i thought this was kinda important info... so i put it here -: well... maybe not all that importan... but i just thought some poeple may wonder as well, so ya

oh wow i never really thought she would be 'running away.' i thought
she would confront her mother and tell her that she had decided to go on
her own. i can c now this is getting intense. i just have a few things
i want u to clarify. seeing how this is an AU, how old are they in
this? 16? 17? an i have a feeling Sango is gonna show up soon, wat with
miroku having his doubts bout Kagome now. great chapter and pls update
soon! .

Kagome is 16 and InuYasha is 17. Kagome is in some of InuYasha's classes cuz shes smart enough to be in those classes. but not all of them. she's no good at English or Scince. hope that clears something up. sorry for not putting that in the story! --

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Move On

Chapter 19: An Obstacle

InuYasha opened the door to his house for Kagome to walk in first, but she didn't make a move to go in as he opened the door wide. He cleared his throat, she didn't take the hint.

"Ladies first," he said at last. She looked at him oddly then finally got it; she blushed at her lack of understanding.

"S-sorry," she stuttered. He watched as she went in first, her hands in front of her, clenched to one another and straining to keep from shaking. Her shoulders were hunched together, nervousness grabbing both shoulder blades and holding them close.

He walked up to her, closing the door quietly behind him. He reached a hand for hers and she jolted when they came into contact. She turned her head and smiled at him, he smiled back.

"My brother isn't here, so we don't have to sneak around."

"That's good," she said, her body language relaxing slightly at the announcement of that, but she still seemed tense.

"Are you rethinking about going off some place?" he pondered allowed. She looked at him half guiltily, but determined.

"I am, but I want to go live with you. I… I'm just… new to the experience being with someone other than my mother, that's all," she told him distractedly. She quickly looked him in the eye and took his hand. She placed a small and subtle kiss on his palm. He smiled and pulled her into the living room, sitting her down on the couch. He wanted to talk with her about this one last time. He didn't want her to be unhappy about their decision.

"You're not… afraid, right?" he asked, draping an arm over her shoulders.

"I'm terrified," she said honestly, her hands holding her pants stiffly and her head looking at their strain. "My mother's going to punish me when she gets me," she mumbled.

"If she-"

"No, when she. She knows what I'll do…" she jumped up and started pacing, one hand placed on her hip and the other in her hair, rummaging threw the wavy locks.

"God damn it, she's going to catch me! I can't believe this! I didn't think this through right! Oh my god! This is unbelievable… I… I did something so… so rashly!" she mumbled on, InuYasha watching with a confused face. She was having a typhoon of second thoughts. He jumped up and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Wait, wait, what are you saying? You want to back out?" he asked, searching her face for an answer. There was none in her stare; her eyes were too confused to say anything.

"No, I couldn't do that. I've already made a decision … but oh my god! She's going to do more then slap me when she finds me!" she panicked, holding his sides. "InuYasha, we… oh my god, I broke my loyalty! I… I can't even go back now, she'd… I don't even know what she would do!" he shook her a little to get her to stop talking.

"You talk a lot when you're panicking. Okay, um… we just need to think this through like we know what the hell is going on," he said, bringing her back to the couch and sitting her down in his lap. Her eyes started tearing miserably.

"InuYasha, my mother scares me so badly, what if she locks me up in a room or sends me away somewhere? I wouldn't be able to see you and I wouldn't have any freedom. I'd be a pathetic human stuck in a room off some place, left to become crazed by the site of white walls. God damn it…" she kept brushing the salty droplets that streamed down so forcefully.

"I won't let that happen. I wouldn't let her get a hold of you… Kagome… I won't let any of those things happen," he reassured her.

"That sounds so nice, but I know that can't be done. InuYasha… don't say such things. I don't know what I'd due if it were to actually happen. I would probably end up waiting for you… go insane waiting…"

"No you wouldn't, I'd come, I promise. Just believe me."

"The worst part of this is, I can't help but feel like I betrayed her…. oh god, why did I do this?" she muttered miserably. There was silence for a moment.

