Hello!! How long has it been? A year? I think so. I'm not quite sure tough. Did you miss me? (Readers shake their heads. Author pouts.)

Anyway I hope you've all been fine. I sure have. For those of you who haven't read my profile, the reason I've haven't been writing this story is because I'm not as interested in Inuyasha as I used to be. Basically I only write one shots about it. But seeing this is my most popular story (and because that deep down inside, I still love it), I've decided to continue it. However I must warn you all that because I am trying to finish this story there will only be two or three more chapters left. Hopefully you won't think it's too rushed but in a way I am rushing it.

Let's continue on shall we?

I do not own Inuyasha. If I did I wouldn't have delayed in writing this.

Inuyasha: Ain't that the truth!

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"Are you feeling better?" Kagome asked through the phone. She heard Sango sigh.

"I told you I feel better like a thousand times! In fact I feel great!" Kagome smiled.

"That's good to hear. Opps! Sango I have to go! Me and Inuyasha are going out for lunch today." Sango laughed.

"Oh that's right. Wouldn't want to hold you up on that now." Kagome herself laughed. "Sure. Wouldn't want to hold up your own time with Miroku either." Kagome was positive her friend blushed. "Oh…yeah…well later."

"Bye." Kagome hanged up the phone. She smiled. Sango was indeed doing much better. Right after Miroku apologized to her, she instantly recovered. She was practically beaming each time Kagome went to visit her. Luckily by tomorrow she could attend school again.

'I wonder what Miroku said to make her so happy?' thought Kagome as she took out some clothes from her draws. 'Well he constantly visits her so it must have been something good.'

Kagome placed the clothes on the bed. Baby blue tank top or her green tee short? Then again there was that cute pink sun dress that her Mom had recently brought her. Kagome groaned.

'This is basically my first official date with Inuyasha! I have to look perfect!' she thought. She snatched up her black minnie skirt.

Blue tank top with the black minnie skirt? No. Maybe that was showing too much skin. Jeans then? Nah. She didn't feel like wearing jeans. Green shirt with jean skirt? Yellow shorts with white tee shirt? Orange shoes with purple dress? Bananas or apples?

Kagome groaned again and threw herself into the pile of clothes.

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"Oh Inuyasha you're here!" smiled Ms. Higurashi. She quickly let him in. "Well how are you doing?"

"Just fine." Said Inuyasha. He looked around. Coming here still made him nervous. Ms. Higurashi smiled.

"Don't worry. Kikyo's not here." She said. "She and her mother went out for the day."

"Oh." Said Inuyasha surprised. All this time he had been preparing to find Kagome and rush her out of the door without Kikyo seeing them. He was relieved.

"Thank you." He said as Ms. Higurashi smiled. "Now we just have to wait for Kagome. Kagome! Come down honey. It's Inuyasha!"

"Coming!" The two could hear the flopping of sandals against the floor and Kagome appeared on top of the stairs.

She had finally decided on what to wear. She wore a pink tee shirt and a tan minnie shirt. She also wore tan sandals and a pink bow complemented her raven colored hair. Inuyasha eyes widened.

"You look great." He mumbled, smiling, and a bit embarrassed. Kagome sure took his mind off his worries. Kagome beamed at the compliment. Her efforts had not been in vain.

"Thanks!" she chirped. She was relived to see that Inuyasha liked the outfit. Her mother smiled as well.

"Now I don't want to sound like I'm nagging but where are you two going?" Ms. Higurashi asked.

"We're going to the restaurant Rising Sun." answered Inuyasha taking Kagome's hand. "We'll be taking my family's limo. We won't be gone more than four hours."

"Rising Sun? I heard their food is to die for!" exclaimed Ms. Higurashi. The couple sweat dropped a bit at her excitement. "I fully trust you Inuyasha." She continued. "Just be careful alright?"

"We will!" said Kagome as Inuyasha opened the front door. "Have fun!" yelled Ms. Higurashi.

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"Here you go." Miroku placed the glass on the table. Sango smiled at the boy in front of her. Well he was her boyfriend and soon to be husband now anyway.

"So Kagome called again?" continued Miroku as he took a seat next to her. Sango hesitated for a bit as he put his arm around her but than snuggled close to him.

"She did. She has a date with Inuyasha. I hope everything goes well." "It most likely will. After all they are madly in love." Sango made a face.

"Aren't we madly in love?" she asked in a demanding tone. She didn't want her friends to have a better romantic relationship than hers. Miroku laughed at her jealousy. He slid his arm around her waist.

