InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Friendship to Love ❯ A Valentine's Suprise ( Chapter 9 )

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From Friendship to Love

Chapter Eight: A Valentine's Surprise

"Kagome…" he whispered.

Miroku was rereading the text message that was just sent to him when he almost tripped over Inuyasha kneeling in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Hey, Inu what's up?" he asked confused as to why Inuyasha was just staring at the chain and pink shard in his hand.

Inuyasha's mind was in a panic, she had seen. But she has seen that dozens of times before. Why? It obviously hurt her. Oh God. No. Shit. I need to talk to her. Now. Inuyasha forced himself out of his thoughts.

"Miroku, do me a favor?"

"What?" Miroku answered as he put his cell back in his pocket.

"Will you pick up every piece of this pink jewel you can find and give it me to later. I have to go talk to someone."

"Yeah." He answered, raising a curious eyebrow.

"Thank you." Inuyasha called back, he was already running full speed in the direction Kagome had gone.

Miroku watched his friend round the corner, knelt down and began picking up the broken necklace.

When he had ninety percent of the jewel in his hand, he felt his cell vibrating. Sticking the pieces in his pocket, he pulled his cell out and read the text message.

Valentines = Love

You = Me

My house = No Parents

6:00 = Don't be late

Miroku's eyes grew with excitement; he glanced down at his watch. 4:00. Just enough time to run home, shower, dress, and stop by and pick Sango something else up for Valentines. He had already gotten her a diamond tennis bracelet but some red roses would be nice as well.

He gathered the remainder of the shards, putting them with the rest of the broken jewel and began heading towards his car.

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Inuyasha turned the corner he saw Kagome took. His eyes searched frantically for any sign of her. Before him was the almost completely abandon senior parking. Only a few cars sat idle waiting for their drivers to finish after school business. His eyes skimmed the parking lot, her car was still there but she was not.

His now cast free hand wiped a lose hair from his eye. He could feel his heart sinking, but then his gaze caught her small form running down the street towards the playground.

It was five blocks away and it looked like she was already three quarters of the way there. His mind wasn't thinking right, not caring if anybody saw him, he ran after her.

The playground was oddly abandoned for this time of day. Inuyasha's eyes roamed over the large wood castle and playground that the community had built for the city. Up in the highest tower he saw some movement between the wooden railings. Going on a hunch that it was Kagome, he began ascending the many stairs and turns that would lead him to her.

He quietly reached the tower only to find his beloved angel leaning against the railing with her knees to her chest and her head on her arms crying. His heart shattered. Don't cry. He hated to see her cry. He took a seat next took, and racked his brain trying to find something to say to her.

She was the one to break the silence.

"So…" she lifted her head only to stare straight ahead of her, "so what happened between us on New Years…Was it just your idea of a sick joke? Why don't you just go be with her like you obviously want to be? " She asked in a bitter voice as the tears still gently rolled down her soaked face.

She didn't know what possessed her to say such a thing to him; she knew very well that neither accusation was true. She continued to stare off into the space in front of her waiting for his reply.

Inuyasha almost choked on her words. How could she think something like that? He could feel the anger rise in him and no matter how much he tried to calm it, there was no stopping the words beginning to escape his lips.

"YOU FUCKING THINK…" he fought his words, he even almost got up and left to keep himself from saying something he would regret. But her questions echoed through out his mind and his pride refused to let him leave.

"IF YOU THINK that I would PURPOSELY HURT YOU by playing this sick JOKE you apparently think I am, then I haven't an FUCKING IDEA why I am still here. If you DO NOT have enough trust in me the I don't understand why we are even friends."

He watched her flinch as he spoke but he was too mad to stop, "AND IF YOU HONETLY THINK THAT I WOULD RATHER BE WITH KIKYOU THAN WITH YOU, THAT I WOULD PURPOSELY WANT TO HURT YOU, THEN YOU ARE SORELY MISTAKEN AND THAT JUST PROVES TO ME THAT YOU HAVE NO FUCKING RESPECT FOR ME, FOR OUR FUCKING FRIENDSHIP, OR FOR MY FUCKING FEELINGS TOWARDS YOU." He was done, and he wanted to leave, he wanted to get away and find some escape to this sudden overwhelming pain that came with her words and his.

He moved to get up but her body stopped him. Her arms tightly wrapped around his neck while she almost sat in his lap to kept him from leaving. He closed his eyes, and wrapped his hands around her pulling to him like she would disappear at any given moment.

"I'm so sorry, Inuyasha" she cried into his shoulder.

