Hello! That disclaimer on the first chapter and prologue (can't remember which it's on) will go for the whole fiction's length. Because I'm too lazy to put it at the head of every chapter.

A Broken Soul, an Unheard Scream

By, Souls' Hatred

Chapter 2 Lost in the Crowd

Completely lost and forgotten in the crowd that grew ever larger. That's what she was. Lost and forgotten from the whole world. Maybe she liked it that way, or that's what she made herself believe.

"Inuyasha!" I turned around at the sound of my name being called out. It was Kikyo. Placing an arm around her as soon as she reached me, we made our way down the hall toward the courtyard.

It was nice having someone beside me even if I didn't really love her. The realization of it hit me after a few days of being around her. Even with that fact, I still took her out. After all, I didn't want to be dropped to the bottom of the popularity totem pole. No, that's not the real reason I didn't dump her, like Miroku said, 'She already has you.' It was true. She had me, wrapped tightly around her finger.

He made a huge point in tell me that the next day. Only after Sango knocked him out for touching her did he finally shut up. A gesture I had become quite accustomed to.

Sick I must admit. Somehow, I didn't really care. It honestly was fun to see all those faces that people made at us out of jealousy. The girls scowled at Kikyo for being with me while the boys were about ready to slug me for being with Kikyo.

I stopped suddenly, in the middle of the hall. Kikyo looked at me with a bit of worry. "What is?" she asked.

Looking around again, I couldn't see her face. It was haunting me. Even in my dreams, that girl's face was looming around me. "It's nothing." I lied. "Come on, let's go." Pulling her closer to me, we continued our walk.

"Shit, I forgot to do something." Removing my hand from her waist I turned and left the courtyard. I walked to my locker and stopped in front of it. What the hell am I doing? I thought. I was running away from her, running from my fear of her.

It was true, I was afraid of her. Afraid of what she'd done to me. With out even talking to me she had filled my thoughts with her face and my nose with her faint scent. Screaming would have been a nice thing to do had I not been in the middle of a crowded hallway.

Shaking my head, I started walking back to the courtyard. Exiting the building and entering the courtyard, I scanned my surroundings to find no trace of her. She wasn't here. Walking up behind Kikyo, I softly nibble her ear. A soft laugh came from her and I grinned at the reaction. Although I didn't like her, I had to keep her believing I did.

Scumbag would have been an appropriate word for what I was. I felt like one too. "Inuyasha, my buddy!" I regretted turning around when I saw Miroku coming towards me. He could get a little annoying, especially when he is around pretty women. Aside from that, he was fine.

"What do you want Miroku." My voice was level and dangerous. He just smiled at me as if he didn't notice anything at all wrong. Of course, everything was fine, if you couldn't see into my chaotic mind.

"Just came over to see how everything was going." His smile never faded. I couldn't believe this guy, either he had something up his sleeve or Sango had let him touch her in some perverted way I didn't even want to spend time thinking of. My guess it was the first.

"Oh, just say the truth, Miroku, you came over to touch up my girlfriend, didn't you?" His smile suddenly left his face and his eyes filled with a foreign hurt.

"How could you say something like that to your friend? Do you really take me for that kind of a person?" Here I thought I was good at asking dumb questions. He just beat me in that.

"Just leave Miroku." I was ready to turn around and ignore him.

"Can't do that."

"Why?" There it was again, the 'why' question. I was definitely going to win with that one.

"Well, you see…never mind." He cut himself off when he caught the look I was giving him. "I'll just tell you later." Then he left. A part of me felt bad for cutting him off so quickly, but another part could care less.

Turning my attention to the conversation Kikyo and her friends were having I quickly lost interest. I didn't understand any of their girl talk anyway. I wasn't about to figure any of it out either no matter how much Miroku told me it was a good thing to know. Of course Sango thought differently saying the reason we couldn't understand them was because we weren't suppose to and to just give up trying. Right now, I was using her bit of advice.

I looked around the courtyard again to see if that girl was there, but still I didn't see her. It was starting to worry me, but like everything else, I ignored it. It was only later that I realized I shouldn't have ignored her.

