This was written in response to a request by fluffyluver666, I hope you like it.

Special Moments in Time

Drastic Measures

Kagome stared at the stone brick building towering in front of her and heaved a sigh, it was now or never. She swung her bag more securely over her shoulder and took a step forward. She looked up again and almost lost her nerve, no, she would not be scared; she would face whatever they had to throw at her. She had, after all battled tons of youkai and other dangerous creatures back in the feudal period; she had proven her courage countless times. Surely, she could face this too, with the same amount of courage…

She sighed again, the pep talk wasn't working. Sure, she had faced a lot of dangers in the Sengoku Jidai, but none of them had any power over her grades, tests however, manipulated total control in that particular field. Well, she would just have to do her best and hope and pray, with all the miko power inside her, that she wouldn't fail. She took another step forward before her ears were bombarded with loud cries. She looked to her left and saw her three friends, Yuka, Eri and Ayumi, making their way towards her, waving their hands in greeting.

"Hey Kagome" Yuka said flashing her friend a bright smile.

"Are you feeling well enough to take the math test today?" Eri asked her, a concerned expression on her face.

"How's your aneurysm?" Ayumi was the last one to speak, but her question managed to elicit what sounded suspiciously like a choking, gurgling sound from her addressee.

"A-Aneurysm?" Kagome asked shakily. Oh she was going to kill her grandfather this time! He had truly gone over board. Weren't aneurysms supposed to be almost fatal or something.

"Yeah Kagome, he said you had this huge bulge in one of the arteries in your brain that kept filling up with blood" Eri stated, she gave Kagome a worried look, she was looking awfully pale. Was the aneurysm causing this?

"Kagome are you ok?" Yuka asked, now looking worried as well.

"No no, I'm fine, I swear I don't have an aneurysm" Kagome waved her hand in the air as if dispersing the topic, but when her friends gave her suspicious looks she gulped, "Uh…it was a false alarm?" she ventured. Thankfully, her friends seemed to believe that and didn't push the subject.

Oh, her grandfather was in for the worst scolding of his life when she got home, she could promise that much.

Kagome placed her school shoes in her front locker at the entrance of the building resignedly. Saying her test had not gone well would have been an understatement. She could barely understand the question, let alone actually find out how to solve the math problem. Maybe she had gotten two or three of the sums right… well she hoped she had.

"Higurashi" Kagome turned towards the source of the voice and put on a cheerful smile for its owner.

"Hi Hojo"

"How are you feeling Higurashi?" he asked her, in that same sweet caring tone he always had.

"I'm fine Hojo, thank you for asking" she shut her shoe locker and walked outside, Hojo walked beside her.

"Here Higurashi" he said, handing her, what looked like several strips of rectangular sponges, "They're for the headaches you get because of the aneurysm, you soak one in cold water and place it on your forehead, My mother said it would help bring down the pain" he explained at her quizzical glance.

"Thank you Hojo, although you really shouldn't have" Kagome forced a smile, well at least he wasn't giving her dried lizards, she shuddered slightly at the memory of that particular gift. Though wouldn't it be easier to just soak normal cloth into cold water and place it on your forehead instead…

"Um…Higurashi, I was wondering, if your feeling up to it..." Kagome internally groaned, knowing where this conversation was leading, It wasn't like she didn't like Hojo, it was just that, he was a bit too boring after being compared to some of the people she knew, a picture of her rude arrogant hanyou came to mind and she smiled slightly, and besides, if Inuyasha found out, he would throw a fit.

"Higurashi? Are you listening?" Hojo waved his hand in front of Kagome's face bringing her out of her musings, "Like I was saying, would you like to go to the movies tonight?"

Kagome snapped back into focus at that. Wait, did he say tonight? That wasn't like him, he usually fixed dates on a weekend and inevitably, she would not be able to make it due to other 'obligations'. Fixing the date tonight didn't leave her much time to actually get to those other 'obligations'. Hmm…maybe she wasn't giving him enough credit, he was learning.

"Um…I'm not sure" But that didn't mean she would go out with him, "I still have a lot of school work to catch up on."

"Nonsense Kagome!" a voice piped up from behind one of the bushes behind Hojo, and Yuka jumped up out of it.

"That's right, you can afford to spare one night Kagome" Eri popped up behind Yuka and smiled up at her friend.

"You guys, I think Kagome should decide whether she wants to go or not" Ayumi was always the reasonable one in their group, though it was surprising that she had been spying on them as well.

Honestly, why did all her friends have to be so nosy, and did they have some sort of affinity towards bushes or something? If she had to deal with Miroku and Sango and sometimes even Shippou back in the feudal era, she also had to deal with the three girls currently standing in front of her and Hojo, claiming to be her friends.

'Well you could have fooled me!' Her brain screamed in outrage, her life was totally not fair.

