Well..it's currently 1:36 AM right now...thankfully it's Spring Break so I can stay up this late. Haha. I'm kind of tired though...but I have nothing else to do because I'm too stubborn to sleep! Hehe. It's also my best friend's birthday today..so happy birthday to my best friend! :D
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Chapter 8
Kagome woke up in the morning and looked around the room. Sango wasn't with her.
"Sango?" Kagome called out, but nobody answered. She looked at her bed, and it was already fixed. When Kagome looked at the time, it was only 7:00 AM.
'Where could she be? It's so early to be awake!' Kagome thought.
As Kagome got up, she saw that there was a note taped on Sango's door.
'Rise and Shine, Kagome! Sorry I'm not with you right now..I went out to the park for a jog and a quick basketball game. You should stop by for a while! I'll see you later! Hope you had a nice sleep!
Love,
Sango'
Kagome rolled her eyes and smiled. She went to get her toothbrush, but forgot which drawer she had put it in. She was still in Sango's room, and pulled open the drawer next to Sango's bed.
'Nope, my toothbrush obviously isn't in here..' Kagome thought.
'Hey..what's this?' Kagome pulled out a picture frame.
It was a picture of a girl and Sango. There were smiling and waving at the camera. The frame had the words 'Best Friends Forever!' carved in.
'Is this...Kikyo?' Kagome asked herself.
In the drawer there were several other pictures including the girl. Most of them were pictures of her with Sango. Kagome gasped as she found one particular picture. It was of the girl being held by someone, but she couldn't make out who it was. Kagome heard movement downstairs and put the picture and the frame back into the drawer.
"Sango?" Kagome called from upstairs. Nobody answered once again, but she could hear somebody moving.
Kagome slowly crept downstairs.
"Hello?" She asked. Nobody answered, just moved.
When she walked into the living room, she saw the source of the movement. There he was..Inuyasha was still in the same spot she had seen him last night.
Kagome sighed in relief that it was him and not some scary thief. She spent a couple of minutes watching him as he lay there sleeping.
'He looks so innocent...' Kagome thought. She then remembered what he had said last night.
'Did he really mean what he said? Or was he just tired and saying random things?' Kagome flinched as he began to move. She became still and didn't wish to wake him. For some odd reason, she couldn't find it in her to move from where she was standing.
Suddenly, Inuyasha's eyes opened. Her black eyes caught his amber ones.
"Inu...yasha..." she said silently.
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"So...what's...your..plan?" Miroku asked in between breaths as he jogged with Sango.
"Well, I see some sort of sparks between those two...and I'm just trying to..." Sango began.
"Make those sparks turn into flames?" Miroku finished.
"Exactly." Sango winked.
"Why don't we take a rest at this next bench, Sango?" asked Miroku.
"Oh, sure why not." Sango replied.
When they came to a stop, Sango stood and drank from her water bottle. Miroku practically collapsed onto the bench.
"I appreciate you agreeing to come with me on this jog, Miroku." Sango said after drinking.
"No problem..." Miroku replied.
While drinking, Sango felt a hand in a place where it shouldn't have been.
"LECHER!!" Sango screamed and began jogging again, leaving a hand-mark on the face of a dizzy Miroku.
'Ahh! Damn these hands, damn them!' Miroku thought to himself and began jogging.
"Sango!" Miroku hollered. "Sango! Sango! Wait up!"
"Why should I?!" Sango replied while still jogging.
"Because I'm sorry!" Miroku yelled back.
She turned around and slowed down her pace.
"If you're really sorry...you're going to have to keep up with me.." She winked at him and began to jog again.
'Oh geeze. This girl is almost as stubborn as her brother.' Miroku smiled to himself and began running.
Sango began to jog and wondered how Inuyasha and Kagome were doing.
'I hope she's okay...and I hope Inuyasha will go back to being the good man I know he can be..' she thought to herself.
