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Recap:

They began to skate off; Kagome was tripping every so often and InuYasha had to catch her…not that he really minded, he was able to stay close to her.

Sango and Miroku watched the whole thing.

Sango was blushing fiercely at her friend's newfound confidence. She quickly shook it off and felt relieved that Kagome was kissing InuYasha and not some weird-o pervert that was cruel to her.

Chapter 17:

Drop the Bomb

"So that, my exciting class, is why…" The professor's words could not have been more boring. To the rest of the class, it sounded like "blah, blah, blah".

Kagome was the only one staring attentively at the teacher, making sure to write down everything of importance. InuYasha stared at the clock, whishing he could make time run faster. This was the last class of the day and he really wanted it to be over.

He could talk to Kagome all he wanted to; he could run his hands through her soft flowing hair without worrying about another class interrupting him. He sighed heavily; all he wanted was to be near his Kagome.

Kagome looked back at InuYasha from the corner of her eye. 'He looks sad…I wonder what it is?' she thought to herself. She shrugged it off and told herself she would ask about it when the class was over.

It had been over a month since the kidnapping incident. InuYasha had grown to love Kagome even more then he thought he could and she had returned his love in full force. InuYasha wanted to take her out for a nice dinner for their one-month anniversary from declaring their feelings to each other.

The dinner would be tonight…it would be perfect!

He also wanted to tell her something special…it was something that was very sacred to his type; the demon mating ritual. This was needed if they were to become life mates; a bond that is done by demons to show that they have chosen a life partner, the equivalent of a human marriage.

He was beginning to grow restless in his seat; his knee kept shaking impatiently under the desk and he just wanted to leave.

InuYasha watched as the clock appeared to slow down even more; his brow twitched with utter annoyance and he growled lightly. He heard Kagome giggle in front of him; she had seen his hilarious expression.

He returned a smiled at her gesture. 'Is there anything cuter then her laugh?' he thought to himself peacefully. 'Nope!' his mind silently answered happily.

Then the sound of salvation came; 'riiinnnnggggg!'

"Yes!" InuYasha yelled as he jumped up from his seat suddenly. He dashed over to Kagome and swiped her off her feet. Spinning around quickly, but being careful to not crash into any desks, they spun together with his forehead leaning on hers. She smiled and looped her arms around his neck.

"InuYasha!" she laughed out as he stopped spinning her. He looked into her eyes that held so much love and warmth. She just looked at his great affection at her that played so keenly in his friendly eyes.

"Are you ready for our big night out?" he asked excitedly, hoping that nothing would go wrong today.

"Well…of course I am! Oh, InuYasha, this is going to be so wonderful!" She smiled at him and her eyes danced with enthusiasm and affection.

"Come on students, move it along," the teacher said dully from the door, waving a hand for dismissal. Kagome looked up at InuYasha, who was glaring daggers at the professor for breaking up their tender moment.

Kagome sighed and had InuYasha put her down. They walked out of the classroom hand in hand. She held onto his hand tightly so he wouldn't try and hurt the teacher.

She always felt safe as long as she was by her hanyou. He gave her hand a little squeeze and she looked up at him with a smile.

The great night that was to come had actually came.

InuYasha waited patiently outside for his date. He looked up at the star filled sky to see a beautiful crescent moon. He didn't think it was that pretty though; 'Only a couple more nights and I'll …I'll be human' he thought troubled. His human form disgusted him deeply.

He couldn't stand being so weak and powerless; he would also give over to his pathetic human emotions during that sensitive time…'Luckily, it would only be for one day' were his only consoling thoughts..

'What if someone attacked Kagome on that night? I wouldn't be able to protect her!' he thought angrily. He forced himself to think about something else. His thoughts shifted to Kagome. 'How am I going to tell her that I want us to become mates? You don't just go up to the love of your life and say, hey Kags, you wanna have my pups? It sounds even stupider then I thought it would! What am I going to do?'

His bothersome thoughts continued to plague him during this eternal period of waiting for Kagome to meet him.

'I have to worry about the new moon and how to tell Kagome I want her to be my life mate…' he thought chaotically as he grasped a small black box in his pocket. He stopped his unnerving fidgeting when he heard the footsteps. He froze and sniffed, hoping it was Kagome.

He sniffed the air…it smelled like…raspberries? Kagome never smelled like raspberries. She smelled more like sweet herbs or something along the lines of cinnamon. He turned around quickly.

He saw some random girl form the university walk by, spraying perfume on herself. It wasn't his Kagome…he sighed out in disappointment.

"Ahem," a gentle reply came from behind him.

