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The Impossible Mission	By : Vavalicious Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 1931 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 23: Halloween (Part 2)

Houjo brought the girls outside and set them down on a bench; Ayumi had passed out as soon they were seated and was now lying on Houjo's lap on one side, as Houjo held Kagome close to him on the other. She was crying hard in his chest and he tried calming her down, but it won’t easy calming someone down after they just saw a friend lying dead in front of them.
"Kagome, Houjo!!" someone shouted, it was Sango and she ran toward them. As soon as she arrived, Kagome jumped into her arms and bawled out some more.
"Oh Sango, s-s-something h-ha-happened... Y-Yuka is... s-s-someone..." She spoke between heavy sobs.
"I know; I heard what happened," she nodded rubbing her back, and tried keeping her own tears back, but it was hard of course.  Houjo gently moved Ayumi over to Sango, getting up and looking down at them.
"Sango, watch over them, I have to call the police right away," he said.
"Of course," she replied, and watched him run off quickly. Sango was surprised to see him acting so brave; he was a man after all he couldn't freak out in front of the girls, someone had to stay calm. That's what Sango would do just now, she had to keep calm.
-Back in the hallway-
Miroku and Inuyasha were frozen unable to say anything as Ms. Ikeda stood at the door waiting for an answer. "Explain yourselves both of you," she demanded.
"W-well we heard screams and came here to check things out—” Miroku started, but their teacher interrupted.
"Let’s skip the part where we pretend we don’t know you two aren’t regular high school students. Now tell me, who are you guys?"
"Ms. Ikeda, I don't think this is the right time to be discussing this at the moment. We have to get everyone away from here and get things moving, that's more important," Inuyasha spoke looking at her firmly.
She took a moment then nodded not releasing her frown. "Yes, but as soon as we get things cleared, I want full identifications." The two agents looked to one another anxiously and back to her. Their teacher pulled out a walkie-talkie to alert the other supervisors about the incident and to escort everyone out of the building. "And as for you two, you better get yourselves out of here; don't step anywhere closer to this body." They weren't going to argue it was best not to, they've jeopardized enough as it is. As they left, Miroku immediately called the agency to take over from here. They had ways of getting things done without involving the actual authorities in this city; this was as long as the police weren't called already.
Kagome finally stopped crying, but the trauma was still there. “What am I going to do now? Yuka is dead and it's my fault. How am I going to rebound after something like this? No one will ever know the reason why she's been killed," she whimpered clenching the note in her hand. "He'll continue taking everyone I love if I don't do something. I'd rather give myself up instead of losing people.” Kagome sat up still looking into space.
Sango turned and grasped her hand.  "Are you alright, Kagome?"
"I've had better nights, Sango," she responded blankly.
The vampire slayer wanted to hit herself; why did she ask such a stupid question? But what else could she say? The two of them saw the party cleaning out from the hall not quite understanding why it was cut short. This was a perfect time for Kagome to leave.
"Sango, I'm leaving now; I can't stay around here any longer," she spoke.
"Okay, I'm coming with you."
Kagome stood up and faced her. "No, I'm leaving on my own; I want to be alone right now. Stay with Ayumi and wait up for Eri, goodbye." She bowed then left and quickly hidden amongst the crowd.
"No wait, Kagome!" She called after, but she was gone. "This is not good; she must be still in shock. I can't leave her to herself who knows what can happen."
In moments, the authorities came in startling the stragglers outside the building. They were all wondering the same thing, what was going on inside? Eri like the others was lead out of the building. She was looking around for her friends who all suddenly bailed on her. The corpse bride spotted the vampire slayer and Sailor scout resting on the bench looking quite unhappy. Ayumi had awoken by then.
"Hey you guys!" She ran up to them folding her arms and frowning. "Here I am looking all over for you guys, and you've been out here all this time." The two of them looked up at her not releasing their upset faces. This made Eri raise an eyebrow. "Do you guys know what's going on inside?   Where are the others?" She questioned.
"Kagome left," Sango spoke; she didn't know how she was going to break the news to her.
"Oh and I guess Yuka did too then?" Ayumi and Sango didn't a make a sound, making her feel very uneasy. "What's wrong? You two look like you've seen death."

Ayumi began trembling reliving the unreal scene she and Kagome walked in on, Yuka lying in a pool of blood, dead; whimpers seeped out.
Eri's heart began racing. "You guys are scaring me, what happened to Yuka?"
"She's dead! Yuka Himori is dead!" Sango bellowed and Ayumi bawled out again slapping her hands to her face while Eri stood there in total disbelief.
"Y-you guys are j-joking right she can't be—”
"Would we joke about a thing like this? Take a look around, cops and paramedics are flooding the scene. That's why the dance was cancelled and everyone is forced to leave. She's been killed," she exclaimed. Everything was going through Eri's mind and she began trembling herself, falling to her knees in a heap; she was still in denial. Impossible, it was impossible, Yuka, her best friend, she couldn't be dead.   She couldn't cry the shock was too much. Sango couldn't beat around the bush about it, she had to know and she had to know now, it was the right thing.
...
Kagome pushed through the crowd walking aimlessly anywhere her feet would lead her. Houjo had just seen her flash by and grabbed her arm.
"Kagome, where are you going?" he asked. She halted and slowly turned to him, her face was blank, but then it sprang with life once again when she recognized the face.
"Where everyone else is, home or at least away from here; I can't stay around for another minute," she responded, turning away to leave.
"Let me walk with you, walking alone on Halloween nights can be very dangerous," he reminded.
"Well frankly it seems inside isn't any safer," she replied apathetically referring to Yuka making Houjo remain silent. She was about to cry again, but held them back. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I just need some space. You've helped me quite enough tonight, thank you," she finally spoke, patting his hand and giving him a small smile, but it didn't last long.
"She smiled? After something so traumatic she managed to give a small to me," he thought in deep surprise.
"I'm a strong girl; I want you to take care of the others, alright? Take care Houjo-kun," she bowed, gave him a peck on the cheek and left.
Houjo watched her leave and didn't move. He could not believe what had just happened, not just the fact she gave him a kiss on the cheek, but she had so much warmth flowing from her lips. His hand followed the spot her lips touched and smiled. She lightened him up on night so dark. Something was still off, why can she be so heartfelt after such a tragic matter? He was still upset about the whole episode. He was worried about her. "She needs somebody." Then suddenly something else just crossed his mind, there was something missing or someone. Then it clicked, where was the one person who always seemed to follow he, Inuyasha? "Very strange."
