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Chapter Three: Suffering

"Sango," Kagome sobbed to her friend. "I can't believe he would do that to me. And I loved him so much."

"Shh…." Sango tried to soothe her friend. "It's alright."

Kagome had arrived at Sango's house and told her all that had happened. Kagome was crying so hard that she was shaking. Sango tried to get her to feel better, but it seemed that Kagome was still very upset about her breakup with Inuyasha.

Sango had been getting ready to watch a movie with her boyfriend Miroku, when she heard a knock on her door. Kagome had come in and immediately hugged Sango and started to cry. Miroku took his cue and left the girls to sit in the living room when he went to the kitchen to raid Sango's refrigerator.

"Kagome, don't cry so much," Sango tried to comfort Kagome. "He obviously didn't deserve you if he would be willing to act so mean. Why don't you take a bath and borrow my pajamas? You can sleep over and you'll be better."

"Thanks Sango," Kagome gave her friend a watery smile. Kagome then went upstairs to the bathroom and began to take her bath. Sango then headed to the kitchen and saw Miroku.

Sango was having a hard time managing her temper. She had been really angry with Inuyasha for hurting Kagome and wanted to march over to his house and rip out Inuyasha's throat, but she knew that she had to stay with Kagome.

"Get your stupid friend on the phone now," Sango commanded. "You call him first and tell him that Kagome is at my house and she's not happy."

Miroku nodded in understanding. He had eavesdropped and heard what had happened between Inuyasha and Kagome. Sango looked scary when she was mad and he was glad that he was not on the receiving end of Sango's temper. He quickly dialed Inuyasha's cell phone and waited for Inuyasha to answer.

"What do you want Miroku?" Inuyasha growled. His caller ID had told him that it was Miroku's number.

"Well you see, Kagome is at Sango's right now, and I'm here too," Miroku began. "How could you do that to her?"

"Honestly," Inuyasha answered, "I'm not sure myself. I feel so lost right now."

Sango suddenly grabbed the phone and started to yell. "You idiot! How dare you hurt Kagome like that?! I'm going to kill you when I get my hands on you! You are such a pathetic loser and you definitely don't deserve to live on this planet!"

Sango continued to threaten Inuyasha for his idiocy when Inuyasha was just sitting there. He was cringing because he knew that Sango was violent when she was mad. He briefly wondered how Miroku was able to put up with Sango's temper when she had often gotten mad at him for his lecherous ways.

"You're even worse than Miroku!" Sango screamed. "He may be a lecher but he doesn't purposely say things to hurt other people!"

Inuyasha cringed when the truth of her words hit him. He knew that Miroku was famous for his lechery, but he didn't intentionally say things to hurt others.

Miroku reached over and took back his cell phone. "Hey Inuyasha, too bad I have to end your lovely conversation with Sango. I'll be over there to talk to you in a bit."

Sango was shocked that Miroku had taken the phone away from her. She glared at him angrily. She wasn't done yelling at Inuyasha. She promised that she would hurt him really badly when she saw Inuyasha.

"Go over there and tell Inuyasha that I'm going to kill him," Sango ordered Miroku.

"I think he gets the point, Sango," Miroku sighed and left the house. Sango lived in a regular house with her brother Kohaku. She had allowed Kohaku to sleep over at his friend's house when she had a date planned with Miroku. She didn't expect Kagome to come crying that night.

Kagome had finished taking her bath and changed into Sango's pink bunny pajamas. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. Her eyes were puffy from all the crying and she looked tired.

'Am I just too ugly? Or maybe there's something wrong with my personality?' Kagome thought to herself. She couldn't figure out what was wrong with herself that made Inuyasha hate her so much. In all honesty, she had suspected him of cheating on her for quite awhile, but she didn't expect him to insult her like that.

Kagome sighed and headed back to Sango's bedroom. Sango then entered her room to find Kagome looking sadly at the floor. She walked over to the bed that Kagome was sitting on.

"I still can't believe that he did that," Kagome began as tears began to form in her eyes again.

