Chapter 10: What Happened to the Roof?

~A Couple Days Later~

"Breakfast," Kagome called as she flipped the last omelet.

"Coming, Kags," Tamahome called back as he banged on Toya's door, "Get up! Breakfast is ready you lazy bones!"

"I'll be right there, Tamahome," Toya whispered loud enough for Tamahome to hear him.

"Stop that, Tamahome," Kagome giggled as Tamahome tickled her.

"And why should I?" Tamahome joked seductively.

"T-Tamahome," Kagome blushed as Tamahome leaned in for a kiss, and then Toya came into the kitchen.

"Gross, I'm going back to bed," Toya whined as he was about to walk out.

"Wait, I made breakfast," Kagome breathed as she pulled away from Tamahome.

"Suddenly, I don't feel so hungry," Toya said as he went to his room.

"Tamahome, go talk to him, please?" Kagome asked with her big brown orbs.

"You know very well that using your eyes is cheating," Tamahome looked away.

"No its not. I was born this way. Are you saying that I'm not allowed to be this way?" Kagome rubbed her shoulder against Tamahome chest.

"Alright! I'll go talk to him. Just stop," Tamahome run up the stairs.

"Works every time," Kagome snickered.

"Toya?" Tamahome knocked on his door.

"Go away, Tamahome. I want to be alone right now," Toya spoke as he put his ear phones in his ears.

"You always want to be alone, Toya. You've distanced yourself from Kagome and I. Why Toya?" Tamahome asked as he put his forehead to the door.

"Because I'm debating whether or not to go back to being an assassin," Toya sighed as he hit his head knowing that that was a lie.

"Really, Toya?" Tamahome sounded surprised, "Why didn't you just tell us? We would've helped you."

"You can't be too certain. You'd tell me not to do it, and Kagome would go along with whatever you say," Toya rolled over on his bed, "Just go back to Kagome."

"Are you sure?" Tamahome asked worried.

"Yes, I'll be just fine. Go on, go back to Kagome," Toya said as he could hear Tamahome run down the stairs.

'Why do I care about them dating so much?' Toya thought as he put a pillow over his face, 'Kagome has always loved Tamahome…always. So why does my chest hurt so much?'

As Toya thought he couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.

~With the sunrise~

Toya fell off his bed and onto the floor. Just as that happened he could hear Kagome's window open.

"Kagome," Toya whispered softly as he got up.

As he walked to go to Kagome's room he could hear someone rustling around in Kagome's room.

"Kagome, are you ok?" Toya asked as he knocked on her door.

As he knocked Kagome's door slowly opened, and Toya could see this human-like figure in red scoop Kagome up.

"Kagome!!" Toya yelled as he chased after them, but he was too late for the human-like figure in red had already jumped out of Kagome's window and ran to the well.

"Toya, what's all the racket so early in the morning?" Tamahome rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"Tamahome, this person I'm guessing a guy took Kagome!" Toya yelled as he ran to his room to grab some weapons, and supply.

"What, Kagome's gone?!" Tamahome yelled as he stumbled to Toya's room.

"Yeah, go get dressed. We'll go after them, and get Kagome back," Toya said as he changed, and Tamahome ran to his room to do the same.

"Will we be able to find her?" Tamahome asked as he ran back to Toya's room.

"We found her last time, didn't we," Toya stated more than asked.

"No," Tamahome whispered.

"What do you mean 'no'? We did find her, and we saved her!" Toya yelled looking at Tamahome's sad face.

"No we didn't. You did. All by yourself without any assistance from me. I didn't need to be there!" Tamahome was now crying.

"Tamahome," Toya whispered as he hugged him, "Why are you crying?"

"Because if it weren't for the fact that Kagome has always loved me…we wouldn't be dating," Tamahome wiped his tears away.

"Kagome loves you because you are you, and not anyone else," Toya said softly as he patted Tamahome's head.

'So he realized Kagome loved him back when we were in junior high then?' Toya thought as Tamahome stood up.

"Don't you like Kagome?" Tamahome asked as Toya's face turned red as a tomato.

"Me? Like Kagome? You have to be kidding! How could I ever like that little girl?" Toya scratched the back of his head as he laughed loudly.

"Yeah, you just basically said you love her 100percent love," Tamahome nodded his head.

"Kagome and I don't ever get along. Unless it's for you," Toya pointed out.

"That's true," Tamahome rolled his head to look at Toya, "But you know, I'm only dating her because I felt bad about not liking her the way she likes me."

"You what?" Toya grabbed Tamahome's shirt collar, "Tell me you at least like Kagome now."

