Why Me?!

I'm sooooo sorry for making you wait so long. Please forgive me! Blame my love of reading… I have had a lot of stuff going on in my life right now, and not all of it was good… And that too…

Last Time

Later on, after Souta had opened his presents and all the kids were dry they brought to party to a wrap. All the band members helped clean up while Souta screamed in joy over all his new stuff. He had loved everything the girls had given him, giving them each hugs and a huge 'Thank you.' They all went home around 2 in the morning. The girls went to their rooms to go to sleep, as did the guys. Kagome's insomnia left her wide-awake, so instead she went down to the music room. She lightly played heir new song with her guitar. She jumped when to door opened and someone spoke.

"What are you doing still awake?"

Chapter 3 – Even In Death –

Kagome looked toward the doorway; surprised she had not heard anyone enter the room for the second time in a couple of days. She put her guitar on the floor and motioned for the person to sit down next to her. Bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them she sighed as Sesshoumaru sat down.

" Did I wake you up? I know with those ears of yours you could probably hear what's going on down here from your room." He shook his head and repeated his question.

"What are you still doing awake?" Kagome sighed again.

"I have a really bad case of insomnia. I haven't gone to bed before 4 am in years. Most of the time it's not that bad, it gives me time to work on my music, and I can usually sleep in late. It's when I have to get up early that it's a problem." They sat in a comfortable silence for a little while, neither really knowing what to say to the other. Finally Kagome thought of a subject.

"Why is your brother so rude?" Sesshoumaru turned toward her and smirked.

"My half-brother you mean?" She nodded. "When he was little everyone scorned him for being a hanyou, me being one of those people. How he acts is just a defense he puts up around people, I guess. I stopped scorning him around the time I realized that he couldn't help being what he is, only as much as I can help being what I am, a full demon." AN: Sesshoumaru's acting weird, huh? Don't worry, he'll get back to his cold demeanor soon. He picked up her guitar and played a few notes of a song Kagome had never heard before.

"I don't see how people can do that." She continued at his questioning gaze. "Being mean to another creature, I mean. It's not like demons go around hunting people by nightfall and its not like we get to choose what we get to be. We just are." He nodded and was silent for a few seconds.

"He acts different around you, you know." Sesshoumaru said quietly. Kagome gave him a startled look.

"Acts different how?" He thought for a moment.

"He's more defensive when he's around you. He doesn't go around calling every girl a bitch. Have you ever noticed him call Sango a bitch?" She shook her head. "Plus his personality changes slightly. I don't know if Miroku and Koga have noticed it, but I have. Plus, technically a bitch is a female dog." He paused. "Come to think of it, as far as I know you are the only female he's ever called a bitch." Kagome snorted.

"And that's supposed to mean what exactly?" Sesshoumaru just shrugged.

"Take it however you want to take it." Kagome scowled and out her feet down on the ground. Sesshoumaru stood up and dusted his pants off. "I'm going to go to bed. Goodnight." He started walking toward the door.

"Hey, Sesshoumaru?" Kagome called out. He paused at the door. "Thanks for talking to me." He nodded and headed up to his room, leaving her alone. She began working on a new song…

The Next Day

"Kagome!" Kagome groaned when she heard her name being called from far away. She ignored it and tried to keep sleeping, but the people who were calling her name were getting louder by the second. She tried to ignore them; she was having a good dream about her and an old friend.

"Kagome, wake up! It's already 11:30!" She heard Sango's voice say, and from the movement on either side of her she guessed her best friends were on her bed, not being able to wake her up from the door.

"Go away, I'm having a good dream…" She mumbled back, trying to get them to go away. Her body felt like lead, the arms of sleep still clinging to her and making her lazy.

"Feh. Bitch, get up! Are you just going to sleep all day?!" Kagome's eyes snapped open and she scowled.

"Who the hell let that bastard into my room?" She whispered loudly, making sure the covers were up to her neck so they could only see her head because she had fallen asleep in her underwear. She turned her head in the other direction and look past Rin, glaring at InuYasha. He just stood there and smirked. Kagome sighed and told everyone to get out, which they did after a few seconds. She got up and took a quick shower, pulling a pair of low-cut, hip hugger black jeans and a figure hugging black tank top. She pulled her hair into a high ponytail and went down the stairs to have breakfast. Passing Rin and Sango, who eating in the kitchen, she asked them what day it was.

