't reject me…I have to tell her how I truly feel! B-but not now; I'll tell her later on tonight for sure.' He then thought of plans and different ways to tell Kagome.

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