A/N: sorry for the long period of no updating I have been having fun for the summer! And cleaning oooo sounds fun huh? Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, it took a while and a lot of thinking and help from Sango-Chan753
"Kagome maybe we should talk things out. I know we don't get along very well but I
would like to change that." Kagome ignored her step-dad completely, this was all his fault anyways, she would never forgive him or her mother.
He looked over at her for a response, then looked back at the road. "Guess not." Kagome sighed, "Look you wanna talk things out. You came into my family, trying to take over as a father. You have completely changed who my mom is, and taken me away from my friends and school for no apparent reason. Then you expect me to be all right with all of that. You are not my father and never will be!" Kagome yelled with tears still running down her face, "Kagome. I am not trying to be your father nor am I trying to replace him, I love you as my daughter though. I understand what you are going through, I had a situation like this when I was your age." Kasuki said (A/N: sorry I didn't mention his name before. ) "You don't understand anything about me. You don't know me at all, don't act like you do!" The rest of the ride was completely silent.
They arrived at the house around 6, all Kagome wanted to do was scream. She was tired of being locked in a car for hours with her stupid step-dad. She got out of the car and grabbed her bags and went straight to the front door. When she walked inside she was attacked by her brother. Souta was now 14 and had grown a lot, he was only about 2 inches shorter than Kagome. "Hi Souta." Kagome said dropping her bags and returning the hug. "Kagome it is so good to see you!" He said releasing her from the hug, "Same here." Souta grabbed her bags, "I'll take these to your room." Kagome nodded and he ran upstairs. "Kagome is that you?" She heard her mother Akira's voice. "Yes mom it's me." Her mom appeared around the corner and pulled Kagome into a hug. "Oh I'm so glad you two made it back safely, the storm was getting pretty bad." She released Kagome as soon as Kasuki walked in. " I need to go get settled." Kagome said and walked right past her mom and up to her room."Do think Inuyasha will be okay Miroku, I mean look at him." Sango said looking out the window. Inuyasha was sitting on the bank on the pond in the back yard throwing rocks and staring off into space. "I don't Sango, he hasn't moved from that spot since she left. I'm sure he will eventually go back to normal but for now he just needs to be alone." Sango nodded, "Kouga doesn't seem to think that." She pointed at Kouga who was walking towards Inuyasha.
Kouga sat down next to him, Inuyasha looked at him through the corner of his eye and just continued to throw rocks. "You know she will come back, no matter what." He said ,there was a long pause then Inuyasha turned to look at him. "Why?" Kouga looked at him funny and utterly confused. "Why what?" Inuyasha turned to look back to the water, "Why did you come back? After everything you put her through, after all the hurt you caused her. What in your mind told you to come back?" He asked harshly. Kouga's eyes grew, "I'm not the only one who hurt her, You've had your share of making her hurt."
Inuyasha stood up, putting up his guard. "Stop turning everything on me! You have always done that! Ever since we were little, never once did you ever just answer a question that I ask. You turn it on me and bring up some fucking mistake I have made, and newsflash I KNOW! I know I have hurt her, I know I have made her cry and I'm not going do it anymore! Now answer my question!" He yelled, Kouga stood up and just look infuriated. "Kouga why did you lie to her, telling her you didn't care that was a bunch of bull or you wouldn't be here now. Who did you leave her for, who was so much prettier, and more fun than Kagome, who?" Kouga took a deep breath and sat back down, "Kikyo…" He said quietly, Inuyasha laughed. Kouga looked up at him. "You're a fucking prick! You dumped Kagome for Kikyo!! Then never told her and came crawling back to her! Wow Kouga I never thought you would do that to her." Inuyasha said walking away leaving Kouga to feel horrible.
Kouga stood up and turned to look back at Inuyasha. "You did the same thing!" He yelled, Inuyasha stopped and stood there and then continued to walk to the house.
Kagome had just walk up to her room when Souta came bursting came bursting out her door. "Oh my god, Souta you scared me!" She said taking a breath. "Sorry sis, all your stuff is on your bed. I will talk to you I'm going out to hang with some friends. Bye!" He said waving to her as he ran down the hallway. Kagome shook her head, "Bye Souta."
She walked into her room, everything flooding back to her like a wave a old memories. She looked around at her old bed still made from the last time she was here, her walls still the same pale pink color. Her desk with pictures of all of her old friends on it. She took a deep breath and walked inside. She grabbed her bags and started to put things back into her closet and drawers. When she was on her last drawer she saw that something sticking out of the bottom plank, she pressed down on the far back and it popped up reveling a picture. Kagome picked up the picture.
