Authors note!

Crap! I have no idea how this is gonna go! I am completely void of any creative ideas! ARG! Blah! Blah! I hate this! Oh well, I think I'll just have to wing it! Oh by the way, thanks to all those who reviewed! I really, really appreciate it! It means so much! It motivates me lots and lots! So now just because I got reviews on my last chapter, I'll write this one. Oh yes, so you know this chapter is dedicated to WhiteFlower200, if anyone wants a chapter dedicated to them, just ask. This story is dedicated to my friend jade, who hates anime (so sad I know). I am trying to convert her though. That's why I put her in this story. Okay now, ON WITH THE STORY!

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"Jade! Hey jade! Holy crap! What's wrong?! Where's kagome? Who's that? Oh, by the way you have a phone call, someone named um.........Jee-see-ka? I couldn't really understand sorry."

"Jessica?"

Jade's head snapped up immediately. She squirmed free of Sesshomaru's grasp and ran inside. The phone was lying off the hook. Jade greedily snatched it up. Jade's breath caught in her throat and she closed her eyes. Finally her eyes opened.

"Jessica?" she breathed.

"JADE!"

Sesshomaru watched jade as she rapidly began to speak in a different language. (English!) He cocked his head at inuyasha; inuyasha cast him a puzzled look. Clearly he didn't understand either. Inuyasha had heard kagome speak bits and pieces before, but he never took the time to ask what language it was, let alone what it meant.

-The conversation-

"Jade, what's wrong?"

"How did you know something was wrong? I am all the way in Japan! I haven't seen you in years!"

There was a pause and then a soft reply. She sounded hurt. As if jade's words had wounded her. "Jade, don't tell me you forgot about your pact with us. With me. With the w.r.? We are always together jade. Our friendship was bound together. Don't you remember my 14th birthday?"

Memories came flying back. Jade smiled. "Of course I remember. It's been such a long time."

The scene slowly began to replay itself. The five of them were sitting outside in a blanket. Hot chocolate steamed, the smoky warmth slowly dancing in the air. The full moon shone brightly and cast shadows on the ground. The stars twinkled and the light of the flickering candles danced in each of their eyes. One by one the held out a shaking hand and allowed hot wax to be dripped into there palms. A rose petal fluttered down and landed on the cooling wax. They all smiled, looking around at one another.

"Our friendship will never be broken."

The scene faded out. Jade reopened her eyes. "Of course I remember." She repeated.

"Good, now what's wrong?"

So jade let the story spill. She let everything spill, about her mom, her moms boyfriend, her brother, the hospital, the well, Sesshomaru, inuyasha, and finally kagome. By the time she was done speaking, fresh tears were cascading down her cheeks. She wasn't sure that Jessica bought her story at first but then she remembers that she was always, out of all her old friends that believed in magic. She was always the one besides herself that had craved the unknown, for adventure. The silence was just her thinking. Jade could hear the wheels turning in her friend's head, a scheme slowly taking shape. Jade smiled slightly when Jessica finally spoke.

"Okay, well I can't come out there, despite how much I want to." It had always been her dream to come to Tokyo; she had been seething with jealousy when jade had gotten to go, "anyway, we'll have to improvise. We need to get kagome out of this 'zombie' state." She spoke slowly, tasting each word as it left her mouth. "You know this reminds me of an anime I used to watch. It's weird."

"That's crazy! I would never be in an anime! I hate it, you know that!" (A/n: Oh how little she knows! Hahahaha! In your face jade! MUHAHAHAHAAHA!)

"Okay sorry, I'm getting sidetracked, okay so after kagome is out of her living dead stage get her and inuyasha to meet without them knowing they're meeting. Or you could always just get kagome a new boyfriend! Make inuyasha extremely jealous! Yes! That's it! Have him come crawling back to her! Hehehehe! *evil laugh!* it's a perfect plan. Inuyasha seems the jealous type so it's perfect. Have anyone in mind?"

"Yup, his name is koga. He's leader of the wolf demon tribe. And on the plus side he is in love with kagome. Inuyasha goes crazy jealous when he sees them together."

"Good, now I have a second part to this plan k?"

"Righto!"

"Okay, you remember that kid josh on my bus right? The one you are always arguing with? The one with the big feet? And the one that lent me battle royale and kill bill? You know the one-"

"YES I KNOW!"

