Chapter 1: What Else Do I Need?

2 Year Ago

In busy streets of this town, there are many things. Trees surround this town everywhere. The sunsets on its horizon, resting for the next day. Birds sing merry songs and children at play run to their homes. Cars drive back and forth for many reason. Job interviews, night shifts, last minute groceries, last minute birthday presents, dinner at some fancy resturaunt... But what we shall look at today is amusement park, filled with screaming children, chattering teens, crying infants, and limitless junk food. What are looking for in this place? Pizza? An injured child? No. We will listen in on a story. In the parking lot, we find a trouble teen...Human? Oh goodness, no! That would make this a boring story! This teen was a hanyou. A troubled hanyou...

A hanyou with long, white hair and amber eyes and dog ears walked down to his car. It was his senior year and he was engaged to some girl. He hasn't even met her. He had talked to her on AIM on his cellphone and she did sound like a nice girl. She wouldn't spill her name but all she said was the initials K.H. They haven't sent each other pictures of themselves yet.

"She likes to talk to me even after I told her I was hanyou. She's such a strange human. We fight a lot but I always feel the urge to make up again. Sometimes I just want more than just cyber conversation before our wedding. I want to meet her." Inuyasha said.

A voice came from an old lady with her little booth not too far from him. She wore traditional priestess clothing and wore an eye patch. She tied her gray hair that day.

"Ye need to know for whom ye shall marry..." said this old lady and Inuyasha turned to face her.

"What's it to you?" Inuyasha replied apathetically.

"Ye shall not be rude! I can show what this K.H. looks like." the old lady took out some dust and threw some in the air.

Inuyasha looked into the mist bewildered. He saw a girl with long raven black hair. Her hair was very long and was very straight. She had brown eyes and looked about his age. She looked beautiful. She took a bag and ran off. Inuyasha blew the small mist (that showed him that girl) away.

"I've seen enough. I know what I need to know now, old hag." Inuyasha replied.

"I am Kaede! Ye mustn't leave. Ye must know that - !" But she was cut off my Inuyasha.

"I don't need your help anymore."Inuyasha cut in and left.

Across Town

Far, far away from the teen in this town was another teen. Hanyou? No! Goodness, no! Get with the program! Human! Here, we find two-story house. The raven haired girl ran out of it. Her straight long hair waved to passing people. She tightened her grip on her light green bag. Excited, she was indeed! Today she was going to change her look. She ran faster and faster to her friend's house. The raven haired girl knew she should have taken her bike.

She stopped at a one-story house with a light brown roof and five small windows. The house was painted a cute shade of pink.

"Sango, I'm here! Where's your mom?" the girl yelled as another girl with long straight hair too tied in a ponytail opened one of the windows.

"Kagome Higurashi! Ring the doorbell like normal people! My mom is in the garage. Are you sure you want to cut your hair and and curl it? I like it like that!" the ponytail girl replied.

"Of course I want to! I don't have to do that play with Kikyo anymore! I'm not going to put up with being the pauper again. I kind of don't like looking like her! I want people to know I'm me and not Kikyo!" the raven haired girl answered as she ran into the garage.

'I'm going to show that I.Y. guy a picture of the new me on AIM next time! I didn't want him to see me like Kikyo. I can't wait to see him next year!'

Back With Inuyasha

Inuyasha walked into the mall and saw the girl with the long, straight raven hair! It must the girl! He ran up to her.

"Hey, K.H.!" Inuyasha said.

"Yeah, Kikyo Hiroshi. You are...?" the girl replied.

"Inuyasha aka I.Y., the guy you are going to marry! I'm sorry for what I had said earlier. I realized recently that I love you!" Inuyasha grabbed Kikyo.

He pressed his lips against hers and they kissed. Kikyo didn't know how to tell him she wasn't who he thought she was. After all, he had just confessed his love and she didn't want to make him feel bad. So, she decided she will just play along. What was the worst that could happen?

Later that day, Inuyasha decided to stop going on AIM. He didn't need to talk to his girl online. Now that they "met," he can just call her on the phone.

One Year Later

The K.H. sat on the ground as the rain poured. They agreed on AIM last year that the wedding would here: the rose garden near the biggest lake in their city. But, he never showed up. She cried there.

At Sacred Jewel Church

Inuyasha stood there with Kikyo. They smiled. Kikyo played along too long she actually thought she was K.H.

"...I now pronounce you hanyou and wife. You may kiss the bride." the priet concluded.

Kikyo and Inuyasha kissed. When they broke apart, Kikyo spoke.

"I'm glad we changed to here instead. Who knew it would rain?" Kikyo told Inuyasha.

NOW

Inuyasha Yamamoto woke up and saw it was 10:00 A.M.! He was late for work! Kikyo, as his secretary, was already at his workplace. He pushed off the covers and got dressed. He kissed his son on the forehead and ran off. His cried as his dad neared the door. Inuyasha went back to his son.