"Hell yeah." he whispered as he gently kissed her lips. Sango sighed. At first, the thought of kissing a boy made her queasy but now she enjoyed every minute of it.

"Hey sister I got you some …Opps!"

Miroku and Sango quickly turned their heads around to see Kohaku standing in the doorway with a cup of tea in his hands.

"Kohaku…" Sango growled. Kohaku did a sheepish grin and then turned around to quickly walk away. No way did he want to deal with his sister now that she was "fiercely" in love.

Sango humphed. "I get no privacy with him around." Miroku laughed again. "He's your brother. You love him too so go easy on him." Sango then laughed herself.

"Fine but only because you said so." Miroku stroked her cheek. "Now where were we?" he asked doing a mischievous smile. Sango smiled herself as Miroku leaned down to kiss her.

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"Wow! It's all so…fancy!" Kagome gasped as she and Inuyasha stepped into the restaurant. There were big candles, big tables, big plates, big everything. The lights were dimmed to make the place look more romantic and a sweet aroma of food and spices filled the air.

"It's so pretty too." Breathed Kagome. Inuyasha smiled. He had hoped this was Kagome's reaction. Seeing her look amazed amused him to no end. Not to mention she looked cute while doing it too.

"Please come this way." Said a waiter, walking up to them. Kagome then thought she saw the waiter pause for a second, take a glance at Inuyasha, and make a face. Inuyasha seemed to take no notice so she shook it off. It must have been her imagination.

Inuyasha took Kagome's hand as they followed the waiter to a big table just for two. "I will…come back to take your order." Said the waiter. He gave a somewhat puzzled smile at Kagome and then left. Kagome made a face. What a weird waiter they got.

Shaking this feeling off, Kagome gave Inuyasha a light kiss on the cheek. "Thanks." she smiled. "For what?" asked Inuyasha who had not expected a kiss. Kagome shrugged.

"For this I guess. Besides it's the thought that counts. I wished I had dressed in some fancy clothes tough." "For what?" Inuyasha asked again making a face. "I'm dressed casual too so you don't have to worry." Kagome did a light laugh. "I suppose so. So tell me how things at home?"

The couple talked for a while and then after Inuyasha had told her about Sesshomaru's "special herbal shampoo", Kagome began to wonder where the waiter went.

"He's probably busy with another table." Shrugged Inuyasha thinking nothing of it. "I guess…" mumbled Kagome. She looked around the place to see if he was nearby but she didn't see him anyway. She did however see another couple. They were supposed to be eating but they were making faces. Kagome then realized they were making faces at Inuyasha.

Kagome did a puzzled look. The waiter wasn't the only weird one here? "Inuyasha!" she whispered. She lowered her head so the couple wouldn't see. "Have you been to this restaurant before?"

Inuyasha did a confused look and nodded his head. "Well," continued Kagome in a low voice. "Are the people here…odd?"

"Odd?"

"Yeah. You know weird. They're acting strange."

Inuyasha made another face of confusion. Then there was a sting in his chest. His eyes lowered, thinking of the worst-case scenario. His face became hard. Kagome noticed.

"Inuyasha? Are you okay?" she asked. "How are they acting weird Kagome?" Kagome stared as Inuyasha himself began to act weird and then went on.

"They keep looking at us. In a weird way I mean. They keep…making faces. Especially at you. Did you do something bad when you were little here?"

Inuyasha looked up to see Kagome doing a little smile, trying to make him act his usual self. He only bitterly smiled. Trust on Kagome to be totally clueless on just what was going on. Maybe it was better that way.

'I should have seen this coming.' Inuyasha thought. 'Back then I was with Mom and my old man when I came here. They had a nice manager too. But now that I'm older…things might have changed.'

Thinking the worst, he got up from his seat. "Come on Kagome. We're leaving." Kagome's eyes widened. What the heck was going on?

"But Inuyasha…the waiter hasn't come back and we're hungry aren't we? I'll just go to the manager myself and…"

"No!" Inuyasha yelled out. He wanted anything but that to happen. Kagome looked up at him with confused and pained eyes. His heart sunk just looking at her.

"Inuyasha…what's the matter…?"

"Don't leave me…"

"What?"

Just then the waiter came back. He wasn't carrying any trays or any glasses of water. Instead he had a tall man with a business suit walking behind him. They were coming in their direction. Kagome made a face as she looked around the place. All eyes were on them now. Some shook their heads with sympathy and others smiled and smirked. It seemed like they knew what was going to happen next.

