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Kagome bolted out of the taxi as soon as the shrine stairs came into view. She didn't even wait for the taxi to come to a full stop, she just opened the door and jumped out. "Thank you… um here take this," said Kagome as she handed the driver her entire wallet. The driver happily took it. Kagome hurried up the stairs as fast as she could for two reasons. One, she wanted to reach Inuyasha to tell him the truth and to be in his warm embrace and second; she only had two dollars in her wallet. She ran up the cold cement steps two at a time so she would reach the top faster. She was only about thirty steps away from reaching the top of the shrine steps, when she felt a sharp pull on her arm. She swung around and saw that it was Hojo who had pulled on the arm. She winced in pain because Hojo's grip was on the exact spot where Kagome's needles had been. Within seconds he had forced Kagome right in front of him. Holding her by the shoulders, his fingers tightening with every breath. Kagome struggled to get away, trying to loosen his grip on her, but he over powered her. "Now then Kagome….please explain why you keep running from me," said Hojo. His eyes narrow and filled with rage. Bleak to all of the surroundings, the lights and noises of the streets. His grip tightening even more, almost as if he wanted to rip her shoulders out of their sockets. Kagome squealed in pain.

'Inuyasha…. please help me!'

XxXxXxXxXxXxX Meanwhile in the Feudal Era XxXxXxXxXxXxX

"Wow Sango! I didn't know you were so……….aggressive. And for your first time too," said Miroku.

"You know monk, it wouldn't kill you if you were a bit more aggressive too," said Sango with a smirk. In a weak soft pant.

"Well…...what do think……..about …….this?"

"That's better…….I guess……. but is that all you got? Your all talk Miroku!"

"You haven't seen anything yet. Just wait and see."

"Well…. I'm waiting."

"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TWO DOING?!?!" yelled Shippo.

"SHIPPO!!" they yelled in unison. Both froze with tension as they stared at their small friend.

"When…when did you wake up?" asked Sango.

"Please Shippo…..I can …" Miroku said but was cut off.

"First tell me what you think your doing ….…. with my game!! Kagome gave that to me when I decided to stay in Misuki's village!" yelled Shippo. Kagome had given him a small hand held game that would keep him entertained if he ever got bored. It was a smaller version on an old game. The game where you have two plastic boxers and the point of the game is to punch the other in the stomach so their head pops out. "Our apologies Shippo. Sango woke up and since there was nothing to do we thought you wouldn't mind if we gave you game a try," said Miroku as he handed the game back to Shippo. Sango nodded fiercely in agreement with Miroku. Shippo looked down at the game then at his friends. "No I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. It's just that I'm cranky when I'm waken up from my sleep." He placed the game on the floor and then laid his head back down on the mat and went out like a light. Sango just smiled at the fox demon. "He's got the right idea," she said as she got up from her seated position. "Have sweet dreams my dearest Sango," said Miroku as he leaned his back against the wall of the hut. She walked over to where he was and sat down, resting her head on his shoulder. "I intend to," she said with a smile as she closed her eyes. Miroku smiled as well. He placed a hand around her waist making sure not to ruin their nice moment.

XxXxXxXxXxXxX Back with Kagome XxXxXxXxXxXxX

"Let go of me Hojo!" yelled Kagome. She was having a hard time getting away because of their location. If she tried to pull backwards then she might hit herself on the steps behind her and if she pushed forward then they would both go tumbling down the stairs. "What happened to you? You were never like this before! What made you change?" asked Kagome, now crying because of the frustration that came with trying to escape. Hojo gave a devilish cackle. "You brought this change upon me Kagome. Last year when you decided to go out with me, I was so happy. Finally I had you to myself, finally I had I chance to make you feel the same way I feel about you, but then that guy came along and took you away. You happily went along with him! It was then that I decided that if I didn't toughen up I would never have a shot at having you," said Hojo. He pulled Kagome in closer to him, one hand still securely on her shoulder and the other behind her neck, trying to bring her in for a kiss. He was about an inch away from her face when Kagome yelled, "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!" As she yelled she pushed Hojo away from her. He struggled to keep his balance on the edge of the step before falling backwards, tumbling down the stairs like a slinky in those fake commercials. Kagome stumbled a bit too. She fell backwards; she caught herself as she hit her cheek on the edge of one of the stairs.

"Kagome!" yelled a familiar voice behind.

She whipped her head around hoping to find a certain half demon, but to her dismay she found her younger brother, Sota, with a completely shocked look upon his face. Apparently he had seen Kagome have her struggle with Hojo. He rushed over to her and threw himself into her chest, tightening his grip around her waist as he hugged his older sister. "Kagome are you alright? Why are you here? You're supposed to be in the hospital! Did Hojo hurt you? Talk to me Kagome!" Kagome just placed her hand on Sota's head and stoked his dark hair. She sighed heavily and kissed her brother's head. He looked up with tears in his eyes, forcing a small smile. "I'm fine. Worry more about Hojo; he took a pretty nasty fall. Go inside and call an ambulance," said Kagome in a stern voice. Sota nodded his head and started back for the house with no hurry and without defying or questioning his orders. Before he even made it to the door, he looked back at his sister. She was standing in front of the sacred tree, looking up at it with blank eyes. "He went done the well awhile ago. You might be able to catch up to him if you go now. Just be careful," said Sota from a far. Without turning to face him, Kagome nodded and ran to the well house.

