I couldn't resist writing an epilogue that bridged this story and its sequel together, the thought was just too tempting! So, here's the epilogue, and when the sequel's up, I'll update an author's note on here giving you guys the title and the whole deal, okay? Enjoy!
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"Aww, come on Inuyasha, it's only been a few days since Kagome left. Don't tell me that you've already-"
"Don't even finish that sentence, Miroku."
"But, you two are officially a couple now, right?" It was, in fact, the honest to gods truth; Inuyasha and Kagome were 'officially' a couple (even thought they've basically been 'together' since the whole Thunder Brothers thing, in Inuyasha's mind) since the night they had made up for both of their wrongdoings. And now, about another week after that incident, Inuyasha was, of course, sitting with his back against the well, waiting for Kagome to come back. Miroku had just 'happened to be passing by,' as he put it, and squatted down across from his hanyou friend.
"Well, yeah of course we're together and all, but…she shouldn't take so long! It's almost like she takes even more time, even though I know she tries to make her visits shorter, time just seems to go a whole lot…slower, now." He mumbled the latter sentence under his breath, though the monk picked up every word of it. Just as Miroku opened his mouth to say something, he watched in amusement as a soft blue light bounced off of the deep walls of the ancient well. Deciding that now was just as good a time as any to go and grope Sango for the umpteenth time that day, the houshi stood and dusted off his monk robes briskly before making his way back to the village. As the monk's figure drew further away from the well, Inuyasha practically leapt up in utter happiness as Kagome's sweet scent of raspberries and vanilla filtered through his sensitive nose. He eagerly reached down and caught Kagome's hand within his own, yanking her up without warning, straight into his powerful arms. Before her legs were even over the lip of the well, he was already pressing his lips to hers sweetly. He felt her smile against his lips before she lifted her legs out of the well, swinging them over to land softly on the grass in front of her Inuyasha.
"Not very patient, are we, Inuyasha?" Kagome said teasingly as they parted. He snorted arrogantly before burying his nose into her scalp. He smirked into her hair as he held her closer, mainly for the sole reason that she was here again. It may not seem like such a big deal for anyone else, but hey, this was his girlfriend! He even made Shippo promise that he would wait until Kagome came into the hut to say hello to her (more like threatened him that if he was spotted anywhere near the well his tail would be hung on Kaede's wall, but who cares about the details?) In response to her question, he began treating the side of her neck to little puppy kisses that she couldn't help but giggle at (they tickled!).
"It's good to have you back, Kagome." He mumbled in between his ministrations to her neck. He stopped in mid-lick of her neck when he felt her tense a moment in his arms before carefully whispering his name, causing him to pull his head away from her neck and look her directly in the eyes.
"I came to say goodbye."
"Whaaaaa-?"
"I'm not leaving for good, Inuyasha, don't worry!" He let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding before tightening his hold on her, mainly to reassure himself that she was still there.
"Don't do that to me, woman! And if it's not for good, where are you going?"
"I'm going to London to visit some of my pen pals, so I'll be a while."
Silence, then…
"…Where's London?"
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Just enough of a cliffy for the sequel! Like I said, I'll update an author's note on this story giving you guys all the info on the sequel that you'll need.