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Chapter 4- Me! On the Roof!

"At least I learned I can run pretty fast when I need to." Kagome huffed out as she can to a slow jog. Countless times she would look back to make sure nobody was following her, mainly Inuyasha. When she was positive that the three boys had stayed at Inuyasha's house, Kagome stopped at the side of the road and dropped down onto the grass. Once there, she started laughing. Kagome realized that while she was preoccupied with getting away from the boys, she accidentally ran passed her house.

Cars passed by as she stared up at the sky, which was hard with the green leaves that hung over her from the tree she lay under. She hadn't realized it, but the temperature had gone down. It was much nicer out. Much better than it was before I went to Inuyasha's house, she thought. Kagome felt a small chill in her body when she thought of the house and the scene that now played through her head.

"Why was it so different when I talked to Inuyasha then it is when I talk with Miroku? They are the same…well except Inuyasha isn't a pervert. Or at least I hope not. I can't believe I ran away, I'm being ridiculous. But Should I go back and apologize for leaving so abruptly? I mean, I do have to go back anyways, I told Izayoi I would."

"But if I do, would that make everything awkward? And what about his friends? I already know Miroku so he'll be surprised as hell if I show up again. And the other boy doesn't know me, so what does he think about me now? And why am I talking to myself? Arg, too much to think about!"

Kagome stood up and shook the grass off of herself. She stretched and started walking. Where she was going, she wasn't sure. All she knew was that she couldn't stay still anymore. The thought of home crossed her mind, but she shook her head. If she went there, she wouldn't be able to face her brother. But if I go to Inuyasha's, then I have to face him. Am I going to be able to face him either? Kagome stopped as she realized out of her two options, neither seemed to have a positive way.

"I should probably go and apologize to Inuyasha for running away on him. Now he probably thinks I'm a wimp or something." She said to herself. Once she decided, her feet moved once again. The only difference was they knew where they were going this time. The constant question in her mind was if she was doing the right thing.

Inuyasha watched the sun sink closer to the horizon, signaling that the sunset would soon show its brilliant colors. His feet dangled from his roof, the flat surface near his window the perfect place to capture the sunset. Yea, he thought bitterly, the perfect place to catch the sunset, even though I'm the only one who's here to see it. Not like that's anything different for me.

He was indeed alone on his roof. His mother had left to go shopping, but not before leaving him some things to do around his house. He was stuck with his chores while Miroku ditched him to go watch a baseball game and his brother left in his car, just getting his driver's permit.

So Inuyasha gruffly finished his chores and before he knew it, the sun was almost at its best time of evening. So in order to waste time in his new neighborhood, he sat on top of his roof to see the setting sun.

"Then mom will come home in another hour or so and I'll have to come down." Inuyasha said sighing at the argument he knew was bound to come from sitting on the roof of his house. Even though his mother was human, he was an hanyou. So he didn't see the danger, it being barely forty feet off the ground. If he did fall, it would be easy to land.

Inuyasha's eyes traveled from the sky to the area around him, relaxing slightly when a comforting silence took over. His glance now fell onto the road, expecting to find a long line of black with nothing but loneliness. But what he saw was a girl with a dark blue shirt and khaki pants walking towards his house. He eyed her carefully as she stopped in front of his house before walking up the walkway. What is that wench doing here? He asked himself.

"What am I doing here?" She muttered as she walked up the steps to the house. She sighed and went to knock, but pulled her hand back. "I shouldn't be here; I should just go home and forget I even came."

"Wouldn't that make your trip here pointless?" Kagome jumped when she heard Inuyasha voice above her, holding a scream as she looked up. When she saw him above her on the roof, she took a step back.

"What are you doing up there!" She squeaked out, listening to his scoff.

"It's none of your business. The real question is what are you doing here?" He asked. She blanked slightly before tearing her gaze away from his and looked to the right of her.

"I just came to apologize for running away without warning, I shouldn't have done that." She replied before returning to her previous question. "Now why are you up there?"

"Nothing really, I just got bored." When he saw her skeptical look, he rolled his eyes. "Whatever, don't believe me wench."

"First off, I'm not a wench so don't call me that! Second, I just don't see how being up there would stop you from being bored."

