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Contains swearing and sensitive material.
First oneshot in the series.
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"He's not at the alter Kagome." Sango said as she walked toward the nervous bride.
"What do you mean he's not at the alter?" Kagome asked fixing the clip and veil into her short hair.
"He's here but he's not at the alter. He might still be in the room he was getting ready in." Sango replied.
She looked around, Rin and Sesshomaru were stood talking to Inuyasha who had Shippo, the ring bearer, on his shoulders, Miroku, Kouga and Ayame, Her bridesmaids and their escorts. She turned to her maid of honour.
"I'm going to go and see what's wrong with him Sango. I've got a bad feeling." With that she walked off in her long white dress. Sango ran after her telling her it was unlucky to see the groom before the actual wedding. Inuyasha watched her with sad eyes, he wanted to be with Kagome but she was dating Hiten and now marrying him.
The group followed Kagome to the groom's door.
"Hiten" She gasped as she opened the door.
He jumped out of the bed pulling his pants back on.
"Kagome! It's not what it looks like!" He yelled.
The woman on the bed sat up towards the door.
"Kikyo!" Kagome turned to Hiten "This is exactly how it looks, I'm not stupid Hiten! How did I know eh? How did I know something would happen today?" She walked from the room going past her friends. Hiten followed her.
"Kagome wait!"
She turned to him.
"Listen, and listen good, I want you out of my apartment by Monday. That gives you 3 days to get out. Got it? If that shit isn't gone, I'm throwing it out. Give me your keys for the apartment. Go and take your tramp on our honeymoon. Don't text me, don't ring me, don't contact me in any way." She started to turn away but he grabbed her wrist. She turned while throwing a punch to his jaw that knocked him to the floor.
"And don't touch me." She added before walking to where the wedding was being held.
The group looked at Hiten in disgust.
"How could you?" Sango said before grabbing Miroku and following Kagome. Inuyasha kicked him in the stomach "How dare you do that to her" he growled before carrying on past him.
The bride opened the double doors and everyone turned to see what was happening.
"The wedding is off. Carry on to the reception if you wish and drink yourself silly, presents will be returned and have a great time."
She turned to go home.
"Kagome?" Rin asked.
"I'm going home, I'll be fine, go and have a drink." She smiled to them before leaving.
When Kagome arrived back at her apartment, she stripped and got into bed with a pain in her chest.
The gang walked into Kagome's apartment silently on the Friday morning. Rin entered first, seeing the beautiful white wedding dress rumpled on the floor. She walked in, followed by her fiancée, Sesshomaru and the rest of the group. She picked up the dress and laid it on a nearby chair.
"Us girls will go and check on her" Ayame said pulling Sango and Rin with her to Kagome's room.
The boys nodded and sat down on the available seats.
"Kagome" Sango whispered as she entered the room but seeing an empty bed.
"Yes Sango?"
Sango shifted her gaze across the room until she saw Kagome at Hiten's wardrobe, pulling everything out and shoving the clothes into bags.
"What are you doing?" Ayame asked walking up to the 23-year-old woman.
"Well, if I pack up his shit, he will get out of the apartment faster." She said with a smile.
"Ok… Do you want some breakfast?" Rin asked sweetly.
"Please dear." She answered before shoving more clothes into another box.
Rin grabbed Sango and Ayame and dragged them out of the room closing the door behind them.
The 4 boys looked expectantly towards the girls.
"She seems almost happy. I don't get it." Sango whispered when they got closer to the boys.
"But she's been through so much already. Maybe she just can't let it out." Ayame reasoned.
"What are you on about?" Kouga asked worried.
"She hasn't cried…at all." Rin said.
Ayame continued. "There is no scent of tears in that room.
"She acting cheerful, like it hasn't bothered her" Sango finished.
Kagome walked out of the room happily, she looked fresh and happy.
"So…what's for breakfast?"
The next 3 months went on like this. Hiten left the apartment and gave her his key after having an argument and he apologised for what he did. Kagome never cried, never seemed sad. But that pain in her chest from the first night hit harder and more frequently.
She had told Sango that she was going to the doctors because of it, but told her not to worry and that it was probably nothing.
Later that day Sango received a call from the woman who asked her to go around to her apartment to talk. Sango unlocked Kagome's apartment door and walked in calling for her. She found her on the bathroom floor sitting with her back to the wall.
"Kagome?" She sat down next to her.
"My doctor said the problem is that I haven't cried. I'm stressed and it's affecting my blood pressure and basically why I'm getting chest pains."
"So, you want to talk about everything that's happened? I knew there was something wrong. You were too happy."
"I was trying to be strong for everyone. I didn't want to look sad in front of you all so I bottled it up."
Sango was silent.
