Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. plain and simple.*sigh*

"Damn girl!" Inuyasha yelled as he slammed down the phone. He was just trying to apologize! She must not know how hard it was to swallow demon pride like his. Maybe he had deserved it after all though. Kagome had always been too nice a person to have anything this rotten done to her. Especially coming from him. Why had he left her and Sango?

Oh yes, the memories suddenly came flooding back to him as he remembered being invited to his first high school party by an older classmate. The drinking, the dugs, the pressure and all those girls, Miroku was renown in their little circle for his lechery. But Inuyasha wasn't and just the thought of all those older girls. even if they didn't known what the heck they were doing. girls still talked and word got around school.

*~*~* Flashback *~*~*

"Hey Kagome! Wait up!" Inuyasha yelled in his new voice. Kagome almost didn't recognize the sound of it when he called her from across the schoolyard.

"Oh hey there Inu-Chan! How's it going? I haven't seen you around in a while. did you change your schedule or something? You haven't been to third period since the second day of school!" She jabbered when they reached other and settled down to sit next to the boy she had known so long.

"Yeah, uh, that class was too hard for me so I, uh, had to switch out," Inuyasha stammered out, not wanting to say that he had really been ditching it so that he could spend time with his older, new friends.

"It was a State Requirements!" Kagome was exasperated. She knew that he was lying. (A/N: FYI, State Requirements is Drivers Ed/ Sex Ed. at least that's what they call it here.)

"Yeah."

"Inuyasha, there's something you're not telling me. I know," Kagome was frustrated that he couldn't tell her after knowing her since diaper days. "that you have been cutting. It's obvious, even the teacher knows."

"He does? Mr. Tanaka knows I've been cutting?"

"Yeah. anyone with half a brain cell would know."

"Oh yeah? What's that supposed to mean? Since I thought that no one knew that means I don't even have half a brain cell?" Inuyasha fumed.

"No! That's not it! That's not what I meant and you know it!" Kagome pleaded, she hated to see him mad at her like this.

" No. I don't. Anyways I have to go. Miroku is expecting me," And with that he left her.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* End of flash back *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"What was up with my behavior back then? Gosh I was such a spoiled brat." Inuyasha mused to himself aloud without realizing that his older brother had walked past his room then.

"News flash whelp, you've always been a spoiled brat!" Sesshomaru commented upon his walking past Inuyasha's room.

"Thanks a lot you-" Inuyasha was about to finish with some rude comment but remembered Kagome's harsh yet real words about him growing up, said many a time to him in hopes not of changing him but helping him. "That's it. I'm going to win you back Kagome! I'll show you!"

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"Come on Kagome! You've got to forgive him! You remember how he was like in the hospital!" Sango tried to convince her best friend. It was starting to get hard balancing her time between Kagome with her new relationship flourishing so with Miroku.

"Yeah, and I also remember him all through high school!" Kagome yelled through her tears and the closed bedroom door. Relentless to what she did Sango opened the door and slowly peaked her head inside the door. Kagome was a sight with bright red, blood shot eyes, a patchy pale tear-stained face and random piles of tissues around the room. All the lights were off and the drapes were closed; a classic break up scene.

"Kagome! By the way you look and the sound of your voice one would think that you just got stood up on you're wedding day or something! I thought you hated the guy but apparently I was wrong." Sango sighed and thought about what to say to Miroku when canceling their plans for the next couple days to stay with Kagome.

"No you were right. You're always right Sango! Right all the time, even when we were little and you tried to convince me that Miroku and Inuyasha didn't have cooties!" Kagome laughed at he little joke while Sango looked at her worriedly. She took Kagome's hand in hers and patted it a couple times before suggesting that Kagome get some sleep. And off to sleep Kagome went, with memories flittering around her mind.

*~*~*~*~*~* Taking A Sleeping Trip Down Memory Lane *~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Yes you do!" A five-year-old little girl with midnight black hair in high pigtails screamed at a little boy the same age with silver hair.

"No I don't!" The boy screamed back before pulling one of her pigtails.

"Yes you do! Only boys with cooties pull girls' hair!" She yelled back while her brown haired friend poked her in the back. "What Sango- chan?"

"Um, Gome-chan? My Daddy says there no such thing as cooties," Sango whispered quietly while another little boy with dark brown hair stared on, enraptured with Sango.

