disclaimer: i do not own inuyasha
Chapter one
The lonely road she tread on reflected her feelings. She kicked a rock and watched it roll a few
feet away from her. Hoisting her bag further up on her shoulders, she kept walking. Her black
hair flew all around her face and she looked down at the road that she had walked upon so many
times before.
As she looked down at her watch, she felt a pair of arms around her shoulders. She smiled.
"Hahaha! Hey, loser!" she called to the person who was hugging her.
"Hey, Kagome!" said a boy with dark, short hair and dark blue eyes. She turned around and
playfully punched Miroku in the stomach. He pretended to be in great pain, doubling over and
clutching the spot where she had hit him. From behind Miroku, a girl with long brown hair ran
straight at her.
"Kagome!" The girl named Sango yelled at her as she tackled Kagome to the ground.
"Hahaha, Sango, I missed you too!" Kagome coughed from beneath her. As they got up, Kagome
felt a breeze from behind her. She looked back at the one person that made her heart skip a beat
everytime she saw him. She jumped to give Inuyasha a hug. He looked a little uncomfortable,
but she didn't care, and soon he was hugging her back.
" I missed you." he whispered into her ear. Shivers ran down her spine as his warm breath tickled
her cheek.
"Aww, Kagome, I didn't have anyone to bother when you were away with your mom," said Miroku,
and looking at Sango, he added," Except for Sango, but she's no fun." He said with a grin,
receiving a playful punch from Sango.
Ever since Kagome's parents had split up a few months ago, she had been moving back and forth
between their houses. The weekends at her mom's place, which was about two hours away, and
the rest of the time at her dad's which was located nearest to her school and her friends. She
didn't particularly prefer one parent over another; she couldn't stand either of them, but she liked it
better when she could be with her friends.
They always met on this road at four, right after school. Kagome never felt at home unless she
was with her friends. They were her life.
Ever since the first grade, they had been together. It had started with Inuyasha. He was the king
of kickball back then, and he had challenged Miroku to a game. The prize was Kagome. Miroku
was quite the flirt back then(and still was) and he had taken Kagome's hand one day in recess,
asking her if she would marry him. Even though Inyasha had never talked to Kagome, he had
had a crush on her ever since he laid his eyes on her. Miroku accepted and he lost, but not
before finding a new target. There was a new girl in school, and one flip of her hair and Miroku
was "in love". Her name was Sango. Inuyasha, seeing this, took a few shy steps toward
Kagome, who smiled at him. From that moment on, the four kids were inseperable. And they
were still together now, in their second year of highschool.
They walked down the road, laughing and sharing what had happened at school that day.
Kagome sighed and looked down at the floor. She had been feeling down lately and she couldn't
figure out why.
She felt an arm around her shoulders and she looked up to see Inuyasha staring right back at her.
She could tell he understood how she felt even if she didn't. She wrapped her right arm around
his waist and laid her head on his shoulder as they walked. He didn't know how much she
needed this right now.
Her life with her parents wasn't exactly "perfect", but she always managed. But now, she didn't
know what had come over her. She shook the feeling from her head, fingering the necklace she
had given Inuyasha when they were younger. He never took it off. She pulled it swiftly off his
neck and ran as fast as she could, holding the necklace up in the air like a prize. As soon as he
realized what she had done, her began chasing after her. For some reason he hated to take the
necklace off, and Kagome knew this. It was a game they always played when they were walking
down their road. Being faster than her, Inuyasha quickly caught up to her and tackled her to the
floor laughing. Kagome's breath was knocked out of her, but somehow she managed to be
laughing as well. Seeing this, Miroku yelled," Sandwich!" and Sango and him ran to the pair laying
on the floor. They jumped on Kagome and Inuyasha, squishing Kagome who always found
herself at the bottom of MIroku's "sandwiches". This also happened to be a tradition, when
Inuyasha caught Kagome. As they began to remove themselves from on top of Kagome, she
knew that life couldn't get in the way when she was with her friends.
That next day at school, though, something completely horrible happened.