((OK! howdy peeple! This is my first fic EVER! ok! im going to start out with a crossover..then im going to go into some others! please please dont flame me!))

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, I would be his mate by now! J/K! lol i dont own any of the Inuyasha OR! Zelda characters in this story! so get off my back! (thinks of herself in a kokiri tunic...hmmmmm) maybeeee... :P

Kagome-Inuyasha09

((PS-all the chapter names will be in Japanese thanks to my handy dandy Compact Japanese/English Dictionary! Yay! But the translation will be right next to it!))

Journey through a Thousand Ages

Suteru-Renounce

Kagome dangled her shapely legs over the familiar cliff face, deep in thought. The same cliff where Inuyasha and her shared their first kiss, and where he had proposed his loyalty and love to only her. The mere thought of his tender, warm face in the setting sun made her cheeks flush a cherry pink and her heart begin to race.

'Only me? That sounds nice...' she thought wistfully smiling to calm the growing blush.

The young miko watched within her mind the memory that played back in front of her eyes like a movie..

(((Flashback)))

"Hey Inuyasha...watcha doing way out here?" Kagome asked the troubled hanyou, standing on a grassy cliff.

He remained silent and turned to meet her grey-brown oculars, and gave her a soft, passionate gaze.

Kagome stiffened and turned away,to hide her embarrassment, only to be brought to Inuyasha's face by a clawed finger. She was forced upon will to stare him straight into his own amber orbs. Heat rushed to her face and she tried to hide it, but the observant inu caught her blush. He smiled warmly and led her to the edge of the cliff.

"Kagome...beautiful isn't it?" He mumbled huskily.

Kagome looked out to the ocean below her. Once her eyes met the golden horizon and traveled down to the sparkling depths of orange, blue, green, yellow, and gold. She gasped outwardly and sharply. She had never in her life seen anything more beautiful than what lay before her eyes just now.

"Inuyasha...why did...how did you find this place? Why did you come here?" Kagome replied amazed.

Inuyasha chuckled softly.

"Do you not think I see a few things when I'm jumping through the trees? I came here because it soothes the senses. Besides...if I came here...I knew you would find me." he said in a amusing tone.

Kagome marveled at the ocean's vastness and stared whole-heartedly at her hanyou. Amber met grey-brown as they turned to face each other.

"Inuyasha...this place...it's beautiful.." she stole one last longing glance at the waters, and at the cherry trees surrounding them.

Inuyasha was gazing longingly into Kagome's face. When the light hit her just perfectly..she resembled an angel. The gold tint of the sun shone on her porcelain cheeks and her eyes sparkled with so much life, and love. The reflection of the sun against the water gave her an angelic glow, which made his beating heart flutter.

His hand reached up slowly to caress a soft cheek and flowed down to her arm, then to her waiting hands. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, wanting to calm the rampant thumping of his heart.

'Why does Kagome make me feel this way?' he pondered to himself.

Kagome continued to bore into his own eyes as she too blushed a beautiful shade of red, and she clutched his hands without a second thought. Inuyasha's eyes slowly opened to the miko standing...waiting with anticipation right there in front of him. His eyes moved to her soft, full pink lips. How badly he wanted to brush his lips against her own. How it made him grow excited with each passing moment...he wanted to kiss her..right here...under the golden setting sun.

Kagome started a bit when she saw him move his hand back to caress her left cheek. She moved in to the caress and sighed, closing her eyes. When she opened them back up, she saw the inu hanyou biting his lip and looking like he was holding himself back from something. She smiled wistfully, she knew it would take every inch of him to go and do a crazy thing like that. It wasn't like him.

Kagome moved her own hand to softly rub his fuzzy ear, while speaking in a low tone.

"What's wrong?" she whispered in an airy voice.

"Er..nothing.." he replied swallowing thickly and blushing at the same time.

She giggled and rubbed both ears.

"Inuyasha.." she replied still giggling.

'You shouldn't have done that!' he screamed to himself.

He pulled her hands away and looked at her gently, and passionately. His arms wrapped slowly around her torso and he looked at her smiling face before going into the plunge of his life.

He crushed his lips to her soft pink ones firmly, but tenderly all the same. It felt so good! He had never in his lifetime felt so alive and free!

Kagome's eyes widened to the sized of golf balls and she gasped slightly. But she had always wanted this. She had dreamed about this moment...it had haunted her precious thoughts. She allowed a sigh to escape her mouth through the crushing, yet truly emotional, lip-lock.

