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Inuyasha POV

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I had only come back to check up on her but instead found out something much more worth while. The girl I had been lusting after for the past year or so, admitted that she loved me. I was so happy as I sat there holding the fragile girl. Her tears soaked through my shirt, it hurt me to see her in so much pain. I moved my hand to the small of her back and began to rub small circles. I wasn't so good at the comforting thing. With my other hand I reached up and entangled my fingers in her wet hair.

Her hands grabbed fistfuls of my shirt as she whispered, "I hate you Inuyasha..."

"What?!" I jerked back, looking at her. I was hurt. "Why?! I mean I thought.." she cut me off.

"because....because I want you to love me but I.... "her words got caught in her throat.

I hugged her as hard as I could. "Kagome, you don't understand....I don't know how to tell you this." I fought myself in my mind, trying find the right words and put them in corresponding order. "Kagome......I..... I'm in love with you to." suddenly I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

She looked up at my with tear filled eyes. I hated knowing that I was the cause of those tears. Her hand reached up to try to harshly wipe away the evidence. Gently grabbing her hands I leaned forward and kissed away her tears. As I pulled away, something deep inside me yearned for her to be mine and only mine. I wasn't going to let anyone have her. I pulled her close to my chest again, only loosening my grip when I heard a soft whimper from her.

"Mm, sorry." I mumbled into her hair. Her arms wound around my neck, her sobs subsiding.

"Inuyasha.." she sighed against my neck. It made me shudder, and she quickly pulled back thinking she had done something wrong.

"No." I grumbled gathering her into a hug once again. "Don't go."

She smiled awkwardly at me as a faint pink tint colored her cheeks. Just as she started to completely relax a yell came from down the stairs. "Kagome? You home?" Kagome jumped out of my arms and headed for her bedroom door.

"Hai!" she said darting down the stairs.

"Dammit.." I muttered to myself as I slowly got up to follow her.

Kagome's mother had requested that she go out to buy some groceries, and she requested I stay here. Like hell that was going to happen. So I followed her out of the house grabbing the oh so familiar hat to hide my ears. I put it on and it flattened my ears to my head, it was one of the most uncomfortable things I had to do. I was just glad she didn't make me wear shoes. That's where I drew the line.

"Ugh!!! kagome, why do I have to wear this stupid thing?"

"Because, people in my time don't know about demons. Besides if all your going to do is complain about the stupid hat then why did you come?!" she said harshly.'crap what did I do? She usually only fights with me when there's something logical to fight about...unless...' suddenly I knew why she didn't want me to come with her. It wasn't because she was mad at me.

"You're on your period huh?" her cheeks turned crimson. "That would explain why you've been fighting over things that don't make since, and also why you didn't want me to come with you." I was feeling very proud of myself for figuring it out.

"Inuyasha!!!" she was fuming. "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" I once again had a fateful meeting with the ground. She sped up in her hurry to get away from me.

"Kagome..." I grunted as I slowly stood up. "Kagome wait!" the wind blew through my exposed hair as I jogged to catch up. Ignoring me she picked up her pace a little bit as we neared the store.

When we entered Kagome unexceptedly grabbed my hand and dragged my to the aisle with the ramen. "Stay here and pick out as many as you want, but stay here." she said shoving a plastic basket into my hands, as she turned away and dashed off in the opposite direction. I scooped up as many packs as I could before Kagome returned with a plastic bag that has something that smelled funny in it.

"What in the bag, Kagome?" her cheeks flushed as she grabbed the basket from my hands and say 'nothing'.

We darted through a few more aisles grabbing other things, like candy for Shippo, and things her mother had required she get. When we had finished scowering the store for all the things we need for our trip back and all the her mother needed, Kagome when to the front of the store and had a lady put everything in plastic bags. She handed me more than half of them when the door slid shut behind us.

"So when we get back are we going to be ready to leave?" the wind tousled her hair sending her amazing smell my way.

"No." was her simply reply.

"What why?" I stopped walking and looked at her.

"Because im tired. We're going to stay here tonight and leave in the morning." she said over her shoulder. It reminded me of the fight we had before she left, except now she wasn't in any danger.

"Alright."

"Alright?" a shocked look plastered on her face. "You not going to argue?"

"No there's no point in arguing." I sighed. " the only reson I argued with you last time was because it wasn't safe to stay there." the shocked look drop from her face, replaced by one of embarrassment.

"Sorry." she mutter chancing a peek at me.

"S'okay." I said brushing it off.

We reached the step that lead up to the shrine, when Kagome suddenly let out a sharp cry of pain. I rushed over to her to see what was wrong. She had sunk to the ground clutching her abdomen in agony.

"Kagome what's wrong?" dropping the bags she had handed me I bent down beside her.

"Ngh." she clutched her stomach even harder and looked at me with tears gathering in her eyes. I thought she was going to throw up. "I'm...I'm alright." she choked out. slowly standing up she began to gather all the bags. Taking this as a sign that she could at least make it up to the house, I to gathered the remaining bags on the ground.

We started up the stairs, as the gasped in pain again. Timidly she held out the bags to me and asked, "will you take these up to the house?" I looked at her confused but obeyed. Grabbing the bags from her hands I ran up the stairs and into the house.

"Where's Kago.." I ran back out the door before her mother could finish the sentence. Coming upon the stairs, I looked down to see Kagome trying to scoot her way up them. Skidded down them till I was face to face with her. Reaching my arms around her, I cradles her to my chest, starting up the steps once again.

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