~*Revelation*~ * * * One day on a cold winter night (during winter break), Kagome was heading back home from the feudal era. Inuyasha walked her to the well. "Well, are you comin' back tomorrow or do you have something to do that's gonna hold you back??" Inuyasha said "As far as I know, I AM coming back! Now I hafto go, thanks for walking me here" "Sure whatever. Don't be late! We have work to do!" "Alright!" she said going down the well ~ When she reached the front door of her house, she noticed there was a note posted on it. She opened it and it read, * Kagome, Your grandfather, Souta, and I went to visit your grandfather's sister. It's Souta's first time there and I know how much you hate going there, so I trust that you can stay home alone. There's plenty of food in the fridge and I hope the house will be in one piece when I get home. We'll be away for at least five days. Please don't have too many friends over at once. ~Your mother * "What makes her think I'm going to have all my friends over??" she said walking in the house. She placed her bags on the floor and went to her room. She lay down on her bed and sighed. "Should I go back to Inuyasha? I can't just leave the house empty. What if something happens? But then again, I don't wanna stay here alone. I 'could' always ask one of my friends to come and stay with me for a little while. But knowing them, they'll probably end up bringing Houjo along. Err! Forget it! I'll just stay here alone. I'll find someway to entertain myself. Inuyasha is going to be sooo angry with me! Ah, who cares! Why should I care if he's mad or not!!?? Why am I even thinking about him??!? He's nothing but a low tempered hothead!!! EERR!!!!!! STOP IT!! I need to relax myself! I need a hot bath!" she said storming out of her room. She did what she had to do and went to bed. ~ The next day, Kagome was awoken by the sound of a car horn. She opened her eyes and looked at the time. It was 2:35 in the afternoon; she overslept, big time. "OMG!!! How did I sleepin so late!? I was supposed to be back in the feudal era early this morning…Hm…I can see the look on Inuyasha's face right now. He's probably saying-" * "Where the hell is she??? She was supposed to be here hours ago!!!" Inuyasha said pacing back and forth "Calm down Inuyasha. Something probably came up and she wasn't able to make it. I'm sure she has a reasonable explanation" Miroku said trying to calm Inu down "How exactly are we gonna spot any shards without her??? You gonna find em'???" "Inuyasha, please! Why don't you just go see her and find out why she's not here instead of standing around here complaining all day!!" Sango said in an annoyed tone "Fine, I will!!" "I'm coming with you!" Shippou said grabbing Inu's leg "No! You're staying here and I'm goin' alone!" Inu said 'pealing' Shippou off his leg "But I wanna go! I've never been to Kagome's time before!!" "So what! You're staying here!!" he said leaving "I'd stay here if I were you. Inuyasha is in an unusually grumpy mood today" Miroku said "You could say that again. He's never acted this way all the other times Kagome was late" Sango said "I wanna see Kagome. It's not fair!" Shippou said pouting his lip "Shippou, Inuyasha will bring her back and then you'll be able to see her. In the meantime, we should start moving. Inuyasha will track us down" Miroku said * As soon as Inuyasha got to Kagome's time, he ran to her window. He looked inside and noticed no one was there. The window was open so he climbed in. He looked around and followed her scent. It led him straight to the kitchen where Kagome was cooking. "What the hell are you still doing here??" he said walking up to her "HUH?!" she said jumping up and turning around, "Don't do that! You scared me!!" "Well sorRY! Are you comin' with me or not??" "No! I hafto stay here and watch over the house while everyone's out" "Don't you think the house can watch over itself?" "Inuyasha!! I hafto stay here ok!!!" "How long do you plan on stayin' here?" "At least five days" "WHAT!!!!??? Five days???? I can't wait five days!!!" "It's not all about you!!! Jeez, I need sometime to myself you know! You can be so insensitive sometimes!!" "Yea, well, I don't care! I'm leaving!!" "FINE!" "FINE!" he said leaving "Ugh! He gets me so irritated sometimes! I shouldn't even bother going back! All he cares about are the shards!! EEERR!! …*Sniff*…I smell smoke..." she said turning around, "OMG!!!" she yelled looking