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"Yah Kagome it's me." Inuyasha murmured. He looked at the ground. Kagome continued to stare at him. He was talking to her, amazing! She instantly hoped Sesshomaru hadn't said anything to him.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Same thing as you I guess." He answered. There were a few moments of silence then Inuyasha spoke again. "Listen, we need to talk."
"Oh no! He told you everything didn't he?" Kagome gasped. This was bad. Inuyasha couldn't possibly feel the same way could he?
"Yah he did. Listen though we really do need to talk." Inuyasha forced a smile and looked at her expectantly.
"Okay, fine sit down here." Kagome patted the spot beside her on the bench and Inuyasha sat. "So, where do we begin?" she asked shyly.
"Well this is what Sesshomaru told me. I'll repeat what he said and you tell me if it's true. Right now I don't know what to believe." Kagome nodded and Inuyasha started his story. "Sesshomaru came into my room today acting like cupid and saying he had talked to you and he knew stuff that I would find interesting. He got me to listen to him and he said that you actually liked me. He said stuff about he notes and the closet too. Apparently you had written the notes and you were the one who pulled me into the closet. I want to know if that's true. Is it?" Inuyasha asked. He was dead serious.
There was no answer for a very long time. Kagome twiddled her thumbs and looked at the ground. Inuyasha looked up at the sky. Both were lost in their own thoughts and didn't look at each other. This was beyond what they had expected, especially for Kagome. Who would've thought that getting revenge would've caused all of this? Finally she decided to talk.
"Inuyasha…I hate to tell you this. I really do because it makes me and you both look bad and I feel horrible about all of it."
"Is that all you care about? Looking bad? I could easily say you were a guy." Inuyasha was angry to say the least. Who could blame him? This girl had taken advantage of him like that. He had looked like such an idiot smiling at random people that day. What a weirdo.
"Please just hear me out." Kagome begged. All was quiet and she continued. "It was me who did all that to you. I'm sorry for it all. I really never meant to. Actually no, I did mean to. I didn't mean for it to turn out this way though. It wasn't supposed to end up like this. That much is true. I promise. Otherwise yes, that was all my handiwork. I got mad because you played so many pranks on me on photo day. Come on, which girl wouldn't be mad? I had to get revenge. This is the only way I knew I could get to you. Then I realized I liked what I was doing to you so I sent you that note. It was all part of my revenge. I'm sorry. Now when I think about it I must've looked like an idiot. I understand that you're mad and all but please just let me apologize. I was mad and weird things happen to you when you're mad. Believe me when I say it wasn't supposed to end this way. Everything would've turned out alright, then you had to go and kiss me senseless." Kagome sighed.
Inuyasha looked at her bewildered. All that heart ache and pain, was it all for him? She had it bad. Did he have it bad too? And what was this about a kiss? He was sure she'd said she hated the kiss and that he had a slimy, disgusting mouth. Now she liked it? This girl was going to drive him absolutely crazy.
"Okay I understand that you were mad. I would've felt the same way. But you had to go and do all of that? It's a bit much don't you think? All that for a couple of harmless pranks?" Here he stopped to laugh. Kagome glared at him.
"It wasn't funny! It still isn't funny! Now are you going to say something or not? If not I'd like to leave. Looking at you hurts."
Inuyasha became serious once again and looked at her sincerely. This girl really had him running in circles. It was almost too much!
"Okay fine then. What do you want me to say? That it's entirely my fault? It's not. It's both our faults. I won't deny it. What's this I hear about a kiss? I thought you said it was disgusting. So you were lying to me about that too? Don't even think of leaving yet, I don't care how hard it is to look at me. We still haven't finished talking." Inuyasha scolded.
"Fine, I'll stay. Yes, I was lying to you. That kiss was honestly one of the best I've ever had. Next to the one in the closet of course but that was something…" Kagome was cut off as Inuyasha caught her lips in a soft smooch.
They parted from lack of air and Kagome burst immediately.
"What was that for? I won't deny it was sweet but why did you come out of nowhere and kiss me?" she demanded. Inuyasha looked at the ground again.
"What you were saying was getting to me and since you now admit that you liked the other kiss I had to kiss you again." He explained.
Kagome sat quietly and blushed. He was really sweet. "So are we done with the past now? Everything cleared up? Are we ready to move on?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome nodded. For the first time in days they both felt the slightest bit better.
"Okay then, next question. What do we do now? Are we together now? I hope its okay to say we can't possibly be enemies anymore." Inuyasha was right, they couldn't be enemies anymore. They'd been best friends once, could they do it again? Both sat reminiscing the old days when they weren't enemies. Thing used to be just like this, minus the fight of course.
"You know, this reminds me of the good old days. We used to sit like this. I'd push you on the swings and everything was nice." Kagome pulled her knees up to her face and leaned on them. She nodded at those fond memories. Tears came to her eyes. She remembered those days when she and Inuyasha were inseparable, those days when she felt good everyday, days when she felt she had somebody who could be her best friend and a whole lot more at the same time. Soon she was crying. Why couldn't those days come back? Damn Inuyasha for reminding her of them.
Inuyasha looked at her and saw her shoulders shaking. "What's wrong?" he asked genuinely worried. Her body was wracked in tears and he couldn't see her face anymore.
