A/N: She looked at her lawyer and repeated for the hundredth time. "No, I do not own Inuyasha. Ms. Takahashi does."

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"Inuyasha! Are you okay!" She cried franticly.

"Kagome, calm down." He said softly, pulling his pants and shirt off, sitting next to her. "It's not mine."

She breathed a sigh of relief and then turned pale when the realization hit her. "Is-Is-Is he dead?"

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Inuyasha shook his head holding his arms out, hoping she would come to him. Kagome leaned into his chest, he turned her so he was holding her like a baby in his arms. "No, I didn't kill him Kagome." He said softly, tilting her face up toward his. "I couldn't."

Flashback

Kouga looked up at Inuyasha and smirked. Inuyasha's arms held his sword above his head preparing to land the killing blow on him. "Come on and finish me Inuyasha." He antagonized.

Inuyasha swung his sword down, Kouga closed his eyes tightly preparing to die. After a few minutes he opened them and saw Inuyasha standing over him hiding his eyes behind his white bangs. Kouga looked to his right side and saw the sword mere inches from his head. "Leave before I change my mind." Inuyasha growled lowly. Kouga looked up at him and despite the pain he scrambled up and ran off into the forest. Inuyasha grabbed his word and put it back in it's sheath before running back to Kagome.

End

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome. "I couldn't be the monster he is. If he ever touches you again though, I won't spare his life." He leaned down and buried his face in her hair putting his hand behind her head, cradling it.

"What about my father?" She asked timidly.

He scoffed. "Him? That coward ran away before me and Kouga even exchanged a punch!"

Kagome giggled softly and leaned into Inuyasha's chest. "Sounds like him." She looked up at him with soft eyes. "Thank you."

"For what Kagome?" His face was covered in confusion.

"Protecting me, you could have just left me with him. You became my friend despite me being with Kouga. You didn't have to protect me." She looked down softly.

"Kagome." He said gathering her in his arms and pressed her into his shoulder. "I couldn't have let him do that to you even if I wasn't your friend, but because you are my mate, and I've known that from the second you introduced yourself to me." Inuyasha kissed her softly. "You need to sleep, my love."

He scooped her up into his arms and laid her on the bed before he covered her up, laying next to her. "I love you." She whispered softly, burying her face in the crook of his neck.

"I love you too." He cooed softly as she fell asleep, but he was far from sleeping. His mind wandered to taking her as his mate, their children, and back to when he met her.

Flashback

It had not been Inuyasha's week. His mother had just been buried, Kikyou had just dumped him flat on his ass, him and Sesshomaru had just gotten into a fight over something totally stupid, and to top it off, school sucked, like always.

He looked up from his locker and over to a couple at the end of the hall. A raven haired girl smiled up at the black haired boy who was holding her hand. They looked perfect, but something was off; her smile didn't reach her heart, and his hand seemed to be holding onto hers a little tighter than it should. She was in a long sleeved button down shirt despite the weather being almost a hundred, and black denim jeans to top off the winter ensemble. 'What the heck?" He wondered. 'Isn't she hot?' The black haired boy, whose name was Kouga, was a wolf demon. He growled something low and quiet into the raven haired girl's ear. A shudder ran through her and she just nodded. He kissed her cheek and bound off, leaving her at her locker.

Inuyasha scoffed and turned his face to his locker looking for a book. He heard a locker close, then the sound of soft footsteps, then a deep breath. "Inuyasha?" He heard a soft timid voice ask from behind him. He turned around and saw the same raven haired girl standing there that had been with Kouga.

"Yea, what of it?" He scoffed hatefully.

"She smiled softly up at him, her eyes filled with an unseen sorrow. "I'm Kagome." She said softly. "I heard about your mom."

Inuyasha smelt water and salt, he instantly became alert. 'Oh no, please don't cry, please.' A small tear ran down her cheek. "Don't cry please." He said, worry clouding his face.

