Chapter 19 More Suffering

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A/N:

Hey! What's up people? How goes it?

kyasarinyume07- Thanks. I updated as soon as I could.

Kirara Kitten- You guessed right! I'm not gonna tell ya! Lol. It's more fun for me to make you suffer and actually have to read the story to find out! He he.

XXxhanyoubitch666xXX- I can't believe Kikyou and Hojo did what they did and I wrote it! Lol. Jk.

Sesshoumaru's Miko- Yeah I don't know much Japanese words either but I know a few. I'd like to know more. It's just my dad would probably make fun of me if I did.

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Kagome climbed into bed welcoming sleep. What a day it had been! After talking with Hojo she had driven straight to Inuyasha's place only to find he wasn't there. She then drove around for a little bit hoping to maybe spot him possibly driving around or maybe out looking for her too. No such luck. So she headed home a tried calling his cell. After about twenty calls and still getting a busy signal she gave up and threw her phone aside for the night.

Was he really that mad at her for missing their date? It's not like he even called her to see where she was! She rolled over in her bed and was soon asleep, temporally pushing Inuyasha to the back of her mind.

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Inuyasha turned on his cell and got on the internet. He was too ashamed to talk to Kagome right now. After what happened between him and Kikyou…. He just didn't want to think about it right now. She was probably really angry at him for missing their date and would want to know what had happened and at the moment he didn't have an explanation. Obviously he couldn't tell her the truth. I mean, they had just gotten back together! If she found out that he had gone out with Kikyou, she may think he was getting back with her again. And that would cause her more hurt! He didn't want that! That was the last thing he could ever want. Inuyasha loved Kagome more than anything and when he hurt her he was hurting him self too.

Finally hours later his phone died. He turned if off and climbed into bed. It was getting late and he needed sleep. Today had been more stressful then he would have ever imagined! Inuyasha turned off his lamp and lay down. Within a few minutes he had drifted asleep.

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The next day Kagome was startled awake when her bedroom door was slammed open. She jolted up in her bed feeling dizzy from her sudden movements. She shook her head and closed her eyes to clear away the dizziness.

"Kagome!" cried Ayame barging into the room. Sango was not far behind. Their arms seemed to be full of magazines and newspapers. "Look at this!" Ayame and Sango then dumped their arm loads onto the bed.

Kagome looked down at the blanket of magazines covering her bed. "Omigosh!" She couldn't believe what she was seeing! Each one had a front cover picture of her and Inuyasha with Hojo and Kikyou! There was one of her hugging Hojo in the park one with Inuyasha and Kikyou…Kagome examined the picture closer. From the angle of the camera it looked like Kikyou was leaning inside Inuyasha's car and they were kissing, a sweet goodbye kiss. "This is not happening!" Kagome said not believing what her eyes were telling her.

She opened one magazine and flipped through it. What she saw was more pictures of Inuyasha and Kikyou, at their old school, in Inuyasha's car, etc. Is that what he had been doing the whole time she was worrying about him! She randomly grabbed another and another until she had flipped through every one. But the one magazine that seemed to really bother her the most was the one titled: Trouble in Paradise? It really struck a nerve deep inside her. Maybe it was because things seemed to be going so well between them and then this happened. That title seemed to be speaking the truth.

In total shock Kagome lay back in her bed and buried her head in her hands. How could this be happening again? More importantly how had she let it happen again? She should have known better than to trust Inuyasha. It was her own damn fault! She had let her heart rule over her mind for the last time! Never again would her heart dictate her actions, because it always seemed to lead to pain and suffering.

"Kagome are you okay?" Sango asked taking a seat on the one bare spot on the bed.

"No." Kagome said through her hands.

"Kagome, maybe it's not what it seems." Ayame proposed trying to come up with some explanation but failing miserably.

"What else could it be? He played me again!" Kagome cried.

"Kagome…I'm so sorry. We all believed he had changed. I know had badly you must be hurting right now and I can't help but feel I'm a part of it."

"Me too." Added Sango.

"What are you guys talking about?" Kagome asked removing her hands from her face.

"We wanted Inuyasha to get back together with you. We talking to him about it...We pushed him on you…If we hadn't been so persistent then you wouldn't have gotten back together and he wouldn't have hurt you like this." Ayame clarified.

"Guys, whether you pushed me or not I probably would have gotten back together with him anyway. I love him and think I always will no matter what he does. I just can't help the way I feel." Kagome said sadly.

"I know what you mean." Said Sango trying to lighten the mood. "I like Miroku and we all know what a lecher he is."

"Yeah that's true. But we all know how much Miroku loves you." Kagome smiled weakly. "He would never lie to you like Inuyasha does to me."

