Rain pours on a drenched figure, who looks to the grey sky. Filled with plea in his eyes, as rain droplets landed on his face.

"Rain... Can you wash my pain away?..."

Collapsing onto the ground the being remained frozen where he collapsed. Tears began to fall from his eyes as past memories of what appear to be of a woman. They played in his mind, tormenting him of what he lost. Completely lost in his mind his body continued to get soaked by the rain, making his body go cold as ice. Feeling dread and no hope, the man continued to sob with the ground his only comfort.

"Please... Wash this pain away..."

~.

Free wakes up from his nightmare and quickly sits up. Trying to take deep breaths he looks at the clock that shows 5:38 am. He than wipes the sweat coving his face as he plops himself back on the mattress. Recalling his nightmare and how it was a reminder of what he lost. He can't remember how many years ago it was, but he remembered it so clearly. That rainy day and all the dreadful pain. He growled at his own stupidity for feeling this pain when he should've healed by now. He turned to his side and snuggled to his pillow and blanket.

"Things like this come and go... You should be use to it by now..." Free reminded himself

With this he tried closing his eyes to get some sleep. Though, he remained conscious which irritated him. Clinging to the past wasn't like him as he lived in the now... Not then... Free's eyes once again open and saw the clock show 5:41 am... Only been three minutes and yet he still couldn't bring himself to sleep. Admitting to his defeat he sits up and starts to ready himself for the new born day.

"I wonder if the passage of time really does heal wounds?"

Free never really questions this before, but after his reoccurring nightmares. He began to question how forgotten time works. After many decades to centuries he thought he would grow wiser... Yet, he still could never answer simple questions such as the one that boggled his mind now. For someone his old age he would think things would get simpler and used to things such as bad memories. He had many, but this one memory was so clear and so painful... It would make him feel so angst.

Sighing to himself, Free found himself at the fridge and digging for something to eat. With his mind questioning itself, he had a hard time to even decide what to make this dreadful morning. Not wanting to burn anything he simply made cereal.

"What to do... I need to get my mind off this dread..."

Barely finishing his meal, Free finished preparing and walked out the door. He didn't know what he was going to do... But, it's a lot better than dwelling in the apartment that choked him.

To his luck... It was raining...

At the Hirugahi residence Kagome packs her backpack and getting ready for school. She looks out her window and sees rains pouring. She sighed before grabbing her umbrella and downstairs. Her mom gives her and Souta their lunch boxes as they both run out the door. Kagome ran quickly down the stairs when she nearly tripped on the last step. In a swift motions she turned, regaining her balance as she continues to run. Kagome began to hate the weather as she tried not to slip on the concrete, while still holding her umbrella.

Rain was usually normal in spring, but she didn't like the fact it always slowed her down. Running past people she nearly bumped into a man before quickly twirling around him. Almost losing her balance she then quickly turned and stopped a few feet in from of the man. Sighing in relief she looked and saw an odd sight. This man she barely ran into was drenched from the rain. He paused before being surprise to see her before him.

"I'm sorry about that... I wasn't looking where I was going..." She nervously smiled

Kagome then got a better look and saw what appeared to be tears in his eyes. She wondered if it was just the rain or if he was really crying.

"Are you ok? You have tears in your eyes..."

The man flinched before wiping them away, embarrassed.

"I wasn't crying... I think it's just the rain..." He protested childishly

Kagome blinked before wondering wether to believe him or not. Though by the looks of it. He was embarrassed about it, as a shade a red was on his cheeks. Kagome wanted to chuckle as this reminded her of Inuyasha's stubborn protest. With a happy thought she took out a handkerchief and looked up at him.

"Do you want to wipe your face off?" She asked

The man face grew a little bit more redder before accepting the handkerchief. He wiped his face from the tears and possibly some snot. He than handed it back to her as she smiled.

"Thank... You..."

Kagome nodded and puts the handkerchief back into her pocket. She then gently bowed to the man, before looking up at him.

"My name is Kagome Higurashi... I'm sorry for nearly bumping into you earlier."

"Uh... The names Free... Sorry for covering your hanky with snot..."

