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From Hatred To Love

Chapter 29- What are we now?

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All Inuyasha could do was stare. Had she said what he thought she did? Maybe he was dreaming or hearing things but he knew he wasn't. Kagome had just said that she loved him. He was supposed to feel like he was the happiest person that ever lived. The girl of his dreams just admitted her true feelings to him.

All Kagome could do was stare up at Inuyasha. She couldn't believe what she had just said. How could she let it slip out of her mind and say it out loud? She was waiting for just the right moment to tell him but really she had decided not to tell him at all, afraid that if she did admit her feelings their relationship would be ruined. She now felt like a complete idiot and the way he was looking at her- he had never looked at her like that before, it made her feel rather uncomfortable.

" What did you say?" Inuyasha asked once more since she didn't answer her question before. He was still trying to get over the shock.

Kagome lowered her head and looked at her lap. She couldn't bear to look at his expression any longer.

" I said," she began in a slowly. " that...I said that," she looked into his golden orbs. " I love you, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha did reply to her answer. All he could do was stare as the miko looked into his eyes for an answer. He did the first thing that came to his mind, he hugged her, and very tight too. Kagome was shocked. ' Doesn't he want to tell me something?' her mind asked and this time she didn't say out loud. She didn't hug him back, she wanted to know how he felt and he hadn't told her yet.

" It's about time you said it wench," he said and pulled away from her. He was smirking at her. Kagome hated when he smirked. " I'm glad you said something cause I wasn't going to."

" Hey what's that supposed to-"

Inuyasha put both hands on the side of her face and kissed her tenderly. Kagome was surprised at first but then slid her eyes closed and kissed him back. When he pulled away to look at her Kagome figured that it meant something good.

" Love you, Kagome," he whispered. Kagome almost didn't make it out but smiled brightly at him. She tackled him with a hug sending both of them tumbling off the bed. She began kissing him all over his face, a small blush on her cheeks since she wasn't used to being so affectionate with the hanyou.

" Slow... down... Ka...gome," he said between kisses. " You're being a little too... you're not being like Kagome right now."

Kagome pouted at him. ' She looks cute when she pouts,' Inuyasha thought. " Don't you like when I kiss you?"

" Yeah Kagome but I-"

" I guess I should wait," she began. " You really need to go and brush your teeth first."

Inuyasha frowned while Kagome began laughing. He tried to kiss her but she moved her head away. Before he knew it Kagome was slowly moving off him and she stood up, looking down at him. The miko smiled brightly at him and held a hand to help him up.

" Now you can go brush your teeth now," she said brightly which caused Inuyasha's frown to deepen. He pulled himself up ignoring Kagome's outstretched hand.

" My breath doesn't stink!" he argued.

" Sure Inuyasha-"

Kagome was interrupted by a small knock on the door. The same maid with red hair and bright green eyes entered the room. She gave a quick glare at Kagome and bowed at Inuyasha.

" Sir, your meal is ready," she said.

" Thanks," he said. The girl smiled at him and waited for him to leave to room before following him. She pushed in front of Kagome and began walking beside Inuyasha. Kagome frowned but continued behind.

Inuyasha looked behind him saw Kagome walking behind. The maid was walking beside him. He stopped walking and waited for Kagome to catch up with him before taking her hand in his. Kagome smiled at him while the maid frowned.

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Rin smiled at herself as she looked down at the couple from the third story. They had done it! At last. They had admitted their true feelings for each other. Rin was standing by Inuyasha's door the whole time listening to their every word. She sighed and had stars in her eyes.

" Ahh long love," she thought and rested her hand on her cheek and she was even more excited for herself. She was going to married in only two weeks and the day seemed to be going painfully slow.

Her smile slowly turned into a frown when it occurred to her that her matchmaking days were over. Inuyasha and Kagome were together and Sango and Miroku, she had no more work to do.

" And it was fun to," Rin said aloud. She sighed and turned her back to the couple walking away before walking to her bedroom.

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Kikyo walked up the stairs and stopped at the door leading to the Tama mansion. She smoothed her hands down her long hair and fixed her clothing, smoothing out all the wrinkles on her blue shirt and on her micro mini black skirt.

It had been such a long time since she had visited the Tama residents but she would never forget the large mansion in which she used to come by so often when she was Inuyasha's girlfriend. She rose pressed the doorbell with much force and waited patiently for someone to come to answer the door.

Kikyo didn't have to wait very long for as soon after she rung the doorbell the door slowly sung open, revealing a sliver haired hanyou with astonishing amber orbs and two triangular ears at the top of his head.

" Inuyasha!" Kikyo chirped. " I'm so happy it was you who answered-"

Inuyasha cut her off immediately. He was frowning at her, the anger in which he felt was evident on his face. Also he was very annoyed.

" What do you want," he asked darkly with made Kikyo a bit uncomfortable but she did not let it show. " bitch." he added after a long pause.

Kikyo smiled at him and let her eyes roam around his chest before looking him in the face when she decided to reply.

" I've missed you," she said sweetly. She walked slowly up to him and rested her hands on his bare chest. " And I really wanted to see you. I came to hope that you would reconsider our temporary separation."

Inuyasha raised one eyebrow at her.

" What do you mean by temporary!" he barked. " We broke up, it was nothing temporary!"

" But Inu-"

Kikyo stopped talking when she noticed a delicate hand rest itself on Inuyasha's bare shoulder. She frowned and tried to look past Inuyasha but he was too tall.

The hanyou looked back for a moment and when the person spoke Kikyo knew who it was immediately.

" I heard you yelling. Is everything okay Inuyasha?"

" You!" Kikyo yelled before Inuyasha could answer the girl. " Higurashi! What are you doing in my boyfriend's house!"

