Heartbeat

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any of the characters. I just enjoyed the series. Any reference to places or organizations are just for reference since I do not own or belong to such...

A/N1: I am not following the cannon at all, this story is just from my imagination. All characters are normal human beings.

Chapter 1: Who she is...

Kagome Hugarashi is a 22 year old woman. She is studying medice part time and part time working at her mothers boutique. Her father passed away when she was 10 leaver her, her mother and her younger brother Sota behind. They all live in Los Angeles after her father was asked to move there for work. After her father died Midoriko Hugarashi (her mother) could not go back to Japan, she felt that if they left Los Angeles she will be abandoning her husband.

Kagome was studying medicine at USC; after her fathers dead all she wanted to be was a cardiologist.

School was expensive even if she had a scholarship. Plus even after years of loosing her father, the life insurance was not giving them anything and their means of living where the boutique.

Kagome and her family lived in a modest home with an small yard. Her best friend was her next door neighboor Sango Taija. Sango was what you would call a sexy grown up tomboy. She and her boyfriend Miroku Kazaana lived with his uncle. Sango graduated from USC, she was a nurse and Miroku was a teller. They had faced hard times too since the death of his parents, his father had losts of debt and he was forced to pay it. Sango's family were not too please of her choice of boyfriend and oly her brother Kohaku supported her.

Kagome and Sango meet when the Hugarashis moved to LA, 16 years ago. Kagome was 6 and Sango was 8. Both of them used to live in a nice hills neghboorhood at that time. Sango's family were happy about their new neighboors since there were not that many Japanese around. The childrne bonded inmediately...in the children's eyes, they met their long lost siblings.
They grew up together and when Mr. Hugarashi passed away 4 years later Sango was at Kagome's side, she knew they had lost her second father but she knew too it was extremely hard on Kagome. The girls continue their friendship and even when Midoriko could not aford the payments of the house and they had to move the girls continued their friendship.

Kagome was loyal to her family and her friends. When she met Miroku at the age of 12 she became fast friends with him and even if she was a little aprehensive due to his lecherous ways she was happy when he finally had the courage to ask Sango out. Kagome was there for them, thru everything...they were her family after all.

Kagome had a strict personality when it came to relationships. She had only had 1 boyfriend, his name was Hojo and she met him in High School. He was really sweet but when it came down to it he was not for her. They both remained friends... Kagome saw that boys could be a distraction from her goals after all, she saw her friend Sango change career choice so that she could be with Miroku.
She was very focused on her career and her job at the boutique, no time for boyfriends anymore. Yes, she has friends and hangsout with them but no more than necessary. Her other male friend is Koga, he is also studying to be a doctor and comes from a rich family. While Kagome wants to be a cardiologist, Koga wants to be a neorologist since he says they get paid more...Kagome had her doubts.

Kagome's days start at 5:30am, she religiously jogs every morning around the neighborhood, wich is not too safe but even the bumbs there know her for her kindness and respect her; after her morning jog she gets ready to school, she leaves school at 3 and works at the boutique until closing time, 10pm. Monday to Friday that is her routine, homework if there are not customers at the store or at home when they get there.
Saturdays she goes to weekend classes until noon and after that she goes to the boutique. Sundays her mother does not let her even near the boutique so she can do homework and as her mother puts it "have a life". Once a month Kagome goes to the observatory (her father's favorite place in LA) and sits to "talk to him".

Kagome is very caring, she constantly puts people's needs ahead of her own but she is no a push-over, she has a temper to watch out.

Kagome's routine continued the same until a fateful November night...while she was talking to her father someone was looking at her and listening.

A/N2: Please review :)