"I think of her like family. That is why we only kiss once. Making out with her will make me vomit," Tamahome looked away.

"Does she know?"

"Well duh! I told her that when we got home that night. She told me as long as I tell her when I've had enough that's fine with her," Tamahome spoke so casually.

"I thought you were a different person then that! But I guess I was wrong," Toya let Tamahome go.

'How could he go from crying over Kagome to not giving two shits? Where is the Tamahome I know?!' Toya thought as Tamahome straightened out his shirt.

"Shall we go to the place where Kagome vanished?" Tamahome asked as Toya grabbed the bag.

"Sure," Toya seemed a little dazed.

'I hope he believes all that,' Tamahome thought, 'I really do love Kagome, but she doesn't need me. She needs Toya-…No, Toya needs Kagome. I think he's always needed Kagome.'

"So, where did Kagome disappear from?" Tamahome asked as they locked up the house.

"She vanished in the well, or inside the hut thing that the well is in," Toya said as they walked past the sacred tree next to the well-hut.

"Well, let's go check it out! I bet Kagome is just waiting for us to come rescue her from that guy!'' Tamahome said as he opened the well-hut door, "Wow, I never realized how creepy this place is."

"Yeah, you said it Tamahome," Toya and Tamahome stepped in, and looked around, "Really creepy."

"Well, how do we get to Kagome?" Tamahome asked as something glittered on the ground.

"What's this?" Toya asked as he picked it up, "Looks like a shard of a crystal."

"Well, you should keep it. It looks like someone dropped it. Oh, maybe that guy, who took Kagome, dropped it," Tamahome grinned.

"Well, then I'll just hold onto it," Toya said as he put it in his pocket, "Shall we look in the well?"

"In the well?" Tamahome raised his eyebrows, "What do you think we'll find in a well? Maybe some money or some old shrine stuff! But-"

"-But we might find a clue as to where Kagome might be," Toya cut Tamahome off as he gripped his bag, grabbed Tamahome, and jumped down the well.

As they were about to enter the bottom, they were suddenly engulfed by a brilliant blue light.

"What the-" Toya gasped.

"Aahhh!!" Tamahome screamed as he wrapped his body around Toya.

~At the bottom of the well~

"What-...dirt?" Toya said as he grabbed a handful of dirt, and looked up, "Sky? What happened to the hut? Where are we? Tamahome, you ok?"

"Ugh, my head hurts. Where-" Tamahome rubbed his head as he looked up, "Why is there a sky? What happened to the hut?"

"I don't know, but I don't intend to stay here all day when we have Kagome to look for!" Toya said as he started to climb up the wall of the well.

"Wait, don't leave me!" Tamahome yelled as he climbed after Toya.

"Then, hurry up, you slow-pock," Toya smirked as he up over the top of the well.

"Ow! Hey you, watch what you're doing!" a man in red robes yelled as he stood in a fighting stance.

"Excuse me?" Toya blinked, "Oh, well I'm sorry. I didn't really see you."

"Toya, help me out will you?" Tamahome yelled as he almost fell back to the bottom of the well.

"I got you," Toya smiled as he threw Tamahome at the man in red.

"Hey, watch out!" the man yelled.

"InuYasha, ye should be nice to them," an old lady in traditional priestess clothing.

"What do you what, old hag?" the man named InuYasha sneered.

"Why don't ye two come with me? Lady Kagome has spoken of ye," the old lady spoke, "Oh, I am Lady Keade."

"We aren't gonna come with you. We don't even know you," Toya crossed his arms.

"Well, Lady Kagome told me that ye are Toya and that the one hiding behind ye is Tamahome," Lady Keade nodded as Toya looked shocked.

"Fine, we'll go with you. But only because Kagome told you who we are," Toya stated as they followed Lady Keade, and InuYasha into a forest.

"Where are we going exactly?" Tamahome squeaked behind Toya.

"To my village, to see Lady Kagome," Lady Keade spoke as they continued down the path, and a village came into view.

"Yeah, ok," Tamahome said as a girl in robes like Lady Keade's came into view, but she looked like Kagome.

"Hey, woman, your friends came for you!" InuYasha yelled as he leaped over to her.

"Tamahome, Toya!" Kagome yelled as she ran over, and hugged the boys.

"Good to see you too, Kags," Tamahome said, "But Kagome, we need to talk."

"Later," Kagome smiled as InuYasha tapped his foot.

"Hey, woman, which one is your lover?" InuYasha yelled as he leaped over.

"Why do you want to know?" Kagome asked with anger in her voice.

