Kagome's P.O.V

I couldn't believe the feeling that rushed through me when he sang to me. No one had ever sang to me before besides my mom and dad. The feeling was almost indescribable. I didn't know what the feeling was since I had never felt it before so I didn't know if it was a good feeling or a bad feeling but I did know that it kind of scared me. It felt so right talking to Inuyasha and hanging out with him. And it felt VERY right being in his arms earlier before cheerleading practice. I barely knew the guy and somehow he made me feel things I had never felt before. Was I falling in love with him? No, I couldn't be; could I?

"The world doesn't understand me, but you do."

I was completely dumbfounded. I had no clue what to say to him at the time so I just kept staring at him. The pain in his eyes and in his voice told many stories. People were cruel to him. They didn't understand them and he didn't understand why they treated him the way they did. I hadn't met many half demons in my life but the ones that I had met didn't seem very happy or friendly people. There were some that went to school with us and they were happy because everyone here understood and accepted everyone for who they were. I could tell that Inuyasha had not been accepted by many people in his life if any. It brought tears to my eyes at the thought of him being so lonely his entire life.

"Whoa, hey now don't cry! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry!" he said franticly.

I wiped the tears off my face once I realized that I had let them fall and with a sniffle I said, "No, it's okay you didn't make me cry."

"Then why did you start crying?" he asked with a cute little concerned look on his face.

"Just the thought of you being so lonely and no one accepting you for who you are," I said with another sniffle.

"It wasn't easy," he said as he stared out the windshield at nothing in particular. "When my mother died, I felt like I died with her. And most of the time I had wished that I did die with her. But the things she used to say to me and the words and meanings from My Chemical Romance kept me alive."

I stared out the windshield and prepared to tell him something I had never told anyone before.

"I wanted to die when I lost my mother," I said, barely above a whisper. He turned and looked at me with shock clearly written on his face.

"What? But you're so full of life and you're so happy. I can't imagine you wanting something so dark."

I looked at him and gave him a sad smile before I looked out the windshield again at nothing in particular. This time, I didn't hold back. I let the tears fall as I spoke.

"My mother was my rock. My dad wasn't always in my life when I was younger. He basically came and went as he pleased but he had a lot of his own demons and addictions to fight. So since he wasn't around much I spent a lot of time with my mother and of course Akane. When mom died a part of me died as well. I wouldn't go to school, I wouldn't dance or sing or do anything. I wouldn't even eat. I lost a lot of weight and I barely said a word to anyone for months. The things that got me through it were My Chemical Romance and when I finally thought about what she said to me before she died. She told me to never stop dancing or singing or being who I was. And that she was sorry that she never saw me win a Miss America title but that shouldn't stop me from working for it. She said she had raised me so well that all I needed were her words and memories to keep me going and that she'd see me again someday and I'd have to tell her all about my little adventure called life."

I had never told anyone that before. And I most certainly didn't cry over the death of my mother in front of anyone. I would always hold it in and let it out when I was alone. I would cry over the simplest and most stupid of things like when Melony and Jake finally kiss and get back together in the movie Sweet Home Alabama or when I watch a fake death that feels so real such as the My Chemical Romance music video Ghost of You or even a beautiful nature movie or program. But when it came to my mother's death, the only time I cried in front of anyone was when my father was holding myself and Souta while the three of us bawled our eyes out in the hospital room. So why did I feel that I didn't care if Inuyasha saw me cry? Why did I not care that he saw me so weak. I absolutely hated crying over my mother's death and really tried everything in my power not to because of what she said to me in her weak but love laced words. I would see her again. She was in so much pain that she wanted to leave this Earth. And I felt so selfish and guilty every time I wished and prayed that it was all one bad dream. That I would wake up in my bedroom to her off key voice singing My Girl while opening the blinds to all of the windows in my room.

I felt so weak every time I cried over her because I knew that I would see her again someday and I knew that every time I would cry she was probably watching above saying 'That's enough of that shit Kagome. Now go fix your make up and make some memories because I want to hear all about it later!'

I felt guilty and weak every time I cried because I wanted her with me so I never cried in front of anyone after that day and tried like hell not to cry at all. But why did I cry in front of Inuyahsa? Why did I feel so comfortable around him? It was like I could tell him absolutely anything; I didn't care what it was or how embarrassing or stupid but I still feel like I could tell him. Hell, I even told him the story of how I accidentally shit myself one day while Jenny and I were in my backyard and I didn't tell that story to just anybody! It was an extremely embarrassing event and normally I would die if someone that I really liked or someone important found out about it but I didn't care if Inuyasha knew. I was as comfortable with him as I was with Akane and Sango and the only thing we would do whenever we were together is eat food, fart, and talk about cats and bodily functions.

"Your mother sounds like an amazing person. She sounds like she wanted so much for you," he said.

"Yeah, she was," I said with another sad smile. I quickly wiped the tears from my face and glanced in my mirror to see the damage I had done to my make-up. I looked like shit.

"I look like shit," I said aloud this time with a sniffle.

"No you don't, you look great," he said and then blushed once he realized what he said.

