KAGOMES POV

I climbed up out of the well and besides the shock, I felt such joy. My eyes filled with tears as the wind picked up and my robe blew in the wind. I took in the smell of the forest while falling to my knees, I began to sob uncontrollably shaking, I was home. I ran my fingers through the grass, imagining all the times I had taken for granted this beautiful place. What a fool I was.

INUYASHA'S POV

Kagome was on her knees in front of the well, the moonlight shining on her hair as it blew in the wind. She was beautiful, absolutely the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid my eyes on and exactly the same as I remembered her. I noticed she was crying and I wanted to run to her and embrace her, but I was afraid that if I moved I would wake up only to realize this was just a dream. At that moment the wind picked up as if pushing me to move, so I listened to it and I walked towards her in fear. When I reached kagome I knelt down placing my arms around her, she stiffened in my arms before collapsing into them. I was holding my breath, holding on to every once of hope, that's this was real. "Inuyasha." She whispered.

I no longer could control myself like I once was able to before, before she went away. I cupped her face with my hand bringing her lips to mine, there was no time to be shy or worry about her reaction. This time I wouldn't make the mistake of holding my feelings inside. The kiss wasn't rough of forceful, it was gentle and soft. I just wanted her to know, that I loved her without any doubt this time. I pulled away smiling, "Kagome." I sighed. I picked her up into my arms. "Kagome may I take you with me?" She laughed, "Don't ask such silly questions." She climbed onto my back and I carried her into the forest, I knew the others would want to see her and question her but this was my time. I spent years dead inside not knowing where she was, who she was with and wanting nothing more than to hold her. I would have that now, I would be selfish. Once deep enough into the forest I jumped up onto the nearest tree, Kagome still wrapped around me. I positioned her on my lap, wrapping my arms around her. We stayed silent for a few moments soaking each other in, I could have stated like that forever but I had so many questions I needed answered so I broke the silence that I was so desperate to keep. "Kagome, have you been okay? I mean, you were living with your family slaying those tests? Happy? Not inside the jewel?"

Kagome turned her head so that we could face each other and she frowned. "Inuyasha, I can't tell you how much I missed you...how absolutely dead inside I felt without you. You were all I thought about, every day." It was a relief to know she was missing me too. "Kagome I felt the same. I spent every day waiting for you to return, but I'm glad you were in your world with your family." Kagome's expression became sadder than before, and I pulled her closed to me. "Kagome what's wrong, please talk to me." She wrapped her arms tighter around me putting her head on my chest. "I haven't lived with my family the last year, and I haven't taken anymore tests Inuyadha." I chuckled "Ok well what's the big deal, come on spit it out kagome." She responded in barley a whisper, "I've lived with another man the last year. In my world when You reach a certain age it's normal to move out of your parents house and stop taking taking tests, and when you find someone you're close to you-" I cut kagome off, my voice full of anger.

"I know exactly how that works it's not that different here." I gently pushed her away from me and turned away from her, I was so angry. I had never felt such anger before, but what could I do? She thought she would never return, and I understand how lonely she mustn't of been. still I couldn't look at her. "It isn't what you think, I don't love him, at least not the way a woman loves a man she wants to be with. I don't want to be with him, I love you inuyasha."

I turned back to her as her brown eyes pleaded with me to show her some sign that I would forgive her. "Kagome demons, we are different than you humans. I could wait 1,000 years and it wouldn't be much to me, but I understand that for a human a few years can feel like I lifetime. I understand if you could not wait for me." I whispered, my anger turning into sulking.

Kagome made an annoyed face, and grabbed my hand. "No! That is not it Inuyasha. If I had known that the well would work again I would have waited no matter how long, I thought it would never open I believed that I was going to be forced to try and move on and live in a world that you didn't exist in. I had to try and be happy, I had to Inuyasha! Everyday was torture I had to try and make the pain stop I couldn't breathe, I couldn't sleep, nothing worked! Every waking thought was you it was unbearable please forgive me, please!" She cried. I pulled her back to my chest stroking her hair.

"It's alright. kagome, I'm not angry. Don't cry please, I love you, the pain was the same for me as well." I kissed the top of her head, her smell intoxicating me.

I felt her body stiffen causing me to do the same, "Inuyasha what have I missed, what's going on here? I sense the jewel." Kagome's eyes widened as she shook her head back and forth looking for the jewel. Her face was panicked as she waited for an explanation from me.

"I'm not sure what's going on Kagome but there has been talk that Naraku is back, and strange happenings in the village have been occurring. Kaede believes the jewel is somehow not destroyed, that maybe when you wished for it to be destroyed your heart wasn't pure. I'm not exactly sure what's going on, or where the jewel is but I know that things are about to become dangerous again and that you being able to pass back through the well is no accident." I chocked on the words I was about to say, because I already regretted them. "I want you to go home Kagome, you aren't safe here you never will be. I'd rather live in this agony than see you get hurt."

Kagome laughed smiling up at me, "You fool!" She giggled. "You're still the same, pushing me away thinking it's for my own good. What's good for me is you, you are enough to keep me safe, to keep me happy Inuyasha. I won't go away, not this time, not again." She clung to my sleeve, begging me to accept her response.

I gave in. "Ok kagome whatever you want. I won't deny you." I was pudding in her hand, I always had been.

Kagome let go of me clapping her hands together with a smile, "Well! It's time we get back to the village I need to change out of these clothes and see everyone. I'm sure we have much to discuss!"

She giggled as we jumped down from the tree, she was really back, by my side again. While I had many questions, and I somehow felt like things wouldn't stay this perfect I couldn't help but put that all aside for the moment. We slowly walked back to the village, hand and hand.