A/N: Sorry for the pretty long wait, well, Merry late Christmas everyone!

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Crawling in the Dark

Chapter Four

"I'm scared to be the only one who sees,

The hourglass run dry, 'cause too much time went by,

And why do I try to prove that I will be,

ready for everything thrown at me."

- When All is Said and Done by Trapt

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Kagome stared. The audience stared. Kikyo stared. Everyone held onto their breath. It was not supposed to happen.

All the sudden, Inuyasha coughed.

"If I…" he stumbled,

"Profane with my unworthiest hand
this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

He said these lines without thinking.

Kagome fake smiled; at least the play wasn't ruined, they did the rehearsals so perfectly.

"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."

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Kikyo sat amongst the audiences. She was not pleased with this play. Although she barely understood Shakespeare language and did not read "Romeo and Juliet", she recognized what Kagome was trying to say. Just to make sure, she whispered to Kouga, who was sitting right next to her, "Is it just me or are they talking about kissing?"

Kouga looked over at her and laughed, he did not want to tell her, for she might get angry. "Shh…and watch the play."

Kikyo crossed her arms, huffed, and went back to watching "Romeo and Juliet". Inuyasha had to do what they planned on doing. She did not come here just to watch Kagome talk about kissing her boyfriend. What was she thinking?

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During the last scene; the audience was deeply absorbed into the play, it was almost perfect. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, and then slowly went down to kiss him.

Time for the plan, however, Inuyasha's body stiffened. No, it was not supposed to happen. It was another repeat of "The Winter Sonata", why was he so stupid? Get out of it.

Kikyo stared stunningly at the two lovers on stage. She wanted Inuyasha to ruin her so bad, yet, their plan didn't work again. That bitch Kagome. Why did she always ruin it? She ruined her happiness, she ruined her life, and she even dared to take Inuyasha away from her. She must have caste a spell on him.

"Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!"

Juliet snatched Romeo's dagger from his belt and placed it in front of her chest.

"This is thy sheath;" She then stabbed herself. "There rust, and let me die." She fell limply onto Inuyasha's chest.

The curtains fell. A huge round of applause was heard, everyone stood up and smiled. Inuyasha and Kagome got up and stared at each other, from behind the curtain. Their gaze was broken when the teacher yelled, "Cast, line up!" The two of them quickly got up, neither wanted to look at each other.

"Romeo was played by Inuyasha. Juliet was played by Kagome." The announcer broadcasted. He then gave a pause, for the two to bow on stage.

They walked onto the stage, neither were smiling, they both seemed to be in deep thought. The audience started clapping, but there was no reaction. Unconsciously, they just bowed their heads and walked off the stage.

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Inuyasha gathered his stuff and went to meet his friends. He was kind of scared, especially of what Kikyo was going to say. He couldn't help it at all, His body was suddenly frozen, it wouldn't let him. He felt guilty, because another plan did not work out because of him. He just didn't want Kikyo to be mad, because he couldn't lose her, he love her.

"Inuyasha!" Kikyo yelled then walked up to him, "Inuyasha." She said once more, but softer, she gazed into his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Immediately, Inuyasha looked at her, he wasn't smiling, "Kikyo, I'm sorry, but I swear it's not what you think." He lowered his stare.

Kikyo let out a breath and smiled, she then hugged him tightly around the waist, "I understand, as long as you don't leave me again like last time."

Inuyasha couldn't help but laugh. "Of course not." He hugged her back.

Kagome was heading out the door; her mom was waiting for her in the parking lot, she just got back from work. On the way, she saw Inuyasha and Kikyo from the corner of her eyes. For some reason she felt her heart squeeze into her chest, but ignored it. Why did she care anyway? She didn't care about him at all. Kagome tried as hard as she could to shrug it off and forced herself to walk out the door.

Inuyasha saw Kagome look at him and Kikyo for a brief moment. What was that look in her eyes? Sorrow? Grief? Hatred? Those were not it, it was something else, something deeper.

All of the sudden, all of his friends walked to him. He broke the hug. What were they going to say?

"I knew this would happen again." Kouga laughed with a smirk.

"Especially when she first walked in, oh, she was hot." Miroku sighed, Sango scoffed, for she hated Kagome with a passion.

"Yeah, she was, even I gotta admit that." Kouga said once more.

Inuyasha shrugged, "Whatever, this is the last time I'll be seeing her anyways, gone from my life forever." Forever, that sounded so…unpromising. He needed to get her off his mind.

"Inuyasha?" Kikyo waved her hand in front of his face.

"Huh? Oh sorry, I'm kind of out of it today." Inuyasha stumbled.

"Why don't we all go to my house?" Suggested Sango, "You could use a little time with your real friends."

"Yeah man, I can tell 'Juliet' is all over your head." Miroku joked.

Kikyo grunted.

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Summer break was almost over; the good times in high school had passed. It was the start of something new. Kagome was packing for UCLA, Inuyasha and Kouga were going to NYU, and Kikyo was preparing for Cooper Union.

