Looks, Wounds, and Feelings

Full summary: Kagome Higurashi, was 13, fat, round andunpopular and had a major crush on Inuyasha Takahashi. He, 13 and very popular, dumped Kagome in a harsh way which made her lose trust in everything. The Higurashis moved to the United States and 7 years later…who is this sexy girl?

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. (sad)

-Authors Note: Hey. JarethsCrystallineDream here! Just to let you all know, this is originally Sesshy Lover xD's story. Since she stopped writing it, I asked for her permission to continue, and she told me I could

So... THANK YOU SO MUCH SESSHYLOVER! All the credit for the plot should go to her. I just took up where she left off at Chapter 7.

Chapter 1: What's wrong with me?

"Thank God it's Friday. I couldn't take another minute in class." Sango Teyjin was saying while taking stuff out of her locker.

"Yea, I know! But I'm happy that weekend's all about fun!" Kagome Higurashi said back.

"And about studying, geez, school is like hell." Miroku Koshinba came up behind Sango, looking quite tired. "I have to do homework every single freaking night! It's so annoying."

Sango burst out laughing, "You actually do your homework? Miroku, I'm impressed, we've been friends for so long I doubted that you would actually do homework. It's like, a miracle."

"Ha ha. Very funny, I can't stop laughing." Miroku said sarcastically.

Sango Teyjin and Miroku Koshinba were considered halfa. They weren't the most popular couple at school, but not unpopular either. Well, that's because they hung out with Kagome Higurashi.

Kagome was fat and round, her grades were basically Cs, and she was friendly and loved Inuyasha Takahashi. Who is Inuyasha you ask?

Inuyasha Takahashi is the most popular guy in school. If one day you could actually talk to him, it would be considered an honor to do so.

Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha and Kagome had been neighbors since newborn. And again, it would be an honor to live right by the hottest most popular guy in school.

"Yo, hanging out at my place today?" Miroku asked while Kagome and Sango waked home beside him.

"Ya, I guess. Or we could hang out at mine. My mom loves you guys, so either house would be great." Kagome said.

"I say we hang at Kagome's place. Her mother makes this delicious popcorn whenever we get there. I mean, c'mon, you gotta love the popcorn." Sango decided for them.

When they were walking home, Inuyasha passed by them with his skateboard.

"Yo, catch up with you guys later, ok?" Inuyasha said before he disappeared around the corner.

"Ok, IM me." Miroku said and waved.

Kagome sighed, and looked a bit depressed all the way home since Inuyasha had passed by them.

"What's wrong, Kagome?" Miroku asked while getting his hand full of buttered popcorn.

"It's…I keep thinking about him…I have to admit you guys, I love him." Kagome sighed again and laid on her bed, thinking about Takahashi.

Miroku and Sango knew that it was impossible to think about the pair Kagome/Inuyasha. If you thought about that, boy, you have bad sense of pairing. How could Inuyasha, super hot, not very muscular, but toned in such a sexy way, let alone the most popular guy in school, be paired with an unknown whalelike her. No offense to Kagome... but she was just too ugly.

Still, it was very nice of Miroku and Sango to hang out with her. Kagome knew that it cost them their major popularity, but she was grateful.

"You know, these days it's all about the looks. Too bad I don't have any..." Kagome stared at the sealing.

"Uh…don't you worry, we all know him and he's known us since we were little babies. I'm sure one day he will look to you and see your true personality. And ask you out…" Sango always tried to cheer her up. So did Miroku. They didn't want to see Kagome hurt.

"By 'one day' you mean never." Kagome was still upset.

"No! Of course not!" Sango shot back and at the end she whispered to Miroku, "I think…"

"Cheer up, Kags. Let's do our homework instead. It'll be fun, I'm sure of it." Miroku tried to change the subject,

"And since when homework is fun?" Kagome laughed and decided to join her best friends in school work.

Later in the evening…

"Guys, I decided." Kagome said very serious.

"What are you talking about?" Miroku said, snapping his math book shut.

"I'm going to ask Inuyasha out. Do you think it's a good idea?"

Miroku and Sango exchanged looks. "Uh…sure! It's like they say, now or never." Sango looked worried.

"You're right. I'm going to ask Inuyasha right now. This instant." Kagome was confident.

"A-are you sure? Maybe tomorrow- are you sure?!" Miroku also looked worried.

"Yes. Do I look good? Is my breath ok?" Kagome said looking in the mirror. Miroku and Sango couldn't do anything except for nod.

"Wish me luck guys, I'm going to knock his door and just say it." Kagome was happy and confident.

"Wait! We're going with you." Sango thought of a random thing to say.

"We are?" Miroku looked more nervous. Sango looked at him seriously. "Of course we are."

All the three of them walked to the Takahashi's home, which was very close to their respective residencies. Kagome timidly knocked on the door.

Sesshoumaru Takahashi answered. He was Inuyasha's big brother and was also a major hottie. He was 17 while Inuyasha was only 13. "Sup?"

"Is Inuyasha home?" Kagome asked shakily.

"Uh…hold on." Sesshoumaru put his head inside the house. "YO, YASHA! GET YOUR NASTY ASS DOWN HERE!" and turned to them again, "He'll be out in a moment, c'mon in."

The three did as they were told. Inuyasha was coming down the stairs. "Hey! It has been awhile since you all visited me."

