(Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, you know that, right?)

"I knew it." Sango noted with a grin.

"Will you shut up?"

'I may not be willing to admit it, but there can be – and is – only one word for how I feel about Inuyasha right now…'

'Love.'

Inuyasha groaned impatiently as girls attempted to work their way into his heart.

"Oh Inuyasha!"

"You're so cute Inuyasha!"

"Go out with me Inuyasha!"

"Move it." He said, a low growl, as he pushed his way through the crowd. A lot was on his mind. He wasn't in the mood for flirtatious whiny women to get in the way.

After the crowd of girls, there was a cluster of guys. The 'popular' table. His table. His friends. It was the most desired position in the cafeteria, which Inuyasha had worked hard to grasp. Parties, Movies, Dates – he was always invited along. At the top of everyone's list.

Guys either envied him or were friends with him. Girls either loved him, or adored him.

He pushed into the guys small group, as they chatted in low voices.

"See that new girl?"

"Higurashi Kagome you mean?"

"Yeah she's hot."

"She'd never go out with you."

"You think she'd go out with you?"

"Shut up."

At this point, Inuyasha felt somewhat detached. One thing was on his mind. 'They're…degrading her. How dare they, I'm gonna murder them.' His voice hissed as he stared with rage.

"Yo, 'Yash, something wrong?" one boy asked.

Inuyasha snapped out of his momentary thoughts. 'What am I thinking? Who dares. She's just another dumb woman.' He snarled in reply. "No."

"I'm going now." He muttered. The boy nodded in reply as they continued their animated conversation in hushed tones, so the cluster of girls beside them (many of them those boy's girlfriends.) wouldn't and couldn't hear.

Inuyasha exited the cafeteria, but not before granted Kagome a solitary glance. So this is what his childhood friend had become, eh? He wouldn't even have recognized her, if he just passed her by.

"Damn, I'm confused." He muttered, pushed his hands through his hair and clutching his head. "What is this?"

Kagome stood up, still blushing profusely. "I-I'm going to the bathroom." She noted quickly as she began to walk.

"Ciao." Sango said, giving a wave, not looking up from her sandwich.

"I seriously need to think." Kagome whispered to herself. In the past few hours so much had happened; her childhood friend whom she never expected to see again, turned out to be at her school – two years in her senior – and she just so happened to now, magically be in love with him? That couldn't be right.

Kagome made her way out of the school, and onto the campus. She sighed loudly as she rested under a sakura tree, which was in full bloom. She bonked her head against the trunk.

"Owww…"

Inuyasha glanced up at the cloudy sky. 'It's probably going to rain.' He noted.

"Owww…" someone exclaimed.

His ears perked up. He glanced around.

Kagome…

She was sitting at the base of a tree, staring up.

A slight tint of pink arose on her cheeks. Inuyasha took no notice, but instead, sat down beside her.

"What'd you do?" Inuyasha asked. He sounded as if he was talking to a two-year old.

"I bonked my head." Kagome whined jokily. She sounded like someone who was two years old.

"Well that was stupid."

"I know it was."

They sat there in silence for a few awkward moments.

"You're the same Kagome Higurashi from ten years back, right?" Inuyasha asked. He was somewhat surprised by what he had said – that wasn't exactly what he meant to say.

"Of course I am. How else would I know your name?" she asked, smiling slightly.

"Because I am the famous Inuyasha, of course." Inuyasha joked.

"The one and only." Kagome said, giggling.

Things were no longer awkward – it seems as though they had never even spent one day apart –let alone ten years. Things were just like they used to be.

"Why are you back here after all this time anyways?" Inuyasha questioned.

Kagome frowned. "It's a long story…"

"I'm not goin' anywhere."

Kagome sighed as she started the tale. "Well, you know that I moved to Kyoto because my dad got promoted, right?"

At this, Inuyasha nodded his head yes.

"Okay. So one day he's driving home from work. His new job had late hours, and I almost never got to see him. He was always on business trips or working even later then he was supposed to. One night, he called home to say he would be very late and 'not to wait for him' because he was working on some big project that could get him another big promotion…or something like that. But he never came home. He got hit by a drunk driver on the way to our house. After three days of desperate struggle, his heart just gave. He died."

Inuyasha's eyes widened. "S-sorry…" he mumbled.

"It's okay. I'm not done." Kagome said softly. "After his death," (Kagome winced at the word) "My mother had to get a job to support our family. Or what was left of it anyways. Not long after she began her job, her boss suggested that she move to Tokyo. There was a big chance she'd get a promotion there, compared to Kyoto. I suppose she also wanted to escape the memories of our old home…so we upped and moved."

"Oi." Inuyasha mumbled. "That sucks."

Kagome nodded silently. It was obvious that she was trying not to try. Her lip was bitten and her eyes watery. Her hair blowing in the soft breeze.

Inuyasha could feel himself blush.

'What's my problem?' he asked himself in silence. 'It's not like I'm in love with her or anything.'

Another voice inside his head rang,

'Or are you?'

'Shut up.' He told himself. 'You don't like her. She's a friend from a long time ago. Big whoop. But…No. But nothing. I do NOT love her!'

That tiny voice rang again.

'Whatever you say.'

(AN: gasp Does everyone completely and totally and utterly hate me? I know I do. Please don't kill me. Please.

I'm starting over. I deleted every story but this one and got a new name. Why? Because I can. Yup. I'm even working on a new story. So don't hate.)