"Of course she'll go out with you Hojo" Yuka addressed the uniform clad boy who was still apparently waiting for an answer from Kagome; maybe she had given him too much credit…

Hojo beamed at Kagome, obviously, he thought Yuka answering was just as good as Kagome answering, after all, it didn't matter who said the 'yes' right?

"I'll pick you up at seven" he told her as he skipped off, humming a cheerful tone, convinced that Kagome really did want to go out with him, but she kept standing him up because she was too shy. That had to be the reason; his mind didn't even entertain the possibility that he might have a rival for Kagome's affections.

Kagome stared after him, poor confused soul, she sighed. Honestly, he was way too trusting and over confident, and that, just might be his undoing. But right now she couldn't think about his problems, she had problems of her own. They were staring her down right now actually.

"You are going out with him tonight, right Kagome?" Yuka asked her, in her most sugary voice making Kagome cringe. She felt like a frail lamb being cornered by three merciless butchers holding up their knives and consoling her saying that the afterlife was a much happier place. She gulped.

"How about this one Yuka?" Ayumi asked her friend.

"No, it's too plain" she replied, shaking her head in the negative.

"This one then?" Eri asked.

"No, too flashy" Yuka said.

Kagome sighed, how the hell had she gotten into this mess in the first place? 'Oh yeah' she thought darkly, 'My 'friends' cornered me into it' . Currently, the three girls were digging through Kagome's closet trying to find a 'suitable' outfit for her to wear on her date with Hojo. Apparently, they thought that the moment she was out of their sight, she would stand Hojo up again. It was kind of freaky how they could read her mind like that. So they followed her home to make sure she went through with it.

"Perfect!" Yuka's exclamation snapped Kagome out of her dark thoughts, "Kagome, you're going to where this tonight"

It was annoying how they just assumed she would listen to everything they said, and it was even more annoying that they were right, considering they could be scary if they put their evil minds to it…damn.

Kagome looked over out of curiosity, to see which dress Yuka was holding up. It was the dress her aunt had given her for Christmas last year. She hadn't worn it after their family Christmas party. It was made from dark blood red silken material and the sleeves came down till below her elbows. It had a turtle neck and its length came till a little below her knees.

Were they really expecting her to wear something so fancy just for a date with Hojo? She was going more along the lines of a casual skirt and top. "Uh…you guys, maybe I should choose my own clothes"

Yuka, Eri and Ayumi stared at her for a good few minutes, them promptly burst out laughing, "Good one Kagome, but seriously, go change into this" Yuka said waving the dress in front of Kagome's face.

Kagome sighed; she honestly didn't know why she was still friends with them. She grabbed the dress out of Yuka's hand and stomped into the bathroom and slammed the door. A few minutes later she came out wearing the pretty dress.

"You look absolutely amazing!" Eri screeched, jumping up excitedly.

"Hojo won't be able to take his eyes off you" Ayumi squealed.

Was that supposed to make her happy or something? Well news flash, it wasn't working.

"Now Kagome, we have to get going home now" Yuka said slinging her backpack over her shoulder, the other two mimicked her actions, "but remember, if I find out you stood up Hojo again, I won't lend you anymore of my notes"

Kagome stuck her tongue out at the backs of their heads as they exited her room. She sighed, might as well get this over with; she went over to her vanity mirror to comb her hair.

The sun slowly started to set behind the canopy of trees surrounding the old bone eaters well. Inuyasha sighed, he didn't want to admit it but it felt kind of empty without Kagome.

She had said that morning that she would only be back tomorrow afternoon. She told him that she had a lot of school work to catch up on and she was lagging behind all of her classmates. Inuyasha flat out refused to let her go, that is until she used her puppy dog eyes on him. But he was still determined to be strong and stick to his decision, too bad her bottom lip trembled just then making his resolution crumple. Now, there was nothing he could do except wait by the well till she got back. Too bad, his impatience was the size of the sun.

He started pacing back and forth in front of the well thinking over his options. He could go to her time, but if she saw him she might just 'sit' him into the underworld. Or, he might be able to convince her to come back a day early…that was unlikely, but he jumped in the well anyway, he had nothing better to do, so why not.

He jumped out of the old well in the well house five hundred years in the future. He sprinted across the shrine grounds, and then on reaching the house, he jumped up, landing on the branch closest to the window of Kagome's room.

He peered into her room through the window, to find out whether it was safe to go in, but what he saw made his mouth drop open. There was Kagome standing in front of her mirror combing her hair. She was wearing a beautiful red dress that complimented all her curves perfectly. Why was she all dressed up?

Inuyasha jumped into her room, the movement startling Kagome a little. She turned around and gasped, 'what was Inuyasha doing here?'

"What are you doing bitch?" he asked gruffly.

