Disclaimer: All rights for Inuyasha are reserved by the brilliant and wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: T
Word Count: 250
Character(s): Kouga x Kagome
Summary: Before the battle ended, her heart beat with determination. But now that the war was over and she'd found love, it beat the same, yet oh so differently.
To Return to Your Arms
Relationships, it's been said are something that you have to meet in the middle to keep.
Negotiation
Compromise
Promises
An effort had to be made in equal measures from both sides. But their relationship had tipped balances. He made all the efforts. Endearments, wildflower boons, declarations of undying devotion- He spanned thousands of miles across countryside to her side and had slain countless demons in her name.
All the concessions were his they said- but they were wrong.
Kagome descended the creaking wooden steps into the dank inside of the well-house. The flirty hem of her skirt brushed her knees teasingly and presented a rather trying problem when faced with the wooden destruction. Kagome gathered the filmy material of her dress into her hands, hiking the material high up her legs to keep it from snagging.
Clambering onto the lip, she hopped down into the darkness. The familiar flare of power rose up, buffering her body with it purity as she fell.
Her heart started beating faster in anticipation, as each second brought her closer to her destination.
Then she finally arrived. As she floated to the ground, strong tanned arms rose to enfold her in a warm embrace.
Two pairs of blue meet and warmed with mutual affection.
"Welcome Home," Kouga's grin was bright.
Relaxed in her lovers embrace, Kagome smiled sweetly in answer, "I'm home"
It was true he traveled thousands of miles for her, but for him, she traveled 500 years to return to his welcoming arms.
FIN
Because Kouga's such a romantic. 3
For documention sake this was origionally posted and written for the live journal community Iyfic_Contest, on Fedbuary 4th, 2013.