Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha

(AN: Don't you worry, I won't mess up Kagome and Inu Yasha's relationship just yet. Maybe things get a little bumpy, but other than that, things won't get out of hand too much. ^-^

Oh Yeah, sorry for not updating sooner, but this time it was school that's to blame! Grr… I hate my English teacher; she makes us to a lot of stuff… Grr…)

Life Isn't Fair

Chapter Seven:

What You Don't Know, Won't Hurt You

Kagome was in her room trying to go to sleep while Inu Yasha was still on the phone with Kikyou. It ticker her off to no end that he was still on the phone with her. Kagome looked at the clock in her room. It read 1:45 a.m.  She then looked at her phone and saw a red light that said "in use". She grumbled to herself and lay back in her bed. This was getting to her.

Kagome dozed off for a little bit but then woke up again. She looked at the phone. It still said "in use". 'Oh my god! When will he stop talking?! It's not like he's the talkative type…' Kagome complained to herself. She sighed. 'We never talk that long…'

She got up from her bed. Tonight, she wasn't going to be able to sleep because she was anxious. So she did what any other adolescent would do, she went online (That's what I do ^-^). Logging on to her preferred instant messaging system, she saw Sango online.

Kagome started off the conversation by Instant messaging Sango.

xX blu gem Xx: Hey Sango! What are you doing up so late?

II Dark Shimmerz II: Hey Kagome! Nothing, I just couldn't sleep. How come you're on so late?

xX blu gem Xx: I don't know, I just couldn't fall asleep.

II Dark Shimmerz II: So, how was your date with Kouga? Was everything boring as I predicted? lol

xX blu gem Xx: Pretty much, yeah. He was boring me to death! I think I fell asleep with my eyes open at some point during the date…

II Dark Shimmerz II: lol! That's so like you… So did anything else happen? Or what?! Come on spill it out! :-P

xX blu gem Xx: Nothing much after that… Inu Yasha got a call from that girl. Remember the one I don't like that she's also my cousin? Well, yeah her

II Dark Shimmerz II: That's funny you put her in italics. lol. Well… what did they talk about? Did you even ask? What time did she call?

xX blu gem Xx: She called like an hour ago… or more… *sigh* This is really getting to me.

II Dark Shimmerz II: I can tell. Forget about them, ok? Well, I should tell you about Miroku…

Their conversation dissolved into Sango knowing Miroku better, talking about friends, plans for hanging out, etc. Thanks to Sango, Kagome completely forgot about Inu Yasha.

Inu Yasha finished talking to Kikyou at about 3 am. Feeling slightly tired from their long (and boring ^-^) conversation, he made his way to his room. In order to get to his room, he needs to pass Kagome's room. To his surprise, she was still up and talking to someone on the phone. What he heard was none to pleasant to his ears.

"You think I should?" Kagome seemed to whisper into the phone. "Maybe you're right. I should give Hojo another chance at us. He's told me before he still loves me…" Kagome paused then sighed. "I don't know."

Inu Yasha's hand clenched into a fist, selfishness was taking over him. 'How could she have gone out with Hojo?!' he thought. He remembers his face well. His perfect smile that would melt any girl's heart. Inu Yasha growled under his breath. He quickly went towards his room without making a noise to alert Kagome that he eavesdropped by mistake.

Once in his room, he paced it back and forth; from his door to his window. He couldn't believe his ears! Inu Yasha couldn't understand why Kagome picked Hojo over him! That thought made him halt. "Wait…" he said outloud, to no-one in particular. He made his way to his bed, sat down and sat down. "I'm acting like a child," he grumbled. Inu Yasha got lost inside his thoughts and so fell asleep on his bed with his clothes on.

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About 20 minutes later, Kagome was finally getting sleep. Saying good bye to Sango, she made her way to her bed. Before she did get into bed she had a 'motherly' moment.

Kagome went to Souta's room to see if he was tucked in and wasn't going to get cold sometime at night. Noticing that her younger brother was drooling, she wiped it clean with his bed sheets and covered him. He snuggled against the newly brought warmth his sister gave him and smiled in his sleep. Kagome smiled at her brother. 'Amazing how he can be such an angel when he sleeps…' Kagome thought to herself. Quietly she tip-toed out of his room and closed the door slightly.

