Kagome walked slowly to her school, it was Thursday and still no Inuyasha. She sighed softly, wondering where her little inu hanyou had run off.
She shook her head.
No matter how much she wanted to admit it, he'd never be hers.
Everyday for the past few days Kagome would jump in the well, where her friends were standing watch and ask if Inuyasha had come through, sadly, he hadn't.
It began to rain. The droplets fell, pounding against her; it had been raining for a long time. The weather really was reflecting her mood perfectly. Gloomy and alone.
She walked down the street, her friends had offered to give her a ride to school, one of them had finally gotten a driver's license, but she'd denied, she never gave up hope that Inuyasha could be hiding behind a corner waiting for her.
She turned a corner and looked around, as if expecting the silver haired youkai to pop out, kiss her, and tell her that he couldn't live without her.
But nothing came. All there was some rustling, "Stupid cat."
She walked down an alleyway, a short cut to get to school, and as the rain poured, her school uniform clung to her body shamelessly.
She felt her tears falling, had she really thought he would be here? She was such an idiot. When did she become so dependent to a jerk who loved a dead Miko?
Kagome walked away from the alley and down the street, she was going to find Inuyasha, no matter what.
Five hours later, school completely forgotten, Kagome was wandering around Tokyo searching for Inuyasha, with no luck, you'd think that a man with silver hair would be easy to find…
She walked blindly around; the only comfort was that she might find Inuyasha. And that was barely comforting, because, for all she knew, Inuyasha could be dead, or gone, in Nagasaki.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure hunched over on a bench, letting the rain drench him. His hair was long, in a loose ponytail and it was silver. 'Inuyasha!'
Kagome felt joy leap into her as she dashed forward and wrapped her arms around the man. He stiffened and gasped. But it wasn't Inuyasha's gasp.
She backed away to only realize she was hugging an old woman with white hair.
She blushed and whispered an apology before running away.
Kagome's vision blurred as more tears fell down her face; she'd been so sure that she'd found Inuyasha. But life was cruel, everything was cruel.
Kagome didn't even notice when she wandered into the middle of the crowded street, she didn't notice the car was coming until it was five feet in front of her.
A loud car horn blared in front of her as she snapped out of her thoughts. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized the car would not be able to slow down in time.
'Great now I'm going to die here,' was all she thought about before she screamed and passed out, sad that she'd never told Inuyasha she was sorry before she died.
Kagome sat up suddenly only to realize she was in an alleyway with a cardboard box her only savior from the rain. She shivered and looked around. Yes, she was in the alleyway with the cat. Well she supposed it was a cat, now she wasn't so sure.
Why was she still alive? Why wasn't she run over by that car? Had someone saved her? But who was capable of such a thing?
She shivered again, but not from the cold, she felt like someone was watching her. She turned around and gasped.
This time it was him.
This time it Inuyasha.
Her Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha," she cried happily, but Inuyasha scooted far away from her, against a dumpster, his eyes were fearful and he couldn't make eye contact with her, "Inuyasha?"
He whimpered and stood up; he jumped high into the air and looked like he was going to attempt to run away, "Sit!"
Inuyasha came smashing to the ground and looked guiltily at her with a look of mixed emotions swirling in the endless pools of amber.
"Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha jumped again but Kagome controlled him with another sit.
This carried on for another fifty or so sits before Kagome gave up and Inu- yasha jumped away. Realizing he might get lost in the city, she ran after him, running into people, her eyes never leaving Inuyasha's flying form.
She ran along the crowded streets, surprised that she could keep up with the hanyou, must be the adrenaline. He jumped up a hill and Kagome ran as fast as she could up the large steps.
She paused briefly to realize that she was back at the shrine. But she had no time to look, she ran after Inuyasha, who was making a run for the well house.
"Inuyasha! Stop please!" Kagome was in tears now. She didn't want Inuyasha to leave. She had to apologize to him.
Inuyasha paused, but only to look at her sadly before sliding the well house door open. Kagome mentally kicked herself.
"Sit!" why hadn't she done that sooner? She scolded herself as she ran over to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, please, don't run away."
He didn't say a word, he didn't move. He didn't do anything.
It took Kagome a few minutes of foot nudging and coaxing for her to realize that Inuyasha had been knocked out by too many sits, and plus, he must be exhausted anyway.
She grabbed the hanyou and tried to pick him up best she could and half carried half dragged him to her house.
She gazed at his face as he lay on the couch. He looked so peaceful when he was asleep. All the worry escaping his face, making him appear to be a little child. Kagome didn't even notice when she began to stroke his hair, allowing the silver locks to slide past her fingers.
"So soft," she mumbled absently as she ran her fingers through his hair.
Kagome yawned and laid her head on his chest, still running her fingers through his hair, "Just going to rest my eyes."
And they fell asleep together.
