Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha.

Title- Left Behind

Summary- She loved him. He loved her. One night changed everything and she ran away. Now she's back only to find the one thing she left behind was the thing she wished she didn't.

Genre- Romance/Drama

Note- They are ALL human. No demons or hanyous!

Chapter 9: What's Going On?

Jade stood still, staring at the woman before her. She felt her breathing become shallow and her heart beating a little faster than usual. Those blue eyes taking in her presence.

"Hello Jade. It's been a long time."

Jade tightened her grip on the door knob, finally, realizing she wasn't dreaming. She's actually here. She's really here.

'Is that how her voice sounds like?'

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! KAGOME!"

Jade jumped and looked away from her older version of herself. She rolled her eyes as Sango passed by her with such speed.

"KAGOME!" Sango cried as she wrapped her arms around her best friend and brought her into a bone crushing hug. "I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"

Kagome bit her bottom lip before chuckling lightly. "Sango . . ." she whispered.

"OH GOD! IT'S BEEN SO LONG!" Sango cried as she hugged her friend closer.

"Sango . . . I . . . can't . . . breathe . . ." Kagome managed to say.

Sango pulled back a little and blinked. "Then why the fuck didn't you tell me sooner? Come on we're having dinner."

Kagome chuckled. "It's good to see you, Sango," she said happily as she hugged her friend firmly.

Sango smiled and returned the hug again.

"Hey! What about me?" said a voice.

The two best friends broke apart and turned to see Miroku pouting. The women chuckled. Sango grabbed a hold on Kagome's hand and dragged her inside the house.

Miroku put on a grin and spread his arms, indicating he wanted a hug.

Kagome rolled her eyes and spread her arms as well. They hugged. Then . . .

SLAP!

Miroku rubbed his tender, red cheek. "Ow . . . " He mumbled.

"You perv!" Sango yelled and whacked her husband across the head.

Kagome shook her head and giggled. "I see you guys are still the same as always."

Miroku chuckled. "Yea, but look at you! You're as beautiful as ever, my dear Kagome," he said as he observed her. He grabbed her hand and spun her around, which cause her to laugh.

"I didn't know you would look so good in a business suit, Kagome. It suits you," Sango said as she, too, examined her friend.

Kagome waved off the comment with her hand. "Please, you guys flatter me," she said playfully.

BAAM!

The adults turned to see what happened.

Jade stood with her back facing them. She just closed the door. Her shoulders seem to move up and down, slowly. She was breathing deeply.

Kagome felt her eyes softened. 'I don't blame her.'

"You know," Jade said in a not-so-kind voice, as she finally turned around with hard eyes and what seemed to look like a frown on her face. "It's quite rude to interrupt a family when they are having dinner."

"Jade," Miroku sighed.

Kagome gave her a ghostly smile which surprised Jade. "I agree. It is rude."

"I guess you are smart," Jade spat rudely.

"However, I was invited. So in a way I wasn't interrupting at all," Kagome commented.

Jade's eyes widen and her mouth opened to say something but closed it since she had no clue what to say.

'Did she just . . . '

Sango looked at the little girl and then at Kagome. "Um . . . Hey! Kagome! Let me take you to the guest room. It's right next to Jade's room," she said quickly. She grabbed her friend and dragged her upstairs. "Miroku, get Kagome's stuff out of the car," she yelled out as the women went upstairs.

Miroku sighed. "I hate carrying luggage."

His eyes landed on Jade. She was staring at the spot where Kagome was standing.

Miroku's features softened. "Jade," he said gently.

Jade turned her eyes to him. "Miroku?" she whispered. "What the hell is going on here?"

Miroku closed his eyes for a moment after hearing her desperate voice. He slowly opened them to find her struggling to keep her tears in.

"She's the new addition, isn't she?" she asked shakily. "She's staying here with us?"

Miroku gave her a grim look. "Yeah, she is."

Jade nodded and looked away from him. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked again.

"We found out just last night," he explained.

'That would explain Sango,' she thought.

"Whatever," she muttered.

Miroku stared at her in shock. "Jade?"

Jade shook her head, indicating for him to let it go. "I'm hungry and going to have some dinner. You guys can join in when you feel like it," she said as she walked back to the dining room.

Miroku's eyes following her form with sadness.

"Wow! Sango, it's really nice. Much different from before," Kagome commented as they entered the room. "It's light green. It gives it a nice warm feeling."

"Well of course! Jade was the one who designed it and painted it," Sango said.

Kagome looked at her surprised. "Jade?"

Sango nodded. She turned to her friend with soft eyes. "She's really like you, Kagome."

Kagome bit her bottom lip again. She shook her head slowly as she closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself. "Please don't say that, Sango," she said lower than a whisper.

Sango looked at her friend with great sympathy. "Kagome . . . "

Kagome opened her eyes. "I don't want her to be like me at all," she said quietly.

Sango nodded in understanding and sighed. "Come on. I invited you for dinner. We should go eat," she said, knowing it wasn't a good time to talk right now.

Kagome nodded and put on the best smile she could muster.

The two women walked down stairs in silence.

Once they reached the stairs they saw Miroku coming in with three luggage.

"This is all you have Kagome?" Miroku asked in surprise.

Kagome nodded. "I don't need a lot of clothes right now. Maybe later I'll go shopping," she said.

Miroku nodded.

Then the adults hear a noise. It sounded like a grumble. And it came from Sango.

"He he . . . was that me?" she blushed. "Um . . . dinner?"

Kagome giggled. "You're funny."

"Come on. Let's get some food," Miroku grinned.

As they walked, Kagome could only wonder.

'Jade,' the name went through her mind. She bit her bottom lip. She felt her hands quite shaky and sweaty. She's never been this nervous in a long time.

