Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inu-yasha characters. They all belong to Rumiko Takahashi, my hero!

Note: Hey people –here's the re-write of chapter 1. I already did the re-write of the introduction today, and I got two reviews already! One reviewer said that since I wrote in bold all the time it made it boring. I don't see how that's possible, but I decided to give it a try at writing in non-bold :P That kind of helps me, so then when I take a look at my story on the internet I can tell which chapters I've already re-written.

Chapter 1

I walked down the hallway of my school, avoiding eye contact with everyone. I knew that if I looked at them, I would just see the looks of sympathy they were giving me. At that moment, I hated how I had such sharp hearing –I could hear them all talking about how she had died.
My name is Inu-yasha Taisho. I'm seventeen years old, and I attend Shikon Jewel High School. I had been dating Kikyo Higurashi… But now she's dead.
I can't believe she died.
We had been dating for two and a half years. She was smart, athletic, and extremely pretty. We would've been going to University together. I had loved her…
When I first heard about the accident from her family, I had felt cold anger towards the drunk who had caused it. I had wanted to rip him to shreds for doing such a thing.
But then… I realized I would never see Kikyo again. Ever. And that's when I felt the sadness. It was like a black hole sucking me in. I had heard about the accident that day after she died… I wasn't just depressed. It was past it.

And it was like I died that day too. I knew I was a totally different person. It was like we both had died.
I thought of how sad Kikyo's family must be… Her parents were probably extremely sad as well, since Kikyo wasn't the first child they lost. They had lost their son, Sota nine years ago. And Kikyo's sister, Kagome, must be depressed like me, too. She and Kikyo had been pretty good friends, even though they were sisters.

It had been a week since she died, and I hadn't come to school for two days after she died. Kikyo's sister had missed three days. Kikyo's best friend, Kanna's sister, had missed two days as well. Kanna was in a coma in the hospital –so it was understandable. Kanna and I had been friends, and I was also sad for her being in a coma. I hope she came out of it soon…

Since I came back to school, I had missed a lot of classes. I just couldn't see the point in studying or doing my homework –I didn't have Kikyo anymore. My teachers tried to talk to me about my problem, but I would always find excuses to get away. All my friends were sad about the accident as well, since they had been friends with Kikyo, but I could tell they were all worried about me.
"Inu-yashaaaa!"

I turned around to see who was my caller. It was Ayame Red, my rival Koga Wolf's girl friend. I had dated her three years ago, before Kikyo. I hated her now –she was so annoying and in the last month, she had decided she wanted me back, but I wouldn't go with her.

"What do you want Ayame?" I asked coldly. She was in a slutty outfit: a black halter top that showed off her cleavage, a short leather mini skirt, and some knee high black hooker boots. Yes she was quite pretty, but underneath, she was a bitch who had no brain.

"Ohhh, Inu-yasha, I know you've just lost Kikyo," She said putting on a pouty lip. "But I can help you with the pain." She opened her arms and stepped towards me. "Come have a big hug!"

I shoved her away from me. She didn't care about my feelings. I bet she barely cared that Kikyo had just died.
She gave me a look of shock. "Inu-yasha!" She exclaimed.
"Fuck off, Ayame." I growled as I walked away. And I walked off to math class.

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It was the next day. I sat down at my usual lunch table and yanked out my lunch from my back pack. Just then, my best friends, Miroku Houriki, Kohaku Taijiya and Naraku Sinister sat down with me.

Kohaku glanced nervously at me –yesterday at lunch I had gotten mad at my friends and flipped out at them. Kohaku probably didn't want to go through with that again.

Naraku was pale and poked at his food. Naraku was going out with Kanna –and now she was in the hospital. He visited her almost everyday. I know it wasn't good, but I resented the fact that his girlfriend survived, while mine hadn't. Why didn't Kikyo survive too?

Miroku gave me a small smile. "How are you doing today, Inu-yasha?" He asked. Miroku and I had been best friends since we were four, and we understood each other.

"Fine." I barked. I took a bite of my sandwich and chewed. None of us talked, so that was the only noise I could hear from us: chewing.

"So… The funeral is next friday…" Miroku said quietly.

I stopped my chewing and stared at him. Why did he say that?

Kohaku glanced from me to Miroku in fear. I could almost hear him thinking, Why did Miroku say that? Now Inu-yasha is gonna flip out again!

Naraku seemed to slump into his chair. "Kanna would've wished to go…" He whispered in a depressed voice.

I put my face in my hands, and I wanted to cry. My friends and I were all so gloomy. Especially me.
I didn't even finish my lunch. I just threw all the rest of it in the garbage and made my way to my locker. I dumped my backpack there and began making my way down the hallways to my next class. So what if I was early.
Suddenly, I spotted two people down the hallway. Two girls. They were sitting down, and were leaning against the lockers. As I got closer, I recognized them.

Kagome Higurashi, and Kagura Cadavre.

As I got even closer, I could see that they were whispering to each other, and both looked on the verge of tears. They were probably talking about the accident. I kept walking until I was in front of them. Something made me stop.

They looked up at me as I stopped in front of them.

"Inu-yasha…" Kagome whispered, looking at me.

"Hi Inu-yasha. What's up?" Kagura asked, forcing a smile. She began to hiccup from trying not to cry so hard.