Speaking of the hanyou, he was still inside with Miroku and they were discussing things with some of the agents who arrived. Inuyasha wasn't interested, he was extremely worried about Kagome he needed to get to her.
"Hey, you can leave; we'll deal with matters here," Miroku spoke; he knew that his partner was being really apprehensive.
"He's right, your subject is your responsibility; you should be with her right now, that assassin's doing his work." One of the agents asserted.
"So you suspect it was him?" Inuyasha responded.
"Well it connects; the girl was one of the subject's close friends was she not?" Inuyasha didn't like when he kept calling her 'subject' I mean she was, but she did have a name. "The death was planned; he may have erased his traces but his mark's still here," he finished. This guy was good at calculating the movements of any criminal; he usually worked as the investigator and most of his conclusions were accurate. He was much older, in his forties, but was still on the ball.
"I'm out of here, I trust you guys to get things done," the silver-haired agent stated. The two of them nodded and he left them in search of Kagome.
"Nakashima(Miroku’s actual last name), you have to make sure he keeps close to that girl, this guy's very dangerous. He appears to show no emotion when killing people."
"Of course, but I don't have to worry much about that, he's very serious when it comes to that girl, trust me. In either case, you know Inuyasha's good at his job, he hasn't messed one up yet so far," Miroku answered.
"I know, but we wouldn’t want him to start now," he nodded.
"Right now though, we got a bigger problem.  Inuyasha and I may have just jeopardized our true identity.  A teacher walked in on us investigating the body. Do you know how to handle a situation like that?" he inquired.
"Heh, being sloppy aren't you? You're lucky I'm here, the organization has developed a new device and they have started being given out gradually to most of the agents. I'm guessing you didn't receive it yet, you may as well borrow mine." The man pulled out something from the inside of his coat along with a pair of dark sunglasses.

Miroku raised an eyebrow, he was surprised he hadn't heard of the new gadget he was about the first agents to receive new things, he was quite handy with them. His co-worker opened a small, rectangular, black box which contained a mini, black, rectangular device that had a small lens in the front and a clip in the back to snap it anywhere on your clothes. The gadget looked to be about 2 inches in length and 1 inch in width. Miroku grasped the object in his hand to inspect. "What does it do?"
Meanwhile...
Inuyasha was searching for Kagome, but she was nowhere in sight. "Where is she?" A familiar prince was lurking around then bumped into his rival unexpectedly.  It took the hanyou a few moments to realize who bumped into him; he frowned and held him in front of his view. "Houjo, where's Kagome?" he demanded.
The Prince snapped out of his reverie and frowned right back. "Now you show up; why were you inside where the devastating scene was held? They were questioning you weren't they?  Just like the investigators I'm suspicious of you too."
Inuyasha didn't quite understand what he meant at first until he mentioned he was suspicious of him. "You think I was responsible for Yuka's death? Look, what happened in there is none of your business—”
"Yuka is my business, she was one of my great friends too; I have every right to know what went on," he retorted.
The dog-eared agent's mind was boiling; he wanted to strangle the annoying teenager, he was willing to say anything in order to know the whereabouts of the half-cat princess. "Shut up, I have no time for this shit! What happened with Yuka was not my doing; I was talking with Ms. Ikeda and giving my alibi," he spoke out quickly. "Now where is Kagome, I need to know; is she with Sango?"
Houjo folded his arms and simply answered, "She left."
"What? With who?" he asked.
"No one, she left on her own."
“WHAT?! You let her leave by herself? Are you crazy?!" He barked grabbing him by the collar. "Why'd you let her go?"
"Hey, it's not like I didn't offer to go with her," he responded shakily. "She told me she wanted some space and didn't need anyone right now. She also informed me to stay behind and take care of the others."
"Are you stupid? Do you know how dangerous it is for her to be alone right now? Not just the fact there could be faggots waiting to pounce on her, but after witnessing a friend's death do you think letting someone wonder on the streets is for the best? God, you're so pathetic, what kind of idiot are you? Do you have any sensibility?" he cursed, shoving him to the ground. Houjo didn't move from the ground and thought to himself, he was an idiot, could he not realize the danger he put her in?
Inuyasha didn't stick around a second longer and left after Kagome, that stupid Houjo couldn't do anything right. He didn't care much for any people watching him fly past like a bullet, they couldn't really see him anyway his only concern was to get to Kagome and fast.
Somewhere...
Kagome was taking her time walking blindly; no one thought there was a problem, it was Halloween after all you could act strange and no one would look twice about it. Silly how people easily jump to conclusions, she just had a friend murdered by the person she feared the most just to show that he's still around and lurking every corner. It scared her even more to know that he was just in the place she was. She could have faced him without realizing. This certainly felt like a Halloween movie except that everything was real. There's a psycho in her midst that would kill anyone, anywhere, anytime in a blink of an eye.
The cat-princess reached an open area with a large fountain decorated around with Halloween decorations. She decided to stop and walked over to the fountain. This was the place she was with her friends the time they went shopping for Halloween stuff. There was a bench around the bend, but she didn't bother and flopped to the ground resting arms on the slightly levelled ledge. Everything kept coming back to her, he killed Yuka, he killed Yuka, and he really killed Yuka. Somewhere deep down she wanted to believe it was all just another terrible nightmare, but she had to come to reality and realize that the act was real. "How can he just kill someone like that?" She wondered, staring harshly at the waterfall.
*Flashback*
Kagome was walking down the street from school, Sango had left for home and she was cheerily on her way until she sensed that so evil presence she felt everyday she walked home. The young teen always had this feeling she was being watched, the person never appeared or answered her, but this time she would find out.
"That's it this time you better answer me, I know you've been following me for days now. Just who are you and what do you want?" she spoke aloud. There was the silence again, this time though she would get her answer. She was so used to this that she wasn't even scared anymore, this person whoever he or she was always followed her but never did anything. "I'm serious!!" she warned, scanning around the area. Suddenly she heard the voice, the voice that scared her from this point till this very day.

"How do you suddenly know, I'm always here?" the voice spoke, startling her completely. Yes she got her answer, but damn the voice of what sounds like a man was spooky.
"I- I just have a good sense, why are you always following me?" she asked.
"That's a very good question; you interest me quite a lot and I want to know everything about you. So isn't it best just to observe and discover things either than to ask?"
"No, that's considered stalking, it is very weird and disturbing. So could you kindly stop doing it?" Kagome was speaking to this guy pretty casually to her surprise.
