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Disclaimer: I wish I owned Inuyasha but sadly, I do not.

Inuyasha stared at Kagome as she walked up to him. As he narrowed his eyes in suspicion, she grinned and said loudly, "Hi guys! What's up!"

They were taken aback but nonetheless all said something like "Fine." The group continued walking and Kagome was a chatter box, talking about the news, weather, latest gossip, and anything that would come to her head. Now Inuyasha was afraid, yesterday Kagome looked depressed and was quiet. Today there was a new Kagome so full of cheer it was almost fake looking.

A week later she was still joyous and her stench was irritating his nose. It was like pennies mixed with cheap perfume. What had Kagome done that night? Whatever it was Inuyasha had to find out soon. Sango and Miroku were completely oblivious to Kagome new mood; they just rolled along with it and didn't take any notice. Instead of talking about it Inuyasha went with the flow and did their daily tasks and by the end Inuyasha found himself waiting at Kagome's locker.

She was coming from her gym class. He craned his neck to see over the swarm of people. He saw her bobbing raven hair and watched as she came closer to him. "Hi Inuyasha! Do you want to come over?"

"Uhhh…sure," Kagome had never invited him over to her house to hang out, the only time he had been there was the first time they met and when he was picking her up.

"Alright, let me get my stuff and we will go!"

Sango had soccer after school and Miroku would be watching her and the rest of the girls. It would be only Inuyasha and Kagome. When they arrived at Kagome's apartment they set down their stuff and decided to watch a movie. Kagome got popcorn and some chips while Inuyasha made the drinks. Just when they were almost done making snacks Inuyasha accidentally dumped the tray and the food went everywhere. As Kagome turned around from getting a cloth Inuyasha wiped some of the chip dip on her cheek. She looked mad and smirked then put some popcorn down his shirt. Inuyasha did a dance, trying to keep the popcorn from crawling on his skin. They were both laughing as they "cleaned" up the mess. They sat on the floor and ate from there. Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, she looked so cute and beautiful. She looked so kissable...then she noticed him staring at her and she smiled.

He looked sexy, his golden eyes entranced her. She saw his ear twitched above his head. Just then yelling came from next door and they snapped out of it. When they finally sat down to watch the movie it was an hour later and the food was gone.

In the middle Inuyasha got up to go to the bathroom. As soon as he stepped into the room he had to sneeze. The whole place smelled like… 'No it couldn't be…' This was giving him the creeps. He did his business and as he was washing his hands he noticed something behind the toilet. It was shiny, and it caught his eye like a fish on a hook. He picked it up with his nails. As he observed it he found blood, red, crusted, recent, blood. Realization came upon him. How could Kagome do this to herself? Well, maybe it wasn't her who was cutting, 'but you know I don't think her aunt would...' It had to be Kagome, that was why she smelled like copper and she had tried to cover it up with perfume. That was why she was insanely happy and talkative…how could he not notice? How could he be so stupid? How could he confront her? There was no real proof. He would have to see the cuts himself, as much as it hurt just to think about it. What was he going to do? He couldn't just walk out of the bathroom and start interrogating Kagome. Maybe he could just show her the blade and ask about it. There was bound to be a reasonable explanation like she was shaving and was angry while doing it… She could have had a cut and wiped the blood on the razor… There was a knock on the door and Kagome said, "Inuyasha? Are you ok in there?"

Inuyasha scrambled around and threw the blade back where he had found it. "I'm fine! Just… Umm, organizing your towels…" Crap he was the worst liar ever. No normal person would organize towels… Kagome was silent. Oh no, she had run out of the house to get as far away from the towel organizer as possible.

"Ok… as long as it makes you happy…The movie is going to be over soon…"

"Don't worry I am almost done!"

Inuyasha came out and Kagome was sitting on the couch. "Are those towels all in their rightful spots?" She said while trying to hide her laughter.

He was never gonna hear the end of this. The movie ended and Inuyasha thought of a solution, "Hey, do you want to go for a walk?" Kagome shook her head and said, "Nooo I'm too lazy…" She moved herself into an apathetic mode.

"Come on it will be refreshing and fun." Inuyasha got up and took hold of Kagome's forearm. She winced and struggled. Ouch Inuyasha that hurts you're squeezing too hard. Inuyasha realized he was touching her wrist, where her cuts probably were. She got up and they got their coats. On their way they discussed the movie and how the characters had strange habits and said humorous things. When they got to their destination, the river, they stood at the edge. The moon was bright that night. It was bright enough to cast shadows. As Inuyasha and Kagome stood there in silence listening to the rush of the water he turned to Kagome, "You know, I care about you a lot. You know you can tell me anything."

Kagome turned to look at him and her disguise shattered. "No. There is nothing wrong. Everything is fine. I am happy, you are happy. We are happy people. "

Inuyasha wasn't going to be fooled; he grasped her hand and quickly rolled up her sleeve. There on her arm was red, hacked, flesh. Inuyasha's eyes widened, he didn't expect it to be this bad. "THIS doesn't look very happy Kagome! Why would you cut yourself!"

She wretched her arm away and turned her face, "It looks pretty… No body really cares about me…You think you do but really you love Kikyou..."

Inuyasha was confused. Did she just say he liked Kikyou? Sure she had been flirting with him but he would never like her. She wasn't as gorgeous as Kagome… "That's not true! I would never be with Kikyou! I don't like her and she just can't take a hint!" Inuyasha took a step closer to Kagome, "Please don't do this to your self. Don't ruin yourself this way. I …I can't stand to see you in pain. If you do this I will have to make you stop somehow. I will do anything."

Kagome looked overwhelmed with emotion. She jumped into his arms and kissed him. His lips were to smooth and gentle. Inuyasha was shocked. Well, this was a great first step. He kissed her back and was in heaven.

When Inuyasha walked Kagome home she stopped at their parting street. "I'll see you tomorrow…maybe sometime you can come over and organize my cloths."

"Oh joy, I just can't wait Kagome, because that is for sure the only reason why I even associate with you." He said sarcastically. She giggled and turned to walked away.

Inuyasha also turned and walked towards his home. Hopefully Kagome would stop her pessimistic ways and realize that she was the most important person in his life.

I know it wasn't very long but I tried. At least I am able to update regularly… (Only because of the short chapters) I also tried to have some romance but as you can probably tell I'm not very good at writing it. I think this chapter wasn't very good, I will make the next one better. Thank you to all who still keep up with my story! Anyway, please please please review. I love them so much I just want to fly away to Neverland. Thanx agian!