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This is the end...the last chapter already, but it's been a fun run and I want to dedicate this to all my faithful reviewers who have done so much to encourage me. And to those of you who speak to me on a more regular basis...you know who you are...I want to thank you all too because I am honoured to have been able to find in you all friendships that I will cherish always...

And a BIG thanks to AZALEEA who edits for me...she does such a wonderful job...

Three Days..ch7

Kagome stopped in front of Inuyasha, silently admiring his toned physique. "You done?" she asked, her hand still holding her helmet, her
heart doing flip flops within her chest.

"Yeah, what's up, you got somethin' in mind, Kags?" he replied placing the rake into the shed and making his way up the walkway to their
apartment.

The cleaning and maintenance crews had come and gone- their work, now, finished- and first thing in the morning the movers were scheduled to
move the furniture back in- so until tomorrow they shared his apartment . One more night. he thought.

"You wanna go for a ride? she asked as she placed her helmet upon the bar and walked through the kitchen picking up two glasses and
returning with some ice water for them both.

"Yeah, sure. Where you wanna go?" Inuyasha questioned, more preoccupied with admiring her figure.He rarely saw her dressed so casually: pants riding low upon her hips, their snug fit clinging to her every curve,her shirt revealing the barest hint of flesh, as she turned to put her empty glass on the counter.

"Wherever you take us, you're driving." she smiled, making her way to one of the boxes she had stashed in the hall closet.

In her hands rested a new helmet. It was blood red lined in silver with golden lightening bolts running down each side.
"I had a friend paint this for me. I had it made for you a few weeks ago with the hope that we could go riding sometime. Do you like it?" she asked as she put it in his hands, her eyes hopeful as she stood before him smiling.

He was surprised to say the least, but happy that she'd want him to join her at all. Her cycle was her passion. He'd seen her disappear on that thing for hours at a time. She'd leave sad and hurting, lost within the shadows of her past, but with just a few hours on that cycle she'd return to him with a new smile gracing her lips and ready to start a new day. That cycle was her way of escaping reality when it all became a little too much, and now she was including him, welcoming him into her realm of safety and seclusion. He was pleased by it, to say the least.

"I love it." he murmured before leaning forward to place a shy kiss to the corner of her mouth, lingering for a moment before pulling away and heading off to his room.
Give me a sec to clean up, then we can go. That alright?" he asked as his voice faded before being lost in the dull roar of the shower.

Kagome only grunted her response, her mind nothing but a muddled mess as she reached to caress the skin his lips had just left, her fingertips stopping to rest lightly upon her lips.

Yep, she'd tell him tonight. But perhaps she'd kiss him first and explain later. After all, if his kiss felt THAT good on the corner of her mouth, what would it feel like pressed full on against it?

She'd fallen hard, and she knew it.

A short while later found them cruising at insane speeds through back roads she hadn't known existed.

She held him close reveling at the way his body felt beneath her touch, silently hoping that he'd want to be more than just close friends as well.

She'd packed a light dinner, a few sandwiches and drinks alongside a blanket to sit on if they decided to take a break from the ride. The only hitch in her plan was that she had no clue just where they were going.

They rode in silence, her head resting against the firm plane of his back. She leaned trustingly into his firm body, and for once in her life she was fully content to just enjoy the ride.

She was pleasantly surprised when he turned off the main road and onto a dirt trail that most likely hadn't been intended for use by a cycle made for highway use, but she trusted in his judgment and simply stared out over the landscape until they came to a hill top that held a wonderful view of the city.

They took their helmets off and placed them on the clips on the side of the sissy bar, each enjoying the view. When the sun went down and the lights came on this would truly be simply beautiful to look upon.

"Hungry?" she asked as she reached into her saddlebag before reaching around him to hand him a sandwich before sitting back as they both ate in silence. Once finished she handed him a bottle of water and again leaned against him, her head cradled between his shoulder blades.

A jumble of words made their way past the soothing rumble of his heart beat and she had to raise her head from its resting place, but it did little to clear his words.

With an agility that startled him, she raised her leg and hooking it around his waist she slid around to sit facing him, her legs now resting over the tops of his.

"What'd you say?" she murmured as she sat studying him.

