Chapter 5-A long night

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Kagome climbed out of the well in her own time, looked around the well house, then sighed. Everything was quiet. Kagome was still thinking about the kiss that she and Inuyasha shared just before she returned to her time. She began to blush but she tried to clear her head before leaving the well house to seek her mother. Kagome wanted to tell her everything that happened, well nearly everything anyway. Shutting the well house door behind her, Kagome looked toward the main house to see Souta talking with her grandfather. Souta looked very unhappy, backing away slowly, eager to escape as quickly as possible.

"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Kagome asked her younger brother and grandfather.

"Hey KAGOME! You are back!" Souta had a smile on his face that could only mean one thing. "Well Grandpa is telling me the history of the god tree….again" Souta said sadly, his smile fading. "I haven't seen you in a while. How is everything in the Feudal Era?" he asked Kagome, hoping she would save him from their grandfather.

"Oh well, it's a long story. Why don't you come with me, and I will tell you all about it." Kagome smiled, knowing exactly what Souta wanted her to do. They both ran into the house.

"WAIT I am not done telling you the history of the god tree!!" Grandpa called after them, but they were already gone. "Oh well." he said, then went to find something else to occupy his time.

"Thanks sis. I didn't think I could take it much longer. He is always going on and on about that stuff. He forgets that he already told me!" Souta looked at Kagome who was now laughing a bit.

"I know exactly what you mean." Kagome smiled at her little brother and patted him on the head.

"Yeah but at least you get to go to the past all the time. You don't have to hear it any more! You are so lucky!" Souta replied.

"You know I wish my life was still as simple as yours. It's not so bad listening to Grandpa from time to time." Kagome said looking a little sad. "At least you don't have to worry about crazy demons trying to kill you all the time."

"I would take that ANY day over sitting here with Grandpa while he tells me another of the same old stories I've heard a million times! Besides you are lucky! You get to have all kinds of cool adventures! You do what everyone dreams of. PLUS you don't have to worry about the crazy demons because you have Inuyasha there to save you!" As Souta said this, he looked proud, and when he said Inuyasha's name Souta grinned from ear to ear.

'He really does think Inuyasha is the greatest man to ever live, doesn't he? If only he knew him the way I do!' Kagome thought to herself and then giggled a little "I guess you're right. It's not so bad there. I have friends and I do have fun with Inuyasha when he isn't being a jerk." Kagome smiled. And then started to think about the kiss again.

Souta looked at his sister who now looked as if she were a million miles away in thought. "Well I am going to go play video games. Mom is in the kitchen. See ya later!" Souta smiled at Kagome and then ran up the stairs to his room.

Kagome was brought back from her pleasant memory with the reality that she now had to tell her mother what happened to her. As she walked to the kitchen, Kagome paused for a minute. She could feel Inuyasha and he was very, very angry. 'I guess even though we are 500 hundred years apart, I can still tell what he is feeling. Probably he returned to Kaede's and Kouga was still there.' She sighed, then continued her walk to the kitchen, where was hit with the wonderful smells of dinner. 'Thank god I am home. I've missed Mom's food so much!' she thought, as she got closer. The food smelled even better then normal with her new heightened senses. She smiled and went into the kitchen to see her mother.

"Kagome you are home. I am so glad to see you. You have been gone for a long time." Her mother said with a big smile on her face, giving Kagome a hug. "Can I get you anything? I can run a bath for you if you like."

Kagome nodded her head and said, "A bath would be wonderful. Mom. Thanks. When I am done, I need to talk to you about something important." Her mother gave her a smile and a nod, then ran to start the bath water.

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Meanwhile back in Inuyasha's time…….

"GET BACK HERE SHIPPO!!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran after Shippo.

"AHHHH!!!! HELP ME!!" Shippo yelled as he ran back to Kaede's, jumping into Sango's arms, hoping she would save him from the crazy Inuyasha.

"What's going on? Where is Kagome?" Sango asked Shippo who was shaking in her arms.

"She is home and she will be back tomorrow. Now hand over the brat! He is going to die!" Inuyasha yelled but Sango wouldn't let go "FINE! Don't hand him over!" Inuyasha yelled, then hit Shippo on the head as hard as he could. Inuyasha had a big grin on his face when Shippo started to cry loudly.

"That wasn't very nice, Inuyasha. May I ask what he did?" Miroku asked in a calm voice.

"It's none of your damn business Monk!" Inuyasha looked mad but not nearly as mad as when he realized that Kouga was still there. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE!!!" Inuyasha screamed at the top of his lungs.