Now, off to see the other baby…

Kagome stopped right in front of Inu Yasha's room. She debated with herself to whether or not to go inside or to knock. She sighed and closed her eyes. Kagome made up her mind and knocked lightly on his door.

No-one answered.

Ok, this time Kagome tried a little bit harder at the knocking.

It didn't work.

She sighed and decided to open the door. The light was still on, and so was Inu Yasha's lamp. 'Boy, this guy likes to waste energy.' She thought.  Inu Yasha's back was towards Kagome; it was like he rolled over in his sleep because he was curled up like a little baby. His shirt was also curled up, exposing his back (and might I add he has a nice back… *grins*).

Kagome sighed and smiled to herself. 'What a baby!' she thought. Seeing that he was rubbing his arms as if he was cold, Kagome went towards him and placed a nearby quilt on him. Seeing that his neck was uncomfortable too, she placed one under his head. She smiled when she heard him mumbling random stuff.

Inu Yasha was slightly conscious as to what was happening. He breathed in Kagome's scent and new automatically it was her that was near him. "Kagome…" He mumbled in his sleep. He cracked one eye open to see if it was really her, and he found her placing a pillow under his head. He smiled and closed his eye and went back to sleep.

Kagome finished quickly after he woke up. She didn't want to disturb him anymore than what she already did and quickly left his room. But before she closed his door, she heard something.

"Thank You" Inu Yasha said quietly, not bothering to turn and face her.

Kagome smiled. "You're welcome" she said, equally quietly, closed his door and went towards her own room to sleep.

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Early next morning, Inu Yasha awoke with sunlight all over his face. I guess he didn't remember to close the window blinds; well that's what he gets. He grumbled and woke up groggily. He stumbled over his shoes that he left in the middle of the room and almost twisted his ankle. "Damnit" he cursed under his breath. He sighed and went towards the bathroom to take a shower and then go downstairs.

After finishing about 30 minutes later, he headed downstairs. To do that thought, he had to pass Kagome's room. Thinking that since they all went to sleep late, he thought she would still be sleeping, but to his surprise, she wasn't there. This left him baffled. 'Where could she be?' Inu Yasha thought. He figured that maybe she was in the kitchen eating so he went downstairs on instinct.

To his surprise as well, Kagome wasn't in the kitchen. Inu Yasha was getting slightly worried. She wasn't in her room and it was… he looked at his watch: 7:15 a.m. He then went to search the whole house for Kagome. The den, the little library that she owned, the attic, her mother's room, Souta's room, Boy! Can that boy drool! He was drooling like a cow… anyways, he ran out of ideas of where she could be. Heading from Souta's room into the kitchen he heard a sound… It seemed to be coming from the basement.

Inu Yasha completely forgot that they owned a basement and so went downstairs to see what the noise he heard previously was. He was surprised at what the basement could hold, but then again this was a big house and so was the basement.

The basement was split into sections. Upon entering, to the right was a closed archery range. It was pretty big and there were different varieties of bows all stacked up neatly on the wall and arrows on the floor on a bucket what was near the door that led into the archery range. The targets seemed to be recently used since there was still arrows pinned to the 'bulls-eye' of all 10 targets. Traveling inside even deeper is a section of the basement that was only for, what it looked like, boxing. There was a small ring with a punch bag in the middle. It too looked recently used since the bag was still swinging slightly back and forth instead of being completely still.

If Inu Yasha didn't have his keen sense of smell, he would have missed the last part of the basement. Through almost what looked like a hidden door, was a gymnasium, a small one, but still it was a gymnasium. There he found Kagome. She seemed like to be involved in a grueling workout since her body was covered in sweat. It looked like she's been at that for hours on end.

Practicing her balance, Kagome stopped what she was doing and looked and Inu Yasha and smiled at bit. He smiled back at her, a big relief pouring inside him knowing that she was ok. "How come you're down here?" He asked, still by the door, his arms crossed on his chest.

Kagome turned, pieces of her hair sticking on her face as she did so. She breathed in and out kind of hard, signaling to Inu Yasha that she had been working out for quite some time. "I'm surprised you found the place" she said.

Inu Yasha repeated his question. "How come you're down here?"