"Thanks," I said blushing and looking away.

We sat in an awkward silence for a moment until we heard the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. We looked back and saw a maroon Saturn Ion parking in front of the front door. Akane hopped out of the driver's seat of the car and ran through the front doors of my house. You could hear her crying. We turned back around and Inuyasha gave me a confused look.

I shook my head and said, "I didn't expect her to come. She seemed fine at cheer practice. She must have had a fight with her boyfriend."

"Really? That was fast. You know, for her to be completely fine when we left and now she's in tears," he said.

"Yeah, this has been happening a lot here recently. Well, we better get in here before she eats all of my Doritos," I said as I grabbed my purse, keys and phone and got out of my car.

He followed me out of the garage and once we were out I pressed a button on my keys and the garage door closed. We walked inside my house and headed straight for the kitchen. Dad was at the stove cooking up a storm and grandpa was sitting at the kitchen nook with a laptop in front of him, squinting at the screen.

"Hey dad, where's-"

"In your room," he cut me off as he pointed the spoon he was holding to my room upstairs.

I smiled, knowing that dad knew exactly what I was talking about. I started to walk away but then I remembered something.

"Oh, hey dad? Is it okay if Inuyasha stays for dinner?" I asked.

"Of course, Kagome. That's fine," he said as he mixed the ravioli with a pasta sauce.

I smiled and headed up to my bedroom as Inuyasha followed. My door was cracked open and I could hear crying. I pushed it open all the way and came to the sight that I knew was waiting for me.

Akane was laying on my bed, crying, and eating Cool Ranch Doritos that were in a pile on her chest. This had been the sixth time that happened just that month. We stepped into my room and dropped our stuff on the floor as I sat on one side of Akane and Inuyasha sat on the other. I glanced at him and could tell that he felt awkward and didn't know what to do.

I put my arm around her shoulders and said, "Alright. What happened this time?"

Akane sniffled, wiped her eyes and finished chewing on the last Dorito that was in her mouth before she spoke.

"Levi called me when I was getting ready to leave," she said with a sniffle.

I knew it had something to do with him.

"And?" I asked, urging her to continue.

"He told me he needed money for cigarettes and I said that he would have to get it from someone else or not get cigarettes at all because the little bit of money I have is supposed to last me until I get paid this Saturday. And more than likely I'm going to need to use all of the money I have right now for gas for my car."

"And what did he do?" I asked.

"He went fifty shades of bat shit crazy on me and started accusing me of giving money to other guys! He said that he knew I had ninety dollars the other day because he saw it in my wallet. He fucking went through my damn wallet Kagome! Why the fuck would he do that shit?" she exclaimed as she started crying on my shoulder this time. I could feel the Dorito crumbs from her face fall down my shoulder and some even landed in my bra.

"Well, did you ask him why he went through your shit?" Inuyasha asked, breaking his silence.

She lifted her head up and said, "yeah, and the fucking dumbass was all like 'Oh I was just curious how much you had.'' She said in an imitation of someone that sounded like a huge douche.

"And then I fucking reminded him that I spent seventy dollars on a damn tire the other day so that's where all of my money went to!" she said, looking down at her hands.

"Why the fuck are you with this guy?" Inuyasha asked. I could tell he was getting irritated.

"I don't even know anymore," she answered sadly. "He used to not be so shitty with me. He used to have a job and would go to school and care about his future. And he used to care about me. All of this started about several months ago when his dad died. And I know that if I try to leave him he'll get upset and be like 'Why are you doing this to me? I don't even have my father to run to! I was there for you when your Maw died why can't you be there for me?' And just like that he'll guilt me right back into it."

I glanced at Inuyasha and saw the worry and sympathy in his eyes along with A LOT of anger.

I turned my attention back to Akane and hoped that Inuyasha would understand the movie reference I was about to use.

"You wanna go do something fun? You wanna go to Taco Bell?"

She looked back up at me with teary eyes and a huge smile on her face. She laughed and wiped the water works from her eyes and said, "I really want to watch that movie now."

"Me too!" I said. I turned to Inuyasha and said, "How about you Inuyasha?" I didn't expect him to know what movie we were talking about.

"Sure. I love Mean Girls."

"Seriously!?" Akane and I both almost squealed.

"Yeah, I do," he said with a smile growing on his face.

I hopped up went to my movie collection that sat beneath my TV and grabbed the pink DVD case from the collection and motioned for them to follow me downstairs. They jumped up from their spots and followed me downstairs. I could hear Akane grab the bag of Doritos and start stuffing her face as we adventured down the marble staircase and headed toward the living room.

We got to the living room and Souta was sitting on the couch watching one of those stupid cartoons they make now that aren't near as good as the ones I used to watch all the time. I went up to the TV and turned the channel to the one I needed and turned the DVD player on.

"Hey! I was watching something!" he protested.

"Garbage. You were watching garbage, Souta." I corrected him as I put the movie in and grabbed the remote.

I plopped myself down on the couch in between Akane and Souta while Inuyasha sat in a chair off to the side. He was only but several feet away from me but I really wanted him sitting next to me.