"Yeah well he has been working on some sketchy project, supposedly top secret; man that guy can't keep a secret if his life depended on it. Hahaha, okay anyway his 'project includes erasing memories. If I can buddy up to josh, no not like that! Sheesh sicko!" Jessica could hear jade smirk. "Anyway perhaps bribe him, I could get that technology and send it to you, thus erasing inuyasha's memory of Kikyou! Or at least the love he felt for her!"

"Hey I read something about that on msn! It seemed unreal!"

"Oh that, I uh......accidentally sold that information. I didn't think it would THAT public. Oh well. So I'll send it to you k?" jade could hear her smiling through the phone.

"Okay. Oh Jessica?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks."

"Anytime."

-End conversation-

Jade set the phone down on the hook slowly. She sighed with a smile as it mad e a small click, cutting off her connection. Sesshomaru immediately rushed up o her asking her a million questions, like who she had been talking to. What did they say? Why was she smiling and crying at the same time? What language was she speaking? When did she learn it? She just shrugged and said, "It was just a friend. A very good, old friend." She waved his other questions away. "It doesn't matter," was all she would say. Then she slowly walked past Sesshomaru and inuyasha outside, following the faint tug of jewel shards.

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Kagome sat hunched up by herself, allowing only her legs to dangle from the side of the bridge. Tears fell silently into the dark water. The soft breeze caressed her sorrow ridden body, whispering comforting murmurs. She turned her head quickly as someone sat down delicately beside her.

"Oh, hello jade."

"This used to be my favorite spot just to come and think. Just to be by myself, I wasn't surprised when I found you here." Jade said looking across the large expanse of water. "Anytime I felt sad or lonely, I could always come here. It filled me with a sense of peace and tranquility."

Kagome nodded. "I know what you mean." She turned and looked at jade. "You know, I am glad I met you. I never told anyone this before, but I have always been lonely. No matter how many friends I had and no matter how hard I tried, I never seemed to fit in. when I met inuyasha, I, well I felt alive. He made me so happy. I was even able to bring myself to feel sorry for Kikyou. I was able to understand, well not understand, but except inuyasha's feeling for her. But now, I just, well I am confused. I feel as if he ripped my heart out, threw it on the ground and then stepped on it. I feel as if all the life, all the fight has left me. I truly know the meaning of sorrow. I feel as if I'm drowning in my own tears. I can't seem to be able to breathe. I feel as if a giant hand has encircled my heart and is squeezing. Tighter and tighter." Tears continued to fall as she spoke. "I don't think I can take much more of this. All I ever wanted was for inuyasha to be happy. And if that means giving my life up, well I'm willing to do it. I can't live without him. I just can't!" she buried her head in her hands and sobbed.

Jade put a comforting arm around her shaking shoulders. "Don't worry about it kagome. Inuyasha, despite the way he asks and the way he speaks to you, he cares deeply for you. Now tell me, before this has inuyasha ever said anything like that to you before. Has he ever actually meant to hurt you?"

Kagome sniffled and shook her head no.

"You see kagome; inuyasha lost someone that was very dear to him. He couldn't cope with it. He convinced himself that she wasn't dead. This messed with his head. It took over his heart. He convinced himself that he had to love Kikyou, all the while never realizing that he could love you. While you suffered privately, so did inuyasha. Gradually his love for you grew so great he forgot about Kikyou. But every time she returned the same guilt overcame him. He felt that he HAD to love her, HAD to die for her. But in reality the one he loved was you. When you insulted Kikyou he felt that he had to defend her. He had no choice. He didn't mean what he said kagome. You need to realize that."

Kagome turned and smiled weakly at jade. "Thank you, so much." Then she leaned heavily against her and let the tears wash her sorrow away. "Thank you." she whispered again, her voice muffled.

"Anytime," jade replied softly.

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Dir En Gray's song cage blared from the open windows of the blue house. (A/n: I am listening to that song now!) Jade walked with an arm around kagome. Kagome sniffled now and then. Jade had told her about Jessica's plan and kagome had readily agreed. She was desperate to get inuyasha back. Jade assured her that she had never lost him. Kagome began to sway slightly to the beat of the music.

"Who is this?" she asked quietly.