"Why should I stop now? I've been watching you for at least six months and I quite enjoy it, you amaze me every day."
The girl's heart skipped a beat, "Six months? That’s when I started my first month of high school. All that time I didn't know I had a stalker, I've only began to sense him for a few weeks now." His question came back to her "How do you 'suddenly' know I'm always here?" The 'suddenly' just made her realize.
"Let me guess, you're thinking of how you're suddenly sensing me now instead of way back then right? Your guess is as good as mine," he posed.
"Why are you so interested in me?" she asked.
"Hm... let's see you're young and kind, joyful, free-spirited, compassionate, have beautiful dark brown eyes along with lovely long, silky, black hair, and amazingly astonishing pale white skin; you quite fit the requirements of my kind of girl. I take fond of girls like you, but at the same time I hate them. So many defy me and only deserve the worse, wouldn't you agree? You certainly must not be like those other girls, I surely hope not for your sake."
Kagome felt a draft of cold air wisp passed her; he gave her shivers down her spine. Something told her he was not the guy she should befriend. "W-Well thank you for the compliments." She didn't know what else to respond.
"You're welcome; come now you don't need to sound so startled, it's not like I'm a total bad guy."
It was weird that he only kept talking, but never presented himself. "Maybe if you would at least show yourself I wouldn't judge you so crudely." There was a sudden silence making her stand on edge, but he only answered.
"I don't think it's best to show myself right now; don't worry though, you'll get to see me face-to-face when the time comes to take you." The teenaged-girl didn't quite understand, but her heart thumped loudly against her chest.
"Take me. Take me where?"
"Oh! I've said too much." The sound of his sigh was heard.
Kagome had enough and wanted to continue on her way, she was now becoming worried of her safety. "Uh...I'm gonna get going, it's getting late," she stuttered, but her eye caught the sight of a shadow zip by then it disappeared, making her yelp.
"Why the sudden sign of fear you're giving me? I thought I wasn't scaring you," he chuckled, that dark chuckle she would never forget.
"I don't want to be mean, but please l-leave me alone!" she voiced and walked away rapidly down the street.
The very next day, Kagome was making sure she would take another route to avoid her freakish stalker. She hadn't mentioned him to anyone just yet; she thought it was not important or people would think she was overreacting or say he was probably a prankster. Thinking her plan was a success, she continued on her way home until this time to her own surprise the voice spoke out making her shriek.
"Why good evening Kagome."
She calmed down a little to frown. "I told you to leave me alone, go find someone else to bother, will yeah?" she scowled.
"Ouch! Not nice today. Too late, I've already taken a strong liking to you. I know about you too much, I mean honestly, did you think I would not know you would go and take your second route home?" he chuckled making her shudder. She was quite curious to know how much her stalker actually knew about her.
"What else do you know about me?"
"Oooh checking if I've been doing my homework I see. Well let's see now, let's start with the simplest of things. Your full name is Kagome Satsuki Higurashi, which means you live at the Higurashi Shrine, quite an amazing place by the way. You live with your mother, grandfather and a younger brother named Souta, oh yeah and how could I forget your pet cat, Buyo. You attend Shuriken High School as a 9th grader and often enough you hang with your best friend Sango isn't that right? You also love to sing and dance, you do both superbly. You detest math, but love history," he listed. "Of course there's more, but I think that's quite a handful of info right there." This made her gulp; now she knew she definitely had a stalker.
"You do know it's against the law to invade one's privacy like that," she reminded.
"Ha! That just really made me laugh, laws. I don't care much for them, if I had I wouldn't be doing the things I like most chasing after girls like you and taking them in as my own."

"W-what? Taking me as your own are you kidding me? What makes you think I'll go anywhere with you?" she replied.
"I know you won't come willingly most girls don't; I take matters into my own hands."
"That's kidnapping! You're a criminal; I won't let you roam around free kidnapping innocent girls. I'm calling the police on you right now," she declared, her heart now racing. She swiftly pulled out her cell phone and was ready to dial the 3 digit number.
"That's not really a good idea," he started with no sign of worry in his voice. "You calling the police could lead a very bad end to the people you most care about." This made Kagome pause her finger over the call button and she continued to listen. "You forget that I know much about you, I know your family and friends it would be a shame if anything were to happen to them."
"You wouldn't hurt them would you?" she trembled.
"I wouldn't, but if you decide to break our secret bond, I'd have no choice," he answered.
Kagome really feared him now, she couldn't call the police if he could somehow attack her loved ones; these criminals had ways of doing these things nowadays. "No please don't do anything to them," she begged.
"I told you I won't unless you go against my standards. In case you want to know what these standards are: 1. Most important one, you must not breathe a word about my existence to anyone; believe me I'll find out. 2. Don't take me too lightly that meaning, pretending or forgetting I even exist. It hurts quite a lot to be ignored; you should know about that and 3. Don’t do anything that would break my heart," he stated.
How would she know that one, she didn't know what could break his heart. The girl bit her lip hard, she was officially trapped she had no choice. She cared about everyone more than her own self; should anything happen to her friends or family she'd never be able to forgive herself. She safely replaced her cell phone and looked around. "Alright..." she spoke softly.
"What?"
"I said alright, I promise to abide by these rules," she declared.
"Ahh there, they aren't so hard to live by are they?  You make me quite happy Kagome; you're starting to become my favourite already. We'll see to it that one day you'll only belong to me, you'll see I'm not so bad."
Kagome was shaking, and tears were ready to pour down, but she held them back. She didn't want to show any emotion not right here. She faced the way she was headed and ran down the street and finally let the tears stream down her cheeks.   Kagome arrived home, her face was streaked with dry tears; her mother noticed right away and came up to console her.
"Oh Kagome dear, what's wrong?" she asked. Her daughter stared into her mother's eyes for a moment; she opened her mouth to speak, but stopped. She remembered the very first rule and wasn't tending on breaking it.
"Nothing, it's not that big a deal, I was just upset about my math exam. I don't know if I did well, I sort of blanked out, and now I'm very worried," she lied. Ms. Higurashi was surprised to know that her daughter was crying over a test, that hadn't happened since elementary school, this test must have really made her upset.
"Kagome honey, don't beat yourself over one exam, you remember what I told you in elementary school? Every failure leads to success in the future. You just gotta keep faith and believe in yourself," she retold. "And don't worry whenever there's a problem in your life you can always count on someone to help you through it," she smiled pulling her daughter into a hug. Kagome closed the hug and held her mother close to her, she would never endanger her mother or anyone else they were just so wonderful.
