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From Hatred To Love

Chapter 25- Inuyasha's Promise

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"Kagome! Time to wake up!"

The young miko opened her eyes as the light filtering through the window shone on her face. She shifted to her side and closed her eyes once more hoping to get more sleep. She had heard her mother calling her but she ignored the calls and attempted to go back into her one little world, in her dreams.

"Kagome!" the call was louder the next time but the miko still ignored it and snuggled up into the covers. The place remained quiet and stayed that way. Kagome smiled to herself, her mother had given up in trying to get her out of bed. ' Now I can sleep whole day...' she thought and shifted to lie on her stomach.

It only felt like five minutes before Mrs. Higurashi began calling her again. The calls became louder and more demanding but Kagome didn't care. All she wanted to do was sleep but she didn't get the chance to, someone tugged quite forcefully on her hair which caused her to let out an ear piercing scream.

Her eyes quickly opened and with all the speed she had, she reached out her hand and grabbed whosoever hand was playing in her hair. Turning around, she caught sight of her brother struggling to get his hand out of her grasp.

"Kagome," her brother began and stared nervously at her. "Mom said that it's time to get up. It's Saturday and um-"

"That's why I'm sleeping in!" Kagome snapped before she let her brother finish.

"But mom said that you have a training session with-"

"Oh yeah," Kagome groaned. "out of all the days!"

She sighed and sat up, releasing her brother's hand. It wasn't like if she hated training, she loved it. She liked spending time with the old miko, Kaede. She told her old and interesting tales and most of all helped her with her purifying powers.

She lazily swung both legs from under the covers and looked outside at the god tree, which was very near to her window. She sighed and dragged herself to the shower.

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Kagome let out a long, loud sigh as she walked out from the small hut after her training session with Kaede. She was glad that it was done, now she could go home and relax.

"Hey bitch!"

Kagome turned around and looked at her training partner. Kikyo. The miko was wearing what she usually wore- a short top and a micro mini skirt. Her hands were on her hips and her feet tapping on the ground as she glowered at Kagome.

"What is it Kikyo?" Kagome asked.

"I didn't like how you beat me in class today!" she said and took a step forward. "How'd you do it? I bet you cheated, somehow!"

"Yeah I took a special vitamin that's only for mikos to make their powers stronger," Kagome said sarcastically.

"Oh so now you're trying to be smart with me!" she pointed out. "Don't mess with me! I can do spells that that stupid old woman Kaede could never teach us and I can do it now!"

"Then do it!" Kagome challenged her. Kikyo growled and shoved Kagome causing her to fall to the ground.

"Fine!"

Kikyo closed her eyes, clasped her hands together and began mumbling something under her breath that Kagome couldn't quite make out. Kikyo's body began to glow as she rose off the floor. Kagome shielded her eyes from the blinding light and shut them close when the place began to get windy.

The light soon covered her too and she was thrown back at an enormous speed. She screamed but was also surprised that she hadn't felt the impact of the ground yet. She knew that when she would fall she would be injured badly. She squeezed her eyes shut as she prepared for impact from a hard surface but it never came.

All she felt was her feet touching the ground and a hand wrapping around her waist to support her. She opened her eyes slowly and only saw amber orbs. Breathing in deeply she clutched on to her savior's shirt and buried her face in his chest. Her breathing was rasp and her legs were shaking but she didn't care about that. All she knew was that she was alive and safe.

"Inu.... Inuyasha," she whispered and held on to him even tighter. " Arigato."

The hanyou didn't look down at her. His eyes were fixed on Kikyo as she glared at the couple. He pulled Kagome closer to him but still didn't take his eyes off his ex girlfriend.

"Kagome, are you alright?" he asked softly. She nodded and breathed in deeply.

"Thanks to you."

Inuyasha's eyes darkened as he stared at Kikyo.

"What the hell were you trying to do bitch? She could have freaking died!" Inuyasha shouted at her. Kikyo pouted and folded her arms, pointing her nose high up in the air.

"So?"

"What the-!" Inuyasha cut himself off.

"Why did you save her Inuyasha?" she asked suddenly. "Why do you always take her side?"

Inuyasha growled and showed Kikyo his dangerous fangs. This didn't bother her at all. She was too busy looking at how Kagome was clinging on to Inuyasha like he was her lifeline. She took a step forward, body glowing brightly and narrowed her as at Kagome.

"I'll get you Kagome! You'll never have Inuyasha to yourself! Watch out!" she said and taking one last look at the two she slowly faded away.

"Stupid bitch!" Inuyasha yelled and pulled Kagome away to look at her. "Kagome are you sure that you're ok?"

"I'm fine," she said and smiled at him to prove her point. She closed her eyes and recalled the moment. Cracking one eye open she looked at her hanyou friend suspiciously. "Inuyasha, how did you know that I was in trouble?"

"Uh..."

The miko pulled herself away from his grasp and looked at him with flames in her eyes.

"You were following me weren't you?" Kagome accused him.

"No I wasn't!"

"Then how did you know at the exact moment when I was in danger?"

