Disclaimer: Inuyasha still isn't mine.

From Hatred To Love

Chapter 26-Kagome's Feelings

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Kagome slid off Inuyasha's back when they arrived at the top of the shrine steps. She turned around to face him with a smile on her face.

"Thanks Inuyasha," she said and looped her arms around his neck. Inuyasha hugged her back and gave her a slight squeeze.

She slowly pulled away and stared into his amber orbs. ' He is so cute,.' she thought as her smile widened. His ears twitched slightly before he turned his head away from her.

"What you looking at, wench?" he asked suddenly. Kagome shook her head and looked away.

"Nothing."

There was a long pause between them. Kagome was looking away slightly embarrassed for being caught staring. Inuyasha on the other hand was just trying to find a way to ask Kagome what he wanted to ask her.

The silence was broken by Kagome when she cleared her throat to gain the hanyou's attention. Inuyasha turned his head slowly to look at her.

"Well, I guess I'll go now," she said nervously and headed for the front door but Inuyasha grabbed her wrist quickly before she could move away from him. She turned around to face him.

"Kagome," he began. "I..... I'm going to this party tonight and I was wondering if you'd like to come with me."

Kagome stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say. It sounded much like at date to her but it was so strange going out with your best friend. She had to admit she was hoping that he'd ask her out someday. Shaking her head roughly she smiled at him.

"Sure, I'd love to go out with you," she responded. Inuyasha let go of her wrist and turned his head away to prevent Kagome from seeing the small blush on his cheeks.

"Feh, who said it was date wench!"

Kagome smiled at him and put her hand on his cheek, bringing his face to look at her. She didn't notice the redness on his face. She went on her toes and instead of giving him a kiss on the cheek like she usually did she gave him a small peck on his lips.

' Did she just....'

The hanyou's mind wasn't functioning at the moment. Kagome had just kissed him. Maybe it was only a simple kiss but she wasn't drunk like the last time so she knew exactly what she did and had control over her actions.

He stared at her as she smiled meekly at him before giving him one more hug. Waving at him with a small blush on her cheeks she walked rather quickly to the front door and went inside.

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Kagome closed the door and leaned against it, her heart thumping loudly in her chest. ' I can't believe that I just kissed him!' Kagome thought and blushed slightly. She hadn't even waited for his response, she was too embarrassed and quite shocked with her actions.

' I wonder if he even liked it?' she began thinking again leaned back further on the door. ' What if he didn't? How would I even face him after what I just did? Wha... what if he's disgusted with me for making a move on him like that?'

"Ugh!" Kagome screamed and clutched her head to clear all the negative thoughts out of her head. She knew that she needed a rest, a break from all these feelings that she was experiencing. Looking down at the floor she recalled all the times that she and Inuyasha had spent together since spring break.

He might seem like a rude, jerk but under all that, he was kind, thoughtful and always made sure she was safe. He always took care of her and Kagome felt extremely grateful to be his friend but for her, it did feel like enough. She always felt a sense of joy when being around him. No matter how much he insulted her and argued with her she would always care for him.

"I... I think.... I think that I lo... love him," she mumbled to herself as the blush became very clear on her face. She held her face in her hands and shook her head. "No, no. I... I can't!"

' If I fall in love with him that'll ruin our friendship! It'll ruin everything!' she thought frantically and shook her head some more.

"Kagome! You're home!"

The miko looked up to see Mrs. Higurashi walked towards her with a smile.

"How long have you been standing here?" she asked. Kagome plastered a smile on her face and straightened up.

"Not long!" she replied.

"Well you're just in time!" she said cheerfully. "Sango is here with another girl. I think Rin is her name. They said that they wanted to show me something."

"Oh?" Kagome said curiously. "What something?"

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Kagome covered her face in her hands as she looked at the TV screen. 'I'm gonna kill these guys,' she thought to herself and slouched down on the couch. Worries she had concerning Inuyasha were quickly forgotten when Rin and Sango slipped that video tape into the VCR.

When they spotted the miko, Rin ran up to her hand gave her a small hug before telling everyone that Kagome was to be one of her bridemates along with Sango and two other girls. Kagome had been very excited at that time. She couldn't believe that she was to become a bridesmate and Sango was one too. All her thoughts were on the wedding until Sango interrupted their moment by saying that they should all watch a movie together and invited Mrs. Higurashi to join them.

