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Last Time…

He pulled her closer, taking in her scent. "It's really me this time." He pulled back and pressed his lips to hers. He had been waiting four years to feel her again. To see here again. And now she was here.

"We'll just be leaving," the unmistakable voice of the monk and demon slayer came at the same time. InuYasha and Kagome pulled away quickly, blushing.

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Chapter 29: Some Things Never Change

Later that night…

InuYasha's hand was laced with Kagome's as they walked aimlessly around the forest of InuYasha, leaving Hikari in the capable hands of Shippo and Kaede.

Kagome lifted her free hand and quickly wiped a tear away when she thought InuYasha wasn't looking. He stopped walking and stood closely in front of her, using the sleeve of his kimono to wipe away a tear she had missed.

"Why are you still crying?" he asked, trying to cloak his annoyance with concern. She had been crying for the last half of the day. He couldn't stand to see Kagome cry.

His question brought on a new swell of tears. He pulled her close, lifting her up into his arms and jumping up into the trees, racing from branch to branch until he got to the only one that mattered.

After they were seated on the ground beneath the Sacred Tree, Kagome felt better. A silence hung in the air; Kagome had stopped crying and stared at the stars with InuYasha.

"It just…" Kagome started.

"Hm?" InuYasha glanced at Kagome, studying her profile. She hasn't changed much physically…he thought.

"It's just…it feels like you could disappear at any moment…like this is all just a dream."

"Hn," InuYasha crossed his arms and looked away. "That's ridiculous."

Kagome whipped her head around and glared at him. "What's ridiculous?! I may not have changed much physically, but you haven't changed much mentally!" She stood up and faced him.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" He stood, subconsciously fearing his hanyou lover.

"You haven't changed!" she cried. "You're the same as the first time I met you!" She turned and took off, unsure of where she was really going. She heard him following closely behind her and decided that it needed to stop before he did something to stop her. "SIT!"

The crash of his body against the dirt was satisfying as Kagome fled through the trees, not knowing that InuYasha had easily caught back up within minutes until he tackled her from the tree. Both bodies hit the ground and skidded to a stop in a small, small clearing.

InuYasha hovered over Kagome, his knees on the dirt on either side of her hips. Kagome pressed her back into the dirt equally as hard as he was pressing her on her wrists.

"Will you stop?!" He yelled, his face merely inches from her own. She immediately stopped struggling and turned her head away, squeezing her eyes shut and wishing he wasn't mad. Regret slowly filled every cell in her body. Why? She asked herself, why did I have to pick a fight with him? Can't I just be happy that he's here with me for real this time?

"I have changed," InuYasha insisted, his voice quieter and softer than she had ever heard. "When I first met you, never in a thousand years would I admit that I love you." Kagome's eyes popped open. His tone became annoyed—a familiar tone to Kagome. "But I can now. I can admit I love you. You need to believe me when I say I'm not a dream and I'm not going to disappear!"

Her head slowly turned to him. "I love you, too," she muttered before his head jerked toward something in the trees.

"Aw, come on," a girl moaned. "I just ate…"

"Hitana," InuYasha snarled. They picked themselves up off the ground and stared at the silhouette of the hanyou girl.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked, trying to keep a sweet façade.

"To bring your corpses back to Shinamaru," she replied flatly.

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