He however did not speak; the guilt that washed over him was unbearable.

"I don't why I said that, I know you would never do such a thing. I know that is not an excuse but when I saw you and Kikyou in such a deep kiss something inside me snapped." She looked up at him through her tear filled eyes.

He continued to stare directly at the opposite side of the tower, not a single word escaping his mouth.

Kagome took his silence as a bad omen. Her eyes searched his face for any sign, any hint of emotion. There was none. Fear raced through her. She screwed up. Things will never be the same again. It was her fault. She lost him. No. Her mind screamed and she surrendered to the tears again.

"Please forgive me…" she pleaded as her fingers reached up and moved his chin forcing his eyes to meet hers.

Inuyasha allowed his gaze to be directed towards her. When he saw her tear streaked face, he snapped out of his trance. Kagome could the see the emotions quickly overflowing over his face. Pain. Fear. Anger. Guilt. Hurt.

"Please forgive me?" she asked one final time.

"Only…" his voice cracked a little, "Only if you forgive me first." His gaze burned deep into Kagome as the shock raced inside her.

`Why is he sorry?' she thought to herself before subconsciously pulling his face towards hers.

Without a single word she brought her lips to his as they both silently forgave each other. Pulling apart seconds later, Inuyasha pressed his forehead against Kagome's

"Kagome, I didn't mean to hurt you, I hate have to pretend that I want to be with Kikyou when actually my whole being cries out to be with you. These past six weeks have been hell for me, you've plagued my mind every second of every hour. Kikyou caught me off guard today and if I would have known you were walking towards us I would have found someway to avoid it." His eyes fell from hers to the ground.

Her hand caressed his cheek as she responded.

"I over reacted, the time we've spent apart have been hell for me too. I couldn't stop the doubts that have been bothering me for weeks and when I saw you two together today, it just fueled those emotions. I want to be selfish, I don't want to share you anymore."

He looked back at her, "And I don't want to be shared, I want to be with you, only you. But this is how it has to be, at least until I can figure something out."

"I know" she responded while she placed her head on his shoulder.

His arms tightened around her, releasing a heavy sigh, he rested his head on hers. They sat their liked that for a few minutes before voices could be heard below.

"C'mon daddy, I wanna go down the big slide" a young girl told her father.

Inuyasha picked his head up and looked to their left, they were blocking the path to the `big slide.' Inuyasha sighed again; `reach the tallest tower and then either turn back or go down the slide.' He kissed Kagome's forehead before standing taking her with him.

He stood there for a few seconds holding her in his arms. He brushed a stray hair from her face before pulling her chin up so he could capture her lips. Her mouth automatically opened and he wasted no time before feasting on her sweet taste. God! He had missed her so much. He craved her. Craved to hold her. Craved to kiss her. Craved to love her. He needed her. He broke their kiss when he heard the tiny footsteps coming closer.

"You should be getting home." He watched to sadness return to her face.

"But when will I see you again?" She asked him.

"Shh that is part of your surprise." He was pleased when her face transformed into joy and excitement.

He picked her up and walked towards the slide.

"Inuyasha what on earth are you doing?"

He ignored her question and sat her down on the slide not letting go. He had placed her on the slide so that once he let go the downward spiral of the slide would pull her body down with it. When she gave him a look that clearly stated don't-you even-think-about-it; he let go.

Inuyasha chuckled to himself as he heard her scream the entire way down. He turned and went down the tower the direction he had come passing the little girl and her father on the way. When he reached normal ground again, he was met with a steaming girl. He only smirked much to her annoyance.

"You know the sooner you stop glaring darts at me the sooner you'll get your surprise."

Her eyes grew as her fuming calmed but she did not move.

"Go already!" he couldn't wait to see her reaction and wanted her home as soon as possible.

With his words, he smiled as she took off running back towards the school but not before he saw the excitement return to her precious face.

He had taken care of Kikyou's Valentines the night before, claiming that he had a lot to do the night of Valentines. Which by his standards wasn't lying to her. He did have a lot do with getting Kagome's surprise ready and all. But Kikyou didn't have to know that small little detail.

He began to walk back towards the school. He had to be at Kagome's window when she walked in the room but he didn't want her to see he was following her home. So he had to pace himself according to Kagome. His smile faded as his thoughts resolved into the situation at hand.

He loved Kagome. He didn't want to hurt Kikyou; after all she loved him, and didn't know her father was blackmailing him to stay with her. He wanted to be with Kagome, he wanted to scream to the world that Kagome was his and that he loved her.

