Summary: Oneshot series featuring our favorite Miko with the characters of V: LD.

Series of oneshots. Unconnected unless mentioned otherwise.

Ratings/Themes will vary.

Disclaimer: I do not own either series. Each belongs to their rightful owners.

Requested:
KK05013
"...can I request a chapter where after being in space for awhile Kagome realizes that she's developed feelings for Keith, who's been her friend since before her brother Shiro disappeared on the Kerberos mission. Whether she confesses to Keith or not is your choice. Thank you~"

You sure can! I hope I did good on this one!

/Slightly modified Kagome's age for when she got pulled down the well. She was pulled down a few days before her 14 birthday instead of 15 for this.)


The Best Friend


Her very first crush had been the worst type of person to love. Her half-demon companion had been the first person to successfully win her heart over without him ever realizing it, only for it all to end in pain and heartache for her as he continuously put her down through the year she spent running through the past.

"Kikyo would never make so many dumb mistakes!"

"A jewel shard detector is all you are!"

"You get in the way and can't even save your own ass!"

She could still hear him saying each insult to her as if he was still right next to her, even though she wasn't even on Earth anymore. Admittedly, she had a lot of self-esteem prior to falling down the well, but it all had nearly been cut down into nothing once she had been faced with all of his mean words. Even if he never truly meant them, they still hurt just as much.

Why had she ever fallen for such an awful companion? Friend or not, he certainly wasn't a good partner. They had fought often and he always got jealous whenever Koga came around to show her even a sliver of attention. Yet… he ran off to Kikyo countlessly without ever telling her, and he expected her to be all smiles when she found out.

Everything he had done to her had hurt her heart greatly, and that pain still remained even three years later.

At eighteen, here she was on another mind-blowing adventure. Out in space with a new group, fighting off aliens with mechanical lions that formed a giant robot.

Among them was Keith, her best friend. They had been through a lot together. The very first time she had met him had been when she was fifteen. It was after the well had gotten sealed up, and she had gone to stay with her older brother at her mother's suggestion. They were the same age, and they got along well, despite Keith's poor track record for making friends- let alone getting along with others.

She never officially attended the Galaxy Garrison, but they permitted her to stay with Shiro in his quarters just as long as she didn't snoop around or cause any problems for the cadets.

When Shiro had gotten picked for the Kerberos mission, she had conflicted emotions on it. On one hand, she was glad for him and wanted to encourage him to go, but… on the other hand, she was afraid. Things could go wrong, and it could end with her never seeing him again.

Her fears were put into a fresh light when the error got announced, and the three aboard the ship had been presumed dead. Things went from terrible to horrible in the following days when her abilities got found out. Though Shiro worked hard to keep her secrets hidden from those around her, she had slipped up in his absence and let herself get discovered.

She was still young and poorly trained, so she couldn't stop herself when it happened. While she was carrying a few things for the higher-ups there, she had tripped and cut the full length of her arm on a sharp piece of metal. The concern that had started when the blood had gotten spotted turned into curious alarm when the deep gash healed itself closed in under three seconds while everyone watched. She was unable to explain herself before she was taken to a laboratory and locked in there without a viable escape route.

As she feared for the worst to happen to her, Keith broke into the room later that evening and took her from the building, pulling her along under the cover of shadows. It was as he led her further away that she learned he had gotten kicked from the Garrison.

Kagome let out a soft sigh as she stared up at the ceiling above her bed. It was late at night. By now, most of everyone else would already be asleep, but her emotions were keeping her wide awake. It wasn't good that she was still awake, because she needed her sleep, too. The Paladins needed her to be at her best, and she didn't want to accidentally let them down.

She sat up and let her feet brush against the floor as she buried her face in her palms with a low whine falling from her lips. She remained like that for a few minutes before she picked her head up just enough for her to rub her eyes.

"Why does this have to happen?" she questioned herself with accusation lining her words as if she blamed herself for every feeling she felt. "Don't you know by now that you're not good enough?" she hissed with anger filling her voice. "You don't have time to be this stupid."

Her words did nothing to melt the feelings in her heart, however.

She hated herself for this feeling.

She hated herself for falling in love with her best friend. They were meant to be friends- they were like family! She couldn't be in love with Keith! … yet she was.

Her full realization of these feelings had come a few days ago while she had been watching him go through the Blade of Marmora trial. She never knew how strong her feelings for him were until she saw him in so much pain. She was ready to take down anyone and everyone that got in her way just to get down there to him- even her own brother when he stepped in to stop her from fighting anyone.

