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Instantly guilt shot through Kagome. "I just broke probably the only picture he has of her"
"Kagome?" She heard a gruff voice and gasped.
'Oh no.'


Kagome clutched the picture frame to her chest. 'Shit now I'm going to get fired on my first day great job, Kagome!' She inwardly argued with herself. She pursed her lips, stood up and turned around. Instantly a stream of apologies spilled out of her mouth, "I-Inuyasha! I'm so sorry, I really am, I was just moving your papers and it fell out of the pile, I honestly didn't mean to, god, I'm so damn clumsy, p-please, ill buy you a new frame I-" Inuyasha walked up to her and put his fingers to her lips. Kagome's eyes widened.
"Shut up woman." Inuyasha said gravely. Kagome winced. She'd rather have him yell at her, infuriated, than have him act as calm as he was acting. He sighed and sat on his bed, running a hand through his hair. Kagome shifted on her feet awkwardly. She didn't really know if he was mad at her or not. She held the picture frame with a death grip. Finally, Inuyasha spoke:
"Look, it's just a picture frame, don't freak. There's a reason why it was hidden away under bills." He paused. "What the hell where you doing in here anyways?" he said finally looking up to face her. "I-I was just cleaning, I mean I had cleaned all the other rooms, this was the only room left…" Inuyasha patted on the spot next to him on the bed, motioning her to come sit. Kagome walked over and sat down.
"Inuyasha, what exactly happened? Shippou told me some "bad men" came to take her"
"Kikyou was murdered by two sleaze balls. They broke into the house while I was out at the grocery store running errands for her. I came home and she was gone. There was a note left behind, saying that they had taken her." Inuyasha stopped. Kagome stared at Inuyasha intently, willing him with her eyes to go on. His hands balled into fists and he shook his head.
"I could've saved her. It was all my fault. It's my fault that I'm alone right now. It's my fault that my kid grew up without a mother. Its my fault that my kid barely even sees his dad anymore. Everything, its because of me. I fucked up kagome!" He looked at her and she felt a twinge in her heart. He was piercing her with his beautiful eyes. Kagome shook her head firmly.
"If it was murder," she said slowly, "Then I'm sure there was nothing you could do Inuyasha, its not your fault at all, it was those bastards! Okay? So stop blaming yourself, there was nothing you could've done. And as for Shippou, as far as I can tell he's and extremely bright and funny kid, you've done a great job as a dad so far. I'm sure once he grows up he'll understand why you weren't as home as much as he wanted you to be"
Inuyasha chuckled, as if mocking himself. 'If only you knew, Kagome. If you knew what happened, you would be disgusted.' He looked up at her once more.
"You look so much like her, its amazing. Its almost as if, as if im with her somehow, sitting here with you. Kagome stared at her, hurt flashing through her eyes for a split second. Inuyasha realized what he said and stood up, wishing he could take it all back. He barely knew this girl and already he was telling her about his dead wife. Besides, he had seen the look in her eyes when he said those words. 'I can be such an idiot'
Kagome looked down as he stood up, staring down at the picture of Kikyou. 'He still loves her, even more than before, if that's possible. 'She inwardly hit herself. 'I can't believe I even thought for a moment that he would ever like me…no, I won't even think it.' She reprimanded herself firmly. When she looked up to apologize once more, Inuyasha was gone. She walked out to the living room where Shippou had dozed off, and found Inuyasha saying goodbye to Shippou, giving him a peck on the forehead. Grabbing his coat, he walked out of the house. Walking back into his room, she gently placed the picture on his dresser and quietly finished cleaning up his room.
+ Kagome yawned and plopped down on the couch, exhausted. She had taken Shippou out to the park once he had woken up from his nap, and had lunch at a small burger joint. (She refused to ever step foot in Wacdonalds again…) One they got home, they were both puckered out. Kagome slipped Shippou's favorite movie, "The Lion King" in and sat back to watch it along with him. After Simba had sung the "Can't Wait to Be King song," Kagome glanced at the clock and frowned. It was now 10 o clock and Inuyasha still wasn't home. 'Maybe there's traffic,' she thought to herself. But he had said he got from work at 7. He didn't live too far from the construction site, so where could he be? She bit her lip worriedly. She was brought back to earth when she felt Shippou tugging at her shirt.
"Kagome I'm hungry!" Kagome stared at him.
"You're hungry? You just ate a burger and fries! With a large coke I might add!" She thought for a moment and then smiled.
"You want some ice cream?" Shippou bounced up and down "Yeah yeah!" She laughed and pressed pause on the ps2 remote. She took Shippou's hand and led him to the kitchen. 30 minutes later, Empty bowls of ice cream were on the floor and a very full six year old was fast asleep on the couch. Kagome yawned and picked him up gently, tucking him into his bed in his own room. She whispered goodnight and closed the door, making her way back to the couch. She turned on regular TV, flipping through the channels. Soon she found her eyelids extremely heavy, and she decided to take a little nap, exhausted from cleaning and keeping up with a hyper child all day.
"Kagome!" Kagome shot up from the couch to find her old boyfriend, Hojo in front of her face. She gasped and smiled a warm smile. He gently put his hands on her face and gave her a small kiss. Kagome felt happiness radiate through her body, but then, suddenly pain. She gasped as she looked down at the source of her pain. There were tiny slits on her wrist. Suddenly Hojo started yelling at her.
"You worthless piece of shit, you think I can be seen with you? You're a fucking cutter! How am I supposed to show you off to my friends? Oh, here's my girlfriend the freak! I can't hold her hand because she might give me some disease, form cutting all the time!" Tears welled up in Kagome's eyes, thoughts racing through her head a mile a minute. She finally let them spill freely as she heard the only person she ever loved insult her continuously. Hojo disappeared and she was alone, alone again.
Kagome shot up on the couch, breathing heavily, "Just a dream, just another dream she muttered"
"Hey are you okay? I figured you were dreaming but it sounded pretty intense. You were twitching and everything." Inuyasha chuckled, taking a sip of coke. Kagome stared at him and swallowed hard. Avoiding the question, she asked "When did you get home"
"Almost twenty minutes ago, when I got here both you and Shippou were passed out so let you sleep. Sorry I was late" He added. Kagome looked at the clock 1:18. She yawned and moved down to the floor where he was sitting, watching TV.
"Where were you? I was starting to get worried, but that was at 10"
"You were worried?" He looked at her and then chuckled.
"What!" Kagome said exasperated.
"Nothing, I just haven't had someone worry over me in a while," he mused.
Kagome smiled and snatched the coke out of his hand to take a sip.
"Yeah, well, I'm your nanny now so get used to it she winked"
"H-hey! That's definitely mine!" Inuyasha frowned.
"Aw come on, I clean the whole house and I work my butt off and this is the thanks I get?" Inuyasha smiled at her, watching as she laughed heartily at a joke come guy said on the TV. Every time she laughed, hell every time she smiled at him gave him a jolt in his stomach. 'What the hell am I thinking? I swore to myself after Kikyou died id never let myself get close to anyone again.' But he just couldn't help it, she was beautiful. He tuned into the TV and together they laughed at yet another joke.
'Somehow, this feels right,' he concluded.


Ohhhh! What happened in Kagome's dark, mysterious past with her boyfriend, and just what was Inuyasha out doing so late? Well you'll find out in the next chapter! Please guys, I really need you to review. It would mean so much to me if you would tell me how you feel about these chapters! So PLEASE! REVIEW!