Woohoo it's chapter 10! I've been looking back on my stories…I guess I need to update Ghost of You though I haven't been too happy with the reviews for that one. Some how, I only get three reviews now for that story so I'm not too happy about that.

But I'm loving the reviews for this one! Brain block has been an issue in this story since I totally forgot the point of it. Then I thought "what point? This is just something I want to do!" I'm not sure how to end it or what I'll do when I get to the height of this story but I'll think of a way…

And speaking of reviews…I'm getting frustrated a little. Here's the thing: I never said this was a SessxKag story…ever…ever, ever, ever, ever, ever! I have never said that. The thing is, I don't even like him that much. He just sorta popped up! If it were up to me, I'd say, "Get the hell out of my fic!" (vein pops, kicks his sissy girly ass out of the story)….ahem, I am the author though…that's it! He's gone! I still need him for one more thing then he'll go POOF! Bye bye. So yea…I'm not even sure of the pairings myself. I didn't expect to get such good reviews for the story and that's the only reason I kept writing so I don't have much of the story formed out (I have been thinking though…). Oh yeah one more thing:

PLEASE…don't tell me WHEN to update. I'm 14 and in high school, I barely get on here anymore. I'll update when I can…sorry…very sorry but that's the way it goes I guess…oh well. I get out in 2 weeks where I can flip ol' Wilson the bird and say "SCREW YOU IM OUTTA THIS HELL HOLE!" Ahem…Enjoy the chapter!


Recap of the Last Part of Chapter 9

After the three of them walked for a few seconds Kagome pulled them back. "Why did he leave so suddenly?"

Miroku and Sango exchanged looks. "He goes that way every year."

"Every year?" Kagome repeated. "How come?"

Another awkward glance exchange. "It's the way to the cemetery, Kagome." Sango said gently.

Kagome felt her shoulders sag. "…oh…"

"Yeah. A few years ago today…InuYasha's mom died."


Challenge

Chapter 10


Kagome walked awkwardly into the cemetery and followed her friend's tracks. Friend…that was an awkward comparison to her and InuYasha's relationship. Were they friends? She wasn't so sure of it herself. Ever since the whole Koga experience they hadn't really said anything to each other. Of course there was the whole thing at New Years but…oh well. She decided not to think about it.

Kagome stopped dead by a grave when she saw InuYasha standing in front of another one with his hands in his pockets. Kagome put her hand on a tombstone to balance herself—or she tried. The tombstone was father away than she had calculated and she put her full wait on air and fell to the ground. "Oooww…jeeze."

InuYasha turned around and jumped a little to see Kagome sitting there. Kagome blinked at him and waved. "Hey."

"Did…you follow me here?" InuYasha asked, a little confused and…well, a little creeped out.

Kagome smiled awkwardly. "Heh…well actually I did." She stood up brushing herself off and looked up to see his confused expression hadn't changed. "I-I'm sorry, you probably want to be by yourself, don't you?"

InuYasha shrugged then turned back to the grave. "Like I give a damn what you do."

Kagome thought about crossing the whole friend thing off her list. Without thinking, Kagome said "You could!"

Silence. Kagome slapped herself mentally. "I uh…what I mean is I…"

"Forget it." InuYasha snapped. "And like I said, I don't care."

Kagome felt her shoulders sag. Then her pride reared its ugly face and growled. Or rather Kagome growled. "Hey! You could at least fake being nice!" Again, as soon as she said it, she'd wished she could slap herself again.

InuYasha turned around with an unreadable look on his face. Kagome froze. All she could focus on now was that his brown eyes were on hers. He snapped, "what! What are you here for!"

Kagome looked down at the ground. She didn't even know the answer to that question. And it had started to get cloudy and foggy around the area. Kami she was going to be late getting home. She hadn't even thought about the trouble she'd be in if she had gone off and left Souta home alone for two hours. "I guess…" her eyes left the ground. "I'm here for…you."

InuYasha blinked. Here for…me—what! He shook his head. "What the hell does that mean?" he stressed. Kagome sighed a little. "I don't know."

InuYasha rubbed his forehead. This girl's killing me…

Kagome was looking back down at the ground. She looked up and InuYasha grabbed her wrist, dragging her out of the cemetery. "C'mon!" he barked. "We're leaving."

"Hey!" Kagome protested, almost tripping, and stumbled all the way to the street. "Where're we going?" she demanded.

"Just walk." InuYasha snapped letting go of her arm. Kagome, alarmed, obeyed and her steps fell into sync with his.

Feeling her pride bubble up again, she rubbed her wrist. "You didn't have to drag me out of there like a doll."

InuYasha looked at her from the corner of his eye. "But I did, doll" he mocked.

Kagome felt her face flush with anger. "You are so…GR!"

"Now that, I haven't heard before." He mocked again. Kagome made a face.

After a few minutes she could see the tip of the Kami Tree peeking from the roof tops of houses they passed. "Hey, my house is close." She murmured.

"I know." InuYasha answered. Kagome blinked again. "Y-you did?"

He nodded. "Yep." Kagome was at a loss for words. She did pass her own house on New Years with Miroku to get to the apartment. While she was mulling this over, they'd reached her house. "Huh. Well, thanks I…think."

InuYasha shrugged. "I just dragged you out of the cemetray. You chose to keep walking."

Kagome got a sour look on his face and sent InuYasha walking to his home. "See you at school then." Kagome said in monotone, not really expecting much.

Without looking back, InuYasha said over his shoulder, "Yeah. Later."


The next day, Kagome and Sango were back in the library. This had turned into a weekly ritual for the two girls. "So what happened after you left yesterday?" Sango asked, not looked up from her history book.

Kagome was flipping through her own history book. "I think I made him mad. He asked me what was I doing there and the only explanation I could think of was to be there for him."

Sango slammed her book shut and leaned over the table. "You said that!" she squealed. Kagome scooted back in her chair. "Well yeah."

"And then what!" Sango demanded, grinning like a lunatic in an abandoned mental home and hadn't had their medicine in weeks.

"He thought I was crazy. Why does it matter?" Kagome said, carefully watching what she said as to not excite Sango even more. Sango fell back in her chair. "That's it…? Hm." She peered sadly down at her book.

Kagome searched through the memories of yesterday. "Uh…we walked to my house after that but then that was it."

Sango got all sparkly and excited again. "He walked you home!" she asked.

"Actually, I think his exact words was, he dragged me out of the cemetery but I chose to keep on walking." Kagome nodded. "Yeah, that's all."

Sango grinned almost evilly. "It doesn't matter what he said, Kagome. Most guys don't admit to that anyway."

Kagome looked up at her friend, confused. "So…?"

Sango tapped her pencil against her forehead. "So the point is, Kagome: he walked you home."


DONE! Not a very long chapter but at least I was able to speed things up, eh? REVIEWS PLEASE!