Chapter Seven – The First Step

It was still dark outside. Kagome and Sango had arrived from their jog, and went straight upstairs into Kagome's room. Luckily for both Kagome and Sango, they did not have any homework. However, Miroku, Shippo and Souta all had homework and were in Souta's room quietly working on it. Kagome sat down on her bed, and Sango sat on the floor in front of Kagome. Sango looked at Kagome and smiled.

"You're thinking of him again, aren't you?" asked Sango

"I can't stop thinking about him…" said Kagome sighing, "Maybe I should just try to forget about him…"

"That is the first step" said Sango softly.

"What do you mean?" asked Kagome confusedly, "You mean the first step is forgetting about him?"

"Well yes." began Sango, "You need to find something to keep you preoccupied so that you don't end up thinking about him. A good way to do this would probably be to find a boyfriend and go out with him, for example Aki, he's pretty good looking."

Kagome smiled at Sango, and she smiled back.

"Is that what you did to Miroku? You found something to keep you busy because he was taking so long?" asked Kagome.

"Well, it wasn't that he was taking too long, I just felt that even if anything were to happen, he wouldn't change anyways, so what is the point…" said Sango

"Well, Ani is pretty cute too, and he's the opposite of Miroku, isn't he? He's shy, and quiet, and polite as well" said Kagome

"Well let's do it then!" said Kagome smiling

"Forget about the ones that we used to love, and move on to another man!" said Sango laughing about how she said that sentence.

"Heck yes!" said Kagome smiling.

Sango went to brush her teeth, which left Kagome alone in her bedroom. Kagome went to her window and gazed outside. Her eyes stared at the tree by her window that Inuyasha usually came in on. Unfortunately, she was not able to look where the well was, but the image was stuck in her head. She had gone there for two years, and now, she and the others were stuck in her world. It wouldn't be so bad though, she had thought to herself, if Inuyasha was there with them aswell. She sighed and looked at tree again.

"I guess, that I will just have to complete… The First Step…"

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"I must be fucking stupid, to think that Kagome would still even consider loving me still!" yelled Inuyasha furiously to himself, "She has only been gone for a little while and already she and Sango have gotten new boyfriends! She was here for two years, and never ever accepted any offers! Why didn't she ever accept them here?" Inuyasha growled. He was furious. Suddenly, he heard something rattle in the trees, and pulled out the Tetsaiga. "Who the fuck is back there?" he yelled slicing trees in half to clear his view.

"Calm down!" yelled Kouga, running away quickly from behind a tree. "You're going to end up killing me!"

"I wouldn't complain" he said rolling his eyes at Kouga, "What are you fucking doing here anyways?"

"I came to see if Kagome was back yet, I haven't smelt her wonderful scent in forever." Said Kouga. His smile faded quickly. "You miss her, don't you?" he asked Inuyasha

Inuyasha looked at Kouga and glared.

"It's none of your fucking business!" he yelled

"Look Inuyasha," said Kouga nicely, "I know you do, you were complaining about it, everyone heard you. If you miss her so much, and she went and got a boyfriend, it was probably just to make getting over you easier for her. You need to understand that if you're going through pain, just remember that Kagome is going through more pain that you are. She probably wants to come back and she probably still does love you, she is just so lost and confused that she is trying to forget about you, so she thought that by getting someone else in her life, you might fade away from her mind. But if you don't want Kagome to forget you forever, then you have to go back and change her mind, because if you don't tell her, she will eventually learn to live without you."

Inuyasha looked at Kouga, and blinked, obviously speechless on that little lecture that Kouga had just given him.

"But I thought that you said that Kagome loved you…" he said quietly, "and that she was to marry you and all of that…"

"Sure that's what I wanted" said Kouga, "But I knew that she didn't love me… Of course I tried to get her to change her mind, hoped that if you ever did something stupid enough, she would come running to me, but I was wrong…"

"This is stupid!" said Inuyasha furiously, "I'm not going to pour out my fucking heart to you, I have better things to do than this. Not to mention if anyone ever saw us!"

"I guess so," said Kouga, "Just remember what I said, oh and when you bring her back, I still have something to give her, so when she comes, make sure I find out!"

"You fucking bitch wipe!" yelled Inuyasha about to attack Kouga.

"Bye dog breath!" yelled Kouga running away so fast that Inuyasha couldn't keep up.

Inuyasha was still furious, and yet a smile arose on his face.

"I know what I have to do…" he said, "But I'm going to wait."

Inuyasha looked down at the ground, and then finally sat down. Thoughts of Kagome appeared in his head continuously.

"I'll wait one month. That will be enough…" he said finally getting up and walking into the forest.