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Chapter 7- Aftermath

Back in the feudal era

Everyone was sitting around back at keade's hut. InuYasha and kagome sitting side by side and miroku and sango sitting across from them.

"Kagome come with for a bit" he said getting up knowing she would follow.

"Ummmm...okay?" Said kagome getting up as well, following him into the forest. Once out of miroku and Sango's sight InuYasha picked Kagome up bridal style.

"InuYasha, me going for a walk with you would require me walking with you" she giggled.

"Why? What's wrong with this?"

"Nothing. It's just I thought you wanted to go for a walk."

" who cares kagome? I'm gonna carry you anyway because right now I'm too lazy to put you down." he smirked. ( that's my main excuse for not doing something even if it's something like that. Man im lazy...) Causing kagome to giggle again. After a long while they wound up at the sacred tree. He set her down an one of the roots and he sat himself beside her clutching her hand in his.

"InuYasha...what are you doing... whats going on?" she asked. He ignored her and went on to say something.

"Kagome... I love you more then anything. You know that. And now with the jewel complete you have to go."

'Oh no, InuYasha don't do this! You'll only make it so much harder on me to leave.' she thought'

"So kagome I wanted to ask you," his eyes showed that he was nervus, "will...you be...my..my ummm.my.."

"Your..." pushed kagome confused.

"My...mate" he said slowly and crimson faced.

Kagome went wide-eyed for a moment. She was expecting him to tell her that she had no choice but to go back and that this was a goodbye. Her eyes became wet with tears of joy and within seconds they were rolling down her cheeks. She lunged straight into his arms.

"Yes" she whispered.

"You will?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes" she said again and instantly heard InuYasha huff a huge sigh of relief. He sat her up and spoke agin.

"Then there is something I need to do."

"Like what?" she asked confused. Then her eyes went wide when she thought of someone. Kikyo.

" let me guess this has something to do with kikyo?"

"Why do you keep bringing kikyo up?! I love YOU not HER! Don't you get that yet!"

"I'm sorry InuYasha, I should have trusted you more" she said looking at the ground. InuYasha cupped her chin in hi hand and spoke comforting words to her, "it's okay kagome. I understand why your worried. I used to hurt you so much when I went off to see kikyo."

"Umm... what is it that you need to do then?"she asked. He moved her hair to one side of her head. He could tell she was throughly confused.

"Err kagome can you tilt your head a bit?"

"Yeah" she said following his instructions.

"Kagome this will hurt. If it hurts to much just say so okay?"

"Umm. Okay?" she said before.

With that, InuYasha sank his fangs into her neck. Her eyes widened when she felt the sting of his fangs in her neck. She gripped him tighter and gave a whimper of pain but that was all there was time for because it was over quickly.

"I'm sorry it hurt you kagome" he siad while licking the blood off the wound. As soon as she felt his tongue on her skin she relaxed. It took the pain out of the bite instantly. Kagome didnt know what to say so she said the first thing that came to mind.

"It's alright."

later that day

The InuYasha group decided to revisit some places and villages, when InuYasha relized something.

"Hey Sango, where's Miroku.?"

"Why are you asking me" she shrugged innocently. But in the back of her mind she thought,

'I wonder is he's woken up yet...'

Author's note: well thats done. I have a new story in the works right now. It's called barriers. It'

s my first modernized one. Keep an eye out for it. And I'd like to take a moment to thank all my reveiwers. THANK YOU!!!!! lol