Stain

I do not own Inuyasha.

AN – Okay, so let me say this much… I'm a sixteen year old who fantasized this up. If I'm completely off with all my 'psychology' knowledge, please forgive me. I can't even look at a picture of the brain without getting a headache. So, just bare with me. It's fanfitcion people. Also, Inuyasha might seem a little ooc in the beginnings, but you have to figure, this is after four years of dating Kagome. I can assure you guys won't be too horribly disappointed once we're past the prologue. And for anyone wondering, I did appreciate all the reviews She's Lookin Through Me received. Now, enough rambling and on with the story.

Happy Together

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He was average sized, skinnier than most boys, but with some muscle. He wasn't the smartest and even had a rough temper around most people. He held no popularity in high school. Aside from his girlfriend, he had no friends. Everyone was far too judgmental for him. He was a strange kid to look at. With two dog-ears at the top of his head, yellow eyes, fangs, and claws… some kids would run screaming he looked like a werewolf.

But that wasn't what he was. He was just a hanyou. The son of a demon and a human. It wasn't his fault and barely changed anything about him other than his senses.

He wasn't evil; he wasn't conniving… but because that's how the entire world could view him… he'd become a cold man.

At the age of seventeen, he'd only known so much of love. That which he did know all came from his mother and his girlfriend… Higurashi Kagome.

His mother died when he was only ten, leaving him to live with his half brother who despised his very existence. As if it were his fault. Luckily, this would be his last year to live with the man.

His girlfriend, Kagome, was the only friend he'd ever known. She moved into the neighborhood sometime when he was seven and the two were inseparable. People often looked at her funny or called her names just because she was close to the hanyou. She hardly cared though. Every time he told her she could be friends with some one else, she'd turn around and say 'If these people can treat others like this then I don't want to be friends with them.' It always warmed his heart to hear her say things like that.

It didn't take too long into puberty for him to realize he had fallen in love with Kagome. She was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. All the times they were near each other, he felt his whole world slow down.

Just before their first year in high school, he told her. He told her everything. How much he loved her and wanted to be with her. She was shocked but seemed to accept whatever proposal he was throwing out to her.

And so, they had dated all through high school. Here they were in their last year of high school, the fourth year of being with Kagome.

Over the years, they'd had their tiffs from 'jealous boyfriend' moments to her just acting like an idiot… but they never came close to breaking up.

She was the only thing right in his life and he could never let a stupid argument tear that away from him.

He lay in bed thinking of her as he did every night. Her beauty, her words… everything that was Kagome was imbedded in his mind forever.

Graduation was coming soon and they would drift apart. Kagome had already been accepted into a university in America. As heartbreaking as it was for him to think she'd be gone for four years of his life, Inuyasha wanted to tie them together some how.

He held up a simple, silver diamond ring and watched it sparkle in the moonlight pouring in through his window.

A loud tapping on his window broke his thoughts from Kagome and the diamond ring. Quickly stuffing the ring away in one of his pockets, he opened his blinds to reveal the woman that plagued his mind standing before him, an innocent smile playing her lips.

She'd snuck out again to see him. It always made him feel so good to see she was so desperate to see him. He would have snuck out at some point to be with her, but was too paranoid about her mother finding him.

Her mother hated him with a passion. She thought her daughter could have done much better with some one who was smarter and better looking and without any demon blood in their veins.

But this is what Kagome got and if her mother didn't like it, she'd just have to learn to put up with it.

Inuyasha laughed a little at all the memories he shared with Kagome when it came to her mother. He climbed out of bed and walked up to his window, opening it up to let her in.

Kagome jumped through the opened glass and latched onto him.

"H…hey…" Inuyasha stumbled back a little at the sudden added weight, but wrapped his arms around her after the shock of it all.

Kagome had nuzzled her face into his neck before he let her go. She released him from her grip and smiled up at him.

"What are you doing?" She asked. He blushed and looked away.

"Ehh… nothing…" He said. She smiled and bowed her head nervously. "Is something wrong?" He asked wondering why she'd come to see him. She usually did see him at this hour if she was sneaking out, but it was still a little strange. Something was odd about her being here.

Kagome let out a sigh and slumped her shoulders, looking up at Inuyasha with a pout. "Can I just be with you tonight?" Inuyasha blinked a few times but nodded and hugged her again.

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They sat out on his porch for a while, not really saying much, just basking in the moonlight. Something was wrong with Kagome, though. He could tell by her stance, her eyes.

She was sad and he had to find out why.

"Kagome…" He said breaking the peaceful silence the two had formed. She turned her eyes that shimmered in the moonlight to face him.