It was of her when she was about 6 or 7 and her father, they were outside in the backyard playing tag and her mother had taken the photo. Kagome smiled and laughed, then there was a knock at her door. "Come in" She said rushing to put the picture back into its hiding place. In walked in her mom, "Kagome dinner is ready." Kagome turned around and looked at her mom. "I'm not hungry, if I get hungry I will go find something. Can you please go away." Her mom gave her a sad and crushed look, "Okay then." With that she turned around and walked out.
Kagome suddenly remembered she needed to call Sango so she ran and plopped on her bed and reached for her cell phone in her pocket. She dialed the house number not wanting to find Sango's number in her contacts.
"Hello" Came a guy's voice from the other end of the line.
"Miroku? Is that you?" Kagome asked. "No, it's Inuyasha." His voice a little weird.
"Oh Inuyasha, I thought you would be at Kikyo's. Are you okay, you sound a little worried about something. Is something wrong?" Kagome asked starting to worry herself.
"No! I was not a Kikyo's and yes I'm fine I am just really tired that's all. Did you guys get there okay, I heard the weather was really bad on the way up there." He asked. "It wasn't the weather that bugged me, I was going to scream he thinks he understands me. He can never understand anything I go through, they are all putting me through hell and no one seems to care!" "I care Kagome, I'm sorry this is all my fault I-" "Inuyasha! What are you talking about none of this is your fault. Don't say that." Just as Kagome finished saying that she could her Sango's voice in the back round asking for the phone.
"Kagome I will email you or something, Sango wants to talk to you and I think I am going to go to bed. Night." He said, "Good night Inuyasha and okay." Just as she said that Sango was already on the phone talking away. "Kagome! Oh my god, I was getting worried are you okay? The weather is really bad over here." Kagome laughed, "Sango calm down I'm fine the weather was bad yes but we got here perfectly fine. Except for the accident." Sango gasped, "What?! What happened!" Kagome laughed even harder, "I was joking Sango everything is perfectly fine, except for me being here and not being at home with you guys." "Kagome Higurashi I swear to god if you ever say something to scare me like that again I will kick your ass so hard you will fly all the way to Africa !" She yelled, Kagome still laughed. "Sorry Sango I couldn't resist. Its better for me to laugh anyways, less tears that way, well for now anyway." Just as she said that her step-dad was yelling up to her to get off the phone. Kagome groaned, "Sango I'm really sorry I have to go my stupid step-dad is making me get off the phone. Tell everyone I said bye and tell Miroku that I will talk to him next time I call. I love you guys. Bye!" She said, "Okay Love you Kagome, we all miss you." Kagome took in a breathe to attempt to hold back tears, "I miss you guys too." They both hung up.
Kagome let a few tears fall and then looked over at the clock and saw that it was only 7:45. She decided that she had nothing else better to do so she changed and went to bed.
Inuyasha lay in his bed, sweating and breathing hard. He had just had a horrible dream and he had woken up with a jolt. He stared up at his ceiling and thought about when Kagome, Kouga and him were all little and friends. He could not figure out how stupid Kouga was for what he did. 'I would have done anything to be with Kagome. I only dated Kikyo because Kagome was still not over Kouga. But of course that was right after Kouga and Kikyo obviously broke up.' He thought to himself.
He sat there thinking about Kagome. He thought of her smile, her smell, and his favorite thing her laugh. When Kagome laughed it was contagious, he couldn't help but just laugh along with her. As he thought of all of these things he slowly drifted asleep. Not having one nightmare because all of his dreams and thoughts revolved around Kagome and only her.
Kagome opened her eyes to her bright room, the sun was shining in through her window. She stretched and yawned, then got out of bed and into her bath and started the shower. She stripped down and go in, she gasped by the shock of cold water and immediately turned the knob all the way to hot, slowly the water turned warm the hot.
After she got out of the shower, she put on a tank top and jean shorts and brushed through her hair and but in up into a messy bun. She opened her bedroom door and buyo her fat cat meowed and rubbed against her leg. She crouched down and picked him up. " Hey Buyo, I've missed you!" she said walking down the stairs. Kagome looked around confused no one was there. "Mom? Souta? Hello anyone home??" She said aloud, she put Buyo down and walked into the kitchen, it was perfectly clean it looked like no one had ever touched it. At least that hadn't changed about her mother, she always made sure the house was perfectly clean, always. She found a note sitting on the counter, it was from her step-dad.
