Title: Falling

Chapter 3: Coming back to you…

Rating: PG – 13

Summary: I'm Kagome. Inuyasha is my best friend in the world and my secret crush. We've known each other since we were practically born. Our parents are best friends, and I guess it runs in the family. There is nothing that we hid from each other. Honesty is essential in a friendship of any sort. Well okay so there are some secrets… See he has a girlfriend named Kikyo. Even though I don't like her personally, because of her mean attitude towards me, I can't deny his happiness. You know I felt like I was on top of the world. Then it all came tumbling down. My heart was broken by my best friend because of his girlfriend's wishes, and soon found myself moving away. I couldn't face him, but I came back just like most people. The only thing is that I think I'm falling in love with his brother... That can't be right though… I love Inuyasha… Right?

"Sometimes happiness is right under your nose."

It has been 2 years since I moved away. It has been 2 years since I last went to school in Tokyo. It has been 1 year since I last visited Sango, and 3 months when I last saw Inuyasha. It was supposed to be a secret visit to the Tiasho's, but the word got around that I was coming somehow. There at the front door was Inuyasha to great me, and there I went right by him, not a hello or hey.

Since I left many things had changed. Sango got a boyfriend, more to be exact Miroku. Inuyasha and Kikyo got engaged, or are engaged to be married in one year. Sesshomaru had yet to find a wife, let alone a girlfriend. Mr. and Mrs. Tiasho were the same as usual. It's been 2 years, and 2 long years it has been.

I ran out of the airport greeted by Sango. I was going to get a job in Tokyo. Overtime I skipped a few grades and finished college with valedictorian grades. I was the top of the class, and the only thing driving me was my wish to meet my friends once again. I was determined and I succeeded. "Kagome I missed you so much. You're back, and back for good. Why did you come you know we don't want you." She laughed while she hugged me

"I know Sango, but I couldn't leave you my dear. It was too long too far apart for this humble lover." I acted out and replied laughing along with her joke

We laughed and headed towards the car since the rest of the family was still in Kyoto. I walked over to the exit where I saw the Taisho's. I saw Sango stop and look confused. It told me that she hadn't planned this and it made me glad. I looked over to the Taisho's. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Taisho. Um Sesshomaru and Inuyasha." I bowed

"Kagome dear you're back for good this time? We're so happy to see you." Mrs. Tiasho smiled as she gave me a hug

"Yes I am." I softly replied

Then I saw some movement behind Inuyasha and saw Kikyo step out. I smiled softly. "Happy engagement Inuyasha and Kikyo."

I grabbed my things and walked towards Sango's car. She turned around and faced the Taisho's. All I heard her say was, "She's still not over the friendship problem. You know it's leaving a scar, a very deep scar. You shouldn't have come."

When I reached her car I put my things in the back and go into the passenger seat awaiting Sango's arrival. Shortly Sango came into the car. She drove me to the shrine and helped me with my luggage. After countless attempts I finally told her that I was okay and that she could leave. The house was quiet, and the trees blew in the wind. Tomorrow I had to go for a job interview and then I'll see what happens.

I unpacked and went to bed. I was exhausted from the long trip. I skipped lunch and slept on my bed once again. The memories still haunted me about the day when Inuyasha stopped being my friend, but I didn't know why. I didn't want to remember, but the memories stuck to me. Why wouldn't they just go?

I was about to sleep when all of a sudden the phone rang. I groaned and headed downstairs to pick it up. I heard breathing on the other line. "Hello?" I whispered

"Kagome?" asked the voice on the phone

I gasped. "Sesshomaru?" I asked uncertain

I wasn't sure if he was the one that called. Sesshomaru didn't even call anyone; it was the rarest thing in the world. "Yes Kagome. I was wondering if you were coming to the dinner for Inuyasha and Kikyo's engagement. You don't have to, but we'll all like you there. It could be like old times." He explained to me

"Alright, but only for you." I said over the phone, but I knew that he knew I was smiling on my end of the line

I hung up the phone and looked at the front door. I went up to my bed. Getting all the albums out I looked at them. There were pictures from when everyone was a baby to the last time we were here. They were memories, or at least the happy ones captured on film until the day they burn, deteriorate, or simply vanish. Why do I keep dreading in the past? It's time to move on Kagome… he's never coming back to you. He left 2 years ago. "I promise from now on I will not dread over Inuyasha. Not anymore."

I went to sleep. I was going to change everything. I wasn't going to be the scared little girl that mourns over events that occurred in the past. I smiled a genuine smile for the first time in years. Slowly I slipped into a state of dreams. I knew in the morning I wouldn't remember them, but it was good to dream while I could.

In the morning I woke up not because of the alarm clock or my mom, but the sun hitting my pale face. Slowly I opened my eyes. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from them. Getting out of my warm bed I went to the bathroom. I got dressed and went to have breakfast. Half way through I realized that I didn't know what time the dinner was. I rushed to the phone and dial Sesshomaru's cell phone number.