"May 3." was the answer she got. Kagome froze on her way to the refrigerator. She had forgotten that today was the day the old woman Kaede was going to help her with her Miko powers. She had been training to master her Miko powers since she was 14 years old, and that was how they had come up with the name of their band. Kagome sighed and got a bowl of cereal, looking at the clock. She had an hour until she had to go to Kaede's. Sighing she sat down at the table with Rin and Sango and ate in silence; she had no clue where the guys were. When she was done she told the girls she'd see them later and walked up to her room and into her closet. Grabbing her bow case she set it on her bed and grabbed her miko clothing from the back of her closet and stuffing them into her bag. Grabbing both the bag and her case she walked to where all the cars were parked, in a garage separate from the house. She put them in the back of her black sports convertible and got into the driver's seat, starting the engine. When she got to the small house that was Kaede's she got her stuff and walked in the door, not bothering to knock.

"Ah, Kagome! How are you, child?" The old woman walked into the living room from the kitchen.

"I am fine, Kaede-sama. I'm ready for our lesson now." Kaede nodded and led her out into the back yard, which was about five times the size of the house. In the back was an archery platform, complete with targets all different sizes and at different ranges. Kaede nodded at the platform and Kagome walked up to it, getting out her bow and arrows.

"Just practice your archery while I finish the cookies I was making, then we'll go into a review with your barriers." Kagome nodded and strung her bow, which was about ¾ as tall as her, picking up an arrow and aiming at a medium sized target that was about 150 feet away. Letting go she shot the arrow and had another flying after it seconds later. She kept firing, and was done with all 15 arrows in less then 30 seconds. Walking up to the target she was happy when she saw all 15 arrows less them a centimeter apart from each other in the middle of the bull's eye, that was only about 2 or 3 inches around. Taking them out she went to the next target, this time about 200 feet away, and got the same results. She kept working until she got to on where she didn't hit dead center every time, which was about 450 feet away, but it was still close. Deciding to stay on that one she worked for another 15 to 20 minutes until Kaede came out, carrying a tray of chocolate cookies in hand. Kagome took one, loving everything that had to do with chocolate and put away her bow, sitting down on the ground afterward.

Closing her eyes as she listened to Kaede's voice telling her to relax she did as she was told, concentrating. She heard Kaede walk away. A rock about the size of a pincushion hurtled at her. She brought up her barrier just in time for it to hit and tumble to the ground. She opened her eyes and held the barrier for a few seconds longer, seeing the pink round bubble around her. Letting it go she closed her eyes again, waiting for Kaede to find another position and a bigger rock. This continued on for a while, until the ringing of Kagome's cell phone interrupted them. Sending an apologetic looks Kaede's way she answered.

"Hello?"

"Kagome?" It was Sango's voice, and kagome wondered why she would be calling when she knew she was training.

"What is it, Sango?" Kagome frowned at the worry in her friend's voice.

"She was here, Kagome." Kagome froze, know exactly who 'she' was.

"What happened?" Panic filled Kagome's voice.

"She came in, acting like her usual self. She knew you weren't there, and that we couldn't stop her. She trashed your room, Kagome. I don't know of she took anything, though." Kagome put on a stoic mask and told Sango that she'd be right there. Looking at Kaede she saw she understood, so she grabbed her things and left. On the road, heading toward her house, a lone tear made it's way down her cheek.

At The Mansion

Kagome walked into her house, leaving her stuff in her car. Sango and Rin greeted her at the door, their faces grim.

"Where are the guys?" She asked them. They followed her up the stairs.

