Authors note: Okay! Now that I'm buzzed on sugar, I figure that I'll work on chapter 14 for my wonderful reviewers.

I've been a bit upset these past few days because of seeing my dad (he left over two years ago), and having a few problems with my fiancée. You guys have really helped me pull through the tough times with all of your positive reviews! I'm glad to have each and every one of you as reviewers, and I hope that you enjoy my writing. Oh yes, and in reply to a review I got a while ago, Yes, shippo is tall.

I believe he is Inuyasha's height, since he has obviously been through 500 years of growing up! Oh yeah, and in response to koga'sgurl, I decided to make koga do what he did because...

Even though he makes Inuyasha go through a lot of "sits", I do like him as a character, and I respect his personality. Plus, he IS pretty cute ::giggles slightly::

I've been a bit curious about this for a while but, should you review, please tell me what your favorite episode of Inuyasha is...

I'll take note of the most liked episode and try to curve my writing to how that episode goes, so please let me know!

My Favorite episode (s): Return to the place we first met (48)

Go back to your own time, kagome! (19)

The mystery of the new moon and the black haired Inuyasha (14)

(Start)

Inuyasha had gone to sleep a while ago, although he hadn't been that happy about taking up her bed, while she had to sleep on the couch.

"I can sleep on the floor for all I care! You need your bed!" Kagome had to push him in there to actually get him to stay.

It didn't matter much anyway, it wasn't like she was going to get any sleep while her family was missing, and Inuyasha's sword was at large somewhere in her world. Although she was sure Inuyasha was worried about it as well...

Every once in a while, his left hand would drift toward the place that he had once so faithfully kept the Tetsusaiga at his hip. And when he realized that it wasn't there, kagome saw a distraught look on his face, as if he was shocked.

She wasn't that surprised, to be honest...

She herself had gone through the shock, that all that was once familiar was now gone.

The initial feeling had gone, leaving her only with a sense of formidable grief. Although she knew that she would never truly understand Inuyasha's inner workings.

She played absently with the blanket that lay across her legs as she lay on the couch. She had never hesitated to throw herself into Inuyasha's business in the past, and she knew that sometimes it frustrated him deeply.

But she also knew, that her caring nature toward him, had been the very thing that had started to bring down his outer walls.

She cast a wary glance at the hallway that lead to her room, worrying about him, even as he slept.

She wanted to go make sure that he was okay, asleep and well. Although she didn't even want to think of the consequences if he would see her watching him sleep.

"Oh well..." She shrugged to herself and flung the blanket off of her body, swinging her legs so that her feet met the floor accurately.

Just a peek wouldn't hurt, right...?

She sighed as she tiptoed to her room quietly, then again, when had she ever successfully actually snuck up on the hanyou...?

The door gave an annoyed creak as she opened it, making her wince lightly at the drawn out sound, and she gently pushed it open so that she could peek in.

And there he was...

Twisted in the various sheets and blankets that had so neatly been arranged only a half an hour ago, Inuyasha lay haphazardly on the bed with both of his legs sticking off of the side of it. Kagome tried to stifle her giggle...

It was too comical, really...

Her attention didn't linger on the hanyou's funny position for long, for as soon she took in his position, she heard a slight moan.

She peered at his sleeping form, inching closer and closer to see that he was covered in sweat. His large hands were twitching, and he was breathing heavily. Kagome nervously knelt down next to the bed, wondering if she should wake him from whatever dream or nightmare he was experiencing.

His legs, warmly clad in sweatpants, began to kick violently as his moaning became louder, sounding more and more like whimpers every time he opened his mouth.

Now, his hands were grasping onto the bedsheets; almost ripping them with the force he was using to hold on to them.

But kagome had had enough...

With a notion of harsh love in her heart, she reached forward with both of her hands to grasp his face gently.

"Inuyasha, wake up!" She called to him gently, stroking the sides of his sweaty face in tender worry.

Almost at once, his eyes flew open and he focused wildly on kagome,

"You're here!"

She raised her eyebrows,

"Inuyasha... I'll always be here, you know-"

Her supply of air was cut off as she was pulled tightly against the hanyou, who was not sitting up, still breathing long and hard.

He knew that he would never be able to truly tell her why he held her so intimately that night. His dream had been filled with twisted illusions of a cackling witch, and a screaming kagome.

It had been a horrible reminder of the nightmare that he had been forever trapped in. And he knew, that he needed kagome's calming scent right then and there.

"Kagome... I'm sorry about this." His voice was trembling audibly as he held her tighter and buried his nose into her raven hair.

"But I was... afraid."