at the now VERY burnt food she was making. She started over, and for the rest of the day, did what she had to do. ~ Later on that night, it began to rain, hard. It was late and Kagome couldn't sleep. For some reason, every time she went somewhere in her house, she felt as if she was being watched. It was beginning to creep her out, especially the fact that she was alone in the house. Soon, she began to grow tired and went to her room. She closed the door and looked up at her window. She was shocked at the sight before her. It was an annoyed looking, soaking wet, cold Inuyasha. She gasped and ran to the window opening it. She let him in and sat him down on her chair. "Inuyasha, are you alright??" "I'm fine…" "You're soaked! We hafto get you out of those wet clothes before you catch a cold or something!" "I've never caught a cold in my life and I really doubt I ever will" "We still hafto get you out of those clothes, you're dripping all over the floor! I'll be right back. I'm gonna go get some towels and one of my grandpa's kimono's" she said running out of the room. When she came back she saw Inuyasha topless trying to wring the water from his kimono. She blushed and looked down only to notice a huge puddle on her carpet. "AH! Inuyasha, my carpet!!" "--_._-- … It'll dry" "Err! I see you're back to normal" "Keh…" "Well, here. Go to the bathroom and change into these. While you're in there, hang your stuff to dry, alright?" "Alright, alright" he said going to the bathroom. While he was out, Kagome tried drying up the puddle Inuyasha left behind. Later, Inuyasha walked into Kagome's room with an annoyed expression. Kagome looked up at him and began to laugh hysterically. "Shut up!! It's NOT funny!!" "Haha!! Sorry! That IS funny! HA!!!" she laughed at the fact that the clothes fit him a little too small (lol). Inuyasha sat down on Kagome's bed and crossed his arms (the usual way he sits). "That spot on my carpet is going to take forever to dry!" "Scuse' me for tryin' to dry off! Kagome, why the heck is it so cold in here? Most of the time it's warm" "Yea…the furnace is messed up. It's not heating at all. I'll get you a blanket" she said getting a blanket and giving it to him. He wrapped the blanket around himself and laid down. "What do you think you're doing?" "What does it look like I'm doing?" "Oh, no, no, no! You are NOT sleeping in the same room as me. No way, no how!!" "Where the hell am I gonna sleep??" "I don't care! Anywhere except this room. Now go find somewhere to sleep before it gets too late" "Jeez!" he said leaving 'She's in a bitchier mood than ever today!' he thought * Hours passed and Kagome still couldn't sleep. She got out of bed and went to get a glass of water. While she was in the kitchen, she heard someone sneeze in the living room. She walked towards the sound and noticed Inuyasha sitting down on the couch in the dark. She walked up to him and sat down. "What are doing in here?" she asked "Couldn't sleep. Why are you up so late?" "Same" "Oh" ~*Awkward Silence*~ "Inuyasha…" "Yea?" "Um…I…never mind" "Okay…. Is something wrong? Do you want me to leave?" "No, no…it's not that. I was just wondering" "About?" "Um…I'm sorry for acting so grumpy before. If you don't mind…you can sleep in my room, it's warmer than in here" "-_-' … Ok, let me get this straight. Before, you said I couldn't sleep in your room 'no way, no how'. Now, you're inviting me to stay?? Are you sure you're ok Kagome?" "I'm trying to be nice! Don't make me change my mind" "Alright I'll go!" he said going with Kagome to her room ~ Next morning, Inuyasha woke up, got his things together and went to the well while Kagome was still asleep. He tried opening the doors, but they wouldn't budge. "What the hell? What's wrong with these stupid doors??? If I knock em' down, Kagome'll use that damn incantation on me…shit! Gr!" he said going back to Kagome's room. He stood in front of her and said, "Kagome!" "AAAHHH!!! SIT!!!" she yelled in shock. She looked down at Inuyasha and said, "Sorry! I didn't mean that! You scared me!" "Errrr…Kagome…!" "I said sorry! Why did you come in here screaming anyway?" "The doors, to the well…not opening. Why?" "When you came here yesterday, when you closed the doors, you didn't happen to hear anything 'click', did you?" "Maybe. Why?" "Ah-haha…grandpa sorda put a lock on the doors" "Eh? ô__ô' Don't you have…a key or somethin'?" "Yea…" "Well…where is it??" "I kinda left it 'behind' the