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A/N: Okay, I'm speaking the truth here when I say that I have completely given up hope on this story. I just hate looking at it and hate being reminded of my past. But I will not stop writing this until it is over and I am completely satisfied with the ending! I would never abandon my loyal readers (whether some review or not). I'm going to put as much into this story as I possibly can. Also, you might notice a huge changed in my writing then from when I began this story. I guess that's to be expected because the way I write shifts and fits my current mood. It's hard to explain.

Now that that's done and over with…

That night Miroku and I were watching a scary movie marathon and pigging out on rocky road ice cream.

"Kags?"

"Yeah?" I had a mouthful of marshmellowy goodness and my reply sounded more like 'ah?'

"How do you know Inuyasha?"

I mentally sighed and set down my tub of rocky road. "It's a long story Roku."

"We've got time. The sugar will kick in, in about an hour and we'll never sleep."

"Fine. I met him through Kikyou-" I started but was interrupted when Miroku gagged. "Yeah I know. Anyway, we went to a concert together and she brought Inuyasha. They were dating at the time."

"No way!" He chocked on some ice cream.

"What?" I looked at him with a bewildered expression.

"Yash and Kikyou?" He said it as if it were the last thing on Earth he would have expected hearing.

"Yup."

"That's sick, really. You know, I almost introduced you two." He said concentrating on getting more ice cream on the spoon then what would normally fit.

"Huh?"

"You and Yash. Remember that time I invited you to hang with me and some friends?" How elaborate.

"Be more specific. I've hung around you and your friends a dozen times." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Well, you were grounded and couldn't come. I was going to try to hook you and Inuyasha up. You know you two would be perfect together." He said it like if he was commenting on the weather. It made me slightly uncomfortable and a little irritated.

"Shut up. I know. There's more to the story."

The next hour I told Miroku all that had happened while I knew Inuyasha. Only pausing to stuff my face with more ice cream and to let Miroku have his little side comments.

"That's ridiculous. I should kick his ass." He stabbed the poor ice cream with his spoon and jerkily brought it to his mouth.

"What? Why?" I scrunched my face up in confusion.

"For putting you through all this hell." He said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"It's not his fault. He doesn't know I'm into him. If you're going to blame anyone, blame Kikyou." I mentally cursed just uttering that wretched name.

"I can't believe it, we are so going to fix this."

"No we aren't. If you love me you'll keep your mouth shut about this whole ordeal. I just want to forget about him." The last thing I needed were Miroku's 'wise' words to 'fix' things. And at that point I really just wanted to move on.

He eyed me skeptically before agreeing. "Fine." He said with a slight pout.

"No need to pout. Now, promise me."

"I'm not pouting and," He hesitated then gave up and sighed. "I promise."

/

The next morning I woke up before Miroku with what felt like a hangover. Hah, who would have thought? A hangover from sugar. I quietly made my way downstairs avoiding Souta hoping he may have gone over to Sango's to play with Kohaku.

The house was relatively quiet. My mother was out doing errands and would be gone for the day and there was no sign of Souta. I headed to some cabinets and grabbed some aspirin. I filled a glass with water and headed back upstairs.

"Kags?" Miroku rasped.

"No shit, who else would it be?"

"Har har. My head hurts." He sat up and rubbed his forehead with a slight pout on his face. I tossed him the bottle of aspirin and set the glass of water on my dresser. "Thanks."

"No problem." I hopped on the bed and laid back down. "So what do you want to do today?"

"I heard there was a carnival in town."

"Hm, why not?" I looked over at the clock. Five p.m. "We can head over there at seven?"

"Yeah."

/

We got to the carnival and immediately headed towards the ticket booth. I was giddy with excitement and was bouncing around while holding onto Miroku's arm.

"Jeez Kags, you act like you've never been to a carnival before." I could tell he rolled his eyes by the way he sounded.

"Shut up, you know how much I like the carnival." My voice didn't sound as menacing as I intended it to. I was too damn excited. I was sure I was wearing the hugest grin on my face. I turned around to scope out some fun rides when my mood took a turn for the worse.

Inuyasha.

And he was walking in our direction.

"Fuck me!" I stomped my foot and mentally cursed Inuyasha for ruining my fucking night.

"What's wrong" Miroku asked with a hint of concern laced in his voice. I didn't have time to answer before Inuyasha spotted Miroku.

"Miroku! Hey man how's it going?"

"Hey Yash! Pretty good. What brings you here?" They did their stupid guy handshake shit and completely ignored me. Thank god.

"Boredom, you?" He asked Miroku. I mumbled a few vulgar words because I knew what Miroku's answer would be.

"I'm here with Kagome." He nodded his head towards me and I sent him a glare. Miroku and I could talk to each other without actually talking. It's hard to explain but right now I was telling him something along the lines of 'Damn you to hell!'.

Inuyasha's face lit up. He hadn't seen me before because I was conveniently hiding behind my stupid head of a cousin. "Hey Kags!"

I grimaced and said a quiet 'Hi'.

I didn't seem to bother him that I was being intentionally distant as he continued to ask how I was. I replied with a curt 'fine' and I made sure that I didn't ask how he was. So what if I was being a total bitch. I didn't want him more inside my head then he already was.

Then Miroku did the most impeccable thing I'd ever known him to do. "Hey Yash, you should hang with us." I nearly jumped up and strangled him.

"Alright!" Yash said a little more enthusiastically then I would have liked.

I took a deep breath and mentally prepared myself for the upcoming night.

Cliffie? Hah. I'm evil I know. The next chapter will consist of the events at the carnival. Expect a little plot twist.

Oh and sorry for the shortness. I wanted to get this chapter out of the way. -shrugs- I'll make up for it.