"Because.... ugh!"

"Why do you always insist on following me everywhere? I'm a miko, I can take care of myself!" Kagome pointed out.

"Oh, so almost being slammed into a tree is your idea of taking care of yourself?" Inuyasha said dryly. Kagome glowered at the boy and scoffed.

"I... I . Fine that was just one time but that still doesn't explain why you followed me when I went to spend time with Hojo!" Kagome said and pointed an accusing finger at him. Inuyasha took a step back. He paused before responding.

"Because I..... I care about you a lot Kagome," Inuyasha said seriously and looked down at the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with her. "And you have a knack for getting into trouble. I have to be there to protect you!"

Inuyasha decided to look up at Kagome. Her eyes were wide, filled with shock and disbelief and her lips slightly parted as if she was about to say something but couldn't get the words out.

"Inuyasha," she whispered. She threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shirt. Inuyasha stood still for a few moments, not knowing how to react to Kagome's sudden act of affection. His arms slowly wrapped themselves around her small frame and he gave her a small squeeze.

"I didn't know that you felt that way," she said so quietly that Inuyasha almost didn't make it out. "But... you have to trust me and in my ability to take care of myself. You won't always be there to save me-"

"Yes I will," Inuyasha cut her off. "I'll always be there for you Kagome, I'll always protect you. I swear one day I'll kill that bitch for all the horrible thing that she'd done to you," He held on to her tighter. "Kagome I-"

"Got it! I got it on tape can you believe it, Sango? I can't wait to watch it!" squealed a voice from behind them. The couple looked from where the sound had come from and saw Rin jumping up and down.

"Shh! Rin! Oh no!" another voice said. The two suspected that it was Sango and she too walked out followed by Miroku.

"Hi... you guys!" Miroku said nervously and waved at them. "Ehehe..... um."

"We were just video taping some wildlife for uh our Biology project, Rin was helping!" Sango cut in and smiled at the two and nudged Rin who who's camera was still focused on the couple. Rin straitened up and smiled at them.

"Hi Kagome! I haven't seen you in a long time! How are you?" she asked, go off the subject. Inuyasha finally opened his mouth to say something.

"What the hell are you three doing here!" he growled.

"Is four actually," Dawn added in and stepped from behind Miroku.

"Four!" Kagome said in surprise and looked up at Inuyasha. They both blushed when they noticed that they were still in a very intimate position. Both quickly pulled away and put some distance between them.

"Did you just tape what just happened?" Kagome asked as her eye began twitching. The four laughed nervously and looked at each other.

"No," Miroku replied. "We were in the woods, taping two deers mating."

Sango slapped him across his face to clear all perverted thoughts out of his head and smiled at her two friends.

"I told you it's for Biology," she replied. Inuyasha took a step forward.

"None of you do Biology!" he pointed out. All of them stopped smiling.

"Oh."

"I think it's time for us to go now!" Rin exclaimed and signaled the group to follow her to her car. Their brisk walk soon turned into a sprint and the four soon were out of seeing distance.

Kagome bit her lip and looked over at Inuyasha who was still looking in the direction where Sango, Miroku, Rin and Dawn had gone with frown on his face. Kagome stepped closer to him and looked at him nervously.

"Why were they filming us?" she asked curiously, breaking the silence.

"I'll get that tape if it's the last thing I do," Inuyasha. "I think she's going to edit it and all of them are going to watch it like it's some kind of movie."

"Oh no," Kagome said and held her face in her hands with a slight tint of pink on her cheeks. "Inuyasha?"

He didn't respond but looked strait ahead.

"Before Rin interrupted us," Kagome said and began blushing. "You were about to say something, what was it?"

Inuyasha blushed as well as he remembered his words and what he was about to say to her.

"Nothing," he said dully. Kagome blinked and stared up at him. "Let's... lets get you home. I'll take you."

Kagome smiled at him.

"Thanks Inuyasha."

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"That was close," Rin said and wiped off the sweat form her brow. They were now all gathered in the car. Holding up her camera she smiled. "I can wait to edit this!"

"I don't know," Dawn cut in. "I think Inuyasha looked pretty mad. Are you sure that it's ok to do this?"

"Positive," Sango added. "Inuyasha would never harm us. Why do you always think so negatively/"

Dawn shrugged.

"Hey don't do anything to get him pissed off 'cause he might attack me!" Miroku added in.

"Don't worry Miroku-sama, you can handle yourself and-"

The rest of Sango's sentence was turned into a growl of annoyance as Miroku began stoking her butt with his hand. Clenching her hands into tight fists she punched him in his face.

"If you grope me one more time I swear I'll kill you!" Sango threatened. Rin smiled to herself as she watched Sango and Miroku. ' That's another couple I'm going to set up! Ohh I love matchmaking!' Rin thought to herself and giggled.

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A/N; I know, short. Am I the only author who's feeling lazy lately? I just wasn't in the mood to type out anymore. I have inspiration, it just takes me some time to put it together to form a chapter. Well I might update next week. I hope the laziness wears off by then. Hope y'all liked it!

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