To Find You by amandachristine06

Chapter One

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Nope, I don't own the lovely Inuyasha gang. I'm just a poor girl, nobody loves me, and I've got a jerk for a muse!

Chapter One

Kagome sat in the backseat of the car, her forehead against the cool window pane. With raindrops falling outside, you couldn't tell if she cried or not. Truthfully, she was crying, and for good reason. She closed her eyes and took a ragged breath.

Her heart was breaking. She was past sobbing, but still not over crying sometimes.

Kikyou and Inuyasha had been engaged for months, but it still hurt to think that the only man Kagome had ever gotten close to was getting married to her sister.

Kagome and Kikyou's father had died when Kagome was three. She didn't have any memories of him, though Kikyou, older by two years, did. When they used to sleep in the same room, Kagome would always ask, "Did our Daddy love me?" Kikyou would sigh, roll over, and say yes. It was hard for Kagome to be reassured of this fact.

Throughout high school, Kikyou was the a champion of sports, and got along well with people. She was always polite, but never too friendly. She graduated valedictorian, and Kagome could not have been prouder. She and Kikyou had always gotten along well.

For the first two years, Kagome did well in school, though not as well as Kikyou. Athletic, but not a jock. She was polite, but more reserved and less popular than her older sibling.

When Kagome met Inuyasha, she instantly believed it to be love. He was in the same grade as Kikyou, a senior, and Kagome was only a sophomore. He had the whole "I'm your protector" attitude, and Kagome shyly accepted it. He even met her at the first party she went to. He wouldn't let her have anything to drink though. She wasn't upset, but instead saw that since he liked her well enough to take her to a party, that he obviously liked her. She took his brotherly affection as encouragement, and held firmly to her adoration of him.

When he asked for her number, she couldn't be happier. Sango, who she had archery practice with, shared her enthusiasm. Kagome smiled, thinking of Sango's dedication as a friend.

All day, she waited for his call. When a telemarketer called, she yelled at the poor solicitor. Finally, his call came.

She waited for two rings, then answered. "Hello?" she said. She tried not to sound nervous. 'Come on Kagome, you talk to him most days at school, what's so different about the phone?' she asked herself. 'He even hung out with you at Miroku's party!'

"Hey, Kagome?" he asked. She smiled at his deep voice. She hoped that this would lead to dating, but tried not to get her hopes up.

"Oh hey Inuyasha!" she exclaimed, trying to sound suprised, but not overly delighted with his call. Sango had advised her on this.

"What are you doing?" he asked, sounding normal.

"Oh, nothing much." she said casually. 'Praying you love me.' she thought, giggling inwardly.

"Well, um...is uh," he began, sounding frustrated as ever.

Kagome sighed happily, positive he was nervous about how he felt towards her.

"Is uh, is Kikyou there?" he finally asked.

"Huh?" she asked dumbly. What the heck? No. No. NO.

Kagome dropped the phone, and dimly heard it clattering to the floor, but mostly, she heard the roaring of her blood in her ears. It was as if every cell in her body screamed in despair and anguish. She felt betrayed, so unloved, so hurt.

Like nothing.

"Miss. Miss? We're here." said Kagome's driver.

"Oh." she said, and hurriedly paid the man, wiping her tears away with the back of her hand. Stepping outside, she hurried inside the small seamstress's building. She headed straight to the bathroom, straightening her hair up a bit. Upon closer inspection, she could see that her eyes were a bit red from crying, but she could easily blame that on supposed allergies if anyone noticed.

She walked out of the ladies' room, and headed to a familiar section of the store. She saw Kikyou, and a few other friends and family members. Kikyou stood in the middle, her posture very erect, and an older woman pinning up the hem to the beautiful ivory wedding gown Kikyou wore. Kagome smiled. For all that she hurt, she was happy that Kikyou could be happy, and Inuyasha, too. Though she had resented his fraternization with her sister for a while, she was glad they had found happiness.

Kagome would be the maid of honor. She and several other of Kikyou's friends had to fit in rehearsals and fittings the past month. Next week would be the wedding.

Kikyou smiled at her sister stiffly in the mirror, not being able to turn around and greet her. Kagome could tell her stance had been killing her.

"You look beautiful." Kagome said, pride evident in her every word.

Sesshomaru grunted as the tailor once again poked him with a needle. He glared at the offending little man kneeling at the hem of his pants.

Inuyasha just chuckled at his brother's expense.

Sesshomaru turned his gaze on Inuyasha, simply raising an eyebrow, as if to say, 'you dare laugh at me?'

The tailor finally left, probably to get sharper needles, Sesshomaru thought grumpily. He sat down in the chair by Inuyasha.

"So. Are you nervous?" he asked patronizingly.

"Nope." Inuyasha grinned from ear to ear.

They sat in silence for awhile, Sesshomaru thinking of ways to rid himself of the evil tailor. Inuyasha sat up, and reached into his jacket pocket. Pulling out a small black jewelry box.

"So, will you?" Inuyasha asked solemnly.

"Oh Inuyasha, you shouldn't have!" Sesshomaru exclaimed, terribly mocking a girlish voice. He fluttered his hands to his heart as if shocked.

Inuyasha punched him lightly in the shoulder. Thoroughly disgusted, he said, "No baka, I need you to hold on to this for me."

Sesshomaru nodded, once again being the serious older brother.

"I can't believe you're getting married before me." he said.

Inuyasha nodded. "I know. I never would have expected it of myself. I really thought if I ever did get married, it'd be in Vegas to a showgirl." he laughed.

Sesshomaru smiled. "That's probably true."

"But Kikyou's a great girl. I really love her. One day, if you meet someone that can stomach your ugly mug, you might know what that's like." he smirked.

"You're one to talk."

"I am lucky." Somehow, Inuyasha kept getting sentimental on him. He still couldn't believe his brother was getting married already. Life was creeping up on them.

As if reading his mind, Inuyasha said, "I know it's only been a year since high school, but I can't help but feel as if I gotta marry her now. Like...nothing could keep me away." he sighed.

Sesshomaru knew his brother was impatient, but at least Inuyasha and Kikyou would have many centuries to look forward to. Inuyasha had enough demon blood in him to give Kikyou the same elongated lifespan. If he had been a full blooded demon, they could live even longer than a hanyou's lifespan.

Sesshomaru pocketed the small jewelry box, and sighed as he saw the tailor come back.

Mkay! Everybody tell me what they thought! I know they're really OOC, but I can't help it! I had a dream the other night, and it really was weird to me. So I put the Inuyasha characters into it, to kinda see how it would turn out. I'm trying to make it not too OOC, and I know everyone hates Kikyou, but this is how I wanted my story. I really like Inuyasha and Kagome pairings, so don't hate me for deviating from the original! So don't hate me for making Kikyou a nice person, or for ending up with Inuyasha, but this is a S/K pairing, so I had to do something! Anyways, review like crazy y'all!

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