A/N: Just so everyone knows, I do NOT like Kikyou; I am an Inu x Kag fan!

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Chapter 2

Kagome sat outside waiting for Inuyasha to come and get her for school. He saw her sitting there from his kitchen window, and he grabbed his keys and was right about to call out to her when he remembered.

"I'm with Kouga."

He did go to his car and get in, ignoring Kagome's voice calling out to him. Inuyasha put his car into drive and drove away from the girl he loved.

'No, I DON'T love her.' He kept telling himself, the look of confusion and betrayal playing on her face again and again and again.

'I don't love her at all…' The feel of her lips came back to him and he blushed, then angrily hit the steering wheel.

'Tell that me that you know that life's not fair,

If we're gonna make it then we're halfway there

Tell me that you know that I really care-I swear!'

Inuyasha stared at the radio for a moment before angrily jabbing the 'off' button. "Even my radio's against me!"

He turned down a different street, so unlike the lower middle class suburbia that he lived in, it was filled with houses that were twice the size of his, with gardeners and drivers, maids and cooks. Feeling a little out of place, he pulled into a particular driveway and watched as the gorgeous girl came out of the house, and upon getting into the car, gave him a kiss on the cheek. The perfect girlfriend, right? Her hair was immaculate, her clothes were perfect, right down to the shoes she wore, she was right out of vogue, the one that came out today.

"Hey Inu-baby." She greeted him, smiling, but her smile never reached her eyes, like Kagome's did.

'Kagome…'

"Hey Kikyou, ready to go?"

"As ever."

They arrived at school, and within minutes the gossip was all about them. All the guys were turning green, They had been trying to get Kikyou for all their lives and Inuyasha walks in one night and takes her away.

He looked at all the people and caught a familiar face, two in fact. He growled under his breath and determinedly looked away. 'I don't care if she's with Kouga, I don't care, I don't care…' He repeated his silent mantra over and over, making his way through the crowds of people pressing against him. He felt a slender hand slide inside his paw and looked down as their fingers entwined.

'I don't care.'

He took another look at Kagome and Kouga, lounging by the tree and for a split second Kagome met his gaze. His heart stopped, and then the moment ended, Kouga said something and she looked away, breaking Inuyasha's gaze.

Turning back to Kikyou he smiles at her, wrapping his arm protectively around her waist. She smiled back up at him and leaned into his hold, sending a sigh of envy up from the boys surrounding him. What they wouldn't give to hold such a girl.

Even so, a small part of him felt depressed, longing for it's place at Kagome's side.

"Feh."

They walked into the school together, the gaze of half the class on their backs, but one gaze stood out in particular, and Inuyasha could of sworn he felt it burn into his spine, not in anger, but in sadness. With a broken heart and a plastic smile, he went through his school day without his best friend and with a new love.

'I don't care.'

Kagome turned away from the scene in front of her, 'Inuyasha.' She smiled up at her boyfriend.

"What was that?" She smiled sweetly, ignoring the pang in her chest.

"I said Dog-breath must have found a new girl once he figured out that you were mine."

"Don't call him that," she scolded, but her heart wasn't in it, "What do you mean? Just because I'm with you doesn't mean that we can't be friends. I don't understand." She shook her head.

"I mean, he's been after you for years, I suppose he's finally given up." He leaned back with a smirk on his face, "I don't see why, you're way better than Kikyou."

'Inuyasha?'

With a grimace she recalled the painful look on his face when he ran out of her house last night. 'Oh no, He must have thought that I had chosen Kouga over him.'

She put her face in her hands.

The bell rang from across the grounds, startling both of them to their feet.

'I've got to fix this.' Kagome promised herself, as Kouga slid his arm around her waist, walking her to class. 'As soon as we get home.'

"Inuyasha!" The voice resounded in his head but he continued to nap, letting his mind rest in peace.

"Inuyasha!" It was closer now and threatened to wake him.