Kagome just looked at him. "I couldn't sleep." She replied. Kagome stopped what she was doing and went towards a bench that held her water bottle and a towel.

Inu Yasha just looked at her warily. "How long have you been down here?"

"What's with all the sudden questions?" Kagome asked. She looked at a clock that was overhead the door. "Lets see… I've been here… Three hours"

"What?! Three hours?!" Inu Yasha yelled. He was surprised she could be working out for a long time. "Aren't you tired? Are you hungry? Have you eaten anything?" Inu Yasha asked worriedly.

"Hold on there, dear ol' Daddy," Kagome joked. "I'm fine" she assured him. Though she didn't feel like it. She felt a bit tired. It felt like her muscles were going to give out on her any moment. Well, I spoke too soon. Kagome fell on her knees. To stop herself from falling face-flat on the floor, she stopped herself with both hands placed firmly on the ground. Kagome's vision was a bit blurry, but she could still see Inu Yasha coming towards her with a very distraught face.

Inu Yasha was beside her in no-time. He held her in his arms; it looked like they were hugging but Kagome wasn't hugging back. "Kagome! What were you thinking? You can't just work your body nonstop if you haven't eaten or haven't gotten a good night sleep" he whispered to her. Kagome just closed her eyes; her world was now spinning with little white dots appearing here and there.

"I'm fine, all I need to do is rest for a while…" she whispered too, she fainted after that in Inu Yasha's arms. Inu Yasha picked her up in his arms and headed towards her room to place Kagome in her bed.

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Running from her house to Inu Yasha's house took sometime, but it was worth it! Today was the day she was going to tell him that she had a crush on him. It took a lot of courage for her, since she was shy and timid.

The wind blowing in her hair made her zeal increase. Kagome was almost there; even though they only lived 2 blocks away from each other, Kagome thought it took her an eternity to get to Inu Yasha's house.

Once arriving there, she knocked on the door which was greeted warmly by Inu Yasha's mother, Yuki. "Hello Kagome, where's your mother?" Yuki asked.

Kagome could only smile greatly. "She's at home. She told me to tell you to come over right away since she wanted you to see something about… umm…" Kagome couldn't remember the last thing she was supposed to say. Yuki smiled at her and already knew what Kagome's mother wanted to show her.

"Alright Kagome, Inu Yasha's in his room if you want to go play with him. Sesshomaru is in his room if you need anything. I'll be on my way to your house." Yuki said, got her purse and her keys and drove off in her car. Kagome smiled and went upstairs to Inu Yasha's room.

Though what she expected wasn't the one she wanted. Kagome opened the door and found Inu Yasha and Kikyou, her cousin, in very 'compromising' positions. Kagome turned very pale and very embarrassed to be in the same room as both of them.

Inu Yasha and Kikyou just stared at Kagome. Kagome was speechless… what could she say? "Sorry…" she mumbled and closed the door to Inu Yasha's room. She descended the stairs quickly but bumped into someone. When she looked up it was Sesshomaru.

"Hello Kagome" he greeted her warmly. He saw the sad face that she had so it made him quite worried. "Is something wrong?"

Kagome tried to smile, but it came out to be a sad smile. "Everything's fine Sesshomaru," she said. "I just don't feel good."

Sesshomaru saw the sad face that she had and decided to pick her up in his arms. Being a small child, and he being a Youkai, he could handle her weight like if it was nothing. She hugged his neck tightly and he felt something warm, like tears on the back of his neck. She needed to say no more. "Come, I'll take you home."

The walk home would have been a quiet one, but the birds chirped and he could hear and smell Kagome's tears. He wondered what would have happened that made her cry silently like she did so. He loved this little girl like if it was her own sister, so it was perfectly fine to be preoccupied for her well being.

Kagome, on the other hand, was crying silently. Her arms still wrapped around Sesshomaru's neck. He's such a good 'cousin' as she liked to call him. She couldn't stop remembering how she saw Inu Yasha and Kikyou. It broke her heart to see them like that. But she was determined not to tell anyone, not to cry about it, not to be disturbed about it.

Both of them arrived at Kagome's house and Sesshomaru knocked on the door. Ruri, Kagome's mother, answered the door and saw that Sesshomaru was carrying Kagome. "What happened?" she said.

