ConTinued :

Kagome watched as the strange woman continued walking. Something caught her attention. In the woman's right-hand ... was a pink book. Wait. It was her diary! Kagome could tell that it was hers. She felt her insides sink to her feet. "So it's true! No ... InuYasha! He wouldn't! He said that he loved me!" She said to herself, as Sango put a hand on her shoulder. Kagome lifted her head, glassey eyed. "Kagome. It was just a strange woman. Why would she make you so upset?" Sango asked with concern. Kagome didn't answer. She watched where the woman was going. "Payless." She said to herself, as she took-off into a run. Sango stayed behind. Her feet were killing her. "Kagome-chan. Please be safe. InuYasha would kill me if I let anything happen to you."

Realization :

Kagome crept into Payless, carefully. She wandered the aisles, and stopped when she saw the woman. Kagome thought that she was beautiful. "Is it a demon thing?" She asked herself, as she swung to the right; just as Rini lifted her head. Rini shook it off, and continued talking to herself, as she was trying-on a pair of shoes. "I could have sworn that that girl I tapped was Kagome. The scent on this book is the same as hers. Is she even dead?!" She said out-loud, as there was a sharp feeling on her head. She had been knocked-out. Rini opened her eyes a few minutes later, confused. She sat-up, to see the diary ... gone. "Damn!" She yelled as she put her shoes. She inhaled the air, and took-off. "InuYasha WILL be mine!"

"Hey!" A voice behind Kagome said. Kagome turned, and glared at the demon running towards her. "That's my property!" Rini yelled with a pointed finger. Kagome flipped threw the pages, to the last page. There was a plaque that was simular to the one that was in her first diary. It said, "PROPERTY OF KAGOME HIGURASHI." Rini was thinking of a way to steal the diary. Kagome simply turned, and started walking. Sango was watching ... from a distance. "Don't do it ... Don't do it ... DON'T do it!" She said to herself, hoping that her bestfriend wouldn't suddenly go crazy. "You're crazy if you think I'm letting you get away." Rini said, making her claws appear. Kagome turned. She didn't say anything. Her face was emotionless. "NO. You're the crazy one." She said in an emotionless tone. Rini was trying to hide her fear. The girl before her, was only a human. No demonic powers, no demonic aura. So ... why was she scared? Rini snapped-out of her trance, and made the first move. She grabbed a chunk of Kagome's hair, and ripped it out. Kagome fell to the floor. "What's your connection with InuYasha!" Rini yelled. Her eyes were red. Sango rushed to help her bestfriend. She was too late. Kagome ... had already gone crazy. "Kagome-chan!"

(2o Mintes Later ...)

"JUST WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU DO KNOW THAT INUYASHA'S NOT GONNA LET ME BE ALONE WITH YOU ... EVER!" Sango yelled, as she continued driving. Kagome didn't seem to care. She was looking at herself in the car mirror. She was depressed. Not because she had a bald chunk missing in her hair. Not because she had three strips on her face. And not because she had a black-eye, and bruises almost all-over her body. It was because she had lost the diary. Rini had taken it. Sango could sense her bestfriends tension. "Don't worry. I'll take you to InuYasha." She said with a small smile, as she made a left-turn. InuYasha was the LAST person Kagome wanted to talk to at the moment. But ... she had a gift for him. She just hoped that he was ready for it.