He licked her full bottom her lip, begging for entrance. She hesitantly allowed his tongue to roam freely about her wanting mouth. She let out a soft moan when he probed the sensitive area behind her teeth. He smirked against her mouth and crushed her to his body, kissing her more passionately now, his hands roamed freely, groping her and caressing her taut body.

Kagome pulled away for air and wiped a single tress of hair from the warm toned face of Inuyasha, and smiled, trying to hide her blush tinged cheeks.

"Oh..." she giggled.

Inuyasha finally caught his own shaky breaths and held her hands gently. He had thought and thought about this proposal since three long, strenuous , weeks ago...and now was the time, place and day to say it.

He puffed out his chest in a chauvinistic way and began.

"Kagome...I know we've been friends for a long time..but...people change..and so do feelings." he started but quickly began again as the confused look on the young miko's face deepened. Her brows crossed and she frowned.

"That's why Kagome Higurashi...I need to tell you something so I can see your feelings.."

Kagome looked at him with a lostness that made her head cock to the side and question him.

"What are you getting at Inuyasha?What do you mean 'change my feelings?'" she suspiciously stared at him.

Inuyasha took a steady breath and slowly exhaled. He caressed her cheek, again and closed his soft amber eyes.

But he finally gathered the courage and brought her hands to his face to feel the warmth of them, he rubbed them against his face affectionately and continued, opening his eyes quickly.

"Kagome...I want you to be my life mate..."

A/N: ya i know! long flashback! but i like it:P it's supposed to be affectionate and passionate! so shutup!

((End Flashback))

The comforting and affectionate tone of Inuyasha's voiced echoed around her like a jealous aura. She remembered the rapid beating of her heart just as he said the words that she had been waiting for. Voices inside her head attempted to coax her into saying,'Yes!' but she had the second mind to sleep on it first.

'But it wouldn't hurt to accept!' she yelled at herself. She felt really stupid. If she loved him so much...then why didn't she say yes? Maybe it was the nagging voice telling her that she was moving to fast, or the knowledge of the fact that youkai mate for life and that she just wasn't ready for children, or a husband, and neither was her body.

She hugged herself in need of self assurance.

'I guess I was to scared to be hurt again...by Kikyou...would she interfere again? Probably so...but...I have to reach him before she does...Gods...she's turned Inuyasha into a total competition!' she fumed.

Kagome hopped up and steadied herself, brushing the dirt from her clothes, and fisted her palm in confirmation.

"Ok Inuyasha! I accept! I will officially be your life mate!" she announced to no one but herself.

She marched to the Forest of Inuyasha where the half-demon had wandered earlier to think.

'Please be there Inuyasha..' she pleaded silently as her walk became a jog.

"Houshi-sama." Sango piped in during an awkward silence.

Miroku opened one closed eye and peered over to her in acknowledgment.

"Umm..Did Kagome-chan tell you where she was going?" she asked, concerned for her friend.

"Hm? Oh! No I don't believe so..." he replied still mesmerized in the afternoon haziness.

He closed his eye again and rested his elbow on the floor, with his head lying on his hand.

Sango's eyes ventured to the floor and then back to Miroku.

"Do you think she's okay? I mean..she's been gone for a really long time."

Miroku sighed and raised his hand to emphasize his point.

"Sango, I'm sure she is perfectly fine. If I know Kagome, she's probably out there with Inuyasha or something. She is basically stuck to him all the time." He sighed, bored out of his mind, in the intense heat.

Sango gasped and giggled at the truthfulness in his words. Nevertheless, she punched him playfully in the arm.

"Houshi!"

Miroku fell back onto the floor at the contact, and snatched at Sango's clothing for some sort of support, but grumbling in annoyance when she slapped him away.

"What?" he shot playfully at her from the floor, " It's true!"

Sango placed a delicate finger on her lip in sarcastic thought.

"Yes..well, I suppose so but you don't need to say things such as those! They love each other..of course they are going to stick together! Isn't that what lovers do?" she whispered, hearing Kaede not far from where they were occupied.

Miroku simply raised a robed shoulder and turned, going back to his meditation.

'Something isn't right with your young miko...' a woman told him inside his head. He jumped slightly in surprise but remained focused on the voice.

'...go to her...before it's too late..hurry dear houshi!' the woman called.

Miroku remained glued to the spot to listen to more of the woman's foretelling. A burning sensation at the back of his mind rotted away at his thoughts of the strange voice. An upcoming headache? He shrugged it away and rubbed the said spot on his head. But as soon as he laid a finger on his scalp, the burning sensation quickened to a pulsing fire in his mind.