She opened the door and was immediately engulfed in darkness. She was care walking down the steps and once she was on the floor she started feeling around for the well. Once she found it, without any hesitation, she jumped into it. A warm blue light surrounded her. Once the light faded she knew she was in the Feudal Era. She climbed the rope ladder to the top. She slowly climbed over the edge and found herself out of breath. 'Inuyasha better be close by…. I don't know how much longer I can last out here' Kagome started toward the village, making a trip to the sacred tree first. When she arrived at the tree her legs gave out on her. She found herself lying on the cold hard ground. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She began to cry. Her tears burned as they rolled down her face. She tried to get up on her feet but only managed to raise herself up to her knees. Her legs didn't want to cooperate with her, no matter how hard she forced them. She just stayed there. Everything was failing her. She couldn't walk, she could breathe, and she couldn't find Inuyasha. She reached into her pocket and found the small velvet box. She held it in her hands. A cold breeze sweat over her and she began to cry harder. She opened the small box and saw the ring. It sparkled in the little light around her as she removed it from the box and slipped it onto her left hand index finger (A/N: I don't think that's the right finger but OH WELL! DEAL WITH IT!). She held out her hand and examined it closely, then quickly pulled both her hands into her chest. "Oh Inuyasha if you only knew how much I…hic… how much I… oh Inuyasha!" cried Kagome.

"How much you what?" asked a familiar voice.

Kagome stopped crying. She stopped breathing. All she could do was look up and see Inuyasha. His violet eyes gleaming. As if happy and angry at the same time.

"Well answer the question," snarled Inuyasha.

"H-how much I-I-I ….what I mean to say is…I…," Kagome trailed of after that. She stared at the grass after that.

"Well if you aren't going to answer that question then answer this one: why are you here and wearing my robes?"

"These were the only spear cloths that my mom found and I wanted to get out of there so quickly to find you that I…" she was cut off.

"Why did you want to find me?"

"I wanted to ask why you left me at the hospital?"

"Well I was fucking mad and you seemed to be pretty happy with Hobo."

"You mad because of this right?" asked Kagome holding up the folded diary page. She opened it and read it aloud. (the moment you've all been waiting for )

"There's no date on this entry. I don't need one. I'm always going to remember last night. Hojo and I went out. I did it to make Inuyasha mad and it seemed to work. Half way through the night he can up to Hojo and forced him to let me leave with him. Hojo made no real protest to it. I paid no real attention to what Inuyasha was yelling at me on the walk back to my apartment. Once we made it my apartment I unlocked the door, threw my purse on the coffee table, and plopped down on the couch. Inuyasha sat down to me next to me and continued to rant. I only looked dead ahead of me until I heard him whisper something under his breath. Probably talking to himself or something.

Neither of us said anything for a while. He was the one to break the silence.

"Kagome…do you want to be with me…truly"

"Of course I do! But at times you seem so focused on other things that it seems you don't care about me"

"THAT'S NOT TRUE"

"It seems that was from time to time"

"But it's not true!"

"Then prove it Inuyasha!"

Next thing I knew Inuyasha had pinned me to the couch. My hands above my head. He kissed me. Once his lips were against mine he let go of my hands. I pulled on his collar and deepened the kiss. I guess he didn't want to be one-upped or something because the next thing I knew we were in my bedroom, under the sheets. I know this isn't a good thin because I swore to myself that I would stay a virgin until I married, but it felt right to me. And I'm glad this happened with the guy I love."

"Yea that's it," answered Inuyasha.

"Why are you so mad at what happened that night. I was a good thing…or do you not think so?" asked Kagome. She was still staring at the floor on her knees.

"That's not it!"

"Then what is it!" yelled Kagome. She made total eye contact with Inuyasha when she yelled this, her eyes steaming with tears.

"Do you remember what we said the next morning?"

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Inuyasha woke up to bright foggy light streaming through the window of the bedroom. The looked over at the alarm clock. It was 6:13 am. (A/N: in the past years Inuyasha and Kagome have been together, Inuyasha has learned a lot of stuff and their functions in the Modern Era) He brought himself with the help of his elbows and exposed his bare chest to the cold air. He then looked over at Kagome. She had most of the sheets wrapped around her body. She was turned toward the edge of the bed. Inuyasha started to pull on the sheets. Kagome was barely awake when he was doing this. "Inuyasha, what are you doing? It's cold." Inuyasha just pulled harder on the sheets. He kept at it until Kagome turned toward his and said, "It's cold! Why are you pulling the sheets away from me?" Inuyasha just smiled. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his chest. "Still cold?" he asked. She just shook her head and blushed crimson. The sheets cover Inuyasha up to his waist and Kagome up to her neck.

