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Speak Now!

InuYasha/Kagome

Rated: T

Summary: Kagome and InuYasha dated for a long while back in high school and a bit through college. They were known far and wide as the perfect couple and easily agreed along with everyone else that they were meant to be. Unfortunately one summer their relationship came to a drastic end when InuYasha went to the States to finish school. It was upon a mutual agreement they not see each other because of the long distance however he vowed to return to her. Now, 3 years later, InuYasha returns to Japan only to announce his engagement to the mysterious Kikyo Hiromi, to which Kagome is heartbroken. Now with only months away from the Wedding Kagome has to decide whether to hold her peace or Speak Now!

Chapter 7: Mean

I just wanna feel okay again

I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold

But the cycle ends right now, cause you can't lead me down that road

And you don't know what you don't know

Left foot. Right foot. Left foot. Right.

Who would have thought walking to the car would be so hard after drinking a couple of tequilas? Certainly not her. Her vision was becoming even blurrier and her legs felt like noodles the more she walked down the very high looking sidewalk of the club. At this rate she would never make it to the car or at least off of this moving walkway. Kami, how many drinks did she have. Her head was pounding and her feet were killing her.

"This is stupid" she mumbled reaching for her cell phone. There was no way in hell she'd make it home in one piece. She figured she'd call Miroku or Sango and ask them to retrieve her and her car, no use of trying to drive herself She shuddered at the visual. Would she even be able to reach the pedal!

"Yeah that's it I'm calling" Her movement to make the phone call was cut off suddenly when a woman, who reeked of sweat and some nasty perfume, rushed by and knocked her cell phone out of her hand and onto the moving sidewalk. She inwardly groaned. The sidewalk was moving enough for its on liking and now with her cell phone down in the mist it was like putting on those goggles in Driver's Ed and trying to stay on the black line the whole time. Blaming her having to capture her phone off the sidewalk before it dissolved, she cursed, "Bitch" at the woman. Who did she think she was? Walking around knocking peoples phones into a pit of uncertainty. The nerve.

"Excuse me?"

Standing back up, albeit with problems, Kagome turned to see the woman who knocked her over and gasped at the sight. It couldn't be her after all these years. She tried her best to avoid the she-devil and by a very bad coincidence here she was standing before her, looking as mean as the day they met, only slightly older.

"Kikyo?"

Oh great, here she was in a clearly drunken haze and Kikyo pops out of nowhere. How worse can this night get?"

"Well well well, if it isn't little Kagome. Long time no see honey" Kikyo smirked, almost as if she had found out the biggest secret in life and picked up Kagome's cell phone for her, handing it back to her, "What's an innocent little thing like you doing at a big club like this? Aren't you supposed to be nursing some old maid back to health?"

Kagome growled, inwardly, a trait she undoubtedly got from InuYasha, and clutched the phone tightly between her fingers, and desperately trying not to punch the bitch where she stood. However, if she did try and punch her, there would be a good chance she'd miss. She was drunk after all.

"Have you finally realized that your life will amount to nothing and you'd die alone with only your cat to warm your bed?" She cackled then. Really she cackled. Kagome cringed at the sound and tried to not let what she said get to her. She would not die alone and Buyo was great company for bed; however InuYasha would have been a better substitute. She was tired of Kikyo putting her down, especially at the lowest part of her life. If she had come across her three years ago, this meeting would have been different. She would have been different. Hell she would have been sober.

"How pathetic" She sneered and Kagome stared at her for a while. She didn't understand why she wanted so bad to hurt her. She had never done anything to anyone and yet Kikyo felt the need to put her down constantly. She read that with bullies they only taunt others because the same has been done to them. Has Kikyo been taunted by someone that made her this way? Eh probably, but she didn't care to find out. This bullying ended right now.

Standing as solid as she could, Kagome stared Kikyo straight in the eye and quirked her brow, "No Kikyo your pathetic! It's been years since we last saw each other, about twelve and yet you're still bitch I knew since elementary school. You love to put others down to make yourself feel better right? I bet when you go home you cry, because you realize that we are all better than you could ever be. We have a heart Kikyo. You know that thing that beats against your chest to keep you alive? Yeah. Pointing out my flaws, so that your own imperfections seem minor is childish and belittling of you. How about you grow up and stop being a bitch?"

By the time her speech was through, Kagome was breathing hard and her head began pounding again. She had never been so mean in her life but this woman brought her to this point. She didn't know what she had gone through in the last 24 hours and she sure as hell didn't need to deal with her. Her heart was broken, her head hurt, her tongue was heavy, and she felt like shit. She needed to go home.

Kikyo clenched and unclenched her fist together as she stared at the beautiful woman before her. Yeah that was it she had to admit Kagome was beautiful, the most out of the ordinary woman as well, but she hated her. She hated to know that she had the perfect life while she had to work for everything she had. She wasn't blessed with this body for sure she had to work to keep it, to keep her job, her fiancé.

"Kagome?"

Turning around she was shocked to see InuYasha standing there with a look of awe across his features; however, what pissed her off was that she wasn't looking at her, nor was it her name that he whispered. Looking back at Kagome she saw the same expression across her own feature and briefly wondered what the story was between the two.

Kagome couldn't breathe. Hell she didn't even know if this was real or not. He was here. Standing in front of her, looking like the sexiest man alive in his black long sleeve button down, with dark red sweater vest, and black slacks. His long silver hair had grown longer and he had a small goatee that hadn't been there before. Moving her attention to the top of his head she delighted to see his ears twitch slightly and fought the urge to squeal and run over and rub them. They were her favorite feature. However the preppy look he had going on didn't seem to fit his bad boy appearance that she fell in love with years ago. Sure he still had some of it going on but now he looked as if he had transformed.

"Kagome?" He said her name louder this time almost as if she couldn't possibly be real, but she refused to say his. She was afraid that if she did, he would disappear and she'll fade away into the nothingness she felt three years ago. It was almost as if, he wasn't getting married, that he didn't betray her trust, he came back for her, and he was going to keep his promise.

Her face contorted into one of confusion as she watched Kikyo saunter over towards him and kiss him deeply on the lips. And just like that reality came crashing down on her and her whole crumbled before her eyes.

InuYasha was getting married to Kikyo.

Not her.

With one last look she did all she could at the moment. She ran. She ran so fast she wasn't sure how she hadn't fallen by now. The ground was still moving, and her vision was getting worse, but she couldn't stay there. She couldn't watch her worst enemy make out with love of her life.

Tears blurred her vision even more and her heart broke with each step she took.

Why'd you have to be so mean?

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