Kagome smiled simply and reached up to caress his cheek with a pale hand.

"I know Inuyasha, I'm right here, with you." He shivered at her touch.

"Kagome...? Would you mind..."He pulled back and looked pleadingly to her. Kagome nodded and smiled, knowing what he wanted.

Slowly, with her still in his arms, he lay back against the bed; holding her just as tightly as he had when he had pulled her to him. Turning on his side so that she could lay there beside him, and...

So that he could get a good look into her eyes.

Keeping his arms wrapped around her waist, he let her settle in before he let his face dive into her long black hair.

"Good night kagome, Arigato."

Kagome smiled as she watched him close his weary eyes again, feeling his arms keeping her in their iron hold.

And it wasn't long, before the young miko began to feel the need for sleep overtake her.

So with one last glance at the man she loved, kagome closed her eyes, quickly falling asleep beside him, like she had always wanted to be.

(Next day, breakfast)

Eggs sizzled in the pan, and kagome yelped as she realized that the toast was burning.

Inuyasha was busy picking at the ramen that she had set in front of him.

"What's wrong Inuyasha, aren't you hungry...?" She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye while flipping the eggs that were already past burned.

Evidently, he hadn't known that she had seen him, and promptly shoved the burned contents of food into his mouth, incidentally letting a bit of egg hang out of his mouth as he was chewing.

"I saw that." She turned to him with a teasing pout on her face and her hands on her hips. Inuyasha guiltily smiled as best he could at her, making an interesting variety of "mmm" and "yum" sounds.

"Very funny Inuyasha." She smirked and tapped her foot on the ground. He swallowed loudly and got a funny look on his face, he raised a clawed hand and pointed somewhere behind her.

The eggs!

She turned quickly and turned off the stove and took the –by now- charred eggs out of the pan.

Ignoring his chuckles, she sat down and began to pick at her eggs as well. He stopped after a minute or so, letting silence dominate the table once again.

"So Inuyasha..." Kagome swallowed nervously.

"Do you have any idea where the Tetsusaiga might be...?" She didn't want to pry into his problems yet, but she had to find out if the tetsusaiga was still in their reach. It was vital to both of their survival in the past, and would be more than useful now in the future.

"I don't know," he admitted truthfully.

"I had kept it at kaedes before the bitch froze me." Kagome was surprised that Inuyasha was speaking so freely about his experience back then.

"Inuyasha... do you..." He looked up at her with a faint smile on his tanned face, an ironic smile.

"Kagome... All that I can say... is that the witch broke me, and made me wish that I was dead."

She gasped as she heard his words, wishing that they weren't true.

"And for all of that time... the only thing I could remember thinking about, was how I would get back to you."

He looked down again.

"I felt you... when you found the statue, when you were near it, and when you touched it. And I could even sense when the runt was with you."

He meant shippo, of course. He ruefully leaned back against his chair, closing his eyes to remember something, anything...

"Inuyasha...." Kagome got up, abandoning the last of her crispy eggs to take his clawed hand in hers.

"Theres something I want to show you." He allowed her to pull him up from his seat, each trading small glances with the other. Kagome couldn't help but blush from the heat of his hand.

They quietly entered her room, kilala quietly watching from her place on kagome's bed. She got to her knees on the floor as inuyasha sat down next to her Indian style.

He watched her with interest as she reached under her bed for a medium sized wooden box that lay just behind the tucked covers that dragged on the floor.

She pulled it out, carefully removing the lid and setting it down next to her.

Inuyasha didn't react at first; he just stared at the almost sacred objects that lay protected in its hold.

And soon, like a blind man who had just learnt to see, he reached forward, rough fingers tracing over the beads and poison mask lightly. He picked up the spinning top, cradling it like a parent would to a toy belonging to their offspring.

Kagome saw foreign tears, falling from his amber eyes, and quickly scooted closer to him, smoothing back his white hair in a gesture of tender comfort.

He looked to her, and she smiled.

"Just remember Inuyasha, you are never alone."

(end)

Authors note: Whoo!!!! Glad I got that done! I've slaved over this chapter for three days, so I hope you guys like it!

And yes, kagomes egg cooking is based off of my own experiences. Both she and I suck at making eggs, as well as cooking. (If you've watched the first movie, which was awesome, in my opinion!)

Oh and yes, Starfire77, I loooove teen titans almost as much as I luuurve Inuyasha. So I might be coming out with a new fan fiction soon, if only I could get a darn idea!

Okay then, don't forget about telling me your favorite episodes! Because I want to know!

Read and review.

Quote of the week-

"To Kikyo... My life is meaningless."-kagome