The tape started out with Rin coming on and talking about love which almost put Kagome to sleep. Her eyes shot open immediately when the next scene was with her and Inuyasha at the pool and when he had almost kissed her but Rin interrupted it with her screaming.

So here was Kagome, face covered, looking on at the tape which Rin had made with the help of Sango. Kagome's eyes quickly darted to her mother who seemed to be very interested what Rin and Sango were showing her. She looked over at Sango who was smiling triumphantly. How could Sango do this to her? ' Best friends don't show their personal lives to their parents!' Kagome thought to herself as she felt anger growing inside of her, ' and how could Rin do this me when she knew I would be embarrassed?!'

"Oh!, Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi said. Kagome turned her head slowly to look at her mother. She was smiling at her, stars in her eyes, looking very much like Rin did when she she talked about how happy Inuyasha was to have her in his life. "Why didn't you tell me that Inuyasha was your boyfriend!"

Kagome almost fell off the couch as she looked at her mother in disbelief. "Nani? Inuyasha is not.... I'm not dating anyone, mama!"

"Really?" she asked. She didn't look very convinced. "After what I've seen, I'd say that you two have a very close relationship! I knew that you two would eventually start going out. Since you were little Inuyasha used to tell me that he wanted to marry you when you two grew up and you, always making sure you looked perfect when he came over!" she sighed and put one hand on her cheek. "I always liked Inuyasha's ears. Ohhh, the children are going to have cute dog ears too, right? They'll be adorable, I can't wait to be a grandmother. And the wedding, we can't forget that! I always wanted to plan a wedding that'll be my chance-"

"Mama!" Kagome screamed, she was now standing up, her face beet red, hands balled into fists at her sides. "I am not dating Inuyasha! We are only friends!"

"Good friends," Sango added and smiled at Kagome.

The miko smiled back at the exterminator. "Arigato Sango we're just good friends."

"Really good friends," Rin added. "They are such good friends that they cuddle up together every lunchtime at school and the are such good friends that Inuyasha wants to kill any guy that stares at her and they are such good friends that Kagome-"

"Ok stop!" Kagome said and put her hands in front of her face. "That is not helping to convince my mother that I'm not dating Inuyasha."

"Oh gomen," Rin said sweetly. "I'm simply not good at this convincing people that you and Inuyasha are not dating."

Kagome pouted at the tone in Rin's voice and the mischievous glint in her eyes. She threw herself down on the couch and closed her eyes.

"You guys are unbelievable," she muttered to herself.

"Hey Kagome," Sango said. "We didn't only come here to show your mom the video. We came here to invite you over at Rin's place to spend the night with us."

"Eh?"

"Well," Rin began. "We have to go early and pick out dresses since the wedding is only next month."

"Oh," Kagome said. "What time should I come over."

"How about, seven?"

"Oh sorry I'm going out with Inuyasha tonight!" she said and clasped her hand over her mouth when she realized what she had said. ' Great! Me and my big mouth!' "Uh, I mean that... he's taking me.... Inuyasha and I are going."

"Kagome are you sure he isn't your boyfriend?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.

"Yes!" she screamed and turned to Rin. "Don't follow us!"

"Ok, ok," Rin said in a defeated voice. "Inuyasha will take you home with him so you'll still be able to spend the night and we'll be taking your clothes now so you don't have to come home and get it after your date- erm I mean after your hangout with Inuyasha."

"You just said date!" Kagome accused.

"No I didn't! Rin said and smiled. "Let's get packing now, Sango and I need to go she has somewhere to go in about an hour."

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Inuyasha parked right in front of the Higurashi shrine steps. He paused and looked up the stairs, debating whether he should go and meet Kagome upstairs or wait for her in the car. He sat there arguing with himself for ten minutes before he decided to go up the shrine stairs and meet her. The hanyou opened the car door just in time to see Kagome running down the shrine steps.

She walked up to the car and smiled at him. He was wearing a pair of baggy jeans, a plain red shirt and a blue hat to cover his dog ears.

"Hi Inuyasha," she said and smiled even brighter.

