I do not own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does. But I do own any characters not developed by Takahashi-sama.

Piecing Together Broken Hearts

Chapter 7

A Surprise Run-in

Inuyasha and Kagome walked through the automated doors of Ralph's, Kagome trying to keep up with Inuyasha's brisk pace; sometimes jogging to catch up. She remembered her dream, where she had invaded Inuyasha's space. The alarming thing was; she wished that the dream had actually occurred.

Inuyasha suddenly stopped, raising an arm to stop her. "You need milk, right?"

"Yeah." She replied. He stepped aside. She saw a whole small section of different types of percent and brands of milk. "What kind do you need?"

"Two percent." Inuyasha grabbed a couple of milk cartons with a light blue cap. He put it into the cart Kagome had been towing and said, "Here, let me." He started to push it.

"Where next?" he inquired.

"I need eggs."

"Kay." He turned the corner, and she followed. Kagome froze.

Standing amidst the eggs, her mouth wide open, stood Sango.


Sango woke up, stretching her arms out and yawning. She turned to her left to look at the clock; it was seven o'clock. Being the active young woman she was, she got up took a quick fifteen minute shower, and had some breakfast, while thinking about what to do. "Wait, do I have enough food to last me a week?" She went over to the fridge and pantry. She was out of Cup Noodles, eggs, strawberries, cereal, orange juice, fish, taco shells, Poptarts, and cat food for her twin tailed cat friend, Kilala. Yep, she definitely needed to go to the store. "Alright, then. Time to get dressed and head out!"

She headed to her dresser and picked out her outfit. It was a light blue and lime green polka-dotted tank top, with cuffed blue jean Capri's, and her lime green converse. She tied her hair up into a high ponytail with a light blue scrunchie. She did her make up; black eye liner along her top lids ending in Egyptian eyelashes, making her look like Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra just forty-five degrees higher, lime green eye shadow over light blue eye shadow, and a little light pink lip gloss. She looked at the full picture of her outfit and nodded in approval. Yes, she was ready to go. She snatched her wallet and a water bottle, placing them gently into her small black purse, where her keys already lay. She took out her keys and stepped out the door. She was greeted by the small sounds of shuffling feet in the hallway. She locked her door and turned around, seeing one girl with red hair and green eyes and another girl with black hair and blue eyes.

"Hey Ayame! Hey Juniya!"

"Hello, Sango!" they replied groggily.

"I just had to take out my trash." Juniya said.

"I did too!" Ayame said, becoming a little excited. "And so we bumped into each other in the hallway! And now you just came out!"

"Where are you going?" Juniya asked, noticing how she was dressed. "A date with 'Roku?"

"No, I don't only dress nice when I'm going out."

"Yeah, right!" Ayame teased.

"No, seriously! As a matter of fact, I'm going to Ralph's!" Sango said, rolling her eyes. "And speaking of that, I'd better get going!" She weaved her way away from her two pals that lived in the rooms on either side of her. She hurried out of the door to the girls' dorm, past the courtyard, and to the parking lot. She pulled out her cars keys and unlocked her awesome, hot pink Infiniti G35.

She sat down in the driver's seat, feeling the usual thrill of sitting in a hot ride like this. Since the moment she had received it as a two-person sweet sixteen gift from her mom and dad, she had never gotten over the beautiful shade of hot pink, the feel of the cool leather seats against the fabric of her clothes, or the uber comfortable way the settings changed. Her car always sent shivers down her spine and goose bumps on her skin, like a shock of static electricity.

She settled down into the seat before placing the key in its place and turning it. The familiar purr of the engine starting echoed in her ears. Yes, she loved this car. She drove out of the university and over to Ralph's.


Sango turned the wheel of her hot pink car, making it spin into a parking spot. She walked into the store. "Hmm, what should I get first?" she thought, starting to drift off into the store; but she caught herself when she saw the cart and basket dispensers. "Well, I won't get too far without a cart, will I?" She thought, grabbing one and pushing it down the Mexican food aisle.

"I'll get the taco shells." She said to herself. Once she found her favorite brand and put it in her basket, she went to the cereal aisle. She found some Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Raisin Bran, and added them to her cart. Then she saw a bag of Hershey's fun size milk chocolate bars. She looked around and put them in her cart. "Hey they're on a good sale!" she said, trying to convince herself. She headed to the dairy product aisle, where she would get eggs and milk. She got some milk and headed over to the egg section. She grabbed a family pack of eighteen grade AA eggs. She turned around to see Kagome staring at her gaping, Inuyasha standing next to her, pushing a cart.

"Sango?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah; Kagome?" Sango asked.

Kagome nodded.

"Wait, Sango Tanakon?!" Inuyasha inquired.

"Yeah!" Sango said, remembering Inuyasha knew Miroku, who had probably told him about her.

"You're 'Roku's girlfriend!"

"Wait! Hold up; you two know each other!!!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Not directly. He's Miroku's best friend." Sango explained.

Kagome silently mouthed "Oh."

"Wait; you know Miroku too!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Well, duh!!! He's my best friend's boyfriend, I'd better know him!!!" Kagome exclaimed; Sango nodded in approval.

"Right, well what are you doing here, girlfriend of Miroku?" Inuyasha snapped, getting right to the point. "Following our best friend, are we?"