doors…~_~`…" "WHAT!!?? ARE YOU SERIOUS?? You sure there are no other spare keys!!" "My mom has the other spare one, but she always carries it in her purse" "Where's her purse?" "Ah-haha…" "No, Kagome, NO!! You mean I'm gonna have to spend the next three days here???" "What's so wrong about that??" "Kagome, I can't stay here. I 'will' knock down those doors!" "Sit! *Boom* You're not gonna knock any doors down! You're just gonna hafto stay here!" "Keh, fine!" "Good, I'm glad we came to an agreement" "WE??? You're the one doing all the deciding!" "Inuyasha!!" she said with a twitching eye "Alright I get the hint. I'll be outside if you need me" "Ok" They just gave each other evil glances for a little while then everything went back to normal. ~ Two days later, late at night while Kagome was sleeping, Inuyasha couldn't sleep. Inuyasha was laying down next to Kagome with his back facing her back. He was about to fall asleep when suddenly Kagome began to push up on him. Her hand was on his leg and she was moving closer. "Uh…K-Kagome? W-what are you doing?" he blushed "Inuyasha…" she said "Kagome…this is a little too close for comfort" he blushed more "A…a…spi…SPIDER!! A BIG ONE!!" she yelled grabbing onto him "@_@* … That's all?!?" he said sitting up and killing it "Oh…" she sighed in relief, "Thanks. Hey…wait a minute!" "Huh??" "What do you mean 'that's all'???" "Nothin', just forget it!!" "*Gasp* UH! How could you even think that??" "Think what???" "You know EXACTLY what I mean, you perv!!" "Perv??? I wasn't thinking anything!!" he blushed "Yea right!" "Can you just drop it!! I said I wasn't thinkin' anything and I'm stickin' to it!!" "HM! I'm going back to sleep. Keep to yourself and don't even think about doing anything stupid!!" "Don't hold your breath!" "Hm!" she said turning around and laying down "Keh!" he said doing the same ~ For the rest of the time, without even really noticing, they grew closer. Of course they had their arguments, but that had become a routine for them. Finally Kagome's family came back and Inuyasha was able to return to the feudal era, with Kagome of course. ~ "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN????" Shippou said jumping on Kagome "I had to watch over the house for my family. I'm sorry I came back so late" "Inuyasha, why did you also come back so late? It's been five days" Miroku asked "Something came up. I had no choice but to stay. I would've came back earlier but Kagome was holding me back" "Oh please. It's not entirely my fault" "Yea, yea, whatever. Can we please get on with our 'mission' here?" "Alright" * They all went off searching for jewel shards. While they were walking around, Kagome sensed a couple of shards heading their way. They all went into the open and saw a huge demon. The demon saw the fragment of the Shikon no tama around Kagome's neck. He went to go after Kagome, but Inuyasha stopped him. Everyone was trying to fight off the demon but it was too strong. It had the power of four shards. Sango flew over the demon to hit it but by the time she got close enough, the demon swung his huge tail and hit both her and Kilala. Kilala transformed back to her smaller self and they both hit the ground. They were now unconscious. "Sango!!!" Miroku yelled pulling the beads off his hand. He was about to use his kazaana, but a swarm of Naraku's venomous insects flew overhead. He covered his hand and the demon grabbed him. He squeezed Miroku so tight, that Miroku couldn't breath and he fainted. At the same time, Inuyasha was trying to cut his arm off. His arm kept regenerating. The demon threw the unconscious Miroku on the ground and went to Inuyasha. Inuyasha yelled, "You bastard!!" and went to hit him, but the demon swung at him with both hands and the Tetsusaiga went flying one way and Inuyasha another. When Inuyasha hit the ground he slashed his arm against a sharp rock and began to bleed. Kagome was yelling like crazy. The demon turned to Kagome and said, "Now to take that fragment of the jewel for myself!" "You stay away from me you overgrown lizard!!" "Kagome, Run!!!" Inuyasha yelled trying to get up "I'll protect you!!" Shippou said running in front of Kagome and using his fox-fire. "Out of my way!!" the demon said throwing Shippou out of the way "Shippou!!!" Kagome yelled "Get out of the way Kagome!!" Inuyasha yelled trying to get up "I need my arrows!!" she said looking for them. They where too far from her and she was