Chapter 3: Comfort in the Arms of a Best Friend

Kagome screwed up her face as she ran toward the looming castle in the West. Sure, her parents' relationship never faltered. Kagome was heartbroken. She can't imagine living without Inuyasha. They had been friends for as long as they both knew. They were even lovers for 6 months. I guess being around a person for so long can lower another's desire to be with that person. Oh great, she was starting to sound like her parents. Her parents were always right, it's hard to imagine that they ever made a mistake. Her parents were perfect. Even their hair was always perfect. Never blowing out of place. Ok, maybe she was starting to sound a tiny bit to paranoid.

' Am I that ugly?' Kagome thought to herself. How come she can't keep a healthy relationship like her best friends, Sango and Miroku. They had arguments, sometimes even physical fights. Well, most of the time the arguing involve Miroku being perverted. But that has never come between their love life. Let alone affecting it.

Kagome had everything she wanted. But the only thing she truly want was true love. Right now, she can't even cry on her best friend's shoulder. ' To hell with the contest. They probably have so many contestants, they wouldn't notice if I showed up late.' Kagome thought as she veered a very sharp turn toward Sango's house.

Kagome arrived at her best friend's house less than a minute later. She was very fast due to her father's athletic genes.

" Is Miroku here?" Kagome asked as she leaned against the door frame, scaring Sango enough for her to jump 2 meters into the air.

" No, he isn't, why?" Sango replied breathlessly due to the scare she just had, without turning around. When Sango at last turned around after recovering from the scare. She saw Kagome's face and immediately ran to comfort her best friend. " What happened?" Sango questioned as she hugged the brokenhearted girl while stroking her long, midnight blue tresses.

" He cheated on me. Inuyasha cheated on me," Kagome informed Sango before collapsed sobbing in her friend's comforting arms.

" That bastard!" Sango exploded. " I'll rip out his eyes then make him eat it. I'll cut off his fingers and feed it to the dogs. I'll command Kilala to stomp on him until his lungs crush together and his guts explode and splat onto the nearest wall. Then I'll twist off his head with my own hands and crush his skull."(A/N: Gruesome, isn't it? No wonder she's a demon exterminator. Bet no one ever mess with her. I kinda feel sorry for Miroku when they fight.)

Kagome laughed sadly. The twinkle of melody in her voice was no longer present. Sango worry for her best friend. She too knew Inuyasha has another girlfriend. Sango didn't want to break Kagome's heart by telling her.

" Did you know?" Kagome asked, searching for the answer she knew would be there.

' Oh shit, I keep on forgetting Kagome can read my mind. She told me a few month ago, and no matter what I try, I can't remember that. ' Sango scolded herself in her mind.

" I can still hear it," Kagome informed her best friend, feeling happier than when she just arrived.

Kagome discovered she had mind reading powers when Sango and Miroku told each other their feelings. She always thought it was mere coincidents when she guess exactly what her parents have to say next.

Flashback

" Kagome, guess what?" Sango asked her. " You will never believe it."

" Sure, I will. You and Miroku told each other your feelings. You guys are starting to go out." Kagome muttered boredly.

" How the HECK did you guess that?" Sango interrogated her.

" Oh yeah, Miroku hates you," Kagome said sarcasticly. " Like that will ever happen."

Sango thought for a moment before coming up with the solution that her best friend was a mind reading maniac in her own mind.

" I'm not a maniac," Kagome huffed angrily.

" Oh, you can read peoples' minds. There was no way to have guessed that, Kags." Sango replied proudly, for this is one of the rare fight she has ever won.

" Fine, fine, call your best friend a maniac. But it is kind of weird that I have this power to read minds." Kagome wondered.

" That is what you said when you got your miko powers, healing powers, lightning speed running powers, poison claws, the ability to wield your kanata like a natural, the way..."

" I get the point. You have to give me some credit, my parents never tell me anything. They want me to discover my own powers." Kagome retorted.

" Don't try to weasle out of this one, you know I won." Sango warned Kagome.

Flashback

" Anyways, you know I'll alway be there for you. You can count on me, Kags." Sango comforted Kagome when she started to tear.

" Sango, I have to go now. Dad signed me up for this stupid contest. I'm going to be one of the contestants competing for the title of Lady of The Western Land. Daddy totally screwed up this time. I'm not going to forgive him for it anytime soon." Kagome explained.

" Good luck, Kags." Sango told Kagome. " By the way..."

" I know, today's you and Miroku's five months anniversary." Kagome interrupted her with a smug smirk on her face. Kagome then rushed out the door, in an attempt to make it in time for the starting of the contest. Then again, she wouldn't be surprised if she was early. Her dad always organize eveything early. So Kagome decided not to worry.