"Thank you, mama. I love you so much."
"And you know I love you more, Kagome."
*End of flashback*
Kagome frowned looking around and shouting, "Yuka and as well as the others have nothing to do between me and you, I broke none of your stupid agreements!" This time she spoke aloud angered and hoping he was there so he could hear. She thought them over, but then things started to clear up.
The first rule she had broken, she told Inuyasha about him, but then the phrase in the letter "<i>I don't know if you spoke a word about us.</i>" That meant he didn't quite know that she told somebody, so that can't be the reason why he killed her. The second rule she hadn't forgotten about him, she had been worrying about him even more since Inuyasha came into her life and in the letter it didn't seem like he was completely worried that she had forgotten him, he just made a reminder he didn't need to go so far to killing a close friend. As for the last rule, "Don't do anything that would break my heart," she still never knew what could break his heart. She didn't know him, was it that? Did she do something to hurt him? Does it have to do with the person she likes? He like everyone was questioning her about her relationship with Inuyasha; she didn't know what the correct relation was.
As she pondered, she didn't even realize that everything she thought of returned to silver-haired boy, not until a phrase her mom had told her, "Whenever there is a problem in your life you can always count on someone to help you through it." Again he came up. He was always there whenever she had a problem, and for this problem he was always there.

The princess looked at the water fountain again, and the horror scene reappeared in her head. Whatever of the rules she thought she broke, it didn't matter he still actually murdered someone she loved. She rested her forehead on her arms then tears came back and she cried hard once again. Yuka died because of her, just as she thought back then she won’t be able to forgive herself. How was she going to live the rest of her life like this?  "Yuka-chan, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"
Some distance away...
Inuyasha had been following Kagome's scent and was surprised that she got so far on her own. He halted when his ears caught the sound of cries and apologies while his nose was hit with the scent of salted water. It must have been coming from her; he continued much quicker and in seconds spotted her astonishing crystal blue costume. There she was, resting up against the fountain and crying into her arms. "Kagome!" He called running up to her. He paused debating on what he should do; he bent over and reached his arm out grasping her shoulder delicately. "Kagome..." He spoke more calmly.
The girl gasped loudly and hastily faced the person who came up behind her. Her mind cleared and realized it was the person she thought of so much. "Inuyasha..." she squeaked.
The hanyou had a huge knot form in his stomach when Kagome's face was streaked and worn out by tears. He couldn't bear seeing her like this, she looked so weak. There was a deathly silence between them and Kagome tried wiping away her tears, but they kept falling. "Kagome, why did you leave on your own it's quite dangerous this time of the night?"
"You shouldn't have come after me; I don't want anyone near me," she replied completely ignoring his question.
"Don't kid yourself; you know you hate being alone especially after something like that." The teenaged-girl indeed hated being alone, but she'd rather be alone than to stay around the one she cares for or she'll lose another one. She looked down and answered lowly.
"Isn't it better for me to be alone? No one else is going to die if I just stay away from people."
The hanyou kneeled directly in front of her. "Kagome what happened to Yuka wasn't your fault, stop blaming every bad thing on yourself."
She snapped uncontrollably. "You don't understand! It is my fault! Yuka is dead because of me! The cops may as well arrest me along with the criminal, because I was part of the cause for her death!" More and more tears sprang down harshly, and she began to shake like she did before when he found her in the room. He didn't know why she was accusing herself to the point of hell, what made her feel this way? Did she already know it was Kurasaki's doing?
"Stop it Kagome!" He demanded grasping her shoulders and making her look straight up into his eyes. "I know for a fact that you are not the cause of your friend's death, I don't know what’s making you see things this way, but you have to stop."
Kagome silenced for a moment then shoved him away to stand on her feet then backed away from him. "What you don't understand is if it wasn't for me, Yuka wouldn't be dead. I was told so." She managed to slip out.
"What? Who told you that?" he questioned.
"N-nobody!" she replied, turning away from him. The agent was still on the ground, but his eyes spotted something she had dropped and swiped it up.
"What is this?" he wondered. It was a letter written in strange characters.  He began to read it through. "To my precious Kagome, This is to remind you, that I am still very near and extremely disappointed and upset. Blame yourself for the death of your friend, Yuka. After this, I hope you see that I'm deadly serious about what happens if you continue to defy our agreements. Your friend Yuka, she would not have died if you never felt so sure about your safety. I do not know...” Kagome turned back to him noticing his silence and gasped when she realized he was reading "his" letter.
"No!" She snatched the letter away just as he was getting to the part that mentioned his name. She held the letter to herself and backed far away from him.
Inuyasha rose to his feet slowly staring directly at Kagome. "Kagome, he made you read that?"  She could see the anger growing in his eyes and she had no choice but to answer.
"Now do you see? I am the one to be blamed, he made that quite clear." She suddenly heard growls escaping from the man in front of her.
The hanyou couldn't believe how sadistic that man was, he had the gull to write and make Kagome read that, make her believe that she's the guilty one. He was ready to crack, his blood was boiling.  He wanted to find the bastard this very moment and kill him himself. He used his heightened canine senses to feel around for the freak, he was not near.
Kagome spoke again. "It doesn't matter if he is around right now; I'm not going to stay around anyone else after this anyway. I was given three standards," she recited them and finished with a sigh. "I don't know what I've broken, I know he still doesn't know I told anyone, but what's bothering me is what I've done to cause him pain. In order not to worry, I have to stay away from everybody including you especially you, and as long as it keeps everyone else safe I don't care what happens to me!" she declared backing away further.
"Kagome, don't you dare say that and leave," he growled returning his gaze to her.
"I don't have much of a choice. Do I stay and let him kill everyone? I already have one death on my hands, what if he was to kill my family or Sango next? What if he decided to kill... you? I would never be able to live like this. I would rather he tak—"
"Don't say it! Don't you dare say what I know you're going to say, I will not stand here and watch you give yourself up to him. I promised I was going to do something about him, and I'm not giving up on that."
She bit her lip, he was very stubborn, she knew he cared for her deeply and she felt the same way. She had no choice but to do this, she would mean nothing of these words. "Inuyasha, you haven't realized it have you? You don't realize that ever since you came into my life everything went spiralling downwards," she began; this was hurting her deeply she didn't want to hurt him, but if it would keep him away she'd do it so she continued. "You say you'll protect me, that you'll do something about it, but now look, Yuka is dead. To be honest, I think she'd still be alive if you weren't around."