"Yeah…it has hasn't it?" Kagome tried to look attractive, and failing pitifully. Miroku and Sango only nodded, they were too afraid for poor Kagome's heart.

"So, what brings ya'll here?" Inuyasha sit down on his sofa. Miroku and Sango were behind Kagome, who was standing in front of Inuyasha.

"I-I…Inuyasha, we have known each other for a long time, right?" Kagome started softly. Inuyasha nodded. "I-I…Inuyasha, I LOVE YOU! Would you be my boyfriend?"

Inuyasha smirked. "No."

Miroku and Sango both wished that they were deaf so they wouldn't hear what was about going to happen. Kagome didn't understand.

"W-why? What's wrong with me?" Kagome started feeling her heart beat speeding up, "Tell me, why won't you?"

"Uh…I'm sorry, I just can't."

"Why? Would you mean by 'can't'?"

"You don't wanna know, I'm sure of it."

"Yes, I do." Kagome's eyes were blurring her vision with unshed tears.

Inuyasha hesitated, looked down and then up to her face,

"I can't be seen with you. My girlfriend has to be hot and sexy, and her grades must be cool. You are not even 10 meters close to that. It would be so embarrassing if someone knew that I, Inuyasha Takahashi, was your boyfriend; the boyfriend of a fat, round unpopular girl. Seriously, the idea of you and me is crazy. Go find another tubby and go hang out with him. I'm sorry."

Kagome's tears came streaming down her round, splotchy face. She was so hurt inside, the pain she was feeling was almost physical. The tears didn't stop, she tried to maintain herself but couldn't. The background was all dark with nobody there for her.

Kagome couldn't see anything; she almost passed out because her heart was pounding uncontrollably and her breathing so erratic. She felt hurt, like a knife had struck all her loving feelings. She felt like she was alone in the world.

She ran as fast she could back to her house. Crying, sobbing, you could see sadness in her eyes, such dead eyes. Kagome was destroyed.

Sango and Miroku were shocked by what they heard. So was Sesshoumaru, he was upstairs but could hear everything. They didn't know what to do. Silence took control of the room. You could see the guilty looks in Sango and Miroku's faces. Coming back to reality, they ran as fast as they could to catch up with her.

They knocked, but nobody answered. Kagome was sitting on the floor, trying to look ok, but sadness just filled the house. Her shirt was soaked by tears. Mrs. Higurashi didn't know what else to do.

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It was Saturday morning, and Kagome had slept in the living room with her mother beside her. Mrs. Higurashi had tried all night to calm her broken daughter, but to no avail. The poor girl still cried her self to sleep.

"Mom…?" Kagome asked, as depressed as ever.

"Yes?"

"Were yu dumped by someone you really love once?"

"Why, of course."

"Tell me how did you feel, what did you do to make your wounded feelings disappear?"

"Well, once, there was this boy that I thought I loved. It turned out that he didn't love me back. I confessed, but he just laughed. I was hurt, but still, I moved on with my life. It will pass soon; the wound in your heart will soon be healed."

Easier said than done..

Kagome couldn't go to school. When she looked at Inuyasha in class, she burst out crying again. She was sent home. She didn't eat, she didn't sleep. All she thought about was Inuyasha and how badly he hurt and humiliated her. She didn't even leave the house for days on end.

Kagome Higurashi had lost trust in friendship and in love.

Her heart was filled with wounds that couldn't be healed.

That went on for months, so the Higurashis decided to move far away from Japan and go to the United States of America.

--

Seven years later….

"That'll be 31.87 please." Kagome Higurashi was 20 years old now, and working as a cashier in a supermarket.

She looked up to see this Asian woman, just like her, and when the woman handed Kagome her credit card to pay for her groceries, Kagome was surprised.

Kagura Takahashi.

That last name gave her the shivers. It reminded her of that guy. She stood there, just looking at the name on the offending piece of plastic. The woman, named Kagura, was getting a bit nervous, so she called another man, who also looked Asian. He was so hot and so it reminded Kagome of him once again. Could it possibly be…? No. It's not possible. The odds are just too low, thought a bewildered Kagome.

Kagura whispered to the man in Japanese, "Sesshoumaru, honey, this girl has been staring at my credit card for more than 5 minutes now. Is everything going to be ok?"

Kagome couldn't help but listen, the word "Sesshoumaru" and they were talking in Japanese, which she also knew.

"Uh, lady, please, could you finish here quickly?" The guy called Sesshoumaru asked Kagome.

Kagome, in the other hand, realized that the couple in front of her was Inuyasha Takahashi's brother, Sesshoumaru and his wife, obviously named Kagura. Kagome gasped and said in Japanese, "Sesshoumaru! I'm Kagome Higurashi, do you remember, 7 years ago? I was your neighbor!"

Sesshoumaru stood there in shock. That girl couldn't possibly be Kagome Higurashi. The Kagome Higurashi he knew was fat and round, and ugly. This Kagome was…Dare he say?…sexy.

She had fine breasts, not very big, but not small. She wasn't very tall, but not short, she had perfect height. Her waist and abdomen were perfect, and her legs were sexy as ever. Her black hair was long, shiny and smooth, and her face looked so cute and innocent.

That was Kagome Higurashi?

End to the slighty revised chapter one! Getting good now, huh? Once again, many thanks and lots of cookies to SesshyLoverxD!! huggles

-JarethsCrystallineDream