Ok, I separated the paragraphs in Chapter 1! And ah…maybe I made Hiten a little OOC, huh? Well, who would have thought the author of my favorite Hiten/Kagome fic would read this? Ha-ha… oh, I just love using ellipses! (If I spelt that right)

'This was so boring…' I glared at the back of my teachers' head. I really, really hated Math. Back in the Feudal era, I would spend hours- oh, no… I brought up the Feudal Era again. Great. Running out of places to look, I stole a glance at Hitori, who had an uninterested expression on his face. He was focused on the back of our torturer's head, too, until he noticed me staring –ok, glancing- at him, and smiled as he looked back. AAH! I blushed, and hurriedly whipped my head back to now blankly stare at the chalkboard.'Kami… that was annoyingly embarrassing…' I thought, as I searched for my pen on my desk.

Grr… that stupid thing was hiding somewhere…that was when I heard a soft sound of a pen making contact with the ground. Urgh… I bent down and attempted to pick it up, but unfortunately it had been kicked by my foot even further sideways, and landed right beside Hitori's shoe. 'Umm… Sorry, Hitori, could you help me pick up my pen? It's right there… beside your shoe…' I hissed, pointing to the innocent blue object lying there. He shrugged, and kicked it a little towards me until it was within my reach. Unluckily for me, he decided to pick it up too, just when I reached forward, and our heads AND hands touched.

'Sorry!' I squealed, my whole body jerking back. In the end, he held the pen between his slim fingers and returned it to me, all the while smirking. 'Thanks,' I murmured, wondering how he could be cool about it. Duh! He probably thought I was just another fan girl. After Math class, everyone rushed for the door. I laughed. Most likely trying to escape from becoming brain-dead due to a recent session of dull Math.

Hitori was usually the first to push his way through to the exit, thanks to his irritating legion of admirers. But this time he stayed back with the Sango- like Sam. I smiled as I headed for the door. They were such a cute pair of siblings. Like Sesshomaru and – I willed myself not to think of him. It hurt enough, and I wanted my emotional wound to heal quickly.

When school was over for the day, I had to run again, because even though Hiten had saved my house from getting burnt down by a vicious mob of love-sick fools, he couldn't do anything about them actually killing me before I even reached the house. Hopefully I wouldn't bump into anyone… 'OOF!' That. Was. Unexpected. Gee, and I was just hoping not to bump into anyone. Why did I have to collide with a passer-by everyday? 'You again!' a male snarled. I looked up slowly, though in my heart I knew who it was.'H-hiten? ' I stuttered. He responded with a familiar smirk.' So… you married that lady's reincarnation yet?' I asked, not knowing what else to say.' Well, I met her and she's kind of nice, but she's too young to get married. She's like, your age. Speaking of which, I really shouldn't be talking to you. People might misunderstand.' I frowned. Misunderstand WHAT? It was an innocent enough chat, wasn't it?

'So what's her name?' I prompted. Surprisingly, this conversation had lasted more than a minute and the crazed Hitori-worshippers haven't come charging at me yet. I figured I could spend more time talking to Hiten. 'Samara Usto.' I squeezed my eyes shut. The girl whom I originally thought was Sango's reincarnation? 'How'd you meet her?' I tried asking. 'Like how I met you. The old lady had showed me an image of her old self anyway, and I saw Samara strolling along the streets with who I suppose you were telling me those weird girls were crazy about.' He explained, and I noticed he was getting kind of bored with talking to me. 'Oh, sorry, do you need to go somewhere or something?' I asked, frowning, an inquisitive look on my face. 'No!' he snapped, 'Just that you're wasting time talking about random stuff. Come on, I'll bring you somewhere.' And with that, he took my hand in his and tugged at it. Crimson tinged my cheeks as I meekly followed him.

We came to a beautiful pond, with carp and terrapins swimming around in it, and the occasional duck paddling along. 'Hey, it's really cool,' I whispered in an awestruck tone. ' Eh.' He grunted, sitting down on the soft grass. I sat down too, placing my huge yellow backpack by my side. As we admired the natural beauty of it all, I wondered why Hiten was being so nice, and different. Maybe after that resurrection he'd changed. I looked at him and smiled. 'What?' he demanded. It was just like the old times, when Inuyasha and I would sit beside each other and I'd look at him and smile, and he'd blush and ask what was wrong. I grimaced inside. I was STILL thinking about him. What was the problem?

'Well, you're nicer now,' I stated. Hiten smirked. 'As if I was that evil before.' He snorted. 'Well, I can't forget how you blasted that woman you said was like, prettier than I was,' I retorted. He winced. 'Good memory. But, whatever, she wasn't really yummy either way.' I gasped, and then giggled in disbelief. I turned back to the pond.

'There's a song that's inside of my soul

It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again

I'm awake in the infinite cold

But you sing to me over and over and over again '

I hummed the tune to 'Only Hope' by Mandy Moore. It was one of my favorite songs ever.

'So I lay my head back down

And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours

I pray to be only yours

I know now you're my only hope '

My lips formed a thin, straight line. I'd prayed for Inuyasha to love me. And I suppose God did answer by making him feel like he loved me. But I never thought so. Slowly, I closed my eyes and intertwined my fingers. And I prayed once more. Hiten eyed me curiously. 'What are you doing? Gathering power?' I laughed. 'No… '

'Sing to me the song of the stars

Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again

When it feels like my dreams are so far

Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again '

'Then what?' he asked. 'I'm… falling…' I began, and then interrupted myself with an infectious grin. 'Um… you're still on the ground,' he pointed out. 'In… love… with… ' Hiten choked. 'Who?' he managed. 'You.'