"Hmm?" She asked giving him her typical soft smile, which was often the smile that graced her lips. He had them all memorized by now. What each smile meant. This one was just the content one.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked, reaching a hand to slide over her shoulders. She shuddered at the sudden contact and sighed, her smile faded away.

"I'm just having second thoughts about leaving in two weeks." She said solemnly. Inuyasha sighed loudly.

"I don't really want you to go." He said softly. She knew that was the truth, but Inuyasha had never revealed it. He didn't want to keep her from her dreams…

"I know. I was thinking maybe I could just stay here with you and be a literature teacher or something." She said softly.

'Or something…' played over in his mind. That's not what she wanted. She wanted to be an English teacher for younger kids here. She'd been studying English on her own for the longest time, obsessing over the American culture she so adored.

He never understood it, feeling the Japanese culture was the greatest. But, it was her decision… and the last thing he wanted to do was get in the way.

"No." He said abruptly. "You're going to school in America." Kagome blinked and looked up at him.

"I know… I don't have a choice anymore." She sighed sadly. "And it's not like it will be easy to keep in touch or anything…" Inuyasha stared ahead of him, thinking over everything she was saying.

This was really happening… he was really going to have to say goodbye to Kagome. "Why do you say that?" He asked curiously.

Kagome looked around them before she spoke. He knew that she would be far too busy with her studies to call him every night, aside from it costing a fortune. However, he was very aware of the millions of boys that were possibly licking their chops at the mere sight of her. And it wasn't that he didn't trust Kagome… he just had a jealousy streak that ran pretty deep.

He wouldn't be there to make sure the horn dogs kept their hands to themselves.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said looking up at him with her tear-filled eyes. "I just think that… as much as we both don't want it, we should part ways and leave it at that. If we meet again when I come back then we can be together. But who's to say that something else won't happen?"

What did she mean? Did she have plans of falling in love with some other boy?

"I mean, I want to stay with you… and that alone is what makes this decision so hard." Her voice cracked and the scent of salt filled his nose. "But we'll be apart for as long as we've been together. And in the past four years, we've grown so much… who knows what we could change into?" She sighed and placed her hands in her lap, turning to face the confused boy. Was she not just complaining about leaving him two seconds ago? "What I'm getting at is that you're probably going to meet some gorgeous girl and you'll forget all about me and then-"

Inuyasha grabbed her by the shoulders. His tone was loud and angry. "Don't ever say that. That would NEVER happen, Kagome."

"You won't meet other pretty girls?" She asked dryly. Inuyasha pulled her into a hug.

"I would never be able to forget you." He said stroking her hair as he spoke. Kagome sniffled letting the tears that were pent up in her tear ducts fall like little rivers down her face, pooling at the tip of her chin before falling onto his shirt.

"Inuyasha…" She sobbed, clutching him closer and burying her face in the crook of his neck.

"Would you… forget me?" He asked softly. She pulled away from him and bit her lip, trying to wipe all the tears that were falling.

"Never. That would never happen." She said giving him a weak smile and a small laugh. "I'm so stupid…" The mumbled. "I can't believe I'm so worked up about all this. I mean…" Inuyasha's eyes softened.

"What do you want, Kagome?" She looked up at him confused. She'd stopped crying by now.

"What do you mean, what do I want?" She tilted her head to the side to emphasize the confusion she felt with his question.

"I mean…" He sighed and turned away from her. "Do you want to meet some one else? Or… would you want to be with me?" He asked. She blinked a few times.

"I'd want to be with you forever…" She said softly. Inuyasha's eyes widened at her remark.

"So, would you marry me if you could?" He asked. Kagome sighed and scooted next to him.

"I would." She said resting her head on his shoulder. He grabbed her hand with his and squeezed lightly before turning to look at her.

"So… would you…" He dug into his pocket and pulled out the simple silver ring he'd kept from earlier. "…take this… so when you came back, we could? Would you be willing to bind yourself to me, like that?" He asked. This was the one thing he wanted most in the whole world. If only he could live life knowing Kagome was his.

Kagome plucked the ring from his hand and inspected it in the moonlight, pondering the question he'd just asked. Of course, she would marry him. She had no plans of fooling around with anyone else in America… there weren't any downsides to this other than she didn't want to be a burden to him.

If Inuyasha wanted to move on, she wanted him to do so. But the ring in her hands obviously stated he wanted to be with her.

She smiled, sliding the ring onto her left ring finger. "Yes." She said, nodding a little. Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arms around her.

"I will…"

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Love always,

Patche