"Finally! I'm almost done," Jade said out loud as the adults sat down. She narrowed her eyes at Kagome when she sat down next to her right side.

Then she winced as she felt Sango kick her under the table as she served herself a plate. Jade glared at her.

"So. . . . what's new, Kagome?" Sango asked her friend. She's been curious of what she's been doing for all these years. She ignored Jade's eyes rolling.

Kagome stopped for a minute as she thought for a while. "Well . . . I'm now working as the secretary for the Tashio Company," she said slowly.

Miroku almost choked on his drink. Sango patted his back to help him.

Kagome stared at him with concern. "You okay, Miroku?"

Miroku nodded vigorously. "Yeah," he managed to say. "Peachy."

Sango sighed. Then she turned to Kagome. "Secretary at Tashio Company?" she asked, gently.

Kagome nodded as she sipped on her water, oblivious to the look her friends have. "Yeah. I just got the position a week ago-"

"Which would explain why you're here," Jade spat as she continued eating.

Kagome furrowed her brow. "What do you mean by that?"

Jade rolled her eyes and stopped eating and looked at her older self. "You came back for the job is what I meant," she said harshly.

Kagome looked down to her lap for a second and looked back up. "That's not why I'm here," she said firmly.

Jade snorted. "Whatever helps you sleep better at nights."

"Kagome?" Miroku said, trying to break the tension. "Where exactly did you go to school? From what I remember you applied to many colleges and were accepted to a lot of them. Which one did you choose?"

Kagome turned to gaze from Jade and gave her attention to Miroku. "I was debating between Tokyo University and Shikon University. I chosen Shikon University," she replied.

"Shikon? I thought you so badly wanted to go to Tokyo University?" Sango asked, slightly confused.

Kagome put on a lazy smile and shrugged. "I thought I would give Shikon a try, though."

"Hmm . . . I wonder why?" Jade asked, she glared at her with such passion.

Kagome looked at her. "Is there something wrong with Shikon?" she asked calmly. The last thing she wants is a fight with her on the first day she came back. It's bad enough that she knows her own daughter hates her.

And what Kagome saw surprised her for a moment.

Jade smirked.

Her smirk surprised her.

Kagome shuddered for a moment and mentally smacked away memories that stared to surface.

Kagome didn't miss the look of mischief that played in Jade's eyes.

"I don't know," Jade said in a smart tone. "Why don't you tell me?"

Kagome felt taken back a little. She felt as if Jade was taunting her.

Jade looked at her, down and up, then she frowned. She turned to Sango and Miroku.

"I'm done with dinner."

And she left.

Later that night . . .

Jade sighed and opened her eyes as she realized the last song on her lap top stopped. She slowly got off the bed and walked to her desk and turned off her lap top. She shifted her eyes to her right to see the time.

'12:37' she informed herself.

She walked out of her room and walked to the bathroom which was across her room.

She made sure she closed the door, securely. She walked to the sink and grabbed her baby blue toothbrush and put some of the toothpaste on.

She studied her teeth as she brushed them in the mirror. She made sure she cleaned each one of them throughly. After that she flossed and then rinsed with mouth wash.

'No way in hell do I want to go to that dentist again,' she thought, remembering when she had to go for a cavity filling. She shuddered.

Then she cursed herself as it happened.

When her eyes met hers in the mirror.

She didn't know how long she was standing looking at herself.

"Exactly like her," she whispered angrily.

She immediately turned away and unlocked the door and opened it.

She almost growled as she saw who stood in front of her.

Kagome.

Jade looked at the woman who was wide eyed looking down at her with her light pink gown that could pass for a Victoria Secret PJ. Which probably is but that doesn't matter. And she had her fist up, ready to knock on the door.

Jade sighed frustratingly. "It's all your's," she said as she walked pass by Kagome.

Jade walked to her door reaching for the door knob.

"Jade?"

Jade sighed. She turned to find Kagome staring at her of what seemed to be a soft look and if you really study more into it, it looks like there was some pleading emotion in them, also.

"What?" she asked annoyed.

Kagome wasn't at all surprised with the reply.

"I was hoping to maybe we can hang out after you from school and maybe show me around the town," she said, hoppingly.

Jade raised a brow. "Why don't you ask Sango to show you around?"

Was it she or did it seem that everytime she answers to her she says it in a harsh way?

Kagome smiled lightly. "Yeah, but I was hoping maybe we can spend some time together."

Jade snorted. "Like hell."

Kagome again for a second had that flash run through her head like in dinner time. She shook her head slightly. "Jade . . . " she tried again.

Jade gave her a look.

A look that showed all of her emotions.

All the pain, the suffering, the agony she had in her.

A look of hatred.

Kagome felt her heart twist and turn, painfully.

Jade glared at her. "Don't you dare," she said harshly in a low voice. She didn't want to wake Sango and Miroku. "Don't you say after all these years you now want to spend some time with me? Don't you dare!" she said with the emotion running through her.

"Jade," Kagome tried to reason.

Jade shook her head. "No! Who do you think you are?" she asked as she looked at her. "Seriously. You can't just come back and pretend nothing happened! And don't think that now you just want to act like my mother now! The world doesn't work that way. You left me. Me! You have no right to think everything is going to be okay. No right!"

Kagome's breathing grew faster. "Jade . . . " she didn't know what to say. Her words may be simple, but with that type of emotion . . . it makes you want to cry.

Jade closed her eyes for a moment. "Because of you . . . my life is the way it is," she whispered.

She turned around and opened her bed room door. She looked back at her.

"If you'll excuse me, I have school tomorrow and I don't want to waste any more of my time with someone like you."

She went inside.

Leaving Kagome alone.

Not bothering to see the tears running down her mother's cheeks.

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