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"What're you staring at?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome backed away from the couch.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to wake you." Kagome apologized. "I just woke up and Sango wasn't there..so I figured she went downstairs, but then there was a note that said she was out..and then I heard something downstairs so I thought it might've been Miroku or something...and then when I saw it was you I..."
"You talk a lot, yennoe that?" Inuyasha interrupted and he got up.
"Well, excuse me if I just didn't want to disturb you!" Kagome put her hands on her hips.
"Feh. Whatever. So what's for breakfast?" He asked as he looked in the refrigerator.
"I don't know.. I just woke up, like I told you!"
"Well, there's nothing in this house to eat..." Inuyasha said while scratching his head.
"Did you wanna go out or something?" he asked.
Kagome paused and panicked.
"Go out? Like on a date?" Kagome asked with unease.
Inuyasha stood there and glared at her as if she was crazy.
"No, I meant like... go out real quick to get some breakfast..." he said slowly.
Kagome's face began to turn red with embarrassment.
"But because it seems like you want to go out with me so bad, sure why not?" Inuyasha shrugged.
"You jerk! That's not what I meant.. I misunderstood what you said!" Kagome said while smacking him in the back of the head.
"Hey, you wench! I was only following on what you said! So do you want to get some breakfast or what?"
"FINE!! Let me just get ready!"
"Well, FINE!"
The two headed upstairs to get ready for...breakfast.
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"Come on, Miroku! Hustle, hustle!" Sango yelled as she dribbled the ball.
"Hey! No fair! I haven't played basketball in..I don't even know how long!" Miroku said as he attempted to block her.
"Were you even good at it when you played it before?" Sango joked as she shot the ball into the hoop.
"As a matter of fact, Miss Thang, I was pretty darn good!" Miroku said as he stole the ball from Sango and shot a lay-up.
"Impressive..." Sango said while laughing.
For about 15 minutes the two played non-stop one on one. Slowly, new players began challenging them. Sango and Miroku joined together as one team, and started to play against two challengers named Kouga and Shippou.
Kouga was a well-built boy. He has a long black pony tail and was fairly good at basketball. Shippou, on the other hand was a very short boy. Though he was short, he still had the advantage of crawling under people's legs to steal the ball.
The score was 18 to 18 and they were going to end it at 20. Kouga had the ball, he tried passing it to Shippou. Sango intercepted the pass and stole the ball.
"Sango! I'm open!" Miroku called out as he tried getting out of block by Kouga. She passed him the ball and he drove in.
The three looked at the ball as if their lives depended on it. Kouga smirked as the ball didn't make the hoop, but it faded as Sango drove in and made the rebound.
"Whoo!" Sango screamed as she made the shot.
A smiling and laughing Miroku ran to her and they both ran into each other with arms open. Seconds later they were hugging and their faces were only inches apart. It wasn't until Sango and Miroku stopped laughing when they realized how close they were. They immediately separated and shook hands.
"Good game..you two are good together." Kouga said while shaking hands with Sango.
"Yeah! We should play again sometime." said Shippou.
"You two were great too! And of course! Hopefully we'll see you two around sometime!" Sango said as she shook Shippou's hand.
"A great girl you got there, boy." Kouga said to Miroku as he shook his hand.
"Yeah.." Miroku agreed as he looked at Sango talking to Shippou.
"She really is great.." Miroku smiled.
"So.. How's about we head home now? I feel weird leaving those two alone for a long time.." Sango said after she waved Kouga and Shippou good-bye.
"Okay..let's go." Miroku said.
"You played good out there." smiled Sango.
"You didn't do too bad, yourself." he winked.
As they started walking..Miroku inched closer to Sango as they walked. She noticed, but ignored it. Soon Miroku got so close that their arms were touching. Before Sango could complain or question, she felt his hand hold hers. Sango looked at their hands, and smiled. They continued walking back home...hand in hand.
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"So what'll it be for you two?" the waitress said.