"What?" he responded, his anger disappearing only to be replaced by shock and fear.  She took a deep breath and looked down from his eyes. The hanyou saw her look away, he knew this motion he studied it so many times in his days of work. She wasn't telling the truth. Someone little ways from them appeared and looked through the bushes and watched the two having their dispute.
"You heard me; it's best we go our separate ways," she insisted.
"Do you really mean that Kagome?"
"I mean every word."
"Okay then look me right in the eyes and tell me that," he requested.
The cat-princess took another deep breath, levelled her eyes with his and repeated. "We should go our separate ways; I don't want anything to do with you anymore," she concluded her eyes wavering.
He winced; even though he could clearly see she wasn't being truthful it still hurt to hear those words come out of her mouth. He closed his eyes and sighed. "Alright," he began. "If this is truly what you think is best, I won't fight you. Maybe you are right, we shouldn't stay together."
Kagome looked at him in confusion.  "He's agreeing with me? He's not going to contradict my decision?"
"Why should I stay around someone willing to sacrifice her friendship over something she fears? There's no point, guess friendship is as easy to break like glass to you," he shrugged. She gasped lightly surprised by his statement. Was he serious? "Forget about what you and your friends did together; forget about how many times I saved your life, it's totally fine," he scoffed.
"It's not that I'm not thankful for what my friends did for me, again you're misunderstanding. This is exactly why I'm doing this; you've all been so great it's about time I return the favour," she explained.
"So this is your repayment? Running away from us?  I don't think that quite cuts it. I think we deserve more than that."
"Ugh, you're annoying," she groaned, facing the opposite way and began walking, she couldn't continue to stay here, she had to leave he was making this extremely difficult. "I'm leaving, that's it, that's all. I'm sorry for putting you all through this. Inuyasha... your life will be much better without me around. Sometimes I wish we never met," she stated with a slight crack in her voice.
Inuyasha watched her walk away; he knew she really didn't want to do this. Before he could stop it the words came out. "Kagome, my life is better when you're around. To be honest, I thank whatever God is out there that I met you." Kagome froze in her steps and listened and that's all she did, she didn't face him. "I believe we didn't meet out of sheer coincidence, we were meant to meet each other, and you believe that too," he declared boldly. She gasped as his words reached her.
Her thoughts were going crazy; suddenly her mind rethought what her mother had said, "Whenever there is a problem in your life you can always count on someone to help you through it."
"Always someone to count on with anything," she repeated in her own words. "Oh my God, that person is..." Her eyes began to fill with new tears; she spun around gazing at him. "Inuyasha!" she cried out, and then a tear slid down her cheek as she ran toward him. "Whenever there was problem, he was always there. Momma, I understand now. He's been in front of me all this time and I almost lost him." She jumped into his arms surprisingly, and drew him into a kiss. "Inuyasha, it has always been Inuyasha," she repeated.
The hanyou was utterly surprised by her sudden action soon he relaxed.  Kagome gasped once more breaking away, she was too caught up in the moment to realize she jumped and actually kissed him. "S-sorry, I don’t know what came ov—" she squeaked turning away, but he held her cheek and pulled her back into another kiss this time surprising her.  "Inuyasha..." Her tears rolled down her cheeks as she closed her eyes. They were both relishing every moment of their first kiss. Everything felt just right about this and their kiss prolonged.  The fountain beside them looked to be glowing brighter as a new love blossomed.
The two finally broke apart and stared into each other's eyes. Kagome formed a genuine smile and held his hand.
"Let's go," he suggested.
"Yes, my mother would wonder where I am, come with me, Inuyasha," she insisted, tugging his hand.
The hanyou watched her sparkle and smiled. "Kagome, I love you," he declared, her heart thumped loudly as his words rung through her system they both kissed one last time and left the spot.
The person who was spying on them scowled gripping the branch in front of him and snapping it in two. "Kagome you have made a mistake, a huge mistake. Was my warning not clear enough ? No I shouldn't blame her; it's that Inuyasha. He's the problem. I have to somehow get rid of him. There's no way I'm letting that dog easily come out of nowhere and take her from me just like that." He stepped out of his hiding spot and stood on the path the couple took off on.  He took out a gadget to contact someone; in moments his ally appeared beside him.
"You need me?"
"Yes," Kurasaki answered, turning to him.
...
The couple reached the car hand-in-hand. Inuyasha opened her car door and waited until she was comfortably seated, closed the door and left for his.   As he got in and shut the door, the car was silent. Yes they recognized each other's feelings, but it all felt unreal, the whole night felt unreal. Yuka was murdered, and these two fell in love.   What else extraordinary was gonna happen tonight? Were the thoughts coursing through Kagome's mind. The two were well on their way home, and finally Inuyasha spoke.
"Hey, I'm sorry about what happened with Yuka. It shouldn't have happened."
She turned to him "It's not your fault; don't blame yourself. I shouldn't have said that back then I didn't mean it."
"No, I know you didn't. But how could I not blame myself? That could have been you Kagome, I promised I wasn't going to let that bastard touch or do anything to hurt you. He may have not touched you, but I still failed in protecting your heart. I should not have let him get to Yuka," he grimaced, gripping the steering wheel harder than necessary. He then felt her delicate left hand lay on top of his right, he took a glance at her and she was smiling.
"Hey, don't beat up yourself, you are only one man after all, and guess what? You still managed to keep me strong. I'm actually smiling after something like that." The agent blushed, quickly reverting back to his concentration on the road.
"Are you going to let your mom know what happened at the dance tonight?" There was a moment of silence.
"Well I have to, she probably knows about it already. I'm pretty sure the media is there digging up everything," she answered. He agreed he remembered Tokyo TV appear as he was leaving after her.  Inuyasha glanced up at his review mirror taking notice of a black tinted car speeding up behind them, and then it slowed. "I'm surprised, she hasn't called me yet," she thought aloud, taking out her cell phone.
"Y-yeah," the hanyou nodded then frowned. "Why's this guy on sticking on my ass for?"
Kagome looked at the car through the side mirror and shrugged. "I don't know." The car could go around them if he thought he was driving slow, which he wasn't. Anyway it didn't matter; they turned to the right leading to a double lane road.
"Great, he turned too," he grumbled.
"Well now he could just pass us since there are two lanes," she shrugged again looking away and back to her cell. "I should call my mom and let her know I'm on my way home."
