Chapter One

From Above

An Inuyasha Fanfiction

By Momoe

I opened my eyes to another empty day. My room was empty, my apartment was empty… I was empty. I slowly got out of bed and looked around my room. I hadn't done much to it since he passed. I got up and stumbled to my kitchen. I started a pot of coffee and listened to it brew. When it finished I poured myself a cup of coffee and walked to my living room.

There was a knock on my door. I walked with my mug still in hand and opened it without even checking the peephole. My best friend since I was a child stood on the other side with a worried face.

"Kagome…" Her voice was small. She had a bag of takeout in her hand. She stepped into my lonely apartment without me saying anything.

"Kagome… You look terrible." She said and told me and sat down on my couch and placed the bag on food on my coffee table.

"Thanks Sango. You should tell me how you really feel." I said and leaned against the wall with my cup of coffee. Sango rolled her eyes and started pulling out the containers of food. Sango had always been a wonderful friend to me. She always took care of me like a big sister. She looked me up and down and made a face.

My hair was most definitely a mess, it was pulled all into a messy bun at the top of my head.. I probably hadn't showered in a week. I had on one of his sweatshirts, I hadn't taken it off in a while, It was huge on me. I had on a pair of mini sweat-shorts. They use to be nice and snug on me, I had a nice body at one point, but now the fabric was loose and barely stayed one me. I topped off my strange outfit with a pair of fuzzy pink slippers that he bought me.

Sango was wearing a loose pink silk shirt that complimented her well. She had on tight black leggings and high heeled black ankle boots. I always wanted to go shopping with her but I wasn't motivated anymore. Her hair hung loose over her shoulders and down to her waist and her makeup matched her outfit perfectly.

"Kagome, you know I mean the best, but you aren't going to make things different If you keep treating yourself this way." She stood up and grabbed my coffee out of my hands. "You need something more than just coffee. Look at you!" She tapped her hand on my thigh. "You are wasting away, when was the last time you ate anything?" I actually had to think about it… I had a granola bar… a few days ago and I've had coffee… a lot of coffee.

"Come eat, now. I got your favorite and it will be good for you." She grabbed my wrist and brought me over to my couch. She handed me the container of food and I opened it. I suddenly felt how hungry I actually was. It was a big plate of teriyaki steamed vegetables and white rice. I took a bite… then another and another. I couldn't stop.

"Don't eat all of that now, it will make you sick." She said and pulled out her own plate of food. Sango glanced over at me. "It's been two month Kagome… how long are you going to keep this up?" I don't know… It was hard for me right now.

I was in a relationship with this great guy. We met our last year of high school and started dating. We fell in love quickly. I started working at a coffee shop and he worked under his family, some big law firm. We moved in together and stayed together for two years. He was the man I wanted to marry. I wanted him so bad… but then two months ago I got a call.

He was on his way home from work. It was just the start of fall then and it had been raining heavily that day. I remember making a big pot of spicy curry for us and I waited for him to come… but he never did. I got a call from his older brother. He had been in an accident and was rushed to the hospital, but his injuries were too critical. He died in the ambulance.

Recalling all of that hurt. I hated feeling like this but he was taken from me too soon. He was my life… my everything. I was drawn out of my thoughts when Sango started talking again.

"Kagome.. You need to shower. After that it's time…" She said and took a big bite of food.

"Time for what?" I questioned and closed my food container. I was so full but had hardly eaten any of it.

"It's been two months and things aren't going to change unless you do." Sango closed hers as well and looked at me with a serious face. "We are packing up today. We are taking his things, we are going to go through them, you are going to let everything out, then I am taking the boxes of his stuff out of here and you need to move on."

I stared at her for a moment. It was a hard thing to do but deep down I knew she was right. I nodded.

"I'll go shower then." I said and left her alone. I went to the bathroom and turned the shower on warm. The cold bathroom started to steam up right away. When I stepped in and let the warm water rinse all the grime off of me that I let build up over the week. I shampooed my hair and conditioned it. I washed myself and when I turned the water off, I felt like a brand new me.

