"Hey, Inuyasha."
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering..."
" You're always wondering. What is it this time?"
"Well, when all this is over..."
"... Yeah? What is it? Spit it out already!"
"... What will happen then?"
"... Whaddya mean?"
"Well... I don't know if I'll have any more reason to stay here. In this time."
"... So... You're gonna leave? Forever?"
"... I don't know."
"..."
"..."
"... Do you... Want to leave?"
"... I don't know."
"What!? How can you 'not know'?!"
"I... Don't know."
"Wench, is there anything you DO know?!"
"I love you."
"... What?"
"I love you. That's what I know. I love you, Inuyasha. And if you want me to, I will stay."
"Wench, do YOU want to stay!"
"I do if you want me to."
"That's not what I asked! What do YOU want?!"
"Why does that matter?"
"BECAUSE! ... Because..."
"... Inuyasha?..."
"... Kagome... I want you to have what YOU want. I... I want you to be happy, where you are. If its not here, then that's fine, we can live in your time if that would be better for you. The important thing is-"
"What? Wait, Inuyasha, what did you say?"
"What?! Wench, I'm talking! I thought they taught you manners in your time!"
"Can you just say that again? I must have heard you wrong... I thought you said 'we'..."
"I DID SAY 'WE'!"
"What?! Why?!"
"Why are you so shocked?!"
"Because... I thought... You..."
"I what?!"
"... Never mind..."
"No, now I wanna know!"
"It's not important!"
"Just say it!"
"No!"
"WHY NOT?!"
"IT'S KIKYO!"
"... What? What about her? What does this even have to do with her?!"
"I thought you... Wanted to be with her. When this was over."
"With Kikyo?! Kagome, I dunno if you've noticed, but Kikyo is dead."
"I KNOW THAT!"
"THEN WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?!"
"YOU LOVE HER!"
"... I care for her."
"... What's that supposed to mean?!"
"It means I care about her! I care about what happens to her. I don't want her to hurt. I want to protect her."
"Inuyasha, that means that you love her."
"But it's different!"
"What is?!"
"How I feel! Listen, with Kikyo, I feel terrible! I feel like a failure! I'm sad, and regretful! I let her down! I'll probably never get over that fact! She's dead, and if I had just paid a shred of attention, had a TINY BIT of faith in her, that might not have happened! It's shit! And I'm reminded of that on a near DAILY BASIS. And no, before you start getting into that, it's NOT BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE HER, don't be stupid! It's because of all this shit with fucking Naraku! How the fuck am I supposed to forget when we're tracking down her fucking murderer?! Not only that, but when I actually SEE HER FACE, it's ten times worse! It feels like I'm being ground into the dirt when I'm with her, or at least I should be!"
"Inu-"
"But Kagome, when I'm with you, I don't feel that way! Kagome, when I'm with you, I'm HAPPY. When I'm with you, I'm good, I'm capable of so much more! Kagome, all I have to do is LOOK AT YOU. I look at you, Kagome, I LOOK AT YOU, and I'm... I'm home!"
"... Inuyasha?..."
"... I care about Kikyo. She was the first one to treat me like I was somebody, after a long time of everyone snubbing me as if I was less than nobody. Maybe, back then, I loved her. Maybe. I think of it now, after knowing you, and I kinda doubt it, because it was different from this, from us. I wasn't really happy. Relieved, maybe. Disbelieving."
"You could have. If there had been no Naraku, I think you would have loved her."
"Maybe. But, that doesn't really matter now."
"..."
"..."
"So... If she asks you to go to Hell with her after all..."
"I'll say no. Once Naraku is killed, I'll have avenged her. She'll have to be happy with that. Besides, i don't think she'll ask anyway; she's not like that anymore."
"..."
"..."
"... Maybe I will stay. Eventually. I'd like to finish my education first, though."
"You mean fighting those weak 'entrance exam' demons? Would that make you happy?"
"Not exactly, but it would make Mama happy. I'd like that."
"... So... You'll stay with me, after all?"
"Of course. I promised, didn't I?"
"... Did you?"
"Haha, never mind."
"Tell me!"
"No, it's nothing."
"God, you're annoying sometimes."
"I know."
"...! W-what was that for?!"
"That was your welcome home kiss."
"...oh..."
"Was it... Bad?..."
"... Can I have another?"
"Haha. Always."