'Gah! What in nine gods?' It almost pained him to think to himself as he clutched his head out of the view of Sango. He did not need to worry her...seeing as she already was concerned over Kagome's being..and if he didn't move quickly..

'I don't want to think about it!' He told himself firmly, as he lifted his body from the floor and turned to Sango, who was stroking her neko-youkai softly and lovingly. The houshi sighed and cleared his throat, painfully as the throbbing increased dramatically.

"Erm...Sango, I'm going out." he whispered to keep the pain in his head from getting worse.

"Umm..ok houshi-sama, is everything alright?" Sango's voice showed up most concern for Miroku, and her eyes were asking questions.

'Gods, Sango, don't look at me like that!' he mumbled discreetly.

"Yes I just need a stroll." He lied through his teeth. He could tell she knew, it was in her brown depths. How he hated lying to her! But whatever was the matter with Kagome.. it needed tending to as quickly as possible with no possible way of slowing him down.

A soft voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Do you mind if I come with you? " she asked suspiciously.

Miroku smiled softly to her and began to head out of the door.

"Listen Sango...I just need to take a walk that's all, okay? " Miroku calmly explained to her.

Sango nodded and smiled, "Okay, Miroku! Just come back soon." she called after him.

"I wonder what's the matter with Miroku..It's unusual for him to walk alone." she pondered aloud, not knowing that Kaede was listening and concentrating on every word. After all, she needed to be informed onto what was going on didn't she? The confused meditation of the houshi and the grasping of his head did not go unnoticed by the elderly miko.

'Yes, I see it clearly now...' she smiled, her wrinkly cheeks raising, 'Our Miroku, ever vigilant, ever protective..'

Kaede raised from her own meditation and strolled as silent as a whisper to the young girl, staring at her intensely.

"The child senses danger on Kagome's part and seeks her out..though what kind of danger, I do not know." she stated simply, placing her pursed lips on her teacup, and taking a long, concentrated sip from the steamy depths.

The tai-jya gasped and placed a gentle hand on her lips to hush herself, her brown eyes glanced to the tarnished wood and checked around nervously for her Hirakotsu. (A/N: I'm not so sure I spelled that right so please don't sue me! I'm broke!)

Clutching white-knuckled on the over sized boomerang's straps she stood fearlessly, calling to her neko-youkai that accompanied her.

"Then I should go with him! Kirara--" She urged.

Keade seized the straps on her outfit and interrupted her statement.

"Nay, child! Miroku needs to sort this out on his own." Setting her tea down, with a soft thump.

"But Lady Keade! What can I do here? Tell me this..how can I help my friends if I remain? Kagome-chan is in danger and all I do is stay sitting?" Sango choked out near to tears of frustration and anxiety, and finally calmed enough to whisper to the old miko..

"And what if Miroku is in danger as well?" She stared hard at Keade with soulful chocolate eyes.

Keade finally cracked out a wrinkly smile and replied in a soothing voiced to the fretting Sango.

"I think not..." Sango's eyes cleared up and she blinked back unshed tears.

"Arigato, Keade baa-chan." She bowed politely and returned to buffing up her boomerang.

Keade retrieved her cup from the table and inhaled the intoxicating scent of strong green tea, before swallowing a small drink.

'I sense it Midoriko...Our Kagome...she is in danger. My only hope is that houshi arrives in time...' she thought somberly, taking yet another nervous sip from her cup.

Kirara mewed softly and rubbed the side of the tai-jya's leg with her warm, fluffy body for needed attention and blinked her eyes at her.

The faint giggles of the young woman echoed across the small room as she stroked the corn silk fur.

Kaede turned her attention and sighed so slightly that she herself could barely hear.

'I can only trust in Miroku for this journey..after all, Kagome was one of the people he cared for more than his own life..and sometimes, it is sometimes, only him that can put the broken pieces of Kagome's heart back together again..'

Kagome's wandering feet seemed to have a mind of their own as she waded through the thick, lush green grass, in search for her hanyou.

"Inuyasha...where are you?" she sang softly, annoyed somewhat.

'Dang it, leave it to him to be all anti-social on me...' she scoffed to herself.

She ended her thought abruptly as she saw ghostly forms slither their way over the treetops, gliding and swooping, carrying lost souls in their slimy claws.

'Kikyou's soul collectors!' she thought bitterly, as she sprinted towards the sight of the snakes-like beings. She paused to swipe a spiderweb from her face as it brushed up to her unknowingly, and she ran again, watching from her peripheral vision the trees rush by her in various shades of green, Shikon no Tama jangling on her chest repeatedly, getting lost in the feeling of running and hearing the wind swoop in her ears...but she stopped suddenly, falling over in increased momentum, conveniently, softly behind some large, thick bushes and trees, witnessing in mortification what lay before her grey-brown eyes.

