Disclaimer-Never have and never will own Inuyasha.

Chapter 11 (Freedom)

She sat thinking to herself. "When was the last time I felt like this?". She couldn't remember. It had been a long time or maybe she had never felt like this before at all. She wasn't sure. Kagome sat in the parking lot of the clinic for a long time. It was nice to know that she didn't have to deal with Kikyo anymore. No more commands, and no more put downs. Kikyo could no long threaten to fire her. Kagome felt like a weight had been lifted off of her. Not having to go back to that place was one of the best things that could have ever happened to her. Although she would miss Ayame...and Inuyasha of course..she was glad to never have to see that place again.

"Are you ok?" Sota said as he got into the car. He had noticed the elate look on Kagome's face.

"Fine...no-really great actually"she said locking the doors.

"Whats got you in such a good mood" Sota said looking at his sister, whom he had not seen in a good mood for a long time.

"I quit..haha"she said with a giggle.

"You quit?..."Sota said puzzled. "Isn't that bad?"he added.

"Yea...its really bad"She said pulling off out of the school parking lot.

"Then-I-I don't get it...why is this funny?"Sota said thinking his sister had finally cracked under the pressures of her responsibilities. Sota waited on an answer but Kagome couldn't really give him. He wouldn't understand.

"Uh Kagome...are you sure everything is ok?"he said convinced now that something was wrong.

"Everything is fine...Don't worry Sota...things couldn't get any better"She said.

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Inuyasha sat staring at his phone for a long time. He was nervous...but he didn't understand why. Would this phone call make Kagomes situation better or worse? If it made her situation worse he would never forgive himself. He felt like he was some kind of puppeteer munipulating the situation to favor himself. Was it a little selfish to move people around like pawns? Inuyasha was knocked out of his thoughts at the sound of his phone ringing.

"Hello" He said in a daze.

"Hey Man!!" a voice said on the other end. "Hey did I wake you up or something?...I thought you would be happy to hear from me" The voice said again.

"Sorry about that Miroku...I just have a lot on my mind" Inuyasha said trying to sound a little happier to be talking to him.

"...A lot on your plate huh?...that can only mean one thing...there is a girl involved" Miroku said with a smirk.

"haha...Yea something like that" Inuyasha said.

"Funny were talking about girls...I had to tell you about this girl I met the other day" He said over joyed. Inuyasha already knew what he would say. "I'm going to marry her"Inuyasha thought to himself.

"I think I love her" He said. "Maybe I should marry her" He added again.

"Oh no...not this again."Inuyasha said laughing. "What about the last girl you wanted to marry...and the one before that?"Inuyasha said. He was always good for pointing out Miroku's past mistakes.

"Buts she isn't like the others" He said.

"Uh huh"Inuyasha said. "You never change man" Inuyasha added.

"I am serious this time. I want you to meet her" He said. Inuyasha sat up in his chair. Miroku had always brought his share of girls around Inuyasha. There were only two that he had actually brought by Inuyasha's place. This was serious so he decided to hear Miroku out this time.

"So whats her name?" Inuyasha said.

"Sango" Miroku said. "Inuyasha?...are you there?"Miroku said.

"Yea...sorry about that" Inuyasha said. "I just spaced out for a moment" He added. "This town is entirely to small"Inuyasha thought to himself.

"Ok I would love to meet her" He said knowing his friend wanted him to cook dinner and make him look good in front of her.

"Thanks!!...Your the Man!!" Miroku said "Well...I'm the man too" He added.

"Sure man" Inuyasha said. "But I have to go...so I'll see you tomorrow night?"

"Yea...I'll bring her with me" He said.

"Ok...bye" Miroku said.

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Inuyasha proceeded to call Sango. He was now feeling more nervous then before after talking to Miroku. He had to make this call though. Kagome couldn't be without a place to go. He would never allow her to be out on the streets.

"Hey is this Sango?" Inuyasha said.

"Yea...Inuyasha?" She said. She had just woken up. Sango was always tired from working so whatever free time she had it was spent sleeping.

"Sorry I forgot you said you were going to call" Sango said putting her feet over the edge of the bed and then standing trying to wake herself up long enough to talk.

" So whats going on with Kagome?" Sango said more alert.

"Well I don't know if she has talked to you about it yet...but she lost her job at the clinic"Inuyasha said. Sango was shocked. Kagome work so hard to keep that job and Sango knew that with out it she wouldn't be able to pay the rent for her apartment.

"Well actually she quit"Inuyasha said to break the silence.

"She did what?!?" Sango said now angry. "She quit?...why would she do that?" Sango said. She couldn't understand why Kagome would quit. She needed that job. Sango did know about Kikyo and the things she did but she didn't know that things had gotten so bad. Inuyasha told Sango about the date they had and that they had started to develop a relationship. He even went as far as to tell her that he was her tutor. He told her everything.

"Are you there?" He said after taking a deep breath.

"Yea I'm here..that's just a lot to take in" she said.

"I don't have a problem with her coming her for while...but I don't think I should say anything. I'll just wait for her to come to me" Sango said taking into consideration her pride.

"But how are you going to tell her about yourself?" Sango said posing a question to Inuyasha.

"I don't know yet...but I was hoping you could help me out with that" He said smiling on the other end of the phone.