ACK! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY!!!!! I was really really really really really really busy this weekend….seriously, I was gone all day Saturday, busy Sunday, had a party on Saturday, volleyball, dance class….need I say more?

But here's the chapter, and I do warn you now, it will be short….YES. I REPEAT SHORT.

Oh, before I forget, I will be using Dearest…..and possibly another. Haven't quite decided…..but here's the chapter:

Chapter 9

Inuyasha rose and walked to the front door. He opened it and was greeted by a familiar girl. "What do you want…Kikyo?" he snarled.

The girl walked in on her own. Just barging in. "I came to talk to you about something rather important." Kikyo stepped around Inuyasha with her back to him. "Why?" she asked suddenly.

Inuyasha was puzzled. "Why what?"

"Why her, why *that* girl? Of all the girls…you had to pick her?" Kikyo said sounding oddly calm. She slowly turned around with an eerily happy look on her face.

Inuyasha didn't know what he should do. This girl had just barged in and invaded his personal space. Did he yell at her? Or dies he sympathize? "You…mean Kagome?"

"Yes. Her." Kikyo walked up to Inuyasha and placed her arms on his chest. Her eyes showed hints of hurt and betrayal. Her face was sad and dismayed. "Does that girl mean more to you than I do?"

Inuyasha was so confused He didn't know what to do. "Kikyo…just leave."

"So…she does?" The hurt girl backed away slowly towards the door. "I'll be back, Inuyasha, and I hope you don't forget me in the mean time…"

"What just happened?" Inuyasha sighed plopping himself down in his couch.

"Who was that?" Shippo asked. He sat down next to Inuyasha with the remote in hand.

"Kikyo." Was all the hanyou said. He gave no further detail. No last name, no personal information, just…Kikyo.

"Why'd she come?" The little kitsune asked pressing the "power" button on the remote. The tv turned on, and he changed it to cartoons. "She looked kinda sad."

The hanyou remained silent. What did Kikyo want? She always came running to him when she needed something. Did she come all this way just to tell me that? No, there's got to be more…But what…?

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Kagome stopped a few feet after she and Inuyasha had gone their own ways. She turned around to see him walking in the direction opposite of what his address said. Where could he be going? The girl wondered. An idea popped into her head, sure it was rude, but wasn't following someone okay? It's not like stalking…is it?

Kagome stayed a good distance behind the hanyou. But when she turned a corner, she saw him looking around. She quickly jumped into the nearest hiding place – a dumpster. Lucky her. "Disgusting!" she yelled quickly climbing out. She picked off some of the trash, and quickly walked back out into the open, hoping to see Inuyasha, but he was nowhere in sight. "Where'd he go?" She said aloud, to no one in particular. Oh well…I need to get home anyway…The girl turned back around to head home.

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A/N: I apologize again!!!! But I needed some time off…I'll try and update once a week now….k? and yes again, Dearest is the song I will use…

ttyl!!! -animeblonde10