Sesshomaru, Shippo, Kyo, and Miroku, were all surrounded around their friend. "It'll be okay, InuYasha." Shippo said with a smile. InuYasha was going to respond, when an ANGRY girl, burst threw the door. "InuYasha ... RUN!" Sango yelled from outside. InuYasha was confused. Sango rushed into the house, and wrapped an arm around her bestfriends shoulders, and waist. "RUN YOU STUPID IDIOT!" She yelled. InuYasha didn't hear a thing. He was too busy ... eyeing the torn girl in his friends arms. Kagome pulled, dragging Sango with her. Once she was close enough to her boyfriend, she slapped him. Blood dripped down his face. "Get out." Kagome said in the quietest whisper. Sesshomaru, Shippo, Kyo, and Miroku, fled. Miroku had to drag Kyo, since he wanted to stay and see the fight. Sango released her bestfriend, and fled. It was only InuYasha ... and Kagome. "Kagome ... what's wrong?!" InuYasha asked in a calm tone, as he stood. Kagome didn't move. She had her hands in fists, and silent tears dripped down her face. Sango watched from the kitchen door. She hadn't left. She knew that her bestfriend was going to go crazy, again. It finally happened. "YOU'RE THE BIGGEST DICK I'VE EVER MET! YOU'RE AN ASS AND I CAN'T STAND YOU!" Kagome yelled; she knew deep-down that she didn't mean any of what she'd just said. Kagome was going to slap her boyfriend again, but there was a grip on her wrist. Sango had saved the day ... just in time. InuYasha stared at his girlfriend. He chose to stay silent. "InuYasha. Work things-out later. Right now, I'm taking Kagome-chan home." Sango said, as she laced her arms with her bestfriends. The two were back-to-back. Sango started dragging. Kagome looked like a rag-doll. She didn't bother moving. When she realized that she was moving AWAY from her startled boyfriend, she gave him a good kick in the leg. "Kagome STOP." Sango said in a strict tone, as she continued dragging outside. She opened the door, to see four boys, sitting on the porch. "I never knew that she was crazy." Kyo whispered to Miroku. They had all watched the whole thing threw the window. Kagome had heard, but she stayed quiet.

ConFusion : Depression :

InuYasha stood there. He didn't feel like moving. Shippo walked-up to his brother, and tugged on his pants. InuYasha didn't move. Shippo was scared. "InuYasha. You and Kagome are gonna get back together ... right?" He asked. InuYasha couldn't answer, because he didn't know. Sesshomaru dragged his brother to the bathroom. He sat the demon on the toilet seat. He reached under the sink, retreiving a cotton-ball. He also pulled-out rubbing alcohol. "Talk." Sesshomaru said, as he cleaned his brother's face. InuYasha didn't respond. He was deep in thought. "She hates me." He managed to say in a cracked voice. Sesshomaru nodded. "You need anything?" He asked with concern. InuYasha simply stood. "Where are you going?" Sesshomaru asked, as he watched his brother leave the bathroom. InuYasha reached for his car keys. "I'm gonna go take Shippo home." He said in an emotionless tone, as he signaled his brother on the couch, to follow him. Shippo waved to Kyo and Miroku, and chased after his brother.

"Hey InuYasha. What do you think happened to Kagome?"

Shippo asked, trying to start a conversation.

InuYasha didn't answer.

He continued driving.

He looked like a child that had just been scared out of his mind.

Big, wide eyes.

Emotionless voice.

Emotionless face.

Shippo thought that InuYasha reminded him of Sesshomaru.

He leaned over in his seat, and scroked his brother's arm.

"Don't worry."

"Mom! I'm home!" Shippo yelled, as he opened his front-door. Jackie stuck her head threw the kitchen door, and smiled. "Hello hun. Did you bring InuYasha?" She asked. Shippo nodded, and stuck his hand outside; pulling his brother inside. "InuYasha. I need to talk with you." Jackie said. InuYasha didn't answer. He nodded, and walked towards his mother who was sitting at the dining room table. "Shippo. LEAVE." Jackie said with a glare. Shippo nodded, and went upstairs to find his father. Jackie stared at her son. "InuYasha's doesn't look like the type of person that'd cheat on his girlfriend." She said to herself, as she stared into her son's eyes. His face was emotionless. "Are you sick?!" Jackie asked with concern. InuYasha shook his head. "I don't believe you. You look ill. You're staying here tonight." Jackie said as she stood, and laced her hand with her son's. She started dragging him to his old room.

