Chapter One

Kasa ga nai, Sono Hi ni

傘がない、その日に

Without an Umbrella, On that Day

An Inuyasha Fanfiction

Please enjoy! - Momoe

Summary: Kagome recounts her relationship with Sesshoumaru. She remembers each loving detail until the end.

I stood at the train station like I did almost every day. Even though I had heard it was going to be pouring today, I had to forget my umbrella. I stood hugging myself and shivering. It was so cold. My school uniform clung to me, I was completely drenched from head to toe. Once I got to school, I would have to change into my gym clothes so I wouldn't get sick. My long black hair clung to my body.

It was normally quiet at this train station, especially this early in the morning. I lived quite a distance from my highschool, where I was a first year student, so I had to leave extra early. Every morning though, there was another student. I silently watched him each morning. He had brilliant golden eyes and long silver hair that went down to his waist. He wore a school uniform i didn't recognize. We normally stood by each other every morning, without saying a word to each other.

I often stole glances from this man every day. It was normally just glances and the slight smile at each other. We even started sitting closer to each other, gradually, day by day, we would get a little closure. I would get off the train before he would and I never saw him on the ride home.

I stood, shivering with my arms wrapped around my body, even though it did little to help me. I glanced around and he wasn't there that day. I felt lonely without looking at him from afar. The train was delayed due to the rain. I couldn't wait to board. Suddenly though, I felt the rain stop. I was confused, It was still pouring but no longer hitting me. I glanced up and a black umbrella was over me.

"Excuse me…" A gentle but deep voice said to me. I jumped a bit, I wasn't expecting someone to be near me. I heard him step next to me, I looked up from his dark shoes to his black pants, then to his black school jacket. His silver hair was hanging loose over his shoulders. His brilliant yellow eyes were staring at me.

"I thought… you looked a little cold… I hope you don't mind me…" He said. This was the man i always shared glances with. He never spoke before, this was the first time I heard his voice, it was intoxicating. I felt a blush cross my face.

"No… thank you so much!" I said happily. "It's really cold… I forgot my umbrella." I said. He was standing so close to me, holding the umbrella over the both of us.

"It's really no problem. It would be bad for you if you got sick, you should change when you get to school." I nodded. Just as I was about to speak the train pulled up and the man walked with me, holding the umbrella over us until we stepped on. I went to my usual seat, this is where he would normally sit a few seats away from me, but not today. he sat right next to me. He took his school jacket off and handed it to me.

"Please," He started, "Cover up with this, you are shivering." I looked at him for a moment and hesitantly took it from his hands.

"Thank you, you're so nice." I said and covered myself with the jacket. He was much taller than I was, at least a foot taller, so his jacket covered my torso and most of my legs with ease.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi." I finally said, "Fifteen years old, first year student at Tensaiteki Gakuen." I bowed to him slightly. He smiled and bowed back to me.

"I'm Sesshoumaru Taisho, seventeen, third year student at Yamamoto Elite Gakuen." I bowed at him again.

"You must be really smart!" I said with a smile "that school is hard to get into." I remember I tried for it and failed the test horribly. He chucked lightly.

"It's a good school though. I like it there a lot. I've heard good things about Tensaiteki too." I nodded at him.

"It was my first choice." I said proudly. He laughed a little more and I joined it. It felt good to finally speak to this man i've admired from afar and to now have a name and voice to the face.

"So… i'm sorry If I creeped you out at all… I didn't mean to sneak up on you like that at all." He told me, I shook my head.

"You actually helped me a lot, I really appreciate it." I smiled. "The truth is, I'm really happy that you came to my rescue." I smiled at him. We looked at each other for a moment.

"Actually…" Sesshoumaru started speaking, "This is kind of embarrassing…" he paused and I smiled happily at him. "I've been trying to speak with you for a while now. We've taken the same train all semester… It's odd that we've never spoken. Today was a good chance to start a conversation with you… so I did." He admitted to me and I let out a playful laugh.

"Really?" I smiled, "I actually have been curious about you… I've wanted to speak with you too." I admitted back to him. we sat and laughed together, it was… relieving to finally speak with him and to know that he wanted to speak with me too.

"Actually… If it's okay with you." he said and pulled out a small black flip phone from his bag. "Can we exchange numbers?" he asked. I smiled deeply and nodded my head energetically. I pulled out my pink flip phone and we exchanged our numbers just as the train was pulling to my stop. I stood up and handed Sesshoumaru his jacket.

"Thank you, again." i said with a smile.

"I'll see you on monday?" I asked and he nodded. I waved goodbye to him as I stepped off the train and ran to my campus. That was how I met Sesshoumaru. The man I would grow to love more than anything.

There are a lot of things in my life that I would want to change. Meeting him wouldn't be one of them. He taught me so much in our time together. Thinking to that time now… I'm full of regret… regret for how thing ended up between us. But that first meeting with him… it meant the world to me.

We spent the next few days texting back and forth. I can't lie, from the moment we first started speaking to eachother, I was attracted to that wonderful man.