`But Kikyou…' his eyes feel to the ground as he walked.

God he hated deceiving her, she was a bitch at times but she didn't deserve to have this done to her. He had to find a way out. He was determined. Yes, Kikyou will be hurt but the longer he was forced to stay with her the more pain it would eventually cause her. He reached to school and looked up to see Kagome's car speeding out the parking lot. Shit! He was so lost in his thought he had forgotten to keep his pace. He ran to his car, hoping he could make it to her house before she got to her room.

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He reached her house at the same time she reached the top of the stairs that led up to the shrine and her house. He parked his car in his normal spot and raced towards her house, taking his usual routine to her bedroom window. When he made it to her window, he crouched and waited tentatively for the sound of her door opening.

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Kagome entered her house and was greeted by a delicious aroma coming from her kitchen. Kagome could feel her stomach building up for a large growl informing everyone within a twenty radius that she was hungry. Kagome shut the front door, walked over and dropped her book bag and purse on the couch.

"Hey Mom, I'm home." She called out

Kagome heard rustling and whispers in the kitchen before her mother appeared in the living room.

"Hello, dear! How was your day?"

"Alright, I guess..." Kagome's looked towards the kitchen when the noises continued without her mother, "Who's in there?" Kagome asked while a curios eyebrow rose.

"Ah ah ah…Nobody!" she almost yelled but the skepticism in her daughter's face told her she had better come up with a more ingenious excuse than that.

"Oh I mean…just a friend of mine who wanted to cook us dinner, honey." She lied, but Kagome did not need to know yet that Inuyasha had sent an Italian cook over to prepare dinner for her.

"Right…" Kagome said not believing a word her mother was telling her, "I am going up to my room." She said hoping she would find a certain best friend in there waiting for her.

Kagome walked up to her room wanting nothing more than to see Inuyasha. She was not prepared for the sight she saw when she opened her door.

She gasped as her jaw dropped to the ground. There almost covering her entire room were at the very least twenty dozen of long-stem white roses. Her absolute favorite flower. Oh my God. She subconsciously rubbed her eyes still not quite believing what she was seeing.

She stepped into her room stopping to smell one of the beautiful snow-white buds. Then walked towards the bed when she noticed the letter, a single red rose, and a small silver box on her bed. She picked up the note, opened it, and began reading, completely unaware of the young man who now stepped into her room. Her eyes began to fill with joyous tears as she read each line of his letter:

Not a single word in any language could describe what you mean to me.

And a million page book could never explain how much I love you.

You make me stronger; you cause me to be a better person.

When I am with you, I do not fear the future or the past because you are all that matters

to me.

Every single white and red petal in this room represents how many times I think of you

each and everyday.

I will love you…Forever

~Inuyasha

The tears flowed freely down her soft, flushed cheeks. Her heart fluttered with love and happiness. She lifted her head from the page in her hand when she heard her favorite song suddenly begin playing. An instant later she felt his arms wrap tightly around her waist and his soft lips press against her soaked cheek. As the introduction to the song began to near the first verse, she felt herself being turned to face him. She wrapped her arms around his neck naturally as he readjusted his arms around her waist. He smiled down at her and kissed her nose before he spoke.

"I know this is your favorite song of all time, but it is also the only song I could find that came even close to describing how I feel about you." He whispered in her ear.

Their bodies began to sway elegantly with the music when the piano began in the background. His mouth moved closer to her ear as he softly sang the words. She smiled knowing it was becoming a habit for him to sing to her, she was becoming hopelessly addicted to it.

I'm So Glad...

I Will Never Find Another Lover

Sweeter Than You

Sweeter Than You

And I Will Never Find Another Lover

More Precious Than You

More Precious Than You

Girl You Are…

Close To Me You're Like My Mother,

Close To Me You're Like My Father,

Close To Me You're Like My Sister,

Close To Me You're Like My Brother

And You Are The Only One My Everything

And For You This Song I Sing....

His eyes quickly averted to hers; she felt her knees become weak, he continued…

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Thank God

That I..That I Finally Found You

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Hope That You Feel The Same Way Too

Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too

I'd Send You All That I'm Thinking Of........Baby

He kissed her nose again before he began singing the second verse with the song.

Said I Promise To Never Fall In Love With A Stranger

You're All I'm Thinking Of

I Praise The Lord Above

For Sending Me Your Love

I Cherish Every Hug

I Really Love You

All My Life (Ohhhh..Baby, Baby)

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Thank God

That I...That I Finally Found You

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Hope That You Feel The Same Way Too

Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me

He now was holding her to keep her from falling. Her eyes full of love and happiness, he was lost in them.

