FD: well here's the next installment. read and review please. i hope you enjoy it.

"speaking"

'thoughts'

FD: any author notes (A/N) are the voices in my head interjecting their thoughts into the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Labyrinth or the movie from which the quote is from.

Paring: Kagome and Jareth. You have 13 hours in which to read this chapter or....

Cruel

Kagome sighed as she looked at the well. 'It has only been one month, but I still miss them.' She touched her side where the Shikon came from and had reentered after its completion. Sighing again she looked to the starry sky and was sad that the stars weren't as bright as they would have been in the Feudal Era. 'Seems like it was only yesterday when I turned 15 and first fell down the well. Instead it's been three years and I'm now 18. Time sure passes quickly when you're saving the world.' Moving to the Tree of Ages, she sighed as tears came to her eyes.

"Baka Inuyasha. I gave him three years of my life and he never cared."

Turning from the tree she wiped the tears from her eyes and headed into the house. She failed to notice the majestic barn owl that flew from the top of the well house to settle in the branch outside her room. (A/N: one of the many words that can be used to describe him.)

*FD*

Jareth watched the 18 year old, Kagome, as she moved around her family's shrine. 'My Sweet, you need to wish. I'm tired of watching from afar, just wish any wish and I'll grant it, for you are my princess.' When she went inside, he settled himself on the branch of a tree that gave him the perfect view of her bedroom.

*FD*

As Kagome entered her bedroom, she undressed and then got into her pajamas. After she settled down under her covers, she reached to her bedside to grab her new favorite book, The Labyrinth. As she read the story, she unknowingly made a wish.

"I wish I could meet the Goblin King."

As she continued reading on, she thought about all of the things the Goblin King did to the princess.

"I can't believe how cruel he was."

"Cruel is a matter of perspective."

Kagome jumped about five feet in the air. "Who are you?"

"You wished to meet me and you don't know who I am?"

"I…you're the Goblin King."

"Yes."

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Jareth inwardly smirked at the small blush that adorned her face when she realized who he was. 'I'm loving that reaction.'

"Wow, the description in the book hardly does you justice."

This time Jareth let the smirk cross his face as she clamped her hands over her mouth when she realized what she had said.

"Don't be embarrassed My Sweet, I'm glad to know that you think that."

"Um, why are you here?"

"I told you, because you wished to meet me. Now, why would you want to meet me?" Jareth asked as he let a knowing smirk cross his lips.

"Uh…um…" Kagome stammered.

Laughing he said to her, "So, I've rendered you speechless."

"Hey Goblin King, don't laugh. You just surprised me with your question."

"Jareth, call me Jareth."

"Jareth, that's a cool name."

"Yes, well, why did you wish to meet me?"

"I…I wanted to meet you because I believe I fell in love with you, Jareth.

"I love you too, Kagome."

"How do you know my name?"

"I'm shocked; I thought you would know, you've read the story."

"You've been watching me! For how long?"

"Hm, around two years. It took me a year to get over Sarah."

"Sarah?" asked Kagome with a hint of hurt and jealousy in her voice. (A/N: the whole replacement thing. She was Kikyo to Inuyasha and she didn't want to be second again.)

"Don't worry; she's completely out of my heart. She was much like the princess in the book, only 15, but I loved her and she didn't get it."

"I'm not surprised, she was only 15."

"Yes, I know that now."

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Kagome sighed and asked the question she wasn't sure she should ask.

"So, what happens now?"

"Well, I hope you'll come with me to the Castle beyond the Goblin City and be my wife, my companion, my queen and my love."

"But my family?"

"Write them a note. Don't worry, you'll be able to see them, maybe talk to them. So?"

Kagome sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go."

Kagome then quickly wrote the very long note to her family and left it in the kitchen.

"I'm ready," she told Jareth after she had changed out of her pajamas and grabbed a few family photos.

"Good," replied Jareth as he kissed her temple.

He quickly conjured a crystal and then threw it up in the air. As it floated down, they were transported to the Underground. Kagome looked around at everything and was in awe, especially with the Labyrinth. (A/N: couldn't think of what to write, so you all can use your imagination or let look like what the movie had.)

"It's amazing here."

"Thank you My Sweet," Jareth replied as he bent his head to give Kagome a long kiss that left her breathless. "Now, I officially welcome you to the Goblin Realm of the Underground."

"I love you."

"I love you too. Now, let me show you the castle and we'll start with our bedroom."

"Oh really?"

"Yes really?

The two then headed there, ignoring the yammering of the many goblins running around.

End

FD: there you go. I thought that the quote fit Jareth perfectly. the quote is: "Cruel is a matter of perspective." said by Captain Jack Sparrow in POTC: At World's End. Now you only have 13 hours to review or it's into the Bog of Eternal Stench for you. so, i'd review.