Hidden Tears

Summary: Kikyo is the loveable and sophisticated twin, while Kagome is the plain and quiet one. What happens when Kagome gets close to someone unexpected... like Kikyo's boyfriend?

A/N: Okay…this IS an Inu/Kag story. I swear to god that I would NEVER…NEVER write an Inu/Kik story. I think the same way as all of you guys…just not as…extreme as some of you. Haha. So anyways, this is an Inu/Kag story.

Chapter 6: Her First Smile

"Want to dance?"

Kagome's mouth hung slightly opened as she sputtered, "W-What?"

Inu yasha shrugged, "Uh, you want to dance?" He looked into Kagome's eyes, which were full of shock and he almost regretted asking her.

"Um, I've never danced before," She said embarrassed.

Inu yasha chuckled lightly, "With your looks and everything, how can any guy not want to dance with you?"

Kagome stared at her hands not responding.

"Okay…Ignore what I just said. Come on, let's dance. Sitting here, staring at the clock is nothing compared to what's going on out there."

"I…I really don't feel like going out there."

Inu yasha smiled gently, the smile that every girl fell for, and tipped Kagome's head up so that they made eye contact. "I swear I won't step on your feet," he said, now grinning. He took her hand and led her out of the kitchen and into the large living room that was set up as a dance floor. Couples swayed to the soft melodic music that was currently playing.

Kagome felt eyes on her as Inu yasha wrapped his arms around her petite waist. She hesitated to bring her arms around his neck. When Inu yasha noticed this, he playfully rolled his eyes and laughed. Inu yasha brought her hands onto his shoulders himself and smiled.

People from her school suddenly stopped doing what they had been doing and stared at them strangely. A girl from her history class whispered to her friend, "Why is Kagome dancing with Inu yasha? Where's Kikyo?"

"Kagome? I thought that was Kikyo." Her friend whispered back. "That's odd. If Kagome can get him to dance with her…then shouldn't I be able to, too?"

Kagome frowned. Was it that weird? Sure, she tried to ignore things said about her, but they didn't have to whisper that loud. She stopped and stood there.

Inu yasha looked at her with a perplexed expression, "Are you okay?"

She shrugged her shoulders and looked down. Somehow, the ground became really interesting. "Nothing," came her short reply.

Inu yasha was about to say something when Ms. Higurashi interrupted him, "Everyone, let's gather around and cut the cake!" Everyone quickly gathered around the table. Inu yasha looked at Kagome for a second and said, "Come on, it's cake time." Kagome uncertainly followed him to the big group and saw her sister grinning proudly down at the cake.

"Kagome! Come here next to me. It's your birthday too!" Kikyo said reaching out to pull Kagome through the crowd of people.

Kagome looked at the cake. The creamy red lettering said: Happy Birthday Kikyo! She scanned the huge round cake to see if her name was written anywhere, but it wasn't.

Kikyo noticed Kagome's reaction and quickly said, "The bakers probably forgot to add your name. It happens all the time, don't worry about it. Besides, everyone's just going to eat the cake up." Kagome slowly nodded not responding.

Forgot to add her name? What were the chances of that? Her mom probably never even told the bakers to add her name on the cake. She heard everyone's voices singing happy birthday to the two girls, but it was obvious they were only wishing a happy birthday to Kikyo. The song ended as girls thrust their presents into Kikyo's hands. She opened them quickly and found cosmetics, gift cards, clothes, shoes, and more. But no one had given anything to Kagome. She waited for someone to put a present into her small hands.

"Happy Birthday, Kagome," Sango said smiling cheerfully. She handed Kagome a beautifully-wrapped present.

"Thank you." Kagome slowly opened the present and inside was a collection of shampoo and different types of perfume. Sango grinned at her and walked over to Kikyo to give her a present.

Kagome sat away from everyone and held her present from Sango dearly. No one could tell, but she was the happiest girl in the room, her first real present from someone. She glanced at Kikyo's direction and saw Inu yasha handing her a bundle of beautiful red roses and a box. Inside the box was a stunning coruscating diamond bracelet. Kikyo gaped at the attractive bracelet and turned to Inu yasha to hug him. She thanked him laughing and asked him to put it on her.