"Dir En Grey, one of my favorite bands. Why? You like them?" kagome nodded. "Good, they are a great band. I think it's sexy when guys wear make up!" kagome giggled at this.

"Don't let Sesshomaru hear you say that, he would probably go kill those guys." Jade laughed.

"yup." He is sometimes just a little too over protective, but its sweet." Jade smiled slightly to herself.

"I'm glad you're finally happy." Kagome whispered. "I just wish that someday inuyasha will love me like Sesshomaru loves you." in response jade gave kagome a little squeeze before letting go. Kagome shivered at the lack of warmth. Instantly another arm took jade's place. She looked up and saw inuyasha. He smiled down at her. Time to put the plan into action. Kagome stuck her nose up in the air. She flipped her hair and strode off angrily. She glanced back and looked at inuyasha.

"You told me you hated me. Told me that I was nothing. So I will be. I'll leave you alone. You don't need a silly shard detector tagging along with you. I said goodbye and I meant it."

"b-but kagome, I didn't mean it! I swear!"

But kagome had already disappeared inside the blue house. Inuyasha hung his head. Jade stalked by him and smirked. "See yah on the flip side inuyasha!" and then she left leaving inuyasha to try to figure out what she had just said. (A/n: I hate, no, I LOATHE Hilary duff. She always said that on Lizzie McGuire.)

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"JADE! KAGOME! Sesshomaru?" Shippo cast a questioning glance at Miroku and Sango. They just shrugged and exchanged puzzled glances of their own. "Welcome back! I didn't think that you were coming back at all! I was so scared!" Shippo threw himself in kagome's arms and whimpered.

"Pathetic" Sesshomaru said, bitter.

Jade looked at him strangely. "What do you mean pathetic? Haven't you ever missed someone so much yet are unable to see them? Haven't you ever been scared of being lonely? Hasn't anyone ever missed you?"

Sesshomaru didn't answer. He just turned away and grunted. Then he suddenly turned. His eyes widened slightly. "Oh no! I forgot about Rin and Jaken! I must go!"

"Well I'm coming with you!" jade said as she jumped onto Sesshomaru's back. He shrugged, but smiled slightly in spite of himself. Jade snuggled into his long hair. Her fingers dancing among the silky strands. Without knowing Sesshomaru began to purr as he ran. Jade giggled but said nothing. She continued to play with his hair weaving it with intricate designs. Soon Sesshomaru came to a halt. He gently let jade slide to the ground.

"MASTER SESSHOMARU!" jaken ran out and greeted them Rin right behind him. Jaken stopped in his tracks. "What is this disgusting human doing here? I thought you would have killed her by now."

"STUPID TOAD!" jade yelled and Rin hit him over the head. She smiled at jade, while Sesshomaru shot a killing stare at jaken. He cowered.

"Forgive me, me lord."

Sesshomaru waved him away. He gazed down on Rin. She threw himself onto him. His eyes widened as tears leaked out of her big eyes. "Lord Sesshomaru! I missed you! I didn't think you were coming back! I thought you abandoned me too!"

Jade smirked at him. He scowled at her and awkwardly patted Rin's back. "Well I'm here now, so stop these tears." Rin sniffled and nodded. "Good."

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Authors note!

Hello everyone! Well I would've continued but I honestly don't feel like it. Okay well whatever. REVIEW PLEASE!

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"Glass"

If I had a dime for every time you walked away,

I could afford to not give a shit

and buy a drink and drown the day

But your pockets, they are empty,

yeh, and mine are times two

So why not make an about-face,

and accept the love I send to you?

You're never gonna be content if you don't try,

try to see outside your line.

There you go, you did it again!

You act as if there's blinders on your eyes.

Should I apologize if what I say burns your ears and stains

your eyes?!

Oh, did I crack your shell?

When it falls away, you'll see we exist as well!

Like a bottle with the cork stuck,

your true ingredients trapped inside.

Through the cloudy glass we catch a glimpse of you;

I guess the hard shell represents your pride.

Oh, if only it could be different

we could uncover the you, you deny.

Between two, a small discrepancy,

one complicates and one simplifies.

TAKE THOSE FUCKING BLINDERS OFF YOUR EYES!!

So if I had a dime for every time you walked away,

you could bet your bottom dollar that

I'd be filthy rich by noon today

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