"Well, then you're daddy hasn't meet Inu-chan or Riko-chan!" Kagome said indignantly before pulling down one eye lid, closing the other and sticking her tongue out at the two boys before pulling her friend away to the other side of the sand box, with a single, silent tear streaming down her cheek that she brushed aside.

"Gome-chan? Why'd we leave? I thought we were having fun!" Sango said, a little confused.

"Because they have cooties. And boys are smelly too." Kagome whispered as if were some deadly secret.

"But I thought-" Sango started but was cutoff by Kagome. "No," Sango, though young, could take a hint. Yes still she couldn't stop. "I thought you like Inu-chan?"

"And I thought you were my friend!" Sango looked taken aback. "Sorry. That wasn't true. I mean- yeah I do Sango-chan. But not when he's mean and has cooties!" With that she sighed and started to make a sand castle.

Not even five, ten minutes had passed before Inuyasha was back to her, red in the face with his head hung low, apologizing and Kagome accepting. Sango and Miroku rolled their five-year-old eyes at each other while their two other best friends continued playing like nothing ever happened. Everything was the way it used to be. Then..

"Inu-chan! Keep you're cooties away from me and Sango-chan!"

*~*~*~*~* Trip Forward a few Years *~*~*~*~*~*

"OMG! Inuyasha! You're 20 minutes late! The movie started ten minutes ago!" The same girl with midnight hair except it was down and tangles, her mouth was covered in metal and her face was angry.

"Sorry! My brother wanted to stop and check out his latest whore." Inuyasha said as he nervously ran a hand through his shoulder length silver hair. His T-shirt was clearly a few sizes too big; clearly a hand me down, His face had dirt smudged across the cheek and what Kagome thought to be a bit of dried blood too. He shook his head and glanced questioningly at Kagome. Her eyes were ablaze with anger and sympathy. She knew of his dysfunctional family.

"It's fine. Come on! Let's hope Sango and Miroku were able to hold out seats. The theater is packed!" She tugged at his elbow and started to run towards the theater. Inuyasha caught up with her easily and kept pace. "Inuyasha?" She panted.

"Yeah?"

"Promise me next time you need a ride from Sesshomaru that you'll call?" She turned and smiled before stopping suddenly, letting him run into the wall.

*~*~*~*~*~* A Few Days Ago *~*~*~*~*~*

"So, what -hic- do you- hic- say? Want to- hic-go out- hic with me-hic- sometime-hic?" Inuyasha asked through slurred hiccups before leaning off to the side and throwing up. It was obvious he was drunk.

"No! I can't-" Kagome was just about tell this guy off before she heard a harsh slap and a loud groan. Hearing this told her that Sango was done with whatever fool who had tried to hit on her this time.

"Kagome!" Sango yelled as she scanned the crowds for her friend, she spotted her she signaled Kagome to head for the door. Kagome got the signal and complied but not before taking a page out of Sango's book. She looked back at Inuyasha and slapped him so hard it sounded like he would wear that red handprint for at least a week, and kneed him so hard he didn't think that he would able to reproduce children.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Back From Memory Lane, Awakened from Sleep *~*~*~*

Suddenly Kagome bolted upright in her bed.

"OMG! I almost forgot those memories. I can't believe how I treated him.. He must have really like me if he kept coming back all those times. He forgave me every time. And I thought it was me forgiving him! What have I done? I was such a witch! No wonder he readily left Sango and me in high school for those other girls! I have got to call him!"

"Kagome? Oh good I'm glad you are awake! Hurry up and get dressed. We're going to the hospital!" He mother said as she stuck her head in before disappearing down the hall.

"But I'm fine!" Kagome yelled back as she looked outside the window despairingly. She hated going to the hospital.

"Stop thinking about yourself all the time! Its for Grandpa not you!" Sota yelled on his way to his room to grab his jacket.

"What happened to Grandpa this time?" Kagome asked figuring that it was just his way of getting a little attention. Sota walked into her room with a scared look on his face.

"What are you talking about Sis? Look out the window. This isn't for grandpa. Its for you."

Kagome looked out the window and let out a blood-curdling scream at the sight before her eyes.

*~* Fin*~*

A/N: HEhehe. yeah im still alive and have not abandoned this fic. I almost did seeing as how I have no clue where I want this fic to go. Uhh suggestions are welcome! Okay yeah so I think im gonna go and update my other fics.. Okay? Ttyl! Until next time!