Impossible Love

Chapter 13

Unrequited Love

Kagome gulped loudly, blushing as red as a ripe tomato. She struggled to cover herself with her hands but found it impossible to cover her creamy stomach and her white bra at the same time; after all, she only had two hands and two large places to cover. So instead, she hid behind Kouga, refusing to look at Inuyasha in anyway. Why oh why did Inuyasha have to come now! Kagome's mind screamed.

"Oh, hey…Inutasha, isn't it?" Kouga said, frowning when he couldn't remember Inuyasha's name.

"Its Inuyasha," Inuyasha growled. Did that stupid guy just try and take his Kagome away from him? Inuyasha's body heated up with anger at that thought. He frowned as he realized he had called Kagome his own. But he didn't really give that a second thought since he had to deal with that Kouga first. "What were you doing? You realize that this is a cathedral, right?"

Kagome gulped loudly again, still unable to speak for herself. She shook Kouga by the shoulder gently, silently begging him to defend them. Kouga patted Kagome's trembling hands reassuringly and gave a stern look at Inuyasha.

"What we were doing had nothing to do with you, so back off!" Kouga shouted warningly. Kagome gave a sudden dry sob. The two guys both looked at her; Kouga because he was surprised, and Inuyasha because he was worried and angry. Kagome looked as shocked as a deer in headlights. Gasping slightly, she opened her mouth slowly to say something. Inuyasha raised a suspicious eyebrow and Kagome clamped her mouth back shut.

"There is nothing to be embarrassed about, Kagome." Kouga said soothingly, turning around and massaging her cold arms. He grabbed Kagome's blue t-shirt and handed it to her. Kagome nodded and slipped on her shirt. Turning back to Inuyasha, he growled, "What are you doing here, anyways?"

Inuyasha scoffed. "Funny you should ask, I was about to ask you the same thing."

"We're here to deliver the cake for the wedding and wait 'til the designers and food arrive…" Kouga paused and looked down at his wristwatch. "Anytime now they should be here."

And it was true, for seconds after the words left his mouth, a green van pulled up in the parking lot and from it, about one and a half dozen people came out. Kagome looked frightened for a second but soon stood up calmly, smoothed her white skirt, and walked to the door as if nothing had happened. She shook the designers' hands and beckoned them to come in and start the decorating. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Kouga were having a stare down and neither of them looked like they were going to give up anytime soon. After Kagome had made sure that all the designers were working, she went over to the two men who are still trying to stare the other down and dragged them outside, to the back yard of the cathedral, for a talk.

"Alright, I don't know what it is with you two but there is a wedding ahead and I don't plan for you two to ruin it, okay?" Kagome said, her hands on her hips.

"Okay, whatever you say, sweets." Kouga assured her, smirking and looking content that he was able to call Kagome "sweets" and Inuyasha couldn't. However, Inuyasha didn't really seem to care all that much about those mushy words. Kouga checked his watch again and gave Kagome a light peck on the mouth. "I have to go now, alright? I still have to call a few people and invite them to the wedding."

"What! I thought you contacted all the people!" Kagome screamed, looking angry and surprised at the same time.

"Its alright Kagome, some people are just born irresponsible." Inuyasha said, taking the chance to insult Kouga. But Kagome's fiancée just ignored him.

"Sorry, but you know how busy I am. And also, my collage friend, Ayame, will need to be delivered to the airport after the wedding. So I'll have to leave an hour earlier than planned." Kouga said, then walked back into the cathedral. Kagome looked most displeased.

"Ayame, Ayame, Ayame. It's always Ayame! Why? Why is she so important, huh? Why should she be so important? She is so insignificant! But no, Kouga has to pay so much attention to her! I won't be surprised if he actually cheats on me with her!" Kagome ranted angrily.

Inuyasha chuckled slightly at his friend and roommate's jealousy. He couldn't help but feel some himself, seeing that Kagome cares so much about Kouga.

"I'm sure he cares a lot about you too." Inuyasha said calmly. But he didn't really sound like he meant it very much. Kagome gave him a hard stare and head back into the building as well. He shrugged innocently and followed her.

"Where is the cake?" Kagome screamed, holding up her strapless wedding dress with her hands while racing towards the bride make-up room. Sango ran after her, holding the clips and headset for the gown.

