Time

Summary:

Time, it connects all things. It is inescapable, inevitable and unrelenting. It is as incontestable as the very stars in the skies, sometimes time can be your greatest ally and others your gravest fears. Time brought together two unlikely people, but will it also tear them apart? An Inuyasha/Kagome fan fiction. Read and Review please xxxx

Disclaimer:

Kagome: Mandie has entrusted me with something important…

Inuyasha: Keh! What? Can't she say the stupid thing on her own?

Kagome: Can't you just hold your tongue Inuyasha? This is the kind of thing that gets you into the situation you were in last time.

Inuyasha: I aint scared of her!

Kagome: -sigh- Well don't say I never warned you…

Inuyasha: Mandie is just some useless girl, what can she do?

Mandie: -Slams book closed-

Kagome: Now you are in for it.

Inuyasha: Uuh…. O.O

Shippo: Oooh you are in for it now Inuyasha!

Inuyasha: Shut up runt! –Bashes the kit's head-

Mandie: Right that is it! You spend the next disclaimer locked in a room with your pal Jakotsu!

Kagome: I suppose now would be a good time to say that Mandie doesn't own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

Inuyasha: Oh shit…. O.o

Last Chapter

He smiled at her, though no arrogant remnants of his previous smile remained. Inuyasha's smile was gentle, endearing and caring. Kagome gulped a little, what was Inuyasha thinking? As if her questions were answered, Inuyasha then spoke.

"I think that it is time I tell you some things about me Kagome…"

Chapter four- The revelations of her enigmatic eyes

Higurashi shrine 00.30

Kagome looked into Inuyasha's misted eyes, searching for any sign of ridicule. She found none. With a small gulp, the miko nodded, signaling for them to sit down. Inuyasha followed Kagome to the roofs edge and sat beside her, legs dangling into the gentle feel of the cool air. The hanyou stared at the delicate priestess, her lustrous tresses wisped around the glowing porcelain skin on her face. The miko's eyes quavered slightly as they stared into his own eyes, searching for the answers they held. It was then he decided that he would tell her everything; she at least deserved to know how he felt. Kagome opened her mouth to speak but Inuyasha halted her.

"Promise me something Kagome…?" Inuyasha asked carefully.

"Anything." She replied sincerely.

"Promise me that you won't freak out or get mad." The hanyou said softly.

"O-Okay…" Kagome stammered, confused as to what she was about to be told. "I promise."

"Right- I uh… Gods, where to start?" He groaned, rubbing his forehead.

"Where it feels right Inuyasha." Kagome replied wisely.

"Shit, right…" Inuyasha stood up and started pacing. He hadn't imagined that it would be so damn hard.

Kagome stood up and walked over to the pacing half-demon, looking on as he seemed to fight an unspoken conflict within the depths of his mind. What could be so hard to say? Kagome's eyes narrowed in concern, whatever it was, she was not going to like it. She looked back up into the stars and closed her eyes; an unvoiced wish manifested itself in her clouded head as the stars sparkled knowingly at her. The young priestess then turned her glittering gaze upon her hanyou once more; he had stopped pacing and was now returning her gaze.

"You know, I see you wish on the stars every night. What do you want so badly?" Inuyasha asked curiously.

"I can't tell you that, my wish won't come true if I tell you." Kagome replied thoughtfully, she had never noticed that Inuyasha had been watching her.

"I always thought you had everything you ever needed, I mean, you have a family and lots of friends. You have everything."

"Who said the wish was for me?" She smiled, her eyes glittering in the moonlight.

Inuyasha smiled a little and took the miko's hand gently into his own. Kagome gasped at the sudden contact, her chocolate brown eyes trembling. It was strange; he never knew he had this effect on the faultless miko. He felt her tremble at his touch, her breathing was cut short and her glimmering eyes seemed to haze over. Could it be possible that the stunning priestess felt the same for him? 'No baka! She would never love you.' He scolded himself harshly.

Inuyasha focused his amber orbs onto the wavering brown before him. Kagome's eyes told so much about her. All the things he loved about the young woman were held in those diamond pools of mahogany. They seemed to be a contradiction, yet made perfect sense to the hanyou. Kagome's eyes portrayed her vulnerability but then also told of her deep inner strength. The sparkling abyss held within them radiated with her innocent naivety and then her wisdom all at the same time. When Inuyasha looked into her soulful brown eyes he found all his questions answered, but as he turned away, he felt more in the dark than before.

"Inuyasha…"

Her song bird voice echoed throughout the misted dream. Haunting, so close, yet too far.

