AN: First story ever! Hope you guys enjoy it (takes place in present time Japan where demons and humans live together in harmony)

His Touch

Chapter 1: Ice Cream

"What an ordinary day…" Kagome thought to herself, "unlike my life" she continued as she took another lick of her ice cream cone. It was almost too quiet for her liking, very unsettling considering all she's been though up until now.

Physically shaking all these dark memories aside she tries to distract herself by looking at the scenery around her as she continuously licks her cold, strawberry soft serve. Flower pots hung from the street lights as she walked by a coffee shop, little to no cars driving by on the street beside her, bright sunny day unlike that day.

Kagome shakes her head again and let out a big sigh… Reminding herself that her therapist mentioned to stop thinking back to her past. Her very dark, unforgettable past.

"Hey!" an unfamiliar male voice calls out from behind. Her hands grip tightly around her cone, cracking its surface at the sound of his voice. Her footing speeds up then slows again "I have to stop panicking… He probably wasn't talking to me anyway" She cautiously viewed the sidewalk in front of her, she noticed there was no one in sight.

"Hey, you!" the voice called out again getting closer. Clearly the man wasn't picking up a phone call if he had to say a greeting twice. Kagome flinched and her heart skipped a beat as she found the courage to turn around to see her pursuer, she didn't even notice that her eyes were stinging with appearing tears.

A young man a little over her age approached her. She took a second to compose herself now that she has noticed her breathing was heavy. Shakily taking breaths to calm herself before the man comes any closer. "Breathe in, breathe out", she thought as well as acting on her thoughts. She observed the man for a while. Tall and slim, he looks like an athlete, possibly a runner. Black hair tied back with a ponytail "his hair looks longer than mine" she thought with a nervous smile. And a tail behind him to twin the look of his hair.

"I thought I'd never catch up with you" he said with a pant. "Not likely", Kagome thought after observing his athletic body features, but she didn't say anything just yet she just stred.

"Name's Kouga. Yours?"

"Kagome"

"Wow, that's quite a name. It's so beautiful just like you"

Kagome's teeth clenched and she started biting her lip, she wanted to go home, bad.

"Uh.. thanks" she stammered, unsure what else she could have said.

"I, uhh", Kouga started to get flustered, "wanted to know if I could get your number?"

"I don't associate myself with people I don't know" Kagome replied coldly. She didn't want to stick around anymore she was so uncomfortable she could barely breathe. Her body loosened after she thought that she had nothing to be afraid of if she was in a public area in broad daylight. Her body tightened up again as she thought "This is exactly the same scenario as when…" her thought trailed to a stop when the young man replied.

"We should get to know each other then, Kagome", he said with a flattering smile. "Maybe over some, uh, ice cream?" he said as his eyes trailed to Kagome strawberry ice cream which was dripping down her hand without her noticing. After all, she was so alarmed that Kouga was even talking to her that she completely forgot about her ice cream. As a matter of fact, she didn't even feel the cold drips of sticky strawberry flavor streaming down her hand entirely.

It's not the talking to boys part that is alarming her, it's what happened the last time she talked to a boy that bothers her. Her past came back to haunt her in so many ways than one on her first day of freedom.

"You should get back to your everyday routine .Go to school, smile, talk to your friends, make new friends, boys even. But only when you're ready, however, the sooner you start the sooner you'll recover from your traumatic experience", the voice of her therapist came ringing through her ears when she finally has come to a decision and broke the awkward silence.

"I'd like that" she breathed out cleaning her hand with a napkin as best she could.

"That's great!", Kouga said excitedly as he brought out a sharpie scribbled his number on her forearm.

Kagome stared at it for a moment before meeting his eyes again. Still at a loss of words by the simple action of his kindness.

"You better not forget to put that number down on you address book. I'd be upset if I never hear from you again, Kagome" he said as he waved goodbye at the dumbfounded looking girl. His sweet voice ringed in her head for a while before she looked back at the number written in sharpie on her own skin.

Better sharpie than scars.

She looked back at her ice cream, it was just a mini, baby pink, luke warm, sticky swimming pool sitting in the cone in her hand. She decided to throw it out and walk into that coffee shop she walked by not too long ago to clean up her hands.

"Smooth", Kagome thought to herself, "first decent guy I talk to and I barely have a conversation with him, he probably thinks I'm so stupid seeing as I was so frozen and frigid". Warm water and soap studs helped her regain feeling in her numb fingers, she realized she was shaking.

Was she shaking before too? When she was talking to Kouga? Or was it just now?

She slumped to the floor, wall against her back and face resting on her wet hands. "I need to get a hold of myself, I'm a mess" but who wouldn't be after all she's been through, mentally she's probably the strongest out of everyone in the world, and with so much willpower to get her normal life back. "But I couldn't even talk to a boy on the street…" her thoughts were cut short when someone knocked on the door causing her to jump to her feet.

"Hello? Is this still occupied?" a voice called out from behind the door.

"Ye-yes, just a second! I'm almost done!" Kagome quickly dried her hands and opened the door as she just as quickly headed for the door.

Home, sweet, home. Or was it 'Shrine, sweet, Shrine'? Whatever it was Kagome didn't care because it was here for her, welcoming her with open arms and warm hugs when she arrived.

After tears have been shed at her arrival from the rehab facility she went to her room, but instead of cuddling into her covers and being at the mercy of their sweet embrace she opened her window by her sight stand. Looking out towards the stars, and while breathing in still, fresh air one name came back to her mind. Kouga.

AN: EEK first chapter up and much more to go and how about it? LET ME KNOW PLEASE. Other than that there is a bit of KogKag romance but that is cut short after they meet Inuyasha. This is, after all, an InuKag fanfic. Not a lot went on but as you can tell Kagome is still shaken up and you'll know her full experience as chapters go on.