Love and Responsibility

Sorry that I didn't make a lemon for those of you who were waiting for it. Thanks again for your reviews.

Warning: Sexual Content; Offensive Language; Violence

Rating: M for Mature

Couple: Inuyasha and Kagome (Based)

Miroku and Sango

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters associated with the series.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Recap: "No, Inuyasha. I am. I love you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life." She leaned into the doubly flabbergasted half demon beneath her, straddling him.

Inuyasha could no longer contain himself. He touch alone was overwhelming. He flipped her over. End Recap

Chapter 4: Lonesome Allyway

The Next Morning

"Umm..." Kagome moaned in a happy and content way. She cuddled closer to the form beside her. A strong arm stayed wrapped around her. That same arm had protected her through the roughest of times. She was so grateful. Memories of the previous night floating into her mind. "Inuyasha..." She mumbled, squinting her brown eyes open.

She was greeted by the very awake face of her hanyou lover. She had to smile. He was finally hers. She was finally his. They were a couple and she prayed that they would always be.

"Morning." She pulled back from his arms, so she could get a better view of his handsome face and glowing amber eyes. She lowered her head, getting a good view of his muscular chest. She grinned, thinking about how he was all hers. This chest would be hers to stare at all she wanted. This half demon was hers to kiss and to make love to. He was all hers, just as she was all his.

"Morning." Inuyasha replied. The two rested comfortably nude beneath the covers. "It's about time you woke up." He teased, running his masculine hand down her back and around her waist. He did this just to touch her. He adored the feel of her, every soft, tender inch.

"I'm only human." Kagome smirked, gently poking his chest. 'He wore me down. What does he expect?' She thought with an inner smile. Kagome pulled Inuyasha's arm from her waist, feeling him slighty protest. When she was freed from his grasp, she pulled on the blanket that had covered them. Looking back at Inuyasha, she was almost disapointed to see a sheet wrapped securely around waist.

Kagome wrapped the blanket around her, making her way to her dresser. She pulled out an outfit for the day.

"I'm taking a shower. I'll make breakfast when I'm done."

Kagome came rushing down the stairs with damp hair, tied into a lose pony-tail. Her small, blue shorts, road up slightly. The color hightlighted the darker blue sweater that adorned her flesh. She also wore long white socks to keep her feet warm. Kagome had forgotten all about turning down the air the night before.

"Are you hungry?" Kagome called from the kitchen, pulling out an egg pan.

Inuyasha sat on the couch, pressing buttons on the television's remote. He honestly didn't know what he was doing. He still didn't understand the picture box. He supposed he was just trying to do something to make the time fly by.

"Yeah." Inuyasha clicked the power button, turning around to look at Kagome in the kitchen. He watched her from behind, thinking only of her. He had not been thinking clearly the night before. He had done something that he was not supposed to. 'She's stuck.' He thought guiltily. 'I've trapped her in a relationship with me forever, until death do us part. I should have explained things to her first.' He loved her. He knew that for sure now. She loved him. She had told him last night, but he still didn't know if she had planned on always staying with him. How could he tell her? He was so ashamed. He had not taken advantage of her. He would never! Sadly, it might look as though he did.

Kagome cracked a second egg into a buttered pan. She felt an awkward feeling drifting in the air. What was supposed to happen now? They couldn't just pretend like everything was the way it was before last night, could she? A part of her wanted to. She wanted to be with him, but she didn't want things to be all weird around the two of them. 'What should I say?' She came to a decision quickly. 'I'll have to come up with an excuse to leave. We both need time to think things through. We wont be able to have a simple conversation just yet.' She knew in her heart that was true. She flipped the eggs.

"Kagome, actually I'm not hungry. I forgot that I've got something to do in the other era." Inuyasha was rushing out the door before Kagome could stop him. She watched the door swing shut in his wake and then turned back to the eggs. She suddenly wasn't hungry either. She frowned, shutting off the stove.

"I wonder what he's going to do."

Kagome giggled, watching a comedy series on the television. She had nothing else to do other than watch TV. She had wanted to hang out with her friends. Maybe go to the park, or see a movie, but in the end she had chosen solitude. Inuyasha had not returned. He had left eight hours earlier.

