A/N: In finished Eliminated... :O what an accomplishment, except, the ending is really shitty (well it is in my opinion, maybe you'll like it). oh well, haha. Here's the next chapter, I suppose it becomes really predictable from here. Sorry I didn't get to reply to the reviews this time around, I've been busy. In fact, I'm going out of town for a couple of days, Florida here I come!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything else mentioned in this story; duh. XD
Rated: Mature For crude language, sexual references, and mature situations.

CHAPTER 26

"I can't fucking believe this shit," Sango grumbled, as she started her car. Kohaku sat down in the back seat with Asuka and I turned to Sango, worried that she would be too angry to drive.

"Sango," I attempted to coax and she looked at me, her eyes losing the glow of livid fire. Suddenly, she began to laugh.

I glanced back at Kohaku who was chuckling as well. Asuka and I exchanged worried glances before Sango began talking.

"Stupid little fuck," she laughed.

"Umm, Sango?" I approached hesitantly. "What happened?"

"Well, Kohaku got written up, but get this," she said, slowing to a stop at a red light. "He got a 'Positive Behavior Referral'."

What?

"The little shit is such a brown-noser."

"Wait, so he's not in trouble?" Asuka asked and Sango shook her head.

"Nope. His teacher just decided to waste my life by scheduling a conference, only to gush on about how great of a student Kohaku is and how much of a leader he is."

"Oh," I said as she began driving again.

"How'd you guys fair in the car here?"

"Ok," I answered, almost immediately.

"Oh? What were y'all talking about?" she asked and I immediately blushed. When we didn't answer she glanced at Asuka through her rearview mirror and then at me briefly before turning down the road her house was on.

"Ok then…"

Asuka offered a lone, awkward cough, and Kohaku cleared his throat, sensing the strange atmosphere.

"Ah, well then," Sango mumbled. "Hey, Kagome, Asuka and I are going out tomorrow, to dinner… Maybe you'd like to come with us, I mean, with Koga of course… like a double date."

Her cheeks were slightly red and if I hadn't been concentrating on her so carefully, I might've missed her invitation. It was kind of cute when she blushed.

"You can say no, of course. I just figured, since you like talking to Asuka and all…"

I stopped her before she could continue, despite the fact that I was enjoying her blushing, "I'll ask Koga, tonight, if he'd like to come."

She smiled, hesitantly, "Good. Maybe you can tell him then, if you're ready."

This time it was my turn to blush.

Sango took me to her house to get my things and then took me home. I watched, still wanting to spend time with her, as she drove off. Asuka had moved to the front seat and she waved shyly at me as Sango pulled away.

As soon as I dropped into my bed with my homework, I called Koga.

"Hey," he said, sounding winded.

"Hi," I replied, wondering about his shortness of breath. "What's up?"

"Nothing, just taking the dogs out… I mean, the kids out to play. We're at the park playing soccer," he replied, and I wanted to gush at how fatherly he was. I even forgot to chastise him for calling his siblings dogs.

"That's really nice of you Koga," I smiled and I could tell a soft blush was painting his cheeks, though he was probably already flushed from running around so much.

"Yeah, yeah," he tried to play it off.

"I was wondering if… well, actually, Sango invited us to-"

"Sango?"

"Yeah…"

"So you're friends again, huh?"

"Yeah… is something wrong?"

"Nah… I just don't like you hanging out with her too much… Doesn't matter," he attempted to play it off. "Continue."

"Wait, what's wrong with me hanging out with Sango?" I asked, feeling indignation rise up in me suddenly.

"Nothing, chill," he sounded exasperated. "Just say what you wanna say. I'm kind of busy."

I frowned at this, but continued anyways, "Sango invited us to dinner."

"Why?"

"Just to."

"With just her? Ain't that weird…" he seemed to be thinking about it deeply.

"No, with her girlfriend… Like a double date."

The phone line got quiet suddenly, and I had to wonder if Koga had hung up on me. It wasn't until I heard the sound of a young child talking obnoxiously loud did I know he was still there. He said something, sounding a little impatient, to shoo the child away.

"No," he said into the phone, suddenly.

"What?"

"I said no. I don't want to. Go if you want to, though. I'm not gonna stop you."