"Why did you do it?" InuYasha asked suddenly, starting to feel her lose faith in him. She didn't even flinch at the sad tone he held. She just stayed silent for a moment, then spoke. She looked at him directly, her eyes lighting up a little as she spoke.

"I know why I came, I came to be with you," she said, her voice filling with hope, "but I'm never going to see you again if I get caught," she looked away. She could imagine the look on her mothers face when she finally caught her. Her hand outstretched to her trembling body as her eyes set themselves deep into the back of her mind. Her eyes wide, her brows furrowed, her hand testing her skin as she finally gripped her by the arm. She could imagine the whole thing out. Her mother would be so furious. She couldn't help but think the worst when it came to her.

But she knew that everything she did had a consequence and she wanted to go off to be with her love, so that's what she was going to do. She was going to go off with InuYasha; it wouldn't be bad, he was a good guy. He was nice and charming to an extent, and that was fine by her. She could defiantly make it with him by her, but he at least had the right to know what he was getting into. She knew her mother wouldn't bat an eyelash before calling a lawyer to deal this out. "My mother will more than likely sue you, she will send me to America to study out the rest of my school, and I will never see you again," she said with a small chuckle.

"You have a twisted sense of humor, you know?" InuYasha stated in a somber tone as he went over what she had just said. She patted his head and flicked his ear.

"You shouldn't be so grave, I'm very realistic. I would rather hear the truth then listen to lies," she said, leaning her head against his. He reached his hand up to cup her cheek; he'd wanted to do it all day. She sat up and looked at him.

"Then you will come with me?" he asked, letting his thumb rub her cheek gently. She gave him a small smile.

"Yeah, I suppose if you want me to," she said sarcastically, giving his forehead a small peck.

"It's touching you got yourself a girl, but could you move yourselves off the couch, I would like to see the news," came a voice from the entrance to the living room. The two teens snapped their heads to the door to see a cold looking demon, his eyes steely bitter and amber watching them in icy distaste. His cheeks were painted in purple stripes and hair was straight and white.

InuYasha blushed, his brother had caught him being… fluffy with someone. It didn't matter whom it was with, it was just embarrassing to be caught in the act of romantic talk.

"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" he asked stubbornly. Kagome looked at the man, her eyes drifting off to his hands and then his eyes. She looked his features over carefully, her right hand twitching unconsciously into different positions. She wanted his hands to draw; a small smile was on her lips.

"As I have mentioned earlier, I want to watch the news," Sesshomaru stated coolly, noticing the girl eyeing him. He raised a silver brow at her. InuYasha opened his mouth to reply rudely, but his brother beat him to words.

"What are you looking at girl?" he asked coldly. She didn't move, she didn't flinch, she just continued to look him over.

InuYasha looked over at Kagome and saw her looking at him. He frowned his brow in annoyance and snapped his fingers in front of her eyes.

"What are you doing?" InuYasha asked harshly. She looked at him confused, the man in the doorway looking at them closely, as his curiosity was hungry for the answer.

"What do you mean, what am I doing?" she asked innocently. One minute he was comforting her and the next he was interrogating her. He was moodier than a pregnant woman… Jeez!

"I mean, why are you looking at the bastard over there?" he snapped as he pointed his thumb at Sesshomaru. He placed his face in front of her, barricading her view of the man with the still life features. She raised her brow, why was he so worked up?

"I'm looking him over, he has nice hands," she said slowly, feeling like she was talking to a psycho that would jump out of his straight jacket if she didn't pronounce her words correctly. She loved him, but he was acting like a real anal hole.

Sesshomaru and InuYasha both twitched their brow in surprise and she looked at both of them with confused eyes. Sesshomaru cleared his throat and began to talk, but InuYasha wasn't going to let him start making small talk. They both opened their mouths at the same time and simultaneously asked their questions. Sesshomaru asking, "Who are you?" in a blunt and cool way and InuYasha asking, "What the fuck for?" she looked at both of them. She could hear them both clearly and was debating on whom to answer first. She stood up and decided to go with the oldest, after all she was always taught to go by age when greeting someone.

