1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

always: song-fic originally done by saliva. inuyasha's feelings about kagome and vise versa. not too mushy. hey! it's not my fault they make such a good couple…*whistles innocently*

i hear, a voice say "don't be so blind"

it's telling me all these things, that you would probably hide

am i, your one and only desire

am i the reason you

eathe, or am i the reason you cry

kagome grabbed her back pack ready for another trip through the well. secretly she couldn't wait to see inuyasha, but she wasn't sure. he had been acting strange lately, like when she left the last time her almost begged to know how long she would be away. as she made her way to the well she stopped and sighed.

"okay, lets get it over with," and with that she jumped off the edge to see him.

when she got there, there was inuyasha waiting nearby the well, not much to her surprise. he saw her come out, and started his way towards her.

"took you long enough. come on, we have to go. follow me."

"why? why should i follow you, eh? you never follow me!"

"well please come. just this once. then i'll follow you where ever you want to take me to today. please?"

oh my god! did he just say please? twice? he did! okay, i have to go. this must be important!

"okay," she said.

he gave her a funny look then started off. not far into their trip inuyasha heard a noise, and to kagome's attention she saw his dog ears prick up.

"what is it?"

"i don't know," he said, "i don't believe it is anything important though!" and with that he reached into the bushes off to the side of the road and up came shippo by his tail, grasped firmly by the dog-demon's hand.

"i didn't do anything!" shippo squealed, then winces ready to be hit on the head at least a few hard times.

"i'm not going to hit you. but why were you following us? you were spying on us, ne?"

"i didn't mean to but i couldn't help it! i sensed something!"

"like what?"

"uh…" he glanced around nervously, as if he was being watched the spotted kagome, staring at him in wonder to why he wouldn't tell inuyasha.

"i can't tell you. kagome's here," he whispered quietly to inuyasha so only his sensitive ears would hear him.

"okay." and with that he dropped the kit, and motioned to kagome that they continue.

after some time they made it to a clearing in a part of one of the forests kagome had never been into before. when she looked around, the trees changed. they looked like ones she had never seen before. then when she looked closer she saw that they weren't trees. they were crystallized. as she went to touch one of the leaves, it fell into the palm of her hand, and it was a gingko leaf, but instead of being a leaf it was an emerald.

"oh my! inuyasha this place is so beautiful!" she gasped.

just then something came up to her and touched the tip of her nose. it felt like a prick and a tickle at the same time. then she looked around and to her surprise found little bits of light floating, no, flying around inuyasha and herself. she stretched out her hand in attempt to catch one of the light spots, but what she didn't know until now was that the bits of light were faeries. as the one sat onto her out stretched hand she gasped.

"i thought faeries didn't exist!"

"oh they very much do," replied inuyasha who was holding one himself, "they always have."

kagome looked over to him, to see him playing with the faeries.

i've never seen him like this, she thought, he seems so…at peace. he look sweet like this. too bad he can't be like this more of the time.

"kagome?"

and with that she snapped out of her thoughts.

"yes?"

"do you promise not to tell anyone about this place? i found it when i was little, actually, my mother showed it to me. she told me to never tell or show anyone about this, and i have done that, except for now because i truly think you would do as my mother asked me. so would you?" he asked looking at her.

"i swear on the shikon no tama that i will never let a single soul know about this place. you may trust me on this."

"thank you."

after some time in the clearing, it started getting dark.

"kagome? there is one more place i want to show you. do you mind?"

"no i don't. go right ahead."

as they continued, things started getting easier for kagome to recognize. she knew they were close to kaede's village, yet still far off. after some time they came to the go-shinboku tree. it was near sunset, at the very place where the two had met, not long ago. yet it seemed like they had known each other for ever.

"kagome?" he said at last, "will you watch the sun set here with me?"

oh my god! is he asking me to stay here and watch the sunset with him? he is! i will, this is so sweet!

"daijabou?"

"hai," she replied snapping from her thoughts, "hai."

"so you will then?"

"hai! how many times should i repeat it?"

"none. arigato."

"your welcome."

they watched the sun set. to both of them it was beautiful. after is set inuyasha had decided they better go back before the others started to worry. just as they got to kaede's hut, kagome asked inuyasha to stop. he did.

"i don't know how you'll react to this, but please don't get mad at me," she said shyly. and with that, she leaned up, and like a feathers touch, put a delicate kiss on his lips. at first he didn't know how to react, but he let her kiss him. when she leaned back down, she looked at him. his face was of surprise, and confusion. for a moment she thought she saw a flash of anger and rage. before he could say anything, she gasped, looking as if she was on the verge of tears, and ran into the priestess's hut, grabbed her things, and ran out strait for the bone eater's well. he chased after her, but she jumped into the well before he got there. when he returned to the hut, he looked frustrated and raged, sad and surprised, and overall mixed up.

"what did you do now?" asked sango. she knew something happened, because she saw them stop outside the door, kagome rushing in with tear streaks down her face, kagome rushing out, and inuyasha chasing after her.

"me?! i didn't do anything it was her! she kissed me and i was shocked, she got the wrong impression, who knows in the seven hells what she thought, and ran off like i striked her! feh! you see? i didn't do anything!"

"okay i understand!"

she likes him so she kissed him, and she thought he was mad at her for it so she fled from him. that's it! now all we need is for him to tell and show her his true feelings about her. like that going to happen!

"okay."

"okay what sango?" he replied not having a clue what she thought.

"go tell her your true feelings. about her. it'll get rid of all your problems and-"

"maybe start some chemistry between you two." and with that comment miroku caressed sango's butt, immediately receiving a smack on the head from her boomerang. (an: sorry i had to do that! i've seen all the other authors do it so i had to! it is funny though if you think about it…)

back in kagome's time she was glad to find no one home. she ran upstairs to her room. when she got up there, she fell to her knees before her bed, and cried. eventually she got the hiccups. then she laid down and fell asleep, from crying so much.

always...always...always...always...always...always...

i just can't live without you

i love you, i hate you, i can't get around you

i

eathe you, i taste you, i can't live without you

i just can't take anymore, this lack of solitude

i guess that i'm out the door and now i'm done with you