"Ok, Koga, what is it with you? What do you have against Sango?"

"Nothing," he said, a little too quickly. "I just don't like being around her."

"Why?"

"Kagome, let's talk about this later," he suggested.

"Why not now?"

"I'm watching a bunch of little kids run around a park, as much as I'd enjoy one or two of them being picked off by some creeper, I'd rather just be responsible, ok? Just not now…"

"Sorry," I mumbled, wondering why the hell I was being so obnoxious. "I'll talk to you later then…"

"It's ok, and yeah, I'll call you tonight."

"Bye, and I love you."

"I love you too."

The line went dead and I sighed, wondering if he really did still love me. Did he, or had those words lost their potency? Were they simply three words said to appease my appetite for what they were supposed to define?

I felt suddenly depressed and unworthy. Was I incapable of keeping Koga's love? Had he had his fill?

Tears burned my eyes and I sighed, annoyed with myself and my aching stomach. I changed into some shorts and put on the shoes Koga got for me. Running around the neighborhood a few times, I exhausted myself and settled down to idly review class notes. School would be ending soon. Sango would be gone soon. I'd be alone soon.

The next couple of days, I spent very little time with Koga and Sango too. I had gone with the two on the first date I was invited to, on my own. Sango seemed very attentive to me, and Asuka seemed to care very little, though I could tell she was a bit envious. Her envy disappeared when Sango would smile at her, or kiss her, or hug her. I was envious of them. I thought of how nice it would be if Koga did those simple things to me more often… I even thought of switching places with Asuka every now and then. Those thoughts weren't frequent, however.

Each time Sango invited Koga and me to dinner that week, he'd make up some excuse, or just flat out tell me no. I'd given up on inviting him and I'd given up on attending. What use was it for me to go to and interrupt their lovely evenings together?

At the end of that week, my period had started, randomly. (1) Turns out I wasn't pregnant. I had done some research on the internet to find out that girls could miss periods due to stress. I figured that had been what was wrong with me. When I hung out with Sango and told her, she seemed... well, it's kind of hard to explain.

She looked at me in confusion for a moment, her eyebrows furrowed deeply. Her eyes were confused, reflecting a light green, fainter than I had seen in her eyes before. She wet her lips, quickly, and briefly, and then smiled. It was borderline forced, but I could tell it was real.

"Wow, so I guess Koga's spawn isn't going to exist for a little while now."

I took offence to that for a moment. Was she still hung up on the fact that it was Koga's? Erm, I mean, was going to be Koga's? And what was this "for a little while" mess? I wasn't going to have sex with Koga again. It wasn't worth it. After we'd fornicated, he had lost interest in me and I had a scare with pregnancy. I wasn't ready for that. I should've known. We weren't ready for that.

However, my upset musing had been destroyed by the warm, tight hug she had given me immediately after. Her arms were supporting and comfortable. She had smelled so good. She had felt so wonderful. She had pulled away and smiled at me, wider, even more radiant looking with a smile as such decorating her face.

Koga, suddenly thereafter on the following Thursday, decided to take me out one evening.

"Kagome, babe, we're going out tonight," he said as we walked towards his car for lunch.

"Ah, really?" I asked, not really believing him.

"Yeah," he said, blushing. "I realize how much of an asshole I've been to you lately."

"Koga you—" I was about to excuse his behavior, but he silenced me.

"No, don't even try to make excuses. I've been an asshole to you. I shouldn't be that way. I shouldn't treat you that way. I just realized how we haven't been spending that much time together. Yeah, I've been busy with track, but that's no excuse. So you and I are going out tonight, alright. You should dress up a little; I will too," he smiled at me, handsomely, and I felt as if I was going to melt in my shoes (and no, that had nothing to do with the heat.)

I didn't even eat my lunch as we sat in his car, listening to music. We made out the whole time. Despite the fact that it wasn't very romantic, I enjoyed every moment of it. It was wonderful to have Koga back.

That night, as we went to dinner, I felt as if I were on cloud nine. He was the perfect gentleman and he was very focused on making sure I enjoyed everything. We didn't go to a really fancy restaurant, but it was still a pretty high end Japanese restaurant.

