Sasuke looked absentmindedly at the bowling ball in his hand, not quite sure why it was there in the first place. He had come here on somewhat of a whim, mostly just to look around and be alone.
"C'mon Sasuke, we can't wait ALL day!" Naruto shouted from the booth.
He winced at the blonde foxes voice. Naruto had always been somewhat annoying to him, but he was good to talk to every now and then about issues on his mind. Naruto saw him when he walked in, while he and his new girlfriend were tying their shoes.
"Naruto, let him take his time." Sakura playfully swatted her boyfriend and giggled softly.
Sasuke felt his eye twitching slightly as he threw the ball onto the ramp. He only got 8 pins, and with a somewhat-scowl he turned and trudged back to the booth, his hands pinned in his pockets.
"Aw, too bad." Sakura said.
"Yeah, well watch this, babe!" Naruto whooped and practically ran over to get his ball.
Sasuke watched Sakura laugh and beam idiotically at the idiot. It made him think of Kagome, when she looked at him like that...
"I don't get it."
"Huh?" Sakura turned to her ex-crush.
"Why are you with him? You can see how stupid he is, and you with your straight A's and all..." Sasuke gestured to the concentrating Naruto, who was leaning down and swinging from side to side, judging the 'perfect' angle.
Sakura smiled, and shook her head slightly. "He's not as stupid as you think, Sasuke. He makes his decisions wisely, and he plans ahead, believe it or not." They both watched as Naruto made his move and stood rigid, crossing his fingers and waiting for the result. "He's funny. He makes me laugh all the time, too."
A giant 'X' appeared on the scoreboard above them, and Naruto jumped up and down in excitement.
"Have you seen Kagome at all?" Sasuke asked suddenly.
Sakura looked a little sympathetic. "I heard something had happened between you two, from last I heard around, so I think I need to give her space for a while, to sort it out. She hasn't tried to contact me."
She smiled as Naruto turned around and yelled "I did it Sakura, I did it!"
"Talk to her today." Naruto tackled Sakura into a hug and she gave him a surprised look.
"Please." Sasuke made his face serious. "Just do it."
She gave a small nod and had to kind of shove Naruto off of her to get her turn.
As Naruto cheered Sakura on, Sasuke knew she would do it, and see what was going on.
~~Elsewhere~~
Kagome stared up at the ceiling, her eyes following the fan around and around, like a dog chasing his own tail.
Her parents were just outside with her grandparents, who were visiting for the weekend. She could hear her father's deep comments about the blossom trees and different shrines, but she didn't care for another extensive history lesson on her shrine.
Tick Tick Tick the fan whipped.
She closed her eyes, for once, just to listen. She kind of liked it, it was somewhat of a drummers beat.
Tick Tick Tick
She threatened to doze off, to let her guard down for once, but a loud clanging suddenly awoke her.
It was her phone.
Kagome leapt up and grabbed her phone from her desk. She looked at the caller I.D. , confirming it was one of the people she had wanted to talk to for a while.
"Hey, Sakura." Kagome answered the phone.
"Hey, Kagome." Sakura's voice echoed with excitement and something else. Concern? "What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing much. Just hanging around." Kagome gave a little laugh.
There was a pause. "You know what I mean, Kagome. Something's up between you and Sasuke-" Kagome gave an involuntary twitch when she said his name "And it's confusing everyone. Did something happen, seriously?"
Kagome didn't answer for a moment. "Nothing...serious so far, if that is what you are asking."
She could hear Sakura squealing in the background. "Wait, so that means you two did IT?"
She didn't answer Sakura for a very long time. "No."
"Kagome, are you okay?" Now there was real concern in Sakura's voice. "Sasuke's not okay either. He seems more...depressed now."
"Let's just say he got what he wanted, alright, Sakura?" Kagome said through gritted teeth.
Sakura paused for a moment. "Kagome...did he...rape you?"
"Yes." And with that Kagome started to cry heavily. She couldn't hold this in anymore, not with her friends.
"Oh, god, Kagome..." Sakura sounded shocked and angry. "I'm coming over now, alright?"
Before Kagome could give her opinion Sakura had already hung up the phone.
~~40 minutes later~~
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi." Sakura smiled at Kagome's parents with four bags in her arms and two giant ones at her feet. "Kagome invited me over for a sleepover, can I come in?"
Mr. Higurashi stuttered at the amount of stuff Sakura had brought but Kagome's mom was used to stuff like this, though amazed her daughter had invited a friend over at this time. "Of course, Sakura, come on in."
"Thank-you!" Sakura chimed and hauled her crap up to Kagome's bedroom. "Sorry I'm late." She said as she went into her best friend's room. "I didn't think coming over would be last-minute. "
Kagome stood up and smiled sadly. "You invited yourself, Sakura. Remember?"
"Quite true, but you need to tell me everything, right now, right here." The pink-haired girl sat down on Kagome's bed and patted the space next to her. "Start talking."
Kagome sighed, sat down, and began to tell her everything. From her kidnapping, to the four-in-a-row rape, to Inuyasha taking her home and his disappearance afterwards.
Sakura, for once, didn't talk or interrupt, but sat and listened, and at one point texted something on her phone which Kagome assumed it was a message to her mom saying that she'd be staying the night or something, or a reply to Naruto.
Only when Kagome finished did she begin asking questions.
"You haven't told your parents about the Sasuke and Inuyasha part yet?"
Kagome shook her head. "They couldn't control themselves, I don't think. They were chained, after all, but they broke those chains too..."
Sakura could see her friend was about to cry so she hurriedly changed the question.
"And they're still looking for those rape/murderers, I suppose?" Kagome also nodded to that.
"Don't worry, I'm here now, and even though now I want to murder Sasuke, I'll stay away from him." Sakura's usually bright blue/green eyes turned to a stormy gray at the thought.
"Thanks, Sakura. I want you to be there when my doctor gets the test results back." Kagome gave a somewhat genuine smile and hugged her best friend.
Later that night, Kagome felt like she could sleep much more peacefully than normal, thankful that at least one of her friends was with her.
A small glow, concealed by Sakura, was her cell phone. She was texting something late-night to Naruto, Kagome thought, so she rolled over and fell into a dreamless dream.
~~At the same time~~
Inuyasha, in a hotel room at the outskirts of Tokyo, flipped open his cell phone to see another text from Sakura.
She doesn't blame you, I don't think she does. I'll tell you the results of the test when they come through, though.
Inuyasha scoffed a little and started a reply back.
Thank you for texting me. Keep a good eye on her and make sure she's feeling okay.
He powered down his cell phone after that, he didn't need any more surprises. He was surprised enough when he got a text from Sakura that day, saying that since he 'helped' Kagome, she was willing to help him with anything he needed, since she guessed he was looking for his wretched brother.
So he just texted back to keep him updated on Kagome. He felt sick for being still able to care about her, but he didn't know if he could help it or not. The hanyou rubbed his ears and collapsed on the bed. Inuyasha closed his eyes, knowing he'd see Kagome in his nightmares.
(AN: I hope everyone is liking this sequel, though I might be doing it wrong, I have no idea. Reviews are helpful, what you do like, what you don't, even what you think should happen, cuz I may make it happen! Credit always goes to Another_Yaoi_Fangirl for the original story, be warned, it's a hardcore lemon. Thank you for reading this chapter, there will be another chapter tomorow or on Monday, so stay tuned!)
