She was back in the future before lunch time. Nobody was home so she didn't have anything to do. As if the universe heard her the phone rang.

"What's a phone?" Kouga asked.

"A device which lets you talk to people who are far away. Now I need you to not interrupt me from here on. This part coming up... Is what is going to break me. After I say it out loud it will be real." Kagome said. This was it.

"Higurashi shrine." Kagome said as she picked up the phone.

"Hey, Kagome. We are all going to eri's birthday party. It's across tokyo at that event center. Gonna come?" Hojo replied.

"Who's Hojo?" Kouga wondered.

"Kouga, no interruptions." Kagome snapped.

"Sorry." Kouga apologized.

"Sure Hojo. It'll be good to get out. I'll take a taxi and meet you guys there." Kagome replied.

"Ok. Eri's parents are in custody battle so its going to be fancy. Dress up." Hojo said.

"Ok. See ya there." Kagome hung up the phone and went to get ready.

She didn't have much in the way of fancy but she had one that she really loved. She didn't have many chances to wear it. It was a sleeveless red dress with a heart neckline. It hugged her waist and hips before coming down smoothly to her feet. It had a slit up the left side until it reached mid thigh. She wore black high heels with it and red lipstick. Just a little blush. She was perfect.

Kouga groaned as he shifted position, to a one that hid his groin.

"No interrupting, Kouga." Kagome reminded him again.

"I'm sorry. It's just the thought of you in such an outfit. That Hojo is a lucky guy to have seen it." Kouga growled with lust and anger.

"He never saw me. I never made it there." Kagome sighed. She eyed him, daring him to continue interrupting. When he nodded his silent promise not to she continued.

Kagome was in a taxi on her way there. She asked the driver to pull over at a small shop. She said she'd be right back. Knowing the meter was running. She ran in and quickly picked out a fun birthday present for eri. Then she ran back to the taxi.

They continued on to the event center. They were at the front at that red light. When it turned green they were continuing. That came to a sudden stop with a crash. An idiot ran the red light and hit them. Kagome was lucky to be wearing her seat belt.

She could walk away with only a scratch on her arm from the broken glass. However rules were rules and the taxi driver had to make sure she got checked up so she wouldn't later sue.

Kagome was in the waiting room waiting on the X-ray results when a new doctor walked up to her.

"Miss Higurashi? I'm doctor Sakasaki. We noticed something strange in your X-ray and we need to run a couple tests. Normally you'd need an appointment but we have time and availability now so if you'd follow me." The man led Kagome to a strange room.

Why the doctor took more pictures with another machine, or why he took a sample with a huge needle she didn't know. It was strange and scary.

Finally the doctor called her into his office. The results didn't seem to sink in. She somehow convinced the doctor to not tell her mom, but he'd call her tomorrow. Kagome was to tell her mom when she got back.

Kagome didn't remember walking home. She didn't remember going to bed right then. But she woke up in her bed few hours til sunrise. She got showered, dressed and packed. She couldn't face her mom. She wrote a note telling her goodbye. She walked to the well she never looked back. But the sun has risen. Soon her mom would know.

"You know from there." Kagome said, trying to finish.

"What did the doctor tell you?" Kouga questioned. Kagome took a deep, unsteady breath.

"I'm sick. I have cancer. I'm going to die in less than a year." Kagome had tears in the corner of her eyes. She refused to let them fall. She would be damned if she cried in self pity.

Kouga's breath was uneven. Kagome was dying? His angel was going to... No. He refused to let her.

"It hurts telling you of all people this." Kagome said, tears threating more.

"Why is hard to tell me?" Kouga didn't understand.

"Because the dream, the man on the street, the person I love is you, Kouga. I learned I'm in love with you right before I learned it'd be unfair to do so." She couldn't hold back the tears now. "I love you, Kouga. But I'm dying. I can't be with you. I'm so scared. What do I do?"

Lips crashed into hers stopping her sobs as she kissed him back. It was the most painful bliss she felt. She longed to stay there in his arms kissing him forever.