We were leaving when we ran into two very unsuspecting acquaintances. It was Sango and Asuka, and I was really excited to see them. However, I remembered that Koga dreaded Sango, so I looked over at him to see him the sickest pale I had ever seen him. His beautiful blue eyes were very frantic looking and he suddenly looked tense.

Sango greeted us causally, and Koga flinched.

What was up with him?

Suddenly, I felt like introducing him to Asuka, because she seemed like a likeable person to ease the tension with her adorably shy ways but she herself looked a bit… distraught. At first, she looked surprised, and I thought it was because we'd run into each other. I knew that I was surprised. But then… then she looked really angry.

Sango caught this and looked chidingly at her date, who was wearing a very cute and casual black dress.

"Asuka, this is Koga, Kagome's boyfriend," Sango said, her voice hinting to Asuka that she needed to check her attitude.

Koga seemed frozen to the spot but then he suddenly caught his sense again and put on a handsome smirk. His eyes were boring into hers and I had to commend him for his sudden strength to overcome his Sango induced paralysis.

"Hi," he said, offering his hand to the girl. She looked appalled, and Sango merely gazed at her in confusion (as did I.) She set her jaw, tightly shut, and offered her hand that Koga's seemed to swallow up in a gentle shake.

"Nice to meet you," she bit out, incapable of hiding the anger that everyone could notice. Sango slipped her arm around her waist, in what I saw as an attempt to calm Asuka. Why was she so upset? She had literally begun to shake with anger.

"Well, it was nice seeing you," Sango said, distractedly leading Asuka away.

After that night, I hadn't heard from Sango for days. I figured she was a bit embarrassed, but Sango didn't seem like the kind of girl to let something like that bother her too much. After many calls, I began to become suspicious of the situation.

Koga had been acting a bit funny as well. He had become very hesitant again and I wondered if Sango had threatened him without my knowing. She wouldn't do that, would she?

I got a chance to ask her some questions when she showed up at my house late one night.

A knocking on my door distracted me from a book I was reading for English class.

"Come in," I called, expecting my mom to step in.

Surprisingly, it was Sango. I blushed, realizing I wasn't dressed in any way for company. I was wearing really short shorts and a t-shirt. I decided I wasn't getting out of bed and out from underneath the comforter for anything.

"Hey," Sango said, stepping in and shutting the door behind her. "How are you?"

I gave her a funny look, suspicious of her.

"I'm ok," I said, shrugging. "Just a little concerned."

"Concerned?" she looked worried, suddenly.

"Yeah, concerned. You haven't threatened Koga at all, have you?"

"What?" she asked, looking surprised. "Threatened him? No… I haven't… what happened?" She seemed very curious and I could only wonder why.

"Well, he's been acting strange ever since we saw you at that restaurant…"

"Seriously?" she asked, giving me a strange look.

"Ok, Sango, enough with the looks," I huffed, setting my book down. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

She clenched her jaw, tightly, and released it.

"You're fucking kidding me," she groaned, but not at me. "He hasn't said anything at all?!"

"Sango, what are you talking about?"

"God, I fucking hate him," she huffed angrily.

"Wait, what?"

"Look, Kagome, I tried to give him some time, but this is ridiculous. It's been days since you last saw me. It needs to be said now," she stressed.

"I'm confused," I mumbled, truly confused about the situation.

"Fuck, I can't do this," Sango groaned. "Fuck."

"Sango, what's up with you?" I was annoyed. I was annoyed because I was confused and the one person I could get answers from was refusing to tell me what I wanted to know.

"Call him," she said, sternly.

"Who?"

"Call him," she huffed. "Koga. Call Koga."

"Why?"

"Tell him to get his ass here, now."

"Sango, relax. I don't think it's a good idea to call him right now," I began.

"Just fucking call him, or I'm going to do it!" she bit at me. I flinched. Sango was angry. She was really angry.

I called Koga and asked him to come and see me. He was instantly concerned, worried if I was ok.

"Baby, what's wrong?" he asked tiredly. It sounded like I had just woken him from sleep.

"I just want you to come, right now."

"Right now?" he breathed tiredly.

"Yeah; can you?"