This man, this perfect creature, had been by her side since that terrible night. He comforted her when she cried, dried her tears and made her smile. He was the one who held her close and chased her nightmares away, the man who now owned her heart completely, and though she was terrified, she was certain that no matter what, he was worth the risk. He was worth loving.

"Tell me something about yourself, something that no one else knows."he murmured, a beautiful pink blush staining his cheeks.

"Alright, but you have to tell me something too, okay?"

"You got it." he answered, waiting for her to speak.

"About two years ago I was invited to a party, a masquerade party. I had bought this gorgeous red dress, along with some fangs and a matching mask, and set out to enjoy myself.

Inuyasha's eyes widened, his heart nearly stopped beating within the caged wall of his chest. His breath rushed from his body and in that instant he finally understood why she had always seemed so familiar. It was her...she was the woman he had fallen for those few years ago; the woman who stood up for him, who kissed him with such passion, the woman who'd given him her innocence.

"I met someone there that night. He was gorgeous, more handsome than any man I'd ever met before. The was something about him that pulled me to him, and one thing led to another and I found myself, in his arms, in some empty bedroom. I left before he woke that morning. The sun hadn't even come up yet, but I hadn't seen Sango and I was worried that she'd been up all night looking for me, so I left. I had every intention of coming back, but when I did...he was gone. I waited for nearly a year
before I got married, hoping that somehow, somewhere I'd find him again."She sighed. "But I never did. I'd never done anything like that before, but there was something about him."

Inuyasha sat stunned before her, his words lost in his throat. He'd had her all this time, and had never known.

"But there is one other secret..." she whispered timidly. "...something I've never told anyone..."

She watched his face, her skin heating in embarrassment as she continued to bare her secrets. Her heart raced, but she was certain that this was the time. This was the moment when she'd throw caution to the wind and tell this man how she truly felt about him.

"I never thought I'd find someone who would capture my heart as he did. Not even my ex - husband held my heart as he did...until I met you..."

She was killing him slowly, constricting his heart with every word that rolled off her tongue.

"Never has someone made me feel as complete as you do, Inuyasha. " Her hand raised to his cheek, her eyes taking in the amber perfection of his as she hoped beyond hope that he felt the same.

"I never thought that I'd find that feeling ever again, the feeling of being so in love with someone that the thought of them leaving breaks my heart...Don't leave me Inuyasha. I need you...I love you." she whispered as she leaned forward, her lips caressing his in a kiss more tender that the flutter of butterfly wings. She kissed him with all the love in her soul, her tongue slipping from the depths of her mouth to trace the fullness of his own before his breathless moan drifted past her ears and she found herself pushed against the handlebars of her cycle, their cold steel forcing her back to arch as his kiss deepened and her legs wrapped around him to bring him closer to her body.

Slowly he leaned away from her, his forehead pressed against hers as they each tried valiantly to regain the breath the other had stolen from their lungs.

"Gods Kagome, you don't know how badly I've wanted you...needed you...loved you. And now I have a secret for you...open your eyes Kagome..."

Slowly her eyes opened. The sun was setting behind him, its fire radiating upon the horizon, lazily caressing the landscape with its color, but the sunset held nothing on the man who leaned above her.

With each second that ticked by, and each heated ray of light that melted into the horizon, his hair darkened. Silver melded into raven black,
his eyes darkened to deep brown orbs. There above her was the one man she thought she'd never see again, the one man who'd now managed to steal her heart not just once, but twice...

"Will you think less of me come morning?" she whispered.

"Trust me?" he answered before taking her lips again."Will you stay with me this time Kagome? Will you stay with me forever?" he murmured against her lips.

Reaching behind her she pulled the keys from the ignition and tossed them into some far away bush before answering.

"I'll never leave your side, Inuyasha, never.."

He smirked, his eyes following the direction her keys had taken in their sudden flight...

"And how are we to get home tomorrow, Kags?"

She reached out to place her finger to his nose. "I think this should be working normally come morning, don't you? Besides, I packed a blanket and I'd hate to have it tucked away with out having it come to some kind of use..."

"I love you Kagome, my mystery woman...I love you..."

The End...

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