A/N: im bad... already im straying from that whole alternating update system. of course i dont think any of you really mind though... Ok so from what I have planned out this chapter is going to be longer than the past few, lets hope so anyways. i gotta get away from the whole short chapter rut im in at the moment. its horrible. as i'm sure, you'll all agree to.
im sorry about the spacing of the last chapter... im not sure why it did that... i thought i had gone through and double spaced between paragraphs but obviously i didn't. i hop it didn't through anyof you off.
alright so instead of droning on in a maga humongoid rant about my day and my stupid bus driver like i want to (will do in my lj next...) i'll just get on with the shoutouts.
Kagome Lovers Cool: is this soon enough? (i guess it has to be huh? lol)
Spirit Demon: Yes, i read about that story in your bio thingy... yes. cant wait!
phantomoftheflame: I love your story. I was the one who reviewed your first two chapters... its conveniently on my favourites list aswell. I would have reviewed the third one but im a horrible procrastinator. honestly. i said to myself ill review it later tonight when i read it then that pretty much happened repeatedly. continue it. its good!
sakura1221: yeah the dream was a flashback as well. You know how we don't exactly remember our childhoods (well i sure as hell dont), its just sort of coming back to her in the dream. this little memory/dream will come back in the epilogue.
koga-jr: sorry about your account. hackers suck monkey bum. they're so doubleplusungood. anyways, i do hope you post another chappie of When we were Little. i love that story and not updating it would make me cry... you dont wanna see me cry do you? DO YOU?
MeMe: YAY! NEW READER!!! im glad i put you in a good mood. siblings can be so bothersome, I have an older brother, he's 20 now, he's ok most of the time... mainly cuz i dont see him, but he use to be a big shot, popular badboy at my highschool (and pretty much still is cuz EVERYONE knows his name still, even though he graduated in june. sad i know, 20 and just graduating, well technically he was 19 at the time but still!) so im just known as his little sister. he even came into the cafeteria at lunchtime on my birthday and made everyone sing happy brithday to me. ive never been so embarassed in my life.
Elf of the Forest: yeah, little kouga... so cuuuute (pinches younger kougas cheeks) ! i'll try to add more little details like that for you.
Northstar2790: (blushes) wow honestly, you people certainly know how to get on my good side! thank you! heres the next chappie, hope you enjoy it!
outofplace: oh no, dont cry... really, you should save the tears, i think its going to be major sob fests coming up.
Baby Inu: thanks for tellin me about koga-jrs account, its horribly sad. i'll definately be on the lookout for the story. thanks again!
ok so on with the story (which i will type up tomorrow cuz i gotta go to bed now cuz somehow this took 30 minutes to write!)
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Ayame picked up the portable phone and dialled her best friends apartment. She had spent a good hour already just thinking of how to tell her friends and grandfather her good news. To be honest, she didn't know how they were going to take it. She knew that they would be happy and supportive of her, seeing as this was her dream and they knew it. But deep down she couldn't help but worry. She had said yes without hesitation, and she'd do it again, but now she had to think about what it could mean to those she cared about.
She had never been away from home for more than a week or two, and even than she never left the state. The idea of going to a strange new place for a whole month kind of scared her. She also worried about her grandfather. He hadn't been sick since winter, but it was the beginning of September now, which meant that his chances of getting sick were higher. She knew Kagome and Sango would keep an eye on him, but she would worry.
Then, there were Kagome and Sango themselves. She had never, and I mean NEVER gone anywhere without them. When she went away on vacations and what not, it was always with them. They were more like sisters than friends. She didn't know whether she could say goodbye to them. One thing was for sure; a major tear fest was about to happen... even though she was only going for a month.
Ring...Ring...Ring... "Hello?" Kagome's voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hey Kags," Ayame said, pushing her worries out of her thoughts.
"Oh hi Ayame, how are you doing?" Kagome asked her voice sounding concerned.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Ayame said with a small laugh. "Look, can you and Sango come over for a bit, there's something I need to tell you."
