(DISCLAIMER: OWN NOTHING)
"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. He looked up at her tear stained face and black dress. "Who died?" He asked jokingly. "Hojo did. He killed himself." She replied in a sad tone. InuYasha instantly wanted to punch himself in the face. "I'm sorry Kagome I didn't know."
"You wouldn't."
She looked into his dark almost mustard colored eyes and felt her heart go out; against her will, to the hanyou on her bed. "So why are you here?" She asked looking over at her desk instead. "I came to get you! In case you forgot we are on the hunt for Naraku!" Kagome rounded on him. "Oh my best friend dies and you expect me to just run back to the well and watch you go make out with Kikyo!? Fat chance!" She screamed at him. He pulled back emotionally and physically looking hurt as he did so. "Kagome what the hell?!"
"My friend killed himself over a girl! You of all people should understand! You are after all going to kill yourself to be with Kikyo!"
"Kagome where is all this coming from!?"
"The past two years in your era watching you run off to Kikyo! That's where InuYasha!"
"Kagome… Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because it wouldn't have mattered! You promised Kikyo!" The distaste at the word was evident in her voice. "Well just because I promised to go to hell with her doesn't mean anything. You should have said something!"
"Sit boy."
"What the hell!?"
"What would saying anything do? You would have said 'Keh!' And ignored the fact I mentioned it at all! You shouldn't keep that promise!"
"Why are you so mad? Is it because I keep my promises?"
"What is that supposed to mean?" Her expression scared InuYasha to the point he cowered back a little. "How many dates did you promise Hobo?" She looked like he had just smacked her. "No Kagome I didn't mean that. I…"
"Get out." He voice was soft and broken. "What?"
"Get out of my room. Out of my time period! Out of my life!" She screamed. Tears poured down her face and the look in her eyes broke InuYasha's heart. He had cut her and didn't mean to. His anger had caused him to hurt her. She threw the jewel shards at him. "Don't you ever talk about Hojo again! You were pinned to a tree when Kikyo died but I wasn't! He died in my arms." She held them out and stared at them as if they were someone else's. Tears ran down her face. "I should have just dated him. I shouldn't have left him so many times. For you." She whispered. "Kago…"
"I left him here. Hurting and alone to be with you! You, who hurt me and ran to find Kikyo everytime a soul collector appeared! I caused this! If I hadn't met you! Hadn't fallen in love with you he might still be alive." Her fist were clinged so tightly at her sides that her fingernails were cutting into her hands. Her eyes were closed but tears were still leaking out. "He…he told me to stay happy but I can't!" She screamed. "Kagome?" She looked up and saw the pain in InuYasha's eyes. "You really wish you hadn't met me?" He asked. Kagome fell to her knees and shook with sobs. "Just leave me alone InuYasha. Go be with Kikyo!" She said the name like it was causing her pain. She turned and ran out of the house to the park where she first met Hojo.
Once there she sat by the tree they had first kissed at and sobbed. A song burst from her lips as the tears stopped.
Wake up to a sunny day
Not a cloud up in the sky
Then it starts to rain
Rain began to fall in earnest at this point. Soaking her in minutes.
My defenses hit the ground
And they shatter all around
So open and exposed
I found strength in the struggle
Face to face with my trouble
When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're tryin' but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believin' in yourself
When you're broken
Little girl don't be so blue
I know what you're goin' through
Don't let it beat you up
Hittin' walls and gettin' scars
Only makes you who you are
Only makes you who you are
No matter how much your heart is aching
There is beauty in the breaking
Ye-yeah
When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're tryin' but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believin' in yourself
When you're broken
Better days are goin' to find you once again
Every piece will find its place
When your broken
When your broken
When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're tryin' but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believin' in yourself
When you're broken
Oh when you're broken
When you're broken
When you're broken
She stayed in the park until she could feel the cold enveloping her so she stood up and walked home in the pouring rain.