When she was finally able to go to him, she had done the only thing she could think to do and that was holding him as close as she possibly could. When they had gotten back on the ship, she did the one thing that presented itself to her- completely avoid him.

She didn't want to face him after her display. She couldn't face him after that. He hadn't come to try and find her, so she thought that maybe she had annoyed him in holding him so suddenly. Shiro, Allura, Pidge, Hunk, Lance and even Coran all had attempted to pull her out of her room throughout the past few days, but not Keith.

Tears stung in her eyes as she bent forward and curled her arms around her legs, falling to the floor in a pitiful little ball.

She didn't want to ruin their friendship just because she liked him more than she should, but she couldn't keep this feeling buried inside her or else it'd make being around him that much harder.

She wasn't good enough to be loved for who she was yet- she was still as useless as she had been when she was fighting demons. The only difference was that she was steadily getting stronger.

"I get in the way and make things worse…" she mumbled to herself as her tears finally broke free. "Why am I like this?"


It was early in the morning when she left her room finally. It was quiet everywhere she went, and she realized that almost everyone else was still asleep. She hadn't gotten any sleep at all, and she instead chose to walk around to try and clear her mind.

She stepped into the sitting room of the castle, only to freeze when she saw Keith sitting on one side of the couch. He had been awake and looked up when she entered. Their eyes met for a brief second before he looked away, and she felt her heart squeeze painfully in her chest.

"Hey," Keith called out to her after a few moments of silence had ticked by.

"... hi," she mumbled back, feeling awkward and unsure as she forced her feet to move. She walked over to a spot a little ways away from where he was and sat down. "Couldn't sleep either?" she asked.

She was answered with silence, and she looked up at him with worry shining in her cerulean eyes.

He had learned that he was half-Galran due to the trial, and she assumed that it was a lot for him to take in. After all, all this time they had been fighting against the Galra Empire. Learning that you're half of something you're fighting against must not feel all that refreshing.

"Keith?" she spoke up again when she got no answer. She was about to try again when he suddenly looked right at her. She tensed up and sat back as he leveled his attention on her.

"I don't blame you if you hate me now," he said, much to her complete surprise.

"What are you talking about?" Kagome frowned in confusion. Why would she hate him? She was battling with the opposite emotion when it came to him.

"I'm… part Galra, aren't I?" he said as if it explained everything. "Isn't that why you've been avoiding me?" Her frown deepened as she sat up some and reached out so she could set her hand on his own.

"I could never hate you," she said. "You… You're the best friend that I have ever had," she admitted. "You broke me out of the Garrison Laboratory when they were going to do god knows what to me." She scooted closer to him and laughed, "so what if you're part alien?"

He was silent as she said that, and she let out a sigh. Was this how he took her distance from him? That she hated him now? She felt guilty by just thinking that…

"Nothing has changed," she said then. She gripped his hand tighter and swallowed down her hidden feelings for him. "You are always going to be my best friend, Keith. Part Galra or not, nothing will ever put a wedge between us."

When she pulled him closer to her and curled her arms around him, she squeezed him tight against her chest as she pushed her feelings down deeper.

She couldn't tell him- even if she wanted to.

Not now, at least.


When Keith left to take his place among the Blade of Marmora, she did the only thing she could do, and that was to encourage him to do what he felt was right. Her heart felt heavy after he was gone, and she ended up worrying about him more than she was willing to voice.

When Lotor sided with them, things started going in a direction she had never seen coming. She found herself trusting him despite all of the odds. She found a friend in him, and she began to genuinely like him. She somehow managed to get along with him. She began to trust him enough to expose more and more of her powers to him. Her capability of healing others and herself, her purification skills, and even her barrier creation.

He was amazed by it all and thirsted for more knowledge about it. She liked having someone so interested in what she could do, so she willingly showed him and let him observe what she had kept hidden from so many people in her life.

It distracted her from her constant worrying about Keith, and, even though she still loved him with every single part of her, she was able to push that to the back of her mind.

"You are quite the amazing woman, Kagome," Lotor said as he glanced down at her with a gentle-looking smile on his face. "I've never heard of someone with your prowess before. I would be honored if you were to show me more."

She felt her cheeks heat up at those words and she slowly nodded her head. That was the first time anyone had ever complimented her in such a way. She was used to remembering how Inuyasha would drag her for being terrible at her abilities.

"If you're really interested then I see no issue in letting you observe," she said as she grinned up at him. Unbeknownst to her, Lance stood in the background glaring at Lotor as he reached for her hand. "How about we head to the training deck?" she offered. "I don't think I've ever shown you my weapons, now that I think about it."

