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I'm so sorry everyone; it seems to have been ages since I last wrote! You can blame it all on soccer and c.s.a.p. I've been so busy lately that I just can't find the time. But enough of me, let's get to what you really want, chapter 11…

Recap:

'My plan was a success,' she thought happily, licking her lips at the memory.

"Where have you been all night?" her father asked impatiently.

"I was doing some more looking around to see if Kagome might have hidden the jewel," Kikyo lied with ease. "I didn't find it."

"Hmm…well, go to your room. You'll receive your orders tomorrow."

Chap 11:

Kidnapped

Kagome woke up the next morning to find InuYasha lying on top of her chest. She blushed, remembering the intense night she had had with him. He looked so peaceful in sleep; almost like a child.

She smiled sweetly as the thought crossed her mind. 'I need to get up and say good-bye to Sango,' Kagome thought as she looked at the clock. It read 11:43 am. '

On second thought, she's probably already left.' Kagome just relaxed and tried to doze off into sleep again. She felt InuYasha stir on her chest. She blushed and looked up at him.

"Good morning," she said as he looked up at her with groggy eyes.

"Gu'mornin'" he said with a yawn.

"You need to get off of me so I can get up," she said playfully. InuYasha jumped as he remembered what had happened last night.

'I can't believe it! I-I made out with…!' InuYasha thought to himself, his face flushed at the memories. Kagome got up too and was looking for her shoes so she could go back to her dorm. She had to get her items for a shower.

She noticed, as she looked over at InuYasha, that he was deep in his own world; he looked perfectly shocked. Kagome wondered if he had really wanted to do that with her.

"InuYasha? Are you having regrets?" she asked timidly. InuYasha shot his head up to look at her concerned, yet lovely, face.

"No! I'm just surprised that you…well, it's not important," he said, loosing himself in his thoughts again.

Kagome had called Sango later on that day to see if she managed to get to her parents' house for vacation safe and sound.

"But enough about me; where were you this morning?" Sango asked with a giggle.

"Well… it's really not important. I was just," she took a deep breath; "sleeping-because-I-made-out-with-InuYasha-that-night-after-he-had-told-me-he-loved-me!" Kagome shot out quickly, hoping that Sango didn't get what she had just said.

"You made out with InuYasha and he told you he loved you!" Sango squealed. "Did you tell him you loved him back?" Kagome sighed; apparently, Sango heard her just fine and had gotten every word of the dribble.

"Y-yes," she said as she shifted uncomfortably in front of the pay phone with a blush.

"Ah! Kagome, I'm so proud of you! Oh! But I have to go now, I'll call you later!" With that, Sango hung up. Kagome put the phone back on the receiver and walked back to InuYasha.

Two days had gone by; Kagome and InuYasha had grown closer with each passing second. He would take her out on dates every night and Kagome would go and stay in his dorm afterward; sleeping in his warm embrace. She felt so much safer with him by her side; she never wanted to let him go.

She had to let him go, because he had some self-defense class in the morning. She would watch him train in the mean while.

"Hey, InuYasha! I was wondering if I could, ya know, go back to my old town?" Kagome asked with a wanting smile.

"Okay… um, where is it?" he asked, curious as to why she would want to go back to a place that held so many painful memories and haunted her dreams.

"Oh! It's about 189 miles out of here. I kinda need a ride though," she said looking at him with cute, begging eyes. He just sighed and looked down at her irresistible face.

"My cars' parked around the corner," he said, digging his keys out of his pant's pocket.

Kagome jumped into an embrace, thanking him repeatedly. After she released InuYasha, she left him to get ready to go. She came back a half-hour later in a lavender short sleeved dress and a button-up sweater. She beamed over at him and took his hand.

He wore a red T-shirt and a plain pair of blue jeans. They drove off to the next town in silence. Kagome was drifting off into space, deep in thought. InuYasha keep glancing over, wondering what she could possibly thinking of. He wondered what she wanted so bad in her old town.

"Hey, Kagome? What do you want to do in your town?" He asked the dazed girl. Kagome came back to earth and looked over at InuYasha with an innocent smile.

"Hm?"

"What are you going to do in town?" he asked again, a little annoyed that he had to repeat himself.

"Oh, I need to go visit someone," her cheery voice had died down quickly. "It's an anniversary," Kagome whispered sadly going back to her thoughts.

'Anniversary? For what?' InuYasha thought.