He heard this sound and wiped his head around to see his fallen angel. Kagome was dressed in an elegant black dress. It was a sleeveless beauty with a square collar; the outfit reached to above her knees and she wore black high heels. With a light jacket over the dress, she looked very stunning. Autumn was coming soon so there was a gentle breeze in the air, ruffling her wondrous hair.

Her dress hugged her every delicate curve. Kagome stared at InuYasha; he was wearing black dress pants and shoes with a black jacket covering up his stark white button up shirt. He left the first couple buttons undone.

'Wow! He looks really handsome…forget that…he looks sexy!' she thought to herself with a slight blush. InuYasha was thinking the same thing about her and, he too, was flustered. They started walking out to the car when the gentle breeze met them.

InuYasha immediately wrapped his arms around Kagome protectively form the quick chill; she smiled at him gratefully.

The restaurant was very fancy and had all the works of a romantic dinner; crystal chandeliers, candle-lit tables, waiters in black suites with button up shirts, gentle music playing. Kagome gasped as they entered the grand room. She had never been out to eat at such an elegant place before!

Feeling quite out of place, she thought she didn't belong here. Kagome bit on her bottom lip nervously. She couldn't help think that all the people would stare at her. She believed that, somehow, they knew she didn't fit in.

She sighed out. InuYasha saw the worry in her eyes and tightened his protective grip on her.

"What are you worried about?" he whispered into her ear. She looked up and smiled.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just am so amazed at this place," she whispered back.

They sat down at the table that had two slender candles lit up, adorning a red tablecloth. The two lovers looked their menus over. After some contemplating silence, they decided what they wanted and told the waiter.

Kagome took a sip of her ice water in the fragile whine glass and watched as InuYasha stared at her dazedly. She stared back a small look of confusion; he was obviously thinking about something heavy to have him give a look like that.

Noticing that she saw his awkward looks, he spoke;

"I love you," he said with great adoration, causing his woman to blush. No matter how many times she had heard him say that, she just loved to hear those words come form his mouth. She smiled at him gently.

"I love you too, InuYasha," she beamed. InuYasha shifted around as his thoughts about the big question he wanted to ask her came to his mind for the thousandths time that day.

He let his hand wander into his coat pocket and fiddled around with the little black box, wondering if he should take it out.

Finally resting on a decision, and erasing any doubts he had, he realized that she was defiantly the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with; this lovely lady that sat right across from him.

The hanyou broke the comfortable silence that the two had acquired.

"Um… Kagome," he started, a tinge of embarrassment evident in his face. She looked at him gently, urging him to continue. "W-what do you think about becoming my…my…m-m-mate?" he asked very nervously.

The expression he got from her was very unexpected. She didn't show anger…she didn't show happiness…she showed…complete and utter confusion.

"Err… I feel a little stupid for asking," she stated meekly. "But what is a 'mate'?" This caused InuYasha to blush fiercely. He feared that this question would come up and had hoped that he would have figured out a way to answer.

He opened his mouth to attempt a reply…something had interpreted him.

A very loud explosion had gone off on the other side of the restaurant. The sounds of people shrieking with fear were heard. InuYasha jumped up from his set and ran over to the other side of the table to protect Kagome from the chaos.

She stood quickly, shaking lightly in confused terror. InuYasha wrapped his arms around her protectively.

"I won't let anything bad happen to you," he cooed in assurance into her ear. He could physically feel her relax into his hold.

He took her hand and started to lead her out of the building. The lights of the restaurant had flickered out from the explosion. Another booming explosion went off close by spewing noxious smells and debris over everything.

InuYasha immediately covered his sensitive nose, already feeling dizzy and unstable from the burning fumes. The fire around them was large and the black smoke made breathing a very difficult chore.

"Kagome! Cover your nose and mouth…don't breathe it in!" he yelled over the screams of the frantic people. Kagome did as he had ordered and continued to follow him out, still holding on desperately to his hand.

Kagome also began to feel dizzy and was losing her balance. Even with her hand covering her face, the smoke made her eyes teary and she began to cough violently. She couldn't see straight from the clouds of dust around them. Everything was a large, smoking blur.

Before she knew it, her world had gone blank as she passed out from the smoke.

InuYasha was having the same reaction to the fumes. He felt Kagome faint before he passed out as well; they crashed to the floor, still holding onto each other's hands.

Through the crowd of people, someone had come forward to their two knocked out forms. The bomber hovered over them and began to carry them away.

-----------------------------------------To Be Continued---------------------------------------------

Is that possibly a cliff? By George, I think it is! Well that's the end of this chapter! Please read and review! Still puking :