Yes! A new fanfiction! When I haven't added any new chapters to my other ones! Heh… yeah… haven't had time and this one just popped up so why not? Enjoy!

Endless Nights
Chapter 1: Deed Already Done

Rain pounds on the windows as dogs bark, telling their masters that they want in. A lone figure silhouetted by the moonlight cries out at a deed done, her sorrow mirroring the objects near her.

Kagome cries out in heartbreak, tears cascading down her mournful face as her hair clings to her, dripping on the soil while she takes cover under the proud Goshinboku tree. "Why… oh why, Inuyasha… what did I do? Please tell me… I can't bare it… why…" Sobbing, she stumbled blindly into the well house, dripping over her untied shoe lace. Grabbing a hold of the rim of the Bone Eaters Well, she looks into it's gaping darkness. "Why…"

"Wow… just look at her go… beautiful, popular… and the best at sports!" Yume, a short-black headed youth, commented as a young woman cried out happily as she crossed the finish line, first.

"Oh, come on Yume…" said a very exasperated blue-eyed youth, "you say that every time you see Kagome run track, play softball, basketball, racket ball, volleyball, and any other kind of sport. It's as if she's trying to keep something off her mind."

Yume nodded toward Yamani, her twin sister, "I agree. She's been going like this non-stop for the past… what… year and a half? She's the star! The most popular girl in school!" Yume sighed adoringly, "I've even made a fan club… why, you ask? 'Cuz I'm her biggest fan!"

Yamani laughed at that, "Jeez, don't you think you went a little too overboard?" Then, while pointing out the most popular guy in school, added, "Hojo's definitely her biggest fan."

"Great job, Kagome! That's your eighty-fifth win! And not a loss… what an outstanding record!" Kagome blushed slightly and shook her head, "I had to of lost at least once… don't cha think?" Trista, Kagome's coach, laughed hardily, "Oh, Kagome! Quit being so modest! You're the best player on this team, heck… all of the teams, excluding the boy's teams. Not to mention everyone knows it!"

"Oh, no!" Kagome cried out, "I've got to get to the Softball Tournament! It's the biggest one of the season!" And, in no time at all, Hojo had picked her up in his car and drove to Tokyo University.

Pricilla, Kagome's mom, was busily tiding up the kitchen when a knock came at the door. Smiling, she went and opened it and was brought with a very unwelcomed surprise, "Get out and go away… now." Before she could close the door, however, a clawed hand wrenched it from her grasp and swung it open, "Where's Kagome."

"Oh, my gosh! I can't believe it! WE WON! We won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won! Isn't that so cool? Hoooojo? Are you okay?" Shaking his head, Hojo just nodded and smiled broadly, "Just fine! It's just, you looked so scary out there. But yet, magnificent and beautiful at the same time. Not that you're not beautiful normally…" Hojo added, a bit nervously, fearing he might have upset Kagome, "It's just a different kind a beauty… one where it seems you're one with what you are doing… the way you moved… and you just get right back up when you're hurt! That last time when you broke your arm, then you decided that you'd play since they didn't have enough players! Your scared the hell outta me… but… it's your beauty… and that's why I love you."

Kagome blushed slightly, then realizing the trueness of his words, how deep and complex what he said really meant, she then hid her face in her hands while leaning up against his chest, taking in his scent. Nothing like Inuyasha's….

"I'm not going anywhere… tell me… where's my KAGOME!" Inuyasha glowered down at the cowering form of Pricilla. Shaking with fear, Pricilla never gave up her duty of mother, "I don't want you around her. You broke her once, and I don't see you stopping any time soon. Don't get near her, and don't set your dirty little eyes on her either."

Inuyasha laughed, "And who do you think you are? Do you truly think that you can stop me? Eh! Eh? You're just a puny little human---"

A curiously familiar laughter rose out from the kitchen, "Yes! I'll see you Thursday, Hojo!" Pricilla paled while Inuyasha's eyes widened in wonderment at the beauty that graced his eyes, "Kagome…."

End! RnR PLEASE!