Chapter 3

Nightfall came and Inuyasha was leading Kagome with his hands over her eyes.

"Can I look yet?" Kagome asked, laughing but really wanting to know where she was going.

"Not yet. Soon though."

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see..."

After a couple more minutes. They stopped walking and Inuyasha removed his hands from her eyes. When she saw her surroundings, her heart skipped a beat. It was beautiful. She was by a lake near the village with the full moon reflecting brightly off of its still, mirrored surface. The air was clean, fresh, and pleasantly crisp. She noticed a blanket by the water. It had plates of delicious looking food and a large bottle of expensive-looking rice wine in the middle.

"Do you like it?" Inuyasha asked after a moment.

"I love it." Emotion clear in her voice, "It's perfect."

"Good, I'm glad."

Inuyasha breathed a mental sigh of relief. He hadn't known whether she would like this or not. Kagome had told him about some of the romantic love stories from her time, so he had based this off of what he had remembered. They sat down and began to eat. They talked about all that had passed that led up to this moment. They reminisced about how far they'd come since they first met and what allowed that to happen. Through it all they laughed. Kagome even shed a few tears.

"Hey Inuyasha, close your eyes for a second!" Kagome said excitedly.

"Huh? Why?" Inuyasha replied, confused.

"I've got a present for you." She said smiling.

"Oh. Okay." He closed his eyes and waited.

"Alright. Open!"

Inuyasha didn't notice anything at first, but then he noticed what was in her hands. She was holding his Beads of Subjugation. Inuyasha didn't know what to say.

"K-Kagome..." He stuttered.

"You don't have to say anything, I took them off because you don't need them anymore. I trust you, now more than ever. Just take this and put it on in its place." She handed him a gold necklace with a heart on the end of it. "That's the locket I made of us just before we fought Kaguya."

"I remember. That was the first time we kissed. I was transforming into my demon form and your kiss stopped it and saved me." Said Inuyasha, thinking back to that day.

"I replaced the pictures in it while I was stuck on the other side with happier ones that I had taken, since the ones in there were of us yelling at each other, but otherwise it's the same."

"Thank you Kagome. Thank you." He said, putting on the necklace.

After that, they just sat leaning against each other looking out over the lake.

"Thank you Inuyasha." Kagome whispered.

"For what?" Inuyasha asked, confused since he didn't have a gift like that for her.

"For being with me."

"Ha. I should be thanking you for that. I put you through so much danger and made you upset so many times, yet you still stayed with me. I don't know why, but I'm happy you did." Inuyasha admitted.

Kagome's only reply was to snuggle closer to Inuyasha.

After a little while longer of sitting in silence, enjoying each other's company, Inuyasha said, "We should probably head home."

"Yeah." Kagome agreed.

They walked home, hand-in-hand. They didn't think that anyone was awake, but Sango and Miroku were spying quietly from their window, smiling knowingly. Inuyasha and Kagome entered their house and sat on their bed. Suddenly, Kagome grabbed him and greeted him with a passionate kiss. He didn't fight against it and kissed her back. Kagome pushed him down to the bed and started to take off her kimono.

"Kagome... What..." Inuyasha said before Kagome cut him off.

"Just trying something new." Kagome said softly, winking and smiling seductively. Inuyasha smiled and then brought her close to him. It was the best night of their lives.