"Inu-?" A head poked in and saw him sleeping peacefully, she sighed to herself, 'He looks so… happy.' Her face contorted. 'Why is that so surprising?' She walked over quietly and sat on the bed, curling up with him as they used to do. Pushing his long hair out of his face she whispered so softly not even she could hear,

"Oh Inuyasha, when was the last time you were happy?"

"I do not!" His petulant eight year old voice yelled, as he turned his head away and crossed his arms.

"You do too!" Kouga sneered, getting right in his face, "You smell like D-O-G Dog! I bet you even eat smelly DOG food, DOG!"

"I am not!"

"Let's ask your girlfriend." He grabbed Kagome from where she was sitting, obediently reading her book while the teacher talked outside the room. She shrieked in surprise as he grabbed her roughly.

"Kagome is NOT my girlfriend!" He yelled, grabbing her away from him, "And don't shove her!"

"Inuyasha and Kagome sitting in a tree." Kouga cackled as the little boy turned as red as his favorite T-shirt.

"W-what is he talking about Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, peeking around his shoulder innocently.

"Never mind Kagome, let me take care of this." He flung himself at Kouga in an all out rage, his little fists contacting with him as many times as possible. A few bigger kids finally pulled him off of Kouga, as his nose started to bleed; one girl started crying and glared at Inuyasha. "You're a brat!" She yelled at him before checking if Kouga was alright. He sat up stiffly, and stopped her from getting the teacher.

"You win this time Dog-Breath." He glared at him before returning to his friends.

Inuyasha turned around and smiled at Kagome, and she gave him a huge hug before pushing him back down on the ground. "No more fights!" she yelled in his face, but she was smiling too. "I don't care if you win them, no more!" He just smiled up at her; they both knew that they'd get in another one before the day was out.

"Inuyasha?" Both of their smiles fell as they turned to the doorway, "Can you come here for a second? You too Kagome."

Fearing a scolding they both dragged their feet outside the door where the nurse waited for them, sorrow etched into the little grooves on her face.

"Kids," she nearly teared up, "I'm sorry." She could barely continue, looking at the innocent, -well not-so-innocent in Inuyasha's case- faces staring up at her trustingly.

"Your parents were in a horrible accident." She kneeled down and took them both in either arm for a hug which she hoped was comforting. "I'm so sorry."

Inuyasha and Kagome both looked at each other in disbelief, their minds couldn't comprehend it. 'Car accident?'

"Should we get our coats?" Inuyasha asked, as his stomach dropped, bringing his heart with it.

They waited all day at the hospital, Sesshomaru was there also, still too young too be in control of the situation, the twelve year old just sat there watching TV. It wasn't his mother in the accident. It was Inuyasha's, his mother was years gone, leaving the little 2 year old with his father without a backward glance.

Kagome struggled with tears throughout the afternoon, it didn't help that Inuyasha was there, holding her hand, it didn't help that her grandfather and little baby brother were there. It didn't even help that her favorite –and only- aunt had flown in to be here. It didn't help at all that Inuyasha's dad was there, anxiously waiting with the two children for any word, coming down from his office.

Nothing helped.

The doctor finally came out and spoke with Mr. Takahashi, and the paleness of his face was news in itself. He walked stiffly over to the two children and beckoned to them.

"Inuyasha." He told his son gravely. "I need you to be really strong for me." The boy's chin quivered, but he didn't cry, only nodded. "Your mother is very hurt, and she's not going to-" He closed his eyes against the pain before he could continue, "-She's not going to make it." Inuyasha covered his face with his hands and sobbed. "We need to go in and say goodbye, can you do that Inuyasha?"

Wiping away his tears he steadied himself, and followed his father into the hospital room, his friend at his side.

The room was terrifying, to Kagome, with all the machines and beeping monitors. The tubes that were fed into Inuyasha's mother nearly made her burst into tears. 'I got to be strong.' She reminded herself, 'I got to be strong for Inuyasha.'

