-Begin.
The silence streached out only a moment longer. "Hello Inuyasha! I'm glad your back!" Kagome smiled and walked toward Inuyasha. He had stopped moving, and seemed to have something on his mind. Kagome stood in front of Inuyasha, waiting for him to reply. "Hi..." He said plainly. Kagome started feeling nervous. Inuyasha turned his head away, not knowing how to presue the wanted conversation. He though he had planned this all out, but thinking something is far easier than doing to. Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but before anything came out, Inuyasha abruptly cut her off with a curt, "Kagome. I need to talk to you about something important,"
Kagome nodded, waiting for him to continue, he looked rather troubled, it most definatly was important, and apparently very hard to say to her. Then something, a single, dreaded, nearky forgotten prospect came to Kagome's mind.
Kikyo.
This was about Kikyo! Inuyasha had gone to go see her! And now he was doing what he always used to do right after seeing her. Avoid eye contact, act shy, and make up an excuse, the same profile a usua-, wait, the last one had changed. Inuyasha hadnt tried to say something that would make himself feel less guilty, he had said he had to talk about 'something important' with her. Kagome thought about this a moment.
Her heart frozed over, she went rigid, Inuyasha was going to leave with Kikyo. It was the only thing that could be going on. And on her birthday! The anniversary of their meeting, he was going to leave her! Tears welled up in Kagome's eyes. She to a breath, "I'm leaving." she said abruptly, and ran towards the well.
Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, he could smell the salty tears, "Kagome!" He called out to her, but she kept running. Why was she running? What did he do? "Kagome!" He called again, and ran after her. "Kagome! Why are you running away?" Kagome once again ignored him. Juest because he calls out to her, doesnt mean she has to listen, she knows what he is going to say and would rather beat him to the punch.
"Kagome! Please wait! Why are you running? What did I do?" Inuyasha kept it up behind her. But alas, this method was obviously not working. He sped up significantly, quickly passing Kagome. Stopping infront of her, he grabbed her arms and held them by her side, "Kagome! Tell me why your running!"
Kagome fought back for a moment before giving up. She stared frustrated and sad at the ground that lie between the two. "Kagome, can you please tell me whats wrong?" Inuyasha asked, this time, gently. Kagome took a deep breath, "Because your going to leave me." Inuyasha inhaled sharply, completely caught of guard, "What? No I'm not! I would never leave you! I love you!"
The words slipped out without his consent. He hoped Kagome would be to frustrated to have noticed. He was dead wrong. Kagome looked up at him, her eyes wide and her mouth agape in awe, "You...Love me?"
Inuyasha flushed, nodding slowly and shyly, he replied, "Yeah. I do."
There was a pause. Kagome couldnt fathem a reply, she couldnt even move. At this point, the concept of breathing seemed nearly impossible. She raked her mind for something, and them, she said, so quietly it was almost a whisper, "I, love you too." But Inuyasha's keen ears caught it. Then a smile spread across his face, a smile like no other Kagome or anyone had ever seen before. He pulled Kagome into his arms, "Thank the gods!" Kagome smiled as well rapping her arms around the hanyou. She looked up at Inuyasha, and saw the he was smiling down at her.
She slowly pushed herself up to her tip-toes as he brought himself down to meet their lips. The kiss was chaste and sweet. They both pulled back, and both smiling.
"Now what?" Kagome asks.
"What do you mean?"
"Where do we go from here? What about everyone?"
"Well, Sango, Shippo, and Miroku have been pushing for this for a long time now. Keade wouldnt mind. My brother is fine with it. Who the hell cares about Koga? And no one else really matters?"
"What about... Kikyo?" Kagome's voice became serious.
Inuyasha smiled reasurredly, "I owe Kikyo a lot. I am going to kill Naraku, and complete the shikon no tama. Once I do that, I'll have no more debt. Then she will simply pass on to the afterworld. Its fine Kagome,"
"Really?" Inuyasha smiled, "So, we are a couple?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Kagome smiled and hugged her new boyfriend, "I love you Kagome."
"I love you too."
"Kagome-chan! Inu-chan! Hurray!" Koori came bouncing up and down happily, "Your prince and princess now!" Kagome blushed as the little hanyou came over to her and Inuyasha. Thats definatly a good way to ruin a mood.
-TBC.
We are nearing the end. It'll probably be sort of a crappy ending, but I'll try my hardest to make it good.
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