"Inuyasha…"

He suddenly realized that he was once again gazing into the confused woman's eyes. What was it about Kagome's eyes that sent him into a waking slumber? A red blush took residence on his pale cheeks as he coughed embarrassedly. Kagome simply smiled her sweet smile and grasped onto his hand a little tighter. Inuyasha looked down at her hand and tried to suppress his laughter. This was a failed attempt however, soon he was laughing as hard as he could take. This bringing a hurt expression to Kagome's flawless face.

"What is so funny Inuyasha?" Kagome asked angrily, she was not going to be ridiculed.

"It is just really funny…" Inuyasha snorted through his hilarity.

"What is really funny? Inuyasha I am not amused at this." Kagome snapped defensively, how could he take her hand into his own and then laugh at her?

"No its not you I am laughing at baka!" Inuyasha grinned, oblivious to the death stare he was currently receiving from a very angry miko.

"Care to elaborate?" Replied Kagome icily.

"How is it that you scare the wits outta me?" Inuyasha smirked, "I mean you are just a girl."

"Is that so? You had better be going somewhere with this…" Kagome growled, offended by his flippant attitudes.

"Well think about it… I have fought some tough demons. Naraku for example… So why is it that I can't even tell you some simple things about myself?" Inuyasha asked, the humor swiftly evaporating from his voice.

"Inuyasha, don't you know you can tell me anything?" The miko sighed as she looked into Inuyasha's shining amber eyes.

"Yeah I know Kagome but it's not easy for me, I don't talk about how I feel…" He replied quietly, a hesitant look shrouded the hanyou's striking amber orbs.

"Well how about this, I tell you something that I have never told anyone and you tell me something you have kept hidden." Kagome smiled as she sat on the roof's edge once more.

Inuyasha stood for a moment, contemplating Kagome's offer. It seemed like a fair enough deal; maybe it would even make it easier to tell her all the things that had been bugging him. With a curt nod of his head, he sat down beside the priestess. Kagome's eyes widened for what seemed to be the one millionth time that night as Inuyasha pulled her into his chest as he lay back. Kagome sighed and held the hanyou's muscular torso protectively in her arms whilst he gently played with her shining ebony tresses.

The whole situation seemed to be the stuff of her dreams; she would never have thought that Inuyasha would be holding her, caressing her or even opening up to her. If the miko couldn't have felt the rise and fall of Inuyasha's chest, she would have passed it off as some wondrous dream. But it wasn't a dream, destiny, it seemed, had chosen her way and it led to a path full of worry and doubt. But through it all, she found her protector, a half demon that was as lost and alone as she was. If anything came out of her time traveling, it would be the peace of mind that came with making that stubborn hanyou happy again.

"Well, uuh… do you wanna go first?" Inuyasha asked quietly, nerves were starting to kick in once again.

"Yeah sure…" She smiled, looking up at his expectant face. "Well, I am really afraid of the dark." Kagome revealed timidly.

Inuyasha started to laugh, mainly due to the look on Kagome's face. She giggled and slapped his stomach playfully.

"Hey don't laugh at me!" She grinned. "Fine, tell me something."

"Keh! Baka…" Inuyasha smirked. "Why would you be afraid of the dark when you know I am there to protect you?"

"Inuyasha…" Kagome breathed.

"Right, well I -uh – Sango scares the shit outta me." He replied seriously.

This time it was Kagome's turn to laugh. Inuyasha simply grinned; he loved it when she laughed. The miko took a deep breath and looked back up at the hanyou.

"I love the little guy to bits, but sometimes Shippo drives me crazy." Kagome whispered, evidently ashamed of her lack of patience.

"I knew it!" Inuyasha grinned, "You are too young to be treated like a mother. I don't blame you."

"Really? You don't think that I am a horrible person?" Kagome asked bashfully.

"Kagome it is completely normal to get pissed off with someone, especially somebody who is constantly clinging to you." Answered the hanyou in a serious tone.

"I mean, it is not like I hate the little guy…"

"You don't have to explain. I will tell you something though; I hate it when Shippo treats you like a mother." Inuyasha mumbled, a red blush forming on his handsome features.

"You do? Why?" Kagome asked curiously, propping herself onto her elbow so to get a proper look at Inuyasha's face.

Inuyasha considered her for a couple of seconds before turning his gaze back upon the expectant young miko. The words 'Mind your own business wench!' had formed themselves on his tongue but he held back. Now was not a time for insults, it was his time for disclosure. As soon as he had cleared his mind of his usual evasive sarcasm, the real words seemed to form from the mist in his fogged mind.

"One of the reasons why I like you so much is because you are so free spirited. To treat you like a mother just now would be like trying to tie the winds down, it shouldn't be done." Replied Inuyasha quietly, a strange look misted the amber of his eyes as he looked down at the young woman who lay beside him. Every moment of her silence seemed to pierce at his ears as he waited on the sweet songbird voice to reply to his sincere revelation.