"Because you kept bragging that we saved you, and he was so strong. I wanted to test that idea," InuYasha smirked as Kagome's eyes grew big.

"What are you talking about InuYasha?" Kagome hit his shoulder.

"Do I have to repeat myself?" InuYasha looked at Kagome as they glared at each other.

"But I didn't save Kagome, Toya did," Tamahome spoke.

"What? No, Toya didn't do anything to save Kagome. It was all Tamahome," InuYasha looked at Tamahome like he was stupid.

"Kagome, what did you tell this guy?" Tamahome asked as Toya just looked around snickering to himself.

"I-uh...I might have exaggerated a little."

"A little?" Tamahome yelled, "You lied about me? Where you gonna let this dog-man beat me up?!"

"Kind of. I mean I knew you'd want to break up with me once you got here," Kagome shrugged, "You promised to tell me a week before, but I had a feeling you weren't gonna do that."

"That's not like you at all Kagome," Toya spoke, "I'm disappointed in you."

"Toya!" Kagome yelled as he looked away from her.

"Well, we came to get you so let's go home now," Toya said as Tamahome nodded.

"We-…no, I can't go back. These people need me to help them. I'm sorry, but it looks like you two are going home empty handed," Kagome spoke as her eyes shown pure determination.

"Fine," Toya said," It looks like we're stuck here for awhile, Tamahome. Kagome needs us, but these people need her."

"As long as we're together I don't really care," Tamahome put his arms behind his head, and looked at the sun, "I guess it's a good thing that we packed clothes. We even brought you clothes too, Kagome."

"You did?" Kagome raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Because Toya had a feeling that something like this was going to happen. Didn't you Toya?"

"How did you know? I only thought that," Toya stated.

"Because you had that look on your face that tells all," Tamahome smiled as Toya handed Kagome the bag.

"I think we should go back to get more supply," Kagome spoke as she looked inside the bag, "You two didn't pack much food."

"I blame Toya. He did all the packing," Tamahome crossed his arms.

"Well, since you blame Toya I guess you'll have to stay so I can teach Toya how to pack properly," Kagome smirked.

"No-…I did it! You have to teach me, not Toya," Tamahome yelled as he pushed Toya out of his way.

"Really now, Tamahome? Well, since you said so it must be true," Kagome giggled, "InuYasha be nice to Toya. We'll be gone for at least a couple hours."

"I got the bag, Kagome, let's go!" Tamahome shouted as he pulled on Kagome's arm.

"Alright, alright already. We're leaving, but we'll be back," Kagome smiled as she and Tamahome left for the well.

"So, you're the one that saved Kagome from that cat-man?" InuYasha asked as they looked at each other.

"This might take awhile," Toya sighed as he looked straight ahead.

'Tamahome, do you know something I don't? Do you think I love Kagome? Do I-…Do I love Kagome?' Toya thought as his gaze was focused straight ahead.

~With Kagome and Tamahome~

"So, that's it?" Kagome asked Tamahome as he looked away from her, "Did I ever mean anything to you?"

"You did Kagome. It's just that I didn't love you the way you loved me," Tamahome looked sincerely at Kagome, "It was a different type of love then what you have for me."

"Tamahome, I think we both lived a lie," Kagome smiled, "I loved you like family, but I thought you were the one that wanted something more. Maybe I thought wrong."

'No, you didn't, Kagome. I love you with each breath you take,' Tamahome thought as he looked away from Kagome, 'But I could never tell you that.'

"Yeah, you were wrong. I only wanted to date you because I thought you wanted something more," Tamahome lied to Kagome…and himself.

"So, friends?" Kagome extended her hand for his.

"Always," Tamahome tried not to chock the word out.

'Always,' he thought as they hugged each other.

"Well, I'll go pack some food. Do you think you can pack some clothes for Toya?" Kagome asked as she walked toward the kitchen.

"Yeah, I think I can handle that," he chuckled.

'I won't give up on you Kagome. I won't make it easy for you and Toya,' Tamahome thought as he packed Toya's clothes.

'I think Tamahome as an alternate reason for doing what he's doing. I do love you, Tamahome, and I know you love me. You even told me what you told Toya. That has to count for something,' Kagome thought as she packed some easy to make foods that they can cook back over with InuYasha and Lady Keade.

"I'm all done with my stuff, Kags," Tamahome yelled as he ran down the stairs to see Kagome all dressed, and ready to leave.

"Well then, let's go!" Kagome smiled.

"Yeah, back to the time with InuYasha," Tamahome nodded as they left.

Sorry this took so long.

So, tell me how its going so far!!

Thx!!