The room was dark and cold. The shades were almost closed and I sat in a chair facing to the side, but I could see my friend staring hard out the window. She was hurting, I knew. Of all the people we could have picked for the band and we picked the one girl who was the most painful.

"This girl really does look like her," Sango sniffed as she pulled the shades farther over the window. She continued to stand as if looking out even though she could no longer see the sun. I nodded in agreement, knowing that she couldn't see my face.

"She's nothing like her," I lied. "She is uglier than anything I have ever seen."

I was lying. She was one of the most beautiful people I had ever seen. I had even mistaken her for Kikyo, and I remembered thinking, before realizing who it was, that Kikyo looked even prettier now than before she had left. Now I knew the truth. Kagome was an imposter who I needed to crush.

"What did she say to make you so upset?" I asked, my voice steely and unfeeling. Just like me. An almost empty shell.

Sango hung her head and I knew she was crying. In my head I cursed Kagome.

Why her?

"She was talking about the song," Sango said. I knew it my heart what she was talking about, but I let her say it anyways.

"Painful Goodbye," She shivered and walked towards the kitchen and the light. I watched her leave and briefly remembered the night Kikyo had left.

Painful Goodbye.

Wasn't that the truth.

Author's Note:

Hey. I'm sorry the chapters are so short. I tend to get bored when writing, so to keep the story flowing without any random dramas that spur from my imagination, I try to keep the chapters simple. Thanks to those who have reviewed  I really appreciate it.

I haven't written a Fanfic in a really long time so it makes me happy to see people reading my stories.

--D.W.T