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Disclaimer: Inuyasha is Rumiko Takahashi's.
Special Note: This is the new version of When the Past Meets the Present
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It's gonna burn for me to say this
But it's comin from my heart
It's been a long time coming
But we done been fell apart
Really wanna work this out
But I don't think you're gonna change
I do but you don't
Think it's best we go our separate ways
Tell me why I should stay in this relationship
When I'm hurting baby
I ain't happy baby
Plus theres so many other things I gotta deal with
I think that you should let it burn
-Burn, Usher
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Chapter 1- Reminiscing Memories
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The ebony-haired young woman looked at the man beside her, smiling shyly at him as he took her hand and intertwined their fingers together.
She kept their hands linked as he turned his eyes back to the laptop in front of him, scrolling down as he checked his e-mail. Turning her head to lean against the airplane window, she closed her eyes.
"It can't get any worse than it is, stop worrying yourself."
She turned and rolled her eyes at the man beside her, knowing that was his own way of saying that everything is going to be fine and he would stay with her through anything.
Her smile faltered when she saw the plane starting to take off, gripping her seatbelt tighter, she closed her eyes.
This was it, she was going back. She was going back to where it all started.
And this time, she won't run away.
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"You have a bit of ice-cream on your lips dummy."
Kagome blushed as her boyfriend wiped the strawberry ice-cream from her lips with a rough paper napkin. Flicking her tongue out to lick her cone, she smiled brightly at him.
"You should really try mine, Inuyasha, it's really good!" Kagome placed her cone right in front of his lips and covered her giggle with a hand as he leaned forward to lick the creamy concoction.
Inuyasha swallowed and licked his lips thoughtfully, "Nah, mines better. Vanilla kicks ass."
Kagome scrunched up her nose and took a nip at her own waffle cone, "Well I think strawberry's better."
Inuyasha laughed as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders as he threaded his fingers through her long black hair, he lead them through the snow following the park trail, ignoring the others' unbelieving glances. Ice- cream in the middle of winter was quite a sight after all.
"Hey, everyone's looking at us," Kagome whispered to him as she took another lick of her ice-cream.
"So? Let them, apparently they're too chicken to eat ice-cream in the middle of winter," Inuyasha shrugged as they continued walking, taking the last bite of his cone before tossing the napkin in the nearby trashcan.
Kagome leaned over and tugged on the end of his navy scarf which was hanging limply on both either sides of his neck. Looping it once around his throat, she pecked her lips on his cheek, "What's the point of wearing a scarf if you're just gonna keep it hanging like that?"
Smiling, Inuyasha squeezed her shoulder, "Maybe I did it so I can get a kiss."
Kagome blushed as she turned back to her ice-cream; they continued walking down the path until they were met with a crowd surrounding something that was glowing. Inuyasha led them to the crowd and started pushing through the people as they made their way to the front.
In front of them was the most beautiful tree they had ever seen, candles in copper candle-holders were placed methodically on a large evergreen, how they managed to keep the tree from bursting into flames was a mystery to them. But the most beautiful thing was, there was strips and strips of silkish cotton on the branches, tied firmly, fluttering in the wind.
A sign in red and green with a comical looking Rudolph said: The Wishing Tree, $1 per wish.
Kagome squealed as she clapped her hand, the ice-cream cone nearly splattering on the people next to her, "Let's try Yasha!"
Her boyfriend rolled his eyes, the things he did to make her happy, he pulled out his wallet and handed the person dressed as an elf the money as he received two pieces of white cloth and two firm-tipped permenant black markers. Following the elf's finger, he tugged on Kagome's hand to bring her to the long tables where a bunch of people were already writing down their wishes.
Leaning over the red cloth-covered table, Kagome opened her pen and tapped her chin thoughtfully with the lid, "Hmm...What do I want?"
Inuyasha who was looking at her intently smiled, as he leaned over and scribbled down his wish. Kagome leaned over and tried to see what he was writing, but all she saw was 'I wish' before Inuyasha held the cloth protectively to his chest, "Hey! It's supposed to be my wish! You go read your own wish!"
