I love you all so much that I decided to put the next chapter up!

To answer a reviewers question. Kagome died in the earlier chaps. She was brought back. When Inuyasha is saying "Maybe She wouldn't be gone." He is referring to the OLD Kagome being gone.

I put the other song up "Just a Dream" Carrie Underwood. BTW There is a AMV of this song with InuxKag. It's BEAUTIFUL email me if you want the link ()

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Inuyasha or the songs

Chapter 16:

Everybody's Saying

It was two weeks after the day she turned 18
all dressed in white, going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat,
six pence in her shoe
something borrowed something blue
and when the church doors opened up wide she put her veil down trying to hide the tears oh
she just couldn't believe it
she heard the trumpets from the military band and the flowers fell out of her hands

Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I cant even breathe
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
lord please lift his soul and heal this hurt
then the congregation all stood up and sang the saddest song that she ever heard
then they handed her a folded up flag and
she held on to all she had left of him oh and what could've been
and then guns rang one last shot and it felt like a bullet in her heart

Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

Baby, why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
Ohh I'll never know
It's like I'm, looking from a distance, standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now,
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

Oh this is just a dream
just a dream, ya

Kagome sighed as she looked up at the starry sky. It was late. Very late, Inuyasha still hadn't returned after their fight. She didn't blame him. Miroku said he wanted to be alone to think. Kagome figured that he just didn't want to be around her. Miroku said not to go after him. To stay with the group. But Kagome never took direction very well. She wasn't going after Inuyasha. But she was going out. She grabbed a piece of paper and a crayon from near Shippo and wrote: Be Back tomorrow afternoon. Don't look for me. I'm ok.

With that, Kagome snuck off, even leaving Amaya slumbering next to Kirara. Kagome ran off into the night. She ran to the river and looked at it. She sat down and thought. 'I wish I could remember. I wish I had just....just one clue that Inuyasha and I were close, in my eyes. Not from pictures or people around me.'

She got up and started running through the cold night. She ran through the forest with great speed hoping over logs and holes, and then, she suddenly tripped.

'Damn clutz! If I wasn't around to protect you, you'd surely kill yourself.'

Kagome growled and got up. "Oh yeah Inuyasha? Too late for...oh...no one is here." She bit her lip nervously and sighed. 'Must've been my imagination.' And with that she started off again. It was sunrise and she reached a cliff that overlooked a beautiful meadow. She smiled and sat down and rested her head. She was exhausted, but it had felt great to run.

Kagome closed her eyes and suddenly fell asleep.

"Kagome..."

"Kagome...."

"Oi! Wench! Get up!" Kagome jumped and nearly fell off the cliff. Luckily a clawed hand grabbed her and hoisted her up. "Inuyasha! Don't scare me like that! It's rude!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes and looked over the cliff. "I'll never understand why you like this place so much." Kagome huffed. "Because! It's beautiful and peaceful! Now what do you want?" Inuyasha blinked. "Uhh...you said we were suppose to go back to your time today. Something about your birthday?" Kagome instantly smiled. "Yay! I'm eighteen today!" She hugged Inuyasha and pulled him to the well.

Once on the other side, Inuyasha carried her up to her window and opened it. They climbed in and Inuyasha growled. "I keep telling you to lock this thing. Someone could sneak in and hurt you!" Kagome smiled. "That's why you're here." She tapped him on the noes. He feh'd and blushed.

"Okay! Now, I'm going to shower! Then I want you to shower!" Kagome didn't get a chance to hear him argue cause she already left. About 30 minutes later, she resurfaced wearing a pink tank top and a white pleated skirt. Her hair was up in a towel. She smiled at Inuyasha.

"Your turn." "But Kago-" "No! It's my birthday! You promised to behave." Inuyasha sighed and slowly walked into the bathroom. He was out about twenty minutes later in nothing but a towel and a pissed off expression. "My clothes...." He growled. Kagome smiled WAY too innocently. "What ever do you mean?" Inuyasha sighed. "Kagome, I'm trying to be nice. Please, give me my kimono." Kagome shook her head. "They're in the washer. I got you some new clothes for today!" She handed him jeans, a black t shirt and a hat. "Ah....no."

Kagome frowned. "Inuyasha..." "NO! Kagome I hate your clothes! I want mine." Kagome sighed and looked defeated. "Oh...ok." She sniffled. Inuyasha blinked. "No! Kagome don't cry. Please...OK! I'll wear the damn clothes just stop crying!" Kagome grinned and hugged him. "Yay! Now go put them on."Inuyasha sighed and walked out. He came back, dressed, with one exception. "Uhh...Kagome...How do I do these pants." Kagome giggled and zipped and buttoned his jeans for him. Causing them both to turn red.

The party was in full swing outside. Kagome was laughing with her friends and showing off Inuyasha. Inuyasha was a little confused by her friends interest in him. He noticed something while she was talking to her friends. When they walked away, Inuyasha walked over to her. "Hey Kagome."

Kagome turned around, her ponytail almost hitting his face. "Yeah?" "You're ummm....you're really short." Kagome glared at him. "And just WHAT is that suppose to mean?" "Well I mean, I always knew you were small. I mean you only reach my chest. And I thought when Sango came around ya know, she was just tall for a girl. But after seeing you with all your friends, it's not them. It's you! You're tiny." Kagome growled as he laughed. "Yeah well good things come in small packages." She grumbled. Inuyasha laughed again and this time Kagome couldn't help but laugh.

Jin saw the two and smiled. "Smile you two!" She held the camera. Kagome tried to smile, but started laughing again when Inuyasha rest his arm on her held.

"You're such a brat!" She playfully punched him.