"Come on, Haru! I don't even know why we wanted to adopt a son." Inuyasha gave little Haru a bottle and Inuyasha ran off.

Inuyasha opened the door of his red Toyota. He pushed himself in and drove off hastily. He just couldn't be late for work. He had just became an intern for Music and Lyrics Records, the biggest music place ever. Every great singer, song writer, and musicians started there. Inuyasha had always dreamed of becoming a famous guitar player/song writer. He wasn't a good singer but when he became famous he could just have someone sing for him. The internship was difficult to get. Inuyasha usually tried to convince the leader of the company to read some of his lyrics but it never succeeds. Fortunately, the head just read some yesterday and wanted Inuyasha to play the guitar piece of the song. At Music and Lyrics Records, if you are late, they will not let you come in. Inuyasha drove faster.

"I can't believe Kikyo became a secretary and it took so long for me to become an intern. Well, Kikyo did used to date Naraku and he did regret hurting her feeling when he dumped her." Inuyasha sighed. "I can't be late! This is my big break!"

At Music and Lyrics Records

"Where is Inuyasha?!" yelled the Naraku, the boss.

"He only has three minutes! He might make it!" Kikyo said. 'Inuyasha...maybe he over slept?'

Back With Inuyasha

Inuyasha pulled over at a huge building that had so many stories it would take you two hours on elevator to go from the first floor to the roof. Here he was. He check his watch. ONLY FIFTEEN SECONDS! He raced to the door. He tripped on his way. Only 7 seconds! He dragged his foot. Come on! Come on! 5...4...3...2...1!

Inuyasha jumped to the door and slammed right on there. He didn't make it. He was locked out.

"Damn it! Damn it to hell! I work so hard and for what? To have some bitchy rule lock me out? Damn it all! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Inuyasha cursed as he kicked the door.

Time flew...They kept him out for hours. Soon, nightfall came. Inuyasha leaned against a pole near the front door. The talkative wind whispered taunts to Inuyasha. The cold air wrapped itself around Inuyasha. With all the teenage smoking, night club parties, and the numerous amount of factories surrounding the city he lived in, the road was bare while the air held smoke and the sounds heard reeked of horror. A single breath would become a small fog. The city lights twinkled and laughter could be heard. In Inuyasha's eyes, the world was laughing at him. Late winter. Early spring. Warm at day. Cold and frighting at night. A voice came near.

"What are doing out here? Are you alright?" came from a female voice.

Inuyasha blinked twice after opening his eyes to see the voice. He looked around. When he looked straight, he had found the source. A raven-haired girl around his age emerged form the smoke. She wore a dark blue jacket with many pockets and long fall brown pants. Her long hair reached to a little bit below her shoulders and she wore a cute red hat. Her face...she looked similar to Kikyo!

"Well, are you going to stand there all night? Here, you must be cold!" the girl took off her jacket that revealed a white sweater.

Inuyasha looked at the jacket and then at her. He looked away and started to walk off. He heard footsteps accompanied by short breaths following his path. She was following him.

"Just go home! That's something I should have done hours ago." Inuyasha said.

The girl seemed angry. She put her hand on his shoulder and he was forced to turn to look at her.

"No! You wanted to wait until your meeting was over and you will wait! Why do think I'm here!?" the girl yelled.

Inuyasha looked into her eyes. There was something about her. He looked back at his workplace then back at her.

"What's you name, girl?" Inuyasha asked.

"Kagome. Maybe we shouldn't wait? They would never let us in after us being late. Want to go get some pizza?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha smiled. He put her jacket on her shoulders. She smiled back.

"Yeah." Inuyasha answered and Kagome grabbed his hand.

Kagome and him walked into the night. She leaned on his shoulder. Something just felt right and natural. Inuyasha was a little surprised by her bold actions but he smiled. As they walked within the streets of the city, they couldn't stop talking. Kagome and Inuyasha kept talking and talking and talking, which was amazing since most noises were drowned out by the honks of cars and the yelling of men and women in the fifties. The lights were blinking everywhere but this only gave the spotlight to the couple.

"You sing?" Inuyasha wanted to clarify.

"Yeah, I'm pretty good. However, Naraku is such a jerk he won't even listen." Kagome replied.

"Same here! He won't give a damn about my lyrics or my music. Bastard!" Inuyasha agreed.

"If he wasn't our boss I would have punched him so hard he'd be the hospital for weeks!" Kagome laughed.

"Aren't you scared? He's very abusive," Inuyasha warned.

"I'm not scared! Naraku's an evil jerk isn't he?" Kagome replied.

"Wow..." he replied, after seeing such strength in a girl. Kikyo, on the other hand, never complained about Naraku. Come to think of it, she never had a decent conversation with Inuyasha.

"So who inspired you to write and play?" Kagome asked changing the subject.