"Well then come up and see if you're not going to take my word."

"How am I supposed to get up there?" She asked, watching him point to the ladder next to her. Her cobalt eyes scanned the ladder before looking back up at him. "Where's Miroku?"

"At some baseball game. I was going to go, damn chores…anyways, he didn't have the patience to wait to grope another girl at the game, so he ditched me."

"He didn't wait for you?" She asked. Inuyasha only shook his head. "Some friends."

"It's not a big deal; I'll just shove his head into the wall later or something."

"But that could really hurt him!"

"Whatever. Now I'm done with my chores, so stop being chicken and come up…if you want, I don't care either way." Inuyasha watched the wording of his invitation. Kagome hesitated slightly.

"I just came to apologize; I should be getting back to my house soon." She replied. He was going to reply, but she quickly rethought her answer. "But I'm sure that I can stay for a little while."

"Look, you don't have to if you don't want to. I ain't gona force ya to." He replied. Kagome took a moment to answer. Inside, she was fighting a war with herself. On one side, her brain was telling her not to look into the small suggestion too deeply and to agree. Its argument was that she wasn't agreeing to marry him, just to climb on a boy's roof to see what was so special about it. And a little bit of talking wouldn't kill her.

Her heart disagreed. It screamed to her to leave and never take another look back. Each small step she took towards him would lead her to heartbreak, or so one part of her thought. Kagome couldn't decide which one was right.

Inuyasha was a strange boy from what she was able to collect, but she didn't want to get to close to him. If she did, Kagome wasn't sure if she could pull away. Every time she leaned towards one argument, the other would bring up a good point. She was stuck at a cross roads. Finally, she agreed with her mind.

"Yea I'm sure, I just hope I don't fall off this ladder." She said jokingly.

"Humans are incapable of doing the simplest things." Inuyasha quickly stood up on the roof, walking over to the ladder and quickly sliding down it. Kagome stepped back slightly when he dropped in front of her.

"I didn't say I couldn't do it by myself, I just said I might fall."

"Yea and I don't feel like having to clean up a mess on the walkway if you do end up falling, so I'm staying behind you." Kagome crossed her arms at his remark before she nodded. Slowly, Kagome placed her foot on the bottom rung. But that was all she did slow, for she was up the ladder in seconds flat. Inuyasha watched amazed as she walked up the ladder faster than he had imagined. When she reached the top, she looked down at his slightly amazed face and smiled.

"Did I forget to tell you I used to climb on trees twenty-four seven?" She asked. When he shook her head, she continued. "I still do sometimes when I get really upset. It usually calms me down."

"Whatever." Was all he said before he jumped up onto the roof next to her. He found her lying on the roof, staring at the sky. She glanced over at him, smirking when he dropped down next to her.

"Unfair, you jumped up instead of using the ladder." She said before sitting up to meet his gaze. Inuyasha held an unreadable emotion across his face.

"So I'm a freak, like I care." Kagome stared at him for a moment.

"Who said you were a freak? I think it's a pretty nifty talent." She said, smiling warmly. He looked skeptical before turning back to face the lowered sun. She only rolled her eyes before a patch of red caught her eye. A small line of blood dropped down Inuyasha's cheek, looking like a line a tear would leave behind. He must of ended up scratching his cheek when h e was going down the ladder, but neither of us noticed till now. She thought

He didn't seem to notice, so Kagome quickly pulled out a small tissue out of her pocket. She leaned over to him, slightly wiping the blood from his cheek. His head turned back towards her, slightly surprised at the soft tissue. She pulled back slightly as if she was burned.

"Sorry." She whispered. He only shrugged.

"Feh." He replied. She only blushed slightly at the calm look on his face. He seemed to notice, for his eyes shifted to her. Her heart now scolded her for blushing. She decided to move on and slowly started to ask him questions about himself. He was very hard to keep a conversation with at first, but soon he seemed to open up more. What she didn't realize was that she was doing the same thing. They talked for over and hour and the more she talked to him the more she wanted to know him.

