Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha or any of the characters. Awww…. too bad…

Well…. another sad story for me…. suuu…yeah. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

The morning after that night, her mother had simply walked into her room, slumped on to her bed, and started bawling. Souta didn't say anything either, and just went back to sleep, but Kagome just couldn't stand there and pretend nothing had happened. So she decided that she would make breakfast to cheer everyone up, even though it wouldn't do a thing. Kagome got the frying pan and the pancake mix, and turned on the stove. Pretty soon she made the mix, and started to pour it onto the pan, but her hand began to shake, and tears started to come out. They landed on the pan, making a faint sizzling sound. She dropped the bowl containing the mix, where it shattered. She stared at it, and picked up a shard. The pointed edge glistened in the sunlight. Kagome wasn't very sure if she wanted to commit suicide, but it would end all this pain going through her head. Right when Kagome was going to slice her wrist, she had second thoughts. It would bring her family even more pain. She really didn't want that, so she slowly got up and turned off the stove.

She trudged up the stairs, ignoring the whining creeks it made. Why did this have to happen, after her father had just begun to be happy again? The doctor had told her mother that the depression was just too much for him. It had taken over his body, and his heart couldn't take it. Kagome had thought that he had gotten over the fact that his father had died, and had moved on, but it turned out she was wrong. Getting to her room, she plopped down on her bed. Her princess life was no more.

The next couple of weeks were terror. Everyone at school knew what had happened. Her friends acted like she was a baby that they had to take care of. Hojo seemed nervous all the time. It was enough to make Kagome throw up. But the worst was to come.

One night at dinner, Kagome's mother had to tell them something. " Kagome, Souta, please don't get mad, but I think that for the best we should move away." Souta's fork dropped and Kagome knocked over the ketchup. "What!" She screamed. "Mom, why?" Kagome's mother's face stayed solemn. "I can't handle being in this house anymore, there's too many memories" She said, looking down at her plate. "But…I have friends here!" Souta exclaimed, and Kagome nodded. "You'll make new friends," Her mother told them. "We'll be moving away in the next month or so".

Kagome got up and ran up the stairs. She just couldn't take it. Her life was ruined. After a couple of minutes, Souta came in her room. "What do you want?" she asked him bitterly. "I just wanted to know what was wrong. Mom's upset." He told her as he climbed on her bed. "Let her be. It was her decision to move, and now that's just going to make us more depressed." Kagome didn't even realize she was talking until she said it. That was mean. Her mother was probably the one who was suffering the most, and all Kagome was doing was acting terrible toward her. She felt tears brim her eyes. "Kagome, what's going to happen to us?" Souta asked as he hugged one of her pillows. Kagome sobbed and grabbed her brother to her. "I don't know, Souta. I just don't know," She muttered into his hair.

Saying goodbye to friends was the worst. All her friends cried. Kagome tried to hold her tears back. When she said goodbye to Hojo, she let it all go. He just hugged her, kissed her head, and said goodbye. Kagome would never forget when they first kissed.

Riding in the car with her mother and Souta, Kagome watched the scenery of their old town go by. Goodbye old shrine, she told it in her head, and closed her eyes to fall asleep, ignoring her cat's scratching in his cat carrier.

After about 8 hours, Kagome awoke to lots of car horns and sirens. She opened a sleepy eye and looked out the window. She realized they were in a different town. But it was a very DIFFERENT town.

It was very dark, almost as if it had just been raining. The air was polluted; they were obviously in a big city. There was a ton of people in business suits, policemen, teenagers, and mothers with lots of crying children. It also looked like there were even prostitutes, although Kagome wasn't sure. Her mom was cursing because of all the traffic.

"This is where we are living from now on?" She asked in a bitter voice. Kagome noticed her mother clutched the steering wheel. "I'm afraid so, Kagome. Don't worry, we'll get used to it, and I'm sure the people are nice." Her mom told her in a quiet voice. Kagome flinched as someone in the car next to them yelled "Hurry up, Grandma" to her mother. "Yeah, right" She replied softly as she slumped down in her seat.

It took about an hour to get out of the big city. Finally they were cruising along a nice road. It seemed to be a suburb. Her mother was sighing out of relief. In just a few minutes, they turned into a driveway of a small ugly, gray colored one-story house. It had a garage, and a nice backyard, but in the front, the grass was dead, and there was a sad garden near the stairs leading up to the paint chipped door.

"Wake up Souta" Kagome tried to shake him awake. How he could still sleep through such a busy town was a mystery. He opened his eyes, and got up really fast. "Where are we?" He asked, more to himself then to Kagome. Kagome decided to answer anyway. "At our new castle. Isn't it beautiful?" Kagome couldn't help but say it with sarcasm dripping in her voice. The place was a dump, but she would never mention it to her mother.

"I know what you two are thinking" Their mother told them as she opened the trunk and started to take some suitcases out. "But we'll make this place homey. Don't worry. Like I said before, you'll get used to it soon enough. Now help me with these bags. I want to get them inside before the movers come."

When they opened the front door to their new home, it smelt of dust and dirt. Souta sneezed right away. Kagome wrinkled her nose. "What if one of us happens to have a phobia or an allergic reaction to dust and dirt?"

"How could we be scared of dirt?" Souta asked as he inspected a corner that had mold growing on it, ignoring his mother's remark to get away from it.

"It was just a question!" She growled at him as she through one of her bags in a room she found sort of cool. It was peach colored, with a dusty old window seat out looking the field behind their house. You could actually see the clouds whisking by and the blueness of the sky, unlike in the city where it was dark and dreary. There was enough room for her desk and bed, and her nightstand. The only bad thing was the chipped paint on the closet doors, the rainbow wallpaper inside of it, and the ugly orange, or something that was once orange, shag carpet. "Mom" She yelled as she leaned on the doorway. "Can I have this room?" Souta and her mother followed. "Well, Kagome, you're going to have to anyway, Souta already picked his room, and I get the big bedroom, so yes, of course you can."

"Why do you get the big room?" Souta and Kagome asked at the same time.

"Because I'm the mommy," Her mom grinned playfully, causing Kagome to do the same. At least her mom was trying to be happy.

The next few days they spent packing and cleaning the house. Finally it looked a little homey. The kitchen was all set up too, and the dining room table looked almost like it had at the old shrine. One night as they were sitting eating supper at the table, the subject came upon school.

"When are we going to start school?" Souta wanted to know. Kagome groaned. It was the last thing she wanted to think about. "I've enrolled you two at very nice ones," Their mother told them as she dabbed her face with her napkin." You will be starting next week."

Oh man. School.

End of Chapter 3

I'm sorry if this is going really slow. Kagome will be introduced to Inu Yasha in the next chapter. Please don't stop reading!