'Inuyasha..and K-Kikyou...' she gasped.

Inuyasha mumbled sweet, seductive words to her as she stood there, waiting with a mischievous grin on her face.

"Kikyou...is this how it felt 50 years ago, being with you? Because if it is...how...how could I have missed out?" He held her closer to his body, feeling her soft chuckles against his toned chest, as he stroked and ran his fingers through her raven hair.

"Is that what you believe, Inuyasha? Because I believe this is much more..so..much more.." she whispered sickly sweet to him, as she rested her pale hands on his face.

'How could he? He proclaimed his love for me...to me! How could you Inuyasha!' She felt a lump of regret, and utter sadness grow quickly in her throat and a silent whimper escaped from her mouth, as she sat up to meet them again.

Kikyou brought her face slowly to his and closed her chocolate brown eyes. Her lips parted slowly as she set her pale lips to his.

Kagome's eyes widened as she gasped sharply.

'No..I...I was to late..no...no, no...this can't be happening. Inuyasha, please pull away...tell her you didn't mean it...tell her you don't... love her..'

Her eyes met the couple once more to see that Inuyasha did not falter. He brought her closer to his body and deepen the unfeeling kiss.

Something inside Kagome snapped, she didn't know what it was..but...all she knew was that all of her rage needed to be set free before she exploded.

"INUYASHA!" she bellowed loud enough for the birds in the trees to row safely away, frightened of the unknown attacker.

The couple jerked away, to stare confused at the young maiden.

Kagome's hidden tears cascaded down her face in never ending, angry waterfalls, continuously.

"How...why? Why this when you told me...you told me that..you wanted me to be yours forever, to be your mate...why is it that you do this to me...when all I have ever given you is love? Is this a punishment of some sort.. could you explain to me what I have done?" She said in a distant voice, clenching and releasing her already white fists.

'What have I done to deserve such betrayal?' she pondered, and then gasped in confusion...'Is this what Kikyou felt like..when we were together..oh my god..NO!' She fought with herself to forget, as the cold miko's eyes traced over her hunched body, shaking in sobs.

'What a pitiful wench..a fool as to think that Inuyasha would accept her as his mate..' she snorted.

"No...Kagome..please don't cry..it's not what you think.." he abandoned Kikyou and strolled carefully to the sobbing woman, and placed a comforting hand on her back in attempts to soothe her, and tried to bring her into a hug, but was stopped by an angry hand in his face.

"DON'T TOUCH ME! IF IT'S NOT WHAT I THINK THEN WHAT IS IT?" she growled fiercely.

"I—I just...I don't--" but before his excuse could make it passed his lips, Kagome hurled the half of the Shikon at his face, in hopes that it would hit. She took shaky breaths as the deep mar in his cheek began bleeding.

"You know Inuyasha...of all the things you have taken from me...all the things that have left a scar of sadness deep within me, there are only few people who would give anything in return..." she started calmly, and deadly at the same time, but under the watchful eyes of Kikyou, she couldn't go far into her threats.

She numbered off the items angrily on her fingers.

"I am one of those giving people...Keep your rock! Keep your wish to be a youkai! And you can keep Kikyou! But I am never seeing you again! I HATE you!" She dropped on her knees in exhaustion.

"Go to hell..." she whispered, as more hot tears rolled unwillingly down her face.

Inuyasha stepped over to her and she looked up with hatred and sadness written all over her face, and eyes. But they were edged with the tiniest bit of apology.

"Kagome..." he managed to choke out before she turned and ran, forgetting the hanyou behind her... only regretting to feel what was in front of her...only pain. But if the pain was stopped...she would be free..

Inuyasha forgot all about Kikyou and ran to the hut...though what good it would do him he didn't know, but he sprinted, as fast as his legs were able.

Laughing bitterly, Kikyou turned her back, as her soul collectors gathered her up in a swirling mass of black, white and red blurs, she cackled.

"Perfect..." she muttered darkly.

((End Chapter))

Omg! Yay! (prances around room) I'm done! Wuts Kikyou gonna do huh? Huh? HUH? AHAHAAA! I'll never teeellll! Oo not till the next couple of chapters..i gotta tell you though...theres gonna be some real good inuyasha bashing! sorry folks! And some kikyou bashing as well! Death to the dead miko!

Okay if it is too corny then i will try to do it again but in da mean time..y dont you go and review while you're here? Lol! Plzzzzzz tell me wut u think! much love and plushies! KAWAII!

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