"Sure we'll be over in a bit." Kagome said, sounding more concerned than before, obviously thinking this had something to do with Kouga.
"Alright, I'll see ya then." Ayame said, hanging up the phone.
She placed the phone on her bedside table and flopped down onto her bed. She stared up at the ceiling, recalling the dream she had had that night. It was odd, she usually couldn't remember her dreams, maybe only bits an pieces of them, but that wasn't the case with this one. She could remember every word, every action, and every thought that had gone through her younger self's mind. It was almost like... like this wasn't really a dream at all, but a memory. But that was absurd! There was no way she had met Kouga before that one day a month ago. She would remember, wouldn't she? Even if she didn't, she had told her grandfather who Kouga was and he most certainly would have remembered a promise such as that. Besides the fact that he was determined to see her married, he had incredible memory. He could remember just about every moment of his life and every story he had been told. And surly he would have said something, wouldn't he? Of course he would have, what was she thinking! Was she really this desperate that she was making up false memories? She shook her head and her silliness.
The doorbell rang. She glanced at the clock. Wow, she had been thinking for a while. 'That must be Kagome and Sango...' She thought. She took a deep breath and started out of her room. "Here it goes.
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Ayame looked at her friends and family nervously. All three of them were looking up at her with worried expressions. You would never have guessed that she was about to deliver good news. She drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly, releasing any tension in her body. "I guess your all wonder why I asked you to come here..." She started. The three nodded. "Before you all explode with worry, this is good news so stop looking at me like that, I'm fine." All three of them let out relieved sighs and sat back in their seats. "Ok, now that your relaxed, I'll just come out and say it.
"This morning I got a phone call from Mr. Walkins' brother in New Orleans and.. uh... he... He offered me a job of sorts. He said that he wanted me to go to New Orleans and train for a month and... I... I said ... yes." She waited expectantly. It seemed to take a minute for it to sink in.
"Oh Ayame!" Kagome exclaimed, jumping off the couch and pulling Ayame into a bone-crushing hug. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Congratulations Ayame!" Sango said smiling from her position on the couch. Her grandfather didn't say anything, but he looked very proud at the moment. He sat there with a triumphant grin, his chest puffed out slightly.
"When do you leave?" He finally asked.
"Saturday afternoon. Mr. Walkins said he'd pay for the tickets." She said. "I know it's a little short notice but..."
"It's ok Ayame we understand." Sango said.
"Yeah, this has been your dream since, who knows when." Kagome added.
Ayame smiled, she had great family and friends.
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Ayame spent the rest of the week readying herself for her trip. She had taken care of her work situation; yesterday had been her last day at the hotel. Now she was sitting on her bed, looking towards her window. The room was almost completely barren, every except the furniture had been packed up or put away. There were three suitcases at the foot of her bed. Two had all of her clothes and essential items, the third had a few little things that she kept for unknown reasons, but other than that, it was empty. She was bringing it so that she'd have a suitcase to put all the things she would, without a doubt, buy.
She Kagome and Sango had spent pretty much all of yesterday together. There was no way for her two best friends to get off work on Saturday, so they had said their goodbyes on Friday night. That alone took a good 2 hours. Call them over dramatic but they cried together like they were never going to see each other or talk to one another ever again.
"Ayame?" Ayame turned to see her grandfather standing in the doorway of her bedroom. He was going to take a taxi with her to the airport. "It's time to go." He said.
Ayame nodded and got up. She picked up her suitcases and walked after him. She took one last quick glance back at her bedroom before heading downstairs and outside.
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Kagome and Sango stepped out of the hotel. Somehow they had managed to get off early. They began to walk down the street.
"Do you think we should go see Ayame off?" Kagome asked, looking at her watch, seeing that Ayame's plane wasn't due to leave fore another hour and a half.
"Nah, I don't think I could stand another tear fest." Sango replied.