The jewelry sparkled in the afternoon sunlight showing off its fascinating appearance. Kagome stared at it. How would if feel to get something like that from someone special? She shook her head and stood up to walk to the front door.

"Where are you going?" Shippo's voice surprised Kagome.

Kagome turned to the little boy and said, "I'm going to go for a walk. Why don't you go give your present to Kikyo?"

Shippo gave her a boyish grin and bounced off to give his present to Kikyo. Kagome quietly opened the door and stepped out.

"Oh, Shippo! What a lovely present!" Kikyo laughed. She patted the boy on the head and popped a candy into her mouth. Inu yasha smirked at his little cousin. A better present, huh?

He saw Miroku walking by and quickly grabbed him. "Hey, you know where Kagome went?"

Miroku looked at him for a second, "No. Didn't see her here. I'm so ashamed of myself for forgetting to buy her something."

Inu yasha nodded distractingly, "Right. Thanks, man. Shippo! Get your tiny butt here!" Shippo turned at the sound of his name and obediently walked over to his cousin.

"What is it?" Shippo asked licking his fingers that were covered in cream.

"Did you see Kagome anywhere?"

Shippo nodded, "She said she was going out for a walk. I was going to follow her and ask her to bring me to the park, but she told me to go give my present to Kikyo."

"Okay. Thanks." He ruffled Shippo's red hair and opened the front door to look for the girl.

He finally spotted Kagome sitting on the old swing in an abandoned park, rocking back and forth thinking about something. Inu yasha quietly walked to her and handed out a tiny wrapped present. "Here, Happy Birthday."

Kagome's head shot up at the unexpected voice. She stared at the present in Inu yasha's palms. Slowly, her hand went to reach for it. She looked up at Inu yasha and quietly said, "Thank you."

She opened the lid and found a necklace. Hanging from it was a plain and simple pink ball that glowed mysteriously. It wasn't as stunning as Kikyo's bracelet, but something made the necklace seem so special.

"I didn't know what you liked, so yeah. That stone is supposed to be a magical stone from back then. It's called the Shikon no Tama or something. I don't know much about it but the owner of it said it's a really rare stone that represents your name," Inu yasha explained. (A/N: haha…okay, yeah I know that's a load of crap…but come on…haha it's a story.) "So…I hope you like it."

Kagome's eyes stayed glued to the pink jewel and did something she almost never did. She smiled up at Inu yasha, "I love it."

"Bye, everyone!" Kikyo waved as cars pulled away from her driveway. Everyone was leaving from the party as Kikyo sighed and closed the door. She leaned against the doorway and searched the living room. Where had Kagome gone?

"Kagome?" Kikyo shouted out walking into the kitchen to see if she was there. Where was Inu yasha? She hadn't seen him gone home yet; his car was still in front of the house. So where were they? She heard the front door open and quickly went to see who came in.

Kagome walked in the house with Inu yasha just behind her. Kagome passed Kikyo giving her a quick nod and went up the stairs.

"Okay…" Kikyo said slowly as she watched Kagome disappear upstairs. "So, where were you?"

Inu yasha took off his jacket and sat down onto the couch, "The Park to give Kagome her present."

"Oh," Kikyo said thinking then she grinned and plopped down onto the couch next to Inu yasha, "What did you get her?"

"Something. It's a secret," Inu yasha said tapping her nose playfully.

Kikyo squealed and nudged him good-naturedly. "Tell me," she complained.

"Nope!"

"If you don't then I'm going to tickle you," Kikyo grinned.

Inu yasha smirked, "You wouldn't dare."

"Wanna bet?" Her eyes glint with mischief as she lunged to tickle Inu yasha.

"Kikyo, mom said to take your presents up to your—Oh! Oops, sorry, didn't mean to disturb you guys…" Kagome said turning around to go back up the stairs. She heard Inu yasha clearing his throat and Kikyo coughed embarrassed.

"Wait! Sorry you had to see that," Kikyo said uncomfortably. She sat up properly on the couch as Inu yasha did the same, "So what did mom need?"

Kagome looked down as if afraid to look at the couple. "Mom wants you to take your presents up to your room. I need to clean the living room so it will probably get dirty if you don't take it up."

"Oh! Then let me help you," Kikyo said standing up to pick up her belongings. "I'll be right back after I take these up."