"Inuyasha, I – I didn't know you felt like that…" Kagome stammered, her whole body had frozen with shock. The Inuyasha she knew would never have divulged feelings like that in one million years, what had made him change so drastically?

"That's not the only thing either." Inuyasha said, frustrated, it seemed that a gate had opened that would not close until he had spilled all of its contents into the open.

"Its not?" Kagome asked in astonishment.

"Why is it that you entertain that mangy wolf? I mean that bastard kidnapped you, he put you in danger! Yet you are still so nice to him, you can see that it really pisses me off!" Inuyasha stormed, obviously still fuming from the last time Kouga had appeared.

"Well what do you want me to do Inuyasha? The guy loves me, I feel sorry for him." Kagome replied defensively, what had it got to do with Inuyasha anyway?

"Let me get rid of him! Stupid wolf thinks he can say that he loves you and he can whisk you away…" Inuyasha scowled, turning his eyes away from Kagome's irritated stare.

"Why are you angry about this Inuyasha?"

"Because I am jealous of that wimpy wolf, okay!" Growled the hanyou, obviously struggling not to say any more.

"There is no need to be." She smiled softly as she crawled up, bringing her face closer to Inuyasha's. He stared at her carefully before bringing his had to brush gently against the beautifully soft skin on her face. With this, he was met with another warm smile and then the miko's sweet voice. "How would you have felt if you had told Kikyou that you loved her, only to have been met with hostility?"

Inuyasha pondered this for a moment then turned his moonlit eyes back to the priestess's porcelain face. "So you don't want to hurt him?"

"I could never bring myself to." Kagome smiled and laid her head gently on his chest.

"You are far too soft baka…" Inuyasha sighed as he ran his clawed fingers through Kagome's silken locks.

Kagome closed her eyes and breathed in the chilled night air. The air in her world was stifled and dirty, nothing like the clean fresh air in the feudal era. Once again she found herself wondering why she even came back at all. Kagome felt like an outcast when she came home through the well, as if everyone had moved on without her. Even her own mother wondered why she came back; nothing was the way it used to be, before the days of demon fighting and fairytales. The only place she felt truly at home was the feudal era, by Inuyasha's side. It broke Kagome's heart each and every time she left her half demon behind, but the thing was whether or not she had a place left in the hanyou's heart. The chilling thought of Inuyasha being dragged to hell flashed in her minds eye.

"Inuyasha… I don't want you to go to hell." Kagome said in a barely audible whisper.

Inuyasha's eyes snapped open at the sound of the words carried lightly in the wind. Had he heard right?

"Kagome – what did you just say?" Inuyasha asked, feeling rather shocked at the young miko's declaration.

"I don't want you to go to hell; you don't deserve that Inuyasha…"

"Kagome…." Inuyasha breathed as he sat up, bringing the young woman into the same sitting position.

"I know that you love her but please Inuyasha – don't put yourself through more sorrow and pain." Kagome let the words spill in an irreversible revelation that could change everything between them. Tears slowly leaked from her eyes as the disturbing images of Kikyou lingered in the eye of her conscience.

"Kagome please don't cry." Inuyasha asked a little desperately, he hated the lump in his throat that was caused by the guilt for his miko's tears.

"I'm sorry; it is just that I don't want to see you suffer any more. I – I" She was cut off by Inuyasha's finger, which was gently placed against her velvet lips.

Kagome looked into the sparkling golden eyes that gazed at her. She started to feel the breaths in her chest cut short as Inuyasha wiped the shimmering tear drops from the soft silk of her face. Everything stood still. The only two people in the world sat on a rooftop gazing into the star filled eyes of their companion. Kagome leaned back as Inuyasha brought his face closer to her own. Her lips entranced him, they were softer than velvet. He found that he had an unquenchable thirst, a desire that could only be satisfied by the touch of those lips against his own.

Slowly, Inuyasha lowered Kagome down until he was leaning over her, his silver hair spilling over his shoulders. The couple's eyes were locked onto each others, each searching for the enigmatic truths held within their soulful depths. Inuyasha inched his mouth closer to the Kagome's slightly parted lips, in taking every bit of her intoxicating fragrance. They were inches apart, he could feel the static, and he could almost smell the candy of her lips. With an intake of breath he paused and raised his head, prompting a puzzled look upon Kagome's face. Inuyasha sniffed slightly-

"Kikyou…"

Authoresses note:

Right I am so sorry people! I really did mean to have this posted earlier but alot of stuff came up. It is up now anyway, Hurrah! Oh and guess what... I am nineteen today -pops party poppers- heh heh. Righto, anyways... I have to thank my lovely reviewing people! You are all so adorable!

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