Disclaimer: I don't own IY.

Here it is! My post-Just A Kiss fanfic! Enjoy!

Note: The setting of this story is one of my own. A cross between Feudal Japan, Middle Ages and snippets of the present. You'll get it once you read it.

Makeshift Misfits

"Inuyasha?" a female voice called from a fruit stand.

Inuyasha's shoulders slumped.

Izayoi sighed, "It's too late."

Inuyasha took a deep breath and looked up at the girl with a bright smile.

"Oh my god, it is you!" the girl beamed and rushed over.

Kagome, Miroku and Sango looked between each other completely confused.

She pulled girl her (Inuyasha) into an embrace. "I thought I'd never see you again."

Inuyasha merely smiled weakly and didn't say a word.

The girl turned to Izayoi and smiled, "Hi, Izayoi-san."

"Kikyo," Izayoi simply nodded.

The previously confused members of the group found their mouths forming a big "oh!". Kagome turned to Inuyasha worriedly.

Kikyo beamed, "I am so excited and surprised! What brings you guys here?" She held Inuyasha's shoulders.

"Even though I'm a girl right now, you shouldn't be acting so friendly," Inuyasha replied, eyes stony, "It'd be awkward."

Kikyo voice got caught in her throat and her hands dropped from Inuyasha's shoulders. Her smile fell right off her face.

Izayoi turned to Inuyasha, appalled, "Inuyasha, how could you-"

"It's alright," Kikyo cut in with a tight smile, "He, or rather she, is right. I mean, I do have a fiancé now." Her voice choked at the word ' fiancé'.

The others merely watched the scene feeling sorry for both Inuyasha and Kikyo.

Inuyasha kept her stony glare for a few moments before her eyes dropped to the ground.

Kikyo's voice cut into the awkward silence, barely above a whisper, "Although, I wish he was you."

Inuyasha's voice came out as gasp. S/he looked up at Kikyo. Kikyo smiled weakly and laughed humourlessly. "I...I..." Inuyasha felt her eyes go gold and hair go silver, "Kikyo, you...you..." As Inuyasha went back male, tears filled up his eyes. "Why did you tell me that?" Inuyasha snapped, turning and running.

Izayoi reached for her son but just missed him as he ran by.

Kikyo watched him go sadly and then turned to the remaining four. "I presume, you have nowhere to stay?"

Kagome couldn't believe this woman. "How could you? Why would you?" Kagome found herself heating with rage and frustration. She shut her eyes and just screamed out, no words in particular. She just made a sound as the rain poured down from the sky.

Kikyo looked up at the cloudless sky. Her hands held out to catch the rain drops.

"If no one else will go after him, then I WILL!" Kagome shouted before turning and running in the same direction as Inuyasha.

Kikyo then looked and watched as Kagome left. "Izayoi-san, can you tell me her name?"

Izayoi stared at Kikyo, shocked at how she was taking everything. "H-Higurashi Kagome, why?"

"She has a lot of power," Kikyo answered emotionless, "Just that she has a lot of power."

Izayoi stared, "Kikyo, won't you-"

"So, will you take up my offer of staying at my house?" Kikyo smiled brightly.

Miroku and Sango merely stared, incredulous.

...meanwhile...

Inuyasha felt himself running through the forest getting drenched in the rain, not really paying attention to his surroundings. "Why? Why couldn't I have recognized her scent? Have I...have I already-"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called, not able to see through the rain.

Inuyasha whirled around just before Kagome bumped into him. "What do you want?" He was looking more teary eyed then he liked.

Kagome suddenly shrunk back. She realized that despite wanting to help Inuyasha, she had no idea how. The rain slowly subsided. "Um..."

"What is it that you want?" Inuyasha snapped impatient.

Tears started to spill down Kagome's eyes. "I...I just wanted to-"

Inuyasha blinked in surprise. "What are you crying about?"

"I w-wanted to help you..." Kagome began, "But I don't know how!"

"Help me...?"

"W-what Ki- what just happened I don't like it," Kagome answered, "Not at all. She shouldn't have...that shouldn't have happened."

Inuyasha's eyes widened and his mouth went dry.

"I wouldn't have done something so cruel to you," Kagome continued, "I wouldn't have done something so cruel to myself."

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, dripping wet and crying, eyes shut. He felt his own tears stop.

"I wouldn't have been able to just go up to you and smile like that. I wouldn't have done something so cruel as to show you such a face and then say something like that...even if it was the truth," Kagome wouldn't stop talking, "It only makes things harder because neither of you can go back. I mean, I understand if you think I'm meddling in something that isn't really any of my business but I can't just watch two people hurt each other...hurt themselves like you two were. She shouldn't have come up to you. She should've just stayed at the stand. She should've have pretended she didn't see you. The way things were...she didn't have to bring herself to face you like that...she should've-" Kagome suddenly felt Inuyasha's lips on top of her own. Her eyes widened.

Inuyasha quickly pulled away from her and wiped his lips with his sleeves. His eyes were different from before, almost heartless. "I needed to get the taste of that idiot off my tongue."

Kagome was speechless as Inuyasha brushed passed her.

"I'm not as weak as you think," he finished before heading back into the village.

Kagome stood rooted in her spot. What just happened?After what felt like hours, she turned and found Inuyasha almost out of view. She dropped to her knees and it began raining again. She stared up at the cloudless sky. "What just happened?" she asked again, this time out loud.

What just happened, indeed. What just happened, indeed. Well then...onto the next chapter! Yes, this is a double upload!