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Chapter 8

Kagome thought for a moment then snapped out, "Yeah, I do. Why the hell did I go to heaven when I wasn't dead? How could people other than Inuyasha see me? Why was I solid, I thought ghosts weren't able to be solid. Finally why are you and Miroku cops?"

Sango nodded and was silent for a moment as she collected her thoughts. "You didn't exactly go to heaven. You more forced yourself there, because it's what you thought should have happened. It's called astral-projection. That's also why you were solid, because you made yourself into solid being every time Inuyasha could see you. And well...Miroku and I are the ones assigned to you both, so we thought we could get you two to help each other out, but when you fell in love, and Kagome woke up, I didn't know what else to do but come to earth and try and nudge you two in the right direction. Being cops seemed the easiest way."

Kagome just sat there for a moment, trying to process everything. "I-I want to go home. This is too much; all of it is just way too much. All of you just go away!" she yelled, backing away from the three of them, her mind a tornado of doubt, hope, and pain.

She fled the room, the apartment, and then the building, running in whatever direction she wanted, her body going on automatic. In her mind she knew that he was real, she had seen him, talked to him, been held by him, but her heart refused to believe it. If she gave in, if she believed in him and he turned out to be a lie, she would break, completely, and wouldn't be able to come back from it.

Next thing she knew she was sitting on a swing, in a park that she had come to when she was younger. She hadn't been here in years, almost 7 now that she thought about it. She missed it, childhood had been so damn easy. Now she was caught up in this twisted romance, not to mention Houjou. He had screwed over the rest of her childhood, her blind trust in people lost because of that bastard.

She sat there for a while, not sure what to do know, where to go. She couldn't go home; her mom wouldn't understand why she was upset, what was wrong with her. Her roommate was sweet but wouldn't be any help either. The only person she could trust was herself, and right now even that wasn't a sure thing...

She was lost, and no one could save her now...

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Inuyasha sat heavily in his kitchen chair, his head held in his hands. When had life gotten so complicated, when had she become so much to him? Kikyou had taken years to get into his heart, had wheedled herself in and pushed until she was all he cared about. Kagome hadn't even had to try and she was already there, and she had no idea what affect she had on him. After so much time with out her how could he still care so much for one girl? They had barley known each other, but at the same time he had wanted to know everything.

She had ran away about an hour ago, but he hadn't gone after her, knowing that she would need this time to get everything straight. Hell he needed to too. She had been real, he had always known that, but alive? And she must be going through hell right now, she had thought he was a figment of her imagination. Nothing was going to help her now but some peace and quite.

But obviously that was something Inuyasha wasn't going to get, because the door bell rang seconds later. Inuyasha growled and got up, hoping it was Sango or Miroku coming back to tell him something else that would shake his sense of reality to the core.

He undid all the locks on the door and opened it, and for just a moment thought it was Kagome, but that hope faded and there was Kikyou instead. She was all dressed up, a skimpy dress on and way too much makeup on her face. She stepped in without invitation, trailing a hand along his chest as she walked by.

"Inu, I've missed you, so I thought I'd come by and see you." She purred, her arms wrapping around one of his.

Inuyasha took one of her hands in his and pried it off of him, repeating the gesture with the other hand. He moved away from her and narrowed his eyes in her direction. "What are you doing here, I've had a bad ass day, just leave!" he snapped.

'That's it!' he thought, 'I've been threw hell today, nothing has gone right. I finally find her, and she leaves me, probably not going to come back either. Then this bitch shows up, and she tries to use me once again, why me? Why the hell does all this shit have to happen today, all at once, to me?'

Without another thought he pushed her out the door, locked it up, and sat down on his couch. 'Life sucks ass, and mine is the mother of all bad days...'

--- End of Chapter 8---

I know it's really short, and I'm sorry. I just sort of lost inspiration for this fic, and so I'm trying to get at least another chapter out. I'll try and update soon, but I don't know...sorry

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Neko Kagome: I don't know if he'll come back, but prob not, Hobo is just annoying...lol, I hate him in the show...

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