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Summer: Parts 3 & 4

It rained all day today. The air is foggy and dreary. Everyone's grumpy. The sound of rain is getting on my nerves. Plit. Plit. Plit.

Inuyasha didn't act any different today than he usually does. I don't know why this surprised me so much. I guess I just thought that he found yesterday to be as curious and as emotionally disturbing as I did. I thought of yesterday as a turn of the page for us, a new chapter. But I guess life, just like the rain, goes on.

Plit. Plit. Plit.

~ Kagome

No rain today. It was perfect, like waking up after a long terrible nightmare to find that it wasn't real. The sun beamed graciously down on us.

I was a bit sad that I had to teach today, and couldn't just go out and soak up all the sunlight I possibly could.

Inuyasha was leaned up against the wall with half-lidded eyes. The heat from outside was radiating into his room from the window, and he looked as if he were dozing off. When he saw me he looked at me with an exhausted and confused expression.

"Kikyo?" Then his eyes opened. "Oh."

I bit my lip, not wanting a repeat of the other day. I sat down and we got to work. While we worked, I formulated a plan.

"Lovely outside, isn't it?" I asked. "The rain was so nasty."

Inuyasha shrugged, "Keh."

"You know," I said. "A bit of sun might do you some good. You're so pale."

He didn't respond.

"Inuyasha?"

I took his non-reply for a 'what?'

"You don't have anything to fear. If we go out, I mean. I'll be with you, and I'm sure your mother or anyone else here would make sure you don't get hurt." As I usually am when talking to Inuyasha, I wasn't quite sure how to say what I wanted.

He snorted, "I ain't a coward."

"I didn't say you were," I said. "But I wish you'd have a little more trust in people. I want to help you. You know that, right? I don't want to see you so lonely anymore." I held my hand out. "Come on. Just for a little while? You'll like it."

He didn't move. He didn't even look at me.

I sighed, "Some other time." I was disappointed, but not surprised. It would probably take a lot of convincing to change Inuyasha's mind. He's so stubborn.

The rest of the day went by peacefully. And when the sun finally began setting, I arose to leave. But Inuyasha grabbed my shoulder.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Tomorrow," He said. "We'll go out there." He pointed at the window. "But only for a li'l bit."

I almost jumped up with my fist in the air. "Alright, Inuyasha. Only for a little while. You won't be sorry."

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I just hope that it's sunny out.

I wonder what changed his mind…

~ Kagome

A/N: Hey! Sorry this took so long for such a short chapter. I had to have surgery, then finals, then I had writer's block. But Finals are over after tomorrow. Yay!

Anyway, we've reached what I like to call "Point Two" of the story. "Point One" was just a sort of meet the setting and characters thing. Now we'll get into some juicier things, and maybe reveal some important secrets, and actually get a villain! Dun dun dun. So I hope you keep reading.

Next chapter will be long. I promise this time.

Oh yeah, one more thing: Review! What happened to everyone? I only got three reviews last chapter. So please, review!