Wishes

Summary: Inu yasha leaves Kagome all alone in their childhood life. Kagome is left heartbroken. She writes to him, but never receives an answer... What happens when they finally meet again?


Chapter 3

She waved good-bye to a couple of her school friends when she walked passed them.

Kagome stopped by her locker after school that day, and then headed towards the school entrance. Hojo had basketball practice that day, which left her with no ride. The hallway was still packed with students, so she felt no need to hurry. She was to meet Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka at the student parking lot in a while.

Kagome felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Hey, Takuya."

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"Just confirming our Saturday plans. I want to make sure you're not going to be out with your other friends. We're still on right?" Takuya asked.

His parents were going out of town that weekend and his girlfriend had canceled their date plans again, so they decided to do something for the heck of it. They had lived next door to each other for most of their lives; they almost went over to each other's house whenever they felt like it, so it didn't really matter.

"Yup. I'll rent a movie just in case we get too sick of our talks."

Takuya laughed. "Alright. Well, see you later, I guess."

"Yeah.........Bye."

Kagome inhaled the nice scent of air as she exited the school main building.

She searched for her friends and caught parts of useless conversations as a couple of girls walked by. "—What's his name again?" someone asked.

Kagome sighed. They were obviously still talking about 'him,' the foreign exchange student. Of course, she hadn't gotten a glimpse of him yet, so she didn't find anything so amusing about him yet.

A girl giggled and replied, "Inu yasha or something like that."

Inu......... yasha?

Just that name brought back so many memories and hurt.

Kagome felt her stomach tie in knots as her heart thudded. She felt sweat trickling down the nape of her neck, yet she felt excited. Anyone else could be named Inu yasha, though, she argued with herself. Excited whispers and giggles soon filled the air. Two girls in her view stopped talking and started pointing hysterically, "There he is!"

Kagome snapped her head towards the direction they were pointing. He stood out from the rest of the crowd. She recognized him right away, with his silver-white hair and golden eyes.

Inu yasha. It had to be him, her former best friend.

Her heart ached as she tried to catch his eyes. He seemed to glance at her for a second, but then turned around with his back facing her and disappeared through the crowded mass of people without another glance.

What's up with him? Kagome wondered. Maybe he didn't see me...


Kagome hurried over to where her three friends were shrieking over something Yuka had said. She watched as Ayumi whack her playfully. "You lucky-bum!"

"Am I missing something?" Kagome asked walking up to them.

"Inu yasha's in Yuka's class!!!" Ayumi practically screamed in her face.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "That's great, you guys." Then, her face fell and broke into a thoughtful look as she recalled what had happened earlier.

"What's up?" Yuka asked, perplexed.

"I don't know........." Kagome trailed off.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"It's just that......... I don't know. It's really weird."

".........What's really weird?"

"Well, you know Inu yasha? The one who was my best friend when I was in first grade and then moved away."

"Yeah." Eri nodded. "I was in your class, wasn't I? Why?" Then her eyes practically popped out. "Is—is that him? The foreign exchange student?"

"Huh? What are you talking about??" Yuka asked, still looking as confused as ever.

Kagome just stared ahead, not seeming to hear her remark.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure if he is. He definitely resembles the Inu yasha I knew, but when I saw him today, he acted as if he didn't know me. It's either he's purposely avoiding me, doesn't recognize me, didn't see, me or it's really not him."

"Whoa, but didn't you say that he just moved somewhere else......... in Japan? The one who goes to our school right now is from America. I think you got them confused." Eri stared at Kagome with a worried face. "I know you really miss your old friend and got hurt when he didn't bother to—"

"Eri," Ayumi hissed. "Don't rub it in."

"Oops. Sorry," Eri apologized meekly.

"Yeah, I know, but don't you remember that he used to live here in Japan as well? You even told me that yourself. He lived in Japan, moved to America, and then moved back here for some unknown reasons." Kagome continued, not acknowledging Eri's comment. "When Inu yasha told me that he was moving, he hadn't known his new address, but gave it to me later on. I mailed him a couple times—well, a lot more—but never got a reply. It's probably because he moved again. It would make perfect sense."

Eri looked at her thoughtfully. "Yeah, that could be true, but you said that you tried mailing him almost right after he moved right? Wouldn't he have gotten that already? They wouldn't move right after they just moved."

"Well, yeah, I guess." Kagome's eyebrows narrowed in concentration, but then she looked up and smiled. "Actually, I'm not going to worry about it at this moment. Let's go have some ice cream like we said we would," she said cheerfully.

Eri glanced at Yuka and Ayumi hesitantly, and then nodded. "Sure."


Inu yasha finally managed to get through the crowded hallway and the group of giggly fan girls who kept trailing after him, asking for his phone number and thrusting their own cell numbers and address to him. He didn't complain or brag that he was blessed with good looks, but he had to admit that it became irritating at times.

He couldn't seem to focus at all that day in school. All he could think of was that girl he left behind in America. He had thought he loved her, but it turned out that she was a complete different person he thought she was. It didn't help him focus any better on his schoolwork when girls went squealing over him.

Now, there was one more problem he had to deal with.

Kagome Higurashi.

That day when he had gone to school, he never thought he would end up seeing her there. Out of the many schools there were, he had coincidently chosen the one his former best friend went to.

He knew that he had broken her heart once before, but he wasn't about to do it again. He would just stay out of her way and hope that she didn't recognize him. He had no intention of getting into any other relationships, much less one with Kagome. He'd be leaving soon anyway.

Everything wasn't going the way he planned they would go.

The only goal he was trying to achieve during his stay at Tokyo was to forget his ex and return home, but Kagome just popped out of nowhere. It was going to be harder for him to forget about Kikyo now that Kagome was here, reminding him of her.

Inu yasha chuckled suddenly, when he remembered that the only reason he had gone out with Kikyo at the first place was because of Kagome.

He'd met Kikyo when he entered middle school. He was amazed at how much she resembled Kagome and soon became good friends with her. They had a good thing going on between them the summer before high school. Now, two years later, it ended.

Inu yasha sighed.

The only good thing that came out of the whole day was the fact that he made a new friend. Inu yasha had reluctantly let himself open up to one person, Miroku. He was a perverted one, but surprising, he always eased his mood.


A/N: Sorry, they haven't actually met yet, but I'm positive they will in the next chapter. And if it's too confusing, I'll rewrite it.