Demon Gems(part 2)-We need your strength Inuyasha

(The Inuyasha universe is owned by Rumiko Takahashi. This is for entertainment purposes only)

"Inuyasha . . . . After we find the last shard and make the jewel whole again. . . I can't come back here anymore."

Inuyasha stood stock still. He couldn't believe it.

"Did Kagome just say that she wasn't coming back after we had gotten the jewel together?"

"Kagome. . . What do you mean?" he asked as he stepped forward.

"I mean that I've been thinking and it wouldn't be right if I had stayed here after the jewel was put back together. I mean . . . I know that it was my fault for breaking the jewel to begin with and I wanted to make it right so that's the reason why I started on this search with you. But what I didn't realize was that I would become friends with you on the way. We've gotten to know each other and it was wonderful but I have to be realistic. I can't expect you to watch over me every minute like you already do. I . . . just don't want to be a burden to you Inuyasha. . . I(sob) . . .I(sob). . . I LOVE YOU INUYASHA AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT, NOT EVEN KIKYO!"

"Kagome. . . I love you too." he says as he embraces her"

"I just don't want to be a burden to you,(sob). . I love you too much to see you get hurt because of me.", she cried into his chest as his hold tightened around her.

"I think that I may have loved you from the first day I saw you," he said as he pulled her tear stricken face towards his. He gave her a fanged grin as he said, ". . .but I was just too much of an idiot to realize it at the time. He wiped the tears from her face and looked into her eyes. "Besides, how many times do I have to tell you to just shut up and let me protect you?"

"Too many times to count." Kagome answered.

"You women never listen to me." Inuyasha said in a huff. He continued to hold Kagome as she started to calm down and stop crying.

"Kagome I don't want you to leave when the jewel is put together. I want you to stay. . .with me."

"Inuyasha I couldn't live in this time without my family. . . no matter how much I want to stay with you." Kagome said as she touched his face with her small hands.

"Kagome. . Just . . ", His hand glided to her chin as he lifted it to his and lightly kissed her lips, just barley as if trying to savor her touch, "just shut up."

What the two of them didn't know was that three figures were watching them.

"What are they doing?" Shippo

"I don't know, I cant see?" Miroku

"Well move over." Shippo

"This isn't for young eyes." Miroku

"Hey cut it out, let go!" Shippo

"Will the both of you stop it, they'll here us." Sango

Inuyasha's ears started to twitch. He knew that the two of them were being watched.

"Kagome get behind me." Inuyasha stated calmly.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome asked as she stepped behind him.

"We're being watched" He stated again.

"By who?"

He took a sniff in the air, then gave Kagome another fanged grin.

"A lecherous monk, a demon slayer and a nosey little fox."

"Oh." Kagome said with a smile.

Inuyasha began to stalk towards the bushes where the scent was getting stronger. He soon came upon his prey.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, WERE YOU SPYING ON US?!" Inuyasha yelled as he pulled the bush that the trio were hiding in by the roots.

"Inuyasha please, don't be rash." Miroku pleaded as he began to impulsively caress Sango's backside.

"We were just worried about the two of you." Sango said as she swatted Miroku's hand away from her.

"Yeah and what were you doing to Kagome? She looked like she was crying." Shippo asked as he hopped on Inuyasha's shoulder.

Inuyasha looked to Shippo and then turned his head as he put Shippo off his shoulder and to the ground. As he did so Kagome came running towards them.

"Kagome!." Shippo yelled as he hopped into her arms.

"Hello Shippo, well what are the three of you doing here, weren't you looking for Kilala?" Kagome asked as she hugged Shippo.

"Yes and we found her but then we noticed that you two were gone so we came to investigate." Miroku answered as he sat up.

"Kagome did something happen to you?" Shippo asked.

"Why do you ask Shippo?" Kagome asked as she smiled down at him.

"I was only asking because it kind of looks like you were crying a lot." Shippo answered as he looked into Kagome's eyes.

Kagome solemnly looked at Shippo, then to Inuyasha and then to the rest of the group. Slowly tears began to form in her eyes again. This didn't go unnoticed.

"Kagome what's wrong?" Sango asked as she looked to Kagome.

"I was afraid of what might happen if we ever gathered all of the jewel shards. I also decided that when that did happen, I couldn't come back here anymore." Kagome said as Inuyasha began to walk off in another direction.

"Kagome your leaving us.?" Shippo asked as he held onto her sleeves.

"No Shippo. At least not yet anyway." Kagome answers as she hugs him.

"Kagome, I already understand that you come from a different time than us and we know that your family back home is important to you. I want you to remember that we will always think of you and miss you." Miroku says as he takes her hands into his.

"That's right Kagome, we wont ever forget you, "Sango says as she does the same.

"WOULD YOU ALL STOP IT, YOU ACT AS IF SHE'S LEAVING RIGHT NOW!!!" Inuyasha yelled from the hilltop were he was currently looking over the area.

"Even though you're not leaving right now, I'm already starting to miss you not being around. I almost wish that we weren't collecting the shards at all."

"Shippo?!" all four said in unison.

"I know, I know, I said I almost wish that we weren't collecting the jewel shards."

"YOU LITTLE IDIOT, IF YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN I'LL FEED YOU TO A SNAKE MYSELF." Inuyasha said as he yelled his protest at Shippo's last statement.

(writers note)

Sorry it's so short. More is coming. I promise. Until then konnichiwa!