Tale Of Two Idiots :

After Sango cleaned Kagome's wounds, she put her to bed. "You realize that you're an idiot?" She asked, as she reached for a magazine. Kagome didn't answer. She used her right-hand, to reach for her left thumb. She took her ring off, and stared at it. It was just as beautiful as it was two years earlier. "InuYasha ..." She said to herself, as tears started to fall. "You're an even bigger idiot if you think the relationship's over." Sango said, as she wiped the tears. Kagome didn't answer. She would have said "You're right," but ... she didn't believe it. She was mad at her boyfriend. And, she was positive that he was mad at her as well. "Kagome. You mind if I get something to eat?" Sango asked. Kagome looked at her bestfriend, and nodded. "Sure. Go ahead." She said, as she slowly closed her eyes. "I'll be RIGHT back. Don't die or anything." Sango said, as she took one last look at her bestfriend. She left towards the kitchen. She wasn't even hungry. She had to go get her bestfriend something that'd she'd been waiting to give her. It was at her house.

FLASHBACK : (from chapter 33)

Sango was sitting, with an open notebook. She was writing-down all the things that she'd have to do with her bestfriend. "Get ready to spend time with ME!" She said with a squeal, as she wrote-down more things to do. Once she was done, she stared at the flowers that her bestfriend gave her. "Kagome-chan is my bestfriend. She's done so many things for me. I wanna get her something." Sango said with a smile as she stood. She grabbed Miroku's credit-card, and fled. There was something that she had to get for her bestfriend.

(END FLASHBACK)

ConVersation :

"Are you sure that he'll be okay?" InuTashio asked his wife. Jackie shrugged, and put a blanket over her sleeping son. "I think that he should stay here for tonight. I don't trust him in a house ... alone. I don't know what I'd do if my son killed himself." She said in a shaky tone. "Kagome would kill him first." Shippo said from the door. InuTashio and Jackie turned, shocked. "Why would you say something like that?" InuTashio asked. Shippo shrugged. "It just seemed that she was mad at him today."

Morning : InuYasha's Mind Gone Wild :

InuYasha opened his eyes, to see a farmillar face, staring at him. "Kagome?" He said to himself, as he laced his claw with her hand. Wait. Why was she sweating? InuYasha didn't really care. As long as she was with him. He stared into her gorgous green eyes, and smiled. Wait. When did his Miget have green eyes? Kagome slowly returned the smile. InuYasha sat-up, and pulled her into his lap. He started cradling her. He turned the girl, so that she was facing him. He leaned-in to kiss her when ... "INUYASHA! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Shippo yelled. InuYasha snapped-out of his trance. The first thing he noticed, was that it was morning. And, that he was holding his brother. "YOU'RE GROSS!" Shippo yelled, as he got-out of the embrace. He fell to the floor. "I only came to see if you were awake! You've been sleeping almost all morning!" He yelled, putting his hands on his hips. InuYasha finally realized that he was hallucinating. "Good. He's finally awake." Miroku said, as he entered the room. InuYasha didn't say anything. "Get dressed or we're leaving you." Miroku simply said, as he closed the door. InuYasha sat-up fully, and untangled his hair from his rosery. For the first time since he got the necklace that he'd become attatched to ... he took it off. InuYasha stood, and got dressed. When he was done, he stared at himself in the mirror. He immediatly ran to his bed, and put the rosery back-on. "I won't ever do that again ..." He said to himself, as he left his room.

Kagome opened her eyes, to see her bestfriend, sleeping next to her. Sango slowly opened her eyes, about five minutes later. She sat-up, and yawned. "Good. You're awake. While you were sleeping last-night, I went and got you something." She said, as she reached under the bed, retreiving a bag. Kagome stared at the bad with confusion. "Go on. Don't be scared." She said with a smile. Kagome hesitated, as she took the bag. She sat it in her lap. "Here goes." She said to herself, as she opened the bag. Kagome gasped. It was a ... diary. It was a hard-cover one, too. It had a light-blue cover, with a slit where you could slide a picture. As a matter of fact, HER picture was in the slit. Tears fell from Kagome's eyes. "Thank you ... so much!" She said in a whisper, as she hugged her bestfriend. "There there. It's okay. Get dressed. I'm taking you out to breakfast." Sango said as she stood, and left. Kagome nodded.

(BRi Note :things have gotten bad! they only get worse! READ ON, to see what happens next!)

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