"Uh…nothing" she placed her comb back down on her vanity table, "What are you doing here, I thought I told you I'll be back tomorrow" Kagome said changing the topic, but that only served to anger him.

"You said you were going to study" he said taking a step toward her, "Are you going somewhere?"

"Um…yeah"

"And where are you going dressed like that?" he bit out, he did not like this, she was hiding something from him.

What was with the third degree? She could go out if she wanted to, and she could dress whichever way she wanted. Who did Inuyasha think he was interrogating her like this? "I'm going to the movies with Hojo" she said firmly.

"What the hell!" Inuyasha seethed, was this the reason she kept coming back here? Because she wanted to spend time with that Hobo jerk. Did she do this every time she came back?

"Inuyasha, its not what you think, we're just going as friends, 'at least I am' she finished silently.

"You are NOT going"

"What! Inuyasha that's not fair" Kagome tried to reason.

"Well too bad, you're not going and that's final!"

"You can't order me around Inuyasha!" She yelled back.

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed dangerously, he clenched his teeth and a low growl bubbled up his throat, "Yes I can Kagome" he bit out, "You are not going anywhere with that Homo dork"

Kagome clenched her fists at her sides, how could he tell her not to go out with Hojo, she never told him he couldn't go see Kikyo. If he could run off to the dead priestess every time he so much as got a whiff of her, couldn't she at least go out with the boy once in a while?

"No you can't Inuyasha" she said in a strained voice, darn it, she wouldn't cry in front of him, this matter wasn't worth shedding tears over, "I can go out with Hojo whenever I want to, you have no right to tell me who I can or cannot see"

Inuyasha's eyes widened, did she just say that he had no right over her? Well, she was wrong. He had claimed her; sure he hadn't actually told her how he felt but frankly, he wasn't very sure of that himself but his scent claim was all over her. She was his; of that much he was sure.

"This is my life" Kagome continued, oblivious to the obvious hurt she was causing him, "I haven't been given the chance to live a normal life ever since that day I fell in the well. I have to lie to my friends, telling them that I'm sick, when in fact; I'm in the feudal era helping you find the jewel shards. I've sacrificed so many things just so that the hunt for Naraku, or more like your hunt for Kikyo's revenge, can continue without any hindrance"

Is that how she really feels? Inuyasha's ears drooped, his eyes downcast. Doesn't she understand how he feels about this? More than anything else, he didn't want to involve Kagome in this fight with Naraku, but for the sake of putting the shikon-o-tama back together, he had no choice.

"I'm so far behind in school that they probably won't even consider graduating me" She ranted on, she really didn't want to shout at him like this, but he pushed her too far. All those times she waited for him to return after he had gone off in search of Kikyo, all those times they fought over her returning to her time to take tests, and everything else that he did to cause her pain without meaning to, were finally catching up and now she had to let it all out.

Inuyasha looked up at her, she was about to cry, he could smell her unshed tears and his gut wrenched painfully. He had to do something to make her see, make her understand how he felt. He was getting desperate now, but what could he do to make her feel better?

"Even after all this, I still want to be by your side, and you repay me by not even letting me come visit my family once in a—" Kagome's eyes widened to the size of saucers. Was Inuyasha…yes he was!

Inuyasha had flown across the room and clamped his mouth over hers in an urgent kiss, cutting her off in mid-rant. He pulled away just as fast and backed up, waiting for her reaction.

Kagome felt winded and dazed at the same time, Inuyasha just kissed her. How many days, months had she waited for him to kiss her? The kiss they shared in Kaguya's castle was a matter of life and death; she wanted him to kiss her properly, a kiss with no strings attached. Now that he finally had, she was confused as to how to interpret it. Did he do it just to shut her up, or could it have been his way of telling her he was sorry? The hanyou had always been a one of few words.

Inuyasha searched her face, her eyes for any signs of rejection. But the only thing he saw was confusion and…happiness…? She was happy? That was good right? Well, to be on the safe side, maybe he should go back to the feudal era and wait for her to come back. Come to think of it, he should have done that in the first place but he couldn't deny it…being impatient did have its rewards…

He turned around and jumped out her window, leaving Kagome alone in her room.

She plopped down on her bed and rested her head on her fluffy pink pillow. She brought her hand up to her lips and felt them quiver. They were still tingly from being assaulted by Inuyasha's rough kiss.

A small smile broke out on her slightly puffy lips as she turned sideways to look at her alarm clock. It was 6:50 now.

'Hmm…maybe I should cancel that date with Hojo…'

AN: - So how was that? I'm sure a lot of you wanted an Inuyasha and Kagome kiss so there you go. Now, In case any of you were wondering, Aneurysm is a real disease, actually, I don't know whether it can be called a disease, but its when an artery in your brain gets blocked and starts filling up with blood and its almost always fatal if not treated immediately.

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