A/n: Sorry for the Wait. Shit like this DOES indeed happen, so all I ask is that you bear with me on this okay? I really do like this story, next to 'The Savage Missionary' so continue all the good reviews.

Chapter Five….

So destiny had brought me to my guardian angel. Of course, as with all things, you don't appreciate them until their gone. Inuyasha was one of my few regrets in life…and its saying a lot because I don't have many. If given the chance to start all over again, I would have taken the option of boarding school. All the pain I caused was just a reflection of what my heart was feeling and I weren't satisfied…until everyone's world was as dark and complexed as mine…

Kagome felt weak from exhaustion. She must have slept a good hour. Considering how she had been up half the night because of bad dreams, an hour was remarkable. Memories of her mother flooded her mind, and it gave her terrible migraines.

When she would scream in agony, Inuyasha would ask how could he help, and Kagome's response was always the same. "BY DROPPING DEAD!" She hadn't meant to be so agile, but the medicine was giving her hallucinations…mostly about her mother.

Every memory…from the day they moved out their house, to the sound of the gun shot, ran continuously in her mind. It happened for a good hour and then her body would be completely drained.

She didn't eat, or talk. Just sat. Sango was irritated with her spasms and had begged Inuyasha to kick her out on the street. "After all, that's where street rats belong." She would commonly sneer.

Kagome was hopeless. Why Inuyasha was a glutton for punishment, she didn't know, but she sure was going to give him his money's worth.

Sitting at the window, she watched the sun set again, seeing the moon rise in the sky. It hadn't been two weeks since she was here. In the mornings, she would watch the sun rise. In the afternoon, she had her attacks, then her depression sunk in and she passed out, waking up just enough to see the sun set.

The cocaine was leaving her body, and every bone seemed fragile. The door slammed, and she knew it was Sango. Sango always made sure her presence was known to the "intruder" as she would call it. Kagome didn't acknowledge her. The less that came out of that girl's mouth, the better.

Inuyasha came out of his room, bare chest, with a towel around his neck in baggy pants and boxers. He had the body of a demy-god, and a heart of pure gold underneath. She still hadn't grown accustomed to seeing his superior physique.

"Hey, I'm going out for a while. Is there anything I can get you?" He asked. Watching her lifeless face out the window, he noticed the pallor on it, a single tear sliding down her cheek.

Inuyasha walked around, making her turn to meet his face. "Kagome…" Kagome looked him square in the eyes. What could he possibly have to say to her? "Why don't you come out with me?"

Kagome looked out at the snow flakes falling. Winter used to be her favorite season. Now, looking out the window with her eyes finally open, she saw that it was a dead season. The flowers died off, the trees loss leaves, the sun didn't shine as often. It was murky and bitter, like her soul.

"No." Was all she said. Inuyasha let out a breath. He had been trying to reach her since day one. From the moment she said "Don't judge me" he vowed he wouldn't. After all, she couldn't have been any older than 16 or 17 and a full life ahead of her.

He hated to see people kicked when their down. That's one of the reasons why he brought her here. The other…he couldn't explain because he didn't fully understand it himself.

" I just want to help. You've been through some shit and…" "Don't sympathize for me. People spend their entire lives being someone that other people will accept. I haven't been through some shit. I've been through it all and back. So the next time you want to connect with me, don't." She spat coldly, cutting him off.

Inuyasha licked his fangs, sucking on his teeth. "Fine." He wasn't going to give her or Sango the satisfaction of pissing him off. There was something she was hiding and he had to find out what it was.

Walking to the door, he saw Kagome out the corner of his eye, longing to reconnect. No, he wouldn't judge her, and he also wouldn't give up.

I don't know where he went that day, but he didn't come back till midnight. Smelling of cherries, I assumed he went to see his girlfriend Kikyou. Awe Kikyou. The perfect man's daughter. She was rich, spoiled, and ignorantly smart. Meaning, she had a lot of etiquette classes and not much else.

I remember the first time Inuyasha brought her to see me. It was like hell. She stood there in her expensive college sweater and fashionable boots, looking down on me like she just knew I was meant to be a low life. She wouldn't have believed me if I told her who my father was, or how I used to live or even my real last name. So what did it matter?

It didn't matter. But…no one else had to know that.

Kagome sat looking out the window like she had continued to do. The sun was just getting good into the sky and she could tell it was only eleven. She listened to Inuyasha's pet make mumbling noises.

Assumably about her. No mind. People had been talking for years, so by all means; the girl was free to talk. Seeing the snow fall, she gave a small smile, wondering how people could hate such a season. How she could have hated such a season. Winter made everything disappear.

Inuyasha watched Kagome from across the room looking out the window. He saw the small smile and wondered what it would take to see a full one. There had to be more to this girl than drugs, sex and violence.

"Inuyasha, where did you find her?" Kikyou glared at the raggedy girl, clearly disgusted. Inuyasha almost didn't hear her. "Oh, um... in the back alley."