Kagome giggled as she bent over her own piece of cloth and wrote her own wish down, smiling as she did so.
I wish for a devoted husband that will love me forever and ever.
She quickly scampered over to the large evergreen where Inuyasha was already tying his on the branches. Kagome chose the branch underneath his and tied hers tightly, stepping back to admire the candlelight.
Inuyasha took her hand in his and lightly pulled her to the path again. "So, what did you wish for?"
Kagome giggled, "You tell me first."
Laughing, Inuyasha shook his head, as Kagome leaned over to free his black hair from its low ponytail, "Why should I go first?"
"Because I said so?" Kagome smiled up him, causing his eyes to soften, he reached up to pull his hair back up into a ponytail when he felt his girlfriend's glove-clad hand on his arm, he looked at her, eyes questioning. She shook her head, "No, keep it down, I like it better that way. So, tell me, what did you write?"
Blushing, Inuyasha bent his head down, causing his hair to hide his pink face, "I wished for a family...with kids." He looked at the young girl beside him, who was blushing as she shyly looked up at him.
"Th-that's really sweet Inuyasha..." Kagome smiled at him before turning her blue eyes from his violet gaze.
Inuyasha only smiled as he linked their fingers together, brushing his thumb across her smooth skin, "So, what about you? Did you wish for something like not tripping over your robe while holding your diploma?"
Pushing his slightly, Kagome's face turned a bright red, of course he had to bring up how she tripped over her robe at the graduation from high school, "I remember you pushing me from behind! It was your entire fault," she turned her nose up haughtily, "And no, I will not trip over my robe in front of all those people this time."
"I know honey, you know that I can't help but tease you, you're so cute when you're mad," he tweaked her nose between his fingers and watched contentedly as she giggled, her face rosy from the wind. "So, whatcha wish for?"
Kagome smiled, her eyes twinkling, "I wished for a devoted husband."
Inuyasha gripped her hand tighter and smiled down at her, "You know, there's something I've been wishing to say to you."
"Hm?" Kagome looked up at him and felt her eyes widened when she found him looking at her with burning violet eyes.
Her big eyes widened to an incredible extent as he bent on one knee on the snowy ground and took her hands in his, "I know this is going to seem kind of rushed, but we have known each other for five years, and I would be honored, if you, Kagome Higurashi would become my wife." He flipped open a black velvet box which he had hidden in his coat pocket as he held it out in front of him.
Kagome stood there, unknowing of what to say, "I-I...," Not sure of what to say, she fell to her knees and threw her arms around the man in front of her. Inuyasha, who still had his arms outstretched, was surprised when her cold cheek touched his neck.
"K-Kagome?"
She clutched him tighter as she murmured one word over and over again against his throat, "Yes, yes, yes."
Inuyasha smiled brightly as she said so and pulled them up to their feet when he started to feel his pants starting to get wet, knowing Kagome's jeans were also getting soaked in the process.
Kagome continued to cry, as the smile remained on her lips, today has got to be the happiest day of her life.
But behind every good thing, there is always something bad lurking in the shadows.
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A/N: Okay, I decided to go on this...rewriting spree I guess, cuz I was feeling very uncomfortable with some of my plots and this is just going to change everything, for example, no Kioko...maybe, I dunno...everything's gonna change though, that's all I can say.
If you guys didn't get what I did in this chapter, in the beginning, its of the future, where someone and someone are on a plane and are talking, now the part about Kagome and Inuyasha is a flashback, its kinda like...re-telling the story in the middle of a story.
If you really don't get it, I'll try to explain it next chapter, maybe after you've finished reading the next chapter you'll get it.
If you can guess who the people in the beginning are, I'll give you a gold star...but I'm doubting that you won't know who they are...
I hope this...chapter would be okay, I would love to hear what you think about it =). You keep reviewing and I keep writing and we'll all be happy little campers!
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