Disclaimer: If you don't know, I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters

Well if you didn't read the earlier opening comments, I re-wrote the end of the last chapter and you should go read it so this chapter makes sense!!! Love you guys, just want you to know!!!

Fire

Kagome's head fell back as the warmth, so pleasant and comforting before, grew hot and unbearable.

"Ah! Inuyasha! What's happening!?" she cluched her chest.

"It will be over soon." he promised gathering her in his arms.

Within a second, he transported them from the streets of her village to his room on Mt. Shikon. He carefully listed her in his arms and lay her on the bed.

"What's happening!?" She said curling into a ball.

"I'm sorry love." He whispered stroking her hair. "It only lasts a few hours."

He flinched as she whimpered in pain.

*Flashback*

"Once you kiss her," Inutaisho said, "It will send a fire through her blood. It will only last a few hours but it will be painful to turn her mortal body to that of a god's."

Inuyasha was quite for a second. "I'll..have to hurt her?"

Inutaisho nodded. "It will be hard for you, I know, I've been there. But once the process is complete she will be yours forever."

Forever sounded good to Inuyasha.

*Normal*

He sat next to her and stroked her hair and whispered endearments to her. Every so often she would flinch or whimper or gasp and once she even cried out from the pain.

Each time, Inuyasha flinched from the pain of knowing what he was doing to her and from his helplessness. If he could, he would have taken the pain for himself.

An hour passed and Kagome's whimpers started coming less and less but Inuyasha knew they were only half way to the end.

That's when the doors flew open and his mother stormed in withher fury eched painfully into her face.

Inuyasha was hurt to see the tears in her eyes that had yet to fall.

:Inuyasha, how could you do this!" Izayoi pointed to the bed where Kagome lay in Inuyasha's lap.

With her teeth mashed together to keep from crying out again, Kagome opened her eyes and gazed at a face she had only ever seen in statues or painted on vases from large cities.

The Goddess of Love was so mad her face was red and her fists were shaking.

"I'm not a child, mother." Inuyasha said closing his hands on Kagome's arms protectively. "You can't tell me what I can and cannot do."

"Inuyasha, she is a mortal! She can only bring you pain!" Izayoi said the tears finally falling but she took no notice of them.

"Mother, if you don't believe her love for me is real, then look!" Inuyasha cried feeling like he was bashing his head against a stone wall. "You are love mother! Tell me her feelings for me aren't real and we can throw her back to earth and trap her there forever. Just look, mother!"

"I will not!" she said her face crunching up in pain. "I know her kind. She will only bring you misery!"

With that dark omen, she turned and ran out.

"What..." Kagome mumbled through her pain. "did I..."

"No!" Inuyasha said turning to her. "You didn't do anything. You are perfectly fine."

He stroked her hair again and kissed her forehead.

They waited in silence for another hour or so and Inuyasha stayed with her the entire time, hugging her close trying to steady her shaking frame.

Finally, after far too long it seemed to Kagome, the pain started to recede. Degree by degree it faded. Kagome was able to open her eyes without wanted to slam them shut from the pain. Then as the pain started fading more and more her jaw stopped being so tense and it was able to relax. Her fists uncurled and breathing no longer burned her throat.

As the last of the fire receded her body stopped shaking and the muscles she had kept tense the entire time slowly relaxed until she was just laying in Inuyasha's lap with her head on his shoulder.

When she had been still for a few minutes Inuyasha looked down and smiled saddly. "Are you okay now?"

She nodded and sighed. "That was...awful."

He chuckled. "I'm sorry." He kissed her forehead then lifted her hand and kissed her palm where it was red from her finger nails biting into the flesh. Then he kissed each cheek which were sore from holding her jaw so tight, then he kissed her lips.

This time only the warmth entered her body.

Happy, even if the dull echoes of pain still flowed through her, she reached up and wrapped her arms around him.

Breathing heavily, Inuyasha released her lips and kissed down her jaw and onto her neck. "You don't know how long I've wanted to do this." he said leaning her back to get better access to the sweet flesh that had been so long denied to him.

"Yash." Kagome said his name out of habit.

He smirked. "You can call me Inuyasha, baby. he nuzzled her collarbone. "Especially when we're like this."

Kagome blushed and Inuyasha chuckled.

The door opened again and the couple looked and saw Inutaisho walking in.

"Busy already?" he said happily not disturbed in the least at seeing his son in the arms of a woman.

"Yeah. Go away." Inuyasha said biting Kagome's earlobe.

Inutaisho shook his head. "Did you even explain what happened to her?"

"We were getting to it." Inuyasha said running his hand down her body.

"Inuyasha." Kagome gasped. "You're father..."

"Has done this kind of thing plenty of times." Inuyasha finished leaning back and looking her in the face. "It's not a big surprise for him."

"But...."

He sighed but got up. "Alright. Let's talk then. Dad this is Kagome, Kagome this is Inutaisho."

"Good to meet you, sir." Kagome said bowing her head respectively.

"Hello dear." he said nodding back.

"Great, we've all been introduced. Are we done?" Inuyasha asked playing with Kagome's hair.

"Why don't we tell her what happened to her first." Inutaisho said walking forward and sitting next to Kagome on the bed making Inuyasha grumble.

"Well Kagome." Inutaisho said ignoring his son. "Aren't you curious as to what happened? Why your body 'caught on fire', so to speak?"

"I am curious." Kagome admitted as Inuyasha lay his chin on her shoulder and held her from behind.

"There is no other way but direct to say this." Inutaisho said. "Kagome, you are now a goddess."

"A...a what?" Kagome repeated like he was making a joke.

"When gods kiss a mortal," Inutaisho explained, "they can grant upon them, godhood. It can only happen once and it has only happened twice to my knowledge. Kagome, Inuyasha has granted you your godhood."

"Godhood..." Kagome repeated her mind numb.

"Yes." Inutaisho nodded once. "I'm not sure exactly what you are goddess of yet but we will find out eventually."

"Wow..." Kagome said leaning back into Inuyasha.

"My goddess." he whispered in her ear his voice filled with happiness.

"That means," Kagome turned her head to look at him, "I can stay with you...forever?"

He nodded happily and pulled her closer to him

"Really?" Kagome asked without any emotion in her voice.

"Yes." Inuyasha said smiling.

There was a second of quiet as what he said to her sank in.

Then she squealed and threw her arms around him. "Really? Honestly?"

"Yes!" Inuyasha promised kissing her neck again.

Inutaisho knew when he had been completely forgotten and decided to leave the room.

He closed the door just as Kagome tugged Inuyasha down onto the bed, her mouth busy on his.

Inutaisho cleared his throat and looked around the empty hallway with dignity heavy on his shoulder.

Then he squealed like a little girl. "I can't wait to have grand kids!" he jumped in the air and did a little jig in the hall.

When a servent turned the corner he nodded at Inutaisho who was, once again, tall and proud and very dignified.

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