Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha or any of the characters.

Ages:

Kagome: 16

Sango: 17

Miroku: 17

Inu Yasha: 17

So here is the story!

Title: I thought I was happy.

Chapter 1: Crushed to pieces

Kagome sat on her bed, looking at all the pictures of her friends and her goofing around. She smiled. Her friends were probably the best friends in the whole world. Nobody could compare to them. She traced each face with her finger. There was Eri, Ayame, and Rin. Ayame had dyed her hair red, like some Japanese girls liked to do. Everyone had agreed that it looked beautiful, though she looked just fine with black curls.

Kagome was not your average high school girl. She was probably the most loved teenager in her whole school. She was kind, funny, and talented. Not to mention, gorgeous. With her soft, flawless skin, her silky black strands that went to her lower back, and her skinny yet curvy figure, she could pass as a model. Her teacher's loved her, and she had all the boys drooling over her. She lived the life of a teenage princess.

When Kagome was younger, her mom and dad and grandpa spoiled her. They always bought her presents, told her lots of stories, and comforted her when she was sad. They made sure that a bully would get talked too, and that Kagome was a happy child. Her mother was a very happy person. She always had a content look on her face, and she smelled like baby powder and spring. Her cheeks were rosy, and her laugh sounded pleasant. When she was pregnant with Kagome, she immediately painted one of the rooms in the old shrine pink and decorated it with beautiful lace curtains and a crib with soft blankies and stuffed animals. In high school, her mother had picked her name out, and had fell in love with it. Her father had too. Thus, Kagome was born, and cherry blossoms and bottles full of sweet baby formula surrounded her. (Though baby formula is not sweet.) When she was five, her little brother Souta appeared to the world, and her parents couldn't have been happier. Instead of being jealous of the new baby, Kagome was thrilled. She helped prepare his baby formula, and told him stories like her mother did, with different plots from a deranged story of Tarzan and Wayne where they danced with talking bananas, to a mug boat with a troll who was sick. (It's supposed to be Tarzan and Jane, and tug boat, but she was a little kid so she didn't know they weren't called that)

Her father was one of the best people she had ever met. He was so funny and he always played with her and Souta. He kept his promises, and never got home too late to read her a story before bedtime. He brought her to school and made sure she wasn't queasy on her first day of school. He was a handsome, tall man with brown eyes, and a million dollar smile. She understood why her mother married him. Lately though, his lighthearted emotion was dieing down, ever since Gramps died. He had frown lines in his forehead, and he didn't make that many jokes anymore. He tried to be happy though, so Kagome really wasn't worried.

That night she was going to a party with Eri, Rin, and Ayame. Rin had met this guy whose name was Sesshy, (he he) and he had this huge house with a pool and bar and everything. She hoped to see a lot of the guys from school, and maybe she might even dance with Hojo, the really cute boy at school. She got up from her bed and reached for her make up bag, which she withdrew from it, a mascara tube, pink, shimmery lip-gloss, and her iridescent white eye shadow. She then walked to her closet and found her blue monkey shirt, and her black low-rise jeans. Slipping them on, she also put her feet in her blue flip-flops, and she started with her make up.

15 minutes later

After getting her makeup just right, she looked at her self in the mirror. She did look good, but not as good as Jin, the most popular, prettiest girl in the whole school. She was nice, but she did seem full of herself. Kagome didn't care about not being as popular as Jin though. She was happy with herself the way she was. At that moment, the phone rang, and she rushed to it.

"Hello?"

"Hi Kag, it's Ayame, we're coming to pick you up in a few minutes, so be ready, or be square!!!!!"

Kagome was a little perplexed about the "be square" part, but she said okay and hung the phone up. She hoped Ayame hadn't gotten in to her mother's rum collection again like she had before the other party. She usually didn't drink, but being the curious one she was, she dove in. Funny Ayame.

