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Chapter 8 - Going Back In Time...

Flasback

It was nearly Summer, and graduation was a few weeks away, when Kagome finally decided that she had enough of Kikyo's lies. She had called Inuyasha out to talk to him and, although he seemed reluctant in appearing at the phone, he met her on the same bench they used to occupy, when they came to this park: the one that was turned on to the lake and that was a little bit deeper inside the park. It was necessary to walk a little bit into the trees to finally arrive at the lake and their benches.

When he arrived, Kagome was already there sited, still dressed in the same clothes she had attended school and with her bag of books near her.

"- Hey… "- she said, half smiling. He nodded with his head and stood beside her, looking at the lake.

"- Aren't you going to sit down?"

"- No. Kikyo's waiting for me, so…"

"- Oh… I see. She came with you…"

"- She's at the car…"

"- Checking if you're actually coming back, is she? Well, she does have to care about her property…"

Inuyasha stayed in silent and that angered her the most.

"- So, what do you have to say to me?"

"- I was hoping we could talk like before…"

"- I'm here, aren't I?"

"- Yes. In presence." – she said simply and making him look at her. – "What's wrong with you, Yasha?"

"- Nothing is wrong with me."

"- Then care to explain to me why aren't you hanging with us anymore? What happened? Did we do something to hurt you?"

"- I have a girlfriend now, Kagome…" - he said, looking away.

"- And can't your girlfriend hang with you and with your friends? Because I think we're still friends…"

"- You don't accept her. You don't like having her around and she feels like a horrible person…"

"- That doesn't mean she can't let you go away from her side for a few minutes... she's taking you away from us…"

"- Don't talk about her like that!" – Inuyasha said, angry. – "She's doing nothing of the sort! You guys are the ones pushing me away!"

"- We?" – Kagome asked, shocked.

"- Yes, you! You all! Always talking bad about her, lying to me about her..."

"- She's the one who's lying, and keeping you away from us! You can't possibly believe all she says to you!"

"- Then who am I going to believe then, Kagome? In you?" – he asked, sarcastically.

Kagome looked shocked. What was he saying?

"- Is there anything more you want to talk about? She's waiting for me so…" - he said, turning around to leave.

"- Yes. Yes, there is." – she said, gulping hard and raising herself up. He stopped a few feet away from her, still not facing her. – "What do you mean "you can't trust me"? Aren't we best friends? Don't you trust me anymore?"

"- Best friends?" – he said, sarcastically and angry. –"You still think you can delude me?"

"- What?" – she said, trying to contain her anger.

"- Yes. You have been lying to me but I'm not falling for your crap anymore. Kikyo heard you talking in the bathroom. About how insignificant hanyous are."

"- What? That's a lie! I never…"

"- Kikyo heard you, a couple of days ago."

"- She's lying! Who are you going to believ…?"

"- Please! Stop, you're pathetic!" – he said, interrupting her and looking deeply hurt. – "How can you still call me your best friend… you were the one lying to me all the time!"

Kagome stumbled backwards and stared at him, shocked.

"- What are you saying? Can you really believe what you're saying? Inuyasha…"

"- Stop with your lies! I know what you really think about me, Kikyo told me everything… of course, it figures that Miroku and Sango would stick by your side, but Sesshomaru, defending you? That's a laugh! What did you do? You have to tell me… perhaps I don't have what it takes to seduce him but I…"

There was a loud slap echoing in the surroundings, as Kagome's hand collided strongly with Inuyasha's face. Tears were pouring down her face, silently as she stared in shock at what she had done and at what he had said.

"- I can't believe you… you're not the Inuyasha I knew…" - she said as she removed her hand away from his face. – "If you don't believe that I accept you and like you as a half demon, then why did you come? To mock me? To make me suffer even more?"

"- You, suffering?" – he said, sounding surprised but still mocking her.

"- SHUT UP! I don't want to hear another word… you've hurt me more than anyone could have… you almost called me a hooker… a hooker!"

Inuyasha seemed to have lost all ability to talk. He simply stared at her, expressionless.

"- How could you… how could you? I supported you in everything you needed, I was there when you needed a friend the most…I never asked for anything in return and now you doubt me? Just because some stupid bitch comes and is jealous of our friendship?"

"- Don't call her…"

"- I CALL HER WHATEVER I WANT!" – Kagome shouted, losing it. She was now crying hysterically and Inuyasha even flinched from her rage.

Kagome struggled to let her emotions out right. There was nothing else besides rage and fury inside her, most of all because of lies that were visible to everyone but to him.

"- You were my best friend… I thought we were friends…"

"- Friends don't despise hanyous! Friends don't lie!" – he accused.

"- I DON'T DESPISE YOU!" – she shouted, losing it. – "I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!"

Inuyasha seemed at loss for words, his gaze fixed on hers, as if trying to decipher if what she was saying was the truth.

"- But since you're so self conscious of what Kikyo tells you, then why are you here? Why don't you just accept what she says and leave? Seems you trust her more than any of us…"

"- You… you love me?" – he asked, seeming dumbfound.

"- Oh, but don't mind me!" – she said, mocking and laughing hysterically as she continued to cry. – "I'm not expecting any ring or a necklace of rubies just because I said that, ok? I set myself for nothing! Because no matter how I try, how I support you, it's always her that you run to…"

"- You said you love me…" - he said, walking one step closer to her.

"- DON'T COME NEAR ME!"

He stopped, suddenly looking afraid.

