REI'S CORNER: Hi dreadfully sorry about the wait everyone! I know I promised! So I just won't do that with this story anymore! You all surprised me! I have way way way way way way way way way more reviews than I asked for! So yeah, I won't do that asky thing any more!

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'Hick' - thought

"Hick" - speaking

line break-scene change (from one person to the next)

Chapter 22- Where to go From Here

Kagome dodged yet another car as she turned onto the freeway. 'I can't believe he said that!' she screamed in her mind. A man honked at her and screamed obscenities at her as she changed lanes. 'Who comes out of nowhere with stuff like that!'

Her fingers tightly squeezed the steering wheel, and she honked her own horn as a slower person drove in front of her. She yelled out, knowing that there was nothing she could do about the slower person. But it wasn't their fault, and she knew it. She was just too upset to care. She looked out of her window and noticed that she didn't know where she was. At this point in time, that only helped to ease her mind a little bit. Knowing that she was far away from...him. But still, she didn't know where she was going, and if she didn't turn around soon, she would really get lost. Angrily, she pulled the car over to the side of the road and cut the car off. Trying to calm down, she put her forehead to the steering wheel and sighed.

Inuyasha sat on his new couch frustrated, and angry. He thought he did the right thing, It would be better to expose her now, rather than let it get more serious, and be hurt later. But the thing was, he was hurt now. He didn't get it, why was he so unhappy? Well, actually he knew the answer to that. It was because he thought that he was in love with Kagome. He wouldn't be able to get over her so easily. Kagome was different from Kikyo... that made him think.

"Kikyo..." he said, remembering what he said to Kagome before. He knew that it was a lie. But what else could he say?

Even more frustrated, he lowered his gaze to the floor, where he noticed Kagome's jacket.

'She might be cold' was his excuse, and that was all he needed. He yanked his new phone out of its cradle, then proceeded to call her cell phone.

Kagome was thoroughly annoyed.

The phone, was pissing her off.

It would not stop.

She wanted to scream.

Instead, she answered the gosh forsaken thing.

"Hello?" she all but yelled.

"Kagome..." she knew the voice immediately.

"What? Were you expecting some guy to pick up? Well you've got some nerve..."

"...Listen, I only called because you left your damn jacket at my house. Come and get it."

Kagome scoffed. "Burn it. I'll be damned if I ever set foot in near you again."

Annoyed, Inuyasha raised his voice a little. "Get your ass over here now or else I'll throw it out!"

"I SAID BURN IT! I'm never coming back!"

Inuyasha finally snapped, and his little excuse slipped away.

"Will you just come so that we can talk about this!"

Kagome silenced for a moment, thinking. Then she promptly told him no, and to burn in hell, and hung up the phone. Eager to bring out her frustration, she threw the poor phone into the back seat without a care. She turned on her car. She didn't care if she got lost anymore. She pulled out of her spot, nearly getting hit by a trailer truck, and sped off.

"Um truth" Ayame said.

Koga thought about his question briefly, enjoying the breeze brushing against them. An older couple stopped to watch as he and Ayame smiled at each other under the sun. They were in the park, sitting on a picnic blanket. Koga smiled at them, and they waved and continued on their late-morning walk. Koga though a little harder about his question, the struggled to word it.

"How come you've had so many...I mean, why...no. Um"

"Boyfriends?" she finished for him. Koga blushed, then nodded. Ayame sighed. She knew this question would come soon.

"I dunno. I guess after the first boyfriend I had, I really liked the attention. I mean I don't know why I attracted the rich guys, but all of the stuff. The clothes, watches, jewelry. I never had all of that before you know? I guess that makes me a bad person, taking advantage of stuff like that."

Koga stared at her. "No, not really. I can see why." Then they both stared at each other. Koga hurriedly brought out his wallet, opened it to find nothing but ID and a stick gum. Ayame laughed loudly, then wrapped her arms around. "I've never felt this way about anyone before." she whispered. They pulled away from each other to look make eye contact.

However, they were interrupted out of their trance-state when Koga's phone started ringing. Growling, he answered it after looking at the caller ID.

"This had better be good Inu." he demanded.

"Koga, man, she hates me. I screwed the hell up and she's never coming back!" came the panicked reply.

"Whoa, wait, what?"

"We had a fight and she's never coming back."

"What did you do?" Koga yelled, angrily.

"It's stupid really...See I... I said some stuff and..." Inuyasha stammered.

"Out with it!"

"I said she cheated...but I had a reason! And I still don't even know the truth..."

"You dumbass!"

Ayame touched Koga's shoulder softly, curious to what was going on. Obviously Koga was pissed. Things like this just made him mad. Kagome is the best friend that anyone could have, how could Inuyasha suspect something like that? Kagome was not like that. Leave to good ol' Inu to not see that.

At seeing Ayame's concerned face, Koga calmed down and let out a big sigh.

"Look. Just go over to her house and talk to her. That's all I can say." Koga said before hanging up.

"What was that all about?" Ayame asked.

"Just Inuyasha, being Inuyasha."

Inuyasha slowly got out of his car. He knew that she wouldn't be home for a little while. 'She just went to calm down.' he told himself. He was surprised to find that her front door was open. Sighing, he went inside for a long, long wait.
"How could he do that!" Ayame yelled.

"I don't know. But it pisses me off that he would hurt her like that, after all she's done for him." Koga said.

They were trying to come up with some kind of a defense for Inuyasha, any kind of excuse. But there really wasn't any. After all, it was Kagome who had been there for Inuyasha the whole time. Like when he almost made the biggest mistake of his entire life. He had hurt Kagome deliberately when she, hopefully, did nothing. "I-I know it might seem a little hypocritical for me...but I hope that they work this out..."Ayame admitted. Koga nodded in agreement and stuck and arm around her, kissing her forehead.

"Me too"

Now he was worried. It had been nearly six hours. It was dark outside. He tried everything to try and stay calm. Tv, radio, he even tried talking to himself. Nothing worked. None of it pushed away the panic in him. The fact was, that she wasn't there, and nobody knew where she was. He tried her cell phone, several times, but the operator had always said that she was roaming, or the phone was off. Finally, worried to the point where he would sit no more, Inuyasha grabbed his jacket and was about to go out looking for her when the phone rang.

'Kagome!' his mind screamed. He ran to the living room, dropping his jacket in the process. 'Calm down. She probably got a flat, or is lost. She's fine.' he told himself. He picked up the phone, chanting that she was fine over in his head. But he frowned as those thoughts only seemed to worry him further.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Hello. Is this the spouse or relative of a Kagome Higurashi?" a woman's voice asked.

He really hoped that this was a telemarketer. He prayed it was.

"Y-yes it is, can I help you?" he lied.

The woman on the other line hesitated for a moment before proceeding with her statement.

"Sir, I think that you may want to sit..."

"What the hell is it! Out with it already!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry sir. This is the hospital. There was an accident. We couldn't identify her until she was cut out of the car..."

Inuyasha could barely hear the rest of what the woman was saying. His legs gave out from under him and he landed on the couch.

'Kagome...'

!GNIVIGSKNAHT YPPAH

COMING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER

Ch. 23- And it Happened Because it Happened

Well, were wrapping it up in a box for ya. Kagome's body is in the hospital...wait...her body? What do I mean? Anyway, lets see what happened, and get some words for a VERY SPECIAL doctor. Um, proceed with the "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"'s I'm prepared for it.