Title: It Started With A Kiss
By: Queen Beryl
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Chapter Seven: I Want A Divorce!

"You had an affair."
Those words eerily echoed through the room, causing me to realize the depth of them. They were true. Even though Inuyasha and I weren't actually married, we were boyfriend and girlfriend. When he kissed Kikyo it hurt me... not just because we were "married" but because I cared about him. I cared about him deeply.
There was stunned silence on the other side of the door. I sat there for a moment, before the tears came flooding down my cheeks again. I couldn't hold it in anymore. Inuyasha had hurt me too much. I buried my face in my hands and sobbed as quietly as I could.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Came the unsure, meek voice from the foyer. I snapped my head up and death-glared the door, but I'm not sure it was too intimidated with the red, puffy eyes and tear-stained cheeks.
"I saw you today... with Kikyo against the locker." I clarified.
"What? I wasn't with Kikyo at all today." Now he was insulting my intelligence. He knew perfectly well he was there and that I saw him. I wouldn't be played like this... no way.
"You little dog." I muttered. "You selfish, sick, vile beast! How can you say that? I saw you with my own two eyes! You can't pretend you two didn't kiss!"
Sesshoumaru walked over to the side table, picked up the phone, and dialed. I grabbed another tissue and roughly wiped the tears from my cheeks and the snot from my nose. Not only was I depressed, I wasn't feeling pretty, either.
"Hi, Rin? Yes. No, no, everything's fine. Of course nobody's dead. I want you to come to my house... uh-huh. Right now, yes. No, it's not me; it's a friend and my brother. Yes it's a she. No! Just come over here. Uh-huh. Okay. Yes, okay, bye." Sesshoumaru hung up, and I looked at him, a bemused expression on my face. I didn't even realize that Inuyasha hadn't replied to my accusation.
"A friend of mine is coming over to help sort out this mess. She's just the female companionship you need right now... and it'll give me time to... 'talk' to my brother." Sesshoumaru explained ominously. I almost felt bad for Inuyasha. A very big almost.
"Thank you." I muttered dejectedly. We only had to sit in silence for a few seconds before Inuyasha started pounding on the door again.
"Let me in, Kagome. Sesshoumaru! Tell her to let me in!"
"Go away." Sesshoumaru said calmly, not really caring whether his younger half-brother obeyed him or not.
"I won't go away. Not until I get to talk to Kagome."
"Inuyasha..." I mumbled, sniffing. How could he do this to me? How could I have been so blind? Sango tried to warn me... but I didn't listen.
"Please, Kagome, let me in. I want to talk to you." Inuyasha pleaded, pounding his fist against the door again.
I stood up slowly, trying to steady myself, but I fell right back onto the chair. My body was too weak to move. Finally, I just took a deep breath. "Inuyasha... please, just go away."
Those words practically floored Inuyasha. They were said so sadly, so calmly, he'd never heard them from me before... not like that. He stood, frozen, outside the door, until he felt someone tap his shoulder.
A shorter young woman, with beautiful short black hair and bright big eyes smiled at him. She had a way of making Inuyasha feel better, just by watching her uplifting attitude.
"Are they in there?" The childish voice asked.
"Yeah." Inuyasha muttered in defeat. "I didn't even hear you come in."
"You never do." She knocked on the door. "Sesshoumaru, it's me!"
"Is that Rin?" I asked from my place as Sesshoumaru hurried to open the door. He looked excited about something.
"Yes." He opened the door quickly, pulled Rin inside, and shut it again, angering Inuyasha, who immediately started hounding on the door again.
"Let me in!" However, his cries, for the most part, were ignored. Rin kissed Sesshoumaru on the cheek as a greeting and immediately glided over to me. She sat down next to me and grabbed my hands.
"Tell me everything." She smiled so sincerely... I couldn't help but trust her completely.

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"I have advice for you, but I'll only give it if you want it." Rin stated at the conclusion of the retelling.
"I'd love any advice." I nodded, dabbing my eyes again.
"Sessy, would you please, uh, take care of Inuyasha for the moment?" Rin smiled at the calm figure across from her. He nodded in compliance and stalked over toward the door. He threw it open, and without a moment's hesitation, Inuyasha ran. Rin closed and locked the door behind Sesshoumaru before giving her advice.
"What I think you need is a divorce."
"What?" I certainly wasn't expecting that advice.
"Go to your teacher for -what was it?- Family Life, and tell him or her that you can't be married to Inuyasha anymore."
"What good will that do?" I wasn't understanding.
"Then, if he comes near you and stuff, you'll know it isn't because of the 'marriage' but because he really cares. You see?" Rin smiled, patting my shoulder.
I nodded. It was time I took some real action. I am a proud, strong woman with a backbone! Watch, I won't crumble that easily!

& * &

"Please, Kaede-sensei?" I begged. I had walked up calmly enough, but to no avail. I was now begging with my hands clasped in front of me. It was after class, and Sango and Miroku were waiting outside for me. I had avoided Inuyasha all day, with much help from Sango and Miroku. I was glad they're my friends.
"I said no, Kagome, I'm sorry. Once you're married up, you have to work it out." Kaede-sensei replied calmly, folding her wrinkled hands on the desk before her.
"But I want a divorce!" I cried, wishing I could make her understand. Inuyasha had hurt me? Couldn't she see that?
"I heard you the first five times. The answer is still no. I'm sorry." Kaede-sensei turned decidedly away from me. I stormed out of the room... only to run headfirst into the sole person I was completely disgusted with.
"Kagome." Inuyasha grabbed my arms, preventing me from escaping.
"Let me go. I don't want to talk to you." Where are Sango and Miroku when I need them?
"I'm not going to let you go until you hear me out, Kagome."
"I don't have to listen to a word you say, Inuyasha. You hurt me." The last three words flew out of my mouth before I could stop them. Inuyasha pulled me close into a tight, fierce hug.
"I didn't mean to." He whispered close to my ear. "I didn't know you were there."
I tried to pull away; he felt like he was burning me with his words. "You shouldn't have cheated on me whether I was there or not!"
"That- that's not what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?" I demanded, pulling out of his grasp. I glared at him for all I was worth.
"What I meant was-"
"Hi, Inuyasha!" A feminine voice called, interrupting him. The coldness of the words hit me like a ton of bricks. I stopped off angrily, leaving a shocked Inuyasha and his home-wrecker mistress, Kikyo, behind.
I ran home, tears stinging my eyes again. How could he do this to me? He didn't.... he didn't even come after me. In all the romance movies I've seen, the boy always comes after the girl. Why didn't he come after me? I threw myself down on my bed and sobbed, hoping everyone would just leave me alone right now. It hurt too much to deal with anything.
The only problem was, Grandpa came to visit.

Bawhawhaw! I loved my reviews so much! Congrats to cute-cleo for being my 100th reviewer!
The lady winged Knight: I loved your little incident with the sitting! ^_^ It was awesome... and Inu-Yasha completely deserves it.
emeralddarkness: Okay... about the *cough* tequila and strawberries incident... well, Sesshoumaru went out to party with a few of his friends and drank way too much tequila. His friends decided it would be a great idea to get a tattoo. Sesshoumaru can hold his liquor well, but apparently when he eats strawberries [mixed with the earlier consumption of alcohol] he loses control. Thus, his friends convinced him to actually get the tattoo... and now he's stuck with it... although, it's not that bad because he gets a lot of fangirls that way.
Who knows? I might make a one-shot about his past if anyone wants it. It's up to you! ^_^