Kagome,
Your mother and I went out to go visit an old friend of mine, he lives out of town. Souta is still there, please keep him at home and we will be back later tonight. Don't wait up.
Love you
"Wait up? Ha yea right!" she said with a laugh. "hmmm.…I wonder where Souta is?" she wondered aloud. She sighed. 'oh well' she thought. 'I might as well check my email and call Sango.' she made up a quick bowl of cereal and walked back up to her room. When she got up to her room she got out her lime green laptop and signed into her email, of course there was an email from Inuyasha.
Kags,
Hey I have to tell you something really important but I'm not sure if you should hear it from me. Actually I have a few things to tell you, wow everything is definitely a mess with us isn't it. It would be so much easier if I could just see you, I don't want to tell you any of this over email or phone.
I'm sorry for everything I have ever done to you, hurting you is the last thing I ever want to do. Seeing you hurt is the worst thing possible for me.
Talk to you later Kaggy.
Love you
-Inuyasha
Kagome was so confused and had no idea what on earth he was talking about, ' Hurting me? What is he talking about.' she thought to herself.
Right then an Instant message popped up, it was from Kouga.
Ka-wolf16: Hey Kagome!!
MikoCutie: Hello Kouga
Again another Instant messaged window popped up.
Slayer-baby475: Kagome!
MikoCutie: Hey San
(other IM)
Ka-wolf16: wats up?
MikoCutie: Nothing just go on to check my email, now I'm talking to you and San. How about you?
Slayer-baby475: Have you talked to Inuyasha lately?
MikoCutie: I did on the phone yesterday, and he emailed me why? What's going on?
She was starting to get worried.
Ka-wolf16: Extremely bored there is nothing to do here with you gone )
MikoCutie: Sorry, wish I could be there, Hold on one second having a conversation with San.
Ka-wolf16: okay no problem.
Slayer-baby475: Well there is no need for you to get worried of anything.
MikoCutie: Sango cut it out you are making it worse, what is wrong? Is he okay?
Slayer-baby475: Well I don't know exactly….?
MikoCutie: What do you mean you don't know??
Slayer-baby475: Well he isn't really here. He left early this morning and hasn't called or anything. I was wondering if he said something to you?
MikoCutie: ARE YOU KIDDING! You have no idea where he is?! At all!! Oh my god. Sango did you call Kikyo?
Slayer-baby475: Why would I call her they have been broken up for a few days, how would she know?
MikoCutie: WTF?! How come no one tells me anything anymore!!
MikoCutie: Where is he!!
Ka-wolf16: uh excuse me? Who are we talking about exactly?
MikoCutie: Inuyasha! Please tell me you know where he is.
Ka-wolf16: How the hell should I know, I don't talk to him.
MikoCutie: How come he broke up with Kikyo?
Ka-wolf16: what are you talking about? They broke up since when?
Slayer-baby475: Kagome calm down everything is fine, I'm sure Inuyasha is just hanging out with some friends somewhere.
Kagome grabbed her cell phone and dialed Inuyasha's cell number. It just kept ringing, then went to voicemail.
MikoCutie: Sango! He isn't answering, he always answers! What is going on! He always tells someone when he is going somewhere and if not he calls or answers his phone!
Slayer-baby475: Kags he is probably just somewhere where he doesn't get service.
MikoCutie: Oh my god Sango what if something happened? What if he got into an accident?! OH MY GOD!
MikoCutie: I don't know but Sango and Miroku cant find him or anything. And he is not answering his phone he always answers his phone! WHY! Why isn't he answering!
Ka-wolf16: Kagome calm down I'm sure is he fine.
MikoCutie: What if he isn't?
MikoCutie: then what?!
Slayer-baby475: Kagome I'm sure he is fine just don't worry about me and Miroku will find him, okay? But I'm really sorry I have to go Miroku needs me.
Bye baby love you!
MikoCutie: okay bye
Slayer-baby475 has signed out
Ka-wolf16: Kagome Inuyasha will be fine, I'm sure he is just busy or something. But I'm sorry I got to go.
MikoCutie: Ugh you too. Okay talk to you later, bye!