"I am here to make sure MY woman is alright. I guess I will just have to wait here until she gets back in the morning." Kouga didn't look at all intimidated by the fuming hanyou in front of him.

"You will not live to see tomorrow if you don't get the fuck out of my sight RIGHT NOW!! Inuyasha yelled the last two words VERY loudly. Kouga cringed a little, but didn't move nor did he look as if he were going to.

"Look dog crap! I will do what I want to! If you want me to leave, you will have to make me!" Kouga was yelling also and they were now face to face looking extremely angry. They were both growling and were about to fight when Miroku stepped in between them.

"You both need to calm down. Inuyasha, Kagome can still feel your emotions even though she is in her time, can't she?" Inuyasha nodded his answer to the upset looking monk. "Well then she is probably worried that we are in the middle of a fight or something considering how angry you are right now. You wouldn't want to upset her when she is already in a fragile state, now would you?" Miroku looked at Inuyasha and then at Kouga, who seemed to understand and backed away a bit.

"He is right. I don't want Kagome more upset then she already is. I will leave for now but I will be back!" Before any one even had time to say anything else to Kouga, he disappeared in a blur.

"Well at least he is gone for now." Sango sighed. "But what do we do when he comes back? It will only make Kagome even more angry if he is here to bother her when she gets back." Sango looked at Inuyasha, who seemed to be trying very hard to suppress his anger, and then to Miroku who seemed to be thinking. "Well I guess we will worry about that in the morning," she said and then walked back to the fire with Shippo still in her arms. She set Shippo down, then knelt down and sat on her legs, before taking some food. She gave Shippo some food as well, and he smiled at her. 'I wonder what he did to make Inuyasha that mad' she thought to herself as he looked at Shippo who already had a big bump on his head. 'Better not ask. He seems to be in a bad enough mood already.' She sighed and continued to eat her Ramen.

Inuyasha had finally gotten his anger under control when he saw Miroku sit down next to Sango. Sango watched him closely waiting for what she knew was coming. Inuyasha sighed when Miroku did just what Sango had expected, putting his hand on her butt. She quickly smacked him so hard that you could see the bright red hand print on his face. "What? It's not my fault! My hands just have a mind of their own! It must be this darn curse!" said Miroku assuming his most innocent looking face only to receive a glare from Sango.

"Right! And I am really a man!" Sango yelled at Miroku and giggled at the look he gave her. It was a fake hurt look and it was funny.

"YOU ARE?" Miroku yelled only to be hit on the head by Sango's boomerang. "Ok, ok I get the point. Don't hurt me!" He said, holding up his hands up to cover his face.

Inuyasha just turned away from them and jumped up into a tall tree near by. "What's his problem?" Shippo asked Sango and Miroku. They both just shrugged and started to eat again.

Inuyasha looked down on them and then let his mind wander back to Kagome. He wasn't receiving much emotion from her other than a little happiness and some confusion. Beyond that she didn't seem to be feeling much of any thing. He sighed. 'I hope she isn't still mad at me. What will I say to her when she gets back?' Inuyasha was starting to get worried again. He lay back against the tree and tried to relax, but his thoughts kept returning to Kagome and the kiss they'd shared. He wanted to kiss her again, but wasn't sure if she would want him to. 'She still might not want anything to do with me, so I don't think she is going to want to kiss me. But what if she does?' he thought to himself. The possibility of Kagome loving him and wanting to be always by his side made him happy, so he decided that he should just go to bed to make the time pass quicker. He fell asleep quickly, thinking about Kagome, and what it would be like to be with her forever. For the first time in a long time he was happy and Inuyasha was going to do his best to keep it that way.

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Back in Kagome's time…….

Kagome climbed out of the bathtub and went into her room to get dressed. She was towel drying her hair and thinking about Inuyasha. He seemed to have calmed down a bit but was worried. 'I wonder what's going on in the past.' Kagome thought and sighed. When she finished getting dressed, she removed the towel from her fairly dry hair and began to brush it. 'I still can't believe Inuyasha kissed me. Does this mean he wants to be with me? I know I felt love coming from him, but what kind of love? Does he love me as a friend or something more?' Kagome was confused again, and didn't want to think about it anymore, but somehow her thoughts always returned to Inuyasha. She was brought out of her reverie by a knock on her door. "Come in," she said with a smile on her face.