"That day…The wedding; tore me apart, just walking in on them. It was on our wedding day for fuck sake! It's kind of good though that I caught them right? Can you imagine if we had gotten married and I was oblivious and when I would have found out that was it I would have been a 23-year-old divorced woman." She laughed there. "When he came on that after Monday to collect his stuff. I asked him when it had started, the affair, and he told me she wasn't the only one. There had been a few! I asked him when the first one was. He said 3 years ago in the May." Sango's jaw dropped. "I've been oblivious for 3 years. On top of that, in the June what happened?"
"You were diagnosed with leukaemia" Sango answered.
"Exactly. He was going around fucking every girl he could grab because I couldn't give him what he wanted. I was ill. I could have died" Kagome started to tear up "He- couldn't get some off me so he went around for it. God, I was really ill, did he think I could have? Did he think I would've wanted to when I looked thin and gaunt?" She breathed for a minute her hand on her chest. "I asked him why did he stay with me? He told me he felt bad and that I would've have reacted badly and would have blamed it on the cancer. I yelled at him that it would have been better to end it then and spared me the pain now. He couldn't answer when I asked him why he wanted to marry me. I told him to leave after that." She sobbed into Sango's shoulder. Sango leaned over to grab some tissue from the toilet roll and gave it to Kagome. She sniffled a 'thank you.'
"I can't believe you've been holding this in you since the wedding. No wonder you need a good cry. But now I know, I'll help you get over it, we all will. Would you like a cup of tea?" She offered.
"Please, I love your cups of teas." She answered before sobbing into the tissue again.
Sango left the bathroom to go into the kitchen, on the way; she rang her boyfriend, Miroku.
"Hello sexy" He answered.
"Miroku" she said, she was sad, angry and confused for her friend.
"What's wrong?"
"Can you and the others get around to Kagome's now."
"Is everything alright?"
"It will be soon."
She hung up after saying 'I love you' and turned to make 8 cups of tea.
A quiet knock came from the door. Kagome wouldn't hear it due to her crying.
Sango opened the door and let all of them in telling them to be quiet and served them their tea, she went into the bathroom to give Kagome hers, she informed her that everyone was in her living room and the sobbing woman asked her best friend, in one choppy sentence, to tell them what she told her because she couldn't say it in front of them especially when she was crying. Sango gave her a hug and told her that they didn't mind her crying in front of them because she was too strong and carried a lot of her friends problems on her shoulders before leaving her to dry her tears.
Sango went back into the living room area and told them what Kagome told her.
None of them knew what to say, they were sad for Kagome and angry that Hiten would do that to her.
Inuyasha got up straight away and entered the bathroom before closing the door behind him. The others fumed, Rin sat crying for her friend, Sesshomaru comforted her. Miroku sat with Sango rubbing her back to calm her down. Ayame and Kouga just talked in heated whispers about how and why Hiten would do that.
Inuyasha sat down in front of Kagome as soon as he closed the bathroom door, handing her another tissue to replace the soaked one in her hand. He moved closer to her and drew her into his arms; hugging her close to him.
"I'm sorry. I promise I'll help you through this Kagome. I'll never let anything like that happen to you again."
"What are you apologising for? You didn't do anything" she laughed into his neck. She had always felt something for him but when he started to go out with Kikyo, she decided she had to give up, and when they split up she was with Hiten. She realised while she was hugging him that he had always been there for her. When she was in hospital with cancer, he visited nearly everyday. And even when she was out of hospital he would come and see her whether it was with friends or on his own.
She hugged him closer to her. 'I've always loved him it's not like I'm realising it just now, I just wish I'd said something back when we were 18, Before he got with Kikyo.' "I'm never going to let you go again" He whispered into her hair. He didn't think she'd heard him. She acted like she hadn't but she had. 'I hope you don't let me go.'
Inuyasha came round to her apartment as much as he could helping her clear it out, sometimes he was on his own, and sometimes he came with the others but a lot of visits off everyone during the next 3 months. They sold her wedding dress online.
They grew closer, like they were before he started to date Kikyo. Sometimes he stayed over at the apartment as it was a bit too late for him to go home.
Soon after he asked her out telling her that he should have done this years ago. She accepted obviously.
A year later when she was 24 and he was 25 he asked her to marry him at his own birthday party. Everyone was there for it and congratulated the couple on their engagement.
2 years later when Kagome had been given the all clear from cancer, they got married in the October. They both loved autumn and the day was quite warm and dry, with crisp leaves on the floor.
Inuyasha wore a tux with a red waistcoat and tie under his black jacket. He was awestruck when he watched Kagome walk down the aisle in her white fishtail dress. Her hair had grown to below her shoulders but today it was a curled mass clipped up at the back. The dress was strapless with a layer of patterned lace over the top and a black ribbon around her waist.
They knew they belonged together.
Their story continued.
There are more oneshots to come.
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