"Y-yeah," he nodded again. He noticed the black car hadn't moved from behind him. He began to get a little suspicious; he kept driving like nothing was wrong.
"Yes mom, I'm alright," she spoke and took a pause. "We're not too far from home; I'll tell you everything when I get there."
Inuyasha frowned, and glanced up at his review mirror again, his eyes made contact with the driver and that person stared hard at him. "I don't like this.”
"Yeah, I'll see you...okay...bye," she finished and hung up. "She doesn't seem to know what happened yet, guess I'll have to tell her the full story," she sighed, but didn't get a response from him. "Inuyasha?" She called, realizing that he was staring through his mirrors sternly. "Inu-"
"I think we're being followed," he spoke. She was about look in the back until he stopped her. "Don't turn! He'll know we're onto him."
His passenger bit her lip nervously. "You sure he's actually following us?" The secret agent switched lanes to test his theory. Kagome took notice through the side mirror and watched as the car switched after a few moments.
"Need I answer?" He growled quite irritated. Who the fuck was following them?
"Why is he following us? What does he want?" she questioned aloud.
"I don't know, but we shouldn’t stop to find out."
With that she agreed.  Eventually he'd stop right? She was thinking.  A moment later, they both checked again. "He's still following us, what should we do?"
"We got no choice but to keep going." Kagome started to get more worried. They kept going passing people walking around in costumes. They also avoided as many traffic lights as possible by taking short cuts, eventually they weren't far from the Higurashi Shrine.
"I can't believe this, why is he still following us? Is this some kind of Halloween prank?" she frowned. "It's pathetic."
"I couldn't agree with you more. Although, I have a feeling it's more than a Halloween prankster." As they were approaching the shrine, Kagome had the intention he was gonna pullover, but he zoomed past.
"Hey, you passed the shrine you know."
"As I said, we better not stop.”
"Yeah, but how long are we gonna keep driving?"
He didn't answer and focused on the situation; the car behind them zoomed and hit their bumper making them jerk. "Fuck!!" He cursed speeding up. "I think he knew we passed your house, he's attacking."
Kagome gulped and her heart raced faster. "He's really freaking me out now."
The hanyou glared up at his review mirror making eye contact with him again this time their enemy smirked, Inuyasha raised an eyebrow in confusion and suddenly saw him pull out something from his side. When the person raised the object he gasped. "Kagome, get down!" he demanded, shielding her head as well as his for a second, and that second a loud popping sound caught their attention then soon after the sound of glass breaking from behind. Kagome held her head down screaming. The agent returned his focus on the road, "Kagome, keep your head down."
She nodded. "What about you?"
"I'll be fine," he responded, switching gears and taking off in high speed, swerving away from more gunshots coming their way.  Their enemy sped up after them holding out his gun and shooting out his window at whatever chance he got before heading back to steer. "This guy clearly wants something from us, and I bet I know what," he spoke, glancing at the girl sitting next to him.
Kagome glanced back at him frightfully. "It's me isn't? You don't think it's..." she started, but stopped afraid to finish.
"Don't worry; I'll protect you no matter what," he reassured gazing at her again, and she never took her eyes off. Their little moment was ruined by another gunshot, and she shrieked again. The hanyou grimaced. No one knew his city like he did. He made a sharp turn to the left then to the right, trying to lose him although, he knew it wouldn't be done in one shot. He seemed pretty persistent and seconds later he turned on the street they were on. "Okay, this calls for something more drastic." He swerved to the right, heading towards a dark tunnel. There was more traffic, but it worked in his favour. "You can get back up, for now, he can't shoot at us in here."
She peeked up seeing that they were in a tunnel squeezing their way through traffic. She looked back and saw that their enemy too tried squeezing through, but seemed to have more trouble. They got plenty of honks, but it didn't matter, lucky for them no police were around. They sped out of the tunnel then made another sharp turn zooming down a quieter road.
"Did we lose him?" she wondered looking back not seeing that disgusting car.
"Maybe..." He slowed and turned into a dark alley, made a u-turn, turned off the car lights, and waited.
"What are you doing?" she whispered, thinking she had to be quiet.
"Waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
"I know he's still looking for us, he seems to have a way of tracking us down. How do you think he found us in the first place?"
She didn't respond for a moment. "What if he finds us here, then what?"
He was about to explain until he saw headlights. "Watch, it's him." They both watched the black car pass by, quick, but not quick as before. It looked like he didn't notice them. "Told you, he's being led to a dead end, and it's not quite easy to get out of.
"How do you know that?"
"I know my city." He drove his car back out to the main road and continued off.
"Whew, thank God we got rid of him," she sighed. They kept driving, but off somewhere more quiet where people wouldn't question the condition the car was in. A red traffic light caught them and they stopped.  Kagome looked at him and spoke. "What a night we're having. Sorry for putting you through all this."
"Huh? Ugh don't start going through all that again. Kagome, has it occurred to you why I do this for you?" He questioned.
"I have asked you before, but you've never given me a straight answer. You're gonna finally tell me the truth?"
He smirked. "I guess it's about time." He placed his hand over hers and looked deeply into her brown eyes. She looked down at their hands then back to his stare. "I want you to understand that I'm doing this, because I... love you, I've always loved you Kagome and I want to do everything in my power to protect you." It was partially the truth, he was sent to protect her, but he also did this because he loved her so much.
The girl beside him had a huge splash of red on her face at his confession. She heard him say he loved her before, but to hear it again had the exact same effect. She was speechless; they were both leaning into one another ready to share another kiss. As the hanyou leaned he instinctively looked out her window and to his surprise their pursuer drove up right beside them, his gun pointing straight at them.
"Kagome!" he alerted, quickly pulling away and pressing on the gas running through the light. He was quick enough to dodge another shot that could have just endangered the girl’s life. As he drove the agent thought, "Why would he try to shoot Kagome when it's her he wants?"
"Oh my god! Where did he come from? I thought we lost him," she reacted, her heart racing all over again; she could have just been killed if Inuyasha hadn't been alert. She clamped her hands to her face. Why was this happening to her tonight?
They were in a hot chase again, this time though the hanyou had enough playing games, after threatening his girl’s life it was time to get serious. The agent sped through Tokyo turning off and driving down into a terminal passageway for pedestrians heading to the subway trying to get their enemy off guard, since it was late luckily no one was in sight.  It was bumpy going down and up out of the number of stairs leading back to an open road. He glanced back looking if he lost him again.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome patted alerting him this time, their enemy was waiting on the other side of the exit his gun at the ready.  Dealing with this situation the hanyou swerved to the right, but it was a fraction too late the bullet punctured through the windshield striking him in his right arm. He howled grasping his arm momentarily losing control of his steering. "Oh no Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled.
