AN- I'll try to make this chapter really good to make up for the other one…i went on a cleaning spree today ,so i'm really tired..review!

Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha

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Chapter 11- pain

He was worried…tomorrow was definitely going to be awkward. He wish he could prepare, but nothing could prepare him for what he'd have to do…just when things were getting nice…like one small step forward, then two leaps backward…

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They'd get to go home tomorrow morning. He was glad; he hated not being able to be with Kagome before she started middle school.

She fastened her dangling earrings, "Inuyasha, honey, I'm going out with Frank. Do you think you can stay at the hotel alone for a while?"

"Mo-om, I AM eleven years old. I'm not a child."

She raised one eyebrow, "Of COURSE you're not."

"Do you have to go out with him AGAIN?"

"What's wrong with Frank?"

"He smells funny, and he doesn't like me because I'm a hanyou."

"Oh sweetie, Frank adores you."

"He only pretends, so you like him more."

"That is not true."

"He's a complete asshole!"

"Language!"

"I don't care! I hate him and all the other guys you go out with!"

"What do you want me to do? I can't be alone forever!"

These words cut deep.

"fuck you."

There was a tense moment before Inuyasha's mom rushed out the door. Her carefully placed mascara slightly running.

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He should be studying, but he knew it was useless. It didn't matter much anyway; he was already accepted to Oxford with a full scholarship. The persistent feeling in his stomach got worse. As if someone was wringing his insides.

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He immediately felt awful.

He wrote a letter, and put it on her pillow.

He climbed into his bed; tomorrow everything would be fine again.

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She felt horrible. Inuyasha was the love of her life…that would never change. And she never really liked Frank either; he was such a tight ass.

She grabbed her cell-phone.

"Frank, the date's off." She turned her blinker on…she'd pick up some ramen and rent movies.

There was a horrible screeching, then a bright light.

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Loud banging on the hotel door sounded around the room.. Startled, Inuyasha got out of bed. He quickly remembered last night and turned to look at…his unopened letter?

The banging turned into annoyed shouts.

"Hey kid. Open the door."

He quickly slipped on some clothes and peered through the peep hole.

Police men? A guy in a tux?…where was his mom?

His heart stopped, but was brought back to life by the persistent knocks.

He carefully turned the knob. It didn't seem real. Everything was in slow motion. His senses stopped. He wasn't listening to the man in the tux, but he picked up the words "car accident" and "driver under the influence."

It couldn't be… No! They didn't even say it! How could you assume that so quickly?

"Your mother perished in the accident."

He couldn't do anything…the same words echoed in his mind,

"alone forever! fuck. fuck, fuck you. Fuck you. Forever! Alone, fuck you."

Everyone was looking at him.

"Come with us."

Feared shone from his eyes. He was alone.

The man grabbed his hand, "we'll take you away, don't worry."

Inuyasha pulled away from his grip and barged through the policemen.

He could hear distant shouts, but ignored them. His legs carried him to the emergency stairs. He jumped down eleven stories, and sprinted out the door.

He didn't know what he was doing. Never in his life had he felt so awful and alone. He was just a child.

He ran.

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"Stop."

"Stop what?"

"Like you don't know."

"What?"

"You keep on looking at me as if you pity me."

"No I'm not."

"Hojo's a nice guy, and I WANT to go to prom with him."

"I'll say what I said before. I have no problem with you going with Hojo."

"Then stop."

"I'm not finished… Don't do something you'll regret, especially over something that's not going to be such a big deal in two weeks."

"…we're suppose to be studying. Kaede's final is going to be hard as shit."

"Shit's hard?"

"Just quiz me."

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Did she really want to go out with him?

Should he call her?

Maybe she was happier this way, but it hurt so bad.

He couldn't let it end this way.

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Inuyasha felt hopeless.

Then he heard Seshomaru opening the front door.

He quickly dried his eyes.

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Sango came home late. She felt confident enough for her tests…but not so much in other things.

After shooing Kohaku away, she sat on the floor in tense thought.

'I can't just tell him I changed my mind, that would be bitchy…but that wouldn't mean that I'd be going with…I could hook him up with someone else, Sarah would go good with him…I'm so screwed.'

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Kagome contently put away her books. She could pull A's, after all that studying with Sango. Though she couldn't wait until the exams were done.

She lifted her mattress and pulled out a small crimson box. She smiled as she opened it to see a beaded necklace. She dreamed of the day she could do this.

For once, things were going pretty good. Besides Sango's problem (she knew it would work out), everything was perfect. She was sorta…kind of going to prom with Inuyasha…

She sighed contently as her eyelids fell drowsily, her hand curled around a fang.

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Ignorance is bliss.

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