"They left for the water park this morning right after you left and they haven't been back since. Thankfully she came while they were gone, I don't think any of us would want to explain to them." Kagome nodded and prepared herself as she opened the door to her room. Everything was in shambles. All her clothes were on the floor, some ripped and torn, her tables and dressers tipped over, some on pieces. There was not a visible part of the carpet from the mess. Kagome could see pieces of her make up and some of her jewelry lying around on the floor, dented and broken. Sighing she started picking up the most embarrassing things, like her underwear, as Sango and Rin moved to another part of the room to clean. She wanted to get them out of the way for when the boys got home. About a half an hour later they did, freezing when they saw inside Kagome's open bedroom door.

"What the hell happened here?" InuYasha asked, having come to see what the guys were looking at. Rin and Sango stopped cleaning and looked at all the guys, who's faces showed shock. Kagome just ignored him and kept cleaning, not even bothering to look towards the door. After a few seconds Rin and Sango started cleaning again, not bothering to answer him. InuYasha went back to his room, as did the other guys, and dumped his things on his bed. Then he went back to Kagome's room and started to help them clean up. Sesshoumaru followed a few seconds later, as did Miroku and Koga. Rin and Sango mumbled a quiet 'thank you', but Kagome kept on cleaning, not looking up from the floor. A few hours later most of the mess was cleaned up and Kagome mumbled something about having to take a shower. Opening the bathroom door she walked in and turned on the light. She froze when she looked at the mirror. There on the wall length mirror were words written in what looked like bold red lipstick.

'MURDERER!' Sango and Rin came to see what was wrong and gasped when they saw. They guys followed and turned a questioning gaze toward Kagome, wanting to know what was up.

"Get out. I need to take a shower." She whispered, her voice almost inaudible. Sighing they all left and Kagome stared at the mirror before turning on the shower and getting undressed. As soon as she jumped into the shower she collapsed against the wall, bringing her legs up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them as she cried.

The Next Morning

Kagome woke up, blinking away the sunlight. She looked at the clock on her nightstand and saw it was 1pm. Glad that Rin and Sango had let her sleep she got up and dressed in a long sleeved black T-shirt and a pair of black baggy pants. Walking into the kitchen she saw Rin and Sango leaning against the counters talking quietly. Kagome cleared her throat and they both looked at her.

"How are you feeling, Kagome?" Rin asked first. Kagome smiled.

"Much better. Where are the guys?" Sango snorted and got out a bowl and some cereal for Kagome.

"They went out about an hour ago. They kept trying to get us to tell what had happened yesterday, but we wouldn't. It's not our story to tell." Sango nodded in agreement, pouring the cereal and getting the milk out of the fridge.

"Thanks you guys. I don't want them to know just yet." She sat down at the table and started eating her cereal as the front door opened. She looked up and watched InuYasha walk through the front door, holding a plastic bag. When he saw the she was up he sat next to her at the table and reached into the bag, bringing out a chocolate candy bar and giving it to her.

"Rin and Sango said chocolate was your favorite, so I got you some." Kagome smiled and thanked him while throwing a look at Rin and Sango. The both shrugged and Kagome rolled her eyes. InuYasha cleared his throat and all three girls looked at him, but he was looking at Kagome.

"What happened?" Kagome froze, with her spoon halfway to her mouth. Hearing the front door open again she watched as the rest of the guys walked through the door and sit at the table.

"Yeah, what happened?" Miroku repeated after InuYasha. Kagome guessed they were outside the whole time with Sesshoumaru telling them what was happening. She sighed and pushed her bowl away from her. She kept both of her hands underneath the table, clenching them and unclenching them sadness and guilt.

"I'm not going to tell you all of it. I'll save that for another day when I no you all better and can hopefully trust you." Kagome trailed off and closed her eyes, trying to keep the unwanted memories at bay. After a few minutes she opened them to see everyone, except Rin and Sango who already knew the whole story, waiting patiently.

"When I was 13 I had this best friend. We did everything together. A week before my 14th birthday everything changed. I didn't know I was a miko then, you see, and I couldn't control my powers. Something very bad happened, and now my best friend is out for revenge." She said, making it short and to the point, not telling them anything but the outline. She had made it seem like something innocent, but it was not. It was much more complicated too.

"Who was your best friend?" She heard InuYasha ask. She shook her head and smirked.

"That is something I'm not telling you, but you'll find out the rest of the story sooner or later. I just hope later."

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