The distressed bride reached the great oak doors marking the dressing room and yanked it open with so much force that it smacked the wall after being opened. Sango had to skid to a stop to avoid the door from hitting her, as it swung shut. The bridesmaid sighed and went in calmly, smoothing her beautiful pink dress that matched Kagome's white one.

"You forgot your headset in the car, so I brought it for you." Sango said quickly, panting slightly from the long dash from the parking lot.

Kagome looked less tense. She even smiled. "Thanks a lot, Sango."

"Your welcome." Sango took a deep breath and sat down on one of the three leather high back chairs placed decoratively in the room.

"But you know, I still don't know where Kouga put the cake this afternoon."

"Don't worry, we'll find it soon."

Kagome looked at her skeptically. "We've been searching for at least five hours now and you expect us to find it as soon as you say the word? Who do you think you are? God?" She said angrily.

Sango rolled her eyes. She knew her friend was nervous, but she didn't expect her to bite everyone's head off.

"I'm sorry." Kagome said suddenly, hiding her face with her white-gloved hands. She sat down on a chair and leaned forward so that her elbows were resting on her knees. She gave loud sympathetic sobs that gave away all the tension and stress that she felt. Sango knelt down beside her and placed one comforting hand on her back. Kagome looked up sadly at her with dark brown orbs surround by tears. "Sorry, I just…I just couldn't take it anymore."

"Why?" Sango asked kindly, caressing the girls back gently.

"I don't know…I guess the stress just got to me." And with that, Kagome buried her face in her hands once more. She gave a few more pitiful sobs. Sango looked worried.

"Don't worry, you'll be okay." She said firmly, standing up.

"No, I won't!" The bride shouted. "I'll never be!

Kagome broke into tears. Sango frowned out of concern and squatted as low as she could in her tight dress.

"Yes, you will! You will be okay! You will get through this wedding and realize how lucky you are to have such a wonderful man love you!" the bridesmaid yelled angrily. Kagome stood up abruptly.

"You don't understand this do you? You don't and will never understand what I'm going through right now! Have you ever even thought of how much stress one has to handle in a wedding?" She screamed, tears streaming down her face. Sango didn't seem the least disturbed by her action, though.

"As a matter of fact, yes, I do know how it feels to be a bride." She said, strangely calm. Kagome looked taken aback, then very surprised. She fell back into her chair, still staring in surprise at Sango. "His name is Miroku. I fell deeply in love with him during my high school senior years and married him right after graduation."

"Sango, I never knew…" Kagome muttered in disbelieve.

"Well, now you do. Anyways, that was the biggest mistake in my entire life, marrying him, that is. I lost my virginity and love to him. But then, I realized that he was cheating on me every week, when he would go on 'business trips' for a day or two. I don't know the girl's name, but I'll sure kick her ass if I ever see her." Sango finished her tale and paused a few seconds to let everything sink in dramatically. "So you see, I do know how it feels, and I know it well. Never trust you heart."

Kagome frowned at that. Sango quickly explained, "Well, use your brain to think over your actions before actually making them. I mean, you still haven't married yet, so you should just take some time and just really think it over. If the marriage still sounds good, then go ahead and do it. I'm just supposing you already did the thinking part, right?"

"Well…" the bride began but stopped when she saw her friend's eyes widen.

"What? You mean to tell me that you said yes to his proposal out of sheer hormones?" Sango shouted, her light brown eyes flashing excitedly in the lamplight.

Kagome gave several small nods, a scared look on her pretty features. Sango sighed loudly.

"Okay, then forget what I just said and lets just get this wedding over with." She walked to the make-up desk and picked up a large brush. "Please just tell me you at least put on foundation."

A/N: Sorry about the long-time-no-updating thing. I am really busy! Just got a new computer for my self (instead of sharing with the rest of my family) so I'll be able to update a little more often now. I know this is a short chapter but I decided to move the wedding back a chapter so this story will have at least twenty chapters if not more. Review, I'd still like to know what you think.

There is also an explanation on the typo I made in chapter 3. Sango did know Miroku, you will see if you re-read the chapter. Sorry, got my plots all messed up w/all the other stories. But now it's fixed so enjoy!