"Tell me something Kagome?" asked Inuyasha.

"Like what"

"Whatever you want. Something happy or a worry. A wish or…"

"A wish?"

"Yea. What do you wish for Kagome?"

"To have everyone around me to be happy"

"That's a really selfless wish."

"What's your wish?"

"Um….dunno. My wish is to have you with me like this forever."

"Not forever."

"What? Why not?"

"Because people might think it's a little weird if we're both naked all the time"

"You know what I mean!"

Kagome nuzzled her head into his chest and said, "Yea I know. And that's a wish we can work on together." Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in closer. "I know we make it come true…if we stay with each other."

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"Oh Inuyasha." said Kagome. Tears still running down her face.

"And that's only part of it! But I don't need to explain myself to you. You should go back home! Seal that damned well and live your life with that bastard," he said as he walked away. Kagome froze. She couldn't do anything to stop him. Her legs refused to work. Her vision began to blur. 'Inuyasha…..no….you can't leave me…..Inuyasha…..'

"I LOVE YOU!" yelled Kagome. Inuyasha whirled around saw Kagome struggling to stand. She was up on her feet but they kept shaking. "What did you say?" asked Inuyasha, unsure of what he just heard. Kagome leaned over on the tree, her breathing heavy and her head beaded with sweat. "I said that I'm in love with you Inuyasha." with that her legs gave way. Inuyasha ran up and caught her before she fell. She pulled herself up and leaned against his chest. "But…I thought you and Hojo….," mumbled Inuyasha. Kagome clutched his shirt and looked up at his perfect violet eyes. "No. Hojo was lying to you. I never loved him," she seemed to be loosening her grip, "I only…love…you…" her voice faded. She had passed out from overexertion. Inuyasha smiled at the woman in his arms. Her face seemed at peace and her breathing was normal again. He cradled her bridal style and walk back to well.

"Mmmm…. where am I?" asked Kagome opening her eyes from her long sleep. She looked around her. She was in the hospital again. It was a different room though. Her last room was tiny and had no windows. This one was a bit bigger, about the size of a normal bedroom. And it had a huge window to the left of her. She could see the streets and buildings and beyond that she could see a hint of the family temple. She smiled. Then she looked around the room. There were two chairs a side table and something that looked like a coffee table but taller. On that table was a vase with bright yellow daises and what looked like a card. She tried to rub her eyes but as soon as she touched her face a cold sting followed she looked at her hands and saw the engagement ring still there. She blushed as she looked at it. She at her hand to her side and felt velvet. She looked at what she was touching and saw two white ears. Inuyasha was fast asleep next to Kagome. A chair pulled up to the side of her bed and his head resting on the edge of the bed. Kagome took this opportunity to scratch behind his ears. He weakness. She scratched his ears and giggled at him as he twitched.

"What the hell is your fuckin…oh…. Kagome. Your awake?" said Inuyasha as he grabbed her wrist not knowing who was teasing him. She only giggled and nodded. "Did you bring me back?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha sat back in the chair and sighed. "Yea. You passed out in the Feudal Era. And you had a fever so I brought you back here," said Inuyasha. Kagome leaned over and kissed his check. Inuyasha blushed slightly. "Thank you."

All was quiet for about five minutes. They were enjoying each other's company for the time being. "Did you get me those flowers Inuyasha?" asked Kagome pointing at the vase across the room. Inuyasha got up and walked over to where they were. He picked them up along with the card and brought them to Kagome before taking a seat on the edge of her bed. "No. I didn't get you these. That Hojo guy brought them by. He had a really bad wounds on his arms and left leg. He also had bandages around his head," said Inuyasha. Kagome stared at the flowers for a while. "What does the card say?" asked Inuyasha. Kagome opened the envelope and took out the card. It had a white puppy on it that looked like Inuyasha, Kagome smiled at that. When she opened it only had one line of writing. And Kagome knew he really meant it.

I'm sorry…

Kagome closed the card and sighed. Then she leaned against Inuyasha's arm. He looked at her with a questioning look, but he let it leave him. "I'm glad to have you by my side," said Kagome without looking up at him. "Me too, Kagome" said Inuyasha, kissing the top of her head.

"Hey Kagome," said Inuyasha.

"What is it Inuyasha?"

"What you said in the forest…"

"I meant every word."

"And the ring…"

"What about it?"

"Your mom said that it was meant as a marriage proposal."

"That's right"

"So then….what's your answer?"

WOOTNESS!! another chapter down! Hope yall liked it

and if yall don't know what Kagomes answer is then your stupid! j/k

There's gonna be two more chapters and an epiloge...i hope

Hope you guys keep reading!I'm gonna statr a new one soon, hope yall read it when i post it!

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