The hanyou scanned her form before nodding at her. She had on a purple blouse and a rather short skirt. Inuyasha thought she looked really good and knew that many guys at the party would be staring at her. This made him growl slightly. The miko looked up and him quite puzzled.

"Anything wrong?" she asked and eyed him worriedly. His features softened. ' She's such a considerate person,' he thought and nodded at her.

"Let's get going," he said gruffly and tried not to think of how guys would watch his best friend.

Kagome opened the front door and slipped in the red convertible. She frowned slightly when she remembered the last time she was in a car with Inuyasha. She looked over at him, he had taken off his hat and was just about ready to start the car.

Inuyasha groaned when he felt Kagome tug his ears down roughly. He frowned and caught hold of her wrist before glaring at her.

"What was that for wench!" he barked and rubbed his abused ears.

"No fast driving this time!" she said. "And I'm serious!"

"Feh!"

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Inuyasha had listened to Kagome and had driven at a reasonable speed. The only time that he had driven over the speed limit was when someone had overtaken him- he had sped up to the driver and shouted at him before showing him the finger and overtaking him. Kagome wasn't too pleased and for the second time of the night Inuyasha got his ears pulled.

Kagome relaxed when Inuyasha pulled into the driveway of a very large house. The miko gasped at the size of the home. Maybe it wasn't as big as Inuyasha's but it sure did impress her.

Inuyasha opened the door and stepped out of the automobile. Kagome was still staring at the house. He sighed and walked around to the other side of the car and opened the door for her.

"Hey wench," he began. "You coming out anytime soon?"

Kagome frowned at him and stepped out of the car, still dazed at the sight before her.

"Are you done staring?" he asked which caused her to jump. She ignored him and admired the sight before her. ' I wish I live in a house like this.'

She was snapped back to reality when Inuyasha held her hand and yanked her in his direction so she would begin walking. She obeyed him and stared down at the hand Inuyasha was holding with a slight blush. She smiled and held his hand before giving it a slight squeeze. Her blush became more visible when Inuyasha squeezed her hand like she had done.

"I hate crowds!" Inuyasha muttered to himself as he pulled Kagome behind him. He let go of her hand when they were in a less crowded area. Kagome fixed his skirt and looked up at Inuyasha who was looking behind her. He frowned and began to growl softly. Kagome turned around to see what Inuyasha was looking at.

It was a girl about their age. Her short black hair stopped just before her shoulders, she had red eyes and in Kagome's opinion a little too much makeup.

"Inuyasha," she said and smiled at him showing pearly white teeth. "I haven't seen you in a while. Did you miss me?"

Inuyasha's frown grew. "You wish,Yura!" he said and folded his arms.

Yura was still giving him a toothily grin as her eyes scanned his body.

"You look nice," she said and pushed Kagome aside as if she was a useless piece of junk. She stopped walking up to the hanyou until her hands were on his chest. She smiled at him.

"Why do you hide your true feelings from me?" she asked and leaned up close to him until she was able to whisper in his ear." I know how you feel. Just admit it to yourself."

Inuyasha gave her a disgusted look and griped her wrists to remove her hands from his chest. Yura frowned slightly when he slowly pushed her away.

"For the last time," he said slowly. "I am not interested."

Kagome stared as Inuyasha slowly and softly spoke to the girl. ' Why is she getting so close to him?!' Kagome thought and folded her arms. She had gotten even angrier than she was before when Inuyasha began to whisper in her ear as well. Kagome fisted her hands at her sides and frowned at the sight. She shut her eyes and turned around. She couldn't stand to see the sight before her. It caused her to have strange feelings, feelings that she hand never experienced before.

She sighed and tried to focus on something else. She opened her eyes and scanned the room to see a fimaliar person coming towards her.

"Kagome!" he said in a surprised voice.

"Hojo!"

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A/N; How long has it been. 2 weeks, 3 weeks? Oh I'm so lazy. I have so much ideas and I could type them out now but I'm so lazy. I don't want to do anything. I've been trying to keep up with school and to pay attention because outb of nowhere I get ideas ofr my fic and I drift off and lose track of what my teacher is saying. That usually happens during math. Anyway. Give me two weeks. See ya!

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