The miko looked towards the clock hanging on the wall. 'It's already 6:45.' Her lips curled down. Inuyasha had gone all on his own. He had not had to leave. 'We were doing fine when we woke up.'

"I don't care if he ever comes back." She felt an inner fury surging. She didn't realize that she was just using anger to hide the pain. "I'm better off alone." She continued to lie to herself. Rising to her feet, Kagome shut off the television. "I'm going to bed." She didn't care how early it was. She just wanted to rest and forget all about this past day, as well as the past night.

But even as Kagome slumped her way up the steps, she knew that forgetting all of this was more then impossible. 'I wish I could forget. Better yet, I wish none of this had ever happened. Everything is ruined and this time it's not Inuyasha's fault at all. It's all mine. Just great. He makes all the little mistakes, but I make the one huge one.' Had she destroyed their friendship and sentenced them to an awkward haze forever and a day? She prayed otherwise. She prayed with all her heart.

That evening, Kagome hummed her way home from the store. The nap had done her well. When she had awoken her mind had been completely distant of Inuyasha. She had only concentrated on her strange, yet powerful dream. Upon awaking, she had only wished to go on back to sleep and continue dreaming, but she had been much to awake already.

Kagome had decided to head on off the store to buy some little things that she might need. After all she would be alone in her home for a while. She needed some sorts of sweets...

"I can't head back to the feudal era now... not this soon anyway..." Her mind began to wander back towards the hanyou. She shook her skull forcefully, begging to again move her mind from the subject. "ROSES!" She screamed. It was the first word she could think of that didn't involve Inuyasha.

Glancing around the area, the miko noticed the uncomfortalbe stares of the people around her. She blushed in the darkness of the night. She covered her mouth, trying to act as innocent as possible. 'Great, Inuyasha's always causing me to make a fool out of myself...' She just continued on her walk.

After many minutes Kagome had come to a block that seemed so many miles away from civiliation. It gave her chills. The darkness seemed to be all around. Only under the streets lights was their escape from it and even that was not much. Kagome had become used to nights such as these, so many late night strolls in the feudal era. 'Almost home...' Her arm was beginning to ache. 'I should have riden my mom's bicycle.' The miko slumped forward.

"Well now, will you look at what we got here?" A deep male's voice rung through Kagome's ears, causing her to stop in her tracks. She turned her head, just enough to see someone was there behind her. "What is a little old girl like yourself doing all alone at this time of night?"

"Who are you?"

"That's not important." The man began to approach her. She wanted to run, but at the same time she was curious. 'Should I run? What kind of man is this? If I get away, will her hurt other people?' She finally faced him completely. Muscles. That was the first thing she noticed. He had bulging muscles. She gulped in fear. 'If her tries to grab me, can I get away? Am I strong enough?' She decided that she didn't want to take that chance, so she took her bag and ran for it.

With her legs screaming in pain and protest, Kagome realized she couldn't go very long. She twisted hastily on her heels and ran into an allyway. It was to dark for her to see much, so she just kept on going. She could clearly hear the pounding footsteps behind her. 'Is he gaining on me?' She was sorry to say that she couldn't tell.

"Damn you're pretty fast." The man behind her called out. She went to turn her head and see how far behind he was, but sadly that was a mistake. Before she knew what was happening, her head had slammed into something. She was able to register what it was. 'A brick wall...' How foolish she had been. She fell back and was faintly able to feel warm blood dripping down her forehead.

She fell back, slowly loosing conciousness. 'What will happen to me?' She didn't know and honestly she was afraid of learning. She heard the footsteps very close. Kagome knew the man was standing over her. She had expected him to do something to her, but he didn't. He just snatched the bag from her hand and grumbled something about it only being sweets. She than heard him retreating.

After that Kagome could no longer register anything. She was just gone... in a sleep.

So SORRY about how long it's been since I updated and also about that grammer and spelling mistakes that this chapter probably has. I didn't edit it yet. Sorry. I've just been so busy with school and ragnarok lately, I haven't had much time for fan fiction.