Her eyes clouded over as she heard him call, "Momma?" and he walked into her half-embrace.

"B-baby." She choked, smiling through the oxygen mask. Her hand feebly stroked his cropped blonde hair, "I always loved your hair, Inuyasha. It's so pretty."

"Momma." He tried to wipe away his tears, and he flung himself forward. "Momma don't leave me, don't go. I promise Momma, I'll be good all year, not just Christmas, and I'll never be mean to Sesshomaru and I'll always clean my room, just stay with me momma, I'll promise to be good." Her eyes welled up and overflowed as she looked down at her son,

"Inuyasha, it's not your fault." He clung to her arm and cried even harder. "It was never you, Inuyasha, it's just my time to go."

"No!" He cried. "No! Tell God No! He can't take you!"

"Baby," She coughed, causing his tears to dry, and his sobs to quiet in fear. "Go get your Daddy, be good to him, I love you. I won't be gone Inuyasha, as long as you're here." He reluctantly went outside to get his father, leaving Kagome alone with her second Mom.

"Kagome?" She walked over to the bed, and her tears fell harder. "Kagome, I need you to be strong for Inuyasha. I need you to take care of him. Can you promise me?"

She nodded, her black tresses falling into her face, "I Promise."

"I won't be gone, Kagome. Take care of him, take care of my Baby." She coughed again, harder, and Kagome took a step back, and with one last hug she left the room but before she left she thought she heard her say, "Love him."

She ran into her Aunt on her way out of the door, and tears streaming down her face, she told Kagome that she too would lose someone.

"Daddy?" She approached the man on the bed, He too, was tied to machinery, and his breathing was labored.

"Kag-ome?"

"Daddy!" she ran to him and crawled onto the small space left on his bed. "Daddy don't die, don't die like Inuyasha's mom. Please Daddy."

"Kagome, I-" he tried to breathe for a few seconds, his face stricken. "I have to leave you for a little while."

"Daddy," she tried to reason, knowing for sure it was a losing battle, "I haven't gotten married, I haven't had babies. I haven't got to High school yet. You have to stay!"

"I'll be able to see all those things, love." He promised, after a few minutes, "I'll be right here…watching over you."

"It's not the same!" she cried, burying her head into the blanket.

"I…know."

"I need you, Daddy."

"Take care of your momma and Souta, Kagome."

She cried, "Don't go!"

He gave her a hug and a smile, and kissed her head, "I'll always be here, Kagome, I'll wait for you in heaven, and when you get there, we'll be together forever."

"I want to be together right now!" He shook his head and turned his attention to the little boy beside the bed.

"Inuyasha, take care of her."

"Yes sir."

"Good boy." He ruffled the silver-blonde hair and turned to the girl on his bed.

"Kagome, I need you to go."

She nodded and with one last look, left her father, Inuyasha at her side.

He was still there a few days later at the funeral for their parents, as was her mother, the only survivor of the accident, who lived only because she was on the opposite side of the car.

Neither of them said it, but it ran through their heads, "Why did she live?" And together, they said goodbye to a father and a mother, from two different families. But still a parent of each child.

Inuyasha had taken his job seriously, and had taken care of both Kagome and her mother as well as his own family. Between raising Souta and taking out the garbage, he tried to take over both father and mother roles, to help out in both families. Trying to fill part of the hole that was all they had left. And he still hadn't cut his hair, in tribute to the lady who had loved it so much.

"Oh Inuyasha," Kagome stroked his hair, 9 years later, "You didn't have to be everything for everyone." She hugged him in his sleep, and lay down beside him, the emotional strain of remembering taking her into dreamland.

Inuyasha stirred slightly, having less of his mattress than usual, "Huh?" He looked beside him and for a moment thought he was still asleep, "Kagome?" His heart brightened as he took in her sleeping face, and deciding not to rouse her, went back to sleep, enjoying the feel of her next to him, neither of them woke up until the door opened once again.

"Dog Breath?"

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