"Kagome Higurashi, a pleasure to meet you," she said very strongly, giving a graceful smile to him. He was taken aback, but quickly recovered. He shook her hand hesitantly. She had a sturdy feeling behind it, but still it held dainty qualities.

"Sesshomaru Takashi," he said no business in his voice. InuYasha watched in aggravation how well the two of them hit it off. It had taken him weeks to even get a smile from him. She gave him a cute little smile as Sesshomaru continued to study her. He could feel his hand curling up in anger and his head heating up from the rage that was threatening to over take him. He growled at the scene, fighting back the bark and bite that so violently wanted to take place. His body was being consumed by the anger.

"InuYasha!" he heard Kagome snap as she turned around and pointed a slender digit at him, "Why are you acting like a child? Just because I look at another guy don't mean I'm gonna bang 'em. Just means I'm gonna draw 'em," she said firmly, sparks flying out of her eyes as she looked at him. InuYasha looked at her with his mouth hanging wide open. He was so shocked that a fly could have flown into his mouth and he would have swallowed it, but once he heard Sesshomaru snickering in the background he snapped right on out of it.

"Shut up, fag!" he snapped at him, but he kept snickering.

"Look, Kagz, das all great and dandy, but that's fucked up," he said, placing a hand on her shoulder. She turned her face to him. She looked irritated, her eyebrows pointing down and her eyes looking strait into his.

"Why are you so huffy?" she whispered, knowing that Sesshomaru could hear.

"I'm not huffy; I just don't want him to look you over. And why were you looking him over?!" he asked. She raised both her eyebrows and drooped her eyes.

"I wasn't checking him out. Just because you're jealous you think I'm checking out guys," she said, crossing her hands over her shirt.

"Not jealous! I-" she placed a finger over his lips.

"Shut your face crack and be honest!" she didn't look at him, she looked at the chip in the floor. Sesshomaru and he had made it one evening when they had gotten on each other's last nerves. Sesshomaru had tried stabbing him with his claws but had missed and carved a chunk of the floor out with his knifed hand. They never really had a reason to fix it, so it had stayed there, its memory almost forgotten.

She looked up at him for a moment; she looked furious. She looked like she was filling up with anger, like she was going to overflow with some hot liquid that would burn a hole in his floor and erase the chip from existence. When she finally spoke, it didn't match the expression.

"Am I asking too much if I ask you to trust me?" she said, arching her eyebrows in worry. She straight out loved him, but if they got into fights about dumb stuff, how was this suppose to work?

"What?! I trust you, I just… I…" he stopped his mouth before he said something he would regret. He looked into her eyes. There was panic, worry, and… fear. Her hand was shaking, but she still tried keeping a strong face. Why was she scared? Did the thought of lack of trust scare her that much? Or was it the lack of unison? Or a combination of the two?

"Am I being selfish for wanting that from you?" she whispered. She turned around to walk away, but his grip became stronger as her hand threatened to slip out of his grasp. He held her in place, walking toward her and stepping in her view. He softly placed his free hand on her bruised cheek. It still held some show of abuse, but not unattractive. He lowered his head and placed his lips on hers. Her lips weren't chapped like they had been when he had first seen her. They were luscious now, warm and full. He kissed her tenderly, not passionate, just affectionate. It was more gentle than the first kiss he remembered giving her. He pulled away; his eyes holding a kind feel to them.

"W-what… what was that for?" she questioned, her voice shocked at his slow yet unstoppable action.

"Reassurance. I trust you, I just don't trust him," he said. She smiled, a small blush standing on her cheeks.

"That's good," she said, pulling her arm away from him, "because I really want to draw him."

"Great, now that I've seen my portion of teenage problems, can I watch the news?" he asked monotone, his flawless finger tapping his watch. The two of them just ran upstairs in utter embarrassment.

That was… a little longer then the other ones… are happy! I redid over half of it! Well, please R&R