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Feel Like Makin' Love	By : Rukhsana Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 21780 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 18

Home is Where the Heart Is

InuYasha and Kagome walked down the city street hand in hand in companionable silence. Kagome was waiting patiently for InuYasha to tell her more about what they could do for Emiko, sneaking glances at his pensive profile. His dark eyes were uncharacteristically looking inward, instead of outward. It was strange to see him this way - the InuYasha she knew was always scanning the world for danger with his keen senses, but not any more, it seemed. Still, it gave her a certain thrill to be just another couple with her hanyou turned youkai.

Before long, they had reached the shrine stairs. They mounted the long flight of stairs, but InuYasha led her away from the house, to the steps in front of the well house. He sat down and Kagome sat down beside him, folding her hands in her lap and looking at him expectantly. He huffed, and ran a hand through the mane of hair that almost covered his eyes. Then he finally turned to look at her.

“It’s like this,” InuYasha began. “You know Emiko is a kitsune and all that.”

Kagome nodded and smiled. Shippo’s daughter!

“Well, it seems she is in love…” InuYasha said, his cheeks flushing with the uncomfortable feeling that always arose when talking about such things.

“Oh, how wonderful!” Kagome said, clapping her hands together, her dark eyes sparkling. “Tell me more!”

“Keh, it is not as wonderful as you think,” InuYasha said, a wry twist to the corner of his mouth. “She’s in love with an Inu Taiyoukai.”

Brows creased in confusion, Kagome’s hands dropped slowly to her lap again. InuYasha looked away at the ground between his knees. Pursing her lips, Kagome reached out and touched his arm.

“I don’t understand,” Kagome said. “How is that a problem?”

InuYasha let out a sharp bark of laughter, and then looked back at her. “Don’t you see? He is a Taiyoukai, and someday will be a Lord. She is only a kitsune, and his father does not approve of the match for these obvious reasons!”

“InuYasha, you sound so negative!” Kagome shot back. “I believe true love can always win out. Who cares about this Feudal hierarchy stuff anymore – this is the modern era!”

“Oh, this particular Taiyoukai still cares, I assure you!” InuYasha replied. “I know him only too well…”

When InuYasha would not elaborate and kept silent after this cryptic response, Kagome’s nostrils flared and her mouth formed a thin line. Just as she was about to snap back at him, she was hit by a sudden intuition. Her face paled as her mind raced, adrenaline pumping through her veins and making her heart pound.

“This Taiyoukai Lord is Sesshomaru, isn’t it?” Kagome said, her words more of an affirmation than a question.

“Keh, who else?” InuYasha replied. “Now do you see the problem?”

Standing up, Kagome put her hands on her hips, her mouth open and eyes wide and incredulous. InuYasha raised an eyebrow at her, his eyes calculating. It was a good thing the kotodama was history…her expression was becoming reminiscent of those days.

“InuYasha, I am surprised at you!” Kagome fumed. “This isn’t a problem - you are in the perfect position to get Emiko together with Sesshomaru’s son!”

A petulant snarl curled InuYasha’s lip as he stood quickly. He turned away from Kagome, and crossed his arms. Damn teenage girls and their innocent beliefs about relationships! He had had seven years to grow up and... With a sigh, InuYasha realized what he had been thinking. He had had seven years to grow up…and Kagome was still sixteen.

“It’s a lot more complicated than that,” he snapped. “But I thought if we could put our heads together, we could find a way to make it possible for them to see each other.”

“Oh, we will do better than that!” Kagome said, clasping her hands together as visions of wedding bells, the happy couple dressed in white, filled her head.

InuYasha rolled his eyes, and then shook his head. Well, if they could defeat Naraku, maybe they could pull this off. The cold stern look which dominated Sesshomaru’s limited expressions came to his mind. It had not changed after almost 500 years…he looked the same when InuYasha woke up as when he had gone to sleep, if not even colder! He thought bitterly that the only warmth he had ever seen his brother show was to Rin, and that sweet human girl was long gone.

“Hey, Kagome, InuYasha!”

They both turned to see Souta running towards them, his backpack bouncing on his back. He stopped his headlong charge right in front of them, panting and cheeks flushed, and regarded them with bright eyes.

“You two weren’t going to try and go back, were you?” Souta said. “Not without saying goodbye!”

At first, Kagome was startled by Souta’s exclamation. The well was closed…wasn’t it? Shaking off her doubts, she approached her brother, taking him gently by his arms and smiled. His earnest expression softened a bit.

“No, Souta, the well is closed,” Kagome said. “What made you think we were trying to go back?”

“It’s just you are at the well house,” Souta said sheepishly. “Did you ever think that maybe the well would open if you tried to go back together?”

With a snort, InuYasha shook his head at Souta’s naiveté. Keh, it could not be that simple, after all his years of trying…

“Believe me, Souta, it is closed for good,” InuYasha said. “I spent seven years trying to get back through it, and spoke with the most powerful humans and youkai around. They all said the same thing. The last time Kagome used the well sealed it off forever.”

With a shrug, Souta smiled. “Okay, sorry if I disturbed you. See you back at the house!”

