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Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha, doesn't it bring tears to your eyes? Not the happy ones!

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Good Enough: The breakup

" So, you're breaking up with me?"

Inu-Yasha stared at the girl who was once the cause of all his happiness. Her gray eyes were swirling with emotion; her eyebrows lowered to the lids.

" I'm only doing this in our interests."

He heard her sniff and saw the liquid gathering in the corners of her eyes, but she still stared straight ahead on the road.

The night fit the mood perfectly, dark and rainy. Droplets ran down the windshield before they were pushed off the glass surface by the windshield wipers. Inu-Yasha was happy to be distracted for a moment.

Then he was reminded of her tears and how alike they were to the little raindrops.

" Please don't cry. It makes this to hard."

" And it isn't already?"

" It has been for a long time."

A very uncomfortable silence fell, but he found no reason to break it. After all, what he had said was the truth. Their relationship was becoming increasingly difficult. He found himself constantly thinking of their togetherness as a duty.

She had brought him out of his shell, into the real world. He'd been sheltered from life, even with all his money. There was no way he could ever repay her for that favor.

Later though, obstacles were realized. She went to an all girls' school and Inu-Yasha attended a very prestigious co-ed one. Her father seemed very strict on her becoming a priestess and taking over the shrine, which meant an extremely chaste life. Nevertheless she'd dated him and planned on telling her father, sooner or later.

Before that problem was given time others came up. She was always worried another girl would steal him away. Her worrywart ways were grating on his nerves, and it hurt his heart to think she didn't trust him enough to stay true to her.

Slowly they had come to the point were it was hard to even engage in conversation. Their relationship had become more than duty, a burden.

" To long." He added suddenly.

She looked at him then, and clutched the leather steering wheel tightly. " How can you say that?"

" Because it's true."

" You were my first love!"

Before Inu-Yasha could snap back angrily, a loud honk resounded through both their ears. By the time she turned the wheel it was to late.

His body was shoved violently against the seat belt and his breath rushed out. The car tittered over the edge of the road and began to roll down the steep hillside.

All he could feel was himself twirling over and over again and he thought for a second he would lose the contents of his stomach.

Suddenly the car crashed and came to a very uncomfortable stop. With wide eyes he began to gasp wildly, then he faced the girl in the driver's side seat, who hadn't been wearing a seat belt.

Somehow his eyes managed to get wider.

" Kikyo!"

. . .

Inu-Yasha's body was beaded in sweat when he awoke.

" It was only a dream . . .," he whispered in between breaths to himself, " . . . still, a dream made from memories."

The man closed his eyes painfully and rubbed his temples. Today, hopefully, the past would not repeat itself in everyway.

He could never let such a thing happen to Kagome.

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" Why?"

Her only response just had to be a question.

" I don't think we're working out." Inu-Yasha closed his eyes and prayed his excuse was believable. Sparks were still flying between them even after two months of dating. He knew they were both still very much in love, but there were other reasons for his sudden decision.

" Don't hand me that! It's something else, because I know it's not either of us."

Eyes snapped open as he wondered at the girl's prowess.

The angry face she'd had melted unexpectedly and she looked at him with such a sorrow he had to stop himself from comforting her.

" Am I taking time from your schedule? I mean, your going to college soon, and you still have to find a way to get the money your dad left you so you can escape your brother . . ."

Inu-Yasha watched her carefully as she took a long ragged breath.

He still hadn't told her the whole truth to why he needed that money. The guilt that he felt compressed his heart so he willed it away quickly.

" I'm sorry."

" Eh?" He was pulled back to the scene taking place in the small café lined with red and white, and littered with costumers.

" I didn't realize it, but it is my fault. I've been taking too much of your time and I had no right! I'm so sorry . . ."

Inu-Yasha gaped at the shaking mass of hair that covered her head. It was a wonder how she could misunderstand something in such a way. He felt his heart stop when she looked back at him with tears brimming at the edges of her soulful eyes.

He didn't resist the need to comfort her now and took the young woman's hand, squeezing it affectionately.

" Kagome," he stared straight into her watery eyes, " You've got it all wrong. It's not you, it's not me, it's..."

" What?"

" I'm afraid I'll hurt you."

" Oh!" For some reason Kagome was teeming with anger now. Inu-Yasha found himself in a fretful uncertainty and backed up a little.

" Do you think I'm an idiot? It is me and I tried to tell you I'm sorry-!"

" You are an idiot! It's not you its Sesshoumaru!"

" Huh?" The blank stare she gave him could not have been more comical, but Inu-Yasha was not amused. Silently he cursed himself for telling her the exact grounds for this whole break up.

" But he's your brother, isn't that incest?" The girl had lowered her voice considerably and was the color of the wallpaper. He soon found himself blushing almost as bright as her from surprised anger and embarrassment.

" No! That's not it! Will you stop misunderstanding for a minute?!"

" Then explain it right!"

They both stopped for a moment and caught their breath. Inu-Yasha cleared his throat and began to clarify exactly what was going on.

" So, your brother doesn't want us together because he thinks I'm not good enough for you? I can't even just visit or talk to you?"

He nodded his head quickly, but in it he was begging the girl not to cry.

Instead she began to shake from barely suppressed rage. She had surprised him yet again, and Inu-Yasha found yet another reason why he loved her so much. For all his years, this woman would never stop astonishing him.

Still he couldn't help but gulp. The only thing he hated worse than making any female cry, was summoning up Kagome's anger. Hopefully it wouldn't be directed at him.

" So he thinks he's better than me huh?" She stood, fist clenched and shaking. " I'll prove to him that it doesn't matter how rich you are, we are all equals!"

Her proclamation caught the attention of costumers and workers alike in the small coffee shop. Inu-Yasha felt all eyes on him and the strange girl. He was about to deny having ever met her at all until a sudden applause broke out.

Swiftly he turned and faced the cheering crowd of coffee drinkers. He saw Kagome blushing and rubbing the back of her head shyly.

It only took a second for Inu-Yasha to gather his bearings and herd the girl along with him out of the store. Back on the busy streets of New York the couple gained their composure.

" Inu-Yasha."

He turned to the soft voice, eyes filled with sadness.

" Maybe it's better for us to take a break."

" Kagome, I'm so sorry."

" Hey, I said a break. I will prove to Sesshoumaru that I'm worthy to have you."

" Kagome, do you know how hard that would be? He's antisocial, egotistical, and rude. You don't stand a chance of convincing him!"

She was suddenly reminded of the one time he was in her presence. The guy had let off an air of grace and authority that demanded respect and almost frightened her. Not even once had he looked at her, and after he left the room she'd felt very small and unimportant. From just that one encounter she knew Inu-Yasha wasn't lying.

Then again, there was time when Inu-Yasha was the same way.

" I do if it's for us."

She smiled humbly and placed a hand on his neck. Slowly and distinctly she leaned up and placed a small kiss on his lips.

" Until then it's goodbye."

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