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Note: Well, I haven't gotten much new reviews –and I've had writers block about how to write this new chapter.

Chapter 3

Augh.. I can't stand it! Whenever I seem to talk to people anymore, they just always mention the accident, which definitely isn't helping since that thing with Hojo. Its been a week since then, and for two nights after that, I either cried my eyes out or went down to my basement and spent hours just punching and kicking my punching bag as hard as I could. I lost my sister and now the guy I had liked had molested me.
I needed to do something.

I phoned up Sango first. Me and her had been best friends since we were four. As I dialed her number, tears began to stream down my cheeks. I knew that I had been pushing Sango away since the accident. She wanted to help. I just hoped she still wanted that.

"S-sango?" I bawled into the phone.

"Oh my god.. Kagome is that you?" I heard her say in concern.

"Sango! I.. I need to talk.. I'm… depressed!" I sobbed. I couldn't talk I was crying so hard.

"Oh Kagome! I'm glad you finally came to talk to me… This is still over the accident right?"

I nodded even though I knew she couldn't see it. "And something else…" I said quietly.

"What?" She asked, the concern even more audible in her voice.
I still hadn't told her or Rin about what Hojo had done to me. If I told Sango now, she would just run over to his house and beat him to a pulp. I hated him with a passion, but Sango could easily seriously hurt someone.
"Well… Last week… You remember that party at Hojo's house right?" I asked quietly.

"Ya…"

"Well you know how I left early?"
"Ya…"
"Well… I left early because someone molested me…" I finally let out.

There was silence on the other side of the phone. I'm guessing Sango was trying to maintain some kind of control over her anger –cuz she could get very angry at times if someone hurt her friend.

"WHAT? WHO?" Sango yelled into the phone.
"Promise you won't go and beat him to a pulp… I already gave him what he deserves." I said quietly.
"Who is it Kagome?"
"It was Hojo… He… um… let's just say he touched me too inappropriately for my liking." I told her.
"Why can't I go kick his ass? If he did something like that to you, he deserves more than just one beating!" Sango yelled into the phone.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe. I wish Sango wouldn't yell. I just wanted to talk to her, about anything but Hojo.
"Please Sango…"
She fell silent almost instantly. She had heard the desperateness in my voice. "Well…" She finally spoke. "If you won't let me beat him up, can we like… Spread a rumor or something about him?"
I laughed a little bit. "Go ahead." I told her. I hadn't laughed a lot lately. Just talking to Sango had made me stop crying.
"Kagome, come over for a sleep over tomorrow night, ok? You, me, Rin and Kagura. How does that sound?" She asked me.
I felt like crying again. I had been incredibly mean to her and Rin, and she was still nice to me. Still trying to be my friend. Same with Rin. No matter how hard I pushed her away, she always came back trying to help. Even though Kagura had gone through a lot of hurt as well, she still tried to help me through my pain as well. They were the best friends a girl could ever ask for.
"Sure. That sounds like fun."
"Ok, good. I'll phone you tomorrow."
"Oh ya…" I said. "Sango? I'm so sorry about how I've been treating you and Rin lately."
"It's ok Kagome. I understand. We'll always be there for you. I have to go now though. Bye!"
And she hung up. I beamed. She was so nice to me.
Suddenly I felt sad again. Why did I suddenly become sad again? I was so pathetic. I decided to phone and talk to other people as well. It was like, I was greedy for reassurance.

I then dialed Rin's number. Nobody picked up. I tried phoning Kagura's cell, but no one picked up, and when I phoned her house, I got the Cadavre's answering machine. Why wasn't anyone picking up their phones tonight?
That's when it hit me. I could phone Inu-yasha.
I knew that we hadn't exactly talked a lot when he had come over to see Kikyo, but I know that he would understand the best. I mean, he was probably sad too over the accident even if it had been over three months ago.

I dialed his number. Someone picked up on the third ring.

"Hello?" asked a gruff male voice. It was Inu-yasha.