No matter what kind of benefits came from being Kikyo's boyfriend it really wasn't worth it. Now I can see why no one stayed with her very long. She is so damn selfish and hard to please. Whine, whine, cry, cry. "Oh Inuyasha you're so sweet." It drove me crazy. I wasn't about to back down though.

It seemed like every day after school let out we were doing something together. Whether watching a movie curled up on a couch or at a party, it didn't matter we always found something to do.

My name suddenly sprang up in the halls like wild fire. People I'd never met before where yelling at me. Not surprising really, since I was going out with Kikyo, still the prettiest and most popular girl in the school. How many times have I mentioned that? It's almost as if I can't get it in my head so I have to continually repeat it to myself. You just so happen to be reading this.

"Inu!" I cringed at the nickname that had made its way, rather quickly, around the school. "Sweetie," Kikyo was suddenly at my side, I unconsciously slipped my arm around her waist.

"What's up?" I asked not bothering to look at her.

"Nothing." She was hinting at something that I chose to be an ignorant male not hearing anything.

"Mm, really?" Still I didn't look at her, I looked straight ahead as if shunning her.

"What is wrong with you?" this got my attention. She was yelling at me, this had never happened. I let my arm slip from her side and rest against mine as I finally turned to look at her.

"What do you mean? Nothing is wrong with me." I yelled with just the same amount of anger, for no reason besides that of my confusion.

"There certainly must be. You suddenly act as if I don't even exist." Sort of wish she didn't, I thought to myself. If only she knew. "It feels like your just pushing me aside! You know I like to feel loved just as much as anyone else around here." If not even more… "So why don't you show some towards me?" This confused me. Honestly, I thought I was showing enough by what I was doing already.

"What do you mean I don't show you any love? There's no one I'd rather be with!" Where the hell did that come from? Is she bewitching me? Although, she seemed content with that answer…that is until the next day, and the next, then the day after that. These petty little fights continued to occur every now and then if she wasn't 'feeling enough love' from me.

Never did figure out what she was hinting at before, though.

Strangely enough, crowds still gathered around us every time. Almost as if they were waiting for one of us to finally call it off and go our separate ways.

"Inuyasha! I missed you so much." What she said confused me. She had just seen me the day before. "I thought about you all last night. I was going to call you but then I realized I had lost your number." Taking out a pen and a scrap of paper I rewrote my number down and gave it to her with out a word. "You're so wonderful." She pecked my cheek and we continued the short walk down the hall.

We do that a lot. Walk down the halls together. Seems like that the major thing we do. Walk and talk, well she talks and I walk not saying much of anything. Suddenly, I ran into something, or someone is what I should say, and a body sprawled the floor before me. Kneeling down I looked at the girl. Realization hit me while looking at her face.

"Are you ok?" I asked, unsure of her or myself. A hand grabbed my shoulder pulling up and away from the unconscious girl.

"Leave her Inuyasha. She means nothing to us." I looked at Kikyo, her face twisted into a look of disgust at her look-alike. I almost couldn't believe what I was hearing. She means nothing to us? How could she say that with such a cool in her voice? Even if I didn't know her that gave me no right to let her lay there to be stepped on.

A crowd was already beginning to gather hearing the two of us yelling at each other again.

Something told me to leave, and ignore it, like everything else. Therefore, I did. I grabbed Kikyo and kissed her softly. Leaving her to stand there, I walked away no longer wanting to be a part of it.

Skipping class wasn't something I enjoyed doing but right then, I didn't care. I left the building without a second glance.

She was changing me, I didn't want to see it, but ever so slowly she was. That girl who's voice was never heard.

A/N: Ok breathe, breathe. Must breathe. I'm so worried about this test I'm taking this week…It's so scary…I'm afraid I'm going to mess up and fall then fail it. Shouldn't think about it. Only makes me more worried. Gah! Stupid me! Stupid me! Ok anyways! How is everyone? Hope you're all doing fine. Don't worry I haven't forgotten about In the Sands of Time. I'll update that soon (for all those who are reading that one). When I can think of something to start of the chapter with. See you next time. Maybe Inuyasha and Kagome will actually talk to each other…or Kikyo will dump Inuyasha….or something on those lines. Ja Ne!