Kagome peeped from behind Inuyasha's back and looked at the girl standing at the doorstep. She slowly walked beside Inuyasha with a rather surprised look on her face.

" Kikyo, what are you doing here?" she asked.

" The question really is what are YOU doing in my boyfriend's house?" Kikyo asked and pointed an accusing finger at Kagome.

" Wait when did I suddenly become your boyfriend?" Inuyasha asked. Kikyo looked ignored him and continued talking.

" How dare you make a move on Inuyasha! He is mine! I-"

" Shut up will you!" Inuyasha said. " I am not your boyfriend! We are not temporarily separated and I have no interest in you whatsoever!"

" But-" Kikyo began.

" Listen Kikyo," Kagome cut in. " Inuyasha doesn't like you back, after what do did to him, he hates you. So please leave us alone from now on."

The coolness in Kagome voice make Kikyo blow a fuse. That Kagome was acting like if she was with Inuyasha.

" Get out of here!" Inuyasha said which snapped Kikyo back to reality. Before she could reply Inuyasha slammed the door in the miko's face.

Inuyasha and Kagome didn't reach very far away before Kikyo began pounding on the door. Inuyasha growled and mumbled something about Kikyo always bugging him and walked over to the door with Kagome following right behind him.

He pulled the door open so roughly that it almost was broken off its hinges. Inuyasha was glaring at Kikyo with his teeth bared and his hand clenched into fists to contain his growing anger.

" What!" he asked. Kikyo was looking over at Kagome with a vacant expression on her face.

" Inuyasha," she said calmly but also very coldly. " I don't understand. Higurashi, what has she got that I don't? She doesn't have any money, she's a low class in my opinion, she's not as pretty as me, I would even call her pretty."

" What?"

" Inuyasha all I want to know is why we can't get back together?" she asked. Her eyes boring into his for an answer. When she didn't get any she continued. " I want us to have a relationship again. Please."

" No," Inuyasha said flatly. Kikyo stiffened.

" Why?" she asked and looked at him.

" Because I don't like you anymore and also I'm in love with someone else," Inuyasha said. Kikyo didn't get to say another word before Inuyasha once again slammed the door in her face.

The two began to walk back to the dining room in silence. Inuyasha was walking at a rather fast pace so that it was hard for Kagome to keep up with him so she ended up following slowly behind him. Kagome really wanted to ask the hanyou what was going to happen between them since they had admitted their feelings to each other but she didn't think it was the right time to ask him since he looked like he was now trying to contain his anger.

Inuyasha's ears twitched slightly when he felt Kagome's eyes on him. He turned around to look at her and she quickly focused her attention on her shoes. The hanyou stopped and faced Kagome.

" Is something bothering you?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome looked up at him, a bit surprised that he knew what she was feeling.

" I was wondering, I love you and you love me right?"

" Yeah, I thought we made that clear."

" Well," she began. " where does this leave us? I mean are we a couple now? Not that I'm-"

Inuyasha began smirking which stopped Kagome from talking. Why was he looking at her like that? Now Kagome was confused. Inuyasha never smirked at her unless he was right about something or when she did something stupid.

" I didn't know that you wanted us to be a couple Kagome. Are you asking me if I could be your boyfriend?"

" N...no," Kagome stammered. Inuyasha raised one eyebrow at her answer. His smirk was still on his face.

" Really?" Inuyasha said. " I accept Kagome. We're now a couple. Good thing you asked too because I won't have asked."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a slightly shocked look on her face. She wasn't asking him that. Inuyasha had twisted up her words and had made her look stupid. She clenched her fists together and stepped forward until she was in his face.

" Why you stupid, je-"

Kagome was cut off one more when Inuyasha pressed his lips firmly against hers. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and began to lick the outside of her lips which made Kagome melt into his arms. It wasn't long before Kagome began kissing him back.

Inuyasha pulled away from her suddenly and took the miko's hand in his. Kagome was surprised at his actions. She wanted him to continue with the kiss.

" Why did you-"

" Not until I brush my teeth remember?" Inuyasha said and smirked at her again.

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Sango and Miroku were walking hand in hand through the busy streets in Tokyo. Miroku hadn't really kept his promise to Sango not to be a pervert. He had groped her multiple times, rested his hand on her chest and continued to flirt with other girls.

Sango stiffened once more when she felt the monk's hand stoking her butt again. Sango gritted her teeth and looked over at Miroku with flames in her eyes. M9roku shut his eyes expecting a really hard slap across his face but she didn't slap him.

" Miroku-sama," she said sweetly. " I care for you so much but that doesn't give you an excuse to touch my ass."

Miroku blinked at the kindness in her voice. What he wasn't expecting was Sango's fist connecting with his face and oddly shaped stars flying across his face.

" Don't grope me ever again!" she said and proceeded to drag a partly unconscious Miroku to her house.

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Kikyo walked to her car and sat in it, not doing anything for a very long period of time. She was still trying to take in what Inuyasha had said. He was in love with someone else. Who could it be? Kikyo began to wipe tears coming from her eyes. She had to know who it was.

' It's Higurashi! Why didn't I think of that before? He always spends his time with her.' Kikyo's anger grew. That Kagome had taken her Inuyasha away from her. 'How dare she!'

" She'll pay!" Kikyo began to say. " I swear no matter what I do or what happens, I will get Inuyasha to fall in love with me and get rid of Kagome."

She took one more look at the mansion and drove off.

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A/N; Kikyo seems to be really angry. Anyway, I updated, at last. Sorry for the long wait but I have to keep up with school and lately my history tech has been giving me a lot of homework. It's actually getting me a little annoyed. I'll try to update when I have time and when i'm not doing research or hw. Thanks to my reviewers for all the support and the reviews that I got and one more thing, I'm sry but i'm not putting a lemon in this story. R/R plz.

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