After the party was over, Kagome sat on her bed in her black flannel pants and red tank top. She smiled as Inuyasha came back into the room with his red Kimono. "Thanks for coming." She smiled. Inuyasha shrugged. "Not like you gave me much of a choice. 'Come with me or I'll sit you!'" Kagome giggled.

Inuyasha blushed and sat down next to her. He sighed and held out his hand. Kagome looked at it and gasped as a gold necklace fell into her hands. It had a ruby pendant hanging from it. "Inuyasha..." "It was my moms." He stated, still not looking at her. Kagome held it. "You don't have to give it to me." Inuyasha looked up. "You don't like it?" "No no! I just...sorry. I Love it! Just know, if you ever want it back, I'll understand." Inuyasha raised a brow. "It's a girls necklace, why would I want it back?" Kagome laughed and put it on. She smiled and hugged Inuyasha. "This is the best present ever. Thank you." Inuyasha blushed, but hugged her back.

Kagome awoke and looked around. The sun was high in the sky. "Did I just...remember something? My eighteenth birthday...With Inuyasha." She reached up to her neck to feel for the necklace. It wasn't there. 'What happened to it?' She wondered as she got up and headed back towards the village.

She walked by the sacred tree. She looked at it and smiled. She didn't know why, but she felt a sudden peace right there. She then saw Inuyasha, pinned to the tree. She blinked her eyes and the image was gone. "Why do I dream and think of him, if when I see him, my heart hurts? Why is it that I miss him now?" She sighed and kept walking. She walked past the well.

'I can't believe I can travel through time.'

"Kagome! Come on! I didn't mean it that way!"

"Too bad! I am going home! You're a total jerk! 2 years together and you still refer to me as a jewel detector!" Inuyasha grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. He placed a hand on her cheek. "I'm sorry...Kagome I'll never call you a jewel detector again. Don't leave though. Come on. I'll show you a spot on the trees that no one had ever seen but me." Kagome smiled and nodded.

'I remember that...it was this tree!' Kagome looked at the huge tree. She bit her lip, wondering if she could climb it. Shrugging, she started going up. About an hour later she was breaking. She was panting and sweating and freezing. "No, I want to see that spot again. Even if it's the last thing I do!" She continued to climb up the tree. She made it to the top and sighed.

'Wow...it's beautiful...' She looked at the trunk and smiled. She traced the names in the trunk. She sat down and rested for a while. When the sun finally set she decided to make her decent. She made it down and headed back to the village. When she got there she was tackled by Sango. Who was sobbing and hugging her tightly.

"Sango, what's wrong?" She asked hugging the hysterical girl. "K-Kagome!" She cried. "I thought....I thought....you....you didn't come back....you left...me...and" Kagome slowly made sense of Sango's words and hugged the girl tightly. By then Miroku, Shippo, Kirara and Amaya came over.

"Shh...Sango, I'm sorry, I lost track of time. I'm so sorry." She rubbed the girls back and started crying too. She had no idea she was so loved.

"I wish I could help you Sango." Kagome said while they headed back to the boys after helping out the demon slayer village. "What do you mean Kagome?" "Ease the pain, with Kohaku. I saw the look you got when the head man talked about him." Sango wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulders.

"I'll be fine, I miss him, but I know I'll see him someday. Plus, you do help Kagome. I've come to think of you as a sister." Sango looked down and blushed. Kagome grinned and hugged her friend. "Same here Sango. You and me against the world! Sister until the end." Sango laughed and nodded. Kagome smiled and thought for a moment. "Since we're sisters, we have to look out for one another. Stand side by side through thick and thin. So, I'll never leave you, and you never leave me." Sango knew Kagome was referring to her killing herself after Naraku was destroyed and Kohaku died. "Okay Kagome, I'll never leave you. But that means, no matter what happens after the jewel is completed, you can't leave me." Kagome laughed. "Not in a million years Sango. I couldn't dream of never seeing you again." "Sisters until the end!" They cheered.

"Sisters until the end." Kagome whispered. Sango stopped crying and gasped. Her body began to shake she looked at Kagome with tears still pouring out of her soft brown eyes. "S-sisters until the end...you remember that." Kagome smiled and nodded. Sango busted out crying again and hugged Kagome. "Sango I promised I'd never leave you. I'll never break my promise."

Miroku and Shippo just stood there and watched. "I don't know whether to be touched....or turned on." Miroku stated. Of course the girls heard that. "Lets get'em!" Kagome growled as Sango nodded and they ran after that screaming monk.

The next morning, the group woke up and Kagome and Sango began to cook breakfast. Sango who looked like the happiest person ever, looked over at her, not so happy 'sister'. "What's the matter Kagome?" Kagome sighed. "Even though I'm EXTREMEMLY mad at him...I miss Inuyasha." Sango smiled. "He'll be back." "I know...For some reason I'm just worried about him. What if he's hurt." Sango nodded. "I know, but you just can't think that way."

Kagome looked over a saw Kirara and Amaya perk up and mew. "What's going on?" Shippo sniffed the air. "Inuyasha is back." He yawned.

Kagome ran out of the hut and through the village. She ran to the hill where Inuyasha was just standing there, like he was lost in thought. "Inuyasha!" Kagome called out as she ran towards him.

Inuyasha sighed and he was about to head down to the village. "Inuyasha!" He blinked and saw her running to him. "Kagome?" Kagome ran to him and hugged him tightly. "Inuyasha I missed you! I was so worried!"

Inuyasha was scared at first. Was he dreaming? He sighed, he didn't care anymore, as long as Kagome kept hugging him, he'd stay in the dream forever. "Kagome..."

"You left me. I thought you'd never come back!" Inuyasha hugged her tightly. "I'll always come back, just for you, Kagome."

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