"Well..I'll have plate of bacon and eggs please. With some orange juice, if that's okay." Kagome said smiling.
"And I'll have the Ramen with egg. Water, too." Inuyasha said while putting down his menu.
"Sango said that we could go visit them at the park. She wrote that she would be jogging there." Kagome said.
"Feh. I'm guessing you wanna go there, huh?" Inuyasha grunted.
"Well, it would be nice..but we don't have to.." Kagome replied.
"Hey there, Kikyo." a deep voice called from behind Kagome.
"Looks like you've healed from that accident, eh? You're still with that weird-looking thing?" said the man as he pointed to Inuyasha.
"Aye, Bastard..watch who you're calling weird-looking!..jackass.." Inuyasha exclaimed.
"I'm not Kikyo..my name is Kagome.." Kagome replied confused.
"Oh really? So it is true..she did die." Naraku started.
Inuyasha tensed up in his chair.
"Well, Kagome..nice to meet you...would you care to accept the chance of coming with me for a real morning and ditch this useless dog?" Naraku winked.
"Ew...not a chance. And how dare you call Inuyasha a useless dog..you..you..jerk!" Kagome stood and smacked Naraku.
"Sit back down, you bitch!" Naraku punched Kagome and she fell down onto the chair.
"Hey you, Bastard! Leave her alone! You have no business with her!" Inuyasha stood up.
"You wanna pick on her? You pick on me first." Inuyasha punched Naraku in the face.
"Forget it. She wasn't all that great anyways. You can keep your slut of a whore." Naraku stood up and left the diner.
"Geeze...it's jerks like that that make this town a pain in the ass." Inuyasha said as he sat back down.
Kagome was rubbing her face at the place Naraku had punched.
"You okay?" Inuyash asked as he examined the hit.
"Yeah.. No bruises or cuts. It just really hurts." Kagome said while rubbing the pain.
Inuyasha grabbed a napkin and put ice into it.
"Here.. Stop rubbing it.. Put this on it." he handed her the ice.
"It hurts!" Kagome said as she placed it on her cheek.
"Well that's because it's not numb yet, moron." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Owww!!" Kagome screamed. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Fine. Just hold my hand and squeeze it if you feel pain." Inuyasha held out his hand.
Shyly, Kagome took it. She began to squeeze really hard.
"Gah! It hurts that bad?!" Inuyasha yelped. Kagome laughed.
"I want to thank you for what you did back there." she said while holding his hand.
"Feh. Don't gotta thank me...Naraku is just a typical jackass that wants to get on everybody's nerves. It was about time somebody knocked some sense into him.."
"He..spoke about that girl..Kikyo.." Kagome said slowly.
Inuyasha's grip on Kagome tightened.
"I don't ever want to discuss the name Kikyo with you, ever again. Got that?!" He looked up.
Kagome gasped and nodded her head. He loosened his grip on her hand.
"I'm sorry..he said that she had died...I apologize about that..." she said slowly.
"I said that I never wanted to discuss about her anymore." Inuyasha said slamming his other hand on the table.
Kagome winced.
"I'm sorry... again." She said quietly.
Inuyasha sighed.
"No..it's not your fault...you really want to know what happened?" the look on Inuyasha's eyes softened.
"Only if you're willing to tell.. I won't push you into anything.." Kagome said slowly, but inside she was dying to know.
"Well...it all began last year.." Inuyasha started.
FLASH BACK
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha called out as he saw a fallen Kikyo in the rain. She was accompanied with Sango. Both of their faces were streaked with tears.
"Inuyasha! Sango! Both of you two have to leave now!" Kikyo exclaimed as she got up and started to run.
"Kikyo! Why are you doing this?!" Sango screamed while still on the cement ground.
"I'm tired of explaining! All I can tell you is that it was for the benefit of all of us! Trust me! I love you both dearly...but I can't bear to hurt either of you!"