"Yeah… I'll be there in a second."

And so we waited for Koga and Sango paced around my room.

"How long have you been dating Koga?" she asked me, seemingly attempting to calm down. I was concerned with her anger, but I let it go, knowing she wasn't going to tell me.

"Since September," I said, easily calculating the time, exactly down to the day, and approximating the hours, in my mind.

"Stupid piece of shit," she said, looking out of my window, and for a moment I thought she was talking about me… but Sango wouldn't call me a name like that.

What was her beef with Koga?

She sat down, looking impatient and I got out of bed to sit next to her and maybe coax some answers out of her. I blushed, remembering my shorts and I watched as Sango's eyes made quick work of my legs. She looked away, muttering to herself, as I sat down. For some reason, that hadn't been as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.

We sat in silence as I gathered my wits to begin conversation. I didn't really know what was going on; all I knew was that Sango was here, a bit upset, wanting to talk to Koga, or something like that. Before I could address the subject, the doorbell rang.

Sango was up and down the steps in mere seconds. I followed after her, worried that she would harass Koga.

"Go upstairs," she said, a lot calmer than she had said anything all night.

I listened to her, standing at the top of the steps, still worried about the both of them. The last thing I wanted was a fight.

She opened the door and silence met my ears.

"Koga," she said after a while. "I tried to give you a chance. I said, hell, fuck it, if she's happy with you then I don't give a shit, right? Right," she said, confirming her statement on her own without giving Koga a chance to answer. "And you did just that. You made her happy and she loves you; she loves you so much. I've forgiven you for what happened with Miroku… I've forgiven myself, but I won't forgive myself if I let you play with Kagome like she's some sort of fucking toy.

"She loves you Koga," she repeated. "What you're doing is wrong and if you don't go upstairs right now and tell her what's going on, I just might have to kill you. I've been trying my hardest to not interfere with your relationship. The first night, I was Asuka's voice of reason. That girl was so mad, but you know how she is; too shy to actually do something about it. When I found out… I wanted to find you and destroy you, literally. But you know what; it was Asuka that said, 'No, wait. He's responsible. He'll tell her.' But you stupid piece of… of shit! You haven't told her a damn thing. And I think I'm done waiting for you and it's about time she knows the truth."

"Sango, wait," he said, sounding a bit depressed. "I've been trying to sort things out… I love Kagome too… I love her a lot. I don't want to lose her because of this… I told Kocho that—"

"You obviously don't love her enough," Sango spat, her voice rising just slightly.

"No, Sango," he said and I heard movement. Silence then met my ears. "I'll tell her… I'll… I'll do it."

"Right now," Sango spat, and I saw her pull him towards the staircase then push him forward. He looked up with distraught blue eyes and saw me; the anguish on his face was absolutely unbearable. I started to cry. I think I finally realized what was going on. I shook my head, not wanting to hear anything from him.

"Kagome," he said, with his voice strange and tight. "I'm so sorry."

I kept shaking my head, clenching my eyes shut. I felt a bit dizzy and took a confused step to my left.

"No… just go away." My heart hurt, my head hurt.

"I'm really sorry, Kagome," he said and I heard the door shut. A pained sob slipped from my throat and I took another step, confused, in the darkness of the landing. I realized, a second too late, that I had stepped towards the staircase and fell.

Sango's arms caught me, and I wondered how she had gotten to me in time to keep me from falling into danger. I wondered how she had kept the force of my fall and my momentum from plummeting us down the steps. She led me to my room and I got into bed and cocooned myself in it.

"Kagome?" Sango's voice was soft and concerned.

"No," I cried. "Just go away. Leave me alone."

I didn't peak out of the comforter to see her pained expression. I merely heard the sound of my lights being turned of and my bedroom door shutting.

1-This has happened to me before, but I wasn't worried about getting pregnant seeing as I'm a prude and won't let anyone touch me, even with a 10ft pole. XD haha

Le gasp! Koga is a cheater and Kagome is not pregnant. I bet you didn't see that one coming... ok, so maybe you did. XD I mean, it was inevitable that he do something wrong. Anyways, if you're anxious to see what happens next, review!

Thanks for reading,
Enigmatic Ethereality