I'm back. Sorry for taking so long. This is a long chapter. Hopefully you enjoy it. I would like to thank those who reviewed. I was really happy. I thank you for returning. I tried to describe as best as I could but I have a problem, I can't describe even if it killed me. Oh well, enjoy.

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Yet another approach

"Miss. Miss? Are you alright?" The waiter stared at me as I woke up from my daze. I shook myself out of my thoughts and nodded. I forced a smile but failed miserably. I cleared my throat and didn't look straight into the old man's concerned eyes.

"Of course. If you excuse me, I have to go now." I placed the five dollars on the table and slid off the booth. I looked past everything, everyone and made my way out of the Café. I walked onto the sidewalk and ignored everything that happened around me. I kept to myself and so did everyone else. That was one great thing about Tokyo, Japan. Everyone minds their own business; the world is better off that way, I was better off that way. I appreciated my freedom from everyone and no one can take that away from me. I was knocked out of my thoughts as someone ran into me.

"HEY,WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!" The stranger barked. I disregarded the stranger in front of me and walked around him, and acted as if nothing happened.

Inuyasha stared after the strange girl. "What just happened? I practically bellowed at the girl and she didn't even look at me."

"I don't know my friend but she made you look like a complete jerk just now. How can woman do that? And it's always the pretty ones." The guy beside him grinned and looked at Inuyasha after staring at the girl. "She's long gone now, why are you still looking over there? Yeah, she was attractive and…"

"Okay, Miroku, that's enough. She's not attractive. She doesn't get my attention at all..." Inuyasha trailed off as his eyes remained on the blurred figure.

"Right. Come on Pinocchio, we can't stay here all day. Let's go." Miroku grabbed Inuyasha's arm and pulled him the opposite direction.

"Aunt Kaede? Are you here?" I closed the diner's door and looked for a familiar face.

"Yes child. How are you?" She came out of the kitchen and wiped her hands on her apron as she pulled me in a tight hug. She released me and smiled. As she smiled, I noticed that it didn't reach her eyes. The sight pained me slightly but I shook it away.

"Can I have a cup of coffee? I'm going to wait for Sango when she's off her shift."

"Of course Kagome. But are you sure that you want to spend your time here? You have the grave yard shift today." She walked me to the counter and told me to sit.

"It's fine. I have no other plans in mind." I waited patiently for my coffee and didn't meet Kaede's eyes. I couldn't confront people. I barely looked at Sango and Kaede's eyes. I knew what they were thinking and I just couldn't face it. They could never hide their feelings, it was always written in their eyes.

"Thank you Aunt Kaede. So how was your day today?" I sipped at my coffee.

"Just fine. Kagome, I…um…" She hesitated and turned away as she slowly spoke. "Kagome, I want you to live your life. Be happy, accept people."

"Kaede, I don't…I don't want to have this conversation. I got to go. Tell Sango I'll be at the apartment and thank you Kaede. Than…thank you." I got up from the seat and hugged Kaede quickly. I let go before she could respond and walked out the door, not once looking back. How could I face that? I'm sorry that she's hurting in the process. I can't take that pain away, if I could, I wouldn't be in this situation.

"Hey where's Kags?" Sango came out of the restroom, already out of her work clothes.

"She left. I scared her away. I wanted to talk to her but…s-he, s-she…" Kaede sobbed into her hands and Sango hugged her.

"It's okay. It's alright."

"Hey what's the matter Lady Kaede?" A guy walked up to the 2 woman. The guy looked about 23 years of age judged by the youthness of his face. He wore a black shirt and raggedy blue jeans; his eyes purple.

"And you are?" Sango asked the rather good looking guy in front of her.

"Oh Miroku, no need to get worked up over a distressed old woman." Kaede sniffed and wiped her face, giving Miroku a warm smile.

"Don't worry, we weren't." Another guy appeared beside Miroku with an annoyed look on his face. The aggravated guy also looked about 22, 23, one of those. He had white long beautiful hair and his eyes were amber. Any wise man could say he was mysterious, somewhat strange with no manners what so ever.

"Don't talk to Kaede like that." Sango defended as she glared at the stranger while holding on to Kaede.

"Don't mind this angered fellow. He's a strange one. No need to waste time arguing with HIM." Kaede giggled as she blew her nose.

"Excuse us hag, we're hungry. Mind serving us something?" The stranger scoffed exasperatedly.