"Don't worry... about me...I'm okay..." he reassured, wincing as he continued to grip the steering wheel.
"No, of course you aren't, he just shot you!" she panicked, watching as his blood stained through his white jacket.
"Yeah, and I'm fucking pissed," he growled. "I see who his real target is; he's trying to kill me to get to you," he concluded resulting a gasp from her as he struggled out of the jacket.  "Kagome, open the cabinet in front of you." He knew this was a mistake, but he had no choice. He promised to protect her and protect her he will, even if it risks blowing his cover. The cat-princess immediately followed his commands, quickly swinging it open and to her surprise she saw something she wasn't expecting. Inuyasha bent over and swiped up his own gun.
“You have... you have a gun?"
"Don't pretend it's the first time you've seen me hold one," he responded as he loaded it. Kagome thought over the last time she saw him hold one, it was back at the concert before she was taken away.  She didn't get the chance to say anything when their follower continued shooting at them.  Inuyasha rolled down his window and spoke to her again while throwing his jacket out the window slowing their pursuer down. "Have you ever driven before?"
"No, never."
"Well it's a good time to learn, grab the steering wheel."
"Are you crazy? I can't drive we gonna crash in less than two seconds!"
"Well I trust you," he smirked.  She stared at him for a moment then pouted.
"Yeah, trust me enough to crash into a brick wall.  I haven't even beaten a car racing game and you want me to—”
"Be quiet! I trust you enough to save us both," he corrected. "It will only take a moment." Kagome hesitated then scouted over grabbing the wheel. "Okay, just steer my foot's still on the gas," he instructed, and she did. The agent ignored the pain in his arm as he held his gun and peeked out his window; dodging the shots he was given. Their car manoeuvred side to side, thanks to Kagome’s steering skills giving him trouble of getting a perfect shot. "Try keeping the car straight!"
"It's not as easy as it sounds Inuyasha!  I'm trying the best I can, I'm trying not to think of crashing isn't that good enough?"
"Don't think about it!" he yelled.
"What do you mean don't think about it? What else do I think about then? CRASH?!" she yelled back, getting frustrated.
"Don't think at all, just drive!" he commanded with another yell.
"You're making it sound so easy when it isn't!" she shouted ready to scream. He tried taking another shot and missed when Kagome lost control again. "Dammit Kagome! Do you want to fucking lose?!"
"Of course I don't, you want me to do something I've never done before not to mention doing it perfectly. What do you expect?"
"STOP MAKING FUCKING EXCUSES!!” he roared.  Kagome frowned harshly, definitely not liking his tone. She was so angry that she hadn't even noticed how straight she was driving; she just focused on how angry she was at him.  "That's perfect Kagome!" he praised. The agent didn't take a moment he aimed his gun straight at the front wheel of their opponent's car then pulled the trigger and it perfectly hit the spot, the car didn't take a moment as it swerved out of control heading toward a heap of trash. The car drove over a mini ramp, made a flip and crashed to the ground upside down.  The hanyou pulled back into the car as Kagome moved back to her seat and watched as he shuffled around for a match and lit it up in one strike. The driver in the car was still conscious, but the car already started to leak. Inuyasha took his chance, and threw the lit match out the window, while driving, onto the oil making it ignite and head straight for the car. The driver gasped trying to escape, but it was useless. The agent had to do it; he would hunt down Kagome again, no doubt, so he had to get rid of him.
Kagome looked back watching, but her driver turned her away. "Don't look, don't look." Seconds later the sound of an explosion caught their attention.  Inuyasha pulled out his cell phone and dialled 911. "Yes, I will like to report a major car accident in sector 4..." There was a pause. "Yes, near highway 16... um Musou Street." Another pause. "Good! No, no, we're fine just a witness," he responded.  "Uh huh, you're welcome." Kagome just sat there rethinking what had just happened. He hung up and turned to her. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine; what about you and your arm?" she responded simply not looking at him.
"I'll live," he answered then pulled over, opened his door and stepped out of the vehicle.
Kagome remained inside watching him inspect the car. "What is he doing? Checking out the condition of his car?" she wondered. Moments later he returned with something he plucked off from the back of the car.
"I knew it, how careless was I?" he spoke, holding up the tiny object in his hand.
"What is that?"
"A tracking device, that's how that slime ball was following us. It was stuck near the back tire."
She didn’t comment on that, not yet, while he continued driving. "Do you think that was 'him'?"
He didn't ponder on it too long. "I believe not, I don't think he's reckless enough to pull a stunt like that," he responded and she nodded. This left another moment of silence.
"You do realize you just killed someone."
He sighed. "Would you rather him kill us instead, Kagome?"
"No, but aren't you going to get caught? They're gonna find out what lit the car on fire and trace it back to you, you must know how advanced these investigators are nowadays," she mentioned.
"It's impossible to ever find the match, it dissolves as soon as it lights up something," he explained.
"So you always carry a gun and dissolvable matches in your car? Interesting," she commented with sarcasm in her voice.
"Why are you trying to make me seem like the bad guy here? Didn't I just save your life, again?"
"I'm not trying to single you out; it's just that you acted like you've done all this before. Driving us all across Tokyo, dodging bullets, taking unexpected turns, leaving traps, pulling out your own gun, ignoring your gunshot wound, taking a shot on our enemy, pulling out a match lighting the car on fire, and calling the emergency number talking as if you were some innocent bystander. You don't seem to have the guilt of just killing someone evil or not. Oh yeah and you just found a tracking device on your car. So can you can blame me for questioning?" She listed now awaiting his answer, turning to him.
The agent swallowed, he has done this before, more than he could count. This was the kind of action he was used to doing and he quite enjoyed the rush.  He knew it was gonna be problematic doing this in front of her, not like he had a choice.
"It's like I just came out of a LIVE Mission Impossible movie," she added.
This was a key to his answer. "I guess I watch too many action films for my own good."
"Hmm...I guess, anyway, this was quite fun except for the fact we could’ve been killed and you got shot," she exclaimed, examining his wound once again.
"Oh... What? This? It's nothing," he shrugged.
"Don’t tell me it’s nothing, you should go to the hospital before it gets any worse," she insisted pressing a piece of cloth, she found, on his wound to cease the bleeding.  He ignored it and kept driving. This little matter he could take care of himself, the wound really was nothing.
