sorry for the long update ! yesterday was my birthday , i was planning to post it up sooner, but i was tied up. ;) enjoy this chapter !

also , a reviewer commented about the length of my chapters ... well , each chapter is about 1000 words, and i think thats a good amount , right ?

Chapter - you cry when...

Inuyasha tapped furiously as he got back up again. He pressed more buttons, and a sword appeared in his hands too. Kagome saw this coming, so she pressed madly at the buttons. So did Inuyasha.

"KONGOUSOUHA!!!"

"WIND SCAR!!!"

Kagome and Inuyasha stared at the screen. They couldn't believe their eyes. It was a draw. They both had lost.

"WHAAAAAAAAAT?!" Kagome and Inuyasha cried out in unison. It was horrid. The glared at each other hotly.

"Now, now kids... It's only a game," Mrs. Higurashi smiled sweetly. The two stared at each other in deep, hard cold glares. It was war, and it wasn't over. Kagome broke the stare and dropped her game controller. She got up and brushed herself off.

"Yeah, I guess it's just a little game," Kagome started. "I won anyway." Inuyasha snorted.

"As if! It was a friggin' draw," He said coolly. Kagome glared at him. Revenge was written all over her flushed cheeks and face.

"You should know, because your voice is like, practically dripping with sarcasm and-and..." Kagome's voice trailed off. She glared all around the staring faces. "WILL YOU GET OUT OF HERE?!!?"

Instantly, everybody scurried off somewhere, probably to go home or something. Inuyasha just sat there, his scowl still pasted on his face. Sango and Miroku pushed Kohaku through the door as they walked slowly away from the two, then they made a run for it. Mrs. Higurashi, on the other hand, cleaned up all the food and then locked herself in her room.

"Well?" Inuyasha looked dumbly at her. "I'm waiting." Kagome laughed. Except this laugh wasn't her usual heart-filled laugh that jingles and warms everyone's heart. No, siree bob. She was laughing like a frickin maniac. Like some psycho that just broke out of jail.

"Why the hell are you laughing? Weren't you just yelling at everybody?" Inuyasha glared hotly at her. Kagome stopped laughing at stared at him in the eye.

"Well, you think yelling makes everything ok! You're such an egotistical jerk, you self-centered bastard!" Kagome snapped. Inuyasha bared his fangs aggressively.

"Me, a self-centered bastard? Why, you're pretty conceited yourself! When you first came in, you thought you were the shit! But you're just some kind Kikyou-look alike!" Inuyasha blurted out. He didn't have any time to stop himself. Kagome's eyes widened and started to brim up with tears.

"Don't you ever DARE to compare me with Kikyou. I am nothing like her," Kagome's lip quivered. Her voice cracked. It was like the room was filled with angry tension. Every bone in Kagome's body was tight, so it was as if she couldn't move from where she was standing. Inuyasha stood a good few feet away from her, which was across the room. She stood at the other end, trying not to cry.

"You look like her, you sometimes even act like her! It's like I'm dating her all over again!" Inuyasha blurted out before he could stop. He shot her a look that made her flinch. Kagome could feel her heart quench up into a knot. Suddenly, her stomach wasn't going to hold for much longer. She suddenly felt very queasy, but most of all, she felt lost and hurt. I thought you loved me..

"That didn't come out right," Inuyasha's voice softened. Kagome stared at him, then she shook her head slowly.

"No. That came out perfectly. I think we should have a little time-out," Kagome said. Her voice was shaky, and her hands were sweating. She was feeling all clammy... like she was going to be sick.

"Kagome, don't kid your self. We don't need a stupid time-out. And what do you mean by that?" Inuyasha's voice raised a little higher.

"All I'm saying is that we need a little time! Why won't you get it through your thick, dense skull! I NEED SOME TIME AWAY FROM YOU!" Kagome screamed that last few words. Inuyasha widened his eyes.

"You're not... breaking up, are you?" Inuyasha's own voice started to crack. A lump formed in his throat, but he dared not to let anything show. Not now.

"Well..."

"But- wait! Please, you can't do th-"

"Just go. Please." Kagome looked away from him, her bangs covering her brown eyes. It was hard to say goodbye. Inuyasha took one last, longing look at her, then walked slowly to the door. His shoulders were hunched, so Kagome wouldn't see his hurt and sad eyes.

Where's the good in the 'goodbye'? Kagome tried to find the answer to that while she let it all out. She cried like she has never cried before, her eyes red from all the tears. She quickly ran up to her room and cried some more... She wondered if this was what Kikyou did when Inuyasha dumped her.

Inuyasha dragged himself to his big house, unlocked the door and let himself in. It was quiet, but he could still hear a TV in his brother's room. He made his way upstairs with no lights on up to his room, and he stayed there on his bed all night. He waited from morning to come, and it did, but he still stayed on the same spot. He didn't want to move. He didn't feel like moving. Most of all, it had hurted when he remembered that he doesn't have her anymore. He hated moving on.

A FEW WEEKS AND DAYS LATER...

"Come on, Inuyasha let me in!" Miroku banged his fist on his buddy's door. He had been there for several weeks and days, and he didn't even bother to go to school. "I have plans for today!"

"The door's open, you idiot," Inuyasha said flatly. Miroku opened it and stepped in Inuyasha's dark room. All the curtains were closed and he was laying on his bed watching TV. The low hum from the screen was the only sound he heard next.

Miroku couldn't see much of Inuyasha's face or anything, but the light from the TV was enough to see a few features.

His arms had long scratches on the sides, and there was a long big gash that was already a scab. There were also some small cuts and scrapes, but what bothered Miroku the most was the red marks at Inuyasha's wrists.

"Were you trying to slit your wrists and kill yourself?" Miroku's voice filled the room. Inuyasha didn't bother to look at him. He just stared blankly at the humming screen. "Have you gone insane? Self manipulation, Inuyasha? You could have killed yourself... what made you stop?"

This time, Inuyasha looked at him. His now dull golden eyes bore into his gray blue/violet ones. "It's like the same thing over again. I dream that I'm not alone anymore. Then, I wake up and remember... that I have nobody to have and keep as my own anymore. Heh, I'm always alone, did you know that? It wasn't true love. I tried to do it, I really did, but somehow, something was holding me back from killing myself."

Miroku's gaze at him softened a bit. "When you love someone, let them go. If they come back to you, they're yours. If not, then it wasn't meant to be. Kagome is going to come back Inuyasha. She has fallen to pieces without you, dude! She still loves you for your damn sake! Shut up, stop all this fucking non-sense, be happy, and wait for her to come back to you! Get it through your dense mind! SHE STILL FUCKING LOVES YOU, YOU BIG IDIOT!" Miroku swatted at his head. "And don't make me tell you that again. You made me cuss. You happy?!" Inuyasha snorted.

"No. But she isn't going to come back. And what do you have planned today anyway?" Inuyasha arched his eyebrows at him. Miroku did a small chuckle.

"Our old pal Kouga is throwing a party. We're invited, and we are going to go. I am going to get you up off the bed, shove your ass to the shower, and make you get dressed," Miroku said. Inuyasha snorted again.

"As if."

"Try me."

"OK." With that, Miroku pulled him off his bed, shut off the TV, and shoved him in his shower. He grinned as he turned on the shower and closed the door behind him.

"Have fun!" Miroku called from the other end of the door.

"Bastard." Inuyasha said as he peeled off his wet clothes and tossed them aside. It felt good to be out of his room for some reason... he thought that as he banged his forehead against the shower walls.

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