I put on a pair of jean shorts and a long sleeve shirt. I took out my blow dryer and dried my hair completely. My hair was curly and went to my waist. I looked in the mirror. I had bags under my eyes still, it was dark. I poked at the bags and they were pretty swollen.

I stepped out and found Sango in my room with a stack of boxes. "I'll go through everything with you. You aren't alone Kagome." She said. We started on the closet. We folded his clothes and placed them away in boxes. I wanted to keep them, they even smelled like him still but Sango convinced me to let go. She went to the bathroom and grabbed his toiletries.

"Almost done in here?" She asked then I looked around.

"Just his nightstand is left in here." I said. I walked over to it and opened the drawer. I never looked through his things before I thought it was an invasion of privacy… even though he was dead. All that was in his drawer was a small book.

"Is that a diary?" Sango asked as I picked it up.

"I don't know." I said and stared at it. This was something very personal to him.

"What do you mean you don't know?" She said with a gasp, "You've never looked through his things before?" She said and I shook my head. "You should. I mean, he isn't't going to mind if you do now." She had a point. I waited for a moment before opening it up to the first page and flipping through the pages.

The book was full of his handwriting, each page with a different date at the top. As I was flipping through something fell out onto the hardwood floor of my room. It looked like a photo I picked it up and stared at it in horror.

"Oh no…" Sango said in a quiet voice. It was a photograph of Inuyasha with another woman. He was kissing her cheek, written in a writing I didn't recognize was a date… it was dated one week before his death.. My heart sank and then all of a sudden I felt something break inside of me.

"Those months of sadness… those months of grieving for this jackass…" I said with a venom in my voice. Sango started rubbing my back to calm me down. "Those years I spent with him… and this jackass was cheating on me?!" I almost yelled. All the emotions of sadness and depression I felt was completely replaced with something new… Anger.

I flipped through the pages… "It doesn't say her name Sango! He just keeps saying 'She' and 'she' well who the fuck is she?" I threw the diary on the floor.

"Kagome… Please calm down." I closed my eyes and took three deep breaths to calm myself. She was right. There was no point in getting mad at him now. He is gone.

"I'm sorry" I said and stood up. "I'm sorry Sango… thank you for helping me with this… It's been very enlightening for me." I said and walked over to my closet. It was mostly empty now. I pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans and changed into them.

"What are you doing?" Sango said and walked over to me.

I pulled on a pair of my high top converse and a pulled on a red zip-up hoodie. "I'm going to find out who this girl is and confront her." I said and grabbed my car keys from my dresser. "Sango… can you get rid of this shit please?" I asked as I walked out. I stopped then poked my head back in the room. Sango was look at the diary on the floor.

"Thank you for today Sango. I'll call you when I'm done." I left my apartment and walked down the stairs to my little powder blue two-door car. It was old but did the job, it got me from Point A to Point B. I felt bad as I walked up to my car. I haven't driven too much in the past few weeks. My car was dusty, I needed to wash it soon.

I got in and started driving in the very familiar direction. I knew where to go, it was business time still at the law firm. I pulled into the small parking lot and walked up. The perky receptionist smiled at me.

"How may I help you?" She said with a toothy smile. I didn't like it right now. I had too many questions to be pleased with her.

"I'm here to see Sesshoumaru." I said. She started typing on her computer.

"Did you have an appointment with Mr. Tai-" I interrupted her.

"He knows me. Tell him Kagome is here." I snapped at the poor girl and she stopped talking. She slowly nodded and picked up her phone.

"Excuse me, Mr. Taisho, there is a Ms. Kagome here to see you." She paused for a moment then nodded and hung up the phone. "He can see you know, Let me show you to his office." She said and started to stand up but I walked off in the direction of his office and left her.

I knocked on the door that read in big bold letters on it "Sesshoumaru Taisho, Attorney." I heard that familiar voice tell me to come in and I did and shut the door behind me.

