Rain Down On Me
Written By InuGirl12
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

It was a gloomy day. The weatherman had promise a sunny day but the sun had decided to not come out. Kagome Higurashi was sitting on a park bench just staring at the pond in front of her, not really thinking about much other than what she needed to do when she got back to the feudal era.

Why is it when I go away from them to get a break, they are all I can think about. Kagome thought to herself.

She immediately knew why. InuYasha. He was constantly on her mind. He was the man she loved in the feudal era, though he didn't share the same feelings for her. She had followed him for three years of her life and managed to graduate from high school. That's why she was sitting there; she had just come from her graduation ceremony to get away from the crowds of people so she could decide what she was going to do with the rest of her life. "I can't get my hopes up for staying in the feudal era. I would have no life there, or at least not the way I would want it to be. It wouldn't be with the person I would want it to be with. I don't exactly have a life I want here either. I have no idea what I want to do. I know my mom is going to ask what college I want to go to but I need to at least finish my search in the feudal era. That's the least I could do for messing every thing up for them." Kagome whispered to herself.

"Hey what's up? What are you doing here?" InuYasha asked from behind Kagome.

Kagome jumped out of her seat at least 3 feet in the air.

"What are you doing here?! Why aren't you in the feudal era waiting for me? What in the world do you think you're doing?" Kagome asked, huffing and puffing from being scared out of her mind.
"I was coming to pick you up. We need you back. Your mom said I might find you here and Sota brought me here so I wouldn't get lost along the way. What's wrong with you?" InuYasha replied.

I wonder if he heard anything I said or not. Kagome thought to herself. "Nothing is wrong with me." Kagome replied.
I wonder if she can tell that I heard her. I want to know what she meant by what she said. InuYasha thought to himself. "Well...are you coming or not?" InuYasha asked Kagome.

"I was going to wait till tomorrow. I just got done with a ceremony and I'm tired." Kagome replied while sitting back down on the bench.
"What ceremony? Was it something to become a priestess?" InuYasha asked, his curiosity rising.
"No. It was just my graduation ceremony. You know all the time I was going to school to take the exams. Well I have moved on from that and I don't need to go to school anymore or at least not right now. I was just sitting here trying to think of what I'm going to do with the rest of my life and right now I don't know." Kagome replied staring out into the water.
"What do you mean you don't know? You are going to help search for the Shikon Shards of course." InuYasha said gently.
"I know that. But what about after that is all done. I don't have much of a life to come back to here and..." Kagome cut herself off.

InuYasha noticed that Kagome had started to cry.

"What's wrong Kagome? Was it something I said?" InuYasha asked.
"No. I'm going home. Come on. Maybe you can stay tonight. I don't think my mom will care." Kagome said.
"She actually said that she was going with your grandfather out of town and Sota was going with them. Something about some artifact that he needs to pick up." InuYasha replied.
"Oh...so I have the house to myself tonight. Go figures. In that case I think you can borrow my bother's room for the night. Come on." Kagome said.

InuYasha bent down in order to show Kagome to get on his back.

"Sorry InuYasha but there are too many people who would see. Let's take the train." Kagome replied.
"The what?" InuYasha asked.
"Come on. I'll show you." Kagome said drearily.

The rest of the trip was done in silence. There wasn't much else that Kagome wanted to talk about and InuYasha didn't know where to begin to tell her he had heard her talking earlier. InuYasha didn't want Kagome mad at him nor disappointed so he just kept his mouth shut and watched the scenery pass them by while they were on the train.

"This is where we get off." Kagome gently told him.

So the both of them got off the train and started walking towards the shrine.

"Kagome, there's something I wanted to tell you. I heard you earlier. What did you mean by you didn't exactly belong anywhere?" InuYasha stated carefully, not wanting to experience her wrath. Instead Kagome just looked at the ground ahead of her. "I don't know. I just don't belong anywhere I guess. I don't have much of a life here and I don't have much of one I would want in the feudal era." Kagome replied not getting mad and not completely surprised that he had heard her.

InuYasha just looked at Kagome as she didn't look at him.

Is she saying what I think she's saying? InuYasha thought to himself.

"We're here. We're home." Kagome said, interrupting InuYasha's thoughts.

InuYasha picked Kagome up, which surprised her, and jumped to the house totally skipping the stairs. He jumped to the second floor and went into her bedroom through her window and sat her gently down on the bed.

"So you want to stay here for tonight?" InuYasha asked looking at Kagome, trying to assess the problem.
"Yeah if that is okay. I can go back to through the well if you want though." Kagome replied, trying not to start a fight this time.
"No, that's okay. We can stay here for the night." InuYasha replied not really caring what they did as long as he was with Kagome. Though it seemed like she forgot about the fact that it was the new moon.
"If that's okay with you. I don't want you upset or anything." Kagome said carefully.
"I wouldn't be upset, or at least not tonight." InuYasha replied.
"Why not tonight?" Kagome asked.
"Because...it's the new moon silly." InuYasha replied, affectionally knocking his hand on her head.
"Oh...I'm sorry. I forgot. I had so much on my mind." Kagome went on. "I'll show you to Sota's bedroom."
"Why?" InuYasha asked following Kagome out of her bedroom.
"Why what?" Kagome asked back.
"Why are you going to show me Sota's room?" InuYasha asked impatiently.
"Because you don't need to sleep in mine. The present era isn't as dangerous as the feudal era. You don't need to protect me. That's the only reason why you would even sleep in my room right?" Kagome replied carefully, noticing that InuYasha was getting irritated.

InuYasha just looked at Kagome. I should tell her now that I care about her. She seems to think that the only reason I would want to be with her is to protect her from demons. That's true to a certain extent but that's not all. I need to tell her. Maybe tonight. InuYasha thought to himself. InuYasha just kept quiet and allowed Kagome to show him to her little brother's room. He looked inside and saw posters of the video games they had played together and the action figures that Sota had shown him a while back.

"How is Sota doing?" InuYasha asked.

Kagome just looked at InuYasha for a second, trying to figure out why he cared, before she answered him. "Sota is doing alright. He wants you to visit more often but I've told him that we're going to be a way for a while so we can finish looking for the shards. He seemed to understand. He really looks up to you, you know. Why were you wondering?"
"I like the brat." InuYasha replied. Because he's your brother and he means something to you so he means something to me. InuYasha thought to himself.
"He can get annoying though. He is my little brother after all. Sometimes I think he copies me in some weird way which isn't always that great. I'm not the great of an influence. Skipping school is not what he should do."
"I think you're a great person, a great influence. You're strong, loyal, and a very caring person." InuYasha replied.
"Thank you for saying that but I don't think you really know who you're talking about." Kagome said.
"Hey Kagome? What will be for dinner?" InuYasha innocently asked deciding to drop that issue for now. That's not true Kagome. I know you well enough to have figured that out. You have stuck by my side even when it was hard.
"I don't know...maybe ramen. I know you like that stuff." Kagome replied walking out of Sota's room to go back into her own.

InuYasha could hear the slight disappointment in Kagome's voice. "You know I could try some other of the other stuff that you like to make."
"Really?" Kagome asked looking out her door.
"Yeah." InuYasha said, glad he had said something to make Kagome happy and smiling.
"Okay." Kagome said coming back into the hallway and ran downstairs. "I need to get it started now."

InuYasha just chuckled to himself. He loved it when Kagome was happy and he wanted to keep her that way.