Meowsa-of-DOOM: hey all….Im sooooooo sorry I didn't update for like….a month! Ya…well, school started, and Ive actually been trying this year, so its harder to actually fit in time to update, so this was really late….but I will NOT let this happen again. If the time comes to over 2 weeks and I haven't updated, I will give it to a friend and tell them to type it up and update for me, for I am too irresponsible. T.T anyway…that's enough apologizing and crap…Im not good at it. On to the disclaimer.

Kagome: Sure! I couldn't be happier…this chapter is really long! yayz! Lol. Well, meowsa-of-DOOM doesn't own InuYasha….I do!mwahahaha!

InuYasha:O.O wow…I chose a pretty evil gal, didn't I?

Meowsa-of-DOOM: yes…yes, you did. Evil….oh so evil…you should leave her and come to me!

Kagome: What are you two talking about?! : (

InuYasha:eeps! Nothing…honey.

Meowsa-of-DOOM:talking about our evening plans together later on. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?! –cracks knuckles-

Kagome and InuYasha: eeps…. Evil writer…evil writer…

Meowsa-ofDOOM:good…now onto the story!

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Chapter 11

"Where's InuYasha?" Kagome asked after everyone had stopped talking. Everyone paused remembering that InuYasha had informed them of their relationship.

"Uh…I think he's outside somewhere." Sango said hesitantly.

"Well, of course he is. He certainly isn't in here, now is he?" Kagome said, giggling and getting up. "I'm going to go find him."

"Are you well enough to move?" Miroku asked and getting a simple nod a 'yep' before Kagome left the hut. Kagome looked around, and seeing no one, finally let her face drop from its smile. She had been smiling since she woke up, yet she didn't feel happy at all. She was more confused than anything, and she needed desperately to talk with InuYasha to sort out her confusion and worry.

She found him quickly, sleeping in a tree. She walked as quietly as she could up to the tree and climbed onto the first branch and made her way up to the branch across from him. Kagome watched him, his face looking so peaceful. Slowly, his eyes opened to see Kagome's big brown eyes staring into his. He jumped in alarm, and in doing so, fell out of the tree and hitting the ground hard on his butt. "Ow." He murmured, rubbing his sore ass.

"oh, sorry InuYasha. You okay?" Kagome called down to him.

"I'm fine. What the hell are you doing creeping up on me like that?" he asked, jumping back up to his spot in the tree.

"I…I wanted to ask you something." She answered, stuttering for a reason she didn't know.

"Okay; what is it?" his attention was now caught and he was curious.

"Um…when I had lost my memory, why didn't you ever remind me that we were together? At sometimes it seemed like you were going to tell me, but you didn't… InuYasha, do you not love me anymore?" she looked up from her lap and looked in his eyes, a tear falling down from her eye.

InuYasha stared wide eyed, not believing what he heard. "She remembers when she lost her memory?" he thought to himself. Finally, he spoke, "Kagome, I didn't think… I… Kagome, I'll always love you." He stammered, unsure of what to say. He pulled her into a tight hug. "I'll always love you, Kagome."

There was a slight hesitation, but finally he felt arms reach around him and hug him back. "Thank god. I'll always love you too." They stayed in each other's embrace and savoring the silence that they had.

Finally, they let go and walked back to the hut, where they were greeted by their friends. "So Kagome; are you going to tell us what happened after your odd disappearance?" Miroku asked, bringing up the question that had stood hauntingly in the room up until then.

"Oh…yes." Kagome said almost reluctantly, and then started telling them, "Well, the black man's possession over me brought me to Kikyo, but I fell unconscious immediately when I got there, so I don't know what happened then. After a minute or two, I woke to a terrible pain. Kikyo was trying to steal back my soul for herself and succeeded but I got it back and she and the black man were sent back to hell." She explained in a monotone voice, trying to make it sound uneventful, but not succeeding.

They all stared in astonishment, shocked my all that had happened. "Wow." Sango said quietly, unable to think of anything else to say.