"Kikyo! Don't you understand? By doing all of this...you're hurting us more than you know!" Inuyasha screamed with tears in his eyes.
Kikyo stood there in the rain, shaking her head slowly. Inuyasha slowly walked towards her. He put his arms around her.
"You don't have to do this.." he whispered softly.
Kikyo's arms wrapped around his for a brief moment, and then she released herself from his grasp and ran.
"Kikyo!! WATCH OUT!" called a distressed and scared Sango.
Kikyo looked back, and realized she was on the road. Her eyes widened as she caught the glimpse of a bright light coming towards her.
"KIKYO!!!!" Sango and Inuyasha screamed.
It was too late...the driver immediately stopped the car. Sango and Inuyasha huddled around Kikyo's body. It was soaked with rain and blood. Her face was streaked with tears and a line of blood traced her face.
"Call 911!" ordered Inuyasha. Sango nodded and told the driver.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha brought her body up and held her head.
"Inu...yasha.." Kikyo said slowly.
"Kikyo! You're alive! Don't die on me, please. I need you here.. Please don't die on me!" Inuyasha cried.
Kikyo smiled and placed her hand on Inuyasha's cheek to brush away his tears.
"I..love..you..Inu–" those were Kikyo's last words before she finally shut her eyes and her hand dropped from Inuyasha's face.
"No!!!" Inuyasha cried, he buried his face onto her neck.
"No.. Kikyo.. Why?! Kikyo!! No..." Inuyasha cried. Sango ran by his side and hugged her brother.
Together they cried over Kikyo's dead body. When the ambulance finally came, they were unable to ride with her corpse. Inuyasha and Sango cried as they watched the ambulance drive away and out of their sight.
END OF FLASHBACK
Kagome looked down at her breakfast after Inuyasha finished his story.
"I...I..I don't don't know what to say.." Kagome said while shaking.
"There isn't much to say..." Inuyasha said while taking a sip of his water.
"No, really Inuyasha...I admire how you and Sango have been staying so strong..." Kagome looked up.. tearing.
Inuyasha raised his head. His eyes opened wide as he felt Kagome's lips on his
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Chapter 8
Kagome woke up in the morning and looked around the room. Sango wasn't with her.
"Sango?" Kagome called out, but nobody answered. She looked at her bed, and it was already fixed. When Kagome looked at the time, it was only 7:00 AM.
'Where could she be? It's so early to be awake!' Kagome thought.
As Kagome got up, she saw that there was a note taped on Sango's door.
'Rise and Shine, Kagome! Sorry I'm not with you right now..I went out to the park for a jog and a quick basketball game. You should stop by for a while! I'll see you later! Hope you had a nice sleep!
Love,
Sango'
Kagome rolled her eyes and smiled. She went to get her toothbrush, but forgot which drawer she had put it in. She was still in Sango's room, and pulled open the drawer next to Sango's bed.
'Nope, my toothbrush obviously isn't in here..' Kagome thought.
'Hey..what's this?' Kagome pulled out a picture frame.
It was a picture of a girl and Sango. There were smiling and waving at the camera. The frame had the words 'Best Friends Forever!' carved in.
'Is this...Kikyo?' Kagome asked herself.
In the drawer there were several other pictures including the girl. Most of them were pictures of her with Sango. Kagome gasped as she found one particular picture. It was of the girl being held by someone, but she couldn't make out who it was. Kagome heard movement downstairs and put the picture and the frame back into the drawer.
"Sango?" Kagome called from upstairs. Nobody answered once again, but she could hear somebody moving.
Kagome slowly crept downstairs.
"Hello?" She asked. Nobody answered, just moved.
When she walked into the living room, she saw the source of the movement. There he was..Inuyasha was still in the same spot she had seen him last night.
Kagome sighed in relief that it was him and not some scary thief. She spent a couple of minutes watching him as he lay there sleeping.
'He looks so innocent...' Kagome thought. She then remembered what he had said last night.