Kagome nodded, grateful for her help and watched her sister gather her presents into a pile and scooped some up in her arms.

"Why don't I help Kagome instead? You can go upstairs and sort your presents out. Looks like it'll take a whole day to do that," Inu yasha said pointing to the stacks of presents Kikyo received.

Kikyo smiled, "You'd do that?" Inu yasha smiled back. "Thanks, Inu yasha."

As Inu yasha helped Kikyo carry the presents up the stairs, Kagome stayed down to pick up scraps of trash from the ground and dumped them into the trashcan. Finally, Kikyo brought the last present up to her room and Inu yasha came down to help Kagome.

"You don't have to help me, you know," Kagome said as she wiped the coffee table to get the creamy substances leftover from the cake off.

Inu yasha shrugged, "Yeah, but I don't mind."

Kagome paused for a moment, "Well, thank you."

Inu yasha shrugged again and began to clean up the empty soda cans. Kagome did the same and emptied the half drunken cans into the sink. When she walked back into the living room, she found her mom talking to Inu yasha.

"That was such a thoughtful gift, Inu yasha. It's so beautiful, I'm clearly impressed," Ms. Higurashi praised, smiling broadly.

"Thanks," Inu yasha said politely. He shifted from one foot to another uncomfortably.

Ms. Higurashi glanced up and found Kagome standing in the kitchen watching them, "What are you staring at? Hurry up and clean this place up."

"Sorry," Kagome mumbled.

"Inu yasha, why don't you go up and join Kikyo in her room?" Ms. Higurashi suggested.

"I'm helping Kagome clean up," He replied holding up a black trash bag.

Ms. Higurashi's eyebrows rose and said, "That isn't necessary, Kagome can do it. You go up and have fun."

"No it's okay. I'll help."

"Just leave it to Kagome. She does a fine job cleaning."

"I want to help. She shouldn't be doing all the work."

Ms. Higurashi pursed her lips, "Fine. Suit yourself." She turned to leave the room and left the two in the living room.

"That really is a pretty necklace," Sango commented as she and Kagome entered the school building the following morning.

Kagome nodded, touching the precious gift. Something made her heart glow when she felt the smooth jewel in her hand. It may not have been as expensive or material looking as Kikyo's bracelet, but Kagome thought it was as special and thoughtfully picked out. She almost felt Inu yasha's presence whenever she wore it. Kagome was too embarrassed to admit it towards Sango, even if she knew she could trust her.

"So! Since in two days it's winter break, do you think you can come down by my family's cabin and hang out? I'm inviting a few people to come. What do you think?"

Kagome thought for a moment, "It depends if my mom would let me."

"I invited Kikyo and Inu yasha, don't you think she'd let you go now? I mean seriously, Kagome, that women is keeping you from enjoying your social life," Sango muttered. The two girls walked into their homeroom and sat in their assigned seats.

Kagome shrugged, "I'm sorry…I'll try to get her to let me go, but I doubt it."

Sango smiled, "I'm sure she will."

Kagome looked up as Inu yasha entered the classroom looking ruffled. He yawned and went to the back of the room to sit down. She silently smiled to herself and looked back up at the front of the classroom as the teacher came in.

Class was boring as usual and ended quickly. Kagome stood up and gathered her belongings to pack up. Walking out of the door, Sango grabbed her quickly to meet with a group of kids. "Uh, what's going on?"

Sango smiled at her and said, "Let's set a time for the trip to my cabin for winter break."

Kagome looked around the group and saw familiar faces including Inu yasha, Kikyo, and Miroku. "Okay, so let's leave a day after winter break starts and leave after Christmas. Does that sound alright?" Sango said.

People nodded yes and began a discussion on what to bring. "By the way," Sango added, "Bring warm clothes. They say it's going to snow."

"Please, can I go?" Kagome asked her mom.

Ms. Higurashi began washing the vegetables for tonight's dinner and sighed. "Honestly, Kagome, I don't see why you need to go. I need help around the house you know."

"But I—'

"You will stay home for winter break and help me clean up the house. It hasn't sparkled in such a long time. That's my final decision," Ms. Higurashi interrupted sternly. She went back cleaning the food and ignored Kagome.

Kagome didn't push any further. If that's what her mom said, then it was really her final decision. There wasn't anything that could change her mind. Kagome frowned and quietly went up her stairs to start homework. The house looked perfectly clean to Kagome. She was ordered to clean it everyday.

