Chapter 19! (Wow, i just keep posting today! It's to make up for all the wait you good people had to suffer, I know you guys all love my story, and I love to write! So it works out both ways.

Tissue warning: You may need them!

Chapter 19!

The rest of the week, starting that day, was nothing short of embarrassmental torture.

Every day, Inuyasha would come to the cafeteria at lunch, give Kagome a long kiss. just to stimulate peoples memory banks, in the fact that both himself, and Kagome were taken. Then, wave a hand at the principle, and the people Kagome were sitting with, before exiting the food hall.

Kagome couldn't have stopped him when the kisses took place, she didn't want to. Having missed his kisses over the year long period they were separated, every time he kissed her, she forgot where she was, and who was watching.

And, when she'd asked him to stop, Thursday morning before school, he had gotten the most, unconceivable look of innocence on his face. Before asking why. Kagome decided, it wasn't worth it. She could live with the embarrassment for another week or so.

Her illness had persisted, lasting till about 11 O'clock in the morning, and then returning at sun up the next day. Kagome had a doctors appointment for Saturday to get checked out. She would have asked her mother, but she was out of town visiting her aunt, Grandpa and Souta had gone with. Leaving Kagome home alone.

It was Friday afternoon, and she was dong her history homework. Laughing about how morbid it was to be handing in homework to Inuyasha! when her doorbell rang.

Kagome pulled herself off the couch, and walked over to the door. When she opened it, Houjo stood on the other side. He was extremely pale, and looked even more so nervous.

"Houjo? What is it?" Kagome asked instantly, concerned at her friends weird appearance.

"K-Kagome? Ca...ca..can I talk to you for a sec...sec..second" He stuttered. Kagome had never heard him do so before, her concern mounted.

"Sure, what is it?" She asked again.

Houjo smiled weakly. "You were always so polite Higurashi." He said, switching from a scared, nervous boy, to a completely confident one. Kagome started to wonder about his state of mind. She felt something odd about this, something not right.

She noticed one of Houjo's hands was inside his coat, grasping something he was keeping out of sight. Suddenly Kagome didn't want to see what that was. She shuddered slightly before speaking. "And? What about it Houjo?"

"I was hoping, you'd accompany me to the senior prom this weekend" He said. smiling brightly, as if he had no doubt she'd except his offer.

"Houjo...you know I can't" Kagome said, looking into his eyes and trying to make him sure it was nothing against him.

"Why can't you?" He asked, genuine hurt, and confusion on his face.

"Houjo, you know I'm engaged to Inuyasha. I can't go on a date with you" Kagome said, trying to talk some sense into him. Her feelings of foreboding rising. She didn't like this. She really didn't like this.

Houjo looked down at the ground, and Kagome thought he had started crying. Until he brought his head up, smirked, and pulled a gun out of his jacket. Placing the barrel at her bellybutton.

"How bout now? Now will you go? I've been waiting around for almost four years asking you to be my girlfriend, over, and over again. And you say No, over and over again. Claiming you didn't like me that way, until one day, you all of a sudden, have a fiancé! How does that work? Huh?" He said, shaking the gun violently.

Kagome tried not to let any of the fear show on her face. "Because Houjo, I never loved you! I loved Inuyasha! And I'm sorry if I never just came out and told you. No, I won't go to the prom with you. I've had worst then a gun pointed at me before. You think that scares me? Now put it away, before you ruin your life" Kagome shrieked. Pretending she wasn't afraid, that she didn't fear, not only for her own life, but for the life she suspected she carried.

Houjo seemed to have given up, the gun went slack in his hand. Kagome breathed again, and then, in less then a second, Kagome felt the pain tear through her gut before she ever heard the sound of the gun firing, and she fell to the ground, as blackness engulfed her senses. The last thing she saw, was Houjo running, the gun held tightly in his grasp.

Okay, another short chapter, but It would have been terrible long if I hadn't stopped there, and I wanted to post another chapter tonight. So here it is, another Cliffy, and a bad one, oh and, that Trevor guy, here's an action scene. I know I said, I wasn't going to have an action scene, but I was thinking up a new story, and decided maybe I should just merge it with this one. And I might change the genre to Romance/angst so. Anyway, hope you liked, I'll try to get the next chap up soon. - The All Powerful Fu Fu

PS: This will have a good ending! I'm happy to report! - On Fu Fu's Honor!

I'm the all powerful Fu Fu!

Mwahahahaha!

(Sry, had the urge)

Disclaimer:

Why aren't they mine?

I wish they were

But I'll settle for terrorizing them

(Grin)