"Then what should we do?" Kagome asked.
Sango sighed, she knew what they should do, but she wouldn't deny that she really didn't want to be the one to do it. "We should go find Kouga and the guys. Kouga may have hurt her, but i do think that he deserves to know she's leaving."
Kagome looked at Sango, and nodded. "You know, I think that he really did have feelings for her... even if he did cheat on her." Sango looked up as she silently agreed with Kagome's statement.
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"Swish!" Inuyasha called as the basketball he had just shot went through the hoop. "Man your really not into this today Wolf Boy."
"Shut up Inukuro!" Kouga shouted grabbing the ball. "I'm just warming up!"
"Yeah, sure you are." Inuyasha mumbled to himself.
"Lady Sango! Lady Kagome!" Miroku cheered as the two girls entered the court. Miroku walked up to them with a humble smile. "Where is Lady Ayame?"
"She's leaving." Kagome said, a serious expression plastered onto her face.
"Even if she wasn't, do you really think she would have come with us here?" Sango asked, glancing at Kouga.
Miroku looked over his shoulder at Kouga. "Ah, right. I guess not."
"What do you mean she's leaving?" Kouga asked, pushing Miroku out of his way.
The two girls shot death glares at him. They were still angry with him for what he did to their friend. "She got a job offer in New Orleans." Sango explained.
"What? When?" Kouga pressed on.
"She got the offer on Tuesday morning, not that it's any of your business." Sango answered, her glare getting worse by the minute.
"Is she coming back?" He asked.
"We don't know, she just said she was leaving today." Kagome lied, causing Sango to give her a semi-questioning look before catching on.
"WHAT? She's leaving today? When? What airport?" He asked, now standing only a few centimetres from the two girls.
"Her flight leaves in an a little less than an hour at Kennedy Airport." Kagome told him. "Why do you want to know?"
Kouga didn't answer her. He brushed past the two girls and out of the park to the road. He called for a taxi. One pulled up and he jumped in. "Kennedy Airport, step on it!" He yelled, tossing a handful of cash at the driver.
The driver tipped his hat and sped off.
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Kouga ran through Kennedy Airport, knocking over several people. He didn't care. According to the board, the flight for New Orleans was now boarding. He stopped in the boarding area, he couldn't see her, it was too crowded. He looked around and spotted a set of stairs that lead up to a separate area on another floor. He tore up the stairs. Once at the top her looked around. The room had emptied a bit. He saw her. She was standing near the gate she needed to enter, with her grandfather. She had tears rolling down her cheeks as she hugged the elderly man. He saw her pull away and say something that looked like 'bye'. "AYAME!" He called out over the crowd.
Everyone in the room looked up at him, but he didn't care. Her eyes had gone wide and slowly she turned her head and looked up at him. He gave her a pleading look, but her face was a hard as rock. He noticed the tears making their way down her face increase. She frowned, giving him a cold look, showing her anger and hurt towards him. She looked back at her grandfather and hugged him, then turned and boarded the plane.
Kouga felt like his heart had just burst. He looked down and slowly began to walk down the stairs. He was almost at the parking lot when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked behind him to see Ayame's grandfather behind him. Surprisingly the old man gave Kouga an understanding look and a comforting squeeze, before letting go of his shoulder and walking away in the other direction. Kouga just stood there as the elderly man walked away. After a few moments he continued on his way.
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Ayame sat in her seat on the plane. She tried not to think about what had just happened but she just couldn't. She leaned back in the seat with a sigh. She closed her eyes as tears began to fall.
"Are you alright Miss?" A flight attendant asked.
Ayame opened her eyes and looked up at the woman. "I'm fine, thank you." She lied. The woman nodded and walked away.