You're All That I Ever Know,

When You Smile All My Face Always Seems To Glow,

You Turn My Life Around,

You Pick Me Up When I Was Down,

You're All That I Ever Know,

When You Smile My Face Glow

You Pick Me Up When I Was Down

Say...You're All That I Ever Know

When You Smile My Face Glows

You Pick Me Up When I Was Down

And I Hope That You

Feel The Same Way Too

Yes I Pray That You Do Love Me Too

And All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Thank God

That I..That I Finally Found You

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Thank God

That I ..That I Finally Found You

All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too

He moved his lips to her ear as the music faded out, "I love you."

And All My Life

I Prayed For Someone Like You

And I Thank God That I...That I Finally Found You.....

There he said it, with is own mouth, from his own heart. He told her the three most important words in the universe and he meant every one with every ounce of his soul. He had never said that to anyone. Kikyou would always say it but he would only respond with a `me too' or `back at you'; he never said those words to her. He could feel his heart floating in his chest, holding off his oxygen supply until she responded.

She smiled. He felt his heart melt into a puddle at the sight of it. She reached up and gently brushed her fingers across his face, her eyes never leaving his. She gently reached up and softly pressed her lips to his only to pull away a second later.

"I love you too." He released his breath, grabbed her tighter around her waist, picked her up, and spun her around.

Kagome's giggles were interrupted by a knock on the door. Inuyasha set her down and walked over to the door. He opened to find a silver cart full of covered dinner plates. He noticed the white sheet of paper lying next to one of the platters. Picking it up he read it:,

I am going to my yoga class. But remember what I told you earlier. Also, I am a mother and have eyes everywhere.

Inuyasha looked up to see Kagome's mother standing at the end of the hall giving him that all too familiar motherly look before she turned and descended down the stairs. He shook his head and pulled the cart into Kagome's room.

"So that is what I smelled downstairs. What is that?" she asked pointing to the letter still clutched in his hand.

He smiled at her, "Only a reminder from your mother that I should behave myself because she has eyes everywhere." He finished the last part while his own eye's scanned the room for bugs or hidden cameras.

Kagome laughed, "I will not argue with her on that, she does, trust me."

Inuyasha helped Kagome into her seat at the little table covered in a large table; he had set up in the corner of her room. He served them dinner and they ate in silence for most of the time.

Kagome subconsciously reached up to feel her necklace around her neck only to remember what had happened to it. Inuyasha noticed the horrified look on her face.

"What's is wrong?"

"My necklace! I broke it!" the tears began forming in the corner of her eyes.

Inuyasha chuckled, "Don't worry about it, Miroku picked up the pieces for me. I will get it fix for you and it will back around her neck in no time."

He was happy to see her face return to her previous bright and cheerful one. When they had finished their meal, he followed her to her bed where she had yet to open her gift. He stood behind her as she opened the tiny box.

She gasped. It was a ring. But not just any ring. She remembered when Inuyasha was stuck on the phone one time she was at his house; his mother and her began talking. His mother then took and showed her the very ring that she was now holding in her hand. His mother had told her that Inuyasha's grandmother had given it to him a long time ago and told him to only give it to the woman he would love the rest of his life. It had been passed down for five generations given to the youngest male of the family to give to his love.

Inuyasha heard her gasp and smiled. He thought long and hard about it. He came to the conclusion that yes, in fact, he loved her that much. They had been friends first, and he knew her inside and outside. As did she know him as such. He had every intention of asking her to marry him but not until he was a free man to do so. Much to his relief his future was set for him. His mother had spilt her family heritance between her two boys and placed in it a trust fond where their father could not touch it. It roughly estimated about 5 million for each boy. As soon as he obtained his four-year degree, he would take his father's place in the family business along side of his older brother, Sesshoumaru.

Business was his passion and he looked forward to his future job even if he didn't get along with his brother all that well. His father was a work-alcoholic two-timing bastard. Sesshoumaru was just a work-alcoholic. Inuyasha had secretly vowed a long time go he would not be like his father. Kagome and him had discussed their dreams of the future many times. They both wanted successful careers, a big family, and love. His mind then turned to thoughts of his future with Kagome but they were pulled to a halt when she turned to face him.

"Inuyasha?" she said with surprise in her eyes.

"Shhh…" he placed a finger over her mouth, "I know my mother told me she showed it to you when I asked for it the other day. Which means you understand its importance. So will you accept it?"

