Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kikyo etc. are not my property. I claim nothing but the plot I put them in.

Secret Letters

Don't worry about the math test, I'm sure you'll ace it!

Love Kikyo

Inuyasha smiled, his expression warming even more at the final two words of the letter. "Thanks for your support." Kikyo never stopped supporting and cheering him up, not for a single day. He had fallen for this girl he only knew through heart-shaped letters. And she had fallen for him too. But if only he knew who she was. "I love you, too..."

"What are you smiling to yourself for?"

Inuyasha jumped at the sound of Miroku's voice. "N-nothing!" Inuyasha tried but Miroku was too quick, he snatched the letter in an instant.

"Love Kikyo?" Miroku repeated, half-laughing, "Who's Kikyo? Your girlfriend or something?"

Inuyasha blushed, "Give it back!"

"Is Kikyo the girl you like?" Miroku teased.

"Give it back, Miroku!" Inuyasha pleaded.

"What's up with this letter?" Miroku couldn't help but laugh at the shape of the letter and the stationary, "Wow, you must be real lovey-dovey with this Kikyo chick!"

"Shut up, Miroku! And give it back!" Inuyasha snapped.

Miroku sighed, "Fine but on one condition."

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, "What?"

"Tell me who Kikyo is," Miroku replied.

"I wish I could," Inuyasha answered, "I have no clue."

Miroku studied Inuyasha for a moment, trying to see whether he was lying.

"I really don't. I started getting these letters out of the blue when my mother was...when she was diagnosed with cancer and since then they haven't stopped," Inuyasha continued, "Six years and I still have no clue who Kikyo is."

Miroku handed Inuyasha back the letter, deciding he was telling the truth. He watched as Inuyasha carefully folded it up and placed it in his pocket. "Is she the girl that you like?"

Inuyasha blushed and nodded.

Miroku beamed.

"But don't tell anyone! Okay?" Inuyasha blurted out suddenly.

Miroku nodded slowly.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Sango asked as she and Kagome appeared.

"Inuyasha's crush is his secret admirer. He's liked this girl for six years," Miroku blabbed, "She sends him these letters and signs them 'Love Kikyo'!"

Sango looked at Inuyasha and smirked, "Ooo la la."

Inuyasha glared at Miroku. "Miroku! I told you not to tell!"

"But if I didn't, who would?" Miroku replied.

"No one and that's the point!" Inuyasha snapped.

Miroku suddenly reached into Inuyasha's pocket and pulled out the letter, showing it to Kagome and Sango. Inuyasha glared at Miroku.

"You're such an asshole, Miroku," Inuyasha seethed.

"I thought they should see for themselves," Miroku replied, "And there's no way you'd hesitate to do the same."

Sango and Kagome looked at the letter in awe.

"She sounds like a stalker," Kagome remarked.

Inuyasha glared, "Kikyo is not a stalker!"

Kagome rose an eyebrow at Inuyasha, "How do you know she's not some creeper teacher or janitor or something? How do you know she's even a she?"

"Shut up, Kagome! I just do, okay?!" Inuyasha snapped and wrenched the letter from Kagome's grip. "Kikyo is no stalker! No creeper! She's my guardian angel, okay?! She's the only reason I'm still in school! She's the only reason my grades are still good! She's the only reason I'm still alive! And I won't have you call her things like that! You don't know anything about her! About me! About us!" Inuyasha sent one final glare at Miroku before storming off.

Miroku placed his hands in his pockets, "Sor-ry."

Sango just stared at him in shock. "Wow...he must really like her?"

Kagome just stared after him, a light blush decorating her cheeks. "Yeah..."

...

"What do you want?" Inuyasha snapped after carefully shoving Kikyo's letter into his pocket, "Searching for any other embarrassing things to share with the world?"

Miroku held up his hands defensively. "I only told Kagome and Sango. Nobody else but us know, don't worry, Yash. I just felt really guilty for what I did and thought that I could help."

"Help?" Inuyasha treated Miroku with high suspicion.

"Help you find out who Kikyo is," Miroku continued, "I know all the women in the area, man. Just give me a few details and I could tell you who she is."

Inuyasha looked at Miroku skeptically but deep down he knew that Miroku wasn't exaggerating one bit. "I told you, I've been getting these letters since third grade. I figure Kikyo is someone who's the same age as me, who was in my class in third grade and someone who is currently in the school. She's up-to-date on all the major things that happen at school. And anything and everything that happens to me. But she's definitely not a stalker. She's confessed to me on the last day of middle school. She goes by Kikyo."

Miroku thought for a moment, "I don't think Kikyo is her real name. Because there's not a single girl in the area by that name. There's not a girl currently going to this school by that name and there aren't any they went to the same middle school as us."

"There wasn't any in my class in third grade either," Inuyasha admitted.

"You think Kagome or Sango might know?" Miroku asked.

Inuyasha shrugged, "I've never asked them.

"Hey Kagome, Sango!" Miroku beckoned the approaching pair over.

"What is it this time?" Sango asked.

"You know any girls by the name of Kikyo?" Miroku replied.

Sango and Kagome traded glances, at first confused by the request until they remembered the letter.

Sango shook her head, "Can't say that I do."

Kagome sighed, "Sorry, Yash. I don't."

Inuyasha sighed dejectedly, "I thought so. Let me know if you hear anything, I'm heading to class now."

Miroku, Sango and Kagome watched Inuyasha's crestfallen figure walk away. Sango let out a sigh.

Miroku turned to Kagome, "You know anyone that would be able to find out about Inuyasha really quick, things like his mother getting diagnosed with cancer?"

Kagome shrugged, "No one other than Inuyasha's family and Izayoi-san's friends know about it."

"Izayoi-san?" Sango repeated with peaked interest.

"Inuyasha's mother," Kagome explained, "My mom and her mom are very close friends. I'll ask my mother, she might know. But I've been in Inuyasha's class every year and I have never heard of a girl named Inuyasha, I was even class rep in third grade. I would know if there was a KIkyo that close to Inuyasha."

Sango and Miroku traded a bemused expression.

Part Three in the saga...so just who is this Kikyo?