A/N: I really…I just have nothing to say to anyone right now. -tired smile- So disclaimers, and please enjoy.

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

"You're okay…" Kagome whispered, pressing as hard as she dared against Inuyasha. "I need to thank Miroku again," she added in a murmur to him, breathing in Inuyasha's scent.

Inuyasha frowned, looking at his girlfriend curiously. "Why the hell would you thank that pervert? You want to break him up with Sango or something?" He demanded, tightening his grip.

Kagome couldn't help it: she laughed. "No, of course not…you missed their wedding, by the way," she told him. "It…it was so nice of him…" she whispered, eyes filling with tears again. "He gave a speech about you…practically prayed that you would come back at his wedding…and he said he did it for me, because I helped him meet Sango," she said. "I can't thank him enough." She pressed a kiss to Inuyasha's cheek.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, nuzzling the top of her head. "Damn it, woman." He muttered, breathing her scent in deeply. Then he narrowed his eyes. "You're covered in blood."

Kagome laughed slightly. "Yours, Yash. You appeared in my backyard and I went to help you, and you bled all over me." She began showering kisses all over his face. "Don't scare me like that again!" She snapped. "You scared me half to death with all of that blood!"

Inuyasha blinked at her, raising an eyebrow when she then buried her face in his shoulder again. "Did you turn bi-polar or something while I was gone?"

Kagome scowled at him then said, "Where were you anyway? How did you not die in the explosion?" Her voice quivered at that.

Inuyasha shrugged. "I dunno," he said, pressing a reassuring kiss to her head. "I just remember waking up in a cave. That's all. Then I got to your yard somehow. And then the ambulances. Now here." Kagome sighed, twining her fingers with his. "We thought you were dead, Inuyasha," She told him. "We thought you'd died in the explosion…and it was my entire fault, because I brought the Shards to the school…but…" she broke down, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I'm so glad you're okay, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha cursed. "Don't cry, damn it!" He snapped, furiously nuzzling her cheek and pressing kisses to the corner of her mouth.

Kagome laughed lightly, wiping the tears away as the half-demon moved her so she rested between his legs, her back against his chest with his arms wrapped around her. Inuyasha tucked her head under his chin. "No more crying," the half-demon demanded.

Kagome smiled and closed her eyes, resting her head back against him. "Sure." She said softly. "I'll try to stop…you know, you broke your promise," she teased. "You said you would dance with me at Sango's wedding."

Inuyasha snorted in exasperation. "You have gone bi-polar."

Kagome rolled her eyes and leaned back against him.

"We'll dance at Souta's wedding, how about that," Inuyasha breathed in her ear suddenly. Kagome shivered lightly, and then he added, "And perhaps our own…?"

Kagome broke into a grin. "Are you asking me to marry you, Takahashi?"

Inuyasha grinned as he rested his chin on her shoulder, his cheek brushing hers. "Perhaps…though I don't have a ring with me."

Kagome's already happy grin grew wider and she twisted around, throwing her arms around him and kissing him deeply.

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

Inuyasha was up in a flash, golden eyes wide as his chest heaved, fighting desperately for the oxygen that he needed. His hair was damp with sweat, his brows drawn together with anger and grief. "Kagome…" he whispered, his voice full of grief as he buried his face in his hands. "Damn it."

Immense guilt filled him as his face screwed up in a look of pain. "I'm sorry," he hissed out loud, glaring at the curtains that remained open. Why hadn't he closed them…? Oh. Right. He gave a dry laugh. The light reminded him of the one person he was desperate to forget.

A sniffle caught his attention and Inuyasha glanced up as his door open, his black hair still messed up from sleep. "Who the hell are you and what do you want?"

"I…Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha groaned as Shippo appeared, sniffling with tears leaking from large sad eyes. "What is it now, Shippo?"

Shippo gave a small sob, launching himself into his cousin's arms. "Inuyasha!" He wailed. "I want Kagome! Why won't she come and visit me like I want her to? What did I do that chased her off? I want to see her! I wanna say…I wanna say I'm sorry!" He cried, burying his small face in his cousin's shoulder.

Inuyasha stiffened, his grip around the boy tightening to the point where Shippo winced. "Shippo, she will never come back," he said softly. "I thought you knew that."

"Rin…" Shippo sniffled. "Rin told me she just broke up with you because she was tired of how we all acted towards each other!" He gave another wail. "I want to say sorry! I wanna tell her to come back and I miss her!"

"Damn it, Rin," Inuyasha cursed, then set to work on settling the child down.

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

Inuyasha was soon in the kitchen, digging in the fridge after putting Shippo back to sleep, reassuring him that it would be alright. He growled to himself. "Where the hell is my last damn-"

"Inuyasha, what in the world are you doing up right now?"

Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder, groaning. "Rin," He huffed. "What are you doing up?"

Rin gave him an amused smile. "Well," she said with a small laugh, patting the top of her head. "My head started hurting and woke me up, so I came down here to get some medicine for it. And then I come down to find you digging in the fridge for a beer I suppose?" She gave a smirk, holding up the bottle he had been looking for.

"Rin, damn it woman, give that here," He demanded, lunging. She just moved it out of his way.

"Sorry, Yash. You've been drunk way too much," Rin replied firmly. "If Sesshomaru hadn't stopped you yesterday, you definitely would have killed that man."

"He was asking for it!" Inuyasha snapped. "He was teasing me for being half-demon!"

"Not an excuse," Rin replied, smirking as she opened a window and threw the bottle out of it. Inuyasha gave a grieving cry of "my beer".

Inuyasha shot her a glare, running a clawed hand through his silver hair. "What do you want me to do? Not kill everyone who tries to kill me?"

Rin's jaw dropped. "Inuyasha, you've killed some people?! That's against Izayoi's rules-"

He continued as if he hadn't heard her. "It's not like I'm the one telling Shippo that Kagome got pissed off with how we were treating her and made her run off! You made it ten times worse for the runt then it is!"

"I can't just tell him she's dead!" Rin yelled back, her fury rising.

"Well she is!" Inuyasha snarled back, his patience having snapped. "She's dead, and you're lying to Shippo! What the hell are you going to go do next? Lie to Sesshomaru about loving him? Tell him that all along that you've liked someone else?!"

"WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING!?" Rin shrieked.

"Inuyasha."

Both looked over to see a furious Sesshomaru, rubbing his temples as he tried to remain calm. "My mate does not lie. She is merely protecting the kit until he's old enough to understand that you were the one who was unable to protect the girl. And then, you can explain that the reason you can't take him to visit her grave is because we ALL lost her body."

"We didn't lose it," Inuyasha insisted, pursing his lips as his ears flattened angrily. "Rin said it vanished. That means Kagome's probably still somewhere out there; we just have to find her-"

"Inuyasha," Miroku's tired voice now broke in as he appeared, looking exhausted. "We know you're still upset over Kagome's death-"

"If we could find her body, Sesshomaru could revive her," Inuyasha snarled.

"IF." Rin replied. "IF we could find her body. It vanished in Naraku's place, Inuyasha. It's seriously unlikely. Just accept the fact that Kagome's gone-"

"SHUT IT!" Inuyasha's temper went through the roof. He was done. "You all got what you fucking wanted in the end, didn't you! Miroku got to have a family with Sango and get rid of his curse! Shippo's safe! Rin, you don't have to worry about Sesshomaru, and the other way around! Mom and Dad are probably happy in the next world. Naraku's dead!" His voice cracked. "ALL of YOU! But what the hell happens to me? I lose the only god damn person who matters!"

"Inu-" Miroku was cut off as Inuyasha whipped around, stalking to the front door.

"Do whatever the hell you want with your happy damn lives!" He yelled. "I'm out of here!" The door slammed shut.

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

She rocked back in her chair, tilting it and placing her crossed ankles onto the desk before her as she ran her fingers through her hair. "So much paper work," she whined, shooting an accusing glare at the red haired woman behind her. "Ayame, why!"

"You're going on vacation for your brother's wedding for three weeks!" Ayame scolded, running the brush she was holding through her hair as she looked at her. "The least you can do is complete the bills for me, Kagome."

Kagome gave a pout.

"Oh come on," Ayame moaned, giving her employee and friend's hair a small tug. "There's one bill left for you to pay and you're free to leave."

Kagome sighed, but quickly finished paying the final pay. "We just paid over two grand in bills and still somehow have over three grand left to spend on more wedding dresses to sell, as well as you need to pay us amazing workers."

"Amazing, huh?" Ayame teased. "That's why you're leaving for three weeks?"

Kagome grinned, standing up and popping her neck -she had NO idea where that habit had come from, she used to hate the sound of popping joints. "That's different; it's for my little brother's wedding."

It was Ayame's turn to pout. "Oh come on," she whined. "The person who works for me and sells the most dresses is leaving for three weeks! We're going to lose money!"

"Not a lot," Kagome replied, snatching up her purse. "Anyhow, I gotta go home and pack. See you in a few weeks, right?"

"When that happens," Ayame replied, "we are so going clubbing. You owe me a few drinks, lady."

Kagome laughed, patted her friend's head, then ducked out of the small back office, heading for the shiny black pathfinder that she owned -the one that wasn't hers, as it had something inscribed on the dashboard: Be careful next time.

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

There was sober. Then you had drunk. Then you had completely wasted.

