A/N: Hello again, thanks for all the reviews I really like to hear from everyone. Anyways here is my second chapter. Sorry if it's taking long I am actually writing like five fanfics right now, this one, Curse of Three (Which is on my other name.) Size isn't everything (also on my other name) Family tree, and Fragile hearts. They are all Inuyasha, I guess I just want to write Inuyasha right now anyways thanks for reading and sending all your reviews.

Self Preservation

Chapter 2

Inuyasha's POV

Jumping out of the well I was met with the smells of Kagome's world. I have come accustomed to it, and it no longer fazed me. The sun had long gone down and I looked up to be met with the dark night sky, although it was different here and harder to see the stars. Looking up at her window I saw that there was no light on, which meant one of two things, either she was asleep or, she was downstairs with the rest of the family. My ears perked up at the sound of a door sliding open, I turned to see Souta coming out with a large white bag.

"Hi Inuyasha!" He yelled as he dumped the bag into a large container and made his way over to me.

"Hi." I said simply. "Where's Kagome? Is she asleep already?" I questioned.

"No actually she is gone. She left with a guy named Hojo." Souta informed me.

I don't know why I asked my next question, or why I even cared where and who she was out with. But I did.

"Who's Hojo?" I asked the kid.

"A boy from her school, I have a feeling he likes her and wants her to be his girlfriend." Souta replied with a smile.

I had heard Kagome use this term 'girlfriend' before she was talking to Sango about it. It meant someone who was 'dating' a guy. And 'dating' meant 'courting' and where I was from courting lead to mating.

"She better not." I said in a loud outburst.

Looking down to Souta who stood laughing at me I knew I said something that I shouldn't have.

"Don't worry Inuyasha, Kagome doesn't even like him that way. She just feels sorry for him that's all. She wouldn't cheat on you honest. Sis just isn't like that."

"What do you mean 'cheat' on me?" I asked, I mean I knew what that word meant but I was coming to the understanding that Souta believed Kagome and I to be 'dating' as people called it here.

"Well, she loves you." He said and started to walk back in the house. "You're welcome to wait in Kagome's room until she gets home." He finished and walked inside leaving the door open for me.

She loves me?

I couldn't stop thinking about what the kid said. It was hard to comprehend; no one was ever supposed to love me. Kikyo was the only exception and I still don't fully understand why she 'loved' me either. I decided to take Souta up on his offer and wait for her in her room. Sitting on her bed in the darkness, wasn't too much fun either. But when I saw lights outside the window and heard a slamming I went to her window and peered outside. What I saw astonished me. There she was in a nice red dress, her hair was up in a tight bun and she had colors painted on her face. She looked so different. She looked so…I couldn't even think of a word. But she didn't look like the sweet and innocent girl I had come to know. Something about her seemed more grown-up. I slid open her window so I could hear what they were speaking of. Then I saw the boy get out of the other side of the 'car' as Kagome called it. He looked almost exactly like the weak samurai Kagome always made me help out. Then I remembered that thing at her school, he was the guy who tried to touch her in front of all the other girls who dressed like Kagome. I clenched my fist as I watched him slowly walk to her.

"I had a really nice time Hojo." Kagome said, but I could tell by the tone in her voice she was lying.

"Me to Kagome, I was wondering if maybe you would like to go see a movie next weekend?"

"I…I don't think I can, you see I already made plans for that weekend." Kagome said to him.

"Oh, well then maybe some other time?"

"Yes, maybe."

What the boy did next almost made me jump out the window and kill him right there. He kissed her, right in front of me…it made me remember all the times Kagome saw me with Kikyo.

So, this must be how she feels…

Kagome pulled away and blushed. She was speechless. She forced a smile, and I hated the fact that it wasn't me down there.

"Well Kagome, I'll see you later then." Hojo said and got back into his 'car' leaving Kagome to stand all alone in the dark where anything could have happened to her.

I walked back to the bed and laid on it. Kagome came in a few minutes later, I had to wait for my eyes to readjust as she flooded the room with artificial light. Her world had weird contraptions, but this one I liked no need to burn my fingers trying to make light with fire. With just one touch of a button, light flooded a whole room. When I heard her gasp, I knew she saw me.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing here?" She asked.

I looked at her, and upon closer expectation the dress she wore glittered.

"How come you never dressed up like that before?" I asked avoiding her question.

"What do you mean?"

"Your dress, I've never seen it before." I said.

"Oh this? Well, it's expensive and I wouldn't want to ruin it." Kagome replied sitting on the edge of her pink bed and removing the odd shoes, she was wearing.

"So what brings you here Inuyasha?" She asked again in a calm voice.

"Shippo and the others made me come to get you, they miss you."

"Oh."

I watched as she walked across her room and pulled the yellow outfit she wore to bed out of the closet.

"And what's with all the paint on your face?" I asked.

"This?" She asked smiling. "It's called makeup."

"Well why are you wearing this 'makeup'?"

"I went on a date I wanted to look nice." She said.