"You can't just come down here and change what I was watching!" Souta said as he tried grabbing the remote from me.

"Souta, if you're that worried about it then go to your room and watch it. You have a TV of your own you know," I replied as I held the remote away from him.

"Yeah, and you have your own TV in your room!" he almost yelled as he jumped for the remote again. I pulled the remote out of his reach and he landed on the floor at my feet. He jumped up, getting mad now, and started climbing on top of me to get the remote. He didn't think of the fact that he could get up and turn the DVD player off manually and turn the TV channel just like I did. My theory was that he just liked picking and fighting with me. I truly thought he had fun with it. I know I did. It was just what we always did. I always said that I was toughening him up.

I let him grab the remote from my hands and he made the mistake of turning his back to me as he pointed the remote at the TV to turn the movie off, which hadn't even made it to the menu yet. But before he could do anything I grabbed him and pulled him to the floor. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into a perfect headlock and I wrapped my legs around his so that he couldn't use his legs to get out of it.

He dropped the remote and started flailing his arms everywhere and tried wiggling out of the grasp I had on his entire body. He kept fighting until he realized that he couldn't breathe and he wasn't getting oxygen to his brain. I waited until I felt him tap on my arm to let go of the death grip I had on him and grabbed the remote he had dropped and got back up and found my spot on the couch again to start the movie from the menu. Akane kept eating my Doritos and didn't pay any bit of attention to Souta on the floor trying to breathe oxygen back into his body. Inuyasha, however; looked a little concerned for the boy on the floor who sounded like he was dying.

"Oh, don't worry about him he'll be fine," I assured him. He smirked and turned his attention to the girly movie.

The evening went on pretty uneventful. Akane had stayed for dinner and she left after we finished the movie. Souta and grandpa had retired to the rooms for the evening and dad was finishing up the dishes. Inuyasha and I were watching some crappy show on MTV when he let out a huge yawn.

"Well I better head out of here before I end up falling asleep on your couch," he said as he stretched his arms high above his head, showing off the toned muscles in his arms.

"Yeah I'm getting sleepy too, myself," I said, wondering what it felt like to sleep next to him. I shook the strange thoughts out of my head as I got up and grabbed a pair of flip flops that I had left next to the couch last week.

As I walked with him to his house we started talking about music and bands that we liked.

"Nirvana," I said, hoping he loved Kurt Cobain as much as I did.

"Hell yes!" he exclaimed excitedly.

"A Day to Remember," he said.

"Oh, I love A Day to Remember! I'm using one of their songs for our routine for our cheer competitions!"

"Really? That's fucking awesome."

"Yeah I'm excited for it. Okay, back to bands. Green Day."

"Fuck yeah. The Killers."

"I love The Killers! Linkin Park."

"They made a few good songs and then they fell off the face of the Earth. Metallica."

I chuckled and said, "My dad has a video of me singing Nothing Else Matters when I was four if that answers your question."

He chuckled too and said, "How cute."

We reached the end of my road where it meets Paradise Drive when a thought popped in my head.

"Okay I've got one last band," I said as we started toward his house.

"Sure, go for it."

"Cendrama."

He let out a breath and said, "Shew, I don't know. I've heard that band really sucks."

I gasped and glared at him but softened up once I realized he was only joking.

He laughed and said, "I think your band is pretty awesome."

I smiled brightly at him and said a small, "Thanks."

We reached the front door of his cute little house when he turned to me.

"I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow?" he asked.

I was about to agree with him when a sudden thought hit me. I had still yet to figure out why I wanted to spend so much time with Inuyasha. I had just met him the other day and he somehow managed to weave his way into my constant thoughts. This handsome fellow somehow managed to show the light in my life that I hadn't seen ever since my mother was alive. Of course I was happy with everything I did and everyone in my life. But my mother was someone very special to me. She was the light in my life and ever since she had be taken from this world my life felt kind of dull. But now Inuyasha was here and he shone brighter than ever in my life. I then had a wonderful idea I had to share with him.

"I've got an idea! Since we live so close together why don't we start going to school together!" I said and then blushed a little when I realized how that sounded. However he didn't catch it like I did.

"Yeah we can do that!" he said with a toothy grin.

"On days that it doesn't rain I usually skateboard to school. But when it does rain or if it's going to call for rain during the day then I drive obviously. If it's not raining I'll meet you at the street signs. If it is raining then I'll just come pick you up from your house," I said with a smile.

"Sounds good. I guess I'll see you tomorrow before school?" he said unknowingly looking like a cute puppy.

"Yeah I'll see you tomorrow morning," I said with a smile. And before I even realized what I was doing I wrapped my arms around his waist into a quick hug. I felt his arms wrap around me loosely and he rested his cheek on the top of my head. I soon realized what I had just done and pulled out of the embrace while blushing furiously.

"Goodnight, Inuyasha," I said with a small smile.

"Goodnight, Kagome," he said as he smiled back, his eyes shining in the moonlight.

I started walking home and thinking about how warm and fuzzy my head felt and couldn't help the huge smile that broke through.

"What is this guy doing to me?"