Feeling somewhat panicked, she looked to Inuyasha for help but Inuyasha was staring at the men walking towards them, looking horrified and furious at the same time.

They finally reached their table. Kagome saw a tag on the taller man in a business suit. It read manager.

"Hello there." His voice came out cold and somewhat bitter. "I am afraid you'll have to leave this restaurant of ours." Kagome thought she was going mad here. What the hell was going on?

"Can I ask why?" she demanded. Usually she was nice to strangers but now all this confusion was ticking her off. Not to mention the coldness of this manager was ticking her off even more.

"Well Miss if it were you I wouldn't have to do this." Replied the manager coolly. "However…" He took a glance at Inuyasha who was looking him dead in the eye. The manager, not intimidated, smirked.

"We don't allow demons into the restaurant you see. Especially Half-breeds."

Kagome opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. This was the last thing she expected. Hadn't all this hate for demons end long ago?

"You…can't be serious!!" she screamed suddenly. She got up from her seat and marched straight to the manager, yelling in his face.

"Just you wait!" she said venomously. "I will go straight to the capital and file a compliant! You can't do this! That's being prejudice!" The manager looked surprised at first but then laughed.

"But my dear little girl I've done this many times before. Ask anyone in this restaurant. They all know. Or you could just ask the other half-breeds I kicked out. The manager before was too nice. I've taken some action to this little problem. Now are you two going to leave or not?"

Inuyasha growled. "Why you…!" "Well are you?" said the manager. He was no longer laughing and his coldness had returned. Kagome, who was not really thinking straight, grabbed a glass of wine off the nearest table and threw it onto the manager's suit.

He clenched his teeth. "You'll pay for that." He growled. "Make me!" screamed Kagome as she quickly took Inuyasha's hand and walked away. However both of them felt humiliated and Kagome for the most part felt confused.

0o0o0

"Here." Inuyasha tentively handed Kagome a WacDonalds hamburger. Kagome did a small smile and took it. She took a bite but she couldn't taste anything. Sadly giving up, she rested the hamburger in her lap.

The two sat there quietly in the park they had first met. Kagome moved a little in the swing she was sitting in. Inuyasha dug his hands deeper into his pockets.

"It's always been like this." He said after a while. "For human and demon public places alike. Luckily I was with my Dad and Mom so they never kicked me out. That's why when we first started going out, I never took you out on dates. If it was just you and me we would surly be kicked out. But the Rising Sun had a nice manager. He didn't mind me at all. I thought he still worked there so I thought it would be a good idea to take you on a date there. But…"

Inuyasha stopped talking for a while looking at the sunset. Kagome waited patiently for him to continue.

"When I went out with Kikyo she always nagged me to go on dates with her. So I went along. We were always getting looks and twice we got kicked out. I think…it made her mad. I don't think she liked it very much. She was my first girlfriend so I thought every girl must not like it…that's why I thought if you saw how I was treated outside school…that you would…"

"Leave you?" Kagome made a face full of hurt. Her eyes watered.

"Inuyasha I might be Kikyo's cousin and I may look like her but…I'm nothing like her! I don't care if they don't like you Inuyasha. I…When I'm with you I feel so happy. It feels so right! I think about being with you every day. I can't…imagine a day without you!"

Inuyasha's eyes widened as she went on. "Inuyasha please understand that I want know how you feel, what you like and what you hate. I want to see you laugh and be happy. I want to be by your side…forever. Inuyasha…I love you."

Inuyasha could feel himself choke. He couldn't believe his ears. "You…love me? Even tough I'm a half-breed?" Kagome nodded, tears coming down from her eyes. "I love you for you, because you're Inuyasha. And I'm not about to stop just because we get kicked out of a restaurant from time to time. Please, let me be with you."

Inuyasha smiled. "Of course. I love you too Kagome." He leaned down and gently kissed her lips. Kagome beamed.

"Good. Now can you push me? I feel like flying!"

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A pair of ears had heard the whole conversation. A pair of feet quickly walked home but soon began to run. A family looked in wonder as a glimpse of raven colored hair passed them. A body soon sat on a bed after a while of pacing. A hope was crushed and a pair of hands went to a face. A pair of eyes squeezed tight as water flowed from them.

Kikyo, an ex-girlfriend, a cousin and a revenger, was now crying.

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And that was that. Did you like it of did you not like it? I imagine some of you will see this pop up on your favorites and say "She's still alive?" Anyways hope you enjoyed it. I will write the next chapter okay? Right now I have to catch up on some other favorites of mine. Till next time!

Moomoogirl1 out. (Hopefully just for a while.:)