'Did he really mean what he said? Or was he just tired and saying random things?' Kagome flinched as he began to move. She became still and didn't wish to wake him. For some odd reason, she couldn't find it in her to move from where she was standing.
Suddenly, Inuyasha's eyes opened. Her black eyes caught his amber ones.
"Inu...yasha..." she said silently.
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"So...what's...your..plan?" Miroku asked in between breaths as he jogged with Sango.
"Well, I see some sort of sparks between those two...and I'm just trying to..." Sango began.
"Make those sparks turn into flames?" Miroku finished.
"Exactly." Sango winked.
"Why don't we take a rest at this next bench, Sango?" asked Miroku.
"Oh, sure why not." Sango replied.
When they came to a stop, Sango stood and drank from her water bottle. Miroku practically collapsed onto the bench.
"I appreciate you agreeing to come with me on this jog, Miroku." Sango said after drinking.
"No problem..." Miroku replied.
While drinking, Sango felt a hand in a place where it shouldn't have been.
"LECHER!!" Sango screamed and began jogging again, leaving a hand-mark on the face of a dizzy Miroku.
'Ahh! Damn these hands, damn them!' Miroku thought to himself and began jogging.
"Sango!" Miroku hollered. "Sango! Sango! Wait up!"
"Why should I?!" Sango replied while still jogging.
"Because I'm sorry!" Miroku yelled back.
She turned around and slowed down her pace.
"If you're really sorry...you're going to have to keep up with me.." She winked at him and began to jog again.
'Oh geeze. This girl is almost as stubborn as her brother.' Miroku smiled to himself and began running.
Sango began to jog and wondered how Inuyasha and Kagome were doing.
'I hope she's okay...and I hope Inuyasha will go back to being the good man I know he can be..' she thought to herself.
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"What're you staring at?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome backed away from the couch.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to wake you." Kagome apologized. "I just woke up and Sango wasn't there..so I figured she went downstairs, but then there was a note that said she was out..and then I heard something downstairs so I thought it might've been Miroku or something...and then when I saw it was you I..."
"You talk a lot, yennoe that?" Inuyasha interrupted and he got up.
"Well, excuse me if I just didn't want to disturb you!" Kagome put her hands on her hips.
"Feh. Whatever. So what's for breakfast?" He asked as he looked in the refrigerator.
"I don't know.. I just woke up, like I told you!"
"Well, there's nothing in this house to eat..." Inuyasha said while scratching his head.
"Did you wanna go out or something?" he asked.
Kagome paused and panicked.
"Go out? Like on a date?" Kagome asked with unease.
Inuyasha stood there and glared at her as if she was crazy.
"No, I meant like... go out real quick to get some breakfast..." he said slowly.
Kagome's face began to turn red with embarrassment.
"But because it seems like you want to go out with me so bad, sure why not?" Inuyasha shrugged.
"You jerk! That's not what I meant.. I misunderstood what you said!" Kagome said while smacking him in the back of the head.
"Hey, you wench! I was only following on what you said! So do you want to get some breakfast or what?"
"FINE!! Let me just get ready!"
"Well, FINE!"
The two headed upstairs to get ready for...breakfast.
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"Come on, Miroku! Hustle, hustle!" Sango yelled as she dribbled the ball.
"Hey! No fair! I haven't played basketball in..I don't even know how long!" Miroku said as he attempted to block her.
"Were you even good at it when you played it before?" Sango joked as she shot the ball into the hoop.
"As a matter of fact, Miss Thang, I was pretty darn good!" Miroku said as he stole the ball from Sango and shot a lay-up.
"Impressive..." Sango said while laughing.
For about 15 minutes the two played non-stop one on one. Slowly, new players began challenging them. Sango and Miroku joined together as one team, and started to play against two challengers named Kouga and Shippou.