After a few ring he picked up only saying a simple hello. "Sesshomaru?" I asked making sure that I had the correct number

"Kagome what's wrong?" he asked me worried at some level

"You didn't tell me what time the dinner was." I laughed over the phone

"Oh sorry. It's at 7:00 p.m. it's around 1:00 p.m. so you can buy something and then come or would you prefer for me to pick you up? It's your call." He bluntly replied over the phone

I thought about it for a moment. Sesshomaru coming with me would make Inuyasha mad, but then again it's his engagement party. "Sesshomaru don't worry I'll come there by myself you do… what you do!"

We said our goodbyes and hung up. I had the whole day what was I going to do? After countless thoughts, battles, coin flipping I came to the conclusion to go shopping. Slowly I backed the car out of the garage and drove to the mall. When I entered it and I gasped, it was just like when I left it. I slowly walked to the first store. I bought a couple of shirts, and 2 jeans.

I headed towards the next store after saying bye to the worker. All of a sudden I bumped into someone. "Sorry I wasn't looking." I said while not looking up once

"I know Kags you should be more careful." Said the anonymous voice

I looked up and gasped, it was Inuyasha. I got up and decided to run for it, but he caught me by the arm pulling me back. I glared at him. "What do you want Inuyasha?" I asked

"Kagome come on it's been 2 years. I didn't mean to completely cut you of. Come on you said so yourself that you forgave me." He reminded me trying to get my apology

"Well congratulations Inuyasha. You did succeed in cutting me of completely and to think that I would be your friend forever like you promised. Just leave me alone okay? I don't want to talk to you. Ever since Kikyo came into the picture it's always Kikyo can do this better or she's really good at that. Why can't you be more like Kikyo Kagome? Well new flash I'M NOT KIKYO. I'M KAGOME! KAGOME YOU HEAR. So just leave me alone I'm tired of this. The memories plague my dreams and my mornings. Everywhere I turn there's another memory just waiting to hurt my feelings." I shouted at him

"I… I didn't know… I…" he whispered

"Yeah you didn't! You were never there for me." I said lowering my voice and walking away

I didn't feel like shopping anymore and decided to stop at one last store. I went to a dress store to get a dress of course for the party tonight. Looking at my watch I saw that I had about 4 hours still. Inside the store I saw a beautiful red dress. I tried it on and after finding my size I paid for it and went home.

It was a long drive home, but I didn't care. The first thing I did when I got home was eat something. After I finished my phone rang. I ran over and picked it up. "Hello?" I asked

"Kagome what did you do to Inuyasha?" asked the angry voice

"Who are you? Are you a stalker?" I asked flustered and angry

I wasn't scared of a stalker; it was the fact they knew what was going on in my life. I put the recorder on and it started recording the phone call. You never know when you might need proof of something like this. "No you ungrateful loser it's Kikyo. What did you say to my Inuyasha? He was depressed. It was good I told him to break of that friendship 2 years ago. I always knew that you would get in the way of my riches."

This was golden; it was good that my mom told me to record phone calls if I wasn't sure who they were. Thank you mom! "I told him the truth about what he did." I simply replied

"If this stops me from getting my money then you better watch out because I'll get you one way or the other." Kikyo threatened over the phone

I don't think that would get father then a small I hate you ugly. "I will get you too!" I threatened back

Kikyo hung up the phone on me. I closed the tape recorder. I threw the tape up and down in my hand. Now that I had some blackmailing material it didn't matter anymore what Kikyo did. I now had 3 hours to get ready. What do I do? "Exactly enough time." I thought

I giggled and headed to get dressed. When I was finally done putting on my dress it was 6:30 p.m. "Oh yeah Kagome who has good timing?" I asked myself

After congratulating myself I ran downstairs. I made sure that everything was locked and grabbed the car keys. I made sure that I remembered how to get to Inuyasha's house. Getting into my car I drove of. Within 20 minutes I was at the front door. There were cars parked for miles on the sides of the roads. I had to drive 1 mile away from the house to get a spot. Then I had to walk all that distance, and in high heels too. Let me tell you it wasn't very fun.

I rung the doors bell a couple of times. The door opened to reveal Mrs. Tiasho. "Kagome dear what a nice surprise. Are you here for the party?" she asked me politely

"Yes, Sesshomaru invited me." I kindly replied instead of say ' duh that's what I'm dressed up for or do you think I dress up all nice and go to peoples' houses on a daily basis?'

I entered the house and went directly to the center of the living room. Since nothing interesting was happening I went over to the food table. Okay so dinner was going to be served shortly, but I was hungry. When I went over I was graced by Sesshomaru's presence. "Eating are we?" he asked me

"No I think you're just seeing things." I replied taking a bite out of the cookie

He chuckled for a second and I smiled. Then all of a sudden his face became serious. "Kagome I have an offer for you." He promptly said

"What offer?" I asked

"I'm willing to give you a job as a secretary at Tensaiga Corp. That is if you want it." He offered to me

"Really? Thank you Sesshomaru, I knew you were the best." I said while I engulfed him in a hug

Today was turning out to be happy. I never knew that some good would come out of this. I felt his hands go around my waist as he returned the hug to me. I just held on tighter. Sesshomaru was the best, or at least I thought so. He helped me through a lot of things, and I was grateful for that. I owed him so much. In a few minutes the sound of glasses being hit by a fork reached our ear.