As Souta scampered off, Kagome and InuYasha gave each other meaningful glances and their eyes met. Both had sounded so sure of themselves, but Souta’s innocent remark had placed uncertainty in their hearts. There were no words to be uttered, as they walked into the well house and stood by the well. Kagome clasped the edge, her knuckles white, and bit her lip. Peering in, she saw no change. It was still cold, damp and hollow, bereft of the magic that had permanently changed her life a year ago. A tingle went down her spine, and she hunched her shoulders.

“So, InuYasha, do we try it?”

Would they jump through the well and he would have no memory of his time of separation from Kagome? Feh, thinking about it was just giving him a headache! InuYasha could see the hope trying to surface in her dark eyes, like the first sparks that would light a warm blaze. How he loved to see her happy! Still, he would not build up her expectations.

“Keh, you know it,” InuYasha replied, and scooped her up in his arms.

Like so many times in the past, they jumped into the well. InuYasha tensed, holding Kagome tighter and feeling her arms tighten around his neck. They braced themselves for the fall…and fell until they hit the dirt bottom of the well. The silence echoed back the disappointment in Kagome’s heart, although she had tried not to be too optimistic. She slumped in InuYasha’s arms with a small sigh, and he held her tighter in an effort to console her. He was not really surprised it had not worked, but knowing this letdown had affected Kagome made him anxious and concerned.

“Well, I told you there was no way it was going to work again,” InuYasha said.

Looking up at him, Kagome’s lips said ‘pout’ but her eyes said ‘peeved’. Before she could speak, he gently pushed her head back against his collarbone.

“So why did you agree to do it?” Kagome whispered against his neck.

“Would you have taken no for an answer?” InuYasha snorted, and felt her smile against his skin as he jumped out of the well. “I’m hungry, let’s go see what your Mom has to eat.”

InuYasha placed Kagome gently on her feet and they walked to her home. Little twinges of residual sadness plucked occasionally on their hearts like the plucking of a melancholy violin. The sound resonated in their souls, like ripples of two rocks thrown in a pond that overlap. When InuYasha went to intertwine his fingers with Kagome’s, she did not refuse him.

~*~

At dinner, InuYasha actually felt more comfortable than he had in a while. Next to him, Kagome gave off some of the same enthusiastic glow he had so treasured…and missed. Her eyes sparkled and she giggled as she and Souta teased each other.

Occasionally, he caught her glancing at him and giving him a quick smile that warmed his heart. He realized that today something had changed between them…and he thought he knew what it was.

“InuYasha, dear, would you like some more udon?” Mrs. Higurashi said.

The youkai did not react right away, lost in thought and not paying attention. Kagome nudged him and he looked up into Mrs. Higurashi’s smiling, expectant face. He blushed slightly, and nodded. While she ladled some udon into his bowl, Kagome nudged him again. He began to feel annoyed…

“What do you keep doing that for?” InuYasha hissed.

“Didn’t Sesshomaru teach you any manners those seven years?” Kagome hissed back.

“Uh, thank you, Mrs. Higurashi,” InuYasha mumbled, and Kagome rolled her eyes. “Uh, I mean, thank you…Mama-san.”

Mrs. Higurashi beamed, Kagome smiled at him, and InuYasha felt like crawling under the table. Damn, how these women could make him still feel uncomfortable! He reddened, then stuffed more food in his mouth before he said something stupid and got in trouble. ‘It’s just the price I have to pay,’ he thought wryly. ‘One bad choice…and now I am still paying for betraying the girl I love.’

After dinner, Kagome had to do homework, but she was too excited about Emiko and Kitomaru to do it. She sat in her chair at her desk, and InuYasha sat on her bed while she chattered and giggled. InuYasha just stared at her, reminded of how she used to act about Miroku and Sango…which, for her, was not that long ago. Finally, she noticed his dour expression and calmed down, her hands folded between her knees.

“Well, let’s think of the first thing we need to do,” Kagome said. “How are we going to get Emiko to see Kitomaru?”

InuYasha shrugged his shoulders. There was no way he was going to just march in there and make demands of Sesshomaru. He had learned the hard way over several years that that would get him nowhere. Sesshomaru only did what suited his own needs. Go and pay him a formal visit, and bring Kagome and Emiko? His face folded in a sour expression. Not damn likely after the warm reception he received from his brother upon his awakening.

“Well, InuYasha?” Kagome asked impatiently. “You are a member of the family, can’t you just go home?”

InuYasha barked an incredulous laugh, and Kagome’s lips pouted. He stopped laughing at her miffed expression. He took a deep breath and ran a hand through his forelock. Then he looked up resolutely and their eyes met. He would get through her thickheaded, teenage mentality somehow.

“I never had a home after my Mom died,” InuYasha snapped. “If anywhere was my home, it was the forests rather than my brother’s court. Home is…a place like this, where you are comfortable…and surrounded by people who love you.”

Kagome bit her lip, her hands sliding down between her knees where they pressed together. Her delicate brows were pinched over her downcast eyes, and she sighed.

“I never thought of it that way,” Kagome said softly. “I’m sorry, InuYasha.”

“Keh, don’t worry about me,” InuYasha said. “Why don’t we just talk to Emiko? I think she told me my brother would be leaving for a tour of his territory soon.”

“Great idea!” Kagome replied. “And InuYasha…someday, you will have a home of your own.”

Kagome’s sweet and ardent expression as she spoke made InuYasha smile. The tension left his body, and he gave a quick nod. In his mind came a vision of a home…with him and Kagome in it.
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