"Kagome, you wanted to talk to me about some thing?" Her mother sat down on the bed and motioned for her daughter to join her.

"Yeah I did. I have to tell you something very important. Something happened while I was in the past…" Kagome began to tell her mother but was cut off.

"Are you and Inuyasha going to get married?!?" Her mother smiled happily and looked at a shocked Kagome.

"NO! Why would you think that? We aren't even dating! And I am not even 17 yet!" Kagome said to her mother who looked less happy but not upset in any way.

"Well I know you both love each other and you will be 17 soon. That is more then old enough to be married in the Feudal Era," she told her daughter.

"Why do you think we love each other?? Has he said any thing to you?" Kagome looked surprised that her Mom would think such a thing.

"Kagome, I am your mother and I have known for a long time you loved Inuyasha. It took a little longer to see that he loves you. It is obvious now though that he loves you very much. He may be a bit shy about it, but I can see that he does care for you greatly. I have been waiting for the day you would tell me that you had feelings for him, but you never seemed to want to talk about it so I let you be." She sounded so sure of herself and Kagome knew she meant every word of it. Kagome felt bad that she hadn't been talking to her Mom about this stuff, but she wasn't ready to do that yet so she let the thought go.

"Oh. Anyway the thing I wanted to talk to you about is that something happened to me when I was in the past. I was bitten by this weird demon and I almost died." Her mother looked upset. "But don't worry Inuyasha saved me, of course. It's just that in order to save me he had to give me some of his blood." Now her mother looked confused and she had every right to be. So Kagome went on to tell her mother all about what giving her the blood would mean for both her and Inuyasha. She told her about everything, including the kiss.

Her mother gave her a hug and smiled at her. "Well I guess this means you will be staying in the Feudal Era right?" She sighed when Kagome nodded.

"I don't have any other choice. I can't bring him here and we have to be together almost all the time or we could both die. I am sorry Mom. I will still come back to see you all the time, but I guess I won't be able to go to school anymore." Kagome got very sad suddenly. She had been working so hard to try and pass her courses, but it didn't even matter anymore, she was never going to have the normal life she wanted now. Kagome started to cry softly.

Her mother hugged her tightly. "Kagome this is good news, not bad news. You are alive and I am greatfull for that. Also you are stronger than before. I know it will be hard to outlive us all, but at least I know you will live a long happy life with Inuyasha. Everything will be ok. I am just glad you are all right." Kagome sniffled and held her mother even tighter. "Is it really so bad to spend the rest of your life with the man you love?" Kagome pulled away a bit and looked into her mother's eyes.

"But everyone else I love other than him will die LONG before I do!! I don't know if I can take that!" Kagome yelled through her tears.

"You can have a family of your own and they will live a long time also. Besides I am sure that Miroku and Sango will have plenty of kids and you can live long enough to take care of them after their parents go. Souta will have kids one day also and you can watch out for them too, whenever you come to visit. The shrine will always be your home and you can come here any time, even after we are all gone. We will all live on through our children. I know I will always live on through mine." Kagome was starting to feel a little better but she was still upset.

'Maybe she is right. Maybe this is a good thing. Now Inuyasha and I can be together and he doesn't have to worry about me dying before him.' Kagome thought to herself. "You are right Mom. Everything will be ok. I am so glad you are here for me to talk to. I love you so much." Kagome and her mother hugged tightly once again and then they pulled apart. They both had tears in their eyes now.

"I love you too, Kagome. Now why don't you come down for dinner. I will tell Souta all about these changes after dinner so you don't have to. I am sure he will think it is wonderful." Kagome's mother smiled and walked out the door.

Kagome followed her mother downstairs and ate with her family. She decided to get some sleep and returned to her room once more. 'I do love Inuyasha and I am going to tell him when I get back!' Kagome thought as she fell asleep with a smile on her face.

In the morning, Kagome awoke, got dressed, then packed her things. Running downstairs quickly, Kagome gave her mother a hug and a kiss goodbye. She then turned to Souta, who looked proud of his sister, and she giggled a little. 'I knew he would think it was cool.' "Well I am going now. I will see you all in a week or two. See ya!" Kagome yelled as she ran out the door and into the well house. She shut the door and looked into the well. 'I will tell him today no matter what! I will find out how he feels about me once and for all!' She thought and then jumped into the well.

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Well that's chapter 5 sorry it took longer then normal but the next chap. should be up soon. ^_^ See ya then!

This chapter has been reposted thanks to proof reading by Bonnie 217!