Autumn 2009

The sun was setting down, spreading its dying rays everywhere. The graveyard was empty except for one man who stood in front of a stone. He was carrying a red rose in his hand and wearing black sunglasses even when it was already dark. The wind blew in its direction, lifting his hair tied in a ponytail.

His face was cold, no emotions apparent on his features. He placed the rose on the cold marble then stood again. Silence stretched in the now dark landscape before being interrupted by the man's voice.

"I never came here before. It's somehow strange. It's been a month but I already feel your absence strongly. I just wanted to tell you, Kagome, that I will always keep you with me. I will never fall in love again, I will never forget you. And to make sure of this promise, I will keep myself in the darkness. I will never get out of those sunglasses until we reunite again, even in another life."

The wind blew more forcefully but he didn't seem to mind as the petals of the rose shattered into tiny pieces creating a red curtain around him. The corners of his mouth lifted a little in an almost smile.

"This will be the first and last time I come here. I don't even deserve to stand on your beautiful grave my love. I'll wait for you, forever."

He took a deep breath before turning around, slowly making his way towards his car.

"Goodbye, princess…"

The wind carried his words, words of true love, and words of a dying love.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there" Rumi

Earlier that year…

"Please mum, I don't want to go to that school. It's just that I didn't like it from the first sight. Please, don't make me do that" whined Kagome, however her whining fell to deaf ears as her mother just stood at the door of her room completely unaffected.

"Kagome, all your life, I have been the one to make the sacrifices. I think that it is your turn to help me out. My company has assigned me for this job, here, and this is the only college nearby. You will go and this is final.

"But…"

She was not able to continue as her mother slammed the door, tired from arguing with her only daughter, and left her to have her rest. Kagome just fell on her bed, exhausted by the recent changes in her life. She opened her drawer and took a picture of a handsome guy in it.

Oh Hojo, I miss you so much." She breathed out, kissing the picture tenderly. "I can't do that without you, I need your support."

As her tears washed her flushed face, she fell asleep, the picture hugged tightly between her arms.

"Please make tomorrow easy…" she wished before drifting into the world of dreams.

"Come on dude, you are losing so badly, you suck!" shouted a young man in a red and fast Ferrari as he was racing against another car, a Mercedes, grey with shades of gold. The two cars were speeding like hell on the isolated road. The young man in the Ferrari had his window opened while watching for the other car.

"I know that my grandmother can do better!" he shouted again when the other car accelerated and became way ahead of the Ferrari.

"It is impossible!" he cried with desperation as the two cars pulled to a sudden stop and the drivers got out. "You can't win over me! For God's sake, I brought a Ferrari! You cannot be faster than me!"

The Mercedes driver moved from the obscurity. His golden eyes shined in the moon light as his long silver hair flowed in the surrounding darkness. He smirked a little before giving a very cold face to his friend.

"Miroku," he began lazily. "It is not the car that matters; it is the driver inside the car."

"Listen to me…" shouted the other man in anger."What did you do to make that car faster than mine? I bet you cheated!"

"Well…Let us say that I used my mind. You are so slow in the corners and you don't know how to drive that wonder. So, you owe me those 10 thousand dollars don't you?

"You…" started Miroku, his finger pointed to the face of his friend."You are impossible!" he shouted.

"Perhaps," responded Inuyasha with a freezing tone and a haughty attitude, "but all this will not help you in getting away. I want my money."

"Fine!" cried Miroku as he gave him a golden credit card. "But my father will give me no more money. That Ferrari just cost me my allowance for one month."

Inuyasha lifted his eyebrows, stunned.

"You mean for one month! You will not have your allowance for one month! I thought that your father was a multimillionaire."

"He is!" pouted Miroku in desperation "but he is a cheap one. Not like your father. He just gives you whatever you want!

"Oh please." mocked Inuyasha while removing strands of his hair that fell on his face. "At least your dad cares. Mine just gives me what I want so that he doesn't have to deal with me.