"Inuyasha, no time to think about eating. Our beloved friend is in need of comfort. Hello miss. You are lovely. What is your beautiful name?" Miroku took Sango's hand and bowed. Sango was confused by the action but snorted at the lame pick up line.

"Excuse me but can I have my hand back? I have no intention of giving you my name." Sango didn't trust this person. She had a feeling he was up to no good at all and she wasn't about to ignore her instincts just because of his 'kindness'.

"I can't say I'm not a little hurt milady. Maybe this would cheer you up." Before Sango could respond, Miroku touched the off limits. Sango yelped and smacked his face.

"DON'T. EVER. TOUCH. ME. AGAIN." She threatened as she slammed him to the ground. Kaede laughed and as did Inuyasha. In fact, the whole diner was in fits of laughter.

"I'm out of here. See you tomorrow Kaede. I'm meeting up with Kagome." Sango glared at Miroku as she hugged Kaede then stormed out of the diner.

"She is something else. Who is she?" Miroku's eyes sparkled as he helped himself up.

"Looks like you met your match." Inuyasha laughed as he sat down.

"So Lady Kaede, gonna tell us what's wrong?" Miroku said as he sat next to Inuyasha.

"Not now. I'm starving." He moaned.

"Well, it's my niece. She's been…" She sighed as she struggled to continue.

"Go on." Miroku encouraged.

"She's having trouble accepting things. She doesn't show any feelings whatsoever. She's completely blocking herself from the world. She was a very touching person. She cared for people and she had this great kindness for people, now she refuses to even smile." She sniffed as she explained.

"Why? What happened to her? I'm majored in psychology, maybe I might know how to help." Miroku said.

Inuyasha snorted. "Please. She's just being spoiled. She wants attention." Miroku smacked him across the head. "Please, continue." He said while ignoring Inuyasha's swears.

"Are you listening? HEY! I'm talking to you." Inuyasha growled.

"When she was 6 years old, she saw her parents get murdered. The intruders killed her family before her very young eyes. She recovered it as she got older but as time started to heal her heart, it would come back to haunt her dreams. She could never forget the tragedy so she promised herself to forget everything. She erased her childhood and her memories. She was protecting herself, of course but then she started to protect herself from life itself. She started to lose herself…"

"I get what you're saying. She's like this zombie. Her soul is lost and the only thing she can feel is pain. She may think she's blocking her emotions but that's the emotion she's stuck with." Miroku analyzed.

"Exactly. She needs someone to wake her up, I've tried but she runs away. I don't know what to do anymore." Kaede sniffed as she brought the hungry guys two bowls of ramen noodles.

"I'll talk some sense into her. Feh, she doesn't care what it's doing to people." Inuyasha said through a mouth full of noodles. How they understood him, no one knows.

"Inuyasha, you have to understand that she's not doing this for attention." Kaede clarified.

"Look, I'll help but I'll do it my way. Now, how do I get in touch with her?" Inuyasha asked as he pushed his empty bowl towards Kaede, begging for seconds.

"She's working tonight actually. She has the grave yard shift." Kaede poured more noodles into the bowl, granting Inuyasha's wish.

"Grave yard shift, huh? Kind of scary; especially in Tokyo. Avoiding people, isn't she?" Miroku figured.

"I really don't know." Kaede sighed.

"No problem. I'll just stop by and make her realize what she's doing. Tell her her little plan isn't working out. She's gonna have to lock herself inside her house in order to avoid me. Worry no more Kaede. Problem will be solved." Inuyasha confirmed as he started to walk towards the door. "Inuyasha, you can't force her out of it. That's not how it works." Miroku protested.

"Yeah sure, whatever. Hey hag, mind telling me her name that way I know I got the right girl." He called as he opened the door.

"Kagome. Kagome Higurashi." She sighed once more.

"Kagome. Hm, sounds like a spoiled brat." He chuckled as he left the eatery, leaving Kaede and Miroku wince at the thought of him helping.

"He's going to get himself killed, isn't he?" Miroku questioned even though he knew the answer.

"Yes Miroku, yes he is. Coffee?" She asked with a smile while having the pot in her hand.

"Why, yes. Thank you."

"Kagome, it's time. If you want, I can drive you to work." Sango knocked on the door.

