She had shown him what being happy meant. He had known it once as a kid when his mother was still alive, but the way she cheered for her little brother, and when her friends arrived, there was no one who could stop them.

But what got him was when he walked her home.

"So you liked it?" she asked him with a smile on her face.

"It was good, but you sure enjoyed it."

"Well, after all, he's my 'lil bro. How can I not be happy about him winning the game?!"

"Whatever."

A short silence followed their talk; neither wanted to say anything. How did they get to be friends in such a short amount of time?

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Flashback

"Hey! You!! Turn around!!"

Kagome looked everywhere trying to find the source of the voice. She looked to her right, to her left, ahead of her... She was starting to feel scare. Maybe it was a ghost, a fiend, or a mononoke, or maybe a goblin!!! Too many creatures to count.

"Behind you, aho!!" When she looked behind her, the voice was quicker than her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

Before she could start running the 'creature' held her by her arm, stopping her. "What's your problem, bitch? I'm just trying to talk here!!"

Kagome turned around, and when she saw Inuyasha's face, "AAAAAAAAH!! Even worse than a mononoke!! Get Away From Me!" But this time, instead of running, she punched him in the face. Hard.

"Damn it!! Why did you did that?!!" Inuyasha asked her while rubbing his face, trying to make the stinging go away.

"Uh... Why are you talking to me?"

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"Ya know" - Kagome broke the silence - "I have this great manga. It's a shonen so I'm sure you'll like it. Say, let's check it out tomorrow at lunch." She stared at him with almost stars on her eyes, waiting for his answer.

"Mmm, well... look, Kagome, I don't think we should talk to each other in school, you know? First of all, Kikyo would get mad. Since that time in lab when you dyed her hair green, she's kinda hated you; and besides, don't you think your friends would be bothered by you talking to me? I don't think so. Maybe we can do that any other time." He tried to smile at her, but..

"Yeah, you're right. You can go home now. The shrine isn't far from here; see ya... umm later." With that she started to walk a little faster.

"Matte, Kagome!!" - She turned to look at him, her bands hiding her eyes - "You aren't mad, right? It's for the best." He was trying to make that awful feeling of guilt vanish, but when Kagome smiled at him, he just felt worse.

"For the best, Yasha!!" She waved goodbye and ran to the shrine.

But he didn't know she had been fighting tears the whole time.

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Inuyasha lay on his bed.. thinking; why had he done that? He liked her, right? Or maybe he just liked that she was different... yeah, that was it. He was like a kid that had just seen a new flavor of ice cream... He couldn't afford to lose everything he had accomplished until now, just for her.

"I can't... I just can't," he whispered.

Her smile came to his mind... Her whole being was on his mind, torturing him to no end. What did she want him to do?!! Leave everything just to be 'friends?' Worst of all, only friends!!! Maybe if there was more... NO, even if she married him, he couldn't dare to change his reputation...

After his mother had died, his father took care of him. He had remarried his first wife and had taken the little inu to live with this new family: Sesshoumaru, his older brother, that step-mother or, as he liked to call her, Akiko, and Taisho, his father.

Since then, all the pressure was on him; Akiko was always sayin' that the least he could do was be an exceptional student and go to Tokyo U, just like her son had; that was the least he could do.

And at family reunions, everything got worse. Everyone saw him as a bastard... He wasn't one. After all, his father had been divorced and later married to his mother... but still.

He couldn't afford to be the friend of a punk. But still, the thought ached his heart, even if he wanted to.

Inuyasha went to bed early and rolled over and over, trying to sleep. Resolution was what he needed. Tomorrow he would give that necklace to Kikyo, ask her to be his girlfriend, take her to dinner at his house, show that he wasn't a loser as his whole family thought, amaze them with Kikyo... He wasn't going to use her. He liked her and she was going to do all of that gladly.

He will give her that necklace..he would; And Kagome... he would forget about her.

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"Kagome, are you okay? You seem kinda depressed.." Ayame was beside her trying to make her talk.

"Yeah, she's right, Ka-chan. You seem down. What's wrong?" Sango was also worried about her. She was never this quiet. Hell, she never shut up!!

"Nothin', I gotta go to lab. See ya at lunch." She not even once turned to look at them. She was walking straight ahead the whole time.

"When we left the game, she was fine." Sango was talking more to herself than anyone, but Ayame brought her back to Earth.

"Yes, she was. Wait, where's she going? Lab is in the other direction."

"I don't know. Let's follow her. She doesn't seem herself today."

Both girls were hiding behind lockers, trashcans, etc, all the time keeping an eye on Kagome.

Kagome's POV Third Person POV

Kagome had been talking aloud at times and at others she was awfully quiet, making gestures when she was mad or sad or just thinking. It crept out Sango and Ayame, who were following her.

Both saw that she was staring at the floor and not paying attention to where she was walking. At least five people had avoided her and she was still in the clouds.

Kagome kept staring at the floor and didn't notice the person walking in front of her... the results:

"Fuck it!" Kagome closed her eyes, waiting for the impact.

WAAM! (She fell to the floor with that sound, k?)

"Are you okay?" A tall boy with black hair held in a high pony tail and blue eyes asked her, helping her up.

"Uh, yeh. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." She started to play with her thumbs.

"No problem. My name is Kouga. What's yours?" He flashed her a perfect smile.

Maybe he thought she was going to faint or melt on his arms or just launch herself at him and kiss him 'till death... And let me tell you.

None of that happened.

"Ookami, right? Yeah, I saw you once at the sports festival.. Anyway, I'm late for my class. Ja." Kagome walked past him and this time she was looking where she was going.

"Matte!! What's your name?" he asked, trying to understand why she hadn't even blushed.

"Uh.. My name is Higurashi Kagome." She smiled at him before closing the door of the garden behind her.

"Kagome... I'll keep that in mind.." Kouga stared at the door for a while before running to his next class.

Kagome and Ayame were shocked.

He had liked her friend.

And that was unheard of.

«« At the garden of the school ««

"Well, hello there, tree. I came to visit you 'cuz I didn't feel like going to class." She smiled at the sakura tree in front of her.

"But why haven't you bloomed yet? The hanami* is close. Why are you still so.. bald?" She didn't wait for an answer. - I mean, she isn't nuts. Everyone knows trees don't talk. - She lay at his shadow and tried to catch some sleep...

Violet eyes were looking at her from another tree.

And watching her every movement, trying to remember her.. before forgetting her.

And starting to make her life a living hell.

"My Kagome..." Inuyasha whispered, watching his little punk girl sleep.

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Well i think the problem was the summary cuz i get like 15 reviews i knoe the number says 25 or something but the truth is that i get some reviews twice and tnax a lot for the ones who other reviewing me!!

And just let me say something else that i'm happy for: I got my first flame!! Well it's not really a flame more like sh'e scolding me... ShadowofWhite i promise i wont do it vere again i pormise, thats why im putting this chapter that kagura check for me, and i always have know that kagura saves the fics were she's my beta-reader if it wasn't for her i would have writersblock in the bet and my fics would suck... so thank kaggi!!