I turned to face the cause of the noise while Sesshomaru's hand was still around my waist. "Welcome everyone. As you all know you have been invited to an engagement party for my son Inuyasha. Now if you don't mind Inuyasha will come up here and make a speech for us. Then Kikyo will, and then we will all be served dinner." Said Mr. Taisho

Everyone clapped and then it died down as Inuyasha made his way up to the podium. "Hello. As you all know I am Inuyasha Taisho, the younger one of the two brothers. I am the hotter looking one too." He smirked

A few laughs were heard throughout the crowd. That is what I call Inuyasha in his arrogant attitude. "Okay everyone I know we aren't here to talk about how I am the better looking son." He said trying to hush the people

I put my mouth to Sesshomaru's ear as he bent down to my level. "I'm sure that he isn't there to also talk about he's probably dated 99 of the female population either." I whispered

I saw Sesshomaru calm from the verbal assault from Inuyasha and slightly smile. We looked back at Inuyasha as he once again started his speech. It was a speech that he probably didn't write by himself, or at all. "I am here to tell you that being engaged to Kikyo is the happiest thing in my life. Not even my friends made me happy as she has. I am sure that this marriage will work out. Also in my later years with my children, and by the way loads of them I will be happy knowing that I made the correct decision…"

He just droned on and on. Every now and then there were a few laughs because of the jokes he made, but let me tell you they were stupid. What hurt me was the fact that his friends didn't make him very happy. He wasn't saying that when I became friends with him. He never had any other friends until he went into high school with his new transformation making him the best looking guy in the 9th grade. Okay so it was more like the best looking guy in the whole school.

I looked down and put my face to the side of Sesshomaru's chest. He tightened his grip on me and bent down. "He's right his friends didn't make him happy because you weren't just a friend. Kagome you were his best friend." He whispered in my ear

I smiled and faced Inuyasha once again, but he was getting of the podium. Next one to come up was Kikyo. "Hello everyone. I am Kikyo Shimisha. Hopefully I will soon be Kikyo Taisho. Anyway all I can say is that Inuyasha is the best person I have ever met. I found him without any friends in high school. Soon we became best friends, and that was when everyone realized that he was what I call "hot." That was also when Kagome came to him asking him to be his boyfriend, but I talked some sense into him. Now we're going to be married, and I feel like the happiest girl in the world." She fake started to cry

I was losing my cool and stood up. I went over to the podium and decided to make a speech of my own. "What? What do you mean no friends? What do you mean I came crawling? I was his best friend. I was his first friend. You were the one who crawled over to him. Many people wondered why I moved away. Many people wondered why I didn't hang out with Inuyasha anymore I'll tell you why. I'll tell you, its one simple name Kikyo. Yes she told Inuyasha that I was spending too much time with him. It wasn't my fault. I needed to get away from her threats and assaults so I moved away. So Kikyo don't blame this on me when it was your fault." I announced revealing the truth

I was about to get of the podium when I decided to make one more announcement. "Kikyo don't mess with me, because your little friendly call today after I went to mall is all on tape."

I heard her gasp. Some people were murmuring about what tape and phone call I was talking about. I just huffed and went towards the door to get my jacket. I wasn't going to stay to be insulted. I heard me name being called and I turned around. It was Sesshomaru. "Where are you going?" he asked me

"Home. I don't want to stay to be assaulted sorry." I replied

He grabbed my wrist. "Just go up to my room. It's dangerous to be walking around at night at this time." He whispered to me

I smiled and nodded. "Thank You Sesshomaru. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't so smart."

I looked at him and saw a small smiled and headed up to his room. "You know you make me happy Sesshomaru." I said before I was completely out of earshot of his hearing

Sorry that I haven't been updating any of my stories lately. I'm extremly stressed. I'm not the one who gets depressed and stuff but "thing" have come up. Oh and the fact that one of my friends is in this "soap opera" with my other friends. It's kinda hard to stay out of their affairs when they're almost everywhere you go. I mean I have finally decided not to interfere with my friends, but that doesn't mean I did before. It's just that my dad made me realize that I will only bring them pain and stuff so i'm trying to let go of them before it become too late. Then again I don't want to, but as all of my "friends" have made sure I knew, I AM a loner. I just act cheerful for them during school, but they don't know anything. That made me feel better. Thank you for everyone who actually paid attension to my sappy life. ((((((get me to 39 reviews 4 da next chapter. let's hope i can get it done on time)))))) I hope none of my friends read this... well they don't like Inuyasha... well 2 of them do the one's in my soap opera thing, but they don't actually read any Sess/Kag. Oh if you guys want this to be a Inu/Kag then I will change it for you guys. Just tell me and i'll tally it up. C.--