High school was over, onto college, a new life. Their lives were passing by before their eyes, just a couple more years until they would have a job, a life, a family.

Inuyasha and Kikyo were closer than ever. Sango and Miroku had gotten together. Kouga, however, was still single; he just cannot found the right girl.

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Kagome was at the airport, ready to go to Los Angeles, California.

"Bye mom! I'm going to miss you so much." Kagome hugged her mother, who was almost in tears. She had never parted her mother before, and this time, it was for a whole school year. Of course, she would come back during the holidays, but she was on her own now. Her mother had done everything she could to support her, including paying for her expensive college tuition.

"Bye honey, don't forget to call me, oh, I'll miss you, I miss you already." She hugged Kagome tightly. Kagome could barely breathe, but she didn't matter, she loved her mother so much.

"Would all passengers going on flight182 please aboard the airplane at this moment." The announcement said.

"That's you." Kagome's mother let go of her.

"Yeah, that's me," she took in a breath; this was it, the start of a new life.

"Have fun honey, I love you." She blew a kiss.

Kagome looked back, "I love you too." She then entered the gate.

Kagome's mother stood at the gate and watched her daughter until she disappeared in front of her eyes. She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them and walked towards the exit. She was late for work.

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Kouga honked his car in front of Inuyasha's house. He, Kikyo, and Inuyasha were going to leave to New York together. They were excited. College was going to be the best experience.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Inuyasha yelled, while grabbing his suitcase, he only had a few, for he could buy everything he wanted in New York. Inuyasha smiled as he walked out the door, taking in the fresh scent of the trees. He was going to miss the smell.

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The plane ride for Kagome was really long and boring. She was stuck next to a man who was scared of planes and therefore sweated a lot, leaving a very unpleasant odor.

"It's called deodorant." Kagome whispered to herself, breathing through her mouth.

She took out a red, small notebook her mother had given to her right before she left. She decided to use it like a diary, write everything she felt on paper.

August 10,

I am Kagome Higurashi, I am 18 and I want to be an actress.

Well, here I am going to UCLA, I hope I have wonderful time there. I also hope I will have nice roommates and friends that will treat me and like me for who I am on the inside.

Well, that's it for now, I promise I will write more when I get there.

She sighed. How was college going to be like? Was it just like high school? She was going to have roommates and possibly friends. She slowly put the notebook into her backpack and leaned against the seat.

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Kagome got off the plane. The airport was a lot bigger than her hometown one. She searched the signs of a baggage claim and found it. She then got her bags and went outside to get a cab. Once in there she said, "To UCLA please."

"The front entrance, miss?" He asked.

"Yes sir." She had no idea where her room was, or where the front entrance was exactly. How hard could finding a place be anyway?

They drove for a little less than an hour and got to University of California, Los Angeles. Kagome could not believe her eyes. The place was beautiful; the Hollywood sign was bright and clear in view. She entered the school campus, it was much bigger than she imagined and so beautiful, the trees, grass, statue, and water. She was definitely going to enjoy her stay.

There was a sign, posted on a wall with big letters that read: Register here. Kagome looked around the sign, there were desks set up and students lined up to register. She got into the line. It was only a few minutes before it was her turn.

"Name?" said a boy, who had blonde hair and pretty blue eyes.

"Kagome Higurashi." She replied.

"Kagome Higurashi," He repeated and then smiled, "what a pretty name"

"Thanks." She replied, he was really nice.

"I'm Hojo, a sophomore here, nice to meet you." He raised a hand for her to shake.

"Nice to meet you too," Kagome shook his hand.

"Well, here are your papers, have fun here, you will enjoy it. " He handed her the schedule and waved a goodbye.

Kagome looked at her a few of her papers; her room was in the Core-South area. The place was so big? How could she ever find it? Since Hojo was the only person she knew, she decided to ask him. Of course, she had to wait around until there were no more people waiting. After about twenty minutes, Hojo's line was clear.

"Hi Hojo, I was wondering if you could help me find my room?" She asked sincerely.

"Sure, where is it?"

"It says core-south, no idea where that is."

"Core-south? That's where my room is too, how nice! We could visit each other."

Kagome smiled, she just came and made friends with a sophomore, so good so far. Maybe she was going to have friends after all.

"Now what building is it in?" Hojo asked.

"It just says the North building." She raised an eyebrow, hoping he would know where it was.

"Me too! How nice." Hojo said, "Well, I'll walk you there."

They walked for about fifteen minutes and reached a gray building. It was older than the other ones, with double doors, leading to a wide hall.

"Well, this is the building; it was been very nice meeting you." Hojo grinned, "I have to get back, I'll see you around?"

"Of course." Kagome smiled and then entered the building. She got to her room and stood right in front of it. Her name was posted in front of the door, as well as all her roommates.

She slowly read the small piece of paper, Ayame and…Sango?

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