"Fine with me…" cheered Miroku, making his way to his car."Tomorrow, don't forget that we have classes to attend. Inuyasha, you have to come. There will be lots of hotness in the air."

The smile on Miroku's face grew as wide as possible.

"I can't wait to see all the babies that arrived as new students. You know Inuyasha, they need orientation!"

He pronounced the last word with as perverted emphasis as he could, but Inuyasha didn't even flinch.

"You know that I am not interested in those girls. They are all the same, interested because I am the heir of the Taisho series of factories, so for them, I worth a fortune. I am the boyfriend that can take them to expensive places; I am a way of richness for them. Gold diggers are what they call them these days."

"And why are you protesting again?" asked Miroku as he got in his car. "Anyway, one doesn't know. You may fall for the right girl."

"I will never fall Miroku" replied Inuyasha arrogantly as he got in his car. "Now, what do you think of another round, maybe a revenge one?"

"Dude, I am so going to crush you."

Kagome finished dressing then looked at the mirror. She frowned a little at her reflection. She had long black hair that waved smoothly at the ends and big blue eyes. She always wore a simple T-shirt and a pair of jeans. She knew that she wasn't exceptionally beautiful but she was smarter than any other girl. Encouraged she forced a smile before looking at the watch hanged in her room.

"I must go." She murmured. She grabbed the lunch her mother left in the kitchen and started walking to her college. It was not a long distance, but a completely boring one. However, that silence in the air was relaxing, and in some way, she felt better. She took a deep breath, taking in the beauty surrounding her when she suddenly heard the bothersome noise of a powerful engine. Smoke was everywhere when an extremely fast car brushed the air next to her, making the most annoying sound of brakes, cutting that divine silence she needed so much. The car finally pulled in front of a big building. All conversation died when two young men got out of the car. Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other before putting a pair of sun glasses, hiding their eyes from the burning sun. Girls started to crowd over Inuyasha who seemed very pissed off.

Kagome was having a bad day and those two were ruining the rest of her pathetic life. Without any further thinking she went to them, broke into the crowd and came face to face with the two men.

"Wait your turn honey", said Miroku while smiling sheepishly. "You will get a kiss if you want."

"You pathetic jerk." She responded making him drop the sun glasses to see her more. "You think that you can drive your Ferrari this early in the day? Who the hell do you think you are? I know your kind. You just show up with all your glory and ruin the day. So you have a Ferrari, well done. But do you know that you almost hit me with it. You don't know how to drive!"

Miroku's smile widened.

"Would you like to teach me how to drive?" he asked. Kagome blushed furiously.

"What! No! I didn't mean it this way."

Miroku looked at Inuyasha who was looking curiously at the girl. She certainly had a hell of a character.

"Who do you think you are Inu? It was you driving the car no?"

Kagome looked in the direction of the well built man in front of her. She found herself taken by the softness and smoothness of his face. He was absolutely gorgeous.

"You were driving?" she asked coldly, not letting any sign of admiration get into her voice.

"Yes I was." He replied as coldly as he could. All eyes were now focused on the couple.

"Another time, be more careful."

Then she turned to go when she heard his cool voice again.

"Please."

She looked at him, shock written all over her face.

"You forgot to say please." He said calmly. She watched the curve of his mouth change from a frown to a somehow little smirk.

"I will not say please to a guy like you!"

"Then I will not improve my riding skills for a girl like you, girl."

"Don't you girly me!" she shouted.

"I will do as I please." He said. "Now, you owe me a please."

She rolled her eyes, not wanting to play his game.

"Fine, please, another time, be more careful while driving your one million dollar car." She said with irony dripping from her voice."

"Okay, I will." He responded as he slid his sun glasses on his nose, revealing shiny golden eyes that met with defiant blue orbs. Little shouts of admiration came from the crowded girls as his eyes shone in the sunlight.

In all her life, she has seen all kinds of strange things but never had she seen golden eyes piercing into hers. She turned her back to him while giggles were heard next to her. She would make sure that their paths never met again.