Kikyou's eyes grew big with disapproval. "Are you serious? You picked up a crack addict in the back alley? Why didn't you leave her there! For all we know her prostitute of a mother is looking for her!"

Inuyasha gave her a warning glare, missing Kagome's attention. She got up, walking silently to them, neither of them noticing her till she was right in Kikyou's face. Inuyasha didn't know what to do. She NEVER left the window.

Kagome opened her mouth. "Do you like your nose job?" She said to Kikyou.

It was so low, no one heard her. Not even Inuyasha, but he knew she asked a question. Kikyou looked her up and down, giving a scowl. "What did you say!"

Kagome spoke a little louder this time, gritting her teeth. "I said, do you like your nose job?" "What nose job?" Kikyou replied, thinking she was about to receive a compliment. That's all it took. Kagome's fist came crashing into Kikyou's nose, making her bleed.

Kikyou flew back against the wall, falling to the floor with a loud cry. Inuyasha reached down to help her up. 'Oh shit!' Glaring back at Kagome, he watched her looked down on both of them, seeing the pathetic girl try to regain her composure.

Not caring to watch, she went back and sat by the window. Yes the songs were true. It was the most wonderful time of the year.

Inuyasha guided Kikyou out to her car. Kikyou was ranting the entire time. "I want that bitch out of your apartment! NOW!" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. Kikyou sighed. "Inuyasha you aren't seriously going to choose that trash can over me are you?"

"Kikyou it's nothing like that and you know it." Inuyasha reasoned. Any boyfriend could see that she was right. But then again, he wasn't most boys. As long as she knew that he was being faithful, that's all it took.

"Fine! Have the whore!" She snatched her hand away from him, got in her car and drove off. Inuyasha growled, knowing he'd have to hear from her father first thing tomorrow. Now he wanted to punch someone.

Running back up to his apartment, he slammed the door. "Did you have to punch her!" he yelled. Kagome jumped at hearing his voice get strangely demonic. Her father used to yell at her like that.

Thinking of him, she shut her eyes, saying a silent prayer to erase him from her memory. She didn't have much time before Inuyasha snatched her up to her feet, forcing her to return his gaze. "I'm sick of this shit! First your insults to someone who's trying to help you, then you become catatonic, now you're throwing punches!"

Inuyasha wanted to throw her into a wall. She was more difficult to brake then a brick wall. "SPEAK!" he commanded, finally losing his patience. Kagome fixed her mouth to say something, anything, but she couldn't.

Shoving her back to the window seal, he stormed past her, into his room, slamming the door. It was silent the rest of the day. Kagome watched the sun go down, and it was like watching time itself stop. If Inuyasha was giving up on her, it was only a matter of time before she was back on the streets. Back to poverty. Back to looking into Death's laughing eyes and not understanding the joke.

That night, I was, for the first time, in a talking mood. The snow fell delicately, and I was tempted to talk to each one. Funny how love works. At the time, I didn't know it, or want to. Looking back on it, I willingly admit that I had fallen in love with Inuyasha that day and have been ever since. I was slowly but surely becoming increasingly envious of the one thing I wanted, but didn't deserve. And if anyone has ever been to that point, you know what happens. Everything around is out to make you beg, break down, fall apart. The test was my aspiration. The exam….well if you can call it an examination….was my life.

It must have been the crack. Because when he finally came out of his room, I had done the thing I had been dreading for years. I opened up.

Kagome watched the midnight sky, completely fascinated by its obscurity. Her breath froze and her heart paused as the door to Inuyasha's room opened. She could tell the difference because his door squeaked. He walked out into the foyer, not bothering to glance at her. She watched through the windows.

He made himself some tea, not offering her any like he usually did. When he was done, he turned off everything in the kitchen like it was before, and headed towards his room. Kagome sighed. "She's dead…" she spoke up quietly.

Inuyasha paused mid-stride. He made a U turn, facing Kagome's small form that continued to stare blankly out at the Tokyo City lights. "Who?" he finally asked. Kagome was silent for a moment, and he thought she wasn't going to answer his question.

"My mother." She answered. Inuyasha nodded, understanding. When Kikyou insulted Kagome's mother, it triggered a huge nerve. 'I wonder what happened to her.' He thought. Instead of going back to his room, he came back, sitting with her by the window.

"What happened to her?" Inuyasha asked her through the window. Kagome eyed him in the reflection. "….it was her time." She spoke, and left it at that. Inuyasha accepted that answer, knowing he wasn't going to get that much out of her tonight anyway.

They sat that way until dawn. Inuyasha watched Kagome fall asleep, noticing she had a quiet beauty about her. The cocaine had done something to her once outstanding features, he could tell. Pulling a strand out of the fairytale's face, he sighed. She used to be a beauty… 'Once Upon a Time...'