Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Traveling Soldier but I do own the smarts behind this fan fiction just not the parts in Italics…

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green

As I watched him walk in to the café where I worked I wondered what drove him to join the army in the first place. I sat back and waited on him to take a seat. He took one in my section so I walked over to him.

"Hi stranger my name's Kagome & I'll be your waitress tonight may I start you off with something to drink?"

Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

"Hey I'm Kouga I'm just stopping in for a minute I'll grab a cup of coffee if that's ok with you…?" He said and he seemed a little awkward & shy he was kinda cute!

He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling a little low

"I can sit for a minute but I'm on shift so I can't really chat right now stay for an hour or so?"

She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

As we walked around the little city after my shift I realized that I was starting to fall for this traveling soldier… This could be a bad sign…

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care

"Actually no I don't I haven't had a boyfriend in six months but I'll be honest I think you're an incredible person & I would love to get to know you if that's ok with you?"

I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

"Oh my god would you Kouga? Here's my street address… 2222 Warring St. Feudal Japan 95959

Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her

After that conversation that night I realized I was looking forward to Kouga's first letter more & more each day was it possible I was falling in love with him… I bearly knew the guy yet here I was day dreaming about him & wanting him to write me & I think falling in love

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end

After waiting a week I knew I was in love with him I couldn't wait much longer for his first letter I was looking forward to it then it came!

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp

As I saw my first letter from boot camp I got excited and I couldn't help but respond and tell him everything about my life I loved being able to talk to him & at leased know he was safe. I wanted to tell him I loved him already but instead I waited…

In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of

After he told me he thought he might be falling in love with me I told him that I felt the same way & I had since the day we had met I loved him for a while but I was scared to admit it. Now it felt better than ever to say I LOVE YOU!

He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier

How I missed that day too. His smile the light in his eyes when he laughed the day everything began yes I thought back fondly on that moment

And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

When he said he couldn't write for awhile I knew I would miss him terribly & my world would feel dark & I would officially be alone… I didn't wanna be alone I loved him I wanted to hear from my love as often as possible… It was always bad when he couldn't write to me….

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead

As I sat at the football game thinking about the last letter Kouga had written over a week ago I started to worry then realized he promised to come home to me to be with me. He loved me how could he die oh yeah he couldn't then I relaxed until I heard Kouga Wolf has gone MIA and is assumed dead for all intents and purposes his name will be listed on the memorial as a MIA that we will always know love & remember. To all those who had someone on this list I'm so sorry for your losses but know God is looking over you right now & telling you it will all be fine ladies to all of you have lost someone dear to you there will be a support camp right over here gentlemen it will be in the opposite direction…

Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read but nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I realized my love was dead & gone & I didn't care after that point I left out a scream of defiance & just broke down crying right there in the stand my Kouga & I were expecting a child & now he was gone & it was my responsibility to raise this child? Oh no I couldn't do that I was a part time waitress at best I was so screwed I loved him & now everything's gone.

Note to all the girls with guys in Iraq I understand how you feel good night ladies & or gentlemen who ever. & good luck….

Michelle