They had reached the town and Kagome had directed him to a flower shop. She asked him to wait while she went to buy a dozen sunflowers. She came back to the car, arms holding onto the large floral bundle.

"Turn here," she commanded; InuYasha obeyed and turned. "Okay, you can stop here."

As soon as he parked, she stepped out of the car and stretched her limbs; the sunflowers were held tightly in her outstretched hands. She walked away before reaching a black gate that read 'Cemetery' in big, steel letters.

InuYasha looked blankly at Kagome. She walked slowly and sadly to a tombstone that read 'Sora Higurashi' on it. She bent down to lay the sunflowers gently in front of it, breathing a few quiet prayers.

"Who is this, Kagome?" InuYasha asked as she finished praying. She stood up, holding her hands over her weeping heart.

"It-it's my mom," she stuttered out, trying to hold back tears as the memories forced their way into her mind. InuYasha looked stunned; he'd never really thought about Kagome's mother; just her father.

'What happened to her mother,' he wondered. His own mother had died of cancer some years ago but he never stopped to think about Kagome's mom. He walked up behind her, looping his arms around her waist and laying his head on her shoulder, knowing the feeling of losing a loved one.

"What happened to her?" he asked, hoping there wasn't a wound he was opening by asking. Kagome desperately struggled to fight back the tears. The memories of the hurt, before she had me InuYasha, bothered her again.

He tightened his grip on her shaking body.

"You don't have to tell me you know. But I would like to…" She looked up as his words smoothly slid off his lips. He looked down at her and gave her a small smile, "…you can tell me when you ready." She smiled back at him.

"Thanks… for being so understanding," she said, holding him closer to her. Eternities passed by until they broke apart; this was due to InuYasha's growling stomach. They both looked down to his abdomen when they heard his hungry stomach cry.

"Heh! Guess I'm hungry," InuYasha blushed and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. Kagome looked up at him and beamed with a giggle.

"Then we should probably get some lunch, huh?" she asked happily once she felt that he was there to lighten the mood. She intertwined her hand with his and walked on past the car to a small café that was a few blocks down.

InuYasha blushed each time they walked hand-in-hand; he was still getting used to the wonderful fact that they were together.

During the meal, Kagome kept glancing around skeptically. InuYasha reached his hand across the table, giving her a reassuring squeeze. She snapped her head back to him and smiled nervously.

"Is something wrong?" InuYasha asked, concern engraved in his voice.

"N-no, what makes you think that?" Kagome asked, hopelessly trying to be cheerful.

InuYasha gave her a 'don't you trust me?' look. She sighed and began to talk.

"I don't exactly know… I just have the feeling that someone's following us… that's all." She bowed her head down with a gloomy sigh.

No matter how many times his heart was torn and broken by Kagome's heart-breaking looks; it somehow managed to break him again and again.

After eating they headed back for the university.

On the way back, Kagome had to use the restroom. InuYasha stopped at a public rest stop, while she went to relieve herself. She was about to wash her hands at the sink when someone came up behind her.

A cloth was harshly wrapped around her mouth and nose; it was damp and had a foul stench. Immediate drowsiness overcame Kagome as her head swam with dizziness. Blacking out, she collapsed into her captor's readied arms.

Meanwhile, InuYasha waited outside and looked at his watch impatiently.

'What the hell is going on here? Kagome wouldn't take a damn half-hour to go to the bathroom! Something's up… I better go check on her.' With that, he peeked into the ladies' room and saw nobody there. The faint smell of a powerful sleeping drug was in the air. 'Where's Kagome! I can't smell her anywhere!' his mind screamed.

He looked around in a panicking manner. 'She must've been kidnapped! This is all my fault…if I had just stayed closer by her or… sensed the kidnapper…I…ah!' InuYasha mentally yelled out as he slammed his fists on the ground in frustration.

He couldn't believe that his poor, innocent Kagome had been taken. He slinked on the gowned, thinking of what he could do; a tear escaping his eye. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' he realized. 'I'm a half-demon; I can just sniff her out!'

"I'll kill whoever did this! They'll regret ever laying a finger on my Kagome!" he hollered out to the sky. With that, he jolted up and started to frantically find Kagome's scent.

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Hey ya'll! That's chapter 11 for ya; I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while. You can scream and yell at me if you like, I wouldn't blame you. But thanks for reading…now review. :-)