Kouga was a well-built boy. He has a long black pony tail and was fairly good at basketball. Shippou, on the other hand was a very short boy. Though he was short, he still had the advantage of crawling under people's legs to steal the ball.
The score was 18 to 18 and they were going to end it at 20. Kouga had the ball, he tried passing it to Shippou. Sango intercepted the pass and stole the ball.
"Sango! I'm open!" Miroku called out as he tried getting out of block by Kouga. She passed him the ball and he drove in.
The three looked at the ball as if their lives depended on it. Kouga smirked as the ball didn't make the hoop, but it faded as Sango drove in and made the rebound.
"Whoo!" Sango screamed as she made the shot.
A smiling and laughing Miroku ran to her and they both ran into each other with arms open. Seconds later they were hugging and their faces were only inches apart. It wasn't until Sango and Miroku stopped laughing when they realized how close they were. They immediately separated and shook hands.
"Good game..you two are good together." Kouga said while shaking hands with Sango.
"Yeah! We should play again sometime." said Shippou.
"You two were great too! And of course! Hopefully we'll see you two around sometime!" Sango said as she shook Shippou's hand.
"A great girl you got there, boy." Kouga said to Miroku as he shook his hand.
"Yeah.." Miroku agreed as he looked at Sango talking to Shippou.
"She really is great.." Miroku smiled.
"So.. How's about we head home now? I feel weird leaving those two alone for a long time.." Sango said after she waved Kouga and Shippou good-bye.
"Okay..let's go." Miroku said.
"You played good out there." smiled Sango.
"You didn't do too bad, yourself." he winked.
As they started walking..Miroku inched closer to Sango as they walked. She noticed, but ignored it. Soon Miroku got so close that their arms were touching. Before Sango could complain or question, she felt his hand hold hers. Sango looked at their hands, and smiled. They continued walking back home...hand in hand.
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"So what'll it be for you two?" the waitress said.
"Well..I'll have plate of bacon and eggs please. With some orange juice, if that's okay." Kagome said smiling.
"And I'll have the Ramen with egg. Water, too." Inuyasha said while putting down his menu.
"Sango said that we could go visit them at the park. She wrote that she would be jogging there." Kagome said.
"Feh. I'm guessing you wanna go there, huh?" Inuyasha grunted.
"Well, it would be nice..but we don't have to.." Kagome replied.
"Hey there, Kikyo." a deep voice called from behind Kagome.
"Looks like you've healed from that accident, eh? You're still with that weird-looking thing?" said the man as he pointed to Inuyasha.
"Aye, Bastard..watch who you're calling weird-looking!..jackass.." Inuyasha exclaimed.
"I'm not Kikyo..my name is Kagome.." Kagome replied confused.
"Oh really? So it is true..she did die." Naraku started.
Inuyasha tensed up in his chair.
"Well, Kagome..nice to meet you...would you care to accept the chance of coming with me for a real morning and ditch this useless dog?" Naraku winked.
"Ew...not a chance. And how dare you call Inuyasha a useless dog..you..you..jerk!" Kagome stood and smacked Naraku.
"Sit back down, you bitch!" Naraku punched Kagome and she fell down onto the chair.
"Hey you, Bastard! Leave her alone! You have no business with her!" Inuyasha stood up.
"You wanna pick on her? You pick on me first." Inuyasha punched Naraku in the face.
"Forget it. She wasn't all that great anyways. You can keep your slut of a whore." Naraku stood up and left the diner.
"Geeze...it's jerks like that that make this town a pain in the ass." Inuyasha said as he sat back down.
Kagome was rubbing her face at the place Naraku had punched.
"You okay?" Inuyash asked as he examined the hit.
"Yeah.. No bruises or cuts. It just really hurts." Kagome said while rubbing the pain.
Inuyasha grabbed a napkin and put ice into it.
"Here.. Stop rubbing it.. Put this on it." he handed her the ice.
"It hurts!" Kagome said as she placed it on her cheek.