running out of time. "Give me the jewel!!" the demon said "Never!!!!" she yelled "You must die!!!!" the demon said spitting out some sharp spikes from its mouth. Kagome ducked trying to cover herself. Inuyasha yelled Kagome's name and leaped in front on her using himself as a shield to protect Kagome. Kagome opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha being hit in the back with the spikes yelling, "Kagome run!!!". She began to tear and said, "NO!!! INUYASHA!!!". He fell right on her lap and was bleeding all over the place. Kagome was panicking. She grew VERY angry and ran to get her arrows. "Looking for this you big jerk!!!" she said pointing to the shard around her neck "Give me the jewel!!" he yelled Kagome picked up an arrow and the bow and yelled, "This is for trying to kill me!!!" and she shot the arrow, hitting him right on the arm. She picked up another arrow and yelled, "This is for my friends!!!" she yelled hitting his other arm. She picked up a third arrow, began to tear again, and yelled, "And this is for hurting the person I love!!! This is for Inuyasha!!" the arrow began to glow with a bright light and she released the arrow while tears were rolling down her cheeks. Everything went silent and Inuyasha's eyes opened wide. "Kagome…" he said. Then the arrow hit the demon right on the chest where all the shards were. The demon yelled and he exploded into pieces. The shards went flying towards Kagome, she caught them, threw them into the basket of her bike, and ran up to Inuyasha. She knelt down in front of him and began to cry. "Inuyasha! Speak to me!" "Kagome…I need you to take these things out of me…" he said in pain "But…" "I'll be fine! I can handle a little pain! Please Kagome…" She pulled them out one by one and Inuyasha let out a painful groan each time. He sat up and Kagome said, "Inuyasha! You're bleeding all over!!" "We need to get everyone to Kaede…" "But you're hurt!" "This is nothing…I'll… *groan* …I'll be fine…" "Inuyasha…" she cried "Kagome, trust me, I'm ok…" "Mhm…"she said helping him up They brought everyone to Kaede. ~ The next morning, Miroku, Sango & Kilala, and Shippou were all in one hut and Inuyasha and Kagome were in another. Kagome was asleep against the wall by Inuyasha. He was wrapped in bandages and was resting. The sun peered in from the window and woke Inuyasha up. He tried to sit up but he was in too much pain and began to let out painful moans. Kagome heard him and woke up. "Inuyasha, NO! You're badly injured! You shouldn't be moving!" she said trying to lay him down. He sighed and closed his eyes. Kagome took a wet rag and began to wipe it over his forehead. When she stopped to dip it in water, he opened his eyes and looked at her. She looked back at him and he asked, "Are you alright?" "I'm fine. nothing out of place. ... Are you still in a lot of pain? ..." she asked in a worried tone "It's just a couple of scratches! I'll be back to normal in no time!" he said trying to hide the fact that he was "Inuyasha, you could've lost your life, again! You're always putting your life in danger…for me…why? …" "Cause if I were to lose you, it would be like losing a part of myself. I don't know what I would do if I were to let anything happen to you. If I did, I think I'd go crazy…" "Inuyasha…" she smiled "Can I ask you something?" "Anything…" "Back when you were with the demon…did you mean what you said?" "Huh…" "You know…what you said about me…" "Oh…I did…every word of it…" she said looking down Inuyasha sat up in pain. Kagome tried to lay him down, but he refused. "You 'really' meant it? …" "I really did! Honest!" "Hm…" he smiled. He placed his hand on hers and she blushed. "Come closer…" he said. She moved in closer and he smiled. She blushed and he leaned in and kissed her. Her eyes were wide. He parted and said, "The only way you can prove to me that you really mean it, is by loving me…that's all…" She smiled and said, "But I do" He smiled back and kissed her again. While they were deep into the kiss, Kaede accidentally walked in on them and quietly said, "Oh my!" trying not to disturb them. She began to walk away and someone ran up to her and said, "Everyone else is doing fine. Are Inuyasha and Kagome ok?" "Hai. I think ye should leave them alone for a bit. They need some time to themselves" "Yes, lady Kaede" he said running off. Everyone rested up and were soon up and on their feet on their way on their 'mission' again. *The End*