"I think I should take you to my house, it may be safer for the night."
Kagome thought for a moment then answered, "I can't, what about my family? So much has happened tonight, I don't want to leave them, what if something happens to them?" she replied. The agent couldn't disagree with her.
"Then I'll stay over if that's alright with you and your family."
She got flustered but answered, "Um... sure.  I know they wouldn't mind," she smiled patting his hand. He smiled back and he closed his fingers around hers.
Moments later the two returned to the Higurashi Shrine getting out of the car, and Kagome couldn't help but shriek at the Camero's condition.  "Oh no, your poor car, it's ruined and it’s all because of me!" The windows were busted, bullet holes were punctured through the back and left side of the car, the back bumper was dented, and the back lights were broken.  "Not to mention how you got hurt, the shot could have hit you in a more vital part of your body."  She looked into his eyes and held his cheek with her right hand. "I could have lost you too tonight."
Inuyasha stared deep into her beautiful dark brown eyes and grasped her delicate hand once again.  "How many times have I told you to stop blaming yourself for everything?" He tugged at her hand gently, bringing her close to him, now making him use his left hand to brush her bangs back from hiding her angelic face. The cat-princess couldn't help but blush by his actions her eyes never left his eyes, and before she knew it she felt his lips connect with hers.  Kagome closed her eyes once she felt him support her head and wrap his other arm around her waist.  She wrapped her arms around him as well as he deepened their kiss.  They broke apart and gazed at each other.
"Let's get inside," he suggested and she nodded.  As they walked up the steps, he clicked a button on a small remote hidden in his pocket.  One moment his car was there, the next it disappeared of course no one saw.  Both of them reached the front door and were greeted by her mother.
"Well of course he can stay; I expected as much, everyone is inviting someone over.  Shippo's sleeping over too," she accepted, guiding them inside.
"Mom, something happened tonight, at the dance," Kagome started, looking down from her.
"Yes I heard make the dance cancelled, what happened exactly?"
The scene began to reflect in her mind and she trembled as the tears came up, and she quickly put her hands to her face. She didn't want to make a huge scene, but she couldn't help it.  Inuyasha held her shoulders trying to comfort her as her mother walked up closer.
"Kagome, what's wrong, why are you crying?"
After getting everyone to sit in the living room Kagome didn’t waste any time and explained what had happened making everyone sit there in utter shock and desbelief, and she broke down once again.   Ms. Higurashi held her daughter close to her, rubbing her back, she too had tears, Yuka was also part of this family, to hear that she had been killed seemed unbelievable, but her daughter made them all believe.
Inuyasha felt a knot in his stomach watching both women go through the same heartbreak.  He felt ashamed of himself, if he weren't so careless all of this could have been prevented.  "Dammit!" He clenched his fist looking away from them.  He then felt a hand grasp his arm, and looked back seeing it was her mother and she held him tighter as if she was reassuring that everything was gonna be okay or like she was telling him not to kill himself over the matter. The agent nodded, he would have to be more diligent; he won't let another incident happen under his nose, not ever again.
Everyone calmed back down, but were all still very upset.  Ms. Higurashi alerted that she was going to prepare the guest room for Inuyasha and left them alone with her grandfather.  Kagome held onto Inuyasha as her mother left, she was in need of serious comfort.  Souta and Shippo still sat in the living room, but remained silent.  Their night went quite well, they were able to receive so much candy, but even the amount of candy couldn't make them smile after hearing such a disheartening story.
Moments passed and everyone suggested going to sleep was for the best.  Before that Kagome called all her friends, she didn't talk long with Ayumi, she was still too much in shock.  She didn't get an answer from Eri, she must have heard the news by now.  Kagome lastly called Sango and she answered.
"Glad you're home safely Kagome." Her friend spoke with a soft voice.  She must have just finished crying because her voice was rocky.
"Yeah, glad you made it too.  What happened after I left?"
Sango took a breath and answered, "I told Eri what happened, I think she's the worst out of all of us, she went into a major panic attack and was sent to the hospital for shock treatment."
"Oh no!" Kagome gasped catching Inuyasha's attention.  His arm was wrapped in a cloth; the bleeding had stopped long before he got out his car. "That's why I didn't get an answer," she mumbled.
"Those two were very close they were like sisters, they're hardly ever apart, and to receive the news, I guess it was to be expected.  I wasn't thinking, I should have thought how much it would shock her," Sango whimpered.
"I think it was best to hear the news from her friends rather than finding out by strangers."
"Yeah. Anyway think we should head off to bed, it's been a long night for all of us." Her friend recommended.
"Yes, I'll talk to you tomorrow, sleep well okay?"
"Uh huh, you too, goodnight." A few seconds later the line ended.
Kagome sighed deeply and hung up.  "I better get to bed."
"Yeah you should," Inuyasha agreed, walking up to her and rubbing her shoulder.  She nodded then turned around to face him.
"I want to thank you again; I don't know where I would be right now if you weren't around," she stated, wrapping her arms around him in a tight embrace.  He wrapped an arm around her waist while his other hand held her head, and squeezed her tighter.
"I feel the same way, and I guaranty to always be by your side," he promised.  She loved those words, she wanted to say something more, but the exhaustion finally took over her and she blacked out.  "Kagome!" he called, revealing her face.  He calmed down when he figured out she was sleeping.  The hanyou scooped her up, and headed for her bedroom.  As he got in, he gently placed her on the bed then her mother walked in.
"She finally fell asleep," she mused.
"Yeah, her body couldn't endure it any longer," he nodded.
"I see, alright I'll tuck her in, you should get to bed too.  You must be just as exhausted as she is." Ms. Higurashi insisted.
"Yeah, I'll get going, have a goodnight." He bowed humbly, but before he left Ms. Higurashi held his shoulder.  He returned his gaze to see a soft smile.
"I'll tell you personally; don't continue blaming yourself, bad things can happen, but it can still bring great things in the future.  Take this incident as something positive, it may help you get closer to solving your problems," she said, helping him boost his self-esteem.  She had a point, boy she was great with words, she definitely knew how to cheer someone up, she was a great person.  He was able to see where Kagome got the ability to tend people's hearts.
"Thank you for your kind words." He bowed once again.  She nodded with another great smile, and watched him head off to the guest room.
"Goodnight.  Inuyasha you're doing very well, don't give up on yourself." She whispered very softly.

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