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When All Else Fails
Chapter- 3

Kagome gets out of the car first and begins collecting her stuff. Inuyasha storms into the condo and doesn't even bother to look back. "What a jerk." Kagome repeats under her breath. Carrying more than half the luggage, Miroku opens the door, showed Kagome her room and went to get a drink.

Kagome begins to unpack her bags as for some odd reason, out of nowhere; a tear slides down her cheek and falls onto the bed. 'Now why am I crying?' Grabbing her shower stuff, she scurries into the bathroom. Knowing full well not to forget her CD player, to drown out the noise. She quickly undresses and steps into the warm, consuming liquid that made her feel at peace.
*

'I can hear every move that damn girl makes.' he blinks as his train of thought pauses. "Why do I even care?" Inuyasha tries to keep his mind off Kagome, but things were just not working out for him, everything ended up leading to her, no matter how hard he tried.

"Yo, Yash!" Inuyasha is quickly jogged back to reality.

"What.." He looks over his shoulder.

"Want a drink?"

"Nah, I'm fine."

"Suit yourself man." Miroku walks upstairs to his room. 'Why can't I keep my mind of that god forsaken girl!' He growls out loud. He decides to ignore his gut feeling as he leans against the arm of the chair, and concentrates on the sound of the moving water.

*

She carefully steps out of the tub wrapping her body in a towel allowing her still dripping hair to cascade and clash with the ivory color of the towel. Quickly leaving the haven of the moist, warm air of the bathroom, she walks to her bedroom. Unknowing to her, she caught every bit of Inuyashas attention. Hearing every step, and watching every move Inuyasha watched Kagome until she disappeared into her room, and out of sight.

"This is going to be an interesting 3 weeks." He laughs.

*

Deciding on a pair of denim shorts and a white tank top, Kagome flops on her bed and pulls out a journal. She records some thoughts and events that have happened, such as the train ride, Kouga, seeing her cousin after 4 years, and other not so important things. (A/N ahem, nice way of putting it and not sounding mean) Towards the end she got an idea.

'Time is not on my side, I feel you slipping further away, Reaching out I can't feel you anymore. Hiding in the shadows, I hide myself from the world, They will never see me cry, And no one ever will. Do you even care? Remember when I was happy? But that all seems so far away now.' (A/N just so you know, I wrote this, so it's not copyrighted. go me!)

She looks back and re-reads it, knowing that the words came out, and not from her actual feelings put her at ease. 'Written down and out of my way.'

*

"INUYASHA!"

"What?!" He snaps.

"Could you go in and check on Kagome, she's been quiet for way too long"

"Go do it for yourself" Inuyasha rolls his eyes and shifts on the couch.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku whines.

"Sorry, can't hear you, sleeping!"

"You know damn well you can hear me. Don't pull that crap on me. Damn hanyou." Inuyasha grunts and hoists himself off the couch.

"Kagome?" He whispers softly as he knocks on the door. Normally he would have done it roughly and irritating, but this was different. "Kagome?" He listens for any movement. Hearing none he opens the door and quietly pads in. He catches the movement of Kagome's breathing. 'She must be sleeping.' He manages to avoid all major accidents making his way to the side of her bed. He feels a sense of calm as he watches her sleep.

*

Sensing someone watching her, Kagome opens her eyes and jumps to the opposite side of the bed. "What the hell are you doing in here?" Quickly noticing that she was in fact was not wearing a bra captivated many of his senses. Upon finding Inuyashas sudden interest in her breasts, she grabs her pillow and covers her chest. "What are you doing in here?"

"Miroku told me to check on you, and uh, you were sleeping so uh, go back to sleep and I'll go tell Miroku that your asleep." Inuyasha tries not to look at her.

"I wont be able to go back to sleep now." Kagome purrs.

"What are you implying?" He tilts his head.

"I think you know damn well what I want to do." She leans in to - -

"INUYASHA!" Kagome smacks him on the cheek. "Get your lazy ass out of bed! Its almost noon!" His eyes focus on the black haired girl kneeling over him.

"Well good morning." He closes his eyes and stretches his arms. 'Damnit, it was only a dream.'

"Get up." She gets up and slams the door to his room.

*

"Is he lazy like this every morning?" Kagome rants as she walks into the kitchen and pats Miroku on the head. She grabs her mug off the counter and joins him for the usual morning cup of coffee.

"Not always." He shrugs. "Do you mind being alone with him tonight?" She nearly sprays coffee out her nose.

"WHAT?"

"Yeah, I'm meeting a girl at 8 and we're going to grab something to eat. So I would need you to be alone for a few hours." He looks up at her, whose face is completely blank. "Kagome?"

I got it up! YEY! I know its kind of a short one, but deal with it, the next chapter is a good one ~.^ AND it will be longer nonetheless. Review pweez, even if you're just reading this for the hell of it and your bored out of your mind. Heh heh. I have a few more chapters up my sleeve before getting into any really important crap, so bear with me for a while. -Ayame- chan