Ka-wolf16: sorry kags ) Bye
Ka-wolf16 has signed off
Kagome just stared at the computer and picked up her phone and tried to call Inuyasha again. Again no answer just the machine, then she txted him. " Kagome!" Souta said coming into her room, " Let's go somewhere." He said sitting down at the end of her bed. She just stared at her phone and didn't even notice he was there. "Kagome…Are you okay?" he asked waving his hand in front of her face. Kagome shook her head, "Oh Souta, sorry what did you say" she asked. "I asked if we could go somewhere? What's wrong? You hardly ever space out on me." he said.
Inuyasha left the house about 4 hours ago and just kept driving, not exactly going anywhere, but just going away from everything. He noticed Kagome called about 4 times, but ignored her because he knew what she was going to say. He knew she was going to be freaking out, he knew she would ask him so many question that of course he would not get away with without any answers. He couldn't deal with it. He was so confused, how could he tell her how he felt, how could he tell her that him and Kikyo were over and that he never liked her. To tell her how stupid and naïve he was, how he let so much happen before he realized that everything was his fault. Nothing was going right at all.
Now he was getting texts from her. He wanted to answer so bad, to let her know he was perfectly fine, to take the worry away from her. He hated making her worry, but he needed to get his head on straight and find a way tell her and get her to fully understand how he felt about her, so he ignored his phone.
A few minutes later, he noticed that he was close to Sesshomaru's house. After a moments thought, he decided to stop by his brother's house. Maybe Sesshomaru could give him some advise on how to deal with this situation. He pulled into Sesshomaru's driveway, parked his car, got out, walked up to the door and knocked.
A minute later, Sesshomaru answered the door. At first he was surprised to see his younger brother at his doorstep, but then knew from the look on Inuyasha's face, that his little brother needed his help with something. So, he moved aside and let his brother into his house. After he was in, Sesshomaru closed the door and then led the way into the living room to sit down and talk.
"what can I help you with Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked, looking his brother in the eyes. In his opinion, Inuyasha looked like hell and by the bags under his eyes, hadn't slept very well either. Inuyasha hesitated, then looking at Sesshomaru, he asked. "how do you make up for past mistakes……what reason would be good enough to make up for past stupidity?" Inuyasha asked.
Sesshomaru smirked. "this is about Kagome isn't it little brother?" he said more than asked. Inuyasha sighed. "it's that obvious?" he asked. Sesshomaru smiled. "only because I know you so well. Seriously, you've had a crush on her for as long as I can remember, little brother. As for making up for past mistakes and stupidity? I can't say, but you definitely need to tell her how you feel about her. Just tell her the truth Inuyasha, all of it. She'll understand….she always does." Sesshomaru said.
Inuyasha thought about that for a minute, then realized that Sesshomaru was right. She would understand, cause that was the type of person she was. "thanks Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru smiled. "not a problem, just don't make too much of a habit out of this." he said. Inuyasha smiled. "yeah right." he said, getting up and heading toward the door. "take care Inuyasha…..of her especially." Sesshomaru said softly, but knew that Inuyasha had heard him. " I will." Inuyasha whispered and walked out the door.
Kagome was still flipping out, but Souta had managed to calm her down a little after she told him what was going on, at least as much as she knew. Suddenly her phone went off. She grabbed it and looked at it. It was a text from Inuyasha. 'thank god.' she thought as she opened the text.
Hey Kaggy,
Sorry about worrying you. I was at Sesshomaru's and didn't hear my phone cause it was in the car.
-Inuyasha
Kagome read the text and then hit reply.
Are you insane, do you know how worried I have been. Sango told me that she didn't know where you were at 9:30. Do you know how freaked out I was, I had no idea what could have happened. You could have been in an accident and been dead by now. Don't! ever do that again!!
She hit send, Souta stared at her as she gave a frustrated sigh and paced the room, "Kagome are you okay?" She glared at him. "Go clean your room or something please." He nodded and ran out of the room
Inuyasha got the text and read it, ' Oh boy. Isn't this just great.' He thought to himself. Then texted back.
Well that wasn't what I was expecting, Kagome I am so sorry, I really am. I didn't mean to worry you, I just…I just had some things to think about.
Kagome knew she was going to regret bringing this up now but she did it anyways.
…..thinking about why you broke up with Kikyo?
Inuyasha slammed on his breaks and just stared at his phone
A/N: Hope you liked it, the ending took FOREVER!! Well don't forget to R&R )
Love ya!