"Well, well… How are you doing Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked me and stood up to hug me. I embraced him and was suddenly very relieved that I showered before I came over. Sesshoumaru was always a well dressed man. I don't remember the last time I saw him in anything but a suit. He had his white hair pulled back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck. His golden eyes looked somewhat tired today, he must be busy.

"I'm doing okay, Sesshoumaru." I said and he walked back behind his desk I sat in the comfy seat in front of his desk.

"Don't lie to me." He said in a serious tone. I knew he wouldn't believe it. "You look like you haven't been eating, I felt a lot of bones just now." I put my hand up and he stopped.

"I know… It's been hard for me too since Inuyasha passed. Even though we didn't have a good relationship, it'd been difficult." He said with a saddened tone then leaned back in his swivel chair and crossed his arms. "But you need to take care of yourself." I nodded.

"Trust me." I said, "I'm over it." I placed the photo of Inuyasha and that unknown woman on the desk in front of Sesshomaru and his eyes widened.

"What's this?" he asked and picked up the photo and examined it.

"He was cheating on me, Sesshoumaru." I choked out. "With that… that hussy." I said and crossed my arms.

Sesshoumaru set the photo down and let out a sigh. "I'm sorry Kagome." he paused and thought of how to word his next sentence. "I knew that guy was low… but this is just wrong."

"I came here because I'd like your help." I said and Sesshoumaru looked at me with a curious eye. "I need to find out who this woman is. I need to confront her… If I do…" I paused for a moment to hold back my tears. "If I can do this… I can let go of that bastard and move on." I said and Sesshoumaru nodded. "Do you know her?

Sesshoumaru shook his head. "No. No, I don't" I let out a frustrated sigh. "I'll help though. Give me a while and I'll see what I can find out." He said and put the photo in his desk. I'm glad he took it. I didn't want to see that hussy's face anymore. I had a feeling if he gave it back to me, I would obsess over it.

"Thankyou. I really appreciate it." He nodded.

"Have you gone back to work yet?" He asked and I shook my head.

"I think I will soon though, I'm so over being down on myself now." I said and shifted in my chair.

"How is the apartment going? The lease is almost up isn't it?" I nodded.

"Thank you again for helping pay for it. I don't know what I would have done if I wasn't able to pay it. Inuyasha made a lot more than I did so I couldn't afford his half of his bills." Sesshoumaru nodded then pulled out a little booklet from his drawer and started writing. He ripped a check out of the little book and handed it to me. "I can't take this." I said.

"Kagome… I was given Inuyasha's part of of family's money. I have more money than I know what to do with. Especially after finding this out, please take it. I reluctantly took it and looked at the amount.

"500,000¥, Sesshoumaru? That's too much…" I said and he shook his head.

"It isn't enough for you. Now stop complaining about it. Just promise me you'll eat better." I nodded and Sesshoumaru told me he had a big client coming in soon that he needed to prepare for and he would get back to me.

As I stepped outside in the parking lot it started raining. I ran to my car and sat inside for a moment. The rain use to make me said… but now I found a small beauty in it.

When I got home Sango was already gone. She left a note saying she took everything and to call her later. I walked around my apartment after setting my keys and the check down on my coffee table. Everything… everything of his was gone. There were no photos of him, none of his clothes… It felt… free.

I walked into my room and it was all mine. For once I felt the weight that Inuyasha left on my shoulders almost completely gone. I started crying, it wasn't out of sadness this time. I was crying tears of joy.

"Inuyasha." I said to the empty room, as I often did after he died. "If you can hear me at all… Thank you… thank you for leaving me something to free myself with." I smiled and sat on my bed.

Sango said that things won't change unless I do. She was right. She was very right. I let out a small laugh and pulled out my phone and dialed her number. After a few rings Sango answered.

"Kagome, I'm not giving it back." I genuinely laughed for a moment.

"Sango? You remember how I wanted to go shopping with you? Can we go today? I desperately need some new clothes."

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. If you did, please leave a review and let me know what you think! I've never written a proper fan fiction before so I'm going to start with this. Thanks again for reading!

-Momoe