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A/N: sniff, sniff... wasn't that so sad. poor Kouga. poor Ayame. I'm so cruel.... please don't kill me! i promise you all again, happy ending. happy ending! it will get better... eventually. eep only 5 more chapters to go!
anyways, i hope you all liked this chapter. its longer! YAY! anyways. Review please! Ta ta for now!
im sorry about the spacing of the last chapter... im not sure why it did that... i thought i had gone through and double spaced between paragraphs but obviously i didn't. i hop it didn't through anyof you off.
alright so instead of droning on in a maga humongoid rant about my day and my stupid bus driver like i want to (will do in my lj next...) i'll just get on with the shoutouts.
Kagome Lovers Cool: is this soon enough? (i guess it has to be huh? lol)
Spirit Demon: Yes, i read about that story in your bio thingy... yes. cant wait!
phantomoftheflame: I love your story. I was the one who reviewed your first two chapters... its conveniently on my favourites list aswell. I would have reviewed the third one but im a horrible procrastinator. honestly. i said to myself ill review it later tonight when i read it then that pretty much happened repeatedly. continue it. its good!
sakura1221: yeah the dream was a flashback as well. You know how we don't exactly remember our childhoods (well i sure as hell dont), its just sort of coming back to her in the dream. this little memory/dream will come back in the epilogue.
koga-jr: sorry about your account. hackers suck monkey bum. they're so doubleplusungood. anyways, i do hope you post another chappie of When we were Little. i love that story and not updating it would make me cry... you dont wanna see me cry do you? DO YOU?
MeMe: YAY! NEW READER!!! im glad i put you in a good mood. siblings can be so bothersome, I have an older brother, he's 20 now, he's ok most of the time... mainly cuz i dont see him, but he use to be a big shot, popular badboy at my highschool (and pretty much still is cuz EVERYONE knows his name still, even though he graduated in june. sad i know, 20 and just graduating, well technically he was 19 at the time but still!) so im just known as his little sister. he even came into the cafeteria at lunchtime on my birthday and made everyone sing happy brithday to me. ive never been so embarassed in my life.
Elf of the Forest: yeah, little kouga... so cuuuute (pinches younger kougas cheeks) ! i'll try to add more little details like that for you.
Northstar2790: (blushes) wow honestly, you people certainly know how to get on my good side! thank you! heres the next chappie, hope you enjoy it!
outofplace: oh no, dont cry... really, you should save the tears, i think its going to be major sob fests coming up.
Baby Inu: thanks for tellin me about koga-jrs account, its horribly sad. i'll definately be on the lookout for the story. thanks again!
ok so on with the story (which i will type up tomorrow cuz i gotta go to bed now cuz somehow this took 30 minutes to write!)
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Ayame picked up the portable phone and dialled her best friends apartment. She had spent a good hour already just thinking of how to tell her friends and grandfather her good news. To be honest, she didn't know how they were going to take it. She knew that they would be happy and supportive of her, seeing as this was her dream and they knew it. But deep down she couldn't help but worry. She had said yes without hesitation, and she'd do it again, but now she had to think about what it could mean to those she cared about.
She had never been away from home for more than a week or two, and even than she never left the state. The idea of going to a strange new place for a whole month kind of scared her. She also worried about her grandfather. He hadn't been sick since winter, but it was the beginning of September now, which meant that his chances of getting sick were higher. She knew Kagome and Sango would keep an eye on him, but she would worry.
Then, there were Kagome and Sango themselves. She had never, and I mean NEVER gone anywhere without them. When she went away on vacations and what not, it was always with them. They were more like sisters than friends. She didn't know whether she could say goodbye to them. One thing was for sure; a major tear fest was about to happen... even though she was only going for a month.
Ring...Ring...Ring... "Hello?" Kagome's voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hey Kags," Ayame said, pushing her worries out of her thoughts.
"Oh hi Ayame, how are you doing?" Kagome asked her voice sounding concerned.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Ayame said with a small laugh. "Look, can you and Sango come over for a bit, there's something I need to tell you."
"Sure we'll be over in a bit." Kagome said, sounding more concerned than before, obviously thinking this had something to do with Kouga.