Kagome, not caring of his reaction, wrapped her arms around his waist. "I'm so sorry! She was an amazing woman." Her forehead was resting on his chest as tears ran down her cheeks. Inuyasha's eyes were wide. 'She's hugging me.' He could hear the soft sobs coming from her fragile frame. He moved his arms slowly around her hesitantly rubbing her back.

"It's okay." He said softly. "Really." She looked up at him, her eyes rimmed with red. "How do you know her?" He asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"She was my piano teacher. My father privately hired her. She was my best friend all through grade school and after…after my mother died she was like my second mother." She looked away, obviously leaving out the ending. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he remembered his mother coming home singing two nights a week after going to some rich man's house.

Flashback

Izayoi walked in the door of their small apartment where Inuyasha sat watching T.V. "Mommy!" He chirped cheerfully, running up to hug her around her legs. Her smile widened at her son.

"Hi baby!" She sang as she picked him up, twirling around. "Guess what?!"

"What?" He asked inquisitively.

"I just met your soul mate!" She giggled.

"S-so-oul mate?" He said trying to make since of what she had just said.

Izayoi laughed. "The girl you're going to marry!"

"Oh!" He said wide eyed.

"Yup! She has hair like Mommy's and big blue eyes that can see into your soul. She's very sweet just like you." she giggled spinning Inuyasha around again.

"When do I get to meet her?"

"I don't know love." She said kissing his forehead then setting him down. "But now it's time for bed."

End

'This is her?' He thought to himself. He always thought his mother was crazy, but he knew that she had a gift. She wasn't a miko or able to predict the future, but she firmly believed in her heart from the day she came home and told her that to her death bed that Inuyasha would marry that little girl she taught. He looked down at her tear stained face and automatically knew what his mother saw in her had only strengthened since she had known her. Inuyasha had buried his mother alone, knowing that no one would come if he made a big deal of it, but this girl. She cared deeply about her passing. No one had said one word of pity to him, no 'I'm sorry for your lose', but she, she came up and hugged him, not knowing how he would react.

Inuyasha leaned over slightly and hugged her. "It's okay. You know she talked about you all the time while she taught you." She shifter and all hell broke lose in his mind. He tensed as the smell of Sakura blossoms hit his nose like a tidal wave. The demon in his mind growled in arousal. He didn't want to let her go. Images of ripping apart the man who had made her shudder in the hallway raced through his mind. Her pulse echoed in his head and down his throat. "You should go to class before you're late." He said, using every ounce of willpower to pull himself away from her. She smiled up at him and nodded.

"can we talk later, or tomorrow?" She asked. He nodded quickly without thinking. His control was just about gone and he had to get away before he lost it. "Bye Kagome." He said rushing into the bathroom.

He felt his growing erection press against his waistband. He slid down against the wall and took a deep breath. 'What just happened?' He questioned. He could feel his erection pulsing through his pants. He had never felt like this before, the demon in him was so possessive of her. He wanted to claim her right there in the hallway. He wanted to rip her button down shirt off and kiss down her chest to her supple breasts then run his hand down those jeans of hers and- He cut his thoughts off abruptly and shook his head. 'What if- no she could never be. But mother said she was my soul MATE, so maybe.' He shook his head and pushed the thought aside heading off to class.

End

"How right you were mother." He whispered softly kissing the crown of Kagome's head. He closed his eyes, his love in his arms, and slept.

Kagome woke up and stretched. Her muscles were still sore, but her bruises were pretty much healed. She smiled as she looked up into Inuyasha's sleeping face. She reached up and softly rubbed his white dog ears they twitched as his eyes opened softly. He blushed a deep crimson as she rubbed his ears. She giggled and stopped leaning down to kiss him.

Inuyasha cupped her face in his large hands and kissed her deeply. "I want to take you as my mate Kagome. I can't wait any longer."

A/N: You guys should feel totally loved. I worked on this in school, and I hate to do that! It took me like half the day to do this, but now it kind of gives insight to the signs that Inuyasha had. =] I can't believe that had only 1500 words! I could of sworn it would have more! =[

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