Unlike her friends, she didn't use physical items for weapons. Instead, she crafted them out of her energy. It was something she had taught herself, and she was quite proud of that skill.

"That's an excellent idea," he responded and was about to take her by her hand when Lance stepped in by tugging her towards him.

"Uh, no no," he wagged his finger. "I need to talk to Kagome about something. You go ahead. She'll catch up once we're done talking," he said with a stern look on his face. Kagome looked up at Lotor, spotting his clearly unamused expression, and she bit back a laugh.

"You go ahead," she encouraged. "I'll catch up to you in a moment."

"Very well," Lotor said as he turned on his heel and left them standing there. Pidge and Hunk left the room too, chattering about something with one another. It left just Lance and herself in the room, and she turned to give him a curious stare.

"What's wrong, Lance?" she asked.

"Uh what's wrong?" he repeated those words, much to her confusion, before he threw his hands up into the air. "Are you really that oblivious?" he asked.

"Seriously Lance, you're scaring me."

"Lotor is totally trying to put the moves on you!" he accused. It was silent between them for a few minutes before Kagome erupted into a boisterous fit of giggles at the idea alone.

"That has to be the craziest thing you've ever said- and you've had a few gems before," she managed to say before laughing harder. "He's not. He just wants to observe my abilities- that's it."

"Oh, sure," he folded his arms over his chest as he looked at her with disbelief in his eyes. "You can't see it, but I can. He's into you. You can't let him win you over, Kagome!"

"I can promise you that it will never happen," she snorted and rolled her eyes. "Anyway, there is someone I already love. Just because someone shows me a little attention doesn't mean I'll suddenly fall for them."

"Wait… what?" Lance looked stunned at hearing her say those words, and Kagome could account for her error right then and there. "Who is it?" he asked in a curious whisper.

Kagome let out a sigh, realizing then and there that she would not get out of this conversation. Well, he wasn't here right now, was he? So it wouldn't hurt to tell someone. At the very least, it'd get those feelings off her chest. "It's... Keith," she mumbled out. "I'm in love with Keith."

She looked up after a minute or two of undisturbed silence. Her eyes met Lance's utterly shocked face. The last time she had seen him this surprised had been when he finally learned that Pidge was actually a girl...

"No freaking way!" Lance shouted suddenly, and she jumped at his abrupt change in attitude. "No freaking way! No freaking way!" She stood, stunned as he looked her straight in the eye. "You love Kei-mmph!" she slapped her hand over his mouth before he could finish saying his name

"Shut it, dummy!" she hissed at him. "Pidge and Hunk are still standing outside this room! I don't need everyone on the Castle Ship to know!"


She felt so… so stupid! She had trusted Lotor, but she had made a mistake in doing so. Because of that, the rest of them all had started to trust him, too. She felt like she was to blame for this, even if she wasn't.

She should have been able to see through his deception, but she hadn't. She had fallen for it, and now all she had to show was a wounded heart.

She felt Krolia's hand on her shoulder, and she sighed as she offered the woman a half-smile.

The fight with Lotor left them in a bad position. The Castle of Lions was gone, but that meant that the road back to Earth was ahead of them. Earth was the only place they could find the blueprints to rebuild it.

… but despite all the awful, there was some good. She had her brother back, and Keith was back, as well. Though she thought about the positives, she still felt awful about Lotor. Saving him had been impossible, and, even if he had deceived them, she still lost someone she had thought of as a genuine friend. And it hurt.

It crossed her mind to finally tell Keith her feelings for him, wondering if it would just be better to get it over with before even more happened. She stepped away from Krolia, only to gasp when Lance swooped over to her and pushed her forward some so she would walk along with him.

"Yes?" she asked.

Lance looked at her and grinned.

"So, are you gonna tell Keith you love him yet?" he asked her out loud, completely forgetting about the group that stood just a few paces away from them. The color drained from her face at hearing him, and her heart thumped around in her chest at hearing everyone else fall silent at hearing Lance's words.

"... what?" Keith's voice was soft as he let those words sink into his head. He turned to face the pair that stood with their backs facing the rest of them.

"What?" Shiro's voice came next, despite that he still sat on the ground he had woken up on. He was alert enough to hear those words, that was for sure.

Her cheeks turned a deep red and she looked at Lance with a look of utter disbelief.

"Lance!" Kagome slapped him on his arm as she reeled away from him. "I can't believe you just did that!"

"What? That I totally stole your moment?" he laughed in response.


C.R: Re-posted!

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