"No, that's fine. I should get my exercise and walk. I'll be right out." I answered, not at all paying attention. Mind somewhere else, having no idea what she even said. I just heard her talk, I wasn't listening. I stared at nothingness, I just remained seated in the tub. Not even entertained by the bubbles around me, I completely went into a trance, not knowing how to wake up from it. Am I stuck in a dream? Somewhere in my head?

I slowly finished my bubble bath and got out of the tub. After finished dressing, having no clue how I got dressed, I found Sango in my room.

"Hey." I said a bit surprised as I saw her sitting on my bed. I spotted an album of pictures on her lap and uneasiness washed over me. Oh no, please don't.

"Hey, Kagome. I was just looking at some old photos. I found the one where we dressed western. Remember when we removed the manikins in the display box and we stood there, pretending we were manikins. We were laughing because each time a different person passed, we posed differently." Sango laughed at the memory and slowly stopped as she looked down.

"Of course I remember. That was the silliest thing we ever did. How could I ever forget?" I answered with no expression on my face whatsoever. Afraid of what might happen, I slowly turned around, knowing this was going to turn out bad.

"I wish we could have fun just like that time again. Just one more time. One more time where I can have my best friend back cos gods know I need one." She laughed as she sniffed. I closed my eyes, wishing I was somewhere else.

"You have one." I replied.

"No I don't. I lost her 3 years ago." She retorted. She began to cry into her hands, I know because I heard the muffled sobs.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I changed. I'm sorry I bring so much pain to you and Kaede. I'm sorry I can't be a good friend. I'm sorry for saying I'm sorry and not being able to change. Cos usually when you say you're sorry, you learn from your mistakes and avoid doing it again but I…I can only keep doing it, inflicting pain. At least, I'm sorry, right? I'll be back at 6. Call if you need anything." I walked a fast pace out of the room and out of the hall. I could hear Sango's sobs and I continued to walk fast, almost running, out the door.

"I'm here Kaede. Where is she?" Inuyasha said as he burst through the doors.

"She should be here any minute now. I'm not going to be here to watch you. So Inuyasha, please don't do anything irreparable." Kaede begged as she took off her apron.

"Feh. Just make sure you point her out when she walks in." He ordered.

"I swear Inuyasha that temper of yours is going to get you in big trouble one of these days." Kaede warned.

"Hey you should appreciate what I'm doing for you. I'll have her fixed by the end of the night." He clarified as he popped his fingers.

"If it doesn't, it's going to come back to bite you in the a…" Kaede was interrupted as the door opened and in walked Kagome.

"Hey, Kaede. Sorry I'm late." I said exasperatedly as I walked to the back. Inuyasha slowly sank into his seat as he saw the familiar girl pass by him, once more getting his attention.

"It's her." He whispered only for him to hear. What a small world. "The same girl I bumped into earlier today." He eyes stared at her with intensity as he slolwy sank into the booth.

"That's Kagome in case you haven't figured it out yet. I'm leaving now so DON'T do anything stupid. KAGOME." She called as she went to the back, leaving Inuyasha stare at the same direction dumbfounded.

The two woman came out in deep conversation and Inuyasha heard most of what they were saying.

"Kaede, I told you NO." I protested.

"I just want you to meet a friend of mine."

"NO, I don't want to. Is he here? Kaede I'm leaving."

"No you can't. I'm gone, you can't leave the place unattended." Kaede pointed out as she ran out the door.

"Hey! Kaede, you can't leave me here alone. KAEDE! I'LL DISOWN YOU. KAEDE." I yelled as I ran towards the opened door.

Inuyasha laughed at the scene and at the sulking face the girl had.

I dragged my feet as I made my way to the counter, towards the unserved people. I took 3 orders before I walked up to the fourth customer.

"Hello, welcome to Kaede's Diner, what will you have tonight?" I said dully at the costumer, looking at only my notebook.

Inuyasha, for some strange reason, couldn't help but smile at the non-smiling girl.

"Great smile." He said sarcastically.

I tore my eyes away from my notebook and glared at the stranger. As I did, I noticed his breath taking eyes and his beautiful white long hair. He was very attractive but I wasn't going to let that get in the way. The first thing I needed to do was stop looking deep into his eyes. Look away. Look away…and I finally broke the whole gazing into each other's eyes thing. I looked down at my notebook, ready to take his order.

"What will you have?" I said slowly.

