Disclaimer: It's tragic to say this, but I do not own Inuyasha.
Dedicated To: InuKagskisses for giving me this idea!!
Author's Note: PLEASE read the sequel to this story, Watching From Afar, first to understand this. This is the prequel to Watching From Afar.
I got a review from InuKagskisses asking me to do a sequel of one of my stories, Watching From Afar, but based from either Inuyasha or Kagome's point of view. That's where the idea came from. Thanks so much InuKagskisses!
Prologue
She was always my best friend. It was always the two of us, Kikyo and Inuyasha. And I knew she loved me. She was in love with me, and I knew all along. But I played stupid; I pretended I didn't know, or that I didn't care. I loved her, but she was like a sister to me.
I thought she was being stupid, loving me. But I was the one that was stupid. I should have said something earlier, but I led her on, under false pretences that I might one day love her back. I made her believe that I would always be there so she wouldn't be alone. Everyone had abandoned her. Her parents died in a car accident when she was only a child, her little sister was lying in a coma in the hospital with no chance of ever waking up. I was her anchor, the only thing keeping Kikyo from going insane. But I always forgot, and I forgot the day I met Kagome.
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The day I met Kagome is like one of those days where you wake up knowing something good will happen. That day my brother asked me to pick up his dry cleaning. I declined, like any brother would have done, but he threatened to post my baby pictures to all my friends (the embarrassing ones where my mum dressed me up in those horrid outfits).
I entered the store and collected the suit. Just as I was leaving, I bumped into her. Geez, doesn't that sound so cliché? And just to work more on that cliché moment, she fell backwards dropping her coffee to the ground. Time supposedly works slower when you're stuck in a moment, but I guess it's just mind over matter. But it felt like time was moving slower, as I watched her fall. I threw my brother's suit onto the coffee puddle at my feet and caught her before she fell. If it wasn't for the plastic covering my brother's suit, I wouldn't be alive today.
Anyway, I caught her, and she lay in my arm, looking up at me with surprised eyes. I think we would have stayed like that forever, if it weren't for that old guy in the corner who cleared his throat. We both turned to look at him and saw his wide smile. I helped her back to her feet, both of us blushing.
"Sorry," I mumbled staring at the brown puddle at our feet. "Guess I ruined your coffee, huh?"
She grinned. "It's OK," she replied. "You caught me," she added, sounding awed.
I looked up into her face and saw the tinge of red still evident on her face. I always stumbled back at the sight of her face. No, she wasn't ugly; she was beautiful. But she looked like Kikyo. They could have been twins! Or sisters! Or related!
"Is there something wrong?" she asked nervously, tilting her head to the side, analysing me.
"Nothing…can I replace your coffee, uh…"
"It's Kagome, Kagome Higurashi," she said holding out her hand.
"Inuyasha Takahashi," I replied taking her hand. "So can I replace your coffee? Cause it's sort of my fault it's on the floor."
"Um…sure," she said giving me a small smile.
I returned her smile and we walked outside heading for the coffee shop across the street.
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That's how we met. Kagome and me.
Author's Note: Hmm… I've had this prologue written for a while now, but I haven't had much idea where this story will be heading or what will happen. So maybe I'll just play along and see how this goes.