"I was doing nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, I didn't know Kagome was up; besides I get up at about seven on the weekends, Kagome you know that."

Kagome nodded her head. "Yeah, and I got up at about six."

"See; I just happened to be in need of a restock of the fridge and pantry! I was out of everything!" Sango explained.

"Well, let's see what you got in here." Inuyasha grabbed the first item that slid under his hands and pulled it out. It was the bag of Hershey's.

"Sango!" Kagome tssked.

She reached into the cart and pulled out the taco shells.

"Sometimes I wonder how women stay thin!" Inuyasha said.

"Wha-at! They were on a good sale! You know how much I love Hershey's milk chocolate, Kagome!"

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean you have to succumb to temptation." The philosophical Kagome had made her appearance.

"Well, I know for a fact that if you saw strawberry ice cream on sale, you would succumb; so why can't I?" She had hit the spot; Kagome turned pink.

"N-no; I would prevail!!!" Kagome defended.

"Uh-huh." Sango said sarcastically. "Wait, why are you two here together?"

"Umm." They said in unison, turning pink.

"Never mind, you don't haveta tell me. That's your business." Sango winked at Kagome, and showed her a small thumbs up meaning "Go for it, Kagome!"

Kagome blushed.

"Well, I'll go finish up and go. 'Kay, bye!" Sango said waving, then weaving her way to the aisle she needed, leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone.

"Uh, Kagome; what was that last part about?"


Inuyasha had seen the little thumbs up that Sango had flashed to Kagome. Then the girl said she'd go finish and leave the store. Didn't she want to catch up with her friend?

"Uh, Kagome what was that all about?"

He saw her blush. "M-maybe she has a date with 'Roku." Kagome shrugged.

"Yeah, maybe." He heard the lie in her voice. He understood; it was a reason she didn't really want to mention, via it was too embarrassing. She had meant, "Go for it!"

"Well, we'd better get the rest of the stuff you need." He stated.

"Yes, we should." He heard her relief at the change of subject and inside him he was happy she wasn't embarrassed any more.

"So where to?" He questioned.

Kagome looked at the slip of paper she had written on when they had entered the store. "So I don't forget." She had said.

"Cereal. I need Post Selects Cranberry Almond Crunch."

Inuyasha swerved around in the direction of the breakfast aisle. He scanned the cereal boxes until he found what he was looking for and dropped it in the cart; "Cheese."

He turned the corner, Kagome at his heels. He dodged other carts and people as he made his way to the deli section. Kagome bought a pound of the cheddar, mozzarella, and provolone cheeses. "Now I need meat."

He showed her the refrigerated section where the meats were. She picked out some pork, chicken and ground beef. "Alright, I'm ready for check out!" she said cheerily.

Groaning to himself, Inuyasha pushed the cart through the freezer section, the shortcut to the checkout. That ended up being the long cut.

"Ooh!!! Strawberry ice cream's on sale!!!" she said, stopping Inuyasha midstride.

"Oh come on; you said you wouldn't succumb to temptation!" he said, showing too much annoyance.

"Well, I didn't ask you to come with me. And besides, I can buy what I want with my own money!" She put her hands on her hips.

That made him notice how her Capri's hugged that part of her body. Her legs just underneath were very beautiful; creamy, smooth, and toned. His eyes traveled upward to see the T-shirt that showed off her curves, and a little higher to see the shirt allow a small view of her cleavage. Just above that was her beautiful neck. Then he saw that she had noticed where his eyes had traveled, and forced himself to look away from the goddess standing before him.

"And I just might share some with you." She bribed.

"Oh all right; even though you're going to break my back!" he succumbed. How did she do this to him? He had always stood up for what he believed. But she had just made him allow her to do something he didn't want her to do. How?

"Oh well; someday I'll figure it out!" he thought as she placed the ice cream in the cart.

"So are you gonna come to my place when we're done here for ice cream?"

"Of course; that's your payment for my help! I think that's fair don't you?"
"If I didn't, why would I have invited you?"
"You've got a point there."

"Yeah, I know I do. Well, let's get this done with and head off."

"Okay."

He pushed the cart to the checkout station with the least people. The line moved quickly, and soon it was their turn. The checkout lady scanned Kagome's items and Kagome paid her fee. Once the bagger finished bagging the groceries, Inuyasha pushed the cart outside, unlocked his car, and put the bags of food in his trunk.

They both got in the car, talking about the bagging girl.

"She must have been only seventeen!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Not to mention all that acne all over her face." Inuyasha grumbled.

"Don't be cruel; you know, I used to have a lot of pimples scattered around my face."

"Really?" Inuyasha couldn't picture her angelic face with blemishes. "No way!"

"Yup, I sure did! I thought I was really unattractive back when I was in high school!"

"Hmm; I can't see you as unattractive." She widened her eyes. "Wait, did I just say that out loud?!"

"Umm, I need to know where you live to drive there." He said, changing the subject.

"Oh, of course; I'm sorry! I live at Tokyo University."

"Okay, we'll be there in about ten minutes."


Author's note: Thanks for reading! Special thanks to inukag4eva2282, Kaggy-Higgs88, and Alice54. Thanks to all my reviewers! You guys rock!!! Next chapter will be out ASAP!