Opening the door to her room, she silently walked in and plopped onto her bed. There was only two more days until winter break and Kagome couldn't go anywhere with her friends. To her surprise, someone knocked on her door. "Come in."

"Hey," Kikyo smiled gently at Kagome as she came inside the room. She slowly walked towards Kagome's bed and sat on it. "So, what do you think of Sango's little trip? You interested?"

Kagome shrugged, "I don't know. It sounds fun."

Kikyo nodded, "Yeah, so are you going? I'm sure you'll have a great time there."

"Mom won't let me."

"What? Why not?" Kikyo asked confused. She saw Kagome shrug slightly and turned away. "Want me to go talk to her?"

Kagome shrugged again. "I don't want her to think I was complaining to you. If she says that I can't go…then I guess I won't be going. It's not a big deal."

Kikyo smiled, "You deserve to go. I'm going to go talk to her right now." She got up from the bed and walked out of the room leaving Kagome staring after her. Kagome sighed and pulled open a drawer from her desk and retrieved a newspaper article. On there was a competition for a non-fiction or fiction story, the same one they were assigned to do in language arts.

She took out a pencil and a notepad and stared at it blankly. She bit on her lips and tapped her pencil against the desk. Smiling, she began writing her story.

Downstairs, Kikyo sat on the couch waiting for her mom to finish up with whatever she was busy doing. Finally, Ms. Higurashi excused herself from her work and sat down next to Kikyo. "What is it?" She asked smiling at her daughter.

"There's this friend who invited me to go to her family's cabin for winter break and I was wondering if I could—"

"Of course, of course. Do whatever you please to do during the break. It's your free time." Ms. Higurashi said without thinking. She smoothed out her dress and began to stand up.

Kikyo grabbed her mother's arms and quickly said, "Wait. Kagome was invited also."

"And?"

"And I was wondering if she could come along with the group."

Ms. Higurashi sighed, "I've had this conversation with Kagome earlier. I won't let her go, Kikyo. There's just too much to do around the house. Please understand my decision."

"But Kagome rarely gets to go anywhere during the breaks. Besides, I'll help out with some chores before we leave for the trip. Just let Kagome go this time. I hate how Kagome is too bundled up with housework and doesn't have time with any friends." Kikyo explained. She looked up at her mom pleadingly.

Her mom closed her eyes for a moment and opened them before saying, "Alright. She can go."

Kikyo grinned at her mom and gave her a hug, "Thank you!"

"But I'm not doing this because Kagome wants to, but because you care for your sister too much and I don't want you to blame me if Kagome complains to you again. I don't see why Kagome deserves to go." Ms. Higurashi got up from the couch and exited from the living room and into the kitchen again.

Kikyo beamed, happy that she got her mom to finally gave in and let her sister go on the trip. She hurried up the stairs to get to Kagome's room so she could announce the great news.

Kagome stepped out of her room and saw Kikyo walking towards her. "You're going to Sango's cabin!"

"Really?" Kagome asked softly. Inside she was smiling with joy.

"I finally convinced her to let you go." It was never a problem for Kikyo to convince Ms. Higurashi. She always let Kikyo have it her way.

"Thank you."

Kagome hiked up the snowy mountains behind the large group and inhaled the fresh crisp air. Snow crunched under her shoes when arriving at the cabin and heard a voice shout out, "There's the cabin! I see it!"

Everyone started running towards the cabin, excited to explore it and to claim his or her room, but Kagome stayed behind. She slowly went in the cabin and found a small room unoccupied. She started unpacking when she heard a knock on the door. "Kagome! Hurry up and come outside. We're going to go play in the snow. You can unpack later."

Kagome ignored the suggestion and continued to unpack. Who would want her to join them? Finally removing all the clothing she had, she stood up and walked out of the cabin. People where throwing snowballs at each other and building a huge wall of snow. She stood there looking at the cheerful faces around her and sighed. Slowly, she began walking back towards the cabin when a snowball hit her.

She gasped when the cold ice touched her skin. She turned around to see who hit it and saw Inu yasha grinning at her like a little boy. Kagome wiped the snow off of her jacket and shivered. She was about to ignore him when another snowball hit her. Kagome squealed and turned to Inu yasha to glare, but he threw a snowball right in her face.

