Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters ::cough:: borrowed in this fic.


AN: I'm on the way to Disney World and I started randomly writing in the car. This is what came of it. I won't lie and say I know where this story is going or that I have the whole plot planned out. This story is writing itself. You've had your warning ::evil grin::

Better Late Than Never

Prologue

The world as he knew it had changed. This startling revelation had come to him as he sat staring at his best friend on the other side of the cafeteria. He should have seen it coming the moment Kagome accepted Kouga's invitation to become his girlfriend.

Of course she would be spending more time with her boyfriend, meaning less time with him, her best friend. It should have been obvious from the start, but it never really hit him until now as he ate his lunch alone.

She'd come to him right after the bell rang and asked if he minded if she ate with Kouga. He had assured her that he'd be fine and he did have friends besides her that he could sit with. It wasn't a lie. There wasn't anything physically wrong with him and he did have other friends...he'd just chosen to sit by himself and sulk rather than pretending to enjoy their company when he was in such a rotten mood.

He wasn't sure if it was the burning intensity of his eyes as decimated his food or the low growl that was issuing from his throat that warned everyone to stay away from him, but he was grateful. In his current stated he wouldn't last long in a conversation before a fight broke out.

But why did he suddenly have trouble fighting down the urge to rip Kouga's throat out? (More so than usual.) He'd known Kagome since kindergarten and he was used to being the center of her attention, but he had no real claim over her. Surely he was over-reacting.

But when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of Kagome's melodic laughter as her boyfriend told her an apparently funny joke, he couldn't help but feel he had lost something, and he was going to have one hell of a time getting it back.

AN: Short, huh? Since I started getting carsick I decided to cheat and make this a prologue instead of the first chapter. I'll be the first to admit I have a poor vocabulary (and grammar) so if you see any mistakes please tell me in your review? You will review right? I guess if no one does I won't ever update ::pout::