It was strange that she wanted to be there talking to him when she could be doing anything else. The weirdest part of it all was that she knew him for less than a day and she was spending her evening with him. Most would consider this a date, though Kagome wasn't sure. But every time she got too close to her past or he said something that made the butterflies in her stomach race, she would back away from him, as if scared.

Inuyasha started to notice this. He was going to ask her why, but the fear of her asking about things he was avoiding as well was enough to keep him from asking. Each time he thought of asking, his mind gave him different reasons not to. Finally, he gathered the courage to ask her.

"Hey Kagome?" Inuyasha watched her glance over at him.

"Yes?" Kagome asked.

"What the hell is wrong with you! I mean, you act like you're SO sorry and all this shit, then start to ask me about myself. But when it's my turn to ask, you don't answer. It's starting to piss me off." Kagome looked at him with an indecipherable look on her face. Inuyasha's stomach churned with something that he rarely felt. Guilt. So much guilt that he had to look away. "I just don't want to sit here and pretend I'm dense and don't notice what you're doing." When she didn't answer, he almost cringed. When he looked up, he could tell she was containing tears behind her eyes.

"My dad died when I was young, about 11. I was so happy when he was around. But when my dad died in a car accident, I was broken. I wouldn't eat, talk, and even sleep because I was so worried someone else would be taken from me. I still have that fear." Kagome took a calming breath as she tried to control her trembling body. Her emotions were going haywire and it took everything to keep tears from falling. "So I decided that the only way to make sure nothing like this happened again was to keep people at a distance. That's why I act like I do, that's why I didn't want to tell you anything."

The tears she had fought to valiantly to keep sheathed now stung her cheeks as feelings she once buried deep within herself resurfaced. Inuyasha's stomach twisted even more as his guilt redoubled.

"Wait, don't cry…come on Kagome, don't cry." His voice would have made her laugh if not for the fact that she was now drowning in old memories.

"What would you do if you dad died Inuyasha!" She glared up at him, only to see two empty eyes staring back at her.

"My…my dad did die. His was from a business deal that went wrong. Apparently nobody but my farther felt safe and brought guns. And of course, he was the only one who got killed in the attack. Even demons like my dad have their limits, and three bullets will kill the strongest person." His sarcastic humor was weighted down by his acid voice. "I was only 10 when it happened…" Inuyasha felt a warm hand on his cheek.

"I'm so sorry Inuyasha, I didn't know." Kagome said, wiping her own tears off her face. "I understand how you're feeling; you don't need to explain it to me." She replied softly. Kagome thought he would be crying as much, if not worse, than she was, though it was apparent that he had a stronger hold on his emotions. But she knew he wanted to cry, it was apparent in his eyes. She realized that he wouldn't, no matter how badly he needed to. If he won't cry for his pain, then I will she thought before she let her hands rest against his shoulders.

He looked at her for a moment as she tried to smile through the new wave of tears that seemed to hit her hard. Before he could stop himself, Inuyasha pulled her into a hug, feeling her bury her head into his shoulder.

"Stop crying, why are you crying?" He tried to sound strong, but his voice seemed to crawl in the back of his throat and all that came out was a hoarse sentence. She couldn't be crying because of my father, could she?

"I won't let you be alone. I was and it hurt. I won't let you cry by yourself, even if I'm the only one who sheds real tears." He stayed silent as he felt her broken sobs rack through her body. He could only tighten his grip as he stared out at the florescent sky.

And that's the end of this chapter! I know it's sort of sad and all, but there's a little fluff in there for ya. Well I know it's been more than a week and all, but just think, I'm out of school in three days! So then I'll be able to write all I want! Oka, lev it and I'll get the next chapter out soon.

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Wisebunny- I think I answered one of your questions with this chapter and maybe the other one about her running away. She was just kind of embarrassed at what he said and so she ran because she didn't know what else to do. So that's basically her reasoning, which I think Kagome talked about in the thingy.

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Inuyasha's Chick- Wicked sorry about the names, those are from my real story. See, this story is actually a story that I had written before for English, but I modified it for Inuyasha's cast, so yea…again sorry about that, I'm trying to keep up with that. Here is the next chapter, I checked for them this time! Never trusting Microsoft and its stupid replace…

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Chapter 5- Enter Sango and Kikyo!