"Kagome, don't think like that!" Ayame said in her motherly voice.

"What else am I supposed to think?" Kagome snapped but then quickly recovered. She was angry at Inuyasha not Ayame. "Ayame….I'm sorry. I'm just really upset right now. It's just this is a lot to take in first thing in the morning. Can you guys please leave me alone for a while?"

"Of course!" Ayame said nodding her head repeatedly.

"If you need us we'll be here for you." Sango said leading Ayame out of the room.

It was only when Kagome heard the click shut did she finally let herself really cry. She let back in her bed and curled up on her side and let the tears fall.

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Inuyasha was on his way to Kagome's when he began to notice that almost every news stand he passed had him and Kagome on their front covers. Except it wasn't of him and Kagome like it had been this past week and a half. They were of Kagome and Hojo together in the city park and him and KIKYOU KISSING! Inuyasha began to panic and his heart began to beat faster. He looked around him and saw almost everyone was reading a different magazine…

'Oh no!' He thought. 'There is no doubt Kagome has already seen this! She's going to think that I'm still with Kikyou or that I got back with her again! She's going to be so hurt over something that never really happened! What am I going to do? But wait a minute…' His eyes ran over the picture of Kagome and Hojo. 'While I was out with Kikyou she was with Hojo! What was going on here? This seems too unreal. Is it possible that maybe this whole thing was set up? While I'm out with Kikyou, Kagome at the same time is out with Hojo? That's too much of a coincidence! The dirty Bastards set this whole thing up!'

Inuyasha placed the Magazine he was looking at back on its stand and ran the rest of the way to Kagome's apartment. He had to talk to her now and clear things up. Kikyou was up to her dirty schemes again and he was not going to let her mess things up again!

'Kagome...I'm so sorry.' He thought as he ran and began to pick up his already fast pace.

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"What do you think we should do about Kagome?" Ayame asked. She and Sango were now standing in the kitchen far enough away where Kagome wouldn't be able to hear them talking.

"I don't know. But I know what I'm gonna do to that hanyou. I'm going to take him out! He hurt Kagome again! I specifically told him not too! How could I have let this happen to her! I knew this was going to happen!" Sango said venting her frustrations.

"Sango you can't hurt Inuyasha! There has got to me more to the story. I mean, why was Kagome out with Hojo? What were they doing? Sometimes the press has a tendency to blow things out of proportions or make things seem like something they're not. And until we find out what Kagome was doing I think we should let Inuyasha live a little while longer." Ayame advised. "There's got to be some part of the story we're missing."

"Fine. But after we find out…" Sango trailed off when a knock at the door was heard.

"Who do you think it could be?" Asked Ayame.

"I think you already know." Sango shot back.

And sure enough when the answered the door Inuyasha stood there.

"Can I please talk to Kagome?" Inuyasha asked the second the door opened.

"Um, no." Sango said cockily.

Ayame glared at her. "No Inuyasha. Sorry but Kagome's not in the mood right now."

"I know that's what I need to talk to her about." He said holding up a magazine he stole from some teen as he ran by.

"Maybe some other time." Sango said glaring at Inuyasha menacingly. "The last thing I'm sure she wants to do right now is talk to you."

The Hanyou's ears drooped in disappointment. "But it's important! Listen! It's not what it looks like! If you would just let me explain! Kikyou! She came on to me!" Inuyasha said trying to explain what happened but not getting through to the two females before him.

"Sure." Sango rolled her eyes. "Whatever Inuyasha. I'm not going to let you hurt Kagome a third time. Just go home." She shut the door slamming it in his face.

Inuyasha sighed. Now what was he going to do? Somehow he had to find a way to tell Kagome what really happened before things got to far outta hand. And Inuyasha knew if he didn't soon it would only be a matter of time before things went beyond the point of no return. (It's beyond the point of no return. No going back now… lol. A little POTO! I couldn't resist. I just had to put that part in there!)

He turned and began his long walk home. Inuyasha threw the cursed magazine on the street and continued walking. Right now he just wanted to get home and think things through. Why was his life so hard? Couldn't he just have a little happiness in his life without having it snatched away a second later? Apparently not. He couldn't count all the bad things that seemed to follow anything good that happened do him.

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Hey guys! It's not as long as I usually make them. But anyway on to more important things! Lol. I was just thinking about how this story is going totally different from what I originally wanted it to be. It's really weird. When I get a typing my fingers just work away, sometimes typing up something totally different from what I was thinking. But it's all good! He he. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter! Please R & R! Thanks! I LOVE YOU ALL! (too much caffine)

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