"Inuyasha…Thinking of the, sob, good old days, cry, won't get us anywhere. I think we should, sob, end this right now." Kagome stopped to dry her eyes before continuing. "We've been through the good and bad and I think it ends here. We should just remain friends. You were right; being enemies was too hard on the both of us. And if we were to become more than friends I'm sure one was us was bound to get hurt. I think we should end it right here." Kagome whispered. Inuyasha whipped his head around to look at her.
"Why would you say such a thing?" he asked flabbergasted.
"Well, besides the good old days we have never gotten along well before. Plus just getting revenge on you has hurt me more than I've ever been hurt in my life. I don't want to go through this again. If we become better friends then the break up next time will only be harder on us. I personally don't think I'll be able to handle it." Kagome answered. She'd made up her mind and nobody, not even Inuyasha was going to make her change it.
"So it's all up to you now eh? Everything is decided by you. Well I'll tell you one thing. I will not have some lowly girl tell me what to do with my life. You're getting worried over nothing. Who says that there will be another break up? We'll be together forever, I promise." Inuyasha said. He was sincere. He grabbed her hand and held it to his heart. "I think I've fallen for you." Kagome grabbed her hand back and stood up in a flash.
"That's just the thing! See! Now you think you've fallen for me. Relationships have to work both ways. I once thought I'd fallen for you too but now I understand it was just an infatuation. I could never really be with you. It's too hard; we're too different to be alike. And calling me a lowly girl won't get you anywhere. It just proves to me that I was right, we're not meant to be together. I never said there will be another break up; I just said that if there is one I don't want to be a part of it. I'm protecting myself from it now. It's too hard for me to deal with such things. Even now I feel as if someone ripped out my heart and tore it into a million pieces. I'm not willing to take that chance Inuyasha. I'm sorry." Kagome softly ended her speech. She didn't feel she had it in her to continue this fight. It was too hard, seeing his crushed face after every sentence she spoke.
"Kagome come on, it will work. You just have to believe. Sesshomaru said we'd be together and we will be. Just wait and see. Here, don't tell me this means nothing to you." Inuyasha said as he kissed her again.
"Inuyasha stop making this harder. Since when do you believe what Sesshomaru says? Yes, I will admit that the kiss meant something to me but not in the way you want. Inuyasha give it up. There's nothing left here anymore. Just forget about me and the past and all that's happened between us. It's not worth it anymore. I'm been hurt, you've been hurt. That's all there is to it. I'm tired of going from loving you to hating you to liking you again to I don't know what yet. We've got to stop. This is the end. Maybe later in life we'll meet again and then we'll be mature enough to make this work. Only then will I rethink my decision. For now we're through and although we're still friends we can't be anything more. I'm sorry Inuyasha." Kagome said as she pulled her sweater tight around her small frame and headed out of the park.
"Kagome wait!" Inuyasha yelled. She didn't stop. He ran to catch up with her. "So this is really the end then?" he asked one last time. She nodded. "Then I want you to have this to remember me by. Then you can leave. I'll forgive and forget. I promise." Kagome just nodded her head again. Inuyasha pulled her head up and kissed her passionately one last time. If this really was the end then he wasn't going to let it go without a bang.
The couple forced themselves off each other and walked away in opposite directions. This was the end.
5 years later...
"Miss Kagome, phone call on line 1." Penny, Kagome's secretary, said.
"Thanks Penny." Kagome answered back tiredly. "Hello?"
"Kagome! Hey baby its Hojo! How you doing down there? Listen I heard about this great place…" Hojo was cut off.
"Hojo for the last time, I'm not interested. Get a life!" Kagome yelled into the phone and slammed it down. She sat at her desk and rubbed her eyes. Her life was horrible. Ever since that day when she left Inuyasha everything went downhill. Now she was trying to piece her life back together, bit by bit. Needing a new boyfriend wasn't on top of her to-do list.
After graduating from high school Kagome went to university and earned her master's degree in business. Now she owned a small but successful little company in the heart of Tokyo. She couldn't she hated it but she couldn't say she loved it either. It got her money and that's all that mattered. After Inuyasha nothing else seemed to matter anymore. She'd grown distant after that. She didn't talk to anyone anymore. Not even Sango. Hell she didn't know anyone from her old life anymore. All she did now was work, work, and work. Maybe she'd been wrong to say no to him.
"I need a life. Penny! I'm going to get a coffee! Cover my calls!" She yelled out while grabbing her coat and exiting the office. There wasn't an answer but Kagome knew that Penny heard her. She was a good secretary.
Kagome walked down the busy Tokyo street in a slightly drunk fashion. She wasn't herself today; maybe a coffee would be the thing to cheer her up.
As she entered the nearest Starbucks and ordered she noticed someone vaguely familiar sitting on the stool next to her. Someone with silver hair…Could it be?
Haha, I love cliffy's, they're the only thing that gets people going. Anyways I hope you liked the chapter. Please review!! Thanks for the tips, you know who you are. Hopefully this chapter was better. Tell me what you think. Any tips to improve my writing are always welcome. i know the story's been everywhere lately but I tried to make it as lifelike as possible and in life nothing stays the same for long. Things have settled down a bit now though. (I hope) Hehe, so yah. Review for the next chapter!!