Sesshomaru put Kagome down slowly and carefully. "I don't know, she said she wasn't feeling good so I brought her home. I didn't want her to walk alone feeling sick." Sesshomaru said. Ruri thanked him from the bottom of her heart. "Don't worry about it Ruri," he said. "Kagome's like a little sister to me."

Kagome smiled at him for saying that. She hugged him again and said her thanks to him. Kagome went to her room; she felt exhausted and went to her bed to sleep for a while. The tears made her even sleepier than what she felt.

A few hours later, Ruri came up to Kagome's room. "How are you feeling?" she asked with a tender tone. She had been worried sick about Kagome since she came home crying.

Kagome sat up on her bed. "I'm ok" she said simply. Kagome saw the look on her mothers face. It was a mixture between being worried and relieved.

"How would you feel if we moved away? Moved away from Inu Yasha and moving to a new part in Japan, were grandfather is?" Ruri asked her daughter. Kagome just had a slightly confused look on her face. This made her think for a long time.

"Can I have sometime before I tell you?" Kagome asked timidly. Ruri nodded and left her room. Kagome still sat on her bed thinking over and over about moving. 'Maybe this is a good thing' Kagome thought. It took her a while but she finally came up with a conclusion about 20 minutes later.

She went to find her mother, and she did. Ruri was in the garden. Kagome went towards her mother and stood in front of her. "Have you thought about it?" Ruri asked. Kagome nodded her head.

"I want to leave this place"

Kagome awoke from her dream to only discover that she had been crying in her sleep. She sighed and decided to get up, though when she did, she felt a wave of dizziness claim her and she fell on her bed again. "Damn it" she cursed.

Then there was a knock on her door. "Kagome? Are you awake?" the voice said; it belonged to Inu Yasha. She sighed and let him come in. Once in, he saw that Kagome had tried to stand up. "You shouldn't do that; you'll just get dizzy again."

Kagome was getting the hint and decided to stop. She just sat down on her bed and sighed again. "Damn it… I can't believe this happened again…"

"Again? What do you mean again? You've done this before?" Inu Yasha asked, sitting next to her on her bed.

"Yeah, I did it a lot sometime ago" Kagome said quietly. "It was when my Dad died…" she trailed off.

"Oh," Inu Yasha said very quietly. "Still, you shouldn't do this to yourself. It's not healthy." A few moments of silence passed and then he talked again. "Come, I'll take you downstairs and make you eat something."

Kagome looked at him and smiled. "Thanks" she said. Inu Yasha blushed slightly and turned away. He got up quickly and carried her downstairs.

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During lunch time, both of them ate, sometimes in silence sometimes talking to one another. Souta came in and out of the house taking some stuff with him and going into the backyard in his clubhouse with some of his friends. One of them was Sango's little brother, Kohaku.

When lunch was almost over, Inu Yasha felt guilty about not telling Kagome what he talked about with Kikyou last night.  Maybe she got the wrong idea or something. "Kagome?" he asked.

Kagome looked at him from the other end of the table. "Yeah?"

"About last night…" Inu Yasha trailed off. It was kind of difficult for him to say. "Well…"

Kagome sighed and decided to say something before he did. "I'm sure she had a good reason to call you."

Inu Yasha looked a little bit confused. "Don't you want to know what we talked about?"

Kagome was dying with curiosity to what their conversation was about, but she decided she was in no position to ask for explanations from Inu Yasha. It might be something painful and she didn't want to relive moments from the past like the ones with Inu Yasha and Kikyou kissing. She didn't think she could go through it a second time.  "I have no right to know" she simply said and continued eating. Inu Yasha just looked at her with confusion.

Kagome finished and saw that Inu Yasha was finished as well. "Hey, since we're done, you want to out?" Kagome asked. It was hours before night time settled in, so she thought she'd might as well do something interesting.

Inu Yasha agreed. Both of them got ready in no time and went out on the town. They went to see a movie, go to the arcades, walk around for a good while and shop. If they didn't know any better, this would have been called a date.

(AN: Sorry, there isn't a lot of funny stuff happening in this chapter. It had to be slightly serious since that phone call from Kikyou. I'll update this story as soon as I can. I made it extra long since I haven't updated in a long time.

Hope you enjoyed, please review! ^-^)