Her eyes began to sparkle like soft blue diamonds and she nodded a `yes' to him. He took the ring out of the box and placed on her left ring finger. He watched in amusement while she stared at the ring on her finger.

In the center of the gold ring was a nice size diamond shaped heart. On the top left side of the heart and on the bottom right side of the heart were three tiny pink star shaped diamonds. It was beautiful. She caught him staring at her, and while an evil smile played at her lips she quickly laid back on her bed taking him with her.

He was shocked at first to see find himself suddenly on top of her, when she reached up and kissed him hungrily on the mouth, any objections he might have had a first, vanished. He soon was lost the bliss and ecstasy that came with being with her.

Kagome allowed Inuyasha to deepen the kiss when she slightly opened her mouth. For long time there laid there just kissing until Inuyasha's kisses began trailing down her jaw-line then to her neck. Her eyes closed as the sensation of his tongue on her neck sent a wave of unexplainable desire washing through her. She felt her hands come from around his neck and begin fumbling with the buttons of his shirt.

Inuyasha glided his hand from her knee, up her thighs, past her waist, and across her stomach, resting on her breast. He felt her moan into his mouth as he gently began to massage the flesh under his hand. She managed to remove his shirt before both his hand rested on her stomach. He then pushed her shirt up with his hands, as his lips placed butterfly kisses over her stomach, then between her breast and back up to her neck before she lifted her head and the shirt joined Inuyasha's on the floor. Kagome's legs wrapped around his waist when he pressed himself against her heat. She could feel his hardness through his jeans, and she moaned in need.

Inuyasha was more than a little nervous. He had never really been this far behind let alone this excited. He didn't want to hurt Kagome. He wondered if they were ready for this. But the burning desire inside him kept telling him this was right. Kagome's mind was in a similar state and she too was fighting the need to not want to stop.

Inuyasha's hand snaked around Kagome's back and began to unlatch the hook of her bra. However, before he managed to do so, his cell phone rang. Grumbling Inuyasha got off Kagome, sat up on the bed. He looked at the caller ID and seeing who it was, did not reassure him that this was going to be a pleasant call.

"Hello…" he answered in a slight shaky voice. Kagome's mother could be scary at times.

"Inuyasha! Young man, I specifically laid down the rules for you tonight."

Inuyasha's jaw dropped to his chest, `How the fuck did she know?"

Kagome's mother took his silence as a confirmation, "So my hunch was correct. I am going to give you one more chance. If I have to come out of my yoga class again because of a hunch then you and Kagome will be in some serious trouble when I get back to the house. Do you understand?"

Inuyasha hung his head in defeat, "Yes Ma'am."

"Good, I know you and Kagome are in love, and your both of legal age to do what you want but all I ask is that you respect my wishes."

"Yes Ma'am."

"Alright. Have a good rest of the night. Good bye dear."

"Bye."

Inuyasha sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the floor. For the life of him, he would never understand the powers a mother had. He felt Kagome's arms wrapped around his waist and her soft kisses on his neck.

"I assume I don't have to ask who that was?" she asked in between kisses.

He shook his head and heard her muffled giggle.

"So do you want to watch a movie or do you need to take a cold shower first?"

"Naw, I am good. Your mother kind of took care of that problem for me."

She couldn't hold it in. It was just too funny. She fell backwards on her bed in a fit of laughter.

"Oh I'll give you a reason to laugh." He said while he straddled her waist, tickling her in every stop he knew would cause her to laugh harder.

After a few minutes of pleading and uncontrollable laughter on Kagome's end, Inuyasha ceased his torture on her. He leaned over her and kissed her quickly on the lips.

"Get your shirt back on and I'll get a movie."

When she nodded, he grabbed his own shirt putting it on, on his way out the door. When he returned he popped the movie in, turned the television on, then climbed into bed with Kagome.

He laid on his back while she curled up next to him, resting her head on his shoulder. His arm wrapped possessively around her waist and they enjoyed each other's company until they eventually drifted of to sleep.

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Kagome's mother got home two hours after she scolded Inuyasha. Quietly she climbed to the top of the stairs, passing Souta's empty room. He was staying with some friends tonight. She gently cracked to door to Kagome's room open and appeared inside only to find to sleeping young adults sleeping in the bed. Fully clothed she added. She stepped inside and pulled Kagome's comforter over the sleeping teens. She then turned off the television and walked out of the room but not before she looked back on them and wondered if she was being overprotective of them. She did not have an answer so she quietly closed the door and got ready for bed.

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