I began to cry again. Talking to him made me think of Kikyo. I really was pathetic. Everything seemed to make me cry now days.
"In… Inu-yasha…" I choked out.
"Kagome? What's wrong?"
"I.. I don't know!" I said began to sob again. I really didn't know. All I knew was that it had to do with Kikyo. I think he knew that too.
"Kagome, I'm coming over." He said.
The line went dead. I was speechless. I hadn't talked to him much since the accident. We had had that moment –him, Kagura and I –in the hallway that day, and we had talked a little bit at the funeral, but besides for that I had only seen him in the halls at school.
I hung up the phone and got up. I went into the bathroom I had shared with Kikyo to get some tissues. I blew my nose and washed my face. I looked at myself in the mirror.
My eyes were red and puffy, ad was it just me or did my nose look gigantic? Well, whenever I cried, my nose always went red and that seemed to happen a lot lately. My hair was greasy since I hadn't washed it in awhile, and I was wearing the clothes I wore yesterday, since it was Friday and it was an inservice so we had no school. I hadn't bothered getting changed.

It would take Inu-yasha around 20 minutes to get here since he lived pretty far away. I would have a shower in that time, so I didn't look gross.

I had a quick shower that made me feel not-so-icky in about 15 minutes. I quickly changed into the first thing I got my hands on. My eyes and nose were still red so I still looked pretty bad. Better, but still bad.

I walked down stairs sniffling, thinking of seeing Inu-yasha again. I knew that I would burst into tears once I opened the door cause he would make me think of Kikyo.
And I was right. The moment I opened the door, I burst into tears. Looking at his handsome tanned face, golden orbs and gorgeous long silver hair, he did make me happier –but I was still crying. He was connected to Kikyo. They had been together. Like me, he lost a part of himself as well.

"Oh, Kagome." He said. He walked towards me and pulled me into a hug.

I cried on his shoulder, barely being able to say a small "Thanks." I never hugged him before. He was more of an aggressive grumpy guy, but he was nice.

He just seemed to say my name over and over in those 5 minutes we seemed to stand there. It soothed me, and I felt much better.

"Inu-yasha."

I looked up at him, into those eyes of his –eyes that I could trust. "A lot has happened since the… accident… And I've needed someone to talk to."
"Same." He said gruffly.
"I was hoping… I could talk to you." I said looking up at him again. I suddenly loved looking into those eyes. They made me feel so calm and like everything would be ok.
He smiled at me, and led me over to the bench in the front hall.
Suddenly I just began spilling all the stuff about pushing my friends away, feeling angry that Kanna had survived and not Kikyo, about what Hojo had done to me… Everything.
He pulled me into a hug again, and I breathed in sharply. Two hugs from Inu-yasha. This was not something that would happen often.
Then he began to spill out everything to me. About how he too had resented the fact that Kikyo hadn't survived, but Kanna had. About his visit to the hospital and seeing Naraku cry. About how he hated getting pity from everyone. And about how he felt like when Kikyo had died, a part of him had died too.
"Kagome… I wish I could get that part back. I'm not a complete person anymore." He said looking at me. He almost looked like he was about to cry.
I reached out and wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him close. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me back. Three hugs.
"Maybe… I can help you find that missing part of you." I whispered to him. I don't know what made me say that. Something had compelled me too. It was weird.
Inu-yasha pulled back and stared at me. "I'd like that if you helped me." He said giving me a small smile. And then he did something I would never expect to ever get from Inu-yasha.
He kissed me.
He had leaned down and brushed his lips against mine, and when I leaned up to meet his again, he leaned down to mine and we shared a long kiss. Which was very weird.
"Thank-you Inu-yasha… For comforting me tonight." I whispered to him once we stopped. I blushed a little bit.
He gave me a grin, showing off his white fangs. "Well you helped me too, as well." He said.
We stood up and he made his way to the door. He had only been at my house for a little while, but it felt like a long time had passed. A good long time.
"Goodbye Kagome." He said.
"Goodbye Inu-yasha." I whispered, as he shut the door behind him. I heard him drive off, and I sat back down on the bench. I had received three hugs, and one kiss from Inu-yasha tonight. How peculiar –yet, how wonderful. Could it be I was getting feelings for Inu-yasha?

End of Chapter 3

Authors Note: Hey folks. Finished re-writing chapter 3. Sorry it's not that long. :P Well I did my best. Hope you like it!

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