"Oh Kagome, he will realize that he lost someone that was very good to him," Sango tried to make her friend feel better. "You were kind to him Kagome; it's his fault that he didn't realize that. Kagome, it is not your fault at all. There is nothing wrong with you, so don't ever think that there is something wrong with you. You're a great friend to anyone Kagome."

Kagome smiled and hugged her friend.

"You should just forget about him," Sango advised. "And if he ever comes around, we can always beat him up!"

Kagome smiled a true smile for the first time. She was glad that she had friends like Sango and Miroku. She guessed that Sango had sent Miroku to go talk to Inuyasha.

Miroku stopped in front of Inuyasha's mansion. It was huge compared to his and Sango's houses. Only Kagome's home could rival Inuyasha's. He sighed as he entered the gates, knowing that he had to talk to Inuyasha about Kagome. They were both his friends and he was a bit upset that Inuyasha had treated Kagome like that.

Miroku knew his way around the house because he had been there so often. He knocked on Inuyasha's door. When Inuyasha did not answer, Miroku just opened it anyways. His friend was lying on the bed staring up at the ceiling. At the sound of his door opening, he knew it was Miroku, so he didn't bother to look up.

"Hey Inuyasha," Miroku greeted Inuyasha in a solemn voice. "We need to talk."

"There's nothing to talk about," Inuyasha sighed wearily. "Sesshomaru is going to offer to be engaged to Kagome so that our companies will remain together."

Miroku was shocked at this piece of news. "But Kagome is still very upset."

Inuyasha cringed slightly when Kagome's condition was brought up. "Whatever, that's the plan. My father is calling a meeting tomorrow."

It took Miroku awhile to absorb this information. Apparently Kagome was going to get even more upset.

"Why did you break up with Kagome?" Miroku asked him gently.

"Who cares? I don't like her," Inuyasha spat out angrily.

"Quit lying to yourself Inuyasha. You know you cared for her," Miroku pointed out. "Just why did you have to break up with her like that? She loves you a lot Inuyasha."

"I don't care about her!" Inuyasha denied, but deep down he knew that he was lying. Being friends with Inuyasha for such a long time, Miroku knew that his friend was lying and didn't buy the act.

Miroku sighed as he got up. "Oh yeah, if you didn't get the message earlier, Sango said that she's going to kill you. I hope you know what you're doing Inuyasha. The people you are having an affair with definitely don't amount to Kagome. You're going to regret losing Kagome, Inuyasha unless you change your attitude quickly."

Miroku left. Inuyasha was denying all that Miroku had said. He didn't care about losing Kagome. She was just another annoying girl and he could find plenty of girls out there.

Kagome and Sango were still sitting in Sango's bedroom. Kagome had just smiled at her friend's attempts to cheer her up. They were both going to watch a movie and Sango tried to avoid any romantic story so that Kagome wouldn't have to be reminded of her situation.

They decided to watch The Lion King. Just as they were about to sit down and watch, the phone rang. Kagome answered the phone to hear her grandpa on the other line.

"Hello Gramps," Kagome greeted him.

"Kagome," her grandpa answered cautiously. "Are you feeling ok?"

"Yes," Kagome lied. She didn't want her grandpa to worry about her.

"Good then, we have a meeting with Mr. Taiyoukai tomorrow. You have to attend because it's a business meeting."

"Fine," Kagome sighed. She then hung up the phone and wondered what the meeting would be about.

Please Read & Review!

Thank you again to all those who reviewed for the last chapter. To clear any confusion, I did say that this will be an Inu/Kag story. I won't change the pairings, but at the moment, Kagome would have to be with Sesshomaru. Don't worry any Sesshomaru fans; I'm not going to make Sesshomaru suffer later. The story is taking time to develop, but to put aside any fears; it will be an Inu/Kag story.

Inuyasha does seem to be really mean now, but he's starting to feel regret and guilt. I will change his personality as the story progresses.

And about updates, I've decided to do weekly updates and the length will be about this size. I hope that's ok with everyone. I'll try and make sure to do it weekly and thanks for all of your patience and encouragement!

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