"Well that's because it's not numb yet, moron." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Owww!!" Kagome screamed. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Fine. Just hold my hand and squeeze it if you feel pain." Inuyasha held out his hand.
Shyly, Kagome took it. She began to squeeze really hard.
"Gah! It hurts that bad?!" Inuyasha yelped. Kagome laughed.
"I want to thank you for what you did back there." she said while holding his hand.
"Feh. Don't gotta thank me...Naraku is just a typical jackass that wants to get on everybody's nerves. It was about time somebody knocked some sense into him.."
"He..spoke about that girl..Kikyo.." Kagome said slowly.
Inuyasha's grip on Kagome tightened.
"I don't ever want to discuss the name Kikyo with you, ever again. Got that?!" He looked up.
Kagome gasped and nodded her head. He loosened his grip on her hand.
"I'm sorry..he said that she had died...I apologize about that..." she said slowly.
"I said that I never wanted to discuss about her anymore." Inuyasha said slamming his other hand on the table.
Kagome winced.
"I'm sorry... again." She said quietly.
Inuyasha sighed.
"No..it's not your fault...you really want to know what happened?" the look on Inuyasha's eyes softened.
"Only if you're willing to tell.. I won't push you into anything.." Kagome said slowly, but inside she was dying to know.
"Well...it all began last year.." Inuyasha started.
FLASH BACK
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha called out as he saw a fallen Kikyo in the rain. She was accompanied with Sango. Both of their faces were streaked with tears.
"Inuyasha! Sango! Both of you two have to leave now!" Kikyo exclaimed as she got up and started to run.
"Kikyo! Why are you doing this?!" Sango screamed while still on the cement ground.
"I'm tired of explaining! All I can tell you is that it was for the benefit of all of us! Trust me! I love you both dearly...but I can't bear to hurt either of you!"
"Kikyo! Don't you understand? By doing all of this...you're hurting us more than you know!" Inuyasha screamed with tears in his eyes.
Kikyo stood there in the rain, shaking her head slowly. Inuyasha slowly walked towards her. He put his arms around her.
"You don't have to do this.." he whispered softly.
Kikyo's arms wrapped around his for a brief moment, and then she released herself from his grasp and ran.
"Kikyo!! WATCH OUT!" called a distressed and scared Sango.
Kikyo looked back, and realized she was on the road. Her eyes widened as she caught the glimpse of a bright light coming towards her.
"KIKYO!!!!" Sango and Inuyasha screamed.
It was too late...the driver immediately stopped the car. Sango and Inuyasha huddled around Kikyo's body. It was soaked with rain and blood. Her face was streaked with tears and a line of blood traced her face.
"Call 911!" ordered Inuyasha. Sango nodded and told the driver.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha brought her body up and held her head.
"Inu...yasha.." Kikyo said slowly.
"Kikyo! You're alive! Don't die on me, please. I need you here.. Please don't die on me!" Inuyasha cried.
Kikyo smiled and placed her hand on Inuyasha's cheek to brush away his tears.
"I..love..you..Inu–" those were Kikyo's last words before she finally shut her eyes and her hand dropped from Inuyasha's face.
"No!!!" Inuyasha cried, he buried his face onto her neck.
"No.. Kikyo.. Why?! Kikyo!! No..." Inuyasha cried. Sango ran by his side and hugged her brother.
Together they cried over Kikyo's dead body. When the ambulance finally came, they were unable to ride with her corpse. Inuyasha and Sango cried as they watched the ambulance drive away and out of their sight.
END OF FLASHBACK
Kagome looked down at her breakfast after Inuyasha finished his story.
"I...I..I don't don't know what to say.." Kagome said while shaking.
"There isn't much to say..." Inuyasha said while taking a sip of his water.
"No, really Inuyasha...I admire how you and Sango have been staying so strong..." Kagome looked up.. tearing.
Inuyasha raised his head. His eyes opened wide as he felt Kagome's lips on his