The two chuckled as Kagome then excused herself. Free watched her run off before feeling embarrassed about his display of weakness. He wasn't aware that he was crying until she said something. He cursed under his breath and pouted about this turn of events. Though she was the first person to ever take notice of his existence. Most people of this strange world would rather ignore him or whisper cruelly behind him. She was the first to approach him in such a friendly matter, let alone showing him compassion. He wondered if this girl was an angle in disguise, cause there was no way she could be human. Free began to feel silly for thinking such a thing. Though this gave him a small bit of hope of his new life in a new world...

Kagome in the meantime finally made it to class, just barely. She sighed in relief in her seat while putting her bag down and getting out her notebook and pencils. As the teacher walked in Kagome open her notebook and readied herself for notes. Though like always she didn't understand most of the subject. She wrote the notes anyway and hopefully would have her mom help her understand it.

After class, Kagome sighed in relief as it was lunch break. Taking out her lunch box she opened it and began to dig in, with her friends joining her. They talked and bickered like normal as Kagome's thoughts went to what happen this morning. She found it rather odd to meet a man like this Free dude. His strange and sudden crying in public made her wonder why he was upset. He could be unaware that he was crying until she said something... The look in his face showed dread and no life. Like he was missing something that couldn't be explained in words. She could be over thinking it, but that's what it looked like to her. She wanted to ask her friends about it, but they looked too busy about boys or the next rumor to spread.

Besides her odd meeting with this man, was strange. That if gave a weird vibe from him. He didn't seem like he belonged here. He seem so foreign and strange, Kagome thought he was an alien. She also didn't understand his strange tattoo on his left eyebrow that said, "Nofuture." there was a lot of things that made her think that he was out of place. Again, she could be over thinking this whole thing. The man could be somebody who moved here and wanted to start a new life. This was also non of her business and she shouldn't really think about it.

Lunch break ended and the rest of the day was uneventful to the point it was boring. The day ended and Kagome began to walk home. Upon arriving home she was greeted by the house cat, Buyo.

"I'm home."

~.

Free opens the door to his apartment and finds his way to his bed. Still soaked to the bone he soaked his blankets and bedding. He sighed in exhaustion before curling into a ball, recalling his strange encounter with Kagome. The man had never met anyone like her in his time of living here. She was never rude nor completely ignoring his existence, hell... She showed him something he had never seen in years, compassion. She gave him the most tenderness smile that almost made his knees feel weak. Upon just this one meeting he found himself attracted to this girl. There was something about her that made him wish to know her more. You could say that she sparked an interest in his curiosity. It's also because he lack social activity and craved attention, in which she gave.

Indeed he been alone for centuries and with no human to connect with. He met people from getting jobs and trying to blend in this new world. But, they never lasted and they would drift away and never speak again. The people he met over his time here had never stayed long enough to grow attachment to. This solitude was also hurting his slowly unstable mind.

He knew that humans can't live as long as he could and would die eventually. The very thought of staying completely alone drove fear into his body. He always hated being alone... It was more frightening than eternal sleep. With sleep you can create a world of your liking, but with loneliness... You are awake and have no power to stop the dread of reality. That could be why he was always causing trouble back home. It was because he wanted somebody to notice his existence. Prove the fact that he was indeed alive and not a tortured soul. Being noticed by the world is what kept his being worth while and kept him from losing his smile and upbeat personality.

Free finally got back up from the bed and got into dry cloths and bedding. He curled into a dry blanket, warming himself from the death of cold. His mind than drifted from his fear to Kagome once more. He wondered if she was really real or just a figment of his imagination and he finally lost his mind. Free didn't wish to get his hopes to high up to find out what he saw today was an illusion of his cruel mind. Free could feel his eyes growing heavy and sleep finally graced him as he drifted to the realm of dreams...

Away from reality

Chp 1 end

A/N: Yay it's all done, now let's do the happy dance *dances* Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this remake and I shall see you guys next time. The story plot changes a lot and there will be more for this story than my first attempt so stay tuned. Also Free's past and crossing into the Inuyasha universe is going to be more explained as the story goes on. I'm also not going to try to make this story too long as I don't want to bore you guys with long crappy stories. Anyway to those who read my first version tell me... Do you like this one better or do you like the other one better? Let me know and we'll see if I repost the pervious version with slight tweeks kay? Until then see you next time. ^v^