"Alright, I'll see ya then." Ayame said, hanging up the phone.
She placed the phone on her bedside table and flopped down onto her bed. She stared up at the ceiling, recalling the dream she had had that night. It was odd, she usually couldn't remember her dreams, maybe only bits an pieces of them, but that wasn't the case with this one. She could remember every word, every action, and every thought that had gone through her younger self's mind. It was almost like... like this wasn't really a dream at all, but a memory. But that was absurd! There was no way she had met Kouga before that one day a month ago. She would remember, wouldn't she? Even if she didn't, she had told her grandfather who Kouga was and he most certainly would have remembered a promise such as that. Besides the fact that he was determined to see her married, he had incredible memory. He could remember just about every moment of his life and every story he had been told. And surly he would have said something, wouldn't he? Of course he would have, what was she thinking! Was she really this desperate that she was making up false memories? She shook her head and her silliness.
The doorbell rang. She glanced at the clock. Wow, she had been thinking for a while. 'That must be Kagome and Sango...' She thought. She took a deep breath and started out of her room. "Here it goes.
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Ayame looked at her friends and family nervously. All three of them were looking up at her with worried expressions. You would never have guessed that she was about to deliver good news. She drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly, releasing any tension in her body. "I guess your all wonder why I asked you to come here..." She started. The three nodded. "Before you all explode with worry, this is good news so stop looking at me like that, I'm fine." All three of them let out relieved sighs and sat back in their seats. "Ok, now that your relaxed, I'll just come out and say it.
"This morning I got a phone call from Mr. Walkins' brother in New Orleans and.. uh... he... He offered me a job of sorts. He said that he wanted me to go to New Orleans and train for a month and... I... I said ... yes." She waited expectantly. It seemed to take a minute for it to sink in.
"Oh Ayame!" Kagome exclaimed, jumping off the couch and pulling Ayame into a bone-crushing hug. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Congratulations Ayame!" Sango said smiling from her position on the couch. Her grandfather didn't say anything, but he looked very proud at the moment. He sat there with a triumphant grin, his chest puffed out slightly.
"When do you leave?" He finally asked.
"Saturday afternoon. Mr. Walkins said he'd pay for the tickets." She said. "I know it's a little short notice but..."
"It's ok Ayame we understand." Sango said.
"Yeah, this has been your dream since, who knows when." Kagome added.
Ayame smiled, she had great family and friends.
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Ayame spent the rest of the week readying herself for her trip. She had taken care of her work situation; yesterday had been her last day at the hotel. Now she was sitting on her bed, looking towards her window. The room was almost completely barren, every except the furniture had been packed up or put away. There were three suitcases at the foot of her bed. Two had all of her clothes and essential items, the third had a few little things that she kept for unknown reasons, but other than that, it was empty. She was bringing it so that she'd have a suitcase to put all the things she would, without a doubt, buy.
She Kagome and Sango had spent pretty much all of yesterday together. There was no way for her two best friends to get off work on Saturday, so they had said their goodbyes on Friday night. That alone took a good 2 hours. Call them over dramatic but they cried together like they were never going to see each other or talk to one another ever again.
"Ayame?" Ayame turned to see her grandfather standing in the doorway of her bedroom. He was going to take a taxi with her to the airport. "It's time to go." He said.
Ayame nodded and got up. She picked up her suitcases and walked after him. She took one last quick glance back at her bedroom before heading downstairs and outside.
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Kagome and Sango stepped out of the hotel. Somehow they had managed to get off early. They began to walk down the street.
"Do you think we should go see Ayame off?" Kagome asked, looking at her watch, seeing that Ayame's plane wasn't due to leave fore another hour and a half.
"Nah, I don't think I could stand another tear fest." Sango replied.
"Then what should we do?" Kagome asked.