"- Unforgivable… tell me, Inuyasha, how much time have I spent beside you, helping you with your studies, listening to your complains, keeping you company during your moonless nights when you felt the most alone and vulnerable person in the world…?" – she asked him, tears in her eyes and between sobs as he stared at her - "I was there whether you needed me or not… all I ever asked was for your friendship, as I knew I would never have anything more… and now this viper appears and, though I support your romance even if I'm suffering… the only thing I have left from you is the friendship I took for granted… for safe and for sure…that I believed it wouldn't ever wither… the only thing that connects me to you and she also wants to cut it… everything because she's afraid I'll snatch you and your precious fortune from her grasp! Well, you can both GO TO HELL!"

"- Kagome…"

"- DON'T SAY MY NAME!" – she shouted. – "DON'T EVER SAY MY NAME AGAIN! YOU DOUBTED ME! YOU QUESTIONED A TRULY HONEST FRIENDSHIP BY BELIEVING IN SOMETHING YOUR GIRLFRIEND MADE UP! SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER SAY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE BECAUSE I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!"

Inuyasha moved forward, suddenly looking afraid as she closed her eyes and tried to calm herself enough to get away from there.

"- Kagome… please… wait… let's talk…"

"- NO! Don't wanna hear you. Don't wanna see you anymore…" - she said, opening her eyes and letting the tears escape her eyes once again. – "Falling in love with you was a big mistake… but trusting you and befriending you, was the biggest mistake I ever made in my entire life!"

Her third big mistake was when she gained courage to walk in his direction and, placing one hand in his neck and lifting herself up on her feet, she pulled his head in her direction and grasped his stunned lips into a mind blowing kiss, that surrendered him to her completely. Inuyasha was so surprised by her actions that, when he started responding to the kiss she stepped back. Eyeing her with questions in his eyes, Kagome answered calmly but still coldly:

"- Did that seem like hating a hanyou to you?"

He moved forward once more and she turned around, passing on the other side of the bench and grasping her bag and her coat. She didn't even bother to clean the tears, for she knew more were coming. She knew that Inuyasha was fast enough to stop her but she hoped he wouldn't do it.

"- Goodbye Inuyasha. Take Kikyo, get married, have lots of babies and forget I ever existed. I'm already starting to forget I ever met you…"

"- Kagome… please…"

"- Don't ever come near me." – she threatened, already starting to leave but turning around one last time to glance at him. Somehow he seemed like he was hurting but she couldn't care less. – "Stay away from me! Now I'm the one that doesn't want you near anymore. Whatever there was once between us is over for good…"

He hadn't followed and she hadn't bothered to look back to see if he would do it. When she got out of the tree limit, she saw Kikyo coming in her direction. Determined to ignore her, Kagome lowered her eyes so that the other wouldn't see she had been crying. Kikyo stopped in front of her, making her stop too.

"- Where's Inuyasha?"

"- He's not in my pocket…" - she said gristly and trying to walk by.

"- Oh, my! So harsh! What happened…? You guys fought? What happened to that strong friendship you both had…?"

Kikyo didn't end her phrase because Kagome lifted her eyes and she flinched from the rage that her eyes were sending in her direction.

"- I would shut up if I were you, Kikyo. I'm not in a good mood right now…"

Kagome continued walking forward, surpassing her and was almost disappearing when Kikyo shouted:

"- It's better this way, Kagome. You had no chance from the beginning, you know? You're too much… plain…"

Kagome turned around and smirked:

"- I'd rather stay plain than playing foul and being a whore like you are! You already have Inuyasha and his fortune… NOW STAY AWAY FROM ME OR THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO TELL INUYASHA I WAS THE ONE WHO BROKE YOUR FACE!..."

End Of Flasback

Kagome sighed. From that day onwards, Inuyasha hadn't approached her and Kikyo was even wise enough to stay out of her field of vision. Her friends had asked and she had ended up telling them what had happened between the two of them. She was grateful that they sided with her but that didn't diminished her sadness. After graduation ball, Inuyasha and Kikyo were gone, leaving her and…

Looking around and awakening from her slumber, Kagome saw that Hiroyuki was not in the slide. She got up, panicking and started calling for him:

"- Hiroyuki! Hiroyuki!"

She searched him all around but none of the children playing in the swings or the slide had silver hair or dog ears. Suddenly, from behind the nearby bush, a small boy, smiling and grinning jumped in her direction, scaring her:

" - Gotcha mom!"

Kagome turned around, angry and shouted at him:

"- What were you thinking? I was worried!"

"- Sorry, mom…" - he said, scared, sad and worried. He had never seen his mother so angry.

"- What if someone took you away, huh? What if you disappeared? What would I do…?" – she said, her tune of voice lowering itself until she was on the verge of tears.

Hiroyuki quickly got up and placed his arms around her neck, as Kagome clasped him to her chest, while letting a few tears slide.

"- Don't cry, mom. I said I'm sorry..."

"- … Don't do that again!"

"- Okay."

"- Don't leave me…" - she told him, as he instinctively hugged her closer.

When they parted, Hiroyuki told her serious and tilting his head, though he had an expression like his mother had said the hugest mistake ever:

"- I'll never leave you, mom. Even when I'm older! I'll always take you with me…"

"- You promise?" – asked Kagome, a little childishly and smiling a little.

"- Promise." – he said, caressing her face.

It was Kagome's turn to hug him.

"- I love you…"

"- Love you too, mom… Can we go home, now? I'm tired…"

"- Okay. Let's go home."

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