Kagome grabbed her lunch plate and made her way in the cafeteria. Giggles came from everywhere and she felt so out of place. She sat on a table isolated from the others and started to eat slowly when another girl came and sat next to her.

"Wow, it is crowded today." She said. Kagome looked at her with confusion. She was beautiful and seemed friendly enough.

"Excuse me?" replied Kagome. The girl stopped eating and looked at her.

"Gosh, where are my manners? I am Sango."

Kagome smiled to her.

"I am Kagome. It is nice to meet you Sango."

"The pleasure is mutual. So tell me, is it really you who stood up to Miroku and Inuyasha?"

Kagome swallowed with difficulty.

"Who?" she asked, puzzled. Sango did not have the time to answer as a group of five boys came into the cafeteria and took immediately a table in the center. Kagome recognized immediately two of them.

"These assholes." She said before looking back at Sango. "Do you know that this one with the golden eyes almost killed me today?"

"Oh. Miroku killed me a long time ago." Sango said with a dreamy voice and luminous eyes.

"That is so disgusting!" cried Kagome. "These guys think that they are the kings of the college! Who the hell do they think they are? Just look at them, flirting with these girls, eating like pigs, all mighty and stupid. I hate them."

"The one with the black hair is my brother. Kohaku is his name."

"Oh." Kagome stammered as a blush came to her face. "Of course I didn't mean your brother. He seems a lot more, well, you know, intelligent."

Sango just shook her head.

"Who are you kidding Kagome? My brother is a wealthy jackass spoilt by my dad. Do you know who these five guys are? Well, my brother of course, Miroku is the son of a multimillionaire, Kouga is the son of the owner of the sequence of supermarkets in our state; Shippo is the son of the computer genius that created a very popular program, my dad is the owner of cloth stores and of course there is Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha is the one with the golden eyes right?" asked kagome angrily.

"Oh yes. He is the most wanted guy in the whole world. His father is the owner of the Taisho Company."

"Oh my God!" Kagome chocked horrified. "My mum works there!"

"Then you must treat him well."

"Oh please. I know that Iam not wealthy. I am here just because the company decided to pay my tuitions as a part of mum's contract. However,, this doesn't mean that he is my boss, and I shall not treat him as that."

Kagome stopped talking when she saw the paleness of Sango's face.

"They are heading toward us…" murmured Sango. Kagome looked behind her and saw Inuyasha who was just meters away from her, followed closely by Miroku.

"Hello Sango," said Miroku with a genuine smile on his face. She smiled back flattered by his attention.

"Hello Miroku, Inuyasha," she answered in a shaky voice. Inuyasha just diverted his gaze to Kagome.

"Hello girl."

He exchanged with Kagome hatred looks.

"Her name is Kagome", interrupted Sango. "She's a friend of mine."

"Oh really?" asked Inuyasha. "Then she must be aware of our names by now.

"Your name is the least of my concerns smug face. Why don't you try to impress someone else with that overconfident attitude of yours?"

Inuyasha frowned before answering.

"Girl, I just wanted to say that you have had the chance to capture my eye, and I would like to take you out tonight, on a date."

Shock was not enough to express the feelings that went into Kagome's mind. Sango just sparkled with joy.

"Kagome, I am so happy for you." She murmured in her ear.

Kagome simply stared at Inuyasha who was standing so smugly, not waiting her answer as if he was sure that she will be honored to accept his offer.

"No." she replied. Inuyasha's face went to all possible colors before settling to scarlet red.

"Excuse me?" he asked as the cafeteria became quieter, all attention drifting to them. Miroku put his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Inuyasha, just leave it be."

The young man got away from his friend's grasp and looked at Kagome as if she was from another planet.

"I suppose you didn't hear me. I told you to…"

"I know what you said, and my answer is no. I will not go out with you because I have more important things to do than to spend my time on a complete joke like you. Just look at yourself. What do you intend to do in the future? Spend your father's money? Just get a purpose or something."

And with that she left. He was shocked. No, he was beyond that. He had a kind of feeling in his stomach.