Sango sighed, she knew what they should do, but she wouldn't deny that she really didn't want to be the one to do it. "We should go find Kouga and the guys. Kouga may have hurt her, but i do think that he deserves to know she's leaving."
Kagome looked at Sango, and nodded. "You know, I think that he really did have feelings for her... even if he did cheat on her." Sango looked up as she silently agreed with Kagome's statement.
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"Swish!" Inuyasha called as the basketball he had just shot went through the hoop. "Man your really not into this today Wolf Boy."
"Shut up Inukuro!" Kouga shouted grabbing the ball. "I'm just warming up!"
"Yeah, sure you are." Inuyasha mumbled to himself.
"Lady Sango! Lady Kagome!" Miroku cheered as the two girls entered the court. Miroku walked up to them with a humble smile. "Where is Lady Ayame?"
"She's leaving." Kagome said, a serious expression plastered onto her face.
"Even if she wasn't, do you really think she would have come with us here?" Sango asked, glancing at Kouga.
Miroku looked over his shoulder at Kouga. "Ah, right. I guess not."
"What do you mean she's leaving?" Kouga asked, pushing Miroku out of his way.
The two girls shot death glares at him. They were still angry with him for what he did to their friend. "She got a job offer in New Orleans." Sango explained.
"What? When?" Kouga pressed on.
"She got the offer on Tuesday morning, not that it's any of your business." Sango answered, her glare getting worse by the minute.
"Is she coming back?" He asked.
"We don't know, she just said she was leaving today." Kagome lied, causing Sango to give her a semi-questioning look before catching on.
"WHAT? She's leaving today? When? What airport?" He asked, now standing only a few centimetres from the two girls.
"Her flight leaves in an a little less than an hour at Kennedy Airport." Kagome told him. "Why do you want to know?"
Kouga didn't answer her. He brushed past the two girls and out of the park to the road. He called for a taxi. One pulled up and he jumped in. "Kennedy Airport, step on it!" He yelled, tossing a handful of cash at the driver.
The driver tipped his hat and sped off.
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Kouga ran through Kennedy Airport, knocking over several people. He didn't care. According to the board, the flight for New Orleans was now boarding. He stopped in the boarding area, he couldn't see her, it was too crowded. He looked around and spotted a set of stairs that lead up to a separate area on another floor. He tore up the stairs. Once at the top her looked around. The room had emptied a bit. He saw her. She was standing near the gate she needed to enter, with her grandfather. She had tears rolling down her cheeks as she hugged the elderly man. He saw her pull away and say something that looked like 'bye'. "AYAME!" He called out over the crowd.
Everyone in the room looked up at him, but he didn't care. Her eyes had gone wide and slowly she turned her head and looked up at him. He gave her a pleading look, but her face was a hard as rock. He noticed the tears making their way down her face increase. She frowned, giving him a cold look, showing her anger and hurt towards him. She looked back at her grandfather and hugged him, then turned and boarded the plane.
Kouga felt like his heart had just burst. He looked down and slowly began to walk down the stairs. He was almost at the parking lot when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked behind him to see Ayame's grandfather behind him. Surprisingly the old man gave Kouga an understanding look and a comforting squeeze, before letting go of his shoulder and walking away in the other direction. Kouga just stood there as the elderly man walked away. After a few moments he continued on his way.
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Ayame sat in her seat on the plane. She tried not to think about what had just happened but she just couldn't. She leaned back in the seat with a sigh. She closed her eyes as tears began to fall.
"Are you alright Miss?" A flight attendant asked.
Ayame opened her eyes and looked up at the woman. "I'm fine, thank you." She lied. The woman nodded and walked away.
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A/N: sniff, sniff... wasn't that so sad. poor Kouga. poor Ayame. I'm so cruel.... please don't kill me! i promise you all again, happy ending. happy ending! it will get better... eventually. eep only 5 more chapters to go!
anyways, i hope you all liked this chapter. its longer! YAY! anyways. Review please! Ta ta for now!