"Damn, I wish I was there to see it! You pounded them into the ground!" InuYasha said excitedly, getting the looks of amusement from his friends, but he wasn't finished, "I mean, a wimp like you actually fighting?" he finished playfully.

"Well, a wimp like me can s- i- t you anytime I want to." Kagome answered, spelling out the command and sounding equally playful.

"So I guess you two really are together." Sango said happily.

"What?!" Kagome asked shocked.

"InuYasha informed us of your relationship when we were searching for you." Miroku said slyly.

"InuYasha! You were the one that was saying 'It's our business, why do we need to tell them?' and yet you're the one to tell them?!" Kagome said, turning to InuYasha.

"Sango said it would help find you!" InuYasha said protectively.

Kagome sighed, and then smiled. "Fine. Well, yes, we're together." Kagome said, finally answering Sango.

They all smiled but still held their wide shocked eyes. "So, are you going to have babies together?" Shippo asked, simply curious of what this conversation was meaning.

InuYasha and Kagome clapped their hands over their ears and Kagome screamed out, "Woah!" in surprise. Both of them sported bright red blushes across their face.

Sango and Miroku laughed heartily at their response to the question, but nor Kagome or InuYasha laughed, and Shippo sat confused. Finally, InuYasha and Kagome lowered their hands from their ears and sat embarrassed.

"So is that a yes or no?" Shippo asked confused. Immediately, both of their hands flew up to their ears again.

Sango and Miroku laughed again. "That's a 'maybe' but not right now." Sango said to Shippo. He seemed to understand the explanation and they all dropped the subject of children.

"Well, I have a question of my own." Miroku said.

InuYasha glared at him. "Better not be anything perverted."

"Of course not." Miroku said smiling. "I simply wanted to know if lady Kagome's living arrangements will be different."

"What do you mean by that?" Kagome asked.

"Well, will you be settling down in our time, or remain belonging to both worlds." Miroku asked again.

Kagome's face dropped. "I-I haven't decided." She replied in a sad tone.

InuYasha looked over at her protectively, but seeing she didn't want to talk about it at the moment, he let the subject drop.

After a little more talking, Kagome got up and left the hut, followed by InuYasha a moment later. He followed Kagome into the forest for a while until she stopped infront of a huge tree; Goshinboku.

"This is where it all started." She murmured, reaching up and stroking the bark where InuYasha had been bound for 50 years. "now time for some serious thinking." She said aloud and settled herself down, ready to think.

"Thinking topic number one; how am I going to live between worlds?" she thought to herself, then tried to think of every possible thing she could do in the situation, but never finding an idea she agreed with, she moved onto the next thinking topic. "Thinking topic number two; what was with the baby notions?! What did InuYasha really think about Shippo's question?"

InuYasha watched Kagome for another few minutes, watching her face screw up in frustration and when she would giggle at a particularly odd thought. He couldn't take it anymore, so he snuck up from behind her and hugged her from behind, earning a small squeak of surprise from her.

She looked up into InuYasha's amber eyes. "What'cha thinking about?" he asked.

"Nothing." She replied.

He noticed her reluctance and decided to drop it. Instead, he hugged her tighter and nuzzled his face into her hair, muttering, "M'kay.", before inhaling her deep intoxicating sweet scent. She tilted her head back, savoring the small kisses InuYasha was placing along her cheek and neck.

"InuYasha…" Kagome murmured, "I've found an answer to something I've been thinking about."

"And what's that?" he asked in between kisses.

"I've decided… I'm going to live in this world and leave my own world." She said calmly, but he could detect a hint of sadness in her voice.

He stopped what he was doing and looked at her. "Kagome… you don't have to. You can live like you are now, in both times." He said, surprised by her decision, but deep down celebrating her choice.

"No, I can't. I feel torn when I'm away from you." She reached over and held his hand. "Unless…you don't want me to live here with you." She finished, her eyes lowering in sadness.

"Kagome…" he paused to lift her hand and kiss it, "I couldn't be happier." He pulled her closer and kissed her passionately.

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Hey all! well, that was the chapter! See ya soon…next chapy!(oh ya…and I hope you enjoyed my chapter too! )