TLA/N(TheLazyAuthor's Notes): I've been waiting for something to inspire me to write again, and I got my source. The story is simply a metaphor of my life. Almost every character represents someone close to me. I would like to thank Sammy-chan for her influence on me and this story. For reference, with times, I treat the Feudal Era as another world, not as if it were in the past. So if the date is May 15, 2003-Present, It will also be May 15, 2003-Feudal.
Introduction
For them, it's been a while, months in fact. Kagome and Inuyasha had gone their separate ways after an argument in the feudal era. It got violent, Kagome pinned Inuyasha to a tree like Kikyo had dozens of times. She left the group immediately, she didn't have much choice, two weeks later were her final highschool entrance exams.
Kagome's House-May 15, 2003
"The exams start on Wednesday, I won't have a moment to waste." Kagome was in her room after a shower and dinner on Sunday night. Her books were all over the floor, she looked at a ripped picture of her and Inuyasha.
"Screw him!" She threw the picture against a wall and flipped on her stomach. "I'd rather see Miroku than him. dnag, I know I have problems with this."
"Kagome! Tomorrow's school! Get to bed!" Her mother yelled from downstairs.
Kagome got up and flipped a switch, and with the lights off, she went to sleep.
Feudal Era-Same Time
"Inuyasha get off the fire. Just because your robe is fireproof doesn't make it a good idea." Miroku said from his normal cross-legged position.
"No, I need to meditate. I need serious focus, and physical pain will only make me stronger."
Inuyasha was sitting on top of a raging fire. They sat on a campground near Kikyo's village resting for the next day.
"Why can't you just go to Kagome's time and forgive her, like always." Shippo asked from his corner next to Kirara.
"Not this time, she doesn't even deserve to come back. She should stay there in the future."
"What about the Sacred Jewel? She's got a decent portion of it, almost half. If she just keeps it, none of us are ever going to stop Naraku." Sango was inspecting her weapons, she continued to work diligently.
"She can keep it. I stopped caring when we beat him that last time, he's finally losing his touch." Inuyasha remained still amid the flames.
"He's not going to play easy for long, he always finds a new way to replicate himself." Miroku replied.
"We need to just shut up and go out separate ways. We shouldn't waste our time just sitting around." He looked at everyone else, who was silently agreeing.
"Fine then. I leave tomorrow for Hoshigenki." Miroku replied.
"I'm going home, and I suppose Shippo should come with me." Sango added.Shippo nodded as though he didn't want to and went to sleep. Inuyasha popped his neck and jumped away into the forest in seconds.
Inuyasha's Forest-20 Minutes Later
Inuyasha looked at the sky in the clearing by his well. He stared at the stars, which were fewer in number than normal.
"God, or whoever's there. I need help. My life is messed up. Kagome left, she's mad, and so am I. I can't make her come back. You're the one that might have made this happen. Fate is in the hands of God. The true god, not one that you can see on Earth, controls fate. Did you want this to come between us? Did you want us to never see each other again?" He stared for much longer after his prayer. "How long can I go without Kagome?"
Chapter One----Maintain Conciousness
Kagome's Highschool-December 3, 2003
"I can't believe Hojo got into a different high school than me...If Inuyasha's not going to come find me, I guess I'll have to be more serious in school, and I won't be getting any help from Hojo...This is going to be too hard." Kagome thought as she went down a hall in her school. She passed a student in the hall who reminded her of Hojo, she could tell the two were different, but she saw something in him. He gave her a glance and continued in the opposite direction of her.
"Give me a second! This is a hard question!" The boy she had seen was in her class two periods later.
"Hurry up! That's last week's math homework! Can't you use a protractor?" His friend was next to him making his homework more difficult by distracting him.
"I'll solve this later, the teacher probably won't pay attention and I'll just write down the answer then." He closed his workbook and turned to his friend.
"Ok, Sandaime, what were you saying?" He questioned his friend.
"I can tell you like someone Kagemane. You've been acting weird lately. Who is it?"
" No one in particular. A bunch of girls I've seen around recently. I never really liked many hot girls, they're all talkative and expensive, I can't keep up! Just a girl who's smarter than me. Not too hard for me to find, right?" Kagemane laughed lightly.
"So it isn't just one girl? Do you even know all their names?" Sandaime replied.
"Koyuki and Kizuki definitely. They don't really hang with the crowd, kinda like me!"
"Why either of them? They don't know you at all!"
"Hey! Sometimes all it takes is a couple a' lines of smooth speech and you've got someone nailed." Kagemane looked around and spotted Kagome until turning back to his friend. "I would say I like her too. The one in the corner." Sandaime looked up and shrunk back. "Kagome? You'd have no chance, she's going out with the soccer captain!" He thought and replied. "I could make it. She probably just dates him to make it look like she's really cool."
"You wouldn't have a chance, in fact, just to show you, I dare you to try and woo her right now." Kagemane grabbed his friend's hand and shook as a sign of acceptance. He walked over to Kagome, she stopped walking.
"Hey sexy. Want to try somethig crazy?" He said smoothly with his arm around her.
"Nani-? Get away from me!" She ran outside, embarrassed. The bell rang almost immediately and all the standing students hurried to their seats.
Damn! I'm late because of that idiot! She quickly ran back in.
"Kagome Higurashi, you're late." The teacher said as she entered. "Hurry up next time! You've been here four months, try and get your schedule straight!" She walked silently to her seat and glared at Kagemane. He winked back at her innocently, she broke her stare in fury.
He's nothing like Hojo! I can't believe I ever thought that!
After Class
"I told you Kagemane, you couldn't get a girl if you tried." Sandaime teased as they left.
As they walked down the hall, Kagome strutted past them and avoided eye contact. Kagemane hurried up to her and tried to get her to stop.
"Ma'am, I would like to apologize for my actions at the beginning of the period. I never was good with pick-up lines..."
"I suppose you didn't do anything too stupid. Just try to show some respect!" She tried to leave him, he grabbed her and walked with her.
"I have a question for you, actually. Are you dating anyone at the school?"
"No, I haven't even had a boyfriend since Middle School."
"Huh, guess my friend's a liar. He said you were going out with Mashimo. Guess not, I'll make sure he stops saying lies about you."
"Thank you." She walked off while Kagemane returned to Sandaime.
"You liar! You don't even know her and your making up crap about her!"
"I don't care, I made you look like an idiot." Sandaime laughed and ran off. Kagemane thought to himself as his friend departed.
Sandaime, you're an idiot. and the more time you spend going that wasy the harder it'll be to get to your next class; in the opposite direction. I have the same 5th period with you anyway,see you there.