"I don't know. I just did it and liked it. What about you?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Christina." Kagome said simply.

"Who?" Inuyasha was dumbfounded.

"You are so stupid." Kagome laughed again.

"Hey, who are you callin' - !?" he was interrupted by Kagome.

"We are here!" Kagome announced.

Inuyasha looked around. It was a old abandoned place. The windows were cracked. The signed were broken. The walls were falling apart. It reeked of unbearable odors. Inuyasha looked at the smiling Kagome. This was it?

"Best pizza in town! Not many people know that." she said.

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha said crossing his arms.

Kagome pulled on his hand and dragged him to the back. There he saw a group of homeless people wearing rags. There was a fire in the middle heating them. Blankets and pillows were everywhere. One guy was cooking the pizza and other foods. Inuyasha just stared.

"When people lose everything, they come here. That guy here used to be a chef..." Kagome pointed to the guy who was cooking some food.

"That guy used to be a teacher. He teaches the young ones..." Kagome now pointed to the man carrying many books.

"That woman was a Broadway star. She entertains them..." Kagome pointed to the women dancing in front of the children.

"I come here often and supply them food and pillows and stuff." Kagome whispered.

"This is so sad." Inuyasha whispered back.

"Well, try not to look at what you see. Look at what is being blocked." Kagome said.

She skipped to the guy who was cooking. Inuyasha looked at the area. Look at what is being blocked...This time he saw happy people in a paradise. Inuyasha blinked and he was back to reality. Even though it didn't seem like it, they were really happy. Kagome came back with two pizzas. They sat down with the others and ate. They were entertained by Mary, the ex-performer, and were delighted by the games they played.

Kagome got a piece of paper and scribbled something down. She handed to Inuyasha. Inuyasha confused. She sighed. Such a stupid boy.

"Here it is. Call me up anytime. What are friends for?" Kagome took a bite out of her pizza. Delicious.

Inuyasha was about to tell her he was married. Wait, she said friends? Well, it's okay to spend every waking moment with your friend, right? He kept his mouth shut.

"Wait, you never told me your name!" Kagome said.

"It's Inuyasha, okay? And your right, this is great pizza!" Inuyasha replied. 'I feel so happy around you'

"I always am. This summer has been chaos for me. It keeps bringing up things of the past and I hate that! On this exact day and exact time, I was supposed to be married and well he never showed. I swore I would never love again." Kagome sighed heavily.

"And how's that working out for you?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome looked into his eyes and thought to herself. Why was she here? Why was she having pizza with a guy she just met? When she saw him by the pole, he looked so frail. Why did she give him her number? She couldn't explain it.

"Shut up already. Thanks. This is the best I felt in a long time." Kagome leaned on his shoulder.

Inuyasha smiled. Being friends with a girl? Is it possible? Well, he wanted to know. He leaned back and closed his eyes as he listened to the music played by Ralph, the ex-musician. His heart beat went faster and slower at the same time. This friendship was going to last.

"What are friends for?..." Inuyasha whispered as a smiled appeared across her face.

Later that night, he walked her home. When they reached her doorstep, Kagome smiled at him. He gave her a small hug. And she went inside. He leaned against the wall.

"What am I doing? I'm married." Inuyasha whispered.

While inside the house Kagome leaned against her wall and sighed.

"What am I doing? I already got my heart broken by some I.Y." Kagome sighed again.

At Inuyasha's House

Inuyasha opened the door of his house. It was dark and the lights were out. The moaning of the air conditioner ran through the air. Stomping could be heard coming from upstairs. It was Kikyo, looking livid. She marched down stairs and pushed Inuyasha. She wore a white sweater and a long red skirt. Her hair was let down.

"Inuyasha! You were supposed to be home hours ago. Why didn't you wait? I persuaded Naraku to give you another chance if you came in. You weren't there!" Kikyo yelled.

"I'm sorry. I just was busy." Inuyasha replied walking upstairs.

"Busy with what?! Inuyasha! Come back down here!" Kikyo yelled.

After closing the door to his room, Inuyasha jumped onto his bed and laid down. Why is he still thinking about Kagome? Her voice kept ringing in his ears. That or Kikyo is really loud tonight. Inuyasha grabbed a pillow and place over his head to down out Kikyo's yelling. He looked at a piece of paper in his hands. He had received when he and Kagome were eating.

'Here it is. Call me up anytime. What are friends for?' Inuyasha heard Kagome say again.

"Why can't I get you out of my mind?" Inuyasha said.

He picked up the phone. He dialed the number. And he waited.

"Hello?" He heard over the phone.

"Yeah, this is Inuyasha. You wanted to go the beach tomorrow. At the pier. At 5:00." Inuyasha said.

"Of course! See you there!" Inuyasha hung up.

He laid down and looked at the ceiling. He turned and laid side-ways.

"Good night." Inuyasha closed his eyes and fell into deep sleep.