"Oh."

"Close your eyes I need to change." She told me and I did what she asked as she changed into her sleepwear.

I wanted to ask so many questions like 'Why did you let him kiss you' or 'Is he your boyfriend.' But I was afraid she would get angry with me for it so I bit my tongue.

"So anyways can we go back tomorrow? I'm a bit tired, and I want to sleep."

"Yeah that's fine." I said opening my eyes and watching as she buttoned the last button on her shirt.

She went and turned out the lights then climbed into bed with me still lying next to her.

"So did you watch us?" She asked.

"What?" I asked back, knowing exactly what she meant.

"Did you watch us? Did you see him kiss me?"

"Yeah."

"Oh."

"Did you like it?" I asked without thinking.

She rolled over and laid her head on my chest.

"No."

I looked down and saw that her eyes were closed. Then I wrapped her in my arms and drifted to sleep.

Kagome's POV

Waking up in the morning, was something I had come accustomed to. However, when I looked at the clock it read 12:00 noon.

"I must have stayed out pretty late last night." I said.

Then I felt two arms around me and I looked up to see Inuyasha's golden eyes on me.

"You sure do sleep forever." He said.

"Sorry, you could have woken me." I replied, then added. "How long have you been awake?"

"A few hours, I watched the sun come up."

"And you just sat here with me lying on you the whole time?"

"Feh, what you think I can't sit still for a few hours? I do it almost every night when you go to sleep."

"Oh yeah well." I started and then remembered why I had come back to present day to begin with. I quickly pulled away from him and sat up.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, and I don't know why you would be concerned. I don't mean a thing to you remember?"

"Are you still upset about that?" He asked raising his voice a little.

"Well it hurt to hear someone you consider your friend to say that they don't mean anything to them."

"Yeah well I still remember the time you told me that you hated me! And I didn't even do a damn thing."

"Well I was mad then. Plus I said I was sorry later, you haven't said anything yet." I replied crossing my arms over my chest.

Standing I went to the closet and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt with red letters that said "freak" on it. My brother had got it for me a while back as a joke, but honestly I think it suited me well, I mean how many girls could travel time through a well?

"Well close your eyes unless you want to see me naked." I said.

He looked at me oddly then shut his eyes tightly. I knew I shouldn't really care anymore, I mean the guy had seen me without a scrap of clothing on more then once and vise versa, but I don't know I just still cared.

"Okay you can open them now." I said and pulled out a jacket tying it around my waist.

"What happened to the green thing you always wore?"

"Well, Friday was the last day of school for me. I no longer have to go." I replied.

"Oh well that's good, no more making excuses about tests or whatever you call them." He said.

"It's not like I need to be going back with you all the time Inuyasha, I live here remember and my job is done, so you don't really expect me to stay there all the time do you?"

He didn't answer he just looked at me then looked away.

"We should go now, or you'll miss everyone. They are all going home today."

It was true everyone would be going back to their normal lives now. Sango and Miroku will go back to Miroku's master's village to live out the rest of their lives together. Shippo would probably stay with Kaede in the village though which would mean he would always be close by.

"Inuyasha." I started but was cut off by him.

"Look I'm sorry for what I said okay I didn't mean it. It's just you make me mad sometimes, and when I saw how he looked at you I wanted to hurt him so badly. But you said no, and that made me mad at you okay."

"You mean Koga?" I asked.

"Yea."

"I don't even like him that way. So don't worry let him look all he wants he will never have me." I replied.

Inuyasha looked at me and smiled, actually smiled.

"Inuyasha, what do you plan on doing?"

"What do you mean?" He asked.

I sighed and walked over to the window cracking it open a little to let the fresh summer breeze in.

"I mean what are you going to do now that Naraku is dead, and Kikyo is gone?"

"I don't know. Probably protect the village." He said.

"Why would you do that?"

"Because you would want it."

I turned and smiled at him. "You know you can always come and spend some time here with me." I said.

"Yeah I know, but it's not like we could really do anything here. You said yourself that I attract to much unwanted attention here."

"Well maybe if you would change your cloths or something. And on your human nights you can do whatever you want."

At the mention of him being human, he huffed. I knew he hated the nights when he changed, but now that Naraku was gone and we didn't have to worry about danger he could relax a bit more.

"Anyways we should be getting back Kagome." He said to me and I nodded.

We both walked down the stairs and into the living room where my family was. I said my good-byes and we were off. Back to the feudal era, back to where I felt best.

A/N: Okay well that was the second chapter, a little longer then the first. I hope you liked it. I can't wait to hear from everyone. So send in those reviews! Yay! Okay I'm done…I think…hold on! Weeeeeeeeeeee! Oh and yes, I will be updating. This story is far from over so no worries I will be back with more. Until next time kiddies! Oh and be sure to check out my other stories on this name as well as Starchild009, you just may not want to read the one called "A brothers love" …it's somewhat disturbing and written entirely for a former friend. Don't say I didn't warn you…