Turning out the light in her room and shutting the door to keep little brothers from receiving a death wish, she made her way toward the stairs. On the way she noticed Souta and his friend Washi, (she had no idea why he was named that) were playing video games like usual. She said goodbye to them and them said goodbye back nonchalantly, the drool hanging from their mouth and their zombie eyes glued to the screen.

At that moment the doorbell rang, and Kagome sighed. Maybe Ayame meant a couple of seconds? She went to the door and opened it to find Eri, Ayame, and Rin. Rin looked adorable with her hair in a little side ponytail, Eri was wearing a green colored hoodie and a blue jean miniskirt with her hair down, and Ayame was wearing her usual white jean skirt with the furry thing on the side (if you've seen Ayumi Hamsaki in her Evolution video you'd know what it is) and her brown uggs. (I love those things!!)

"Hey guys," she said, and they did their usual ritual. Squealing. Talking about how excited they were for their first 10th grade party of the year since school started, which boy they wanted to dance with, who was going to drink and get drunk, or who wasn't a virgin. Kagome yelled good-bye to her parents who were out in their back yard patio, enjoying the nighttime sounds, and she made her way with her friends to Eri's silver bug. Yes, the night was going to be fun.

About 10 minutes later

Kagome sat on the bench out side Sesshy's house, drinking her punch. The party was fun, with the pool, bar, and music and dancing, but she longed for someone to spend the night with, like a boyfriend. Eri had Tayishi, Ayame had Keito, and Rin had Sesshy. She felt so left out. Suddenly she heard somebody walk out. She looked and noticed Hojo.

" Hey Kagome!!! What are you doing out here? Everyone's looking for you inside."

"Really"

"Yah, come on" Hojo said as he put his hand toward her. Kagome stared at it, and then took it gently. Hojo smiled and lead her in the house, where "Angel's song" by Ayumi Hamasaki was playing. Hojo took her to the dance floor.

"Come on, Kagome. Dance!" he told her as he swayed to the music. Kagome smiled and started to shake her butt and put her hands over her head. She jumped up and down and twirled around. Her laugh came out sounding like a note in the song. Maybe this was what it felt like to have a boyfriend.

After the party is done...

Kagome grabbed Hojo's hand and zoomed out of Sesshy's house. It was 3:00 in the morning, and she wanted to get home without her parents finding out. She laughed as Hojo almost tripped, and said good-bye to her friends. Kagome slowed to a walk, panting.

"Woah, Kag, what did you have to eat before you got here, sugar?" Hojo asked her, panting as well. "I always thought you were the calm one of your group of friends. Ayame seems like the wild one."

"Well, you're wrong I guess." Kagome said as she walked to Hojo's car. "Um.... I'm not trying to be rude, but could you give me a ride?"

"Sure, and you're definitely not being rude. I wanted to give you a ride." Hojo simply answered. Normally a boy would blush if he said that, and Hojo didn't. Weird.

Kagome jumped onto the bouncy car interior. Hojo started the car and drove toward Kagome's shrine.

"Uggh.... I have to walk all the way up those stupid stairs." Kagome whined. She was going to sleep well tonight.

As they got to the shrine, Kagome started to worry. How was she supposed to say good-bye? A simple goodbye? A hug? A kiss? She got out of the car.

"Umm.... thanks for the ride, Hojo. I had a really great time with you tonight. Uhh...bye." She turned around about to walk up the dreaded steps, but abruptly stopped when she heard Hojo yell, "Wait, Kagome!!"

She turned around and was met by a pair of lips on her mouth. She blushed. Her first kiss!!! It had finally come!!! She was too shocked to give in, but Hojo didn't mind. He just withdrew, said good-bye with one of his million dollar smiles, and went to his car. Kagome seemed to float all the way up the steps.

Kagome snuck into her house trying not to wake her parents. She heard a snore and figured it was her father, fast asleep. She thought she had won the battle when she went to her bedroom door. Those thought quickly vanished when she heard a "Kagome Higurashi!!!! Where were you?"

End of Chap. 1

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