Inuyasha couldn't believe what he was feeling. That moment was suppose to be a negative one, not a electric feeling coursing through your body moment. As he stared at her eyes, he was stuck; he didn't know what to do next. For the first time in his life, he wasn't in control, he was powerless. He wanted to gaze at her eyes longer. Why did she have to look away? Her irritated voice broke his thoughts. He cleared his throat and was speechless. He couldn't think of anything to say.

"I'll just come back." I said as I turned away, not once looking at him.

"Kaede told me all about you." He said as he found his voice. I stopped dead in my tracks and closed my eyes, hoping beyond hope he wasn't talking about what I think he was talking about.

"What?" I asked as I cleared my throat.

"About how you avoid people. How you lock yourself inside. How the only emotion you feel is pain." He whispered. That hit me, those words hit me hard. I spun around and looked at him. Why? Why is that getting to me?

"Shut up. You don't know anything. Not a damn thing. So just shut up." I shot back.

"Why are you running away? Why are you hiding? Do you think someone is just going to come and look for you? Take you away from it all?" He said as he crossed his arms, thinking he had it under control.

"Who the hell are you? Where do you get at telling me how I live my life? Get out." I demanded as I kept my eyes staring past him. Thank goodness for his height. He got up and walked closer to me.

"Stop pushing people away. You're hurting your aunt, you know." He said as he walked closer. I started to back away, desperately looking for a way out.

"You don't know me. You're just some stranger who takes pleasure in reminding people things they don't want to remember. I can clarify that just by looking at you. Your life is just as crumbled as mine and yet you stand here and tell ME how to feel? You're just as messed up as I am. You think I'm hiding? Guess what? We're hiding in the same dark place." I declared as I ganged up on him. With every word, I walked a step closer as he stepped back. "Guess who's on top now?" I smiled as tears ran down my face. His smile turned into a sneer as I detected his problems. He looked at me, wide eyed, shocked that I could tell right off the bat how his life wasn't perfect either. He probably thought he was cleverly hiding his.

"You're crying. Something that happens often, I believe. You think you know me? At least I can feel happiness. I bet you forgot that feeling, huh?" He scorned. I gaped at him, unbelieving the night I was having. That was harsh. That hurt so bad. So what if I feel pain and nothing else. I took off my apron and let it fall off me as I ran out the diner, anger and sadness clouding my mind. I ran as far as my legs could take me.

"WAIT. KAGOME. Damn it." Inuyasha yelled unbelieving the words that escaped his mouth. Kaede was going to kill him. What he did was irreparable and he felt horrible for making a beautiful girl, who he didn't even know, cry. He was a jackass and he knew it. He missed up big time and it was going to take time to forget. One of the other customers tapped him on the shoulder rather harshly.

"Since you seem to be a real good friend of Kaede's, you can tell her why her diner was left unattended moron. Nice going."

Inuyasha looked at the stranger, anger boiling inside him. He didn't like the way he was talking to him. Heck, he didn't even like the way he looked. The sight insulted his very eyes, it completely sickened him. His stupid long ponytail and his stupid blue eyes. He just wanted to punch the daylights out of him. What was he trying to do? Trying to be the kind, caring person the girl falls for at the end? Well, this ending will be different. The day he lets this idiot take the girl will be the day he rots in hell. What girl exactly, who knows. Or maybe he did know, just didn't want to admit it.

"Excuse me, you lame excuse of a human. Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong. Get the hell out of here. I'm in charge of the diner for the time being so get lost." Inuyasha growled as he glared daggers at the stranger.

"I was on my way out. Since you scared off the beautiful angel , I have no intention to stay." He smirked at Inuyasha as if knowing something he didn't. The very thought of hearing this idiot talk about Kagome made his fists clench. He trembled from all the rage that flowed in his blood.

"GET. OUT." He said as a low growl sounded in his throat. The guy started to back away and left, smiling.

Inuyasha slammed the door which caused the window to break from the pressure. "GREAT." This is what I get for treating her the way I did. Kaede is going to kill me. Inuyasha sat in a booth and let his head fall hard on the table.

Well, what do you think? Real sorry for the long wait. Please forgive me. I think I described Inuyasha's anger better at the ending. I guess I'm getting better…hopefully. Anyway, hope you liked it. Please make me happy and REVIEW. Thank you returning and stay tuned for the rest of the chapters. Don't forget to review!!!!!!