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A/N: Chapter 21, a 'yay' is in order! Excellent, now that we're past that let me say that I hope you enjoy your read, as short as it is! Haha, please review once you've read. (sorry about the shortness)

Alexis had just finished making her shirt and was wearing it with pride. It was just a simple white t-shirt that she made into a tie-dye one and she absolutely loved it. As the group (lol I use 'as the group' A LOT but what else can I use? lol nothing) moved forward to find a rock climbing station, Kagome's mind began to constantly drift in and out of the moment. She couldn't stop thinking about her father... what he'd said. She began to shake with fear as they finally came to a decent rock climbing place.

"Anyone coming with me?" Alexis asked with excitement. Everyone decided to go and Kagome went so that she wouldn't be left alone with no one else, where she'd be vulnerable and her father might find her. As soon as Alexis reached the top she banged the bell and a loud siren went off and people down at the bottom cheered. Kagome wasn't expecting the noise and slipped. Of course she was on a harness but she scraped the side of her ankle began to bleed. She wasn't in pain but she didn't like her clumsiness.

"Ugh, I'm sorry." She said, not looking up, to the young man who'd helped her down at the bottom. He smiled at her and her clear embarrassment.

"No problem Kagome." Kagome looked up to find Kouga. She laughed at him.

"How'd you get down here so fast?" She asked him. He shrugged slightly.

"Rock climbing isn't really my thing, running is." He grinned and she smiled with a nod of her head. "Ouch," He said looking at the scrape on her ankle. Kagome began to feel the stinging of the air on her new cut and began to wince at the slight pain.

"I don't mind, it's fine." Kagome lied as the pain began to get a little more intense. It wasn't an awful cut but it did have some gravel within it so Kouga decided that she should get it cleaned.

"Kags, let's get this thing cleaned." He said and she nodded her head and Kouga began to walk away from her thinking she was following him.

"Wait Kouga, we should tell the others we're leaving." She told him. He nodded his head, understanding she didn't want any of them to worry. As everyone soon finished their climbing, they one by one saw Kagome's scrape. Inuyasha sniffed the air and jumped off the 'cliff' immediately.

"Kagome, what happened?" He asked in a worried tone. She smiled at him.

"I'm sorry, I scraped my ankle against the side of a rock. Kouga here helped me down though." She grinned as he bowed ridiculously at Inuyasha's feet. Inuyasha just rolled his eyes.

"Ha, ha, ha! Very hilarious. Let's go get that scrape cleaned Kags." Inuyasha spoke to her and she nodded her head and they walked off to the nearest first aid station at the fair. No one heard Kouga's growl of jealousy. They soon found one and walked over to it.

"Does it hurt at all?" He asked her as he placed an alcohol wipe on the bloodied scrape which covered her whole ankle. She winced slightly but shrugged at his question.

"Alcohol hurts everything," She said absent-mindedly. "I mean... it would and should hurt, ya know?" She said trying to cover her slight mistake up. Inuyasha smirked sadly as he finished placing a large band aid on her cut. Then he got up and sat next to her on the bench and stared at the setting sun. It was 8:40 and the sun had begun setting an hour ago. It seemed as if it too was waiting for Kagome to tell her secret.

"So Kagome," She looked at him, her eyes suddenly a pool of sadness.

"Hmm?" She questioned and he smiled at her then took her hand and looked back at the setting sun.

"What is it that you didn't tell us, what's your secret? Maybe telling me first will make it easier to tell the others when we get back to the hotel." He told her. Kagome snuggled up on his chest and sighed heavily.

"Inuyasha," She whispered and he looked down at the head on his chest. "What if.. What if I just don't tell you." She tried. He scoffed slightly.

"Not a chance in hell of that happening. Kagome, I saw those bruises, I can make a pretty good prediction of who and where they came from." He whispered into her ear. Kagome stared blankly ahead of her, watching all the people going by.

Happy people, pouting people, laughing people, crying people, annoying people, eating people... a wonderful person. She thought silently as she looked from children, to adults, and back to Inuyasha. She began to think back to a time when she didn't have him or the others, just a few days ago. Amazing how fast you can learn to love someone. She couldn't imagine a life without them anymore. Now she had to step up and tell them the truth. Suddenly, a man came up to the two. Kagome gasped as she saw who it was.

"Hello Kagome," Her father's voice made her sick. Inuyasha's ear twitched slightly as he heard Kagome's name spoken. "How's your evening been?" He asked her, making a show for her companion. Kagome was shaking slightly in Inuyasha's arms and he looked at her.

"You chilly Kags?" Inuyasha asked her and she looked up at him and nodded slightly. Inuyasha was alarmed by the look in her eyes. It was fright. "Um, here." He took his hoodie off and placed it over her head. He was only in a white loose t-shirt now and shivered as the chilly air hit his chest. But Kagome snuggled up to him even more, now to make him warm.

"Kagome, who is your friend?" Her father asked, trying to hide his disgust. Kagome looked at her father and tried to stare him down but failed and he smirked. Inuyasha was very confused.

"Uh, I'm... well my name is... Um, I'm Inuyasha." He finally said and her father nodded his head, not actually caring.

"So Inuyasha, I presume you've been treating my daughter with respect?" He asked and Inuyasha nodded his head firmly, realizing it was her father.

"Yes sir." He said and Kagome wanted to gag. Inuyasha was sucking up to her so called dad.

"Kagome, I'll see you at home." He said quietly then turned away from them. Kagome felt faint and held to Inuyasha for dear life and began to cry without even noticing it. Inuyasha was shocked.

"K-Kagome?" He questioned and she sobbed even harder. She wasn't even sure if her father was out of ear-shot, she just couldn't control her crying. The others spotted them on the bench and Inuyasha looked at them and held up a finger, signaling to them to stop where they were and they obeyed him.

"Kagome," He was now crouching down in front of her and holding her shoulders. "I'll be right back. Don't move, just wait here." With that Inuyasha jogged over to the others and told them how he met her father and she randomly began crying when he left them. Once he was finished with his explanation they all turned to go over to Kagome but all they found was an empty bench, somewhat wet from Kagome's tears.

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