Kagome turned back to her friend. "Shh, It's ok Kagura. You can cry if you want to…" She whispered soothingly, while wrapping her arm around Kagura's shoulders.

Kagura seemed to just let it go then. She began to sob. Something told me to kneel down. I knelt down in front of them, and reached out and hugged Kagura. She sobbed into my shoulder, and I breathed in sharply, trying not to cry either.

I looked over at Kagome. She gave me a sad smile. I reached out a hand while keeping the other still wrapped around Kagura, and took Kagome's hand in mine and gave it a squeeze. Whenever we had talked while I was at her house to visit Kikyo, we had got along. She was a nice girl.

Tears began to fall down her cheek as well. She wrapped one arm around Kagura and leaned against her.
If someone walked down the hall and saw us, we probably looked pretty peculiar. Us just sitting here –me hugging Kagura, and Kagome hugging Kagura. Oh well. Who cared what everyone else thought?

Some how, just sitting there with them, made me feel better.

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Over the next week, I kept thinking about the upcoming funeral. Kikyo's funeral. It would finally mean that she was gone forever. I didn't want to go to the funeral –but yet I wanted to. It was strange.

I didn't talk to Kagome or Kagura for the next week either. It seemed our little 'moment' in the hallway was just forgotten. It didn't matter though –I didn't care.

After school, two days before the funeral, as I was driving home, I passed by a florists. I pulled over, hopped out of the car and stood in front of the store and looked up at the sign. So-Na's Flowers it read.
I walked in and looked at all the flowers. Roses, Tulips, Snow Drops, bluebells… Every single different kind of flower. It was a nice store. I'd have to stop by and pick out some flowers for Kikyo tomorrow.

A woman came out from the back room and smiled at me. "Can I help you, young sir?" She asked.

I thought for a second. I decided that I'd get the flowers for Kikyo tomorrow –but what kind of flower?

"Umm… I was wondering… What flowers are best for… funerals?" I asked her. I looked at her name tag: So-Na. So she owned the store.

"Oh, I would suggest lilies." She spoke, while walking over to a corner in the store, where there were some beautiful flowers. "These are white lilies."

I took a look at them. Yes, Kikyo would've liked them. "Ya thanks. I'm not going to get them today, but I'll stop by and get them tomorrow, if that's ok." I said.

She nodded and gave me a sad smile. "I'm sorry for whoever died." She said.

I looked at her in surprise. I gave her a smile. "Thanks… She was my girl friend." I whispered.

She clasped her hands together. "Oh that's terrible! That must've been a loss… I'm so sorry for bringing it up." She said.

"No… It's Ok." I said. I looked around for a second. I spotted some beautiful white flowers I'd never seen before. "What are those?" I asked.

"Oh," The lady smiled, and her eyes seemed to light up as she looked at those flowers. "Those are my favorite. They're called Snowdrops. They represent hope. A lot of people buy them for someone they know in the hospital –in hope they get better soon." She said, reaching out and touching one.

Kanna, I thought. "I'll take a dozen of those, for a friend of mine." I said.

She picked out a dozen, wrapped them up and brought them over to the cash register. "I hope your friend gets better soon." She said. She pushed a few buttons on the register, and I payed the amount needed.

"Thanks." I said. She was nice, So-Na. "Bye!" I called behind me, as I left the store. I hopped in the car and began to drive away. She was nice. She looked like she loved flowers very much.

As I reached the hospital, I hopped out and walked to the front desk. "Excuse me," I asked the lady at the desk. "Could you tell me where Kanna Cadavre's room is?"

She looked at her chart, flipped a few pages before looking up at me. "Sixth floor, room 622." She said.

I walked over and pushed the button for the elevator. The doors opened for it right away. I stepped in. There was a few doctors there, and an old woman, who was mumbling to herself.

When I reached the sixth floor I got out and made my way down the hall until I found her room. The door was slightly ajar. I looked in.

I was surprised to see that Naraku was there. He was sitting in the chair next to the bed.

I looked at Kanna, and took an intake of breath. She was just lying there –her eyes closed. She had a bandage over her left eye and her right leg was up in a sling. But she just lay there. The only thing that made her look alive, was the monitor beeping along with her pulse.

Suddenly I realized someone was crying. Naraku. I'd never heard him cry. He was holding her hand and his face was placed against the bed. "Oh Kanna…" I heard him whisper. "Please wake up! I… I love you…"

My eyes widened. I knew Naraku had never said that before. Naraku was sad. Maybe as sad as me. Suddenly I wanted to cry too. I just wanted to bawl my eyes out, right here, in the middle of a hospitals hallway.

I stood there for another couple minutes, watching as Naraku finally stopped crying, before I knocked on the door. Naraku looked up as I came in.

"Hey Inu-yasha." He said quietly.

"Hey Naraku… I'm just dropping off some flowers." I said. There was an empty vase on the other side of her bed, and I placed them in there. "I hope she wakes up soon…" I whispered.

"Me too…" Naraku said. "Me too…"

End of Chapter 1

Authors Note: Hey people! I finished re-writing chapter 1! It's much longer than it was before, huh? Ya. I hope it's better. Hope you guys like it! (I'll do chapter 2 soon too!)

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