Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kikyo etc. are not my property. I claim nothing but the plot I put them in.

Secret Letters : Love Letters

Sango watched Inuyasha and Miroku head for the computers at the library. Sango figured there would be no leads on the internet, but there was no convincing Inuyasha. With a sigh, she decided to head back to Kagome and help her out with their project.

"Kago-" Sango stared with slight surprise as she saw Kagome writing on a piece of pink stationary, "-me?"

Kagome looked up at Sango before quickly trying to hide the heart down her shirt. "This isn't what it looks like, okay?"

Sango rose an eyebrow, "So you're not Kikyo?"

Kagome sighed and looked up at Sango, pulling the heart of her shirt, "Don't tell Inuyasha, please. He's not gonna like Kikyo anymore if he finds out that she's me. I just know it! So please don't tell him anything. I don't want to ruin this for him."

Sango frowned, "So how long to plan to keep him searching?"

Kagome bit her lip, "Forever...?"

"Kagome, what if he gives up on this whole Kikyo thing? What if one day he decides some girl he's never gonna meet isn't worth it anymore? What if he falls for someone else?" Sango challenged.

"Then..." Kagome took a deep breath, "Then Kikyo will support him."

Sango's eyes narrowed, "What will you do when you can no longer put these hearts in his shoe cubby?"

"E-mail?" Kagome answered.

Sango slapped her forehead. "You have an answer for everything, don't you?"

Kagome nodded.

Sango sat beside Kagome with a heavy sigh. "Why are you doing this?"

Kagome bit her lip and stared at the heart.

Good job on the mid-ter

"Originally," Kagome began, "Kikyo was just supposed to be someone to help him while his mom was at the hospital. And then when his mom got better, I was gonna stop."

"But she didn't get better," Sango replied.

Kagome nodded, "So then Kikyo was just gonna be a friend to help him through it. But once he got better, I realized that I liked writing the letters so much. I liked watching him read them so much. And he really enjoyed receiving them so I didn't stop. I couldn't stop."

"And then you realized that you liked him, right?" Sango smirked.

Kagome nodded, "And I told him, as Kikyo. It would be easy, I'd let him know...without really letting him know. And I kept writing them and writing them and writing them. And dozens upon dozens of times I thought about telling him, I really did. But I realized it was impossible. To Inuyasha, Kagome is a pest without a life. Ugly and a busybody. But Kikyo...she's his guardian angel. If I told him the truth I'd ruin it for both Kagome and Kikyo. So I decided he didn't need to know. I didn't think he'd fall in love with her...with me...I didn't think the letters would do that..."

"And now you can't figure out what to do?" Sango tried.

"I know what to do. I should tell him. But I can't. So I won't," Kagome answered matter-of-factly, "I'll just keep this up as long as I possibly can. Until the day I die, if I have to. And keep it a secret even longer."

Sango groaned, "You're so hopeless...."

"Sango, just don't tell Inuyasha, okay," Kagome looked at Sango with such desperation that Sango had to give in.

"I won't, I promise," Sango answered, hiding the crossed fingers behind her back.

...

Sango and Kagome finished the project within hours. Sango stretched her arms and yawned as She saw Kagome pull back out the heart. Sango smirked, a devious idea crossing her mind. She got up, telling Kagome that she was going to the washroom. However, she headed straight for the computers.

"Inuyasha," Sango placed her hands on the back of Inuyasha's seat as he stared at the computer screen with despair, "Inuyasha, Kagome needs help with the math homework."

Inuyasha looked between Sango and the computer for a moment's hesitation before letting out a sigh. "Fine," he relented and got up, following Sango back to Kagome.

"Kagome you said you needed..." Inuyasha stopped mid-sentence as he caught sight of the paper lying on top of Kagome's textbook.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a look of complete horror. She looked at Sango angrily, "You promised!" she sobbed and she got up, running out of the library.

Inuyasha watched Kagome go for a moment before half-running over to the heart. He picked up and read it over several times.

Good job on the mid-terms, Inuyasha. I'm sure your mother is just as proud as I am.

Love Kikyo

Inuyasha couldn't believe it. "Kagome...Kagome is Kikyo?" Inuyasha turned to Sango, who nodded, and Inuyasha couldn't believe his luck, "So she's not a stalker? Or some creeper teacher? Or janitor? Or my aunt or something? Or a boy? She's not a prank? She's real?! And she's been right in front of me this entire time?!"

Sango smiled, nodding, "And she just ran out of the library, crying because she thinks you hate her now."

Inuyasha looked at Sango, "What? I've gotta go after her!" Inuyasha turned and ran out of the library.

Miroku walked up to Sango. "What's going on?"

Sango smirked, "Inuyasha and Kikyo are finally getting together."

Miroku smiled, "You're such a good matchmaker."

"If you don't get your hand off my ass..."

Meanwhile...

Inuyasha finally caught up to Kagome. "Kagome, wait!"

Kagome stopped and whirled around. "Why? So you can reject me?"

"No, so I can tell you I love you," Inuyasha replied.

"I knew that this was going to happen! If it was gonna be this way, I was willing to just keep being Kikyo for the rest of my....wait, what?" Kagome blinked, "What did you just say?"

"I said that I love you, Kagome," Inuyasha answered.

"You love...me?" Kagome repeated, "But now that you know that Kikyo is me, how can you still-"

"You don't know how relieved I am to find out that you are Kikyo," Inuyasha replied, "To find out that Kikyo is someone as pretty as you are."

Kagome blushed, "P-pretty?"

"I'm so stupid, how could Kikyo be anyone else but you?" Inuyasha replied with a grin, "I love you. Kikyo, Kagome...whoever, I love you so much..."

Kagome smiled, tears of joy spilling out of her eyes. "You don't know how relieved I am to hear that. I love you Inuyasha, more than anyone else ever could." Kagome rushed to embrace him, "I love you too much."

...

Kagome stared at her shoe-cubby. A red heart lay on top of her shoes. "What's this?" she asked as she pulled the heart and examined it carefully.

Will you be my girlfriend?

Love Inuyasha

Kagome turned to Inuyasha, he was grinning at her. She ran over to him and kissed him tenderly. She pulled away, "Of course! OF COURSE!"

Inuyasha smiled, reaching into his pocket and held out a pink heart.

I like you

Sincerely, KAGOME (Kikyo-chan is crossed out)

Inuyasha sighed, "You make my world."

Sango and Miroku stood back, watching the scene with great big smiles.

"Would you fall for me if I sent you love letters?" Miroku asked.

"Only if they weren't stupid," Sango answered, "And sincere."

Miroku smirked, "Then look at your shoe-cubby carefully tomorrow."

Sango beamed, "I will."

And thus it ends! Did you enjoy it? I certainly enjored writing it!