Inuyasha did not know which of these he was, he just knew that he would keep on ordering until he dropped to the ground.

He took another sip of his beer, watching the people who randomly danced around on the dance floor. He had NO idea why he had gone to a club instead of a bar. Clubs were noisy -they hurt his ears, too bright -they hurt his eyes, and they stunk of sweat, vomit, and alcohol -which burned his nose. All in all…

He hated clubs.

Inuyasha slammed the glass of alcohol down and staggered unsteadily to his feet when a familiar scent hit his nose. "Miroku, wha' the fuck are you doing here." He snarled in a slurring tone.

The said man groaned, face palming. "Obviously coming to fetch my drunken hanyou of a friend. Come on, you, Shippo's freaked out over the fact that you weren't home this morning."

Inuyasha stubbornly shook his head, and snarled tauntingly, "Go home to your lucky wife, 'Roku, not like you're suppo'ed to care what happens to the left over of a war, right?"

Miroku took a long look at his best friend. "You," he finally said softly, "are seriously messed up. And Sango's tired of being woken up in the middle of the night by you. She said when I get you home; she's going to send you somewhere for a few weeks to get your mind cleared, so that when you come home, you can move on in life."

Inuyasha bared his fangs. "No."

Miroku, knowing better than to roughly handle Inuyasha even when he wasn't drunk, held up the one thing that was forbidden by anyone to touch, the last thing of Kagome's that they had been able to scrounge up as nobody wanted to go to her now abandoned house; surprisingly, a hair barrette.

Inuyasha's eyes went so round, Miroku thought they were going to pop out for a moment. "Miroku," he said hoarsely, "give it back."

"Not," Miroku replied back calmly, swallowing. "unless you come home with me." Inuyasha flopped back into his seat, burying his face in his hands, ignoring his claws as they raked down his face. "Miroku, none of you guys get it," he finally growled. "You have Sango, Shippo has all of you, Rin and Sesshomaru have each other…hell, and Souta has his fiancé. Kagome's dead. I can't just…move on. She was different from everybody…hell, she was better than you are sometimes."

Miroku sat down beside Inuyasha, tucking away the hair barrette. "I know," he said, patting his back. "I don't think any of us even thought about that. I know that I sure as hell didn't. And the minute you left, Sesshomaru had to take Rin upstairs to calm her down, she was freaking out so bad."

Inuyasha gave a dry laugh. "Impossible to calm her down unless you're him."

Miroku nodded in agreement. "Inuyasha, look. I know you were hurt badly over her death, but…you have to move on. It's what Kagome would want, right?" He received a hesitant nod. "Kagome wouldn't want you moping around like you have been for the past year and a half. I say that we take a trip to her house, pay our respects…and then you need to fucking call her brother. He's probably worried sick over her, you know."

Inuyasha groaned. "Damn brat."

Miroku chuckled. "And then we can all move on and think of happy times, right?"

Inuyasha closed his eyes briefly, and then opened them. "Sure. I'll go to Souta's little wedding and apologize in person. Then he can beat the hell out of me if he wants…but I'll wait till after the wedding's over. I don't want to ruin their wedding."

Miroku gave his friend an approving nod, tossing the hair piece over. Inuyasha caught it. "Good. Now, let's head back. You have literally two days before the wedding and you need to pack."

~~OO~~II~~OO~~

Kagome inspected her suitcases, giving a bright smile as she did her usual checklist.

Toiletries? Check.

Books? Check.

The Smartphone she had no idea when she had gotten? Check.

The adorable charm bracelet she had no idea when she had gotten? Check.

Her favorite black heels and red dress that -guess!- she had no idea when she had gotten? Check!

And of course, that strange picture she carried around everywhere with her…the one with a flash of silver in the background. That was the closest she could get to the strange golden eyed person in her dream. A flash of silver.

She dragged the suitcases into her car, and then closed the trunk, tucking her spare key into her pocket before climbing in. Jakotsu had agreed to house sit for her; the reason no dress was being left behind while she was on her trip.

Kagome smiled as she pulled out of the driveway.

Maybe Souta would know something about the person in her dreams?

"Kagome."

Kagome groaned, turning the car on and rolling down her window. "What?" She snapped. "I have to go!"

He smirked, leaning through the window. His red eyes gleamed. "I have a command for you before you leave…"

"Yes?" Kagome sighed.

"Don't speak to anyone you don't know…unless it's your brother's bride, of course, or a family member. Then go right ahead. But anyone unnatural…"

He vanished.

Kagome sighed, rolled up the window, and pulled out of the driveway.

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A/N: The next chapter! ^_^ so what do you think? Like it? Sorry about random words in the arguments, I had no inspiration for those..anyhow, read and review please!