Inu yasha laughed out loud and gathered more snow to make another ball. Smiling, Kagome bent down to make her own and quickly threw it at Inu yasha's direction, hitting him on the back. He yelped in surprise and picked up the snowballs he made. "You're going to get it." He began tossing the snow at Kagome missing her couple of times. She laughed gleefully then slipped clumsily down onto the white sheet of snow.

She heard Inu yasha chuckling as he came closer to her and stuffed handfuls of snow down Kagome's jacket, followed by a fistful of snow in her face.

Kagome squirmed as he tossed another heap of snow at her face. "This stuff is cold you know!" She grabbed a handful of it and threw it at Inu yasha.

The boy chuckled and plopped onto the snow in defeat. "That was fun. Sit down with me."

"My butt's going to get wet," Kagome said grinning at him. Inu yasha laughed and shrugged.

He started making snow angels on the ground and turned to Kagome, "Sure you don't want to make snow angels with me?"

"I thought you were a guy," Kagome teased. She sat down next to Inu yasha and dusted off the snow on her clothes. He grinned at her and Kagome returned the smile.

"You know," Inu yasha said slowly, "You should smile more often. You look pretty when you smile."

Kagome quickly stopped smiling and turned red in embarrassment. "T-Thank you."

Near them, a black car pulled up in the snow and heads turned to see whom the guest was. "Kagura!" Sango shouted out happily as she ran up to a girl with short black hair that was tied up. Kagome have never seen her before. She was about to turn away when a young handsome man came out of the back seat. Her gaze went to Kikyo and saw her stiffen.

"Who's that?" Inu yasha asked pointing to the two new comers.

Sango came back to the group as the two new guests followed after her. "I don't think many of you know these two people yet. This is Kagura and this is her cousin Naraku."

"Hey, guys," Kagura said smiling at the group. Naraku nodded at them instead. His eyes wandered around the people and fell onto Kikyo. Kagome didn't know what was going on between them two, but she knew that Inu yasha had caught them staring at each other. He turned to Kagome questionably and Kagome just shrugged.

"Anyways," Sango continued, "They're going to stay at the cabin with us too. They couldn't come as a group so I didn't really tell you guys about them." Everyone nodded and greeted them cheerfully. "By the way," She added, "I'm going to make lunch right now and I'll call you guys in when it's done."

"I'll help you, Sango," Kagome said walking beside her friend.

Sango shook her head and declined, "No, it's alright. You go have fun. Besides, I don't really need that much help with lunch."

Kagome nodded and watched her friend jog inside the cabin. She searched for Inu yasha and caught him staring at Kikyo and Naraku. Jealousy shot through her when she saw this. Feeling guilty, she tried shaking off the odd feeling. Inu yasha frowned and turned walked towards Kagome's direction.

"So! You like it here so far?" Inu yasha asked Kagome as he stuffed his gloved hands inside his jacket pocket.

She nodded smiling at him. "I've never had this much fun in years. I'm glad my mom let me come. It's been a long time since I've played in the snow like this. It's great."

"I'm glad you're having fun."

Kagome could tell that Inu yasha wasn't in the mood of having this conversation anymore. His mind was on Kikyo and Naraku. "Hey, uh, I'm going in the cabin to help Sango." Inu yasha nodded as Kagome excused her self. Inside the cabin, Kagome entered the small kitchen to find Sango making tiny hand sandwiches. "Sure you don't need help?"

Sango turned around and greeted Kagome, "Thanks for the offer before. If you still want to go out then you don't need to help me, but I would appreciate it."

"So what should I do?"

"Can you help me make hot chocolate for everyone? There are marshmallows in the cabinet."

Soon, everyone began pilling into the small living room as Sango and Kagome brought out lunch for them. The guys brought in wood from the nearby forest and put it into the fireplace to start a fire. Everyone cuddled closely to get warm by the fire. Kikyo and Inu yasha were bundled together in a blanket talking to each other. Kagome found an empty space in the corner near the fireplace and sat down. She giggled when she saw Sango slapping Mirkou's traveling hand. She really was glad to be away from the house.

A/N: Finally finished this chapter! Sorry for the long update, hope you enjoyed it.