CHAPTER TWO (SECOND GRADE)
Inuyasha and some other second graders were playing soccer. Inuyasha kicked the soccer ball to Miroku and he kicked it into the goal. They cheered and Kagome came up behind Inuyasha, taking his hat off and covering his eyes. "Guess who." She giggled. He smiled.
"You know I can smell you, right?" he laughed and turned to her. She looked passed him and gasped, turning him back around and hiding behind him. "Kagome, what the…"
"Shh." She whispered. "Sango and I are playing hide and seek."
"I can't promise that this is the best hiding place." He laughed. Sango ran passed and Kagome hugged Inuyasha quickly before running off. He stood blushing for a moment before the soccer ball hit him in the face.
"C'mon, Inuyasha, get your head in the game." The wolf cub complained, jealously.
After school, Inuyasha was walking Kagome home like he always did. They reached her house, which happened to be next to his. Kagome's mother came to the door. "Hello, Inuyasha. Are you and your mother still coming over tonight for dinner? She asked. Inuyasha nodded.
"Yep, she's so happy too." He said.
"Well, you go get yourself ready, dear." She told him and he ran home. Kagome had gotten changed into more comfortable clothes when she heard the front door open then close.
"Kagome! Mrs. Higurashi! Help me!" Inuyasha called from the main room. Kagome and her mother ran to the main room and Inuyasha grabbed onto Kagome, holding her close.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" asked the hanyou.
"My mom. She's on the floor and she's not moving or breathing!" he screamed into Kagome's shoulder. Kagome comforted her friend the best that she could. grabbed her cell phone and ran to the next house, calling an ambulance on her way.
Kagome sat on the floor with Inuyasha sobbing into her shoulder. Inuyasha had always seemed so tough. 'I guess when it came to Izayoi, he can't help it.' Kagome thought. "I'm sorry that I can't console you like a good friend should." She apologized. He bit her shoulder lightly enough to make her yelp, but not to hurt.
"Don't talk like that." He growled, slightly. "I'm thankful that you're doing… even this much, rather than just letting me sit alone." She smiled as he looked up to her with his golden eyes, even more brilliant with his tears.
Two weeks later, Kagome followed her mother in a black dress. She saw Inuyasha and his older, half-brother, Sesshomaru. She ran over to Inuyasha and wrapped her arms around him, crying. "Hey, I thought I was the one that's supposed to be crying like a baby not you." He teased, trying to raise her spirits. She giggled. The funeral was short, and Izayoi was buried next to her late husband, Inutaisho. Inuyasha and Kagome agreed that this was the worst year of their lives but it also brought them closer.