Hey minna. I'm feeling kinda down right now, so the beginning's gonna be sad, or so I'm trying to make it. B.T.W., this chapter may be confusing, but the chapters that are following it will explain the questions you might have. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters used, or the poem used. It was found in some book and I copied it down. I have no earthly idea where it is right now, but I'd like to give credit to this unknown book.

The Road to Healing

Sesshoumaru was walking around the field that he, Kagome, and Rin were resting at. It's almost funny, actually. He was off to kidnap her to use as a hostage, and she came to him, asking if she could stay with him for a while! He of course didn't object because his prey came to him for a change, and it made Rin happy.

As he sat down in the shade to watch the girls play some weird human game where they took a piece of rope, and tied one end to a tree. One would spin the rope, while the other would jump over it. (Bet it won't take a genius to figure out what it is.) Then, the girl's overly large bag caught his eye. Not because it was odd to him, but because of the thing sticking out of it. He reached over for it, and read the cover. It said, "Kagome's Diary! Private! Keep Out!" and such. As he opened it, he read the latest entry.

Dear Diary,

I know I try to keep filled with only happy thoughts, but the worst thing happened. As I told Inu-Yasha I loved him, he just snorted and said that he loved Kikyo more! Ooooooo, that jerk! I thought he was just trying to hide something, but I guess he was serious. That very night, he went to find Kikyo, and the two went at it right there near the campsite! So, naturally, I ran off. Guess who I ran into? Sesshoumaru! I thought that'd be the perfect place to hide, and it was! Inu-Yasha hasn't even TRIED to find me yet! I also learned a lot about Sesshoumaru. He's not actually all that bad. He's a lot nicer to me than Inu-Yasha was, any ways. I wrote this poem, to show my feelings over the years of my love life.

Stone by Stone

I have a wall you cannot see

Because it's deep inside of me

It blocks my heart on every side

And helps emotions hide there

You can't reach in,

I can't reach out

You wonder what it's all about

The wall I built you can't see it

Results from insecurity

Each time my tender heart was hurt

The scars with it grew worse and worse

So stone by stone

I built a wall

That's now so thick it will not fall

Please understand that it's not you

Continue trying to break through

I want so much to show myself

And love from you will really help

So bit by bit

Chip at my wall

Till stone by stone will fall off

I know the process will go by slow

It's never easy to let go

Of hurts and failures long ingrained

Upon one's heart from years of pain

I'm so afraid

To let you in

I know I might get hurt again

I try so hard to break the wall

But seem to get nowhere at all

For a stone upon each stone I've stacked

And left between not a crack

The only way

To make it fall

Are imperfections in the wall

I did my best I could

To build a perfect wall,

But there are still

A few small flaws, which are the key

To breaking though the wall to me

Please use each flaw

To cause a crack

To knock a stone off the stack

For just as stone by stone was laid,

With every hurt and every pain

So stone by stone will break down

As love replaces ache

Please be the one

Who cares enough

To find the flaws, no matter what happens

To me in the future.



That's about all today diary.



Sesshoumaru stared in shock.



How'd yall like it? I know I have a bunch of incomplete stories, but that's cause I get these new ideas, and I have to post them. I have writer's block for the other fics also. Please review! No flames!

*~Luv

~J-chan