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p.s. This chapter is dedicated to ABERCROMBIE for catching my misspelled wording. Thanks for reading this because I never reread my stuff.

Fate Fell Short This Time Chapter 2: Through The Window

Inuyasha chuckled. "Your name, what's your name?"

"Kagome", the girl said meekly. "Kagome Higurashi."

Inuyasha led Kagome over to a group of benches. There were several teenagers their age there, but Inuyasha seemed to be headed for a smaller group. He pulled Kagome next to him. "Here, come and meet my friends." Inuyasha stopped in front of a boy with handsome features. He had black hair, which was pulled into a small ponytail at the nape of his neck, and he seemed to have a slightly overconfident air to him by the way he was lustily gazing at Kagome. "This is Miroku. Miroku, this is Kagome. She's new in town so don't do any perverted. Got that?"

Miroku grinned. "Lady Kagome, what a pleasure! Please ignore our friend Inuyasha. I would never do any thing that would be ungentlemanly." And at that the boy pulled Kagome into a hug and began to stroke her—

BAM!!!

"Pervert!" Now standing in front of Kagome, with Miroku on the ground between them, was a girl about her height. She had longer hair than Kagome that was a dark brown. She was very pretty indeed. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!?! Grow up why don't you! It's not like because you're a boy, that means you have to go and grope every sing girl on the planet!"

"Now, now Sango," Miroku began while rubbing the bump on his head, " You know perfectly well that I can exert self-control at any time."

"Well then I suggest exerting it a little more often before I star exerting my fist into your face!"

Inuyasha leaned over to Kagome. "This is Sango. I'm pretty sure they love each other, but neither one of them would even hint at it for ANY amount of money you offered."

Kagome smirked. "Do they fight like this all the time?"

"Worse. I think Sango is just being polite, seeing as you're here. Usually Miroku is knocked out by now." Inuyasha winked at Kagome, and took a step forward. "Now before I have to carry a passed out pervert back to my house, might I turn your attention, Sango?"

The girl looked up, blinked, and then smiled at Kagome as if none of this had just taken place. "Hi I'm Sango. Sorry about that!" She blushed and pointed to Miroku who was getting onto his feet. "Just ignore him. But anyway! Your name's Kagome right? Where'd you move from?"

"Oh, just a small little city on the outskirts. Mainly just farmland. This is my first time living in a big city…"

While the girls got more acquainted Miroku turned to Inuyasha. "So, Inuyasha. Is this just to get back at her, or is this real this time?" he smirked.

Inuyasha jumped. He had been staring at his . . . at Kagome. "What do you mean pervert?" Inuyasha retorted a bit roughly.

"You can't tell me that you've gotten over Kikyo just like that! Now don't you remember Inuyasha? Just last week you were telling me that you still loved—"

"That's not what I said!" Inuyasha almost seemed to growl. "Kikyo . . . Kikyo made it very clear that we are finished. Besides, that was over a year ago. I've, moved on."

"So none of the other girls you've dated were to make Kikyo jealous?"

"No."

"But you didn't date any of them for more than a month! And even when you were dating them, you still followed Kikyo around like a little puppy!"

"Be careful who you're calling a puppy, Miroku. I've seen the way you look at Sango when no one else is looking."

Miroku gulped and left it at that. "Ok, ok. All I'm saying is that this girl . . . I don't know Inuyasha. If you're just going to hurt her, I'd be willing to take her for myself. She certainly is very attractive, and wouldn't find it hard to find another at school either."

Inuyasha just kept looking forward. He thought he could really like Kagome. Possibly even more. He wasn't exactly sure what he need right then. Then Inuyasha turned to his friend and said, "Don't worry." Miroku nodded.

Later that night

After a long night of fried foods, games, and rides, the four friends left the fair. The girls were laughing their heads off because Inuyasha and Miroku and gotten into a competition of who could win the most games. Inuyasha couldn't be seen from under the mountain of giant stuffed toys he carried. As for Miroku . . . .

"No it's cute, really!" said Sango as she tried to stifle a laugh. Miroku was holding the tiniest of stuffed animals in his hand.

"Oh yeah! Cute is fine. But look at these!" Inuyasha set down five giant stuffed dogs. Each one different from the other, and each one a victorious win for Inuyasha.

"It's not nice to gloat!" giggled Kagome.

"Who says I'm gloating! I'm merely displaying my prizes."

"Oh how kind!" Kagome rolled her eyes.

The teens walked on and soon Songo and Miroku left towards their homes. Then I was just Inuyasha and Kagome. There was a pleasant silence as they walked together. A gentle wind brushing their cheeks, and colorful flowers swayed to and fro. Inuyasha looked to his left. Kagome seemed to glow with an aura of, of something he could not find the words to describe. She was so beautiful. But could he do this?

"Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"We're at my house." Inuyasha snapped out of his daze.

"Oh."

"Um, thanks for walking me home. You really didn't have to do that." Although she very much wanted him too.

"No problem, Kagome. I had a lot of fun with you tonight." 'A lot more than I've had in a long time . . .' "We should do this again. How about tomorrow?"

"Sure!" Kagome blushed. "Where do you want to meet?"

"Don't worry", Inuyasha smirked, "I'll find you." And with that he walked her to her door and left.

Kagome ran upstairs to her bedroom, shut the door, leaned up against it, and slid all the way down to the floor. 'Oh my god!' The hottest boy Kagome had ever seen had just befriended her! Her and Inuyasha would be hanging out! He wanted to be her friend!

'Wait' she thought. 'Fiends.' Her heart sank. 'When he asked to hang out I bet he only meant as friends.' "Oh God! What a fool I am!" She had fallen for him and he only wanted to be friends! He never said as anything else. She got up and changed into shorts and a tank top. 'Well at least I can be with him.' She crawled into bed and fell asleep.

When Kagome had shut her door, Inuyasha walked next door to his house. He had neglected to tell Kagome that they were neighbors. He went up to his room just in time to see from his window, Kagome getting into bed. 'Perfect!' Thought Inuyasha. He opened his window, grabbed one of the stuffed dogs he won, and climbed into the tree that was between their houses. He set the dog on Kagome's open widow ledge and climbed back to his room. "Goodnight Kagome. Sleep well." The boy smiled and climbed into bed.

Well, I hope you liked it! Sorry I didn't update sooner but I've been in Chicago for the past ten days. If I get any reviews I